Glossary

Glossary of alternative performance measures

Alternative performance measures: Operating margin.
Definition: The 'operating result before result of the portfolio’ divided by the ‘Net rental income’.
Purpose: Allows measuring the operational performance of the company.

Alternative performance measures: Financial result (excluding changes in fair value of authorized hedging instruments).
Definition: The 'financial result' minus the 'Changes in fair value of authorised hedging instruments'.
Purpose: Allows to measure realised and unrealised financial result.

Alternative performance measures: Result on portfolio.
Definition: The 'Result on portfolio' consists of the following items:
- Result on disposals of investment properties
- Result on sales of other non-financial assets
- Changes in fair value of investment properties
- Other result on portfolio
Purpose: Allows to measure realised and unrealised gains and losses related to the portfolio, compared to the last valuation by independent real estate experts.

Alternative performance measures: Weighted average interest rate.
Definition: The interest charges (including credit spread and the cost of the hedging instruments) divided by the weighted average financial debt of the current period.
Purpose: To measure the average interest rate of the debt.

Alternative performance measures: Net asset value per share (investment value) excluding dividend excluding changes in the fair value of authorised hedging instruments.
Definition: Shareholders’ equity excluding the impact on the fair value of estimated transfer rights and costs resulting from the hypothetical disposal of investment properties, excluding the fair value of authorised hedging instruments and excluding dividend) divided by the number of shares.
Purpose: Reflects the net assets value per share adjusting for some material IFRS-adjustments to enable comparison with its stock market value.

Alternative performance measures: gross yield
Definition: The gross yield represents the ratio of the current rental income (net and after deduction of taxes) to the estimated value of the portfolio (i.e. without noncurrent assets under construction).
Purpose: This key figure represents the relationship between two of the most important parameters of the company and makes it possible to make a comparison over the years and between different companies.

Alternative performance measures: EPRA excl. non-recurring income
Definition: EPRA earnings per share on 31 March 2023 are EPRA earnings on 31 March 2023 adjusted for non-recurring results due to various refunds of Dutch corporate taxes related to previous fiscal years.
Purpose: Increase comparability of EPRA results over the years by excluding the nonrecurring income resulting from the grant of Dutch FBI status for all Dutch subsidiaries.

EPRA Performance measures: EPRA Earnings.
Definition: Earnings from operational activities.
Purpose: A key measure of a company’s underlying operating results and an indication of the extent to which current dividend payments are supported by earnings.

EPRA Performance measures: EPRA NAV.
Definition: Net Asset Value adjusted to included properties and other investment interests at fair value and to exclude certain items not expected to crystallise in a long-term investment property business model.
Purpose: Makes adjustments to IFRS NAV to provide stakeholders with the most relevant information on the fair value of the assets and liabilities within a true real estate investment company with a long-term investment strategy.

EPRA Performance measures: EPRA NNNAV.
Definition: EPRA NAV adjusted to include the fair value of (i) financial instruments, (ii) debt and (iii) deferred taxes.
Purpose: Makes adjustments to EPRA NAV to provide stakeholders with the most relevant information on the current fair value of all the assets and liabilities within a real estate company.

EPRA Performance measures: EPRA Net Initial Yield (NIY).
Definition: Annualised rental income based on the cash rents passing at the balance sheet date, less non-recoverable property operating expenses, divided by the market value of the property, increased with (estimated) purchasers’ costs.
Purpose: A comparable measure for portfolio valuations. This measure should make it easier for investors to judge themselves, how the valuation of portfolio X compares with portfolio Y.

EPRA Performance measures: EPRA ‘Topped up’ NIY.
Definition: This measure incorporates an adjustment to the EPRA NIY in respect of the expiration of rent-free periods (or other unexpired lease incentives such as discounted rent periods and step rents).
Purpose: A comparable measure for portfolio valuations. This measure should make it easier for investors to judge themselves, how the valuation of portfolio X compares with portfolio Y.

EPRA Performance measures: Estimated Market Rental Value (ERV) of vacant space divided by ERV of the whole portfolio.
Definition: Estimated market Rental Value (ERV) of vacant surfaces divided by the ERV of the portfolio as a whole.
Purpose: A 'pure' (%) measure of investment property space that is vacant, based on ERV.

EPRA Performance measures: Epra Cost Ratio (including costs of direct vacancy).
Definition: Administrative and operating costs (including costs of direct vacancy) divided by gross rental income.
Purpose: A key measure to enable meaningful measurement of the changes in a company’s operating costs.

EPRA Performance measures: Epra Cost Ratio (excluding costs of direct vacancy).
Definition: Administrative and operating costs (excluding costs of direct vacancy) divided by gross rental income.
Purpose: A key measure to enable meaningful measurement of the changes in a company’s operating costs.