Re: Handover of Centres

Plaza Centers N.V. 08 May 2007 8 May 2007 PLAZA CENTERS COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL HANDOVER OF RYBNIK AND SOSNOWIEC SHOPPING CENTRES TO KLEPIERRE Plaza Centers N.V. ('Plaza' or the 'Company'), a leading Central and Eastern European ('CEE') emerging markets property developer, announced today that it has formally completed the successful handover of the Rybnik Plaza and Sosnowiec Plaza Shopping and Entertainment centres in Poland to Klepierre SA ('Klepierre '), a leading French property group. Both shopping malls, which were 100% let to international and local tenants on their opening to the public in March 2007, were pre-sold to Klepierre in July 2005. Owing to the successful letting campaign and the strong market conditions experienced in Poland since the pre-sale agreements were signed, the actual closing consideration, subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions, resulted in a higher sum being paid to the Company than disclosed in the Company's Admission Document at the time of its IPO in November 2006. The combined market value of the properties now totals €90.1 million, an increase of €18.6 million. The gains from selling these assets will be included in the Company's forthcoming interim accounts which will also report an updated Net Asset Value statement. This is expected to take place in August this year. The Company also anticipates benefiting from valuation uplifts of approximately €7.5 million and €12 million respectively on the Lublin Plaza Centre (Poland) and the Plzen Plaza Centre (Czech Republic) which have also been pre-sold to Klepierre. The formal completion of the handover of these two centres is anticipated to take place in Q2 2007 and Q1 2008, for Lublin and Plzen respectively. Additionally, Plaza is pleased to report that it has also agreed the sale of the Duna Plaza offices in Budapest, Hungary, to Klepierre for a consideration of €14.2 million, an increase in the value disclosed in the Company's Admission Document at the time of its IPO. The offices are located adjacent to the Duna Plaza shopping and entertainment centre which was sold to Klepierre in July 2004. Furthermore, the Company has agreed with Klepierre to proceed with the development of the extension to the Duna Plaza Centre on an adjacent area of land, which is anticipated to be completed by 2010. Commenting on the handover agreement, Ran Shtarkman, President and CEO, Plaza Centers N.V. said: 'Having fully leased-up and opened the Rybnik and Sosnowiec centres to the public in March, we are now delighted to have formally signed the respective handover agreements to Klepierre at a higher market value than stated in the Company's Admission Document. This will provide significant added value for our investors. In the meantime, we are also pleased to have further consolidated our ongoing relationship with Klepierre by agreeing to extend our development of the Duna Plaza Centre on their behalf. 'We also expect to realize similar increases in market value at the time of delivery of the Lublin Plaza and Plzen Plaza centres, as well as the Arena Plaza Mall in Budapest. 'The disposal of these assets marks the 22nd and 23rd sales to international property investors achieved in the last three years. This demonstrates not only Plaza's excellent track record of its core business, having accumulated vast experience built up over more than 10 years but also a leading market position in the CEE region which attracts leading purchasers for our assets. 'Plaza Centers' objective for the upcoming years is to further diversify and enrich the Company's portfolio through the development of high quality shopping and entertainment centres, such as the Arena Plaza Mall in Budapest which will be one of the largest and most prestigious shopping and entertainment centres in the CEE region.' For further details please contact: Plaza Mordechay Zisser, Chairman +972 3 6086000 Ran Shtarkman, President and CEO +36 1 462 7221 Roy Linden, CFO +36 1 462 7134 Financial Dynamics +44 20 7831 3113 Stephanie Highett/ Dido Laurimore/ Adam Leviton Notes to Editors • Plaza Centers N.V. is a leading emerging markets developer of shopping and entertainment centres, focusing on constructing new centres and, where there is significant redevelopment potential, redeveloping existing centres, in both capital cities and important regional centres. The Company is an indirect subsidiary of Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. ('EMIL'), an Israeli public company whose shares are traded on both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Israel and the NASDAQ Global Market in the United States. • Plaza Centers is a member of the Europe Israel Group of companies which is controlled by its founder, Mr Mordechay Zisser. It has been active in real estate development in emerging markets for over 10 years. • Details of the two assets handed over to Klepierre are as follows: - The Sosnowiec Plaza is located 300 metres from the city centre of Sosnowiec and comprises 13,000 sqm of Gross Lettable Area with 400 parking spaces attached. The development was 100% occupied by international and local tenants on its opening. - The Rybnik Plaza is located in Rybnik's city centre and comprises 18,000 sqm of Gross Lettable Area with 470 parking spaces attached. The development is the first shopping and entertainment centre in Rybnik and was 100% let to local and international tenants on its opening. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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