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LTC Announces First Quarter Operating Results

^{Published on 2011-05-04 19:40:58 - Market Wire}
 

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ LTC Properties, Inc. ] (NYSE:LTC) released results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and announced that net income available to common stockholders for the first quarter was $5.4million or $0.20 per diluted share which included a $3.6million charge related to the Companya™s call for redemption of all of its 8.0% Series F Cumulative Preferred Stock (aSeries F preferred stocka) and $0.5million of the accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series F preferred stock for the period of April 1, 2011 to April 25, 2011. For the same period in 2010, net income available to common stockholders was $6.7million or $0.29 per diluted share which included $0.9million provision for doubtful accounts related to a mortgage loan secured by a school property. The Company reported total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011, were $20.3million versus $17.7million for the same period last year.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company sold 3,990,000 shares in an underwritten public offering at a price of $27.25 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $108.7million. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company acquired two senior housing properties located in South Carolina with 118 licensed beds, 40 assisted living units, 34 independent living units, and 19 cottages and patio homes for $11.5million. These properties are leased to a third party operator under a 10-year lease with three 5-year renewal options. In addition, the Company purchased four skilled nursing properties with 524-beds in Texas for $50.8million which consists of $41.0million in cash at closing with the remainder in the form of contingent earn-out payments. The contingent earn-out payment arrangements require us to pay two earn-out payments totalling up to $11.0million upon the properties achieving a sustainable stipulated rent coverage ratio. These properties are leased to a third party operator under a 15-year lease with two five-year renewal options.

On March 24, 2011, the Company announced the redemption, effective April 25, 2011, of 3,536,530 shares of its Series F preferred stock, representing all of the outstanding shares. The redemption price was $25.1333 per share, including accrued and unpaid dividends up to the redemption date. At March 31, 2011, the aggregate redemption amount of $88.4million was classified as a liability and the accrued and unpaid dividends were included under distributions payable on the consolidated balance sheet. Accordingly, the Company recognized the $3.6million of original issue costs related to the Series F preferred stock as a preferred stock redemption charge in the consolidated income statement line item income allocated to preferred stockholders.

On April 19, 2011, the Company announced that it had signed a new $210.0million, four-year Unsecured Credit Agreement (aCredit Agreementa), dated April 18, 2011. The Credit Agreement provides for the opportunity to increase the credit amount up to a total of $250.0million. The Credit Agreement provides a revolving line of credit with no scheduled maturities other than the maturity date of April 18, 2015, and allows LTC to borrow at the same interest rates applicable to borrowings under its prior credit agreement, 150 basis points over LIBOR based on current leverage ratios. Subsequent to March 31, 2011, LTC had $70.0million outstanding under the new Credit Agreement with $140.0million available for borrowing.

The Company will conduct a conference call on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific time, in order to comment on the Companya™s performance and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The conference call is accessible by dialing 877-317-6789. The international number is 412-317-6789. The earnings release will be available on our website. An audio replay of the conference call will be available from May 5, 2011 through May 19, 2011. Callers can access the replay by dialing 877-344-7529 or 412-317-0088 and entering conference number 450485. The Companya™s supplemental information package for the current period will also be available on the Companya™s website at [ www.LTCProperties.com ] in the aPresentationsa section of the aInvestor Informationa tab.

At March 31, 2011, LTC had investments in 93 skilled nursing properties, 102 assisted living properties, 14other senior housing properties and two schools. These properties are located in 30 states. Other senior housing properties consist of independent living properties and properties providing any combination of skilled nursing, assisted living and/or independent living services. The Company is a self-administered real estate investment trust that primarily invests in senior housing and long-term care facilities through mortgage loans, facility lease transactions and other investments. For more information on LTC Properties, Inc., visit the Companya™s website at [ www.LTCProperties.com ].

This press release includes statements that are not purely historical and are aforward looking statementsa within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the Companya™s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All statements other than historical facts contained in this press release are forward looking statements. These forward looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Please see our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in our other publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. All forward looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such forward looking statements. Although the Companya™s management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The actual results achieved by the Company may differ materially from any forward looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties of such statements.

NOTE: Computations of per share amounts from continuing operations, discontinued operations and net income are made independently. Therefore, the sum of per share amounts from continuing operations and discontinued operations may not agree with the per share amounts from net income available to common stockholders.

Reconciliation of Funds From Operations (aFFOa)

FFO is a supplemental measure of a real estate investment trusta™s (aREITa) financial performance that is not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (aGAAPa). The Company uses FFO as a supplemental measure of our operating performance and we believe FFO is helpful in evaluating the operating performance of a REIT. Real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, but cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with U.S. GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. We believe that by excluding the effect of historical cost depreciation, which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO and normalized FFO facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods.

FFO is defined as net income available to common stockholders (computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP) excluding gains or losses on the sale of assets plus real estate depreciation and amortization, with adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures will be calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis. Normalized FFO represents FFO adjusted from certain items detailed in the reconciliations. The Companya™s computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trustsa™ (aNAREITa) definition or that have a different interpretation of the current NAREIT definition from the Company; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing our companya™s FFO to that of other REITs.

The Company uses FFO, normalized FFO, normalized FFO excluding non-cash rental income and normalized FFO excluding non-cash rental income and non-cash compensation charges as supplemental performance measures of our cash flow generated by operations and cash available for distribution to stockholders. FFO, normalized FFO, normalized FFO excluding non-cash rental income and normalized FFO excluding non-cash rental income and non-cash compensation charges do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net income available to common stockholders.

The following table reconciles net income available to common stockholders to FFO available to common stockholders, normalized FFO available to common stockholders, normalized FFO available to common stockholders excluding non-cash rental income and normalized FFO available to common stockholders excluding non-cash rental income and non-cash compensation charges (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):