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Published: 2004-08-31 08:15:03 CEST
Citycon Oyj
Company Announcement
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION OF TRANSITION TO
CITYCON OYJ   STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN 31 AUGUST 2004   10.15
A.M.

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION OF TRANSITION TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL

REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS)
 
Citycon will report its financial statements
for the financial year 
2005 according to International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS). 
The purpose of this release is to present the major impacts
of the 
transition from Finnish Accounting Standards (FAS) to IFRS.
 
This
release covers the preliminary opening IFRS balance as of 1 
January  2004 and
the preliminary comparative information for the 
first and second quarters of
2004. For the third quarter of 2004 the 
comparative IFRS figures will be
reported in connection with the FAS 
interim financial reporting and for the
full year 2004 in connection 
of the year-end reporting. The final
reconciliation required by IFRS 1 
(First-time adoption of IFRS) will be
presented in the interim report 
for the first quarter of 2005 as Citycon
starts reporting according to 
IFRS for the first time.

The opening IFRS
balance sheet and the comparative information for the 
first and second
quarters have been prepared in accordance with the 
latest versions of IFRS.
The note -column refers to the additional 
information explained in the
separate section. A summary of Citycon's 
most significant IFRS accounting
principles is included in this 
release.

The figures are unaudited.


Preliminary summary of effects of IFRS on shareholders' equity on as 
per 1
January 2004

EUR million
Shareholders' equity FAS 31 December 2003         
             278.0
IAS 40 Change in valuation of investment properties        
    +16.0
IAS 31 Change in consolidation of mutual real estate companies
IAS
39 Change in values of interest rate derivatives            -10.9
IAS 32
Reclassification of treasury shares                       -4.7
IAS 32
Reclassification of capita loan                          -68.5
IAS 12 Change
in deferred tax assets and liabilities             -7.7
Shareholders' equity
IFRS 1 January 2004                        202.2

Key financial figures
    
                     FAS    IFRS     FAS    IFRS     FAS    IFRS
             
             Q1      Q1      Q2      Q2      Q2      Q2
                      
                                   Cum.   Cum.
Earnings per share,
EUR       
              0.04    0.08    0.04    0.06    0.08    0.14
Earnings per
share,
diluted, EUR             0.04    0.08    0.04    0.06    0.08   
0.14
Equity per share, EUR    1.91    1.88    1.95    1.99    1.95   
1.99
Return on equity 
(ROE), %                  8.4    17.5     8.6    12.7 
   8.5    14.8
Return on investment
(ROI), %                  6.0     7.6    
6.2     7.7     6.1     7.7
Equity ratio, %, note g  35.6    25.6    36.2   
27.1    36.2    27.1

Preliminary IFRS opening balance sheet reconciliation
as of 1 January 
2004
EUR million                     Note       FAS     IFRS
   Prel. IFRS
                                       31 Dec.   change        1
Jan. 
                                          2003                  
2004

Assets

Non current assets
Intangible assets                        
 4.5     -4.3           0.2
Tangible assets                          729.0  
-727.6           1.5
Investment properties              a              726.3  
      726.3
Investments
Holdings in associated
Companies                    
     b      55.5     -55.5
Treasury shares                    c       4.7    
-4.7
Other investments                         23.1    -21.8          
1.3
Investments, total                        83.3    -82.0          
1.3
Deferred tax assets                d
Non current assets, total           
    816.9    -87.6         729.3

Current assets
Short-term receivables     
               3.4     -0.5           2.9
Cash and cash equivalents           
     15.1     -0.4          14.7
Current assets, total                    
18.5     -0.9          17.5

Assets, total                            835.3  
 -88.5         746.8

Liabilities and shareholders' equity

Equity
attributable to 
equity holders of the parent
Share capital                  
         142.8                  142.8
Share premium fund                      
 28.3                   28.3
Treasury share fund                c       4.7   
-4.7           
Treasury shares                    c              -4.7        
  -4.7
Fair value reserve                 e              -7.7          
-7.7
Other funds                                6.6                    6.6

Retained profits               a,b,d      13.0     9.7           22.7
Profit
                                   14.3                   14.3
Capital loan   
                   f      68.5   -68.5
Shareholders' equity, total            
 278.0   -75.8          202.2

Minority interest                         99.8
  -99.8

Liabilities
Long-term liabilities              f     428.3    79.4 
        507.8
Deferred tax liability             d               7.7          
 7.7
Long-term liabilities, total             428.3    87.1         
515.5

Short-term liabilities                    29.2                  
29.2
Current tax liability
Short-liabilities, total                  29.2    
              29.2

Liabilities, total                       457.5    87.1   
      544.6

Liabilities and shareholders' 
equity, total                   
        835.3   -88.5          746.8


Preliminary IFRS Q1 2004
comparison
Income statement
EUR million                     Note       FAS  
Change    Prel. IFRS
                                            Q1       Q1  
         Q1
Turnover                                  21.9     -0.9         
21.0
Other Income
Change in value of
investment property               
a
Expenses
Depreciation and 
impairments                                1.8 
   -1.8           
Share of associated
companies' profit                  b  
    0.1     -0.1          
Other expenses                             7.8    
-0.7           7.1

Operating profit                          12.2      1.7  
       13.9

Net financial expenses                     6.5                  
 6.5

Profit before taxes                        5.7      1.7          
7.4

Taxes                              d      -1.6      2.6          
1.0

Profit                                     4.1      4.3          
8.4

Earnings per share, EUR                   0.04     0.04          
0.08
Earnings per share, diluted, EUR          0.04     0.04          
0.08


Preliminary IFRS Q2 2004 comparison
Income statement
EUR million   
    Note   FAS   Change   Prel.   FAS   Change   Prel.
                       
   Q2       Q2    IFRS    Q2       Q2    IFRS
                                
           Q2   Cum.     Cum.    Cum.
Turnover                 22.1     -0.9  
 21.2   44.0    -1.8    42.2
Other income              0.1     -0.1           
0.1    -0.1
Change in value of
investment property  
a
Expenses
Depreciation and 
impairments               2.0     -2.0         
  3.8    -3.8     

Share of associated
companies' profit     b              
            0.2    -0.2
Other expenses            7.9     -0.3     7.6   15.7 
  -1.0    14.7

Operating profit         12.3      1.3    13.6   24.5     3.0
   27.5

Net financial expenses    6.4              6.4   12.9           
12.9

Profit before taxes       5.9      1.3     7.2   11.6     3.0   
14.6

Taxes                 d  -1.7      0.9    -0.8   -3.3     3.5    
0.2

Profit                    4.2      2.2     6.3    8.4     6.2   
14.6

Earnings per share, 
EUR                      0.04     0.02    0.06  
0.08    0.06    0.14
Earnings per share, 
diluted, EUR             0.04    
0.02    0.06   0.08    0.06    0.14



Preliminary IFRS Q1, Q2 2004
comparison
Balance sheet
EUR million       Note    FAS   Change   Prel.    
FAS   Change  Prel.
                       31 Mar.            IFRS  30 Jun.   
       IFRS
                          2004         31 Mar.     2004        30
Jun.
                                          2004                   
2004
Assets

Non-current assets
Intangible assets          4.7    -4.3    
0.4      4.8    -4.4    0.4
Tangible assets          739.4  -738.0     1.3   
740.0  -738.9    1.1
Investment
properties        a              735.4  
735.4            737.5  737.5
Investments
Holdings in associated
companies  
      b       55.4   -55.4            55.4    -55.4
Treasury shares   c       
4.7    -4.7             4.7     -4.7
Other investments         21.4   -21.4   
        21.4    -20.2    1.2
Investments, total        81.5   -81.5           
81.5    -80.3    1.2
Deferred tax 
asset             d
Non-current
assets,
total                    825.6   -88.4   737.1   826.3    -86.0 
740.3

Current assets
Short-term receivables     3.6    -0.5     3.1     3.1
    -0.5    2.7
Cash and cash equivalents  7.2    -0.5     6.7     4.8    
-0.5    4.3
Current assets, total     10.8    -1.0     9.8     7.9     -1.0   
7.0

Assets, total            836.4   -89.5   746.9   834.2    -87.0 
747.2

Liabilities and shareholders' equity

Equity attributable to
equity
holders' of the parent
Share capital            142.8           142.8   142.8 
         142.8
Share premium fund        28.3            28.3    28.3         
  28.3
Treasury share 
fund               c       4.7    -4.7             4.7
    -4.7
Treasury share 
reserve            c              -4.7    -4.7      
      -4.7   -4.7
Fair value reserve e             -12.4   -12.4            
-7.6   -7.6
Other funds                6.6             6.6     6.6            
6.6
Retained profits  a,b,d   13.0     9.6    22.6    13.0      9.6  
22.6
Profit                     4.1     4.3     8.4     8.4      6.2  
14.6
Capital loan      f       68.5   -68.5            68.5   
-68.5
Shareholders' equity, 
total                    267.8   -76.3   191.5  
272.1    -69.5  202.6

Minority interest        101.2  -101.2           101.2
  -101.2

Liabilities
Long-term 
liabilities       f      433.1    85.1  
518.2   426.5     79.0  505.5
Deferred tax 
liability         d              
 3.1     3.1              4.8    4.8
Long-term liabilities, 
total           
        433.1    88.2   521.3   426.5     83.8  510.3

Short-term liabilities
   34.1    -0.1    34.0    34.4     -0.1   34.3
Short-term liabilities,

total                     34.1    -0.1    34.0    34.4     -0.1  
34.3

Liabilities, total       467.3    88.0   555.3   460.9     83.7 
544.6

Liabilities and share-
holders' equity, total   836.4   -89.5   746.9
  834.2    -87.0  747.2



Preliminary statement of changes in
shareholders' equity
Attributable to equity holders of parent
EUR million    
   Share     Share    Fair  Treasury  Retained  Total
                  
capital   premium  value shares    profits   equity
                          
  fund     reserve and
                             and              capital

                            other            loan
                            
reserves

FAS balance 
31 Dec. 2003       142.8     34.8           73.1     
27.3       278.0

IFRS balance 
1 January 2004     142.8     34.8     -7.7 
-4.7      36.9       202.2

Cash flow hedges                      -4.7       
                -4.7
Profit                                                 
8.4        8.4
Total recognised 
income and expense                    -4.7  
           8.4        3.6
Dividends                                           
 -14.3      -14.3

IFRS Balance 
31 March 2004      142.8    34.8     -12.4 
-4.7       31.0      191.5

Cash flow hedges                       4.8       
                 4.8
Profit                                                 
6.3        6.3
Total recognised
income and expense                     4.8   
          6.3       11.1

IFRS Balance 
30 June 2004       142.8    34.8    
 -7.6  -4.7       37.3      202.6



Cash flow statements
Cash flow
statements are not presented, as the differences between 
IFRS cash flow
statement and the cash flow statement prepared 
according to Finnish
Accounting Standards are not considered to be 
material.

Notes to the
preliminary opening IFRS balance sheet reconciliation and 
comparative
financial information for Q1 and Q2 in 2004

a) Investment properties have
been valued at fair value and the change 
in values has been recorded income
statement (and the equity in the 
opening balance).
b) Consolidation
principles of mutual real estate companies have been 
changed.
c) Own shares
held by the parent company are not presented in assets, 
but are deducted from
equity.
d) Deferred tax has been calculated from IFRS adjustments.
e) The
fair value of cash flow hedging derivatives has been included 
in the balance
sheet and the changes in the values in cash flow hedge 
reserve in equity.
f)
Capital loan has been classified as a liability in the IFRS balance

sheet.
g) The covenant calculation used in the financial agreements will

remain the same.

Summary of Citycon's most significant IFRS accounting
principles

The consolidated financial statements for 2005 of Citycon are to
be 
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards
(IFRS). The comparative figures of 2004 are restated from 
previous applied
Finnish Accounting Standards (FAS) to IFRS.

Principles of
consolidation
Mutual real estate companies are consolidated by proportional

consolidation, where Citycon's share of assets, liabilities, income 
and
expenses of the company is combined line by line with similar 
items in the
Citycon's financial statements. 

Investment properties
Investment property
is property (land or building – or part of a 
building – or both) held to earn
rental income or capital gain or 
both. In the valuation of investment
properties according to IAS 40 
Citycon has decided to use the fair value
model, which will result in 
changes in value being posted to the income
statement. The valuation 
of investment properties is assessed in accordance
with International 
Valuation Standards (IVS) at least once a year by on
external valuer.

Property, plant and equipment
Property (other than
investment property), plant and equipment are 
recorded at historical cost and
depreciated over the estimated 
economic lives of the assets. Machinery and
equipment is depreciated 
over a period of from 4 to 10 years.

Intangible
assets
Intangible assets include software licenses. They are recorded at cost

and amortised on straight-line basis over 5 years.

Impairment
Property,
plant and equipment and intangible assets are assessed at 
each balance sheet
date to determine whether there is any indication 
of impairment. If such
indication exists, the recoverable amount shall 
be estimated. An impairment
loss is recognised in the income statement 
if the carrying amount exceeds the
recoverable amount.
 
Revenue recognition
Revenue comprise mainly of rental
income from investment property. 
Rental income is recognised on a
straight-line basis over the term of 
the lease.

Leases
Leases, for which
Citycon acts as a lessee, are classified as finance 
leases and recognised as
assets and liabilities if the risks and 
rewards have been transferred. A
lease is classified as an operating 
lease if it does not transfer
substantially all the risks and rewards 
incidental to ownership. 

Pension
benefits
Employee pension cover has been arranged through statutory pension

insurance. The contributions to defined contribution plans are charged 
to
the income statement in the period to which they relate.

Equity and
equity-related compensation benefits 
IFRS 2 Share-based payment -standard has
been applied to share options 
that were granted after 7 November 2002 and
have not vested before 1 
January 2005. For such option plans the fair value
of the equity 
instruments granted is measured at grand date and the options
are 
expensed over the vesting period of the instrument.

Capital loan
The
capital loan is treated under IFRS as a liability. 

Reacquired own equity
instruments (treasury shares) 
Treasury shares are deducted from the
shareholders' equity.

Derivatives
Interest rate derivatives are used as
hedging instruments. They are 
designated as cash flow hedges of the future
interest payments on 
variable rate liabilities. Hedging instruments are
measured at fair 
value and the change in value that relates to the effective
part of 
the hedge is recognised directly in equity. The ineffective part, if

any, is recognised in the income statement. Fair value changes remain 
in
equity until the hedged cash flow is recognised.

Provisions
Provisions are
recognised, when the group has a present legal or 
constructive obligation as
a result of past events, when it is 
probable that an outflow of resources
will be required to settle the 
obligation and when a reliable estimate of the
amount can be made.

Taxes
Income taxes include taxes based on taxable
profit for the financial 
period, adjustments to prior year taxes and change
in deferred taxes.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised using
the liability 
method for all temporary differences arising from the
difference 
between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their carrying

values in IFRS. The enacted tax rate is used in the determination of

deferred income tax.

Helsinki, 31 August 2004 

Citycon Oyj
Board of
Directors


Further information
CEO Petri Olkinuora
Tel. +358 9 6803 6738
or +358 400 333 256
petri.olkinuora@citycon.fi


CFO Pirkko Salminen
Te.
+358 9 6803 6730 or + 358 50 3022
485
pirkko.salminen@citycon.fi

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Independent Auditors' Review Report to the Board of
Directors of 
Citycon Oyj

We have reviewed the preliminary opening balance
as of January 1 2004 
and the preliminary comparative information for the
first and second 
quarters of 2004, which have been prepared in accordance
with 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). These statements

are the responsibility of the management. 

We conducted our review in
accordance with the International Standard 
on Auditing applicable to review
engagements. This standard requires 
that we plan and perform the review to
obtain moderate assurance as to 
whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. A 
review is limited primarily to inquiries of company
personnel and 
analytical procedures applied to financial data and thus
provides less 
assurance than an audit. We have not performed an audit and,

accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Based on our review,
nothing has come to our attention that causes us 
to believe that the
preliminary opening balance sheet as of January 1 
2004 and the preliminary
comparative information for the first and 
second quarters of 2004 do not
include the major adjustments between 
Finnish Accounting Standards and
IFRS.
  
Helsinki, August 31, 2004

Ari Ahti                             
Jaakko Nyman
Authorized Public Accountant          Authorized Public
Accountant