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Industrial Logistics Properties Trust Announces Third Quarter 2020 Results

October 28, 2020 7:00 AM

Third Quarter Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of $0.22 Per Share

Third Quarter Normalized FFO Attributable to Common Shareholders of $0.46 Per Share

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (Nasdaq: ILPT) today announced financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

John Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of ILPT, made the following statement:

“Our third quarter results reflect the strength and resilience of industrial and logistics properties despite a challenging economic environment. ILPT continues to benefit from robust industry fundamentals, a portfolio of high-quality warehouse and distribution assets, and strong credit tenants. We reported solid third quarter results, including same-property cash NOI growth and increased FFO year over year, as well as more than $460 million of liquidity at quarter end. We executed nearly 800,000 square feet of leasing activity with a 9.6% rollup in rent during the quarter, and demand for our properties was strong with occupancy rates holding steady at nearly 99% at quarter end. After giving effect to modest rent deferrals granted to certain tenants, we collected 98% of our contractual rents for the quarter. ILPT's portfolio of industrial properties positions us well to continue to successfully manage through current economic disruptions and drive growth and value creation over the long term."

Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2020:

Net income attributable to common shareholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 was $14.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, compared to $10.9 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the same quarter last year. Normalized funds from operations attributable to common shareholders, or Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders, for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 were $30.1 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, compared to $28.5 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, for the same quarter last year.

Reconciliations of net income attributable to common shareholders determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, to funds from operations, or FFO, attributable to common shareholders and to Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 appear later in this press release.

Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020:

Net income attributable to common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $41.8 million, or $0.64 per diluted share, compared to $40.8 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, for the same period last year. Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $90.8 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, compared to $84.7 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, for the same period last year.

Reconciliations of net income attributable to common shareholders determined in accordance with GAAP to FFO attributable to common shareholders and to Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 appear later in this press release.

Leasing, Occupancy and Same Property Results:

During the quarter ended September 30, 2020, ILPT entered new and renewal leases and completed rent resets for approximately 776,000 square feet of space, which resulted in weighted average (by square feet) rental rates that were approximately 9.6% higher than prior rental rates for the same space, with a weighted average (by square feet) lease term of 4.4 years for new and renewal leases. Commitments for leasing capital and concessions for new and renewal leases entered during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 totaled approximately $927,000, or approximately $0.44 per square foot per lease year.

As of September 30, 2020, 98.8% of ILPT’s total rentable square feet was leased, compared to 98.8% as of June 30, 2020 and 99.5% as of September 30, 2019. Occupancy for properties owned continuously since July 1, 2019 on a same property basis was 98.7% as of September 30, 2020 compared to 98.7% as of June 30, 2020 and 99.5% at September 30, 2019. Same property cash basis net operating income, or Cash Basis NOI, increased 1.9% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2019, primarily as a result of contractual rent increases and leasing activity at certain properties since July 1, 2019.

Reconciliations of net income determined in accordance with GAAP to net operating income, or NOI, and Cash Basis NOI, and a reconciliation of NOI to same property NOI and calculation of same property Cash Basis NOI, for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, appear later in this press release.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ILPT granted requests to 43 tenants to defer aggregate rent payments of $3.6 million as of October 23, 2020, and in most cases, these tenants were obligated to pay the deferred rents in 12 equal monthly installments beginning in September 2020. For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, ILPT collected approximately 98% of its contractual rents due after giving effect to such rent deferrals.

Acquisition and Disposition Activities:

In September 2020, ILPT entered into an agreement to sell one property located in Virginia containing approximately 308,000 rentable square feet for a sales price of $11.0 million, excluding closing costs. This sale is expected to occur during the fourth quarter of 2020. ILPT has classified this property as held for sale as of September 30, 2020.

Conference Call:

At 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, John Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Richard Siedel, Chief Financial Officer, and Yael Duffy, Chief Operating Officer, will host a conference call to discuss ILPT’s third quarter 2020 financial results.

The conference call telephone number is (877) 418-4826. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (412) 902-6758. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. To access the replay, dial (412) 317-0088. The replay pass code is 10148193.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on ILPT’s website, at www.ilptreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit ILPT’s website about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on ILPT’s website following the call for about one week. The transcription, recording and retransmission in any way of ILPT’s third quarter conference call are strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of ILPT.

Supplemental Data:

A copy of ILPT’s Third Quarter 2020 Supplemental Operating and Financial Data is available for download at ILPT’s website, which is located at www.ilptreit.com. ILPT’s website is not incorporated as part of this press release.

ILPT is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that owns and leases industrial and logistics properties throughout the United States. ILPT is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

ILPT presents certain “non-GAAP financial measures” within the meaning of applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including FFO attributable to common shareholders, Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders, NOI and Cash Basis NOI. These measures do not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered alternatives to net income or net income attributable to common shareholders as indicators of ILPT’s operating performance or as measures of ILPT’s liquidity. These measures should be considered in conjunction with net income and net income attributable to common shareholders as presented in ILPT’s condensed consolidated statements of income. ILPT considers these non-GAAP measures to be appropriate supplemental measures of operating performance for a REIT, along with net income and net income attributable to common shareholders. ILPT believes these measures provide useful information to investors because by excluding the effects of certain historical amounts, such as depreciation and amortization expense, they may facilitate a comparison of ILPT’s operating performance between periods and with other REITs and, in the case of NOI and Cash Basis NOI, reflecting only those income and expense items that are generated and incurred at the property level may help both investors and management to understand the operations of ILPT’s properties.

Please see the pages attached hereto for a more detailed statement of ILPT’s operating results and financial condition and for an explanation of ILPT’s calculation of NOI, Cash Basis NOI, same property NOI, same property Cash Basis NOI, FFO attributable to common shareholders and Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders and a reconciliation of those amounts to amounts determined in accordance with GAAP.

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Rental income

$

65,106

$

60,958

$

194,494

$

167,035

Expenses:

Real estate taxes

9,036

8,586

26,779

21,646

Other operating expenses

5,511

4,821

15,733

12,405

Depreciation and amortization

18,488

17,568

55,303

43,888

Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs

178

178

General and administrative

5,180

4,475

14,857

13,131

Total expenses

38,393

35,450

112,850

91,070

Interest income

81

113

580

Interest expense (including net amortization of debt issuance costs,
premiums and discounts of $664, $524, $1,893 and $1,421, respectively)

(12,886)

(14,687)

(40,610)

(36,207)

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

120

Income before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee

13,827

10,902

41,267

40,338

Income tax expense

(13)

(63)

(202)

(131)

Equity in earnings of an investee

83

617

Net income

13,814

10,922

41,065

40,824

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

275

691

Net income attributable to common shareholders

$

14,089

$

10,922

$

41,756

$

40,824

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

65,112

65,055

65,092

65,042

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

65,129

65,060

65,101

65,048

Per common share data (basic and diluted):

Net income attributable to common shareholders

$

0.22

$

0.17

$

0.64

$

0.63

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
Funds from Operations Attributable to Common Shareholders and Normalized Funds from Operations
Attributable to Common Shareholders (1)
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Net income attributable to common shareholders

$

14,089

$

10,922

$

41,756

$

40,824

Depreciation and amortization

18,488

17,568

55,303

43,888

FFO adjustments attributable to noncontrolling interest

(2,638)

(6,272)

FFO attributable to common shareholders

29,939

28,490

90,787

84,712

Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs

178

178

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

(120)

Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders

$

30,117

$

28,490

$

90,845

$

84,712

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

65,112

65,055

65,092

65,042

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

65,129

65,060

65,101

65,048

Per common share data (basic and diluted):

FFO attributable to common shareholders

$

0.46

$

0.44

$

1.39

$

1.30

Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders

$

0.46

$

0.44

$

1.40

$

1.30

Distributions declared

$

0.33

$

0.33

$

0.99

$

0.99

(1)

ILPT calculates FFO attributable to common shareholders and Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders as shown above. FFO attributable to common shareholders is calculated on the basis defined by The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, which is net income attributable to common shareholders, calculated in accordance with GAAP, plus real estate depreciation and amortization and minus FFO adjustments attributable to noncontrolling interest, as well as certain other adjustments currently not applicable to ILPT. In calculating Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders, ILPT adjusts for the items shown above, if any, and includes business management incentive fees, if any, only in the fourth quarter versus the quarter when they are recognized as an expense in accordance with GAAP due to their quarterly volatility not necessarily being indicative of ILPT’s core operating performance and the uncertainty as to whether any such business management incentive fees will be payable when all contingencies for determining such fees are known at the end of the calendar year. FFO attributable to common shareholders and Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders are among the factors considered by ILPT’s Board of Trustees when determining the amount of distributions to ILPT’s shareholders. Other factors include, but are not limited to, requirements to maintain ILPT’s qualification for taxation as a REIT, limitations in the agreements governing ILPT’s debt, the availability to ILPT of debt and equity capital, ILPT’s distribution rate as a percentage of the trading price of its common shares, or dividend yield, and ILPT’s dividend yield compared to the dividend yields of other industrial REITs, ILPT’s expectation of its future capital requirements and operating performance and ILPT’s expected needs for and availability of cash to pay its obligations. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate FFO attributable to common shareholders and Normalized FFO attributable to common shareholders differently than ILPT does.

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
Calculation and Reconciliation of Property Net Operating Income and Cash Basis Net Operating Income (1)
(dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Calculation of NOI and Cash Basis NOI:

Rental income

$

65,106

$

60,958

$

194,494

$

167,035

Real estate taxes

(9,036)

(8,586)

(26,779)

(21,646)

Other operating expenses

(5,511)

(4,821)

(15,733)

(12,405)

NOI

50,559

47,551

151,982

132,984

Non-cash straight line rent adjustments included in rental income

(2,120)

(979)

(6,183)

(3,960)

Lease value amortization included in rental income

(202)

(182)

(606)

(1,002)

Cash Basis NOI

$

48,237

$

46,390

$

145,193

$

128,022

Reconciliation of Net Income to NOI and Cash Basis NOI:

Net income

$

13,814

$

10,922

$

41,065

$

40,824

Equity in earnings of an investee

(83)

(617)

Income tax expense

13

63

202

131

Income before income tax expense and equity in earnings of an investee

13,827

10,902

41,267

40,338

Gain on early extinguishment of debt

(120)

Interest expense

12,886

14,687

40,610

36,207

Interest income

(81)

(113)

(580)

General and administrative

5,180

4,475

14,857

13,131

Acquisition and certain other transaction related costs

178

178

Depreciation and amortization

18,488

17,568

55,303

43,888

NOI

50,559

47,551

151,982

132,984

Non-cash straight line rent adjustments included in rental income

(2,120)

(979)

(6,183)

(3,960)

Lease value amortization included in rental income

(202)

(182)

(606)

(1,002)

Cash Basis NOI

$

48,237

$

46,390

$

145,193

$

128,022

(1)

The calculations of NOI and Cash Basis NOI exclude certain components of net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to ILPT’s property level results of operations. ILPT calculates NOI and Cash Basis NOI as shown above. ILPT defines NOI as income from its rental of real estate less its property operating expenses. NOI excludes amortization of capitalized tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions that ILPT records as depreciation and amortization expense. ILPT defines Cash Basis NOI as NOI excluding non-cash straight line rent adjustments, lease value amortization and lease termination fees, if any. ILPT uses NOI and Cash Basis NOI to evaluate individual and company-wide property level performance. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate NOI and Cash Basis NOI differently than ILPT does.

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
Reconciliation of Net Operating Income to Same Property Net Operating Income and Calculation of Same
Property Cash Basis Net Operating Income (1)
(dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Reconciliation of NOI to Same Property NOI (2)(3):

Rental income

$

65,106

$

60,958

$

194,494

$

167,035

Real estate taxes

(9,036)

(8,586)

(26,779)

(21,646)

Other operating expenses

(5,511)

(4,821)

(15,733)

(12,405)

NOI

50,559

47,551

151,982

132,984

Less:

NOI of properties not included in same property results

(1,720)

(508)

(47,198)

(30,900)

Same property NOI

$

48,839

$

47,043

$

104,784

$

102,084

Calculation of Same Property Cash Basis NOI (2)(3):

Same property NOI

$

48,839

$

47,043

$

104,784

$

102,084

Less:

Non-cash straight line rent adjustments included in rental income

(1,902)

(1,004)

(3,914)

(2,432)

Lease value amortization included in rental income

(202)

(182)

(366)

(849)

Same property Cash Basis NOI

$

46,735

$

45,857

$

100,504

$

98,803

(1)

See footnote (1) on page 6 of this press release for the definitions of NOI and Cash Basis NOI and page 3 for a description of why ILPT believes they are appropriate supplemental measures and a description of how ILPT uses these measures.

(2)

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, same property NOI and same property Cash Basis NOI are based on properties that ILPT owned as of September 30, 2020 and that it owned continuously since July 1, 2019 and exclude one property classified as held for sale.

(3)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, same property NOI and same property Cash Basis NOI are based on properties that ILPT owned as of September 30, 2020 and that it owned continuously since January 1, 2019 and exclude one property classified as held for sale.

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

September 30,

December 31,

2020

2019

ASSETS

Real estate properties:

Land

$

757,522

$

747,794

Buildings and improvements

1,632,842

1,588,170

Total real estate properties, gross

2,390,364

2,335,964

Accumulated depreciation

(160,570)

(131,468)

Total real estate properties, net

2,229,794

2,204,496

Assets of property held for sale

10,136

Acquired real estate leases, net

123,146

138,596

Cash and cash equivalents

39,105

28,415

Restricted cash

12,806

6,135

Rents receivable, including straight line rents of $64,236 and $58,336, respectively

70,597

62,782

Deferred leasing costs, net

6,037

6,581

Debt issuance costs, net

1,846

2,954

Due from related persons

1,504

Other assets, net

5,527

3,438

Total assets

$

2,498,994

$

2,454,901

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Revolving credit facility

$

320,000

$

310,000

Mortgage notes payable, net

1,048,521

1,096,608

Liabilities of property held for sale

227

Assumed real estate lease obligations, net

15,778

17,508

Accounts payable and other liabilities

19,162

16,475

Rents collected in advance

8,098

9,442

Security deposits

6,698

6,680

Due to related persons

3,087

2,498

Total liabilities

1,421,571

1,459,211

Commitments and contingencies

Equity:

Equity attributable to common shareholders:

Common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; 65,301,088 and 65,180,628 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

653

652

Additional paid in capital

1,010,139

999,302

Cumulative net income

183,911

142,155

Cumulative common distributions

(210,959)

(146,419)

Total equity attributable to common shareholders

983,744

995,690

Noncontrolling interest:

Total equity attributable to noncontrolling interest

93,679

Total equity

1,077,423

995,690

Total liabilities and equity

$

2,498,994

$

2,454,901

Warning Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other securities laws. Whenever ILPT uses words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “plan”, “estimate”, “will”, “may” and negatives or derivatives of these or similar expressions, ILPT is making forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon ILPT’s present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by ILPT’s forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond ILPT’s control. For example:

The information contained in ILPT’s filings with the SEC, including under “Risk Factors” in ILPT’s periodic reports, or incorporated therein, identifies important factors that could cause ILPT’s actual results to differ materially from those stated in or implied by ILPT’s forward-looking statements. ILPT’s filings with the SEC are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

You should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements.

Except as required by law, ILPT does not intend to update or change any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.

Kevin Barry, Manager, Investor Relations

(617) 658-0776

Source: Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

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