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STANDING DOCUMENT
COMPANY NAME
Cofinimmo: Sicafi/Bevak – fixed public capital real estate investment trust
incorporated under Belgian Law.
REGISTERED AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
The registered and administrative offices are established at 1200 Brussels,
Boulevard de la Woluwe/Woluwedal 58 (Tel. +32 2 373 00 00). The regis-
tered offices may be transferred to any other place in Belgium by a simple
decision of the Board of Directors.
REGISTER OF LEGAL PERSONS
The company is entered in the Register of Legal Persons (R.L.P.) of Brussels
under the No. 0426 184 049. Its VAT number is BE 0426 184 049.
CONSTITUTION, LEGAL FORM AND PUBLICATION
Cofinimmo was set up as a limited liability company incorporated under
Belgian law (Société Anonyme/Naamloze Vennootschap) on 29.12.1983,
by deed enacted before Notary André Nerincx in Brussels, published in
the annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur Belge/Belgisch
Staatsblad) of 27.01.1984, under the No. 891-11. The company has the legal
form of a limited liability company incorporated under Belgian Law.
Since 01.04.1996, Cofinimmo has been recognised as a Sicafi/Bevak - fixed
public capital real estate investment trust incorporated under Belgian Law,
registered with the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). It is
subject to the legal provisions of closed-end investment companies, as
stipulated in Article 20 of the Law of 03.08.2012 regarding certain types of
collective administration of investment portfolios. The company has opted
for the category of investments provided for in Article 7, § 1, 5° (real estate
properties) of this Law.
The company is subject to the provisions of Book II of the above-mentioned
Law of 03.08.2012 regarding certain types of collective administration of
investment portfolios, as well as to the Royal Decree of 07.12.2010, regard-
ing Sicafi/Bevak entities. The Articles of Association have been amended
on various occasions, the last of which was on 10.01.2014 by deed enacted
before Notary-in-Partnership Louis-Philippe Marcelis in Brussels, pub-
lished in the annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur Belge/
Belgisch Staatsblad) of 04.02.2014 under the No. 14033183.
The company makes issues for general subscription within the meaning
of Article 438 of the Company Code.
DURATION
The company is constituted for an unlimited term.
FINANCIAL SERVICE
Bank Degroof is responsible for the financial service.
REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE
The following experts are responsible for the valuation of the property
portfolio: DTZ, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Jones Lang LaSalle (see also
pages 91 and 92).
CERTIFICATION OF THE ACCOUNTS
The Statutory Auditor is SC s.f.d. SCRL/BV o.v.v.e. CVBA Deloitte, Company
Auditors, represented by Mr. Frank Verhaegen.
ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY
ARTICLE 3 OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
The company’s main activity is the collective investment in real estate.
Consequently, as main activity, the company invests in real estate, as
defined in the Sicafi/Bevak legislation (“fixed assets”), i.e. properties as
defined by Articles 517 ff. of the Civil Code, real rights on properties, shares
with voting rights issued by property companies and shares of institu-
tional Sicafi/Bevak entities, provided that joint or exclusive control is exer-
cised over such companies, shares of public Sicafi/Bevak entities, option
rights on fixed assets, units of foreign real estate collective investment
undertakings, under the conditions provided for by the Sicafi/Bevak legis-
lation, real estate certificates, rights arising from contracts which bestow
one or more assets on the company under financial leasing, or conferring
other similar rights.
In this capacity, the company may carry out all operations which relate to
real estate assets, such as purchase, conversion, fitting out, letting, sublet-
ting, management, exchange, disposal, development, transfer to common
ownership, profit sharing, whether by merger or otherwise, in any under-
taking with similar or complementary activities, and, in general terms, any
operations directly or indirectly linked to its corporate purpose. The com-
pany may not act as property developer except on an occasional basis.
As an ancillary or temporary activity, the company may invest in securi-
ties. Such investments will be diversified in order to ensure the adequate
The company attaches great importance to open and comprehensive communication aimed
at all its stakeholders.
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