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Our Group's Story

2000

The start of ARGAN

Start of ARGAN’s business as part of the French continental logistics real estate market

2007

IPO

ARGAN successfully started its stock market trading on June 25, 2007, for initial price per share of €15 on Euronext’s C compartment

2009

HQE (French High Environmental Quality) certification

ARGAN received its first HQE certification “sustainable logistics” covering all phases of a platform’s extension project for L’Oréal in Vichy

2010

Uninterrupted growth

ARGAN recorded its tenth consecutive year of double-digit growth in rental income

2011

Employee shareholding up

ARGAN successfully completed a capital increase reserved for employees, resulting in a sixfold rise in their shareholding (from 0.2% to 1.3% of the share capital)

2012

Confirmed success on the financial markets

ARGAN was included to Euronext’s B compartment

2013

First bond issue

ARGAN successfully completed its first bond issue for an amount of €65 million, maturing in 2018

2014

HQE® “Exceptional” Passport

OXYLANE platform in Valenciennes awarded the first HQE® “Exceptional” Passport by Certivéa

2015

€1 billion!

ARGAN’s portfolio was valued more than €1 billion for the first time

2016

French Legion of Honour decoration

Appointment of Jean-Claude Le Lan as Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour

2017

A new bond issue

ARGAN successfully launched a new bond issue in an amount of €130m maturing in 2023

2018

On-site green energy

First delivery of a warehouse equipped with a photovoltaic power plant for the operator’s self-consumption, in Bordeaux

2019

ARGAN strengthened its portfolio with the CARGO transaction

Acquisition from CARREFOUR and a group of leading institutional investors of the SCI “CARGO”, which owns 22 PREMIUM logistics platforms, for a price of €898 million; annual rental income exceeds €100 million for the first time

2020

A substantial portfolio

The portfolio valuation reached €3 billion; ARGAN joined Euronext’s A compartment

2021

New commercial and financial market successes

Successful €500 million bond issue maturing in November 2026, launched in November; delivery to AMAZON France of a new logistics platform meeting the highest technological and environmental standards, a project initiated in 2018

2022

ARGAN launched a new label:  the Aut0nom® warehouse

In January, ARGAN delivered its first Aut0nom® platform — a warehouse that generates its own green energy through a rooftop photovoltaic power plant combined with storage batteries, and equipped with electric air-to-air heat pumps and smart LED lighting

2023

One of the largest market capitalization within listed real estate companies

ARGAN strengthens its position among the largest listed real estate companies in France and joins EPRA in March, followed by the SBF 120 in September

2024

A sizeable capital increase

Successful €150 million capital increase completed in April, resulting in the creation of 2 million new shares and an increase in the free float from 44% to 48%