Månad: mars 2023

The Nomination Committee’s proposal regarding the election of the Board of Directors for the Annual General Meeting in Arise AB

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The Nomination Committee of Arise AB (”Arise”) proposes that Joachim Gahm, Johan Damne, Eva Vitell and Mikael Schoultz are re-elected as board members, that P-G Persson is elected as new board member and that Joachim Gahm is re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2023.

The Nomination Committee for the Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2023 consists of Johan Claesson (appointed by Johan Claesson with company), Peter Lundkvist (appointed by Tredje AP-fonden), Lars Hagerud (appointed by AltoCumulus Asset Management), Richard Torgerson (appointed by Nordea Funds), and the Chairman of the Board of Directors Joachim Gahm. Johan Claesson is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Before the Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Committee proposes that Joachim Gahm, Johan Damne, Eva Vitell and Mikael Schoultz are re-elected as board members, that P-G Persson is elected as new board member and that Joachim Gahm is re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

P-G Persson, born 1965, has a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from Chalmers University of Technology. P-G has extensive experience in real estate ownership and development with a focus on urban, real estate and project development and sustainable real estate ownership. P-G is resigning President and CEO of Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB, which under P-G’s leadership has gone from a small unlisted real estate company to a listed company on Large Cap. Previously, P-G has held various management roles in the Skanska Group and in Coor Service Management.

P-G Persson’s other assignments include: board member of Svenska Sportpublikationer AB, board member of Rikshem AB, board member of Barnens Rätt I Samhället (BRIS) and outgoing President and CEO of Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB.

P-G Persson holds no shares in Arise and is considered to be independent both in relation to Arise and its management and in relation to its major shareholders.

Information on the board members proposed for re-election can be found in the annual report and on the company’s website (www.arise.se).

The Nomination Committee’s other proposals for the Annual General Meeting will be published in connection with the notice of the Annual General Meeting.

For further information, please contact

Joachim Gahm, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Arise AB, +46 708 752 755

This information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 16.30 CET on 21 March, 2023.

CA Fastigheter genomför organisationsförändring för att stärka utvecklingen av eget bestånd

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CA Fastigheter genomför en organisationsförändring i syfte att stärka organisationen och för att mer fokuserat driva viktiga frågor inom bland annat hyresgästerbjudande, hållbarhet och digitalisering. 

Anders Gustafsson, som har funnits i bolaget de senaste 15 åren och idag är Regionchef i Jönköping, har utstts till Fastighetsutvecklingschef med övergripande ansvar för utveckling av förvaltningen inom samtliga regioner i Sverige.

Fastighetsbranschen är föränderlig, vilket ställer högre krav på oss som fastighetsägare. Exempelvis genom statliga direktiv, ökade krav från våra kommuner samt finansiärer men även allt högre krav från morgondagens hyresgäster. Konkurrensen om hyresgästerna har dessutom hårdnat med fler aktiva aktörer inom branschen. För att fortsätta vara ett aktivt bolag och en långsiktig hyresvärd tillsätts denna centrala roll som Fastighetsutvecklingschef. Direktrapporterande blir samtliga regionchefer i Sverige.

”I takt med att bolaget vuxit har vi sett ett större behov av att stärka organisationen. Jag är glad att Anders tackat ja till rollen och jag är säker på att han kommer lyckas i att leda detta viktiga arbete”, säger Andreas von Hedenberg, CA Fastigheters VD.

Den nya organisationen börjar gälla från och med den 1 augusti. CA Fastigheter har inlett arbetet med att rekrytera en ny Regionchef till regionkontoret i Jönköping.

För mer information, kontakta:

Andreas von Hedenberg, VD CA Fastigheter
andreas.von.hedenberg@cafastigheter.se, 073-965 58 19

Arise acquires a majority stake in the Finnish company Pohjan Voima

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Arise AB (publ) (“Arise”) has today entered into a strategic partnership with the Finnish onshore wind and solar company Pohjan Voima Oy (“Pohjan Voima”). Arise has agreed to acquire 51% controlling interest in the company and to provide financing to continue developing Pohjan Voima’s project portfolio. In addition, Arise shall also provide advisory services to support the company in preparing for the realisation of the project portfolio. The purchase price for the shares amounts to approx. EUR 12 million at closing with an additional purchase price of up to EUR 18 million payable upon achievement of certain project milestones. The transaction is expected to close in April 2023.

Pohjan Voima has developed a well-diversified portfolio of onshore wind and solar projects across Finland. The current portfolio size is approximately 1.7 GW which includes 1.0 GW of wind projects where land use planning and environmental impact assessment processes are ongoing and 700 MW of wind and solar projects at pre-planning stage. The company is working actively to grow the portfolio and is also actively assessing battery storage opportunities.

“This move marks a very important step in realizing our strategy of diversifying our operations both geographically and technologically. Finland is a very attractive market, and we are eager to develop and realize the numerous high-quality projects together with our new partners at Pohjan Voima. Concluding this transaction has materially increased Arise’s development portfolio, with 600 MW of Pohjan Voima’s portfolio classed as late-stage projects which we are targeting to reach Ready-to-Build status by 2025”, says Arise’s CEO, Per-Erik Eriksson.

“This strategic partnership secures new financing for developing our projects and will enable us to grow our platform. Moreover, we now have access to Arise’s extensive expertise and resources, which will be of critical importance as we get closer to the procurement and realization of the projects. There is a very good fit between our respective teams, and we look forward to learning from each other”, notes Pohjan Voima’s CEO, Tomi Mäkipelto.

Pohjan Voima will continue to be led by the company’s founders Tomi Mäkipelto and Juho Rönni, who will also remain significant shareholders. The Finnish mutual insurance company LocalTapiola invested in Pohjan Voima in 2021 and will also continue as a shareholder.

Arise is already active in the Finnish renewables market through its asset management business and has a 219 MW wind power asset management agreement with BlackRock.

With good wind conditions, flat topography, and a sparse population, Finland is one of the most favourable countries in Europe for new onshore wind power. In the record-breaking year 2022, wind energy capacity increased by 75%, reaching a combined capacity of 5,6 GW.

Halmstad, 14 March 2023

Arise AB (publ)
For further information, please contact:
Per-Erik Eriksson, CEO, Arise, +46 702 409 902

The Board of Directors of Arise AB proposes dividend to the Annual General Meeting

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The Board of Directors of Arise AB is proposing a dividend of SEK 1 per share, corresponding to approximately SEK 44.5 million, and will shortly convene the Annual General Meeting for a resolution on this. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 4 May 2023. 

“The Board of Directors of Arise has decided to propose a dividend. Through continuous positive earnings from energy sales and project sales as well as good financial strength, the Board proposes a dividend of SEK 1 per share to the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Even after the dividend, we are financially strong and will be able to continue to invest in the business and thus further strengthen our position. The Board of Directors’ ambition is that the company shows long-term profitability that allows annual dividends”, says Chairman of the Board Joachim Gahm.

The record date for participation at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 4 May 2023 is Tuesday 25 April 2023, and the last day for voting rights registration of shares is Thursday 27 April 2023.

If the Annual General Meeting resolves on a dividend in accordance with the Board’s proposal, the first day of trading without dividend rights will be Friday 5 May 2023. The proposed record date for dividend is Monday 8 May 2023. Assuming that the Meeting approves the Board’s proposal, the dividend is expected to be paid by Euroclear Sweden AB on Thursday 11 May 2023.

Halmstad, 8 March 2023

Arise AB (publ)
For further information, please contact:
Joachim Gahm, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Arise AB, +46 708 752 755

Catella Residential Investment Management names Alexandra Chevalier Acquisition Manager of ‘energy-positive’ residential impact fund

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Berlin-based Catella Residential Investment Management (CRIM) has appointed Alexandra Chevalier as Acquisition Manager of the Catella Elithis Energy- Positive Fund. The recently launched residential impact fund plans to invest €500 million in Elithis energy-positive residential buildings.

Alexandra Chevalier’s real estate career spans 20 years across European markets. She started out as a financial auditor at Ernst & Young and joins CRIM from GLL Real Estate Partners where she was head of transactions with responsibility for France, Belgium and Italy. Prior to that, she held international investment positions at Colliers and CBRE Capital Markets. More recently, she completed a master’s degree in sustainable development and CSR global management at Mines ParisTech and wrote a professional thesis on real estate impact investing at Citizen Capital, a pioneer of impact investment in Europe.

Xavier Jongen, Managing Director, CRIM, said: “Alexandra is a specialist in the European real estate market and will play a crucial role in implementing our ambitious energy-positive housing program for Europe thanks to her deep understanding of dual materiality where environmental and social returns are given equal consideration alongside financial returns. Our new Catella Elithis Energy Positive Fund (CEEPF) has been qualified as a ‘dark green’ impact fund under Article 9, the highest designation under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, and we aim to build 25-30 Elithis buildings across France.”

 The Catella Elithis energy-positive residential impact fund (CEEPF) received from Norway’s municipal and public health sector occupational pension company KLP and a group of Institutional investors, close to €100 million in the first closing earlier this month.

Alexandra Chevalier added: “Working on Catella’s new energy-positive impact fund in partnership with the French Elithis Groupe is an exciting new challenge for me. Housing shortages have become chronic across many countries in Europe and energy bills are soaring due to rising oil and gas prices. Catella and Elithis are leading a potential long-term solution to mitigate against these crises in Europe and I look forward to playing my part in a future of secure, affordable, and sustainable housing.”

The Elithis towers, developments from the French Elithis Groupe, a specialist in building sustainable, operationally low carbon properties at standard construction costs, already outperform the EU’s 2050 ‘net carbon zero’ target. by feeding excess energy back to the public grid while residents benefit from significant savings on energy costs. The fund has already -under the lead from Alexandra- acquired a 64 apartment Elithis project in Mulhouse, north-eastern France, in February 2023.

 

BBC StoryWorks Video: The World’s First Energy Positive Residency
https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/building-communities/the-worlds-first-energy-positive-residency 

INREV ESG Case Study: The World’s First Energy Positive Residential Tower
https://www.catella.com/globalassets/cision/documents/2022/elithis-danube-tower.pdf

 

 About Catella Residential Investment Management GmbH (CRIM)

Catella launched its first European residential fund in 2007 and its first dedicated European Student Housing Fund in 2013. CRIM is a subsidiary of the Stockholm-based Catella AB Group and its residential real estate business comprises portfolio management, acquisitions, sales and asset management. CRIM manages and advises several funds and mandates and has assets under management of more than €7,5 billion across 10 European countries.

 

For more information, please contact:

Catella Residential Investment Management GmbH

Stine Zöchling

Head of Marketing and PR European Residential

Telephone: +49 (0)30 887 285 29 76

Mobile: +49 (0)151 544 51 005

stine.zoechling[ at ]catella-residential.com