PRADERA EUROPE PURCHASES €34.5 MILLION POLISH SHOPPING CENTRE

Pradera Europe has agreed the purchase of Osowa Shopping Centre in Gdansk, Poland from Carpathian Plc for a total consideration of €34.5 million on behalf of its Pradera Central & Eastern Fund (PCEF).

The scheme comprises 13,200 sqm of edge-of-town retail space, with occupiers including Go Sport, Carry, CCC and Deichmann. The scheme is anchored by a 26,000 sqm REAL hypermarket, which will remain under separate ownership, and will benefit from stable income streams and opportunities to add value through active asset management.

Colin Campbell, Chairman of Pradera Europe, comments "Osowa Shopping Centre is an excellent acquisition for PCEF, offering the fund not only an established, cash-generating asset, but also the opportunity to add real value through active asset management,"

"Despite market conditions that remain challenging, Pradera has an enviable track record in both raising and deploying capital to meet each fund's objectives, with this purchase an excellent example of the firm's capabilities"

Osowa Shopping Centre was formely part of the Blue Knight portfolio, which was acquired by Carpathian in September 2005. The portfolio also included the Tulipan Centre in Lodz, the Kometa Centre in Torun and the Sosnowiec Centre in Sosnowiec, all of which were purchased by the Pradera Open-Ended Retail Fund in late 2010.

Colin Campbell adds: "The schemes within the Blue Knight portfolio all represented excellent purchases and we are pleased to have taken advantage of the chance to buy them when we did"

"Pradera has been active in Poland for nearly five years and has seen considerable growth over this period, with these latest acquisitions underlining our confidence in the opportunities that Poland, with its young and increasing affluent population, will continue to present."

PCEF had its first closing in July 2006 and is principally invested in shopping centres and retail parks in Poland and Czech Republic. The acquisition of Oswoa Shopping Centre brings the number of assets in PCEF to nine.