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11-May-2009
Quarterly Report
distributions, any unwillingness on the part of lenders to make loans to the
Company and any deterioration in the financial position of lenders that might
make them unable to meet their current commitments to the Company. The Company
continues to monitor the ongoing credit crisis and could address any resulting
capital constraints through one or more of the following, as conditions permit:
(i) accessing the public debt and/or equity markets; (ii) obtaining mortgage
financing or a credit facility secured by a portion of the Company's
$1.9 billion of unencumbered real estate assets; (iii) obtaining new lending
commitments from the banks in the Company's Unsecured Credit Facility, or other
banks, to fund a new credit facility; (iv) decreasing distributions to
stockholders; and/or (v) reducing or delaying acquisition and development
activity.
Trends and Matters Impacting Operating Results
Management monitors factors and trends important to the Company and the
REIT industry in order to gauge the potential impact on the operations of the
Company. In addition to the matters discussed in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 below are some of the factors and
trends that management believes may impact future operations of the Company.
2009 Capital Financing Activities
The Company anticipates refinancing its Unsecured Credit Facility and may
obtain unsecured debt or secured financing on certain of its unencumbered real
estate assets during 2009. The Company expects that the additional interest
expense related to the refinancing will negatively impact its cash flows and
results from operations.
2009 Acquisitions
During the first quarter of 2009, the Company acquired the remaining equity
interest in a joint venture which owns a 62,246 square foot on-campus medical
office building in Oregon, for $4.4 million of cash consideration, and assumed
an outstanding mortgage totaling approximately $12.8 million. The building is
97% occupied with lease expirations through 2025. During the first quarter, a
joint venture in which the Company has an 80% controlling interest acquired a
33,974 square foot medical office building in Iowa for $10.7 million. The
property is 100% leased to two tenants.
2009 Dispositions
During the first quarter of 2009, the Company disposed of four medical
office buildings for approximately $66.1 million in net proceeds and repaid a
$19.5 million mortgage note secured by one of the properties. The Company also
sold a property in the second quarter of 2009 for approximately $18.5 million.
Development Activity
At March 31, 2009, the Company had four construction projects underway. The
Company expects completion of the core and shell of three of the four projects
with budgets totaling approximately $88.0 million during 2009 and expects the
core and shell of the fourth project with a budget totaling approximately
$86.0 million to be completed during the second quarter of 2010. In addition to
the projects currently under construction, the Company is financing an on-campus
medical office development in Iowa comprised of six facilities, with a total
budget of approximately $72 million, of which the Company expects to finance the
remaining $22.8 million during 2009 and 2010. With respect to five of the six
facilities, the Company will have an option to purchase each facility at a
market cap rate upon its completion and attaining full occupancy. The sixth
facility is under contract for sale to an unrelated party. As discussed in "2009
Acquisitions," one of the five properties was acquired during the first quarter
of 2009 for $10.7 million. See Note 6 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements for more information on the Company's development activities.
Expiring Leases
Master leases on 14 of the Company's properties expire during 2009. The
Company expects to renew three leases representing nearly one-third of the
expiring square footage. The Company has opted not to renew the master leases
relating to about one-half of the properties, which are located on or near
hospital campuses and in locations where the Company already has existing
management capabilities. These properties have existing physician subtenants,
and the Company will assume these subtenant leases upon the expiration of the
master leases. With respect to the remaining properties, the Company believes
that it will lease the properties to another single tenant.
Approximately 440 of the Company's leases in its multi-tenanted buildings
expire during 2009, with each tenant lessee occupying an average of
approximately 3,188 square feet. Approximately 86% of the leases expiring are
located in on-campus properties, which traditionally have a high probability of
renewal. Nearly half of the leases expiring in these multi-tenant facilities are
with hospital-related entities, a result of the Company's numerous
acquisitions in 2004. Historically, hospital-related tenants who occupy space in
on-campus buildings have a high probability of renewal. The majority of the
healthcare systems who have leases expiring in 2009 have already indicated to
the Company that they plan to renew substantially all of their leases. In
addition, management expects that the majority of the non-hospital tenants will
renew at favorable rates.
Funds from Operations
Funds from Operations ("FFO") and FFO per share are operating performance
measures adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Inc. ("NAREIT"). NAREIT defines FFO as the most commonly accepted and reported
measure of a REIT's operating performance equal to "net income (computed in
accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus
depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated
partnerships and joint ventures." Impairment charges may not be added back to
net income in calculating FFO, which has the effect of decreasing FFO in the
period recorded.
Management believes FFO and FFO per share to be supplemental measures of a
REIT's performance because they provide an understanding of the operating
performance of the Company's properties without giving effect to certain
significant non-cash items, primarily depreciation and amortization expense.
Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP
assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time.
However, real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with
market conditions. The Company believes that by excluding the effect of
depreciation, amortization and gains from sales of real estate, all of which are
based on historical costs and which may be of limited relevance in evaluating
current performance, FFO and FFO per share can facilitate comparisons of
operating performance between periods. Management uses FFO and FFO per share to
compare and evaluate its own operating results from period to period, and to
monitor the operating results of the Company's peers in the REIT industry. The
Company reports FFO and FFO per share because these measures are observed by
management to also be the predominant measures used by the REIT industry and by
industry analysts to evaluate REITs and because FFO per share is consistently
reported, discussed, and compared by research analysts in their notes and
publications about REITs. For these reasons, management has deemed it
appropriate to disclose and discuss FFO and FFO per share.
However, FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities
determined in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash
available to fund cash needs. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to
net income as an indicator of the Company's operating performance or as an
alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity.
FFO for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was impacted favorably by a
re-measurement gain of $2.7 million, or $0.05 per diluted common share,
recognized in connection with the acquisition of the remaining interests in a
joint venture during the first quarter of 2009. The table below reconciles FFO
to net income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 2009 2008
Net income attributable to common stockholders $ 20,865 $ 6,799
Gain on sales of real estate properties (12,609 ) (637 )
Real estate depreciation and amortization 16,883 13,273
Total adjustments 4,274 12,636
Funds from Operations - Basic and Diluted $ 25,139 $ 19,435
Funds from Operations per Common Share - Basic $ 0.43 $ 0.39
Funds from Operations per Common Share - Diluted $ 0.43 $ 0.39
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic 58,130,574 49,413,058
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted 58,847,384 50,407,119
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Results of Operations
First Quarter 2009 Compared to First Quarter 2008
Income from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009
was $7.8 million, compared to $4.9 million for the same period in 2008. Net
income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $20.9 million, or $0.36 per
basic common share ($0.35 per diluted common share), compared to $6.8 million,
or $0.14 per basic common share ($0.13 per diluted common share), for the same
period in 2008.
Three Months Ended
March 31, Change
(Dollars in thousands) 2009 2008 $ %
REVENUES
Master lease rent $ 15,737 $ 15,773 $ (36 ) -0.2 %
Property operating 42,910 32,115 10,795 33.6 %
Straight-line rent 351 (61 ) 412 675.4 %
Mortgage interest 489 525 (36 ) -6.9 %
Other operating 3,509 3,850 (341 ) -8.9 %
62,996 52,202 10,794 20.7 %
EXPENSES
General and administrative 6,967 6,045 922 15.3 %
Property operating 23,363 18,251 5,112 28.0 %
Bad debts, net of recoveries 435 145 290 200.0 %
Depreciation 15,753 11,489 4,264 37.1 %
Amortization 1,481 585 896 153.2 %
47,999 36,515 11,484 31.5 %
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Re-measurement gain of equity interest
upon acquisition 2,701 - 2,701 -
Interest expense (10,074 ) (10,878 ) 804 -7.4 %
Interest and other income, net 155 136 19 14.0 %
(7,218 ) (10,742 ) 3,524 32.8 %
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 7,779 4,945 2,834 57.3 %
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Income from discontinued operations 514 1,249 (735 ) -58.8 %
Impairments (22 ) (29 ) 7 -24.1 %
Gain on sales of real estate properties 12,609 637 11,972 1,879.4 %
INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS 13,101 1,857 11,244 605.5 %
NET INCOME 20,880 6,802 14,078 207.0 %
Less: Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests (15 ) (3 ) (12 ) 400.0 %
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NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON
STOCKHOLDERS $ 20,865 $ 6,799 $ 14,066 206.9 %
Total revenues from continuing operations for the three months ended
March 31, 2009 increased $10.8 million, or 20.7%, compared to the same period in
2008, mainly for the reasons discussed below:
• Property operating income increased $10.8 million, or 33.6%, due mainly to
approximately $9.5 million in additional revenues in the first quarter of
2009 compared to 2008 resulting from the Company's acquisitions during
2008 and 2009. Also, properties previously under construction that
commenced operations during 2008 resulted in approximately $0.7 million in
additional property operating income in the first quarter of 2009 compared
to the same period in 2008, with the remaining increase resulting mainly
from contractual rent increases.
• Straight-line rent increased $0.4 million due mainly to an increase of approximately $0.7 million related to leases on properties acquired during 2008 and 2009 that require straight-line rent accounting, partially offset by a decrease of approximately $0.3 million related to leases that have reached the midpoint of their lease terms.
• Other operating income decreased $0.3 million, or 8.9%, due mainly to the expiration of property operating agreements relating to four properties during 2008.
Total expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2009 increased
$11.5 million, or 31.5%, compared to the same period in 2008, mainly for the
reasons discussed below:
• General and administrative expenses increased $0.9 million, or 15.3%, due
mainly to additional expense during the first quarter of 2009 of
approximately $1.0 million related to the payment of a partial pension
settlement, approximately $0.5 million of additional expenses relating to
compensation-related matters, offset partially by a decrease in
pursuit-related expenditures of approximately $0.7 million in 2009
compared to 2008.
• Property operating expense increased $5.1 million, or 28.0%, due mainly to approximately $3.8 million in additional expenses in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008 resulting from the Company's acquisitions during 2008 and 2009. Also, properties previously under construction that commenced operations during 2008 resulted in approximately $0.9 million in additional property operating expense in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008. The remaining increase in 2009 compared to 2008 is mostly due to increases in property taxes and utility rates.
• Depreciation expense increased $4.3 million, or 37.1%, due mainly to approximately $3.0 million in additional expense in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008 related to the Company's acquisitions during 2008 and 2009. Also, in accordance with SFAS No. 144, the Company recorded a depreciation adjustment in the first quarter of 2009 totaling approximately $0.5 million to reduce the Company's carrying amounts on five properties to their respective adjusted net book values upon reclassification of the properties from held to sale to held for use. The remainder of the increase is related to various building and tenant improvement expenditures.
• Amortization expense increased $0.9 million, or 153.2%, due mainly to additional amortization expense of approximately $1.0 million recognized on lease intangibles acquired related to the Company's 2008 real estate acquisitions, partially offset by the decrease in amortization expense of approximately $0.1 million on lease intangibles acquired related mainly to the Company's real estate acquisitions during 2003 and 2004 which are becoming fully amortized.
Other income (expense) for the three months ended March 31, 2009 increased
$3.5 million, or 32.8%, compared to the same period in 2008, mainly for the
reasons discussed below:
• The Company recognized a $2.7 million gain related to the valuation and
re-measurement of the Company's equity interest in a joint venture in
connection with the Company's acquisition of the remaining equity
interests in the joint venture.
• Interest expense decreased $0.8 million, or 7.4%. This decrease was mainly attributable to an increase in the capitalization of interest of approximately $0.5 million relating to the Company's construction projects, a reduction in interest expense of approximately $0.7 million due to certain repurchases of the Senior Notes due 2011 and 2014 during 2008, as well as a reduction of interest expense of approximately $0.4 million related to the Unsecured Credit Facility resulting mainly from a decrease in interest rates. These amounts were partially offset by an increase in interest expense of approximately $0.8 million related to mortgage notes assumed by the Company in connection with its investments in two joint ventures during 2008 and 2009.
Income from discontinued operations totaled $13.1 million and $1.9 million,
respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, which includes
the results of operations, gains on sale, and impairment charges related to
assets classified as held for sale or disposed of during the first quarter of
2009 and 2008. The Company disposed of four properties during the first quarter
of 2009 and had three properties classified as held for sale at March 31, 2009.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company derives most of its revenues from its real estate property
portfolio based on contractual arrangements with its tenants and sponsors. The
Company may, from time to time, also generate funds from capital market
financings, sales of real estate properties or mortgages, borrowings under its
Unsecured Credit Facility, secured debt borrowings, or from other private debt
or equity offerings. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company
generated approximately $27.5 million in cash from operations which included a
$2.3 million payment related to a partial pension settlement, and used
approximately $19.3 million in total cash from investing and financing
activities, net of $22.8 million in dividend payments, as detailed in the
Company's Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow Statement.
Capital and Credit Market Conditions
The Company may from time to time raise additional capital by issuing
equity and debt securities under its currently effective shelf registration
statement or in private offerings. Access to capital markets impacts the
Company's ability to refinance existing indebtedness as it matures and fund
future acquisitions and development through the issuance of additional
securities. The Company's ability to access capital on favorable terms is
dependent on various factors, including general market conditions, interest
rates, credit ratings on its securities, perception of its potential future
earnings and cash distributions, and the market price of its capital stock. The
capital and credit markets continue to be volatile as a result of adverse
economic conditions. These conditions could limit the Company's ability to
access debt or equity capital, which would negatively impact the Company's cost
of capital, ability to invest in real estate assets, pay its dividend at current
levels, refinance maturing debt and react to changing economic and business
conditions. Further, the Company is exposed to increases in interest rates,
which could reduce profitability and negatively impact the Company's ability to
refinance existing debt, sell assets and engage in acquisition and development
activity. The Company had unencumbered real estate assets of approximately
$1.9 billion at March 31, 2009, which could serve as collateral for secured
financing. Furthermore, the Company anticipates entering into a new credit
facility during 2009 to replace its existing credit facility. The Company
anticipates that the interest rates payable on new debt will be higher than the
rate on its Unsecured Credit Facility (LIBOR + 0.90%).
Contractual Obligations
The Company monitors its contractual obligations to ensure funds are
available to meet obligations when due. The following table represents the
Company's long-term contractual obligations for which the Company was making
payments as of March 31, 2009, including interest payments due where applicable.
The Company is also required to pay dividends to its stockholders at least equal
to 90% of its taxable income in order to maintain its qualification as a real
estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The
Company's material contractual obligations for the remainder of 2009 and 2010
are included in the table below.
(Dollars in thousands) 2009 2010 Total
Long-term debt obligations, including interest (1) $ 43,740 $ 371,018 $ 414,758
Operating lease commitments (2) 2,928 3,852 6,780
Construction in progress (3) 58,819 12,022 70,841
Tenant improvements (4) 440 - 440
Deferred gain (5) 2,207 - 2,207
Construction loan obligation (6) 8,558 - 8,558
Pension obligations (7) - - -
$ 116,692 $ 386,892 $ 503,584
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(1) Includes estimated interest due on total debt other than the Unsecured Credit Facility. See Note 4 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2) Includes primarily two office leases and ground leases related to various properties for which the Company is currently making payments.
(3) Includes cash flow projections for the remainder of 2009 and 2010 related to the construction of four buildings. A portion of the remaining commitments is designated for tenant improvements that will generally be funded after the core and shell . . .
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