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BLACKWALL LIMITED — AGM Information 2013
Oct 22, 2013
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23 October 2013
The Manager Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Level 4, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000
ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT
Dear Sir or Madam
BlackWall Property Funds Limited Annual General Meeting CEO's presentation
In accordance with ASX listing rule 3.13.3, attached is a copy of the material to be presented to shareholders at the Annual General to be held at 11.15am today.
Yours sincerely
Don Bayly
Company Secretary

October!2013
BlackWall!Storage!Fund!Matures


Bakehouse!Construction!Commences!

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" The"Bakehouse" Quarter"is"a" unique"urban" business"precinct" comprising commercial" office,"retail"and" entertainment" uses."

Parking(( Construction!has!commenced!on!the!expansion! of! the! Bakehouse! Quarter's! office! accommodation.! Known! as! Building! H2! this! stage! is! comprised! of! over! 4,500! sqm! of! open! plan!office!space.!
Building!H2,!like!many!parts!of! the!Bakehouse! Quarter,!retains!and!adaptively!reuses!many!of! the! site's! original! industrial! features! including! high! clearances,! sawItooth! roofs,! exposed! timbers!and!brick!work.
The! design! allows! open! plan! layout! for! up! to! 4,000!sqm!of!contiguous!space!to!accommodate! large! tenants!or!it!can!be!broken!up!into!small! flexible!floor!plates.!
The! new! office! accommodation! will! integrate! with! landscaped! open! spaces! and! on! grade! parking.! As! we! are! converting! or! adapting! existing!structures!the!construction!leadItime!is! reduced! and! we! expect! to! be! progressively! handing! over! to! new! tenants! in! the! quarter! beginning!April!2014.!
Our! plans! include! the! development! of! a! "hub"! or!shared!work!space! that!will!supplement!the! site's! existing! serviced! offices! and! short! term! suites! offer.! WT! Serviced! Offices,! a! BlackWall! subsidiary,! has! operations! at! both! the! Bakehouse! and! Neutral! Bay,! and! is! planning! a! new!operation!in!Pyrmont.!
For! information! please! visit! our! website! at! www.wtservicedoffices.com.au
For!leasing!enquiries: BlackWall(Property(Funds
P:!02!9033!8611 E:[email protected]

P1REIT!wins!in!NSW!Court!of!Appeal

www.blackwallfunds.com.au!!!!!!!
October!2013

The!MPS!Proceedings!5 History!and!Facts
MacarthurCook! Property! Securities! Fund! (ASX! Code:! MPS)! commenced!the!court!action!in!May!2010.!The!action!relates! to!contracts!executed!in!2007!by!the!manager!of!the!Trust!at! the! time,!Reed!Property!Group.!MPS!is!a! trust!managed!by! MacarthurCook! Fund! Management! Limited.! Ironically! just! as!P1REIT's!manager!changed!so!too!did!MPS's,!with!the!on1 market! take1over!of!MacarthurCook! by! the! AIMS! Financial! Group!in!July!2009.
Under!the!contracts!in!question!MPS!invested!\$15!million!in! the!Reed!Property! Trust! (as!P1REIT was! then! known).!The! agreements!(which,!to!our!knowledge!were!not!disclosed!to! unitholders! on! either! side)! obliged! Reed! to! redeem! MPS's! investment! from! the! proceeds! of! a! planned! capital! raising.! Significantly!this!"redemption"!was!to!be!at!\$1!per!unit!and! was! expressed! to! be! subject! to! the! provisions! of! the! Corporations!Act!and! the!Trust's!Constitution.!The!contract! went! on! to! provide! that! if! MPS's! investment! was! not! redeemed! within! 12! months! the! Trust's! responsible! entity! (then! Reed! Funds! Management! Limited)!"in! its! personal! capacity"!must!buy!MPS's!15!million!units! for!\$15!million.! Of! course! economic! circumstances! changed! drastically! between!December!2007!and!December!2008!(the!period!in! which!MPS!was!to!be!redeemed)!and!in!September!2008!the! Trust! was! frozen! due! to! falling! asset! values! and! an! ascending! gearing! ratio.! By! December! 2008! the! Trust! had! no! capacity! to! redeem! the! MPS's! investment! and! Reed! Funds! Management! (an! entity! then! partly! controlled! by! Lehman!Brothers)!was!struggling!to!survive.!It!is!important! to!note!that in!2007!when! the!contracts!were!entered!into,! Reed!Funds!Management!did!not, and!has!never! since, had! the! financial! capacity! to! buy! MPS's! 15! million! units! for! \$1! per!unit.!This!fact!was!known! to!all!parties!at! the! time!and! was! made! known! to! AIMS! prior! to it! acquiring MacarthurCook.
BlackWall's! businesses! took! control! of! the! Reed! Property! Trust! in! June! 2009.! Prior to! this! MacarthurCook! and!Reed! attempted! unsuccessfully! to! complete! a! transaction! under! which! MacarthurCook! took! control! of! the! Reed! Property! Trust.
At! this! time! any! issues! between! MPS! and! Reed! were! irrelevant! because! the! Trust was! under! significant! stress! with!gearing!at!more!the!80%!of!its!asset!values.
BlackWall! took! control! by! purchasing Reed! Funds! Management!Limited!and! therefore! the!management!rights! to! the! Trust.!We! were! made! aware! of! and! understood! the! nature!of! the!potential!dispute!between! the!Trust! and!MPS! and! factored! this,! and! the! financial! state! of! the! Trust,! into! the!price!we!paid.!
BlackWall!worked! to! restructure! the! Trust's! balance! sheet,! sold! some! smaller! assets! and! reduced! gearing.! In! October! 2011! P1REIT listed! on! the! ASX! and! in! May! 2012! the! responsible! entity! obligations! of! the! Trust! were! moved! away!from!Reed!Funds!Management!Limited!to!BlackWall's! licenced!entity!TFML!Limited.
At! first!instance!MPS's! claim was!successful with judgment handed!down!in!its!favour!in!August!2012. In!summary, the! judgment imposed! an! obligation! on! the! Trust! to! redeem! MPS's! \$15! million! in! priority! to! all! other! unitholders.! The! court also found! that! the! obligations! of! Reed! Funds! Management,!although!stated!to!be!in!its!personal!capacity,! were!in!fact!obligations!of!the!Trust.
On 3! September 2013 the! Court! of! Appeal! overturned! the! original! judgment. The! Court! found! that! it! was! illegal! for! MPS!to!withdraw!from!the!Trust!(at!\$1!per!unit). Further!it! was! found! that! the! obligations!expressed! to! be! personal! to! Reed! Funds! Management! Limited! were! separate! to,! and! could!not!be!satisfied!from, the!assets!of!the!Trust.
The! MPS! proceedings! have! cost! the! Trust! approximately! \$1.2! million! in! legal! fees! of! which! we! would! expect! to! receive! between! seven! and! eight! hundred! thousand! back! through!the!costs!order!made!by!the!Court!of!Appeal.
MPS! has! lodged! an! application! to! have! the! decision! of! the! Court!of!Appeal reviewed!by!the!High!Court!of!Australia.!It!is! important!to!note!that!this!is!not!an!"as!of!right!appeal".!This! means!MPS!must!seek! the!High!Court's! permission! to! have! the!matter!heard!on!the!grounds!that!their!case!raises!legal! issue! of! sufficient! importance.! The! Trust's! legal! representative! will! make! submissions! opposing! this! application.! This! process! is! expected! to! take! up! to! six! months.

BlackWall's!New!Project!


2,700%sqm% floor plates
"We\$are\$working\$ with\$the\$building's\$ significant\$ technical\$ infrastructure\$to\$ position\$it\$as\$a\$ Media\$and\$ Technology\$Hub."

Motorists!on!Sydney's!ANZAC!Bridge!will! have! noticed! BlackWall's! newest! asset! management!mandate.!
BlackWall!is!managing! the!repositioning! of! a! large! commercial! building! in! Pyrmont! on! the! CBD! fringe.! The! sevenK level, 15,000! sqm! building! is! leased! to! tenants!including!Verizon,!Fairfax!Media! and!Hostworks.!BlackWall!is!tasked!with! leasing! up! the! 7,000! sqm! left! vacant! when!key!tenant!Fox!Sports!vacated!and! pay! TV! operator! UBI! slipped! into! liquidation.
The! building's! available! space! has! significant! technical! capabilities! including! extensive! power! feeds,! UPS! and! generator!backup! along!with! raised! flooring! and! a! dedicated! AC! plant.! In! addition!the!Fox!Sports!office!fit!out!and studio!space!have been!left!in!place!to!be redeployed! for! prospective! media! and! broadcast!tenants.
BlackWall! is! working! on! deals! ranging! from!150!– 2,000!sqm.!
For!leasing!enquiries:
BlackWall%Property%Funds P:!02!9033!8611 E:[email protected]