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Our Coverage: Aroundtown ETR:AT1

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Aroundtown – Q2 Update

The Long Thesis is intact, despite macro headwinds.September 21, 2026 – Viceroy remains long Aroundtown S.A. (AT1:DE). Since our 17 February 2026 report the stock has fallen 37% from €2.83 to €1.78, alongside Vonovia (-35%), LEG (-32%) and TAG (-31%). The sector was sold on rates: the 10-year Bund moved from below 2.75% to 3.51% and the ECB hiked in June and September.Agaisnt backdrop of rates environment: Aroundtown remains a serially undervalued.H1 results continue to validate thesis – Aroundtown has sold €353m of book value at 1% below mark and 55% above cost. EPRA NTA per share +3% to €8.0. The €250m buyback completed at an average €2.54, 67% below NTA.What moved against us - LTV 41% to 43% (44% pro forma for July settlements) on the back of dividends and buybacks. As we have stated: AT1 buying its own shares at enormous discounts to NAV is accretive to shareholders, as are dividends. ICR is still strong at 3.3x as cot of debt shifts up slightlyWe reiterate our belief that asset disposals, even at modest discounts to book, and the repurchase of company shares is the most shareholder-favorable strategy. We do not believe that the purchase of assets at par that trade at 0.22x NTA are effective allocations of capital in this circumstance. We have communicated this with management.2026 results to-date validate our thesis. Book values held, FFO printed in line with guidance, buybacks happened, and the dividend is back.  The activist call has been answered. We reiterate that Aroundtown is severely mispriced and presents a ~100% upside on our base case.

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Aroundtown – Annual Report Update

The Long Thesis is intact.May 5, 2026 – Viceroy is long Aroundtown. This is a low-maintenance position. Several follow ups are queued and will drop in the coming weeks, working through the inbox of questions readers have sent us since February.FY2025 results validate tur thesis. Book values held under independent year-end revaluation, FFO printed in line with guidance, leverage fell, and the dividend is back. Management has also launched a €250m buyback at a 60%+ discount to NTA and a share-for-share offer to consolidate Grand City Properties (GCP).The activist call has been answered. We reiterate that Aroundtown is severely mispriced and presents a ~100% upside on our base case.

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Aroundtown – Viceroy is Long While the Market Sleeps

Stop asking us to short Aroundtown. Viceroy is long Aroundtown.PLEASE READ IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERViceroy Research reversed its stance on Aroundtown (AT1:DE), from investigating it as a potential short to initiating a long position. The stock is deeply undervalued at ~0.36x NAV and unfairly bashed versus a peer average of 0.70x. Our base case upside is 94%.Viceroy has a long track-record in exposing corporate malfeasance and bad governance in REITs. In investigating all prevailing short theses of Aroundtown, we turned up nothing. We conclude that Aroundtown's portfolio is conservatively marked: our in-house valuation exceeded reported book value by ~12%.Management should aggressively expand buybacks funded by asset disposals or modest additional leverage.February 17, 2026 – After years of receiving unsolicited requests to investigate this business: we did. Viceroy is long the equity of Aroundtown S.A. (AT1:DE). The market narrative has been shaped by repetition of legacy short arguments which do not withstand scrutiny.Viceroy originally believed Aroundtown to be a short, and have investigated all prevailing short thesis of Aroundtown, which turned up nothing. We were wrong, and now we’re long. The short argument is tired, the valuations are true, and the stock is unreasonably cheap: the emperor is fully clothed.Aroundtown emerges as a conservatively valued, financially resilient European real estate investor with multiple, realistic catalysts for value appreciation. Our thesis requires no heroic assumptions: Aroundtown should trade on a Price-to-NAV in line with peers:Our base case sees Aroundtown’s upside at 94%Aroundtown has already engaged in €250m of unlevered buybacks. The stock is so cheap, and the company is so modestly levered, that we believe management should expand this program via accelerated asset disposals or through moderate increases in leverage that do not breach rating restrictions.Stock buybacks are the best value AT1 can deliver to shareholders at current NAV discounts, either via asset sales or leverage.At current market prices: €1 of AT1 exposure purchases ~€2.7 of unencumbered, performing assets.[embed id="2"]

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