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Hudson Pacific Properties Reports Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

July 31, 2019 9:00 AM

Net Income of $0.06 per Diluted Share

FFO of $0.48 per Diluted Share (Excluding Specified Items)

Signed Over 500,000 Square Feet of Leases

Achieved GAAP and cash rent growth of 48.2% and 27.1%, respectively

Increased stabilized and in-service leased percentages to 96.6% and 94.5%, respectively

Added ~1.0 Million Square Feet to Future Development Pipeline

~50% in Downtown Vancouver, ~50% in Downtown Seattle

Increased and Narrowed 2019 FFO Guidance to $1.98 to $2.04 per Diluted Share (Excluding Specified Items)

Increased office and studio same-store cash NOI growth assumption midpoints to 4.5% and 5.5%, respectively

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the "Company" or "Hudson Pacific") (NYSE: HPP) today announced financial results for the second quarter 2019.

Management Comments & Industry Outlook

Victor Coleman, Hudson Pacific Properties' Chairman and CEO, said:

"Global tech and media companies continue to expand significantly across our West Coast markets. Supply of sound stages, production facilities and large-block, Class A office space is increasingly constrained, driving both notable rent growth and absorption throughout our portfolio. We are on pace for one of our strongest office leasing years ever, signing over 1.5 million square feet year-to-date with nearly 30% cash rent spreads. Our Bay Area assets, which generate over 65% of our annualized base rent, continue to shine as well, and were the biggest driver, over 80%, of office leasing activity this quarter. We are bullish about the performance of both our office and studio segments through year end, and have therefore increased the full-year cash NOI guidance for our same-store portfolios.

"On the capital recycling front, we added a large repositioning office asset in Vancouver, and two prime downtown office development sites to our pipeline—one in Seattle, the other in Vancouver, while selling our Campus Center land and improvements in Milpitas. Today, we have nearly 1.0 million square feet of office development and redevelopment projects underway in Los Angeles, which are 89% pre-leased. Our future development pipeline, which consists of many of the best land sites across our markets, all carried at very attractive bases, now totals over 2.7 million square feet."

Consolidated Financial & Operating Results

For second quarter 2019 compared to second quarter 2018:

Office Segment Results

Financial & operating

For second quarter 2019 compared to second quarter 2018:

Leasing

Studio Segment Results

Financial & operating

For second quarter 2019 compared to second quarter 2018:

Leasing

Leasing Activity

Executed significant leases throughout Northern California

Acquisitions

Purchased Bentall Centre in Vancouver, Canada with Blackstone

On June 5, 2019, Hudson Pacific and Blackstone Property Partners closed on the previously announced joint venture purchase of the 1.45 million-square-foot Bentall Centre office and retail complex and approximately 450,000 square feet of associated development rights in Downtown Vancouver.

Funded deposit to purchase office development rights adjacent to Washington State Convention Center

On March 21, 2019, the Company funded a $20.5 million deposit in accordance with its contract to purchase the condominium rights to build Washington 1000, an approximately 538,000-square-foot office tower adjacent to the $1.8 billion Washington State Convention Center ("WSCC") expansion project in Seattle's Denny Triangle neighborhood. The Company will fund the remainder of the $86.0 million purchase price before credits, prorations and closing costs and could commence construction upon the WSCC development team's delivery of the tower's podium, which is anticipated to occur in the second quarter of 2021.

Financings

Issued $150.0 million of additional public debt

On June 14, 2019, the Company's operating partnership, Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), completed an additional public offering of $150.0 million of registered senior notes. The offering took place under the same indenture and with substantially identical terms as the Operating Partnership's February 27, 2019 issuance of $350.0 million of 4.650% registered senior notes due April 2029. This additional issuance generated approximately $155.3 million of net proceeds, $150.0 million of which paid down the Company's revolving credit facility.

Balance Sheet

As of the end of the second quarter 2019:

Dividend

Paid common dividend

Activities Subsequent to Second Quarter 2019

Sold Milpitas office campus and land

On July 24, 2019, the Company sold Campus Center's three-building office campus for approximately $70.3 million before credits, prorations, and closing costs, and applied $70.0 million of net proceeds to repay its revolving credit facility. On July 30, 2019, the Company sold the Campus Center land for approximately $78.1 million before credits, prorations and closing costs, and applied $75.0 million of net proceeds to repay its revolving credit facility.

2019 Outlook

The Company increased and narrowed its full-year 2019 FFO guidance from its previously announced range of $1.96 to $2.04 per diluted share, excluding specified items, to a revised range of $1.98 to $2.04 per diluted share, excluding specified items. Specified items consist of transaction-related expenses of $0.1 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, and one-time debt extinguishment costs of $0.1 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, both of which were identified in connection with the Company's first quarter results.

The full-year 2019 FFO estimates reflect management’s view of current and future market conditions, including assumptions with respect to rental rates, occupancy levels and the earnings impact of events referenced in this press release and in earlier announcements. It otherwise excludes any impact from future unannounced or speculative acquisitions, dispositions, debt financings or repayments, recapitalizations, capital markets activity or similar matters. There can be no assurance that the actual results will not differ materially from this estimate.

Below are some of the assumptions the Company used in providing this guidance (dollars and share data in thousands):

Full Year 2019

Metric

Low

High

Growth in same-store office property cash NOI(1)(2)

4.00%

5.00%

Growth in same-store studio property cash NOI(1)(2)

5.00%

6.00%

GAAP non-cash revenue (straight-line rent and above/below-market rents)(3)

$61,000

$71,000

GAAP non-cash expense (straight-line rent expense and above/below-market ground rent)

$(4,000)

$(4,000)

General and administrative expenses(4)(5)

$(69,000)

$(73,000)

Interest expense(6)

$(106,000)

$(109,000)

Interest income

$3,450

$3,550

Corporate-related depreciation and amortization

$(2,050)

$(2,150)

FFO from unconsolidated joint ventures

$3,500

$4,500

FFO attributable to non-controlling interests

$(26,500)

$(30,500)

Weighted average common stock/units outstanding—diluted(7)

155,000

157,000

1.

Same-store is defined as the 31 office properties or three studio properties, as applicable, owned and included in the Company's stabilized portfolio as of January 1, 2018, and anticipated to still be owned and included in the stabilized portfolio through December 31, 2019.

2.

Please see non-GAAP information below for definition of cash NOI.

3.

Includes non-cash straight-line rent associated with the studio and office properties.

4.

Includes non-cash compensation expense, which the Company estimates at $20,500 in 2019.

5.

Includes approximately $5.4 million related to the adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, under which lessors will only capitalize incremental direct leasing costs. As a result, the Company will no longer capitalize certain legal costs and internal leasing compensation and instead will expense these costs as incurred.

6.

Includes amortization of deferred financing costs and loan discounts/premiums, which the Company estimates at $6,250 in 2019.

7.

Diluted shares represent ownership in the Company through shares of common stock, OP Units and other convertible or exchangeable instruments. The weighted average fully diluted common stock/units outstanding for 2019 includes an estimate for the dilution impact of stock grants to the Company's executives under its 2017, 2018 and 2019 outperformance programs, as well as performance-based awards under the Company's special one-time retention award grants. This estimate is based on the projected award potential of such programs as of the end of such periods, as calculated in accordance with the ASC 260, Earnings Per Share.

The Company does not provide a reconciliation for non-GAAP estimates on a forward-looking basis, including the information under "2019 Outlook" above, where it is unable to provide a meaningful or accurate calculation or estimation of reconciling items and the information is not available without unreasonable effort. This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and/or amount of various items that would impact net income attributable to common stockholders per diluted share, which is the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial measure. This includes, for example, acquisition costs and other non-core items that have not yet occurred, are out of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. Forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures provided without the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures may vary materially from the corresponding GAAP financial measures.

Supplemental Information

Supplemental financial information regarding Hudson Pacific's second quarter 2019 results may be found on the Investors section of the Company's website at HudsonPacificProperties.com. This supplemental information provides additional detail on items such as property occupancy, financial performance by property, and debt maturity schedules.

Conference Call

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss second quarter 2019 financial results at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET on July 31, 2019. Please dial (877) 407-0784 to access the call. International callers should dial (201) 689-8560. A live, listen-only webcast can be accessed via the Investors section of the Company's website at HudsonPacificProperties.com, where a replay of the call will be available. A replay will also be available beginning July 31, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET, through August 14, 2019 at 8:59 p.m. PT / 11:59 p.m. ET, by dialing (844) 512-2921 and entering the passcode 13692293. International callers should dial (412) 317-6671 and enter the same passcode.

About Hudson Pacific

Hudson Pacific is a real estate investment trust with a portfolio of office and studio properties totaling more than 20 million square feet. Focused on premier West Coast epicenters of innovation, media and technology, its anchor tenants include Fortune 500 and leading growth companies such as Netflix, Google, Square, Uber, NFL Enterprises and more. Hudson Pacific is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol HPP, and listed as a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For more information visit HudsonPacificProperties.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," or "potential" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events, or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company's control that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. All forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance. Furthermore, the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and other risks described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

In thousands, except share data

June 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Investment in real estate, at cost

$

7,088,508

$

7,059,537

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

(792,485

)

(695,631

)

Investment in real estate, net

6,296,023

6,363,906

Cash and cash equivalents

48,172

53,740

Restricted cash

13,375

14,451

Accounts receivable, net

13,805

14,004

Straight-line rent receivables, net

170,928

142,369

Deferred leasing costs and lease intangible assets, net

299,250

279,896

U.S. Government securities

142,761

146,880

Operating lease right-of-use asset

270,943

Prepaid expenses and other assets, net

66,074

55,633

Investment in unconsolidated real estate entity

65,495

Assets associated with real estate held for sale

99,840

TOTAL ASSETS

$

7,486,666

$

7,070,879

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Liabilities

Unsecured and secured debt, net

$

2,834,785

$

2,623,835

In-substance defeased debt

136,636

138,223

Joint venture partner debt

66,136

66,136

Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other

241,990

175,300

Operating lease liability

273,883

Lease intangible liabilities, net

37,833

45,612

Security deposits and prepaid rent

61,788

68,687

Liabilities associated with real estate held for sale

104

Total liabilities

3,653,155

3,117,793

Redeemable preferred units of the operating partnership

9,815

9,815

Redeemable non-controlling interest in consolidated real estate entities

114,917

113,141

Equity

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. stockholders’ equity:

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 490,000,000 authorized, 154,396,755 shares and 154,371,538 shares outstanding at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively

1,543

1,543

Additional paid-in capital

3,450,155

3,524,502

Accumulated other comprehensive income

1,279

17,501

Accumulated deficit

(31,355

)

Total Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. stockholders’ equity

3,421,622

3,543,546

Non-controlling interest—members in consolidated entities

268,158

268,246

Non-controlling interest—units in the operating partnership

18,999

18,338

Total equity

3,708,779

3,830,130

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

$

7,486,666

$

7,070,879

Consolidated Statements of Operations

In thousands, except share data

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

REVENUES

Office

Rental(1)

$

172,256

$

129,732

$

342,453

$

259,814

Tenant recoveries(1)

21,960

42,864

Service revenues(1)

6,791

6,858

12,452

12,404

Total office revenues

179,047

158,550

354,905

315,082

Studio

Rental(1)

14,521

10,708

26,915

21,091

Tenant recoveries(1)

500

854

Service revenue and other(1)

3,088

5,411

12,225

12,260

Total studio revenues

17,609

16,619

39,140

34,205

Total revenues

196,656

175,169

394,045

349,287

OPERATING EXPENSES

Office operating expenses

60,896

53,940

121,711

107,180

Studio operating expenses

9,539

8,539

20,648

18,203

General and administrative

18,344

16,203

36,438

31,767

Depreciation and amortization

69,606

60,706

138,111

121,259

Total operating expenses

158,385

139,388

316,908

278,409

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME

Loss from unconsolidated real estate investments

(85

)

(85

)

Interest expense

(26,552

)

(19,331

)

(50,902

)

(39,834

)

Interest income

1,008

66

2,032

75

Transaction-related expenses

(128

)

(118

)

Other income

181

319

75

723

Unrealized gain on non-real estate investment

928

928

Gains on sale of real estate

1,928

39,602

Impairment loss

(52,201

)

Total other (expense) income

(25,448

)

(16,090

)

(101,209

)

1,376

Net income (loss)

12,823

19,691

(24,072

)

72,254

Net income attributable to preferred units

(153

)

(153

)

(306

)

(312

)

Net income attributable to participating securities

(48

)

(110

)

(356

)

(437

)

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated real estate entities

(3,317

)

(3,167

)

(6,138

)

(6,490

)

Net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest in consolidated real estate entities

558

1,158

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest in the operating partnership

(77

)

(59

)

108

(236

)

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

$

9,786

$

16,202

$

(29,606

)

$

64,779

BASIC AND DILUTED PER SHARE AMOUNTS

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—basic

$

0.06

$

0.10

$

(0.19

)

$

0.42

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—diluted

$

0.06

$

0.10

$

(0.19

)

$

0.41

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding—basic

154,384,586

155,636,636

154,390,340

155,631,375

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding—diluted

154,687,261

156,590,227

154,390,340

156,563,966

1.

The Company adopted a new accounting standard that required a change in its presentation of revenues.

Funds From Operations

Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) TO FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS (FFO)(1):

Net income (loss)

$

12,823

$

19,691

$

(24,072

)

$

72,254

Adjustments:

Depreciation and amortization—Consolidated

69,606

60,706

138,111

121,259

Depreciation and amortization—Corporate-related

(530

)

(489

)

(1,053

)

(973

)

Depreciation and amortization—Company's share from unconsolidated real estate investment

563

563

Gains on sale of real estate

(1,928

)

(39,602

)

Impairment loss

52,201

Unrealized gain on non-real estate investment(2)

(928

)

(928

)

FFO attributable to non-controlling interests

(6,831

)

(5,316

)

(13,569

)

(10,647

)

FFO attributable to preferred units

(153

)

(153

)

(306

)

(312

)

FFO to common stockholders and unitholders

75,478

71,583

151,875

141,051

Specified items impacting FFO:

Transaction-related expenses

128

118

One-time debt extinguishment cost

143

421

FFO (excluding specified items) to common stockholders and unitholders

$

75,478

$

71,583

$

152,146

$

141,590

Weighted average common stock/units outstanding—diluted

156,175

157,159

156,091

157,133

FFO per common stock/unit—diluted

$0.48

$0.46

$0.97

$0.90

FFO (excluding specified items) per common stock/unit—diluted

$0.48

$0.46

$0.97

$0.90

1.

Hudson Pacific calculates FFO in accordance with the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), excluding gains and losses from sales of depreciable real estate and impairment write-downs associated with depreciable real estate, plus real estate-related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation of non-real estate assets), adjusting for consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures. The calculation of FFO includes amortization of deferred revenue related to tenant-funded tenant improvements and excludes the depreciation of the related tenant improvement assets.

Hudson Pacific believes that FFO is a useful supplemental measure of its operating performance. The exclusion from FFO of gains and losses from the sale of operating real estate assets allows investors and analysts to readily identify the operating results of the assets that form the core of the Company's activity and assists in comparing those operating results between periods. Also, because FFO is generally recognized as the industry standard for reporting the operations of REITs, it facilitates comparisons of operating performance to other REITs. However, other REITs may use different methodologies to calculate FFO, and accordingly, the Company's FFO may not be comparable to all other REITs.

Implicit in historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP is the assumption that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered presentations of operating results for real estate companies using historical cost accounting alone to be insufficient. Because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, Hudson Pacific believes that FFO along with the required GAAP presentations provides a more complete measurement of the Company's performance relative to its competitors and a more appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing and investing activities than the required GAAP presentations alone would provide. Hudson Pacific uses FFO per share to calculate annual cash bonuses for certain employees.

However, FFO should not be viewed as an alternative measure of Hudson Pacific's operating performance because it does not reflect either depreciation and amortization costs or the level of capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of the Company's properties, which are significant economic costs and could materially impact the Company's results from operations.

2.

During second quarter 2018, Hudson Pacific recognized a $928 unrealized gain on an unconsolidated non-real estate investment accounted for using the cost method approach. In December 2018, NAREIT issued a FFO White Paper providing an option to include these mark-to-market adjustments in the Company's calculation of FFO. During fourth quarter 2018, Hudson Pacific elected this option retroactively.

Net Operating Income

Unaudited, in thousands

Three Months Ended June 30,

2019

2018

RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET OPERATING INCOME (NOI)(1):

Net income

$

12,823

$

19,691

Adjustments:

Loss from unconsolidated real estate investments

85

Interest expense

26,552

19,331

Interest income

(1,008

)

(66

)

Transaction-related expenses

Other income

(181

)

(319

)

Unrealized gain on non-real estate investment

(928

)

Gains on sale of real estate

(1,928

)

Impairment loss

General and administrative

18,344

16,203

Depreciation and amortization

69,606

60,706

NOI

$

126,221

$

112,690

NET OPERATING INCOME BREAKDOWN

Same-store office cash revenues

110,711

103,950

Straight-line rent

5,971

3,864

Amortization of above-market and below-market leases, net

1,927

2,215

Amortization of lease incentive costs

(358

)

(351

)

Same-store office revenues

118,251

109,678

Same-store studios cash revenues

16,655

16,376

Straight-line rent

319

243

Amortization of lease incentive costs

(9

)

Same-store studio revenues

16,965

16,619

Same-store revenues

135,216

126,297

Same-store office cash expenses

33,258

34,205

Amortization of above-market and below-market ground leases, net

575

575

Same-store office expenses

33,833

34,780

Same-store studio cash expenses

9,544

8,539

Same-store studio expenses

9,544

8,539

Same-store expenses

43,377

43,319

Same-store net operating income

91,839

82,978

Non-same-store net operating income

34,382

29,712

NET OPERATING INCOME

$

126,221

$

112,690

SAME-STORE OFFICE NOI GROWTH

12.7

%

SAME-STORE OFFICE CASH NOI GROWTH

11.1

%

SAME-STORE STUDIO NOI GROWTH

(8.2

)%

SAME-STORE STUDIO CASH NOI GROWTH

(9.3

)%

1.

Hudson Pacific evaluates performance based upon property NOI from continuing operations. NOI is not a measure of operating results or cash flows from operating activities or cash flows as measured by GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to income from continuing operations, as an indication of the Company's performance, or as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity, or the Company's ability to make distributions. All companies may not calculate NOI in the same manner. Hudson Pacific considers NOI to be a useful performance measure to investors and management because when compared across periods, NOI reflects the revenues and expenses directly associated with owning and operating the Company's properties and the impact to operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs, providing a perspective not immediately apparent from income from continuing operations. Hudson Pacific calculates NOI as net income (loss) excluding corporate general and administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization, impairments, gains/losses on sales of real estate, interest expense, transaction-related expenses and other non-operating items. Hudson Pacific defines NOI as operating revenues (including rental revenues, other property-related revenue, tenant recoveries and other operating revenues), less property-level operating expenses (which includes external management fees, if any, and property-level general and administrative expenses). NOI on a cash basis is NOI adjusted to exclude the effect of straight-line rent and other non-cash adjustments required by GAAP. Hudson Pacific believes NOI on a cash basis is helpful to investors as an additional measure of operating performance because it eliminates straight-line rent and other non-cash adjustments to revenue and expenses.

Laura Campbell

Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Marketing

(310) 622-1702

[email protected]

Source: Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

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