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annual report 31 Mar 2007 - SEB Asset Management

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Paris, 200-216 Rue Raymond Losserand), in Spain<br />

(the lcoy, Calle lzamora 44 and Cuenca, venida del<br />

Mediterraneo shopping centres), and in the Netherlands<br />

( lkmaar, Noorderkade 100–199).<br />

In several countries, positive changes in value according<br />

to expert opinions were recorded. In Germany and Belgium,<br />

on the other hand, further write-downs were performed<br />

due in particular to lease renewals at current<br />

market rates and relatively high vacancy levels. In Italy, a<br />

negative change in value was recorded due to a provision<br />

set up for planned modernisation work on the Via<br />

Laurentina 449 property in Rome.<br />

Foreign income taxes reduced the net rental return by 2.0<br />

percentage points in the period under review. Due to the<br />

14 <strong>SEB</strong> ImmoInvest<br />

property sales mentioned above, foreign deferred tax liabilities<br />

were reduced and the expense item for foreign income<br />

taxes increased.<br />

Strategic external financing and forward exchange transactions<br />

used to hedge the property assets increased the<br />

total property return so that income from properties contributes<br />

6.3% of the Fund return after borrowing costs.<br />

External financing is currently used exclusively for foreign<br />

properties. The average external debt ratio varies at<br />

the country portfolio level from 0.0% ( ustria) to 62.6%<br />

(US ).<br />

In the period under review, a return of 3.4% was realised<br />

on the liquidity portfolio. This results in an overall return<br />

of 5.2% before Fund costs.<br />

550 West Adams Street, Chicago, USA

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