euro adhoc: Meinl European Land Limited / quarterly or semiannual financial statement / MEINL EUROPEAN LAND CONTINUES SUCCESSES IN FIRST QUARTER 2006: RENTAL INCOME MORE THAN DOUBLED POST-TAX EARNIN

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27.06.2006

Vienna, 27 June 2006. Vienna Stock Exchange listed real estate
company Meinl European Land continued its dynamic growth in the first
three months of 2006, while once again improving its performance.

The Company specialises in retail property in Central and Eastern
Europe, splitting its activities more or less equally between
property investment and property development. In the first quarter of
this year it continued to expand in all its core investment markets,
notably by acquiring an EUR 400m property portfolio in Russia. At a
stroke, this has made Meinl European Land the largest retail property
investor in the country. As part of the strategic extension of its
country portfolio, the Company has also begun its expansion in
Ukraine by entering into a cooperation agreement.

This ongoing expansion of its sphere of activity is also reflected in
the growth of its property portfolio: as at 31 March 2006, Meinl
European Land had on its books 178 completed properties and over 20
committed projects. Total property assets, including completed
properties, properties under construction and properties for which
contracts had been signed, amounted to EUR 2.6bn at balance sheet
date, a year-on-year increase of 300% (31.03.2005: EUR 650m).

In the first three months of this year Meinl European Land has more
than doubled its revenues in comparison with the same period last
year, from EUR 11.9m to EUR 29.8m. Rental income also doubled, going
from EUR 10.2m to EUR 21.5m over the same period. The improvement in
post-tax earnings was even more impressive, jumping from EUR 16.1m in
first-quarter 2005 to EUR 47.5m in the comparable period this year.

Earnings per share for the first quarter amounted to EUR 0.38. With a
stock market price of EUR 15.85 per share at 23 June 2006, the price
earnings ratio is currently 10.4.

Meinl European Land’s Management is optimistic about the prospects
for the coming three quarters and expects rental income for the whole
of 2006 to be around EUR 95m, which will represent an increase of
roughly 50% (2005: EUR 60.2m).

end of announcement euro adhoc 27.06.2006 08:09:54
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