Since its listing, IGD has been a member of EPRA (European Public Real Estate Association), the European real estate association with more than 290 members representing assets worth more than €840 billion and 95% of the market cap of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe index.
Founded in 1999, EPRA is a non-profit organization registered in Belgium. EPRA’s mission is to promote, develop and represent listed European real estate companies. This is achieved by providing information to investors and stakeholders, being actively involved in public policy debates, improving the general operating environment, promoting best practices, as well as uniting and strengthening the sector.
For more information visit the EPRA’s website
We decided to report on the EPRA performance indicators in accordance with the recommendations found in in “EPRA Best Practices Recommendations”, which represent the highest European standards in terms of transparency, comparability and reporting of key business performance indicators.
After having received the EPRA BPR Silver Award for 2 years in a row (2016 and 2017), in 2024, for the seventh time in a row, EPRA awarded us with the EPRA BPR Gold Award, the most important international prize which testifies our commitment to further increasing the transparency and comparability of our communication for the benefit of investors, the financial community and all the Group’s stakeholders.
Also our Sustainability Report is drawn up in accordance with the “EPRA Best Practices Recommendations on
Sustainability Reporting” (third edition of 2017) and we report a series of environmental, social and governance indicators.
Every year EPRA verifies the level of compliance of the sustainability reports of the association’s members with the Best Practice Recommendations, in relation to the coherence and transparency of the information provided.
In September 2024, IGD received the prestigious EPRA sBPR Gold Award for the 2023 sustainability report for the tenth year in a row; a recognition that has accompanied our sustainability reporting for many years now, demonstrating once again the quality of our commitment also in the ESG field.
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPRA Earnings (in €000) | 40,770 | 52,864 | 61,900 | 76,146 | 87,335 | 62,941 | 73,215 | 72,102 | 56,857 |
| EPRA Earnings per share (in €) | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 0.79 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.52 |
| EPRA NAV/NRV (in €000) | 1,076,960 | 1,060,701 | 1,162,667 | 1,298,182 | 1,258,008 | 1,145,827 | 1,197,354 | 1,133,860 | 1,016,875 |
| EPRA NAV/NRV per share (in €) | 1.32 | 13.69 | 14.30 | 11.77 | 11.40 | 10.38 | 10.85 | 10.28 | 9.22 |
| EPRA NTA (in €000) | - | - | - | - | 1,245,473 | 1,137,258 | 1,189,467 | 1,125,979 | 1,009,216 |
| EPRA NTA per share (in €) | - | - | - | - | 11.29 | 10.31 | 10.78 | 10.20 | 9.15 |
| EPRA NDV (in €000) | - | - | - | - | 1,192,894 | 1,149,534 | 1,151,244 | 1,110,002 | 993,138 |
| EPRA NDV per share (in €) | - | - | - | - | 10.81 | 10.42 | 10.43 | 10.06 | 9.00 |
| EPRA NNNAV (in €000) | 1,012,492 | 1,044,952 | 1,111,040 | 1,263,454 | 1,205,379 | - | - | - | - |
| EPRA NNNAV per share (in €) | 1.25 | 12.85 | 13.67 | 11.45 | 1,205,379 | - | - | - | - |
| EPRA Net Initial Yield | - | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.9 | 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 6.1% |
| EPRA "Topped-up" Net Initial Yield | - | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 6.4% |
| EPRA Vacancy rate Italy | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.7% |
| EPRA Vacancy rate Romania | 6.1% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 2.0% | 3.8% |
| EPRA Cost ratio (including vacancy costs) | 23.1% | 21.0% | 20.1% | 18.7% | 18.5% | 17.9% | 20.5% | 23.9% | 23.6% |
| EPRA Cost ratio (excluding vacancy costs) | 20.2% | 18.7% | 18.0% | 16.9% | 16.1% | 15.3% | 17.5% | 19.4% | 19.3% |
| EPRA LTV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.4% | 50.9% |
Definitions of the each indicator are provided below:
EPRA Eearnings: is a measure of the underlying operating
performance of an investment property company net of fair value gains, gains and losses from the sale of investment property and a limited number of other items that are not considered to be part of the company’s core business.
EPRA Net Initial Yield:i s a measure calculated as the annualized rental income (including variable and temporary revenue), less non-recoverable operating expenses, divided by the market value of the real estate assets, net of properties currently being developed.
EPRA “Topped-up” Net Initial Yield: is a measure calculated by making an adjustment to EPRA NIY based on the annualized rental income (including variable and temporary revenue) excluding any other temporary incentives such as discounted rent free periods and step rents.
EPRA Vacancy rate: the portfolio’s vacancy rate calculated as the ratio between the estimated market rental value (ERV) of the vacant premises and the ERV of for the whole portfolio. Given the different characteristics of the portfolio and the Italian market with respect to the Romanian one, the vacancy rate was calculated separately for each asset class and for the two countries.
EPRA Cost ratios: are ratios aimed at providing a consistent comparison base for a company’s main structural and operating costs calculated by expressing operating costs and general overhead, net of management fees and a limited number of other items, as a percentage of gross rental income. There are two EPRA Cost Ratios, one which includes and one which excludes direct vacancy costs.
EPRA Net Asset Value (NAV): is the fair value of the net assets calculated over the long term and on a going concern basis, based on the equity pertaining to the Group (as shown in the financial statements in accordance with IFRS standards) net of certain assets and liabilities that are not part of normal operations, like the fair value of hedges or the deferred taxes on market appraisals of the properties and hedging instruments.
EPRA Triple Net Asset Value (NNNAV): is the EPRA NAV adjusted to include the fair values of (i) hedging instruments, (ii) financial debt and (iii) deferred taxes.
In October 2019, three new asset value metrics were introduced by EPRA: EPRA Net Reinstatement Value (NRV), EPRA Net Tangible Assets Value (NTA) and EPRA Net Disposal Value (NDV) which replace EPRA NAV and EPRA NNNAV. The new EPRA NAV indicators were used for the first time in the half-year report at 30 June 2020.
NET REINSTATEMENT VALUE (NRV): The objective of the EPRA Net Reinstatement Value measure is to highlight the value of net assets on a long-term basis. It represents the repurchase value of the company, assuming the company does not sale any properties and is calculated based on the equity attributable to the Group (as shown in the IFRS financial statements), excluding the fair value movements on financial derivatives and deferred taxes on property valuation surpluses.
NET TANGIBLE ASSETS (NTA): the underlying assumption behind the EPRA Net Tangible Assets calculation assumes entities buy and sell assets, thereby crystallizing certain levels of deferred tax liability. It represents a scenario in which a few properties could be sold. At 30 June 2020 the company does not have any assets which could be sold and for this reason the deferred taxes coincide with the amount excluded from the NRV calculation. Contrary to NRV, the goodwill and the intangible assets included in the financial statements are excluded from the equity attributable to the Group.
NET DISPOSAL VALUE (NDV): represents the stakeholders’ value under a disposal scenario, where deferred tax, financial instruments and certain other adjustments are calculated to the full extent of their liability, net of any resulting tax. In this disposal scenario goodwill is excluded from the Group’s portion of equity, while the fair value of debt is included.
EPRA LOAN TO VALUE: it is a performance measure which shows the ratio of the net financial position (which includes financial debt for the headquarter’s lease and the balance between payables and receivables) to the market value of the real estate assets. The debt and assets of the companies in which the Group has a significant interest are included in the calculation.
