Business overview
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Central Europe Arena
This arena operated the following retail locations as of
January 1, 2006:
Square 1
meters 1 1
Stores
Albert Heijn 2
Gall Gall 3
Etos 4
100 - 4,000
35 - 450
35 - 850
499
294
201
Total 5 6
994
1 The property data is presented in square meters, which may be converted to
square feet by multiplying the number of square meters by 10.75.
2 This does not include 210 franchise stores supplied by Albert Heijn.
3 This does not include 213 franchise stores supplied by Gall Gall.
4 This does not include 234 franchise stores supplied by Etos.
5 This does not include 440 stores subleased to franchisees, 282 stores
subleased to third parties and 69 stores not in use.
6 Of these stores 85% were subject to operating leases and 15% were owned.
This arena also operated the tollowing other properties as
ot January 1, 2006:
Number of
properties
Warehouses distribution centers
production facilities
20
Offices
26
Properties held for future development or sale
not in use 1
53
Properties under construction development
Residential properties 2
167
Total 3' 4
266
1 These properties were not fully utilized as of January 1, 2006. Suitable
dispositions are currently being sought. The other properties in this table are
fully utilized and have adequate capacity for our current foreseeable needs.
2 This includes ten apartments which were rented to our employees at applicable
market rent rates. The remaining apartments were rented, or were available to
be rented, to third parties at market rent rates.
3 Of these properties, 75% were subleased to franchisees or third parties.
4 Of these properties, 1% were subject to finance leases, 26% were subject to
operating leases and 73% were owned.
This arena, headquartered in Prague, the Czech Republic,
is comprised primarily of the following entities:
Ahold Czech Republic, a.s. ("Ahold Czech Republic"),
established in 1991, which has a market area consisting
ot the Czech Republic.
Ahold Polska Sp. z o.o. ("Ahold Polska"), established as a
joint venture in 1995 and acquired fully in 1999, which
has a market area consisting of Poland.
Ahold Retail Slovakia, k.s. ("Ahold Slovakia"), established
in 2001, which has a market area consisting of Slovakia.
This arena operated supermarkets under the name "Albert"
and hypermarkets and compact hypermarkets under the
name "Hypernova," operating the following retail locations
as of December 31, 2005:
Square
meters 1
Stores
Ahold Czech Republic 100 - 9,700
Ahold Polska 2 300 - 4,300
Ahold Slovakia 750 - 10,000
292
183
24
1 Total 3, 4
499
1 The property data is presented in square meters, which may be converted
to square feet by multiplying the number of square meters by 10.75.
2 This does not include three franchise stores supplied by Ahold Polska.
3 This does not include 15 stores subleased to third parties.
4 Of these stores, 14% were subject to finance leases, 63% were subject
to operating leases and 23% were owned.
This arena also operated the following other properties as of
January 1, 2006:
Number of
properties
Warehouses distribution centers
production facilities
Offices
8
7
Properties held for future development or sale
not in use 1 2
Properties under construction
Residential properties
22
1 Total 3, 4
37
1 These properties were not fully utilized as of January 1, 2006. Suitable
dispositions are currently being sought. The other properties in this table are
fully utilized and have adequate capacity for our current foreseeable needs.
2 This includes three shopping centers that the Central Europe Arena sold in
March 2006.
3 Of these properties, 3% were subleased to franchisees or third parties.
4 Of these properties, 3% were subject to finance leases, 54% were subject to
operating leases and 43% were owned.
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