FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION® ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2007 AMB Property Corporation® (NYSE:AMB), a leading
global developer and owner of industrial real estate, today reported results for the first quarter
of 2007.
Funds from operations per fully diluted share and unit (FFOPS) was $0.57 for the first quarter
of 2007, as compared to $0.52 for the same quarter in 2006. The current quarter results include
$0.12 per share of development profits, as compared to $0.01 per share in the first quarter of
2006. FFOPS results in the first quarter exceeded the high end of the companys previous guidance
by $0.05 per share, primarily due to the better than expected performance of our operating
portfolio and higher profitability on development projects contributed during the quarter.
Net income available to common stockholders per fully diluted share (EPS) for the first quarter
of 2007 was $0.23, as compared to $0.26 for the same quarter in 2006. The decrease for the quarter
was due primarily to a lower level of gains on the disposition of operating properties.
Operating Results
AMBs operating portfolio occupancy at March 31, 2007 was 95.2%, down 90 basis points from
December 31, 2006, and up 90 basis points from March 31, 2006. Cash-basis same store net operating
income (SSNOI) in the first quarter of 2007 increased 6.3% over the same period in 2006,
primarily due to higher average occupancy and increased rental rates. In the first quarter of 2007,
rents on lease renewals and rollovers in AMBs operating portfolio increased 2.8%, as compared to a
decline of 11.5% in the first quarter of 2006.
Hamid R. Moghadam, AMB chairman and CEO, said, We have started off the year with a strong quarter,
demonstrating the strength of global trade as the main driver of our business. Real estate
fundamentals are solid, and demand for our product is leading to meaningful rental rate growth,
most notably in our supply constrained and infill markets at or adjacent to many of the worlds
largest seaports and airports tied to global trade.
Investment Activity
New development and renovation starts in the quarter totaled approximately 1.9 million square
feet in five projects in North America and Asia, with an estimated total investment of $191
million.
At quarter end, AMBs development and renovation pipeline totaled 14.7 million square feet in
44 projects globally, with an estimated total investment of $1.4 billion.
The companys development business includes contributions of stabilized properties to affiliated
private capital funds or sale of projects to third parties. During the first quarter, AMB
contributed or sold four development projects totaling 661,300 square feet for a gross sale price
of $81 million.
As previously announced, AMB issued 8.4 million shares of common stock in the first quarter of
2007. In the near term, the company intends to use the proceeds from the offering for general
corporate purposes and, over the long term, to expand its global development business, which will
contribute to the growth of its private capital business.
For the past six years, we have successfully built a global development business to meet the
demand from our customers who continue to build out their distribution networks. To take advantage
of what we see as an opportunity to add to our customer offerings and profitably expand our
development activities, we intend to accelerate the pace of our development startsfrom a
projected $1.1 billion in 2007 to $1.6 billion in 2010. In addition to increasing share in our
current markets, were expanding into new critical locations along the global supply chain. For
example, in the first quarter, we entered Korea with a development at Seouls international airport
and Nagoya, Japans largest seaport by cargo volume, with the development of a one million square
foot distribution facility. We are actively seeking the right opportunity in India, and markets in
both Central and Eastern Europe are on the horizon, as well, added Mr. Moghadam.
During the quarter, AMB acquired 1.8 million square feet of industrial distribution space in eight
properties at a total acquisition cost of approximately $142 million, $122 million of which was
acquired for two of the companys co-investment funds: AMB Alliance Fund III and AMB Japan Fund I.
Additions and Promotions of Company Officers
During the quarter, AMB announced that Thomas Olinger joined the company as chief financial
officer and Nina Tran was promoted to senior vice president, chief accounting officer. Also during
the quarter, Mark Saturno was promoted to senior vice president, managing director of AMBs
West-Central Region in North America, and Thomas Marquis joined the Shanghai office as senior vice
president, managing director of AMBs operation in China. Mark Hansen joined the company as vice
president, responsible for AMBs value-added conversion business.
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. PDT.
Stockholders are invited to attend the meeting at the companys corporate headquarters located at
Pier 1, Bay 1, in San Francisco, California. The proxy statement, Annual Report to Stockholders,
voting materials and meeting information were mailed on or about March 26, 2007.
Supplemental Earnings Measure
AMB reports FFOPS and unit in accordance with the standards established by the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Included in the footnotes to the companys attached
financial statements is a discussion of why management believes FFOPS is a useful supplemental
measure of operating performance, ways in which investors might use FFOPS when assessing the
companys financial performance and FFOPSs limitations as a measurement tool. Reconciliation from
net income to funds from operations is provided in the attached tables and published in AMBs
quarterly supplemental analyst package, available on the companys website at www.amb.com.
The company believes that net income, as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measure.
However, the company considers same store net operating income (SSNOI) to be a useful supplemental
measure of its operating performance. Properties that are considered part of the same store pool
include all properties that were owned as of the end of both the current and prior year reporting
periods and exclude development properties for both the current and prior reporting periods. The
same store pool is set annually and excludes properties purchased and developments stabilized after
December 31, 2005. In deriving SSNOI, the company defines NOI as rental revenues (as calculated in
accordance with GAAP), including reimbursements, less straight-line rents, property operating
expenses and real estate taxes. The company excludes straight-line rents in calculating SSNOI
because the company believes it provides a better measure of actual cash basis rental growth for a
year-over-year comparison. In addition, the company believes that SSNOI helps the investing public
compare the companys operating performance with that of other companies. While SSNOI is a relevant
and widely used measure of operating performance of real estate investment trusts, it does not
represent cash flow from operations or net income as defined by GAAP and should not be considered
as an alternative to those measures in evaluating AMBs liquidity or operating performance. SSNOI
also does not reflect general and administrative expenses, interest expense, depreciation and
amortization costs, capital expenditures and leasing costs, or trends in development and
construction activities that could materially impact its results from operations. Further, the
companys computation of SSNOI may not be comparable to that of other real estate companies, as
they may use different methodologies for calculating SSNOI. Reconciliation from net income to SSNOI
is published in the companys quarterly supplemental analyst package, available on the companys
website at www.amb.com.
Conference Call and Supplemental Information
The company will host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2007 results on Thursday,
April 19, 2007 at 1:00 PM EDT. Stockholders and interested parties may listen to a live broadcast
of the conference call by dialing 877 447 8218 (from the U.S. and Canada) or +1 706 643 7823 (from
all other countries) and using reservation code 4062532. A webcast can be accessed through a link
titled Q1 2007 Earnings Conference Call located on the home page of the companys website at
www.amb.com.
If you are unable to listen to the live conference call, a telephone and webcast replay will be
available after 3:00 PM EDT on Thursday, April 19, 2007 until 8:00 PM EDT on Friday,
May 18, 2007. The telephone replay can be accessed by dialing 800 642 1687 (from the U.S. and
Canada) or +1 706 645 9291 (from all other countries) and using reservation code 4062532. The
webcast replay can be accessed through the link on the companys website at www.amb.com.
AMB Property Corporation.® Local partner to global trade.
AMB Property Corporation® is a leading global developer and owner of industrial
real estate, focused on major hub and gateway distribution markets throughout North America, Europe
and Asia. As of March 31, 2007, AMB owned, or had investments in, on a consolidated basis
or through unconsolidated joint ventures, properties and development projects expected to
total approximately 128.2 million square feet (11.9 million square meters) in 40 markets within
13 countries. AMB invests in properties located predominantly in the infill submarkets of its
targeted markets. The companys portfolio is comprised of High Throughput Distribution®
facilitiesindustrial properties built for speed and located near airports, seaports and ground
transportation systems.
AMBs press releases are available on the company website at www.amb.com or by contacting the
Investor Relations department at +1 415 394 9000.
Some of the information included in this press release contains forward-looking statements,
such as those related to demand for our product, rental rate growth, development and renovation
projects (including our ability to lease such projects, square feet at stabilization or completion,
costs and total investment amounts), and future business plans (such as expansion into additional
markets), which are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important
factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements, and you should not rely on the forward-looking statements as predictions of future
events. The events or circumstances reflected in forward-looking statements might not occur. You
can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
believes, expects, may, will, should, seeks, approximately, intends, plans, pro
forma, estimates or anticipates or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or
phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or
intentions. Forward-looking statements are necessarily dependent on assumptions, data or methods
that may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to realize them. We caution you not to
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect our analysis only and speak only
as of the date of this press release or the dates indicated in the statements. We assume no
obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others,
could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or
contemplated in the forward-looking statements: defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants,
increased interest rates and operating costs, our failure to obtain necessary outside financing,
re-financing risks, risks related to debt and equity security financings (including dilution risk),
difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and in effecting acquisitions, our failure to
successfully integrate acquired properties and operations, our failure to divest properties we have
contracted to sell or to timely reinvest proceeds from any divestitures, risks and uncertainties
affecting property development and construction (including construction delays, cost overruns, our
inability to obtain necessary permits and public opposition to these activities), our failure to
qualify and maintain our status as a real estate investment trust, failure to maintain our current
credit agency ratings, environmental uncertainties, risks related to natural disasters, financial
market fluctuations, changes in general economic conditions or in the real estate sector, changes
in real estate and zoning laws, a downturn in the U.S., California or global economy, risks related
to doing business internationally and global expansion, losses in excess of our insurance coverage,
unknown liabilities acquired in connection with acquired properties or otherwise and increases in
real property tax rates. Our success also depends upon economic trends generally, including
interest rates, income tax laws, governmental regulation, legislation, population changes and
certain other matters discussed under the heading Risk Factors and elsewhere in our annual report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
AMB CONTACTS
Margan S. Mitchell
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Direct +1 415 733 9477
Fax +1 415 477 2177
Email mmitchell@amb.com
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of |
|
|
|
March 31, 2007 |
|
|
December 31, 2006 |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in real estate: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments in properties |
|
$ |
6,777,738 |
|
|
$ |
6,575,733 |
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(829,814 |
) |
|
|
(789,693 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investments in properties |
|
|
5,947,924 |
|
|
|
5,786,040 |
|
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
|
279,422 |
|
|
|
274,381 |
|
Properties held for contribution, net |
|
|
144,961 |
|
|
|
154,036 |
|
Properties held for divestiture, net |
|
|
11,227 |
|
|
|
20,916 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investments in real estate |
|
|
6,383,534 |
|
|
|
6,235,373 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash |
|
|
286,161 |
|
|
|
195,878 |
|
Mortgages and loans receivable(1) |
|
|
18,711 |
|
|
|
18,747 |
|
Accounts receivable, net |
|
|
141,647 |
|
|
|
133,998 |
|
Other assets(2) |
|
|
146,930 |
|
|
|
129,516 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
6,976,983 |
|
|
$ |
6,713,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and stockholders equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Secured debt |
|
$ |
1,648,336 |
|
|
$ |
1,395,354 |
|
Unsecured senior debt |
|
|
1,057,186 |
|
|
|
1,101,874 |
|
Unsecured credit facilities |
|
|
474,849 |
|
|
|
852,033 |
|
Other debt |
|
|
86,146 |
|
|
|
88,154 |
|
Accounts payable and other liabilities |
|
|
287,372 |
|
|
|
271,880 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
3,553,889 |
|
|
|
3,709,295 |
|
Minority interests: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joint venture partners |
|
|
506,611 |
|
|
|
555,201 |
|
Preferred unitholders |
|
|
180,292 |
|
|
|
180,298 |
|
Limited partnership unitholders |
|
|
112,823 |
|
|
|
102,061 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minority interests |
|
|
799,726 |
|
|
|
837,560 |
|
Stockholders equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common equity |
|
|
2,399,951 |
|
|
|
1,943,240 |
|
Preferred equity |
|
|
223,417 |
|
|
|
223,417 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity |
|
|
2,623,368 |
|
|
|
2,166,657 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
|
$ |
6,976,983 |
|
|
$ |
6,713,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, includes a mortgage receivable from
Pier 1, LLC, in the amount of $12.6 million and $12.7 million, respectively, maturing in May 2026
with an interest rate of 13.0%, and a loan receivable from G. Accion in the amount of $6.1 million,
maturing in March 2010 with an interest rate of 10.0%.
(2) Includes AMBs 100% ownership interest in Park One, a 19.9 acre land parcel leased
to a parking lot operator in the Los Angeles market immediately adjacent to LAX, for approximately
$75.7 million and $75.5 million as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(1)
(dollars in thousands, except share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Quarters Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rental revenues(2) |
|
$ |
162,082 |
|
|
$ |
171,301 |
|
Private capital income |
|
|
5,925 |
|
|
|
5,106 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
168,007 |
|
|
|
176,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property operating costs(3) |
|
|
(44,247 |
) |
|
|
(44,143 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
(41,029 |
) |
|
|
(42,754 |
) |
Impairment losses |
|
|
(257 |
) |
|
|
|
|
General and administrative |
|
|
(29,854 |
) |
|
|
(22,855 |
) |
Other expenses(4) |
|
|
(912 |
) |
|
|
(537 |
) |
Fund costs |
|
|
(241 |
) |
|
|
(614 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
(116,540 |
) |
|
|
(110,903 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income and expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures(5) |
|
|
2,113 |
|
|
|
2,088 |
|
Other income(4) |
|
|
5,507 |
|
|
|
3,507 |
|
Gains from dispositions of real estate interests, net |
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
|
|
Development profits, net of taxes |
|
|
12,192 |
|
|
|
674 |
|
Interest expense, including amortization |
|
|
(33,865 |
) |
|
|
(39,153 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income and expenses |
|
|
(13,917 |
) |
|
|
(32,884 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations before minority interests |
|
|
37,550 |
|
|
|
32,620 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interests share of income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joint venture partners share of income |
|
|
(7,193 |
) |
|
|
(8,539 |
) |
Joint venture partners and limited partnership unitholders share of development profits |
|
|
(595 |
) |
|
|
(32 |
) |
Preferred unitholders |
|
|
(3,699 |
) |
|
|
(5,001 |
) |
Limited partnership unitholders |
|
|
(494 |
) |
|
|
(730 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minority interests share of income |
|
|
(11,981 |
) |
|
|
(14,302 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations |
|
|
25,569 |
|
|
|
18,318 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income attributable to discontinued operations, net of minority interests |
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
2,246 |
|
Gain from disposition of real estate, net of minority interests |
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
7,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total discontinued operations |
|
|
113 |
|
|
|
9,259 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
|
25,682 |
|
|
|
27,577 |
|
Preferred stock dividends |
|
|
(3,952 |
) |
|
|
(3,096 |
) |
Preferred unit redemption discount/(issuance costs) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,097 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income available to common stockholders |
|
$ |
21,730 |
|
|
$ |
23,384 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per common share (diluted) |
|
$ |
0.23 |
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares (diluted) |
|
|
95,098,711 |
|
|
|
90,179,329 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Effective October 1, 2006, AMB deconsolidated AMB Alliance Fund III on a prospective
basis.
(2) Pro forma rental revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 would have been
$155,725, if AMB Institutional Alliance Fund III had been deconsolidated as of January 1, 2006.
(3) Pro forma property operating costs for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 would have
been $40,169, if AMB Institutional Alliance Fund III had been deconsolidated as of January 1, 2006.
(4) Includes changes in liabilities and assets associated with AMBs deferred
compensation plan.
(5) Includes gains on sale of operating properties of $0.2 million and $0.5 million, for
the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS(1)
(dollars in thousands, except share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Quarters Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Net income available to common stockholders |
|
$ |
21,730 |
|
|
$ |
23,384 |
|
Gains from disposition of real estate, net of minority interests |
|
|
(172 |
) |
|
|
(7,013 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total depreciation and amortization |
|
|
41,029 |
|
|
|
42,754 |
|
Discontinued operations depreciation |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
514 |
|
Non-real estate depreciation |
|
|
(1,177 |
) |
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
Adjustments to derive FFO from consolidated JVs: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joint venture partners minority interests (Net income) |
|
|
7,193 |
|
|
|
8,539 |
|
Limited partnership unitholders minority interests (Net income) |
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
730 |
|
Limited partnership unitholders minority interests (Development profits) |
|
|
583 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
Discontinued operations minority interests (Net income) |
|
|
(61 |
) |
|
|
113 |
|
FFO attributable to minority interests |
|
|
(16,304 |
) |
|
|
(20,435 |
) |
Adjustments to derive FFO from unconsolidated JVs: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AMBs share of net income |
|
|
(2,113 |
) |
|
|
(2,088 |
) |
AMBs share of FFO |
|
|
5,675 |
|
|
|
3,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Funds from operations |
|
$ |
56,873 |
|
|
$ |
48,739 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FFO per common share and unit (diluted) |
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common share and unit (diluted) |
|
|
99,776,750 |
|
|
|
94,567,680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated FFO by business line(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Partners FFO per common share and unit (diluted)(2) |
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
% of reported FFO |
|
|
5.3 |
% |
|
|
3.9 |
% |
Development FFO per common share and unit (diluted)(2) |
|
$ |
0.11 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
% of reported FFO |
|
|
19.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Real estate operations FFO per common share and unit (diluted)(3) |
|
$ |
0.43 |
|
|
$ |
0.50 |
|
% of reported FFO |
|
|
75.4 |
% |
|
|
96.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total FFO per common share and unit (diluted) |
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
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(1) See Supplemental Financial Measures Disclosures. In addition, management
believes estimated FFO by business line is a useful supplemental measure of its operating
performance because it helps the investing public compare the operating performance of a companys
respective business lines to other companies business lines. Further, AMBs computation of FFO by
business line may not be comparable to that reported by other real estate investment trusts as they
may use different methodologies in computing such measures.
(2) Estimated Capital Partners and Development FFO was determined by reducing Capital
Partner Income and Development Profits, net of taxes by their respective estimated share of general
and administrative expenses. Capital Partners and Developments estimated allocation of total
general and administrative expenses was based on their respective percentage of actual direct
general and administrative expenses incurred.
(3) Estimated Real Estate Operations FFO represents total AMB FFO less estimated FFO
attributable to Capital Partners and Development.