Exhibit 99.1
SAUL CENTERS, INC.
7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1500, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-6522
(301) 986-6200
Saul Centers, Inc. Reports
First Quarter 2012 Earnings
May 1, 2012, Bethesda, MD.
Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE: BFS), an equity real estate investment trust (REIT), announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (“2012 Quarter”). Total revenue for the 2012 Quarter increased to $47.1 million from $41.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 (“2011 Quarter”). Operating income, which is net income available to common stockholders before income attributable to noncontrolling interests and preferred stock dividends, increased to $9.3 million for the 2012 Quarter from $8.3 million for the 2011 Quarter. Net income available to common stockholders was $4.1 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, for the 2012 Quarter compared to $3.5 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the 2011 Quarter. The revenue increase was primarily caused by $3.3 million of rents received from shopping centers acquired in 2011 and $2.5 million of revenue generated by the Clarendon Center development, offset in part by decreased revenue at properties impacted by reduced leasing levels. Operating income increased $0.7 million from the core properties and $0.4 million from the recently acquired shopping centers. In part, because rental income has not commenced for 28,000 square feet of leased office space, Clarendon Center had little impact on the quarterly change in operating income.
Same property revenue decreased 1.0% for the 2012 Quarter compared to the 2011 Quarter, but same property operating income increased 0.6%, due to lower property operating expenses. The same property comparisons exclude the operating results of properties not in operation for the entirety of the comparable reporting periods. Shopping center portfolio same property operating income decreased 0.5% and, primarily due to improved leasing at Washington Square, the mixed-use portfolio same property operating income increased 5.3%.
As of March 31, 2012, 90.9% of the commercial portfolio was leased (all properties except the apartments at Clarendon Center, which were 98% leased), compared to 89.6% at March 31, 2011. On a same property basis, 90.4% of the portfolio was leased compared to the prior year level of 90.2%. The 2012 leasing percentages were impacted by a net increase of approximately 33,000 square feet of space leased in the mixed-use portfolio caused by increases at Washington Square, offset in part by a net decrease of approximately 19,000 square feet of space leased in the shopping center portfolio.
Funds from operations (FFO) available to common shareholders (after deducting preferred stock dividends) increased 19.0% to $15.3 million in the 2012 Quarter from $12.9 million in the 2011 Quarter. On a diluted per share basis, FFO available to common shareholders increased 9.4% to $0.58 per share for the 2012 Quarter from $0.53 per share for the 2011 Quarter. FFO, a widely accepted non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance for REITs, is defined as net income plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and excluding gains and losses from property dispositions, impairment charges on depreciable real estate assets and extraordinary items. FFO increased in the 2012 Quarter primarily due to $1.7 million generated by the three recently acquired shopping center properties and $0.5 million generated by the recently completed Clarendon Center.
Saul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio of 58 community and neighborhood shopping center and mixed-use properties totaling approximately 9.6 million square feet of leasable area. Over 85% of the Company’s property operating income is generated from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.
| Contact: | Scott V. Schneider | |
| (301) 986-6220 |
Saul Centers, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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| March 31, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | |||||||
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Real estate investments | ||||||||
Land | $ | 324,183 | $ | 324,183 | ||||
Buildings and equipment | 1,094,078 | 1,092,533 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 1,263 | 1,129 | ||||||
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| 1,419,524 | 1,417,845 | |||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (333,518 | ) | (326,397 | ) | ||||
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| 1,086,006 | 1,091,448 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 10,994 | 12,323 | ||||||
Accounts receivable and accrued income, net | 37,763 | 39,094 | ||||||
Deferred leasing costs, net | 25,611 | 25,876 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses, net | 3,257 | 3,868 | ||||||
Deferred debt costs, net | 6,719 | 7,090 | ||||||
Other assets | 15,126 | 12,870 | ||||||
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Total assets | $ | 1,185,476 | $ | 1,192,569 | ||||
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Mortgage notes payable | $ | 818,295 | $ | 823,871 | ||||
Revolving credit facility payable | 4,000 | 8,000 | ||||||
Dividends and distributions payable | 13,279 | 13,219 | ||||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 23,544 | 22,992 | ||||||
Deferred income | 30,762 | 31,281 | ||||||
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Total liabilities | 889,880 | 899,363 | ||||||
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Stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
Preferred stock | 179,328 | 179,328 | ||||||
Common stock | 195 | 193 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 223,622 | 217,829 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit and other comprehensive loss | (150,040 | ) | (147,522 | ) | ||||
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Total Saul Centers, Inc. stockholders’ equity | 253,105 | 249,828 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest | 42,491 | 43,378 | ||||||
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Total stockholders’ equity | 295,596 | 293,206 | ||||||
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,185,476 | $ | 1,192,569 | ||||
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Saul Centers, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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| 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
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Revenue | ||||||||
Base rent | $ | 37,588 | $ | 32,697 | ||||
Expense recoveries | 7,709 | 7,426 | ||||||
Percentage rent | 406 | 375 | ||||||
Other | 1,401 | 1,235 | ||||||
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Total revenue | 47,104 | 41,733 | ||||||
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Operating expenses | ||||||||
Property operating expenses | 5,789 | 6,633 | ||||||
Provision for credit losses | 352 | 515 | ||||||
Real estate taxes | 5,844 | 4,482 | ||||||
Interest expense and amortization of deferred debt costs | 12,771 | 10,294 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization of deferred leasing costs | 9,778 | 8,324 | ||||||
General and administrative | 3,247 | 3,166 | ||||||
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Total operating expenses | 37,781 | 33,414 | ||||||
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Operating income | 9,323 | 8,319 | ||||||
Change in fair value of derivatives | (3 | ) | 87 | |||||
Acquisition related costs | — | (74 | ) | |||||
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Net income | 9,320 | 8,332 | ||||||
Income attributable to the noncontrolling interests | (1,456 | ) | (1,023 | ) | ||||
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Net income attributable to Saul Centers, Inc. | 7,864 | 7,309 | ||||||
Preferred dividends | (3,785 | ) | (3,785 | ) | ||||
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Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 4,079 | $ | 3,524 | ||||
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Per share net income available to common stockholders : | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.19 | ||||
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Weighted average common stock : | ||||||||
Common stock | 19,403 | 18,659 | ||||||
Effect of dilutive options | 46 | 95 | ||||||
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Diluted weighted average common stock | 19,449 | 18,754 | ||||||
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Saul Centers, Inc.
Supplemental Information
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
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Reconciliation of net income to FFO available to common shareholders: | (1 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income | $ | 9,320 | $ | 8,332 | ||||||||
Add: Real property depreciation and amortization | 9,778 | 8,324 | ||||||||||
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FFO | 19,098 | 16,656 | ||||||||||
Less: Preferred dividends | (3,785 | ) | (3,785 | ) | ||||||||
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FFO available to common shareholders | $ | 15,313 | $ | 12,871 | ||||||||
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Diluted weighted average common stock | 19,449 | 18,754 | ||||||||||
Convertible limited partnership units | 6,914 | 5,416 | ||||||||||
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Diluted & converted weighted average shares | 26,363 | 24,170 | ||||||||||
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FFO available to common shareholders (diluted) | $ | 0.58 | $ | 0.53 | ||||||||
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Reconciliation of net income to same property operating income: | ||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 9,320 | $ | 8,332 | ||||||||
Add: Interest expense and amortization of deferred debt costs | 12,771 | 10,294 | ||||||||||
Add: Depreciation and amortization of deferred leasing costs | 9,778 | 8,324 | ||||||||||
Add: Acquisition related costs | — | 74 | ||||||||||
Add: General and administrative | 3,247 | 3,166 | ||||||||||
Add: Change in fair value of derivatives | 3 | (87 | ) | |||||||||
Less: Interest income | (12 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||||||
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Property operating income | 35,107 | 30,089 | ||||||||||
Less: Acquisitions & developments | (5,559 | ) | (722 | ) | ||||||||
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Total same property operating income | $ | 29,548 | $ | 29,367 | ||||||||
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Shopping centers | $ | 23,618 | $ | 23,734 | ||||||||
Mixed-Use properties | 5,930 | 5,633 | ||||||||||
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Total same property operating income | $ | 29,548 | $ | 29,367 | ||||||||
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| (1) | The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) developed FFO as a relative non-GAAP financial measure of performance of an equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under GAAP. FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and excluding extraordinary items, impairment charges on depreciable real estate assets and gains or losses from property dispositions. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs, which is disclosed in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the applicable periods. There are no material legal or functional restrictions on the use of FFO. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income, its most directly comparable GAAP measure, as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance, or as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. Management considers FFO a meaningful supplemental measure of operating performance because it primarily excludes the assumption that the value of the real estate assets diminishes predictably over time (i.e. depreciation), which is contrary to what we believe occurs with our assets, and because industry analysts have accepted it as a performance measure. FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other REITs. |