3rd Quarter Report

Capital & Regional plc 26 November 2004 26 November 2004 CAPITAL & REGIONAL PLC: THE MALL FUND THIRD QUARTER RESULTS Capital & Regional plc, the co-investing property asset manager, today announces that The Mall Fund earned a total return of 5.75% for investors in the third quarter of 2004. The Fund has seen a rise of 15.9% in net asset value in the first 9 months of 2004 and has provided a total return to investors over the last 12 months of 32.1%. The Mall continues to expand its portfolio across the UK and in August 2004 purchased three shopping centres from clients of REIT Asset Management - located in Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Maidstone - for £378.5 million. The Mall now owns 21 shopping centres bringing total assets to just over £2 billion and more than 7m sq ft of retail floor space. More than 3,750,000 customers are welcomed through its doors every week. The Mall is the brand name of The Mall Fund, the investment vehicle established by clients of Morley Fund Management and Capital & Regional plc in 2002. Philip Nell, Fund Manager for The Mall at Morley Fund Management comments "The third quarter of 2004 has, once again, been a very strong period of performance for The Mall Fund. Not only have we acquired a further £380 million of property, but we have also succeeded in our aim of delivering significant out-performance to our investors. The fund now has 27 investors." Institutional investors in The Mall include Hermes Property Asset Management, Foreign & Colonial (ISIS), Norwich Union Life & Pensions, The Prudential, ING Real Estate, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Arlington Property Investors. About Capital & Regional plc Capital & Regional is the co-investing asset manager which specialises in town centre shopping centres, out of town retail parks, and urban entertainment complexes. It founded the Mall and Junction Limited Partnerships in conjunction with Morley Fund Management. Its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange, and in addition to its management contract with and co-investment in the Mall and Junction funds, it now runs the X-Leisure Fund and has a number of other joint ventures and developments. For further information visit: www.capreg.com About The Mall The Mall is the leading owner and operator of community shopping centres in the UK. The Mall has assets of over £2bn in 21 shopping centres and has plans to grow assets to 25/30 centres, establishing The Mall as the UK's Community Shopping Centre brand. Capital & Regional and Morley Fund Management set up The Mall Fund in 2002. For further information, visit www.themall.co.uk Morley Fund Management Morley Fund Management ('Morley') is an independently managed, London based, asset management business with over £118 billion* under management (as at 30.09.04). It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aviva Group and acts as investment manager for the Norwich Union range of funds in the UK. The property team at Morley manages in excess of £14.2 billion of UK Property assets (as at 30.09.04), making Morley one of the largest property fund managers in the UK. The team consists of 60 investment professionals and manages a range of funds, including segregated and pooled pensions as well as 2 retail unit trusts. *Not including mortgage assets - ENDS - For further information: Capital & Regional: Martin Barber, Chief Executive Tel. 020 7932 8101 William Sunnucks, Group Finance Director Tel. 020 7932 8125 Redwood Consulting: Liz D'Oliveira Tel: 020 7224 4300 Paul Haines Tel: 020 7224 4300 Hudson Sandler Michael Sandler / James Benjamin Tel: 020 7796 4133 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange BIBDBSGDGGSU
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