Skyline is Changing the Accounting Policy for Reporting of Its Hospitality Assets

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 21, 2016) - Skyline Investments Inc. (TASE:SKLN), which specializes in investments in yield-generating real estate in Canada and the U.S. as well as select land development in Canada, reports that, as from the financial statements dated 31 December 2016, the company will present its hotels and resorts real estate assets under the "fair value model", according to International Accounting Standard IAS 16, changing it from the "depreciated cost" model used to date. The change in accounting is expected to allow investors to evaluate the company in a more simple way, while presenting more up-to-date data reflecting the current economic value embodied by the company's assets.

In accordance with the December 2015 appraisals, the property plant and equipment, as presented in the company's financial statements dated 30 September 2016, is expected to increase by approximately $70 million CAD. In addition, the equity attributed to the shareholders is expected to increase by approximately $59 million CAD ($3.55 CAD per share).

In conjunction with the company's 2016 year-end financial statements, the company has engaged independent appraisers from the office of Cushman & Wakefield to obtain up-to-date appraisals which will serve as a basis for reporting its real estate property plant and equipment as of 31 December 2016.

Regarding the change of the accounting policy, CPA Blake Lyon, CEO of Skyline, said today: "Currently, there is a difficulty in analyzing the company's performance and its assets due to the application of two major accounting methods on the real estate assets owned by the company - the "depreciated cost" method for hospitality real estate and the "fair value" method for its investment real estate. The depreciated cost method makes it more difficult for investors to analyze the current economic value of the company's assets. Beginning with the 2016 annual periodic report, it is our intention to apply the fair value model on our Hospitality real estate, just as many active real estate companies in Israel do. We believe that this change should allow investors to analyze the company in a more simple way and will valuate the current economic value of the company's assets."

Skyline Investments Inc. is a Canadian company specializing in investments in yield-generating real estate in Canada and the U.S. The company's holdings include retail, hospitality and adjacent land banks for select development at a scope of approximately 5,400 housing units in four principal areas. The company is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:SKLN). For more information, please go to our website at www.skylineinvestments.com.

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