OREANDA-NEWS. In H1 Reverta recovers EUR 38,1 m - nearly twice as much as last year

H1 2016 financial statement of joint-stock company Reverta shows recovery of EUR 38.1 m during the period, as compared to EUR 20.6 m last year. Overall, since 1 August 2010 Reverta has recovered EUR 704.3 m from the restructuring and sales of distressed assets which is more than 63 % of all distressed assets in its portfolio.

“On average, the value of real estate properties in the market has decreased by approximately 50 % as compared to 2007/2008; whereas real estate properties in Reverta’s portfolio often have lost even up to 90 per cent of their initial market value. Thus, we can assert that the recovered 63 per cent can be regarded as a very positive outcome,” points out Solvita Deglava, Chairperson of the Management Board of Reverta.

During H1 2016 Reverta has paid the State Treasury EUR 30.2 m which is three times as many as in the same period last year. Of this sum, EUR 21.5 m was used to repay the principal amount and EUR 8.7 m was used to repay the interest.  

As Reverta has already informed, the first half of 2016 was marked by the completion of several large and complex deals in Latvia, Russia, Lithuania, and Estonia. For example, Reverta has concluded a large and complex project in Russia, which had continued for eight years, and has become a lawful owner of a 1000 m2 commercial space on the prestigious Frunzenskaya Naberezhnaya in Moscow, Russia. Reverta has also successfully completed the largest and most complex loan project in Lithuania for the total deal amount of EUR 10.6 m.     

Since 1 August 2010, when Parex banka was restructured, the state has received from Reverta more than EUR 641 m in the form of various payments, of which EUR 397 m (as at 30 June 2016) was paid directly to the State Treasury. In addition to that, Reverta has in due time disbursed term deposits, interest on subordinated capital and other big volume payments.

Notwithstanding the slow development of the real estate market of Latvia, Reverta’s proceeds from the sales of real estate properties were EUR 12.9 m during the first half of the year, thus exceeding the results of the last year by EUR 7.2 m. The reason for this was the reconstruction, lease and subsequent sale of the airBaltic headquarters. The sales figures also benefited from the regular revision of property prices.

As a result of the effective workout of assets, on 30 June 2016 Reverta’s total assets were EUR 104.5 m, as compared to EUR 194.9 m at the same period last year.

After the reporting period, in August 2016 Reverta maid another regular payment to the State Treasury in the amount of EUR 4 m, thus a total of EUR 401 m has been already paid to the Treasury.