Lexington Realty Trust Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results

11/5/20

NEW YORK, Nov. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE:LXP), a real estate investment trust focused on single-tenant industrial real estate investments, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Third Quarter 2020 Highlights

  • Recorded Net Income attributable to common shareholders of $40.3 million, or $0.15 per diluted common share.
  • Generated Adjusted Company Funds From Operations available to all equityholders and unitholders - diluted (“Adjusted Company FFO”) of $53.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted common share.
  • Collected 99.9% of Cash Base Rents due during the third quarter.
  • Acquired two industrial properties for an aggregate cost of $70.1 million.
  • Disposed of three properties for an aggregate gross disposition price of $66.5 million.
  • Increased industrial portfolio to 88.5% of gross book value of real estate assets, excluding held for sale assets.
  • Issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.70% Senior Notes due 2030 at an issuance price of 99.233% of the principal amount.
  • Repurchased $61.2 million and $51.1 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.25% Senior Notes due 2023 and 4.40% Senior Notes due 2024, respectively.
  • Repaid the full outstanding balance of $40.0 million on the revolving credit facility.
  • Raised net proceeds of approximately $6.7 million through the ATM program.
  • Entered into forward sales transactions through the ATM program for 3.9 million common shares at an initial weighted-average price of $11.23 per common share.
  • Completed 1.3 million square feet of new leases and lease extensions.

Subsequent Events

  • Disposed of three properties for an aggregate gross disposition price of $39.6 million.
  • Entered into an agreement to fund a build-to-suit industrial property in the Phoenix, Arizona market for an estimated cost of $72.0 million, which will be subject to a 15-year net lease.
  • Declared quarterly common share/unit dividend/distribution of $0.1075 per share/unit, an increase of 2.4%.

Adjusted Company FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure. It and certain other non-GAAP financial measures are defined and reconciled later in this press release.

T. Wilson Eglin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lexington Realty Trust, commented, “Our operations continued to produce strong results in the third quarter. We collected nearly 100% of Cash Base Rent and increased our percentage leased to 98.9%. To-date, we have added $429.8 million of high-quality industrial assets to our portfolio. We have made significant progress toward our goal of transitioning to a 100% industrial REIT, with industrial exposure representing 88.5% of total gross real estate assets, excluding held-for-sale assets, at quarter end. Given our strong results and continued progress, we are increasing our annualized common share dividend by 2.4% to $0.43 per common share."

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Revenues

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, total gross revenues were $84.5 million, compared with total gross revenues of $81.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The increase is primarily attributable to acquisitions, partially offset by property sales and a decrease in fee income.

Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, net income attributable to common shareholders was $40.3 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared with net income attributable to common shareholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 of $141.6 million, or $0.59 per diluted share.

Adjusted Company FFO

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020, Lexington generated Adjusted Company FFO of $53.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to Adjusted Company FFO for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 of $48.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted share.

Dividends/Distributions

As previously announced, during the third quarter of 2020, Lexington declared a regular quarterly common share/unit dividend/distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 of $0.1050 per common share/unit, which was paid on October 15, 2020 to common shareholders/unitholders of record as of September 30, 2020. Lexington also declared a cash dividend of $0.8125 per share on its Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, which is expected to be paid on November 16, 2020 to Series C Preferred Shareholders of record as of October 30, 2020.

Today, Lexington announced that it declared a regular quarterly common share/unit dividend/distribution for the quarter ending December 31, 2020 of $0.1075 per common share/unit payable on January 15, 2021 to common shareholders/unitholders of record as of December 31, 2020. This represents an increase of 2.4% from the previous quarterly per common share/unit dividend/distribution and equates to an annualized increase of $0.01 per common share/unit and an annualized dividend/distribution of $0.43 per common share/unit, subject to and assuming future declarations.

BALANCE SHEET/CAPITAL MARKETS

During the third quarter of 2020, Lexington issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.70% Senior Notes due in 2030 at 99.233% of the principal amount. Lexington used a portion of the proceeds to repurchase $61.2 million and $51.1 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.25% Senior Notes due 2023 and 4.40% Senior Notes due 2024, respectively.

During the third quarter of 2020, Lexington issued 0.6 million common shares through its ATM program raising net proceeds of approximately $6.7 million. Also, the Company entered into forward sales transactions for 3.9 million common shares at an initial weighted-average price of $11.23 per common share, which is subject to adjustment in accordance to the forward sales contract.

During the third quarter, Lexington repaid $40.0 million on its unsecured revolving credit facility. As of the date of this earnings release, Lexington has $600 million of availability under its unsecured revolving credit facility, subject to covenant compliance.

2020 EARNINGS GUIDANCE

Lexington now estimates that its net income attributable to common shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2020 will be within an expected range of $0.62 to $0.64 per diluted common share.

Additionally, Lexington affirms its Adjusted Company FFO guidance for the year ended December 31, 2020 to be within a range of $0.74 to $0.76 per diluted common share. This guidance is forward looking, excludes the impact of certain items and is based on current expectations.

Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE: LXP) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns a portfolio of real estate assets consisting primarily of equity investments in single-tenant net-leased industrial properties across the United States. Lexington seeks to expand its industrial portfolio through build-to-suit transactions, sale-leaseback transactions and other transactions, including acquisitions. For more information, including Lexington's Quarterly Supplemental Information package, or to follow Lexington on social media, visit www.lxp.com.