Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2018 Financial and Operating Results

DALLAS, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) ("Spirit" or the "Company"), a premier net lease real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in single-tenant, operationally essential real estate, today reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.

FIRST QUARTER 2018 HIGHLIGHTS

• Generated Net Income of $0.06 versus $0.03 per share, FFO of $0.24 versus $0.20 per share and AFFO of $0.21 ($0.22 per share excluding cash severance charges) versus $0.20 per share, in each case, compared to same quarter in 2017.
• Real estate portfolio occupancy was 98.9% as of March 31, 2018.
• Repurchased 13.2 million shares of outstanding common stock at a weighted average purchase price of $7.88 per share.
• Spirit's corporate liquidity was $1.1 billion as of March 31, 2018, including availability under its unsecured line of credit, term loan and cash available for investment.
• Adjusted debt to annualized adjusted EBITDAre was 6.3x as of March 31, 2018.
• Invested $9.9 million in one property and revenue producing capital expenditures.
• Disposed of 29 properties for $37.7 million, including four non-revenue producing properties transferred to CMBS lenders to satisfy $26.2 million in debt obligations.
• On May 1, 2018, the Board of Directors approved the distribution of shares in Spirit MTA REIT to Spirit stockholders of record on May 18, 2018, with a scheduled distribution date of May 31, 2018.

CEO COMMENTS

"We are pleased to report another quarter of solid operational and financial results at Spirit.  The improvements to our processes and systems have made our platform and real estate portfolio stronger than ever and we continue to prudently allocate capital, as demonstrated by targeted asset recycling and share repurchases, for the benefit of our stockholders - in the past 12 months, we have repurchased approximately 12% of our outstanding common stock, 57.1 million shares, at a weighted average price of $7.88 ($450.0 million)," stated Jackson Hsieh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spirit. "As we approach the finish line with our spin-off transaction, we are very pleased with the prospects for each company and our ability to enhance stockholder value."

FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

Total revenues were $165.3 million compared to $165.4 million for the same period last year.

Net income attributable to common stockholders was $28.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to $12.8 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the same period last year.

FFO per diluted share was $0.24 and $0.20 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

AFFO was $95.3 million (including cash severance charges of $2.1 million), compared to $98.0 million for the same period last year. AFFO per diluted share was $0.21 ($0.22 excluding cash severance charges), compared to $0.20 for the same period last year.

The Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share, which equates to an annualized cash dividend of $0.72 per share. The quarterly dividend was paid on April 13, 2018 to stockholders of record as of March 30, 2018.

FIRST QUARTER PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS

Spirit invested $9.9 million in one property and other revenue producing capital expenditures. The transaction, with an existing customer, has a lease term of 15.0 years and an initial weighted-average cash yield of approximately 7.99%.

The Company disposed of 29 properties for $37.7 million in gross proceeds, including the sale of 25 income producing properties for $28.2 million, with a weighted average capitalization rate of 12.28%. The remaining four properties were non-revenue producing assets that were transferred to CMBS lenders, resulting in the resolution of $26.2 million in secured debt.

Spirit funded a $35.0 million, B-1 term loan to Shopko as part of a syndicated loan and security agreement.  The loan bears interest at 12.0% per annum and matures in June of 2020. The loan is secured by Shopko's assets collateralizing their $784.0 million asset-back lending facility.

As of March 31, 2018, Spirit's diversified real estate portfolio, comprised of 2,364 owned properties, was essentially fully occupied at 98.9% with a weighted average remaining lease term of 9.9 years.

BALANCE SHEET, LIQUIDITY & CAPITAL MARKETS

• Adjusted Debt to Annualized Adjusted EBITDAre was 6.3x as of March 31, 2018.
• Unencumbered Assets totaled $4.5 billion as of March 31, 2018, representing approximately 58% of Spirit's total real estate investments.
• As of April 30, 2018, Spirit had approximately $8 million in cash and cash equivalents,$539 million of available borrowing capacity under its $800 million unsecured line of credit and $420 million of available borrowing capacity under its undrawn Term Loan facility.
• As of April 30, 2018, Spirit had additional funds available for acquisitions of approximately $98.0 million in its 1031 Exchange and Spirit Master Trust Program release accounts.
• As of April 30, 2018, our outstanding common share count is 426,418,536, excluding unvested restricted shares.

Definitions for non-GAAP measures can be found in the supplemental financial and operating report posted on Spirit's website along with this release. A reconciliation of FFO and AFFO to net income attributable to common stockholders is included in this document.

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

In August 2017, Spirit's Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program, under which the Company may repurchase up to $250.0 million of its outstanding common stock. In the first quarter, the Company repurchased 13.2 million shares of its outstanding common stock at a weighted average price of $7.88 per share.

As of April 30, 2018, the Company has fully utilized the remaining $63.9 million authorized under the share repurchase program, having purchased 8.1 million shares of its common stock at a weighted average price of $7.93 per share since March 31, 2018.

In the past 12 months, the Company has repurchased 57.1 million shares, totaling $450.0 million of its common stock at a weighted average price of $7.89 per share.

2018 GUIDANCE

For fiscal year 2018, the Company is providing guidance for Spirit as a stand-alone entity, pro-forma for the expected distribution of Spirit MTA REIT, as if the distribution had been effected as of January 1, 2018:

• Pro-forma AFFO of $0.66 to $0.68 per share, (excluding severance charges),
• Capital deployment of $400.0 million to $500.0 million (comprising acquisitions, revenue producing capital expenditures and stock repurchases),
• Asset dispositions of $50.0 million to $100.0 million, and
• Pro-forma Adjusted Debt to Adjusted EBITDAre of 5.1x to 5.4x.

The Company does not provide a reconciliation for its guidance range of AFFO per diluted share to net income available to common stockholders per diluted share, the most directly comparable forward looking GAAP financial measure, due to the inherent variability in timing and/or amount of various items that could impact net income available to common stockholders per diluted share, including, for example, gains on debt extinguishment, impairments and other items that are outside the control of the Company.

EARNINGS WEBCAST AND CONFERENCE CALL TIME

The Company's first quarter 2018 earnings conference call is scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Interested parties can listen to the call via the following:

SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE

A supplemental financial and operating report that contains non-GAAP measures and other defined terms, along with this press release, have been posted to the investor relations page of the Company's website at www.spiritrealty.com.

ABOUT SPIRIT REALTY

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) is a premier net-lease real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in high-quality, operationally essential real estate, subject to long-term, net leases.  Over the past decade, Spirit has become an industry leader and owner of income-producing, strategically located retail, industrial and office properties providing superior risk adjusted returns and steady dividend growth for our stockholders.

As of March 31, 2018, our diversified portfolio was comprised of 2,446 properties, including properties securing mortgage loans made by the Company.  Our properties, with an aggregate gross leasable area of approximately 48.3 million square feet, are leased to approximately 417 tenants across 49 states and 32 industries. More information about Spirit Realty Capital can be found on the investor relations page of the Company's website at www.spiritrealty.com.

INVESTOR OUTREACH

The Company will soon release details regarding investor presentations related to the spin-off of Spirit MTA REIT.

FORWARD-LOOKING AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "expect," "plan," "will," "estimate," "project," "intend," "believe," "guidance," and other similar expressions that do not relate to historical matters. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, Spirit's continued ability to source new investments, risks associated with using debt to fund Spirit's business activities (including refinancing and interest rate risks, changes in interest rates and/or credit spreads, changes in the price of our common stock, and conditions of the equity and debt capital markets, generally), unknown liabilities acquired in connection with acquired properties or interests in real-estate related entities, general risks affecting the real estate industry and local real estate markets (including, without limitation, the market value of our properties, the inability to enter into or renew leases at favorable rates, portfolio occupancy varying from our expectations, dependence on tenants' financial condition and operating performance, and competition from other developers, owners and operators of real estate), the financial performance of our retail tenants and the demand for retail space, particularly with respect to challenges being experienced by general merchandise retailers, potential fluctuations in the consumer price index, risks associated with our failure to maintain our status as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, risks and uncertainties related to the completion and timing of Spirit's proposed spin-off of almost all of the properties leased to Shopko, the assets that collateralize Master Trust 2014 and certain additional assets, and the impact of the spin-off on Spirit's business, and other additional risks discussed in Spirit's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Spirit expressly disclaims any responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

NOTICE REGARDING NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to U.S. GAAP financial measures, this press release and the referenced supplemental financial and operating report and related addenda contain and may refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are in addition to, not a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered replacements for, and should be read together with, the most comparable GAAP financial measures.  Definitions of non-GAAP financial measures, reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and statements of why management believes these measures are useful to investors are included in the Appendix of the supplemental financial and operating report, which can be found in the investor relations page of our website.

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