2007-10-18 09:40:00 CEST

2007-10-18 09:40:00 CEST


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Technopolis - Quarterly report

TECHNOPOLIS GROUP INTERIM REPORT, January 1 - September 30, 2007


Highlights of 1-9/2007 compared with the corresponding period of 2006:
- The Group's net sales rose to EUR 41.2 million (EUR 30.6 million), an
increase of 34.6 %. 
- The Group's EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization) rose to EUR 21.5 million (EUR 16.2 million), an increase of 32.9
%. 
- Profit before taxes totaled EUR 23.6 million (EUR 24.1 million), a decrease
of 1.9 %. 
- The effect on the pre-tax profit of the change in the fair value of
investment property was EUR 9.3 million (EUR 11.9 million). 

Business

The Group's net sales for the review period were EUR 41.2 million (EUR 30.6
million in 1-9/2006), representing growth of 34.6 %. EBITDA (Earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for the review period was EUR
21.5 million (EUR 16.2 million), an increase of 32.9 %. Operating profit for
the review period was EUR 30.4 million (EUR 27.8 million). Profit before taxes
for the review period was EUR 23.6 million (EUR 24.1 million). 

The balance sheet total was EUR 513.7 million (EUR 377.1 million), an increase
of 36.2 %. The Group's equity to assets ratio at the end of the period was 36.9
% (39.5 %). 

The fair value of the Group's investment property at the end of the review
period was EUR 464.2 million (EUR 355.1 million). The change in the fair value
of investment property was due to the effect of the fair value of property
bought and constructed, a reduction in the return requirements of the market,
changes in future returns and modernization costs, the revaluation of property
owned throughout the review period, and increases in acquisition cost
recognized in separate companies during the review period. The effect on profit
of the change in the fair value of investment property was EUR 9.3 million (EUR
11.9 million). 

The Group's total rentable surface area was 366,045 floor square meters at the
end of the review period (303,171 floor square meters at September 30, 2006).

The Group's average financial occupancy ratio at the end of the review period
was 96.6 % (93.7 %). The financial occupancy ratio describes the rental revenue
from the properties as a percentage of the combined total of the rent for the
leased space and the estimated market rent for the vacant space. The Group's
leases at the end of the review period totaled EUR 119.8 million (EUR 101.5
million). 

Group structure

The Technopolis Group includes the parent company, Technopolis Plc, which has
operations in Espoo, Jyväskylä, Lappeenranta, Oulu, Tampere and Vantaa, and its
subsidiaries Innopoli Oy in Espoo (100 % owned), Kiinteistö Oy Innopoli II in
Espoo (100 % owned), Medipolis Oy in Oulu (100 % owned) and other subsidiaries. 

The Group has executed a merger of the following Group subsidiaries with their
respective parent companies: Technopolis JSP Ltd, Technopolis JSPF Oy,
Technopolis Kareltek Ltd, Technopolis TSP Oy, Kiinteistö Oy Hermia Kymppi,
Kiinteistö- ja Sijoitusyhtiö Joreco Oy, Kiinteistöosakeyhtiö Teknologiantie 11,
Kiinteistö Oy Oulun Teknologiatalot, Kiinteistö Oy Oulun Moderava and
Kiinteistö Oy Oulun Mediaani. In addition, the Group has commenced the merger
of its subsidiary Medipolis Oy with its parent company. The purpose of the
mergers is to increase the cost efficiency of the companies' operations and
streamline Group administration. 

The parent company also has a minority holding in the associates Technocenter
Kempele Oy (48.5 %), Iin Micropolis Ltd (25.7 %), Jyväskylä Innovation Ltd (24
%) and Lappeenranta Innovation Ltd (20 %). Technopolis Plc has a 13 % holding
in Oulu Innovation Ltd. 

The Group also includes Technopolis Ventures Oy in Espoo (fully owned by
Innopoli Oy). Technopolis Ventures Oy has the following wholly-owned
subsidiaries: Technopolis Ventures Kareltek Ltd in Lappeenranta (100 % owned),
Technopolis Ventures JSP Ltd in Jyväskylä (100 % owned) and Technopolis
Ventures Oulutech Oy in Oulu (70 % owned). Technopolis Ventures Oy also has a
25 % holding in Otaniemi Development Ltd. 

Technopolis has two Russian companies in St. Petersburg, Technopolis Neudorf
LLC and Technopolis St. Petersburg LLC, both fully owned by Technopolis. 

Principal investments and development projects

In February, Technopolis decided to commence the construction of the Hermia 12
property in Tampere. The project's cost estimate is EUR 9 million and the gross
area is 8,600 square meters, which includes a parking facility for 115
vehicles. 63 % of the facilities have so far been rented. Its total size is
5,000 floor square meters and it is expected to reach completion before the end
of February 2008. 

In February, Technopolis reached a result in negotiations with the City of Oulu
and the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District concerning the purchase of a
total of 19,250 shares in Medipolis Oy. Following transactions with the said
parties and minority shareholders, Technopolis is the sole owner of Medipolis
Oy. 

In May, Technopolis launched the construction of the first stage of its
technology center in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The size of the stage is 6,600 floor
square meters and the cost estimate is somewhat over EUR 20 million, which
includes the costs of parking spaces and site costs. The first stage is
estimated to be completed in August 2008. 

In May, Technopolis launched the construction of the first stage of its
Lappeenranta City project. The stage measures 3,150 floor square meters and is
estimated to cost approximately EUR 6.5 million. 64 % of the facilities have so
far been rented. The planned completion is by the end of March 2008. 

In spring, Technopolis commenced planning a new technology center in the heart
of Tampere, adjacent to the University of Tampere. In its meeting on June 4,
2007, the City Board of Tampere approved Technopolis's request to reserve a
plot of land containing the building rights to around 30,000 floor square
meters for Technopolis, for the purpose of implementing a new technology
center. 

In June, Technopolis commenced the third and fourth extension stages of the
Kontinkangas technology center in Oulu. The size of the third extension is
3,500 gross square meters and the investment totals approximately EUR 5
million. 84 % of the third extension have so far been rented. Its estimated
time of completion is August 2008. The size of the fourth extension is 4,290
gross square meters and the investment totals approximately EUR 7.5 million.
Its estimated time of completion is September 2008. Approximately 70 % of the
fourth extension has been rented. 

In June, Technopolis Plc signed a preliminary agreement with the City of Espoo,
the Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company, and Sitra (the Finnish Innovation
Fund) on the acquisition of the entire stock of Kiinteistö Oy Innopoli II
(Innopoli II real estate company). The transaction price was EUR 54.2 million.
About 19.4 % of the price was paid in new shares of Technopolis Plc and the
rest in cash. Kiinteistö Oy Innopoli II comprises a building of 20,625 floor
square meters and 1.9 hectares of land owned by the company and located in the
Otaniemi district of the City of Espoo. Completed in 2002, the property houses
some 90 high tech companies. 

Implementation of the fifth stage of the Technopolis Helsinki-Vantaa technology
center commenced in September. The size of the stage is about 6,700 gross
square meters and the investment will amount to about EUR 15 million. The fifth
stage is expected to reach completion in late fall 2008. 

In June, Technopolis signed an agreement with Stockmann plc to lease some 4,300
square meters of office space in the Nevsky Centre shopping center currently
under construction in St. Petersburg for the purpose of subletting it to its
customer companies. Located in Nevski Prospekt in downtown St. Petersburg, the
shopping center and office space will be completed in the spring of 2009. 

The district plan for the Pulkovo technology center in St. Petersburg is
expected to be ready by the end of this year. The estimate is that the
prerequisites for commencing work on the approximately 22,000-square-meter
first stage will be met in the first half of 2008. 

Technopolis has commenced preliminary inquiries on launching technology centre
operations in the Moscow area. A memorandum of understanding concerning the
collaboration was signed with the City of Moscow in October. 

Events related to the Technopolis share

At its meeting on January 4, 2007, the Board of Directors resolved, in
accordance with the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting of
March 24, 2006, to increase the company's share capital by a maximum of EUR
1,162,652.40, a total of 687,960 shares, through accepting subscriptions by
institutional investors. The purpose of the share offering was to finance the
investments included in the company's investment plan, to secure the company's
growth and to maintain the company's equity-to-assets ratio. 

The shares were offered in deviation from the pre-emptive subscription rights
of shareholders for subscription by Finnish and international institutional
investors. The share offering was implemented through a "book building"
process, in which institutional investors subscribed for the shares to be
issued in accordance with their subscription commitments made during the
reception period for such commitments, January 3-4, 2007. The demand was about
3.5 times higher than the number of shares offered. The subscription price was
set at EUR 7.70 per share. The increase in share capital was entered in the
Trade Register on January 8, 2007, and trading in the shares began on January
9, 2007. 

In December 2006, a total of 26,131 Technopolis shares were subscribed with
year 2001 options. An increase in the share capital of EUR 44,161.39 was
entered in the Trade Register on February 13, 2007. Including earlier
subscriptions, a total of 98,399 Technopolis shares were subscribed by April
30, 2007 with year 2001 options. An increase in share capital of EUR 166,294.31
was entered in the Trade Register on June 12, 2007. The subscription period for
all of the year 2001 options expired on April 30, 2007. 

The Board of Directors of Technopolis decided in August, pursuant to an
authorization by the Annual General Meeting of March 24, 2006, to issue through
a share offering to the City of Espoo, the Etera Mutual Pension Insurance
Company and Sitra (Finnish Innovation Fund) a total of 1,581,429 shares as
payment for the shares in Kiinteistö Oy Innopoli II. The resulting share
capital increase of EUR 2,672,615.01 was entered in the Trade Register on
August 20, 2007. Trading in the new shares commenced on August 21, 2007. 

Following these increases, the Technopolis share capital is EUR 71,364,476.69
and there are 42,227,501 shares. 

Financing

The Group's net financial expenses totaled EUR 6.8 million (EUR 3.7 million).
The Group's balance sheet total was EUR 513.7 million (EUR 377.1 million), of
which liabilities accounted for EUR 324.9 million (EUR 228.8 million). The
Group's equity to assets ratio was 36.9 % (39.5 %). The Group's equity per
share was EUR 4.47 (EUR 3.78). 

The Group's interest-bearing liabilities at the end of the review period were
EUR 280.1 million (EUR 197.6 million). The average interest rate of loans was
4.68 % on September 30, 2007 (3.74 %). 

Technopolis supplements its financing with a EUR 60.0 million domestic
commercial paper program which allows the company to issue commercial papers
with a maturity of less than a year. The commercial papers in issue totaled EUR
35.2 million on September 30, 2007. 

Organization and personnel

The Group Executive Board includes the President and CEO Pertti Huuskonen, the
directors Jukka Akselin, Satu Eskelinen, Marjut Hannelin, Martti Launonen,
Seppo Selmgren, Keith Silverang, Reijo Tauriainen, and Jarkko Ojala who
commenced as CFO on August 1, 2007. 

The Group employed an average of 142 (93) people during the review period. In
premises activities there were 50 (29) people, in business services 32 (20)
people and in development services 60 (44) people. 

Decisions of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of March 29, 2007 confirmed the consolidated and
parent company income statements and balance sheets for the year 2006, released
those responsible for accounts from further liability and decided on the
distribution of a dividend of EUR 0.14 per share for the year that ended on
December 31, 2006. 

The Board of Directors appointed by the Annual General Meeting comprises Timo
Parmasuo, chairman, Matti Pennanen, vice chairman, and Pekka Korhonen, Erkki
Veikkolainen and Juha Yli-Rajala. Pertti Huuskonen is the President and CEO of
Technopolis. The Group's auditor is KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Public Accountants,
and the principally responsible auditor is Tapio Raappana, APA. 

The Annual General Meeting decided to amend the Group's articles of
association. The amendments are largely the result of the Companies Act that
came into force on September 1, 2006, and are mostly technical in nature. In
addition, the Annual General meeting decided to authorize the Board of
Directors to decide on acquiring the company's own shares, a share issue and
granting options and other special rights entitling to shares of the company,
granting options for the year 2007 to Group key personnel and annulment of the
2005C options. 

Evaluation of operational risks and uncertainty factors

The most significant risks to Technopolis' business operations are mainly
financial risks and customer risks. 

Technopolis' main financial risk is the interest rate risk on the loan
portfolio. The objective of interest rate risk management is to lower or remove
the negative impact of market rate fluctuations on the Group's performance,
balance sheet and cash flow. The company's financing policy aims to diversify
the interest rate risk of loan contracts over various loan periods on the basis
of the market situation reigning at any particular time and the interest rate
prognosis created in the company. If necessary, the company will employ forward
rate agreements, interest rate swaps and interest rate options. In order to
manage financial risk, Technopolis uses a wide range of financing companies and
maintains a high capital adequacy level. 

Technopolis only uses derivatives to reduce or remove financial risks in the
balance sheet. 

With the structure of the Technopolis loan portfolio at the end of the review
period, a one percentage point increase in money market rates would increase
interest rate costs by EUR 1.2 million per annum. 

Due to the interest rate risk related to loans, a policy of diversification has
been followed. On September 30, 2007, 73.3 % of the loan portfolio was bound
either to the 3-12 month Euribor rate or the base rate. Of the loans, 26.7 %
were fixed-interest loans of 13 to 60 months. The average capital-weighted
outstanding loan period was 9.9 years. Technopolis supplements its total
financing with a EUR 60.0 million domestic commercial paper program which
allows the company to issue commercial papers with a maturity of less than a
year. The commercial papers in issue totaled EUR 35.2 million on September 30,
2007. 

Changes in the exchange rates between the Russian ruble and euro may have an
effect on the company's financial situation and operations. Business
transactions denominated in rubles are recorded at the exchange rate of the
transaction date. Any translation differences are entered in the income
statement under other operating expenses or financial income and expenses
depending on the nature of the transaction. The purchase of land in St.
Petersburg was financed in local currency. Currency risks have been minimized

by applying a currency swap. 

Customer risk management aims to minimize the negative impact of any changes in
customers' financial situation on the business and the company's profit. In
customer risk management, the emphasis is on familiarity with the customer's
business and active monitoring of customer information. As part of customer
risk management, Technopolis's leases include rent collateral arrangements.
Properties are insured with full value insurance. 

The Group's property portfolio is divided geographically between the Helsinki
metropolitan area, Jyväskylä, Lappeenranta, Tampere and the Oulu region. No
single customer accounts for more than 13 % of the Group's net sales. The Group
has arranged the leases of its biggest customers to end at different times. The
Group has a total of more than 1,000 customers, which operate in several
different sectors. 

Technopolis is protected against business-cycle fluctuations by fixed leases
which totaled EUR 119.8 million on September 30, 2007. Of the leases, 0.5 %
will expire in 2007, 23.5 % will expire in 2008-2010, 33 % in 2011-2013, 5 % in
2014-2016, and 38 % in 2017 or later. 

In new building projects, Technopolis focuses on quality determination and the
manageability of the property's entire lifecycle. In the design phase, all the
building's maintenance and repair requirements are taken into account, with the
aim of implementing environmentally friendly solutions in terms of energy
consumption, the adaptability of office facilities, and recycling
possibilities. In connection with property purchases, Technopolis carries out
the normal property and environmental assessments before committing to the
transaction. 

Changes in market return requirements may have a substantial effect on profit
performance. When return requirements increase, the fair value of properties
decreases and when they decrease, the fair value of properties increases. The
changes have either an increasing or decreasing effect on the Group operating
profit. 

Outlook for the future

Technopolis management expects that demand for the company's high tech
operating environments will be satisfactory in 2007 and that the occupancy
ratio of its facilities and demand for their services will remain good.
Technopolis estimates that its net sales and EBITDA for 2007 will grow by 22-26
% on the previous year. 

As part of its strategy for growth, Technopolis aims to operate in top high
technology cities in Finland, as well as in Russia and 1-2 other countries by
2010. The Group aims to increase its net sales by an average of 15 % annually.
It seeks to grow organically as well as through acquisitions. 

The Group's financial performance is dependent on trends in the general
operating environment, in customer business, in the financial markets and in
the return requirements for properties. Factors in these areas may affect the
Group's result through changes in occupancy ratios, the use of services,
financing costs, the fair values of properties and office rent levels. 

Oulu, October 18, 2007

TECHNOPOLIS PLC
Board of Directors


Pertti Huuskonen
President and CEO

Further information:
Pertti Huuskonen, tel. +358 400 680 816 or +358 8 551 3213

A PDF version of this interim report is available at www.technopolis.fi.
Requests for a printed version can be made to Teija Koskela, tel. +358 8 511
3242. 

Technopolis Plc has a news release service, which can be subscribed to on the
Internet. Service subscribers will receive the Group's releases by email. 

Investment properties are measured at fair value. The direct internal and
external costs of construction are included in the acquisition cost of
investment properties during the period of construction, as provided for in the
IAS 16 standard. Interest expenses on loans for the construction period are
allocated to the acquisition cost of properties under construction, as provided
for in the IAS 23 standard. 

The figures are unaudited.

INCOME STATEMENT
EUR million                       7-9/     7-9/     1-9/     1-9/    1-12/
                                  2007     2006     2007     2006     2006

Net sales                        13.32    11.92    41.15    30.58    44.84
Other operating income 1)         1.30     0.78     3.91     2.17     3.86
Other operating expenses         -6.71    -6.44   -23.51   -16.54   -26.00
Change in fair value of
investment properties             3.92     1.41     9.34    11.92    16.07
Depreciation according to plan   -0.17    -0.17    -0.49    -0.36    -0.56
Operating profit                 11.66     7.49    30.40    27.77    38.21
Financial income and expense     -2.49    -1.48    -6.77    -3.69    -5.17
Profit before taxes               9.17     6.02    23.63    24.08    33.05
Income taxes                     -2.52    -1.81    -6.33    -6.21    -8.46
Net profit for the period         6.65     4.21    17.30    17.88    24.59

Distribution of profit for the period:
To parent company shareholders    6.64     4.11    17.27    17.37    23.74
To minority shareholders          0.01     0.10     0.03     0.51     0.85

BALANCE SHEET, ASSETS
EUR MILLION                         Sept 30,    Sept 30,    Dec 31,
                                        2007        2006       2006
Non-current assets
Intangible assets                       2.50        2.64       2.63
Tangible assets                        14.77        3.40       2.44
Investment property                   464.19      355.11     392.16
Investments                            22.41        2.06      21.82
Deferred tax assets                     1.83        1.79       1.77
Total non-current assets              505.70      365.00     420.83
Current assets                          7.99       12.09      10.57
Total assets                          513.69      377.09     431.39

BALANCE SHEET, SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
EUR million


Equity
Share capital                          71.36       64.41      67.32
Premium fund                           18.49       18.55      18.55
Other funds                            19.44        0.03       7.37
Other shareholders' equity                          0.17       0.32
Retained earnings                      62.09       43.40      43.40
Net profit for the period              17.27       17.37      23.74
Parent company's shareholders' interests 188.66   143.92     160.70
Minority interests                      0.16        4.41       4.58
Total shareholders' equity            188.82      148.33     165.28

Liabilities
Long-term liabilities
Interest-bearing liabilities          233.59      155.53     183.16
Non-interest-bearing liabilities        1.44        1.53       1.51
Deferred tax liabilities               32.87       18.47      22.68
Short-term liabilities
Interest-bearing liabilities           46.53       42.03      46.33
Non-interest-bearing liabilities       10.44       11.20      12.44
Total liabilities                     324.86      228.76     266.12
Total shareholders' equity 
and liabilities                       513.69      377.09     431.39

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
EUR million                             1-9/        1-9/      1-12/
                                        2007        2006       2006
Cash flows from operating activities
Operating profit                       30.40       27.77      38.21
Change in fair value of 
investment properties                  -9.34      -11.92     -16.07
Depreciation                            0.49        0.36       0.56
Other non-cash adjustments to 
operating profit                        0.38        0.19       0.32
Increase/decrease in working capital    0.91        1.35       0.46
Interests received                      0.63        0.03       0.29
Interests and fees paid                -7.77       -3.81      -5.50
Income from other investments 
in non-current assets                   0.01                   0.01
Taxes paid                             -2.13       -1.35      -1.92
Net cash provided by 
operating activities                   13.58       12.62      16.35

Cash flows from investing activities
Investments in other securities        -1.56                  -0.02
Investments in investment properties  -16.68      -26.30     -40.66
Investments in tangible and
intangible assets                      -0.28       -0.16      -0.44
Repayments of loan receivables          0.01        0.03       0.04
Sales proceeds from other investments   0.04        0.09       0.15
Acquisition of subsidiaries           -47.66       -7.53     -18.17
Net cash used in investing activities -66.13      -33.88     -59.10

Cash flows from financing activities
Increase in long-term loans            67.89       15.00      31.49
Decrease in long-term loans           -17.34       -8.91     -12.39
Dividends paid                         -5.68       -4.66      -4.66
Paid share issue                        5.51        1.12       1.12
Change in short-term loans              0.40       22.79      27.60
Net cash provided by
financing activities                   50.77       25.33      43.16

Net increase/decrease in liquid assets -1.77        4.08       0.40
Liquid assets at beginning of period    2.80        2.40       2.40
Liquid assets at end of period          1.03        6.48       2.80

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
EUR million
                          Share Premium Other Retained Minority  Share-
                        capital    fund funds earnings interest holders'
                                                                 equity
Shareholders' equity 
Dec 31, 2005              60.59   12.73  0.02    48.07    3.39   124.81
Share capital increase     3.82                                    3.82
Share offering                     5.85                            5.85
Dividend distribution                            -4.66            -4.66
Net profit for the period                        17.37    0.50    17.87
Other changes                     -0.03           0.16    0.52     0.65
Shareholders' equity 
Sept 30, 2006             64.41   18.55  0.02    60.94    4.41   148.33
Share capital increase     2.91                                    2.91
Share offering                           7.32                      7.32
Net profit for the period                         6.36    0.35     6.71
Other changes                            0.03     0.16   -0.18     0.01
Shareholders' equity 
Dec 31, 2006              67.32   18.55  7.37    67.46    4.58   165.28
Share capital increase     0.21                                    0.21
Share offering             3.84         12.05                     15.89
Dividend distribution                            -5.68            -5.68
Net profit for the period                        17.27    0.03    17.30
Other changes                     -0.06  0.02     0.31   -4.44    -4.17
Shareholders' equity 
Sept. 30, 2007            71.36   18.49 19.44    79.36    0.16   188.82

KEY INDICATORS                          1-9/        1-9/      1-12/
                                        2007        2006       2006

Change in net sales, %                  34.6        33.6       41.3
Operating profit/net sales, %           73.9        90.8       85.2
Equity to assets ratio, %               36.9        39.5       38.5
Employees in Group companies             142          93        113
Gross expenditure on non-current 
assets, EUR 1,000                     66,179      33,995     59,286
Net rental income of
property portfolio, % 2)                 7.8         7.9        7.7
Financial occupancy ratio, %            96.6        93.7       94.4
Earnings/share, EUR
undiluted, EUR                          0.42        0.47       0.63
diluted, EUR                            0.42        0.47       0.63
Average (issue-adjusted) no.
of shares
undiluted                         40,800,453  36,858,338  37,472,329
diluted                           40,840,228  36,997,000  37,619,867

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
EUR million                          Sept 30,   Sept 30,    Dec 31,
                                        2007        2006       2006
 
Pledges and guarantees on own debt
Mortgages                             200.22      186.49     195.50
Land lease liabilities                  1.06        0.59       0.53
Other mortgage liabilities              0.93        0.93       0.93
Pledged investment properties          97.65        9.26      35.21
Interest rate and currency swaps:
nominal values                          7.28        8.00      11.26
market values                           0.15       -0.09      -0.07
VAT return liability                   20.96       17.84      13.27
Project liabilities                     0.32        2.10       0.01

Collateral given on behalf of associates
Guarantee                               0.50        0.50       0.50
Other guarantee liabilities             0.10        0.10       0.10
 
Leasing liabilities, machinery 
and equipment                           0.48        0.33       0.38

1) Other operating income comprises operating subsidies received for
development services, for which the same amount of development service expenses
have been recorded as operating expenses. 

2) Does not include properties taken into use and acquired during the year.

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