NEPI Rockcastle is Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by investment portfolio value and the largest owner, operator, and developer of shopping centres in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The company’s €6.9 billion portfolio is located across nine CEE contries, and it is a market leader in Romania and Poland, (NEPI Rockcastle’s two largest markets), Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Hungary, as well as having shopping centres in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Serbia and Lithuania. The Group has a highly skilled operational management team which includes asset and facility management, development, investment, leasing, sustainability, and financial expertise. Our 60 modern retail real estate properties play an essential role in the lives of CEE consumers, thousands of whom visit our centres daily, and we deliver social and economic benefits to the communities where they are located. NEPI Rockcastle is committed to operating sustainably and has pledged to produce enough renewable energy to cover our own consumption by 2030, twenty years ahead of the EU's 2050 net-zero goal. Sustainability lies at the core of our operations and developments, and we are making significant progress to reduce emissions and increase the energy efficiency of our assets, as part of a comprehensive sustainability strategy launched in 2022. The shining example of our progress in this area is the fact that we are now producing solar energy at 27 of our Romanian properties. NEPI Rockcastle’s financial strategy is focused on maintaining a robust balance sheet and adequate liquidity, with conservative gearing and a diverse debt structure, combining secured and unsecured bank debt with unsecured bonds listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The company is investment grade-rated by Standard & Poor’s (BBB, outlook stable) and Fitch (BBB+, outlook stable). Our shares are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”), Euronext Amsterdam (“Euronext”), and A2X.