LTC Reports 2024 First Quarter Results and Discusses Recent Activities

LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) (“LTC” or the “Company”), a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and health care properties, today announced operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

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First quarter 2024 financial results were impacted by:

• Higher rental revenue due to the repayment of $2.4 million of rent credit in connection with the sale of a 110-unit assisted living community, discussed below, rent received from a 2023 second quarter acquisition, the timing of cash rent received, lease renewals, and annual rent escalations, partially offset by property sales and transitioned portfolios;
• Higher interest income from mortgage loans resulting from mortgage loan originations during 2023, and funding under a construction loan in 2024;
• Lower interest and other income primarily due to the exit IRR and prepayment fee received in 2023 in connection to the payoff of two mezzanine loans, partially offset by a 2023 mezzanine loan origination;
• Higher interest expense primarily due to higher interest rates and a higher outstanding balance on LTC’s revolving line of credit, partially offset by scheduled principal paydowns on LTC’s senior unsecured notes;
• Decrease in provision for credit losses primarily due to higher dollar volume of loan originations in the 2023 first quarter than in the 2024 first quarter; and
• A $3.3 million net gain on sale in 2024 related to seven assisted living communities, of which five were located in Texas, one was located in Florida and one was located in Wisconsin. See below for further discussion of the sales transactions.

During the first quarter of 2024, LTC completed the following transactions:

• Completed the previously announced sale and re-lease process for 10 assisted living communities under the ALG Senior (“ALG”) master lease. These properties, seven of which were built in the 90s, are primarily located in small rural towns, were non-revenue generating, and were temporarily transitioned to ALG in July 2022 following the COVID pandemic, allowing LTC time to find a more permanent solution for the portfolio, as follows:
  • Transitioned two of the properties located in Georgia and South Carolina to an operator new to LTC. The lease term is two years with two one-year extension options. The initial rent for the first six months is zero, after which rent will be based on mutually agreed upon fair market rent. The master lease includes a purchase option that can be exercised in 2027, if the two one-year lease extensions are exercised. Additionally, LTC agreed to fund up to $906,000 for capital improvements for the first year, and up to $240,000 for a working capital note, at 8.25%, maturing on December 31, 2025;
  • Sold five of the properties located in Texas for $1.6 million, as mentioned above. LTC received $925,000 of proceeds, net of transaction costs, and recorded a loss on sale of $356,000;
  • In April 2024, two of the properties located in Texas, that were closed in 2023 and 2024, were sold for $500,000. LTC received proceeds of approximately $400,000, net of transaction costs, and anticipates recording a minimal gain on sale in the second quarter of 2024; and
  • In April 2024, transitioned one of the properties located in Texas to an operator new to LTC. The lease term is for two years with two one-year extension options, each of which is contingent on certain coverage thresholds. The initial rent for the first six months is zero, after which rent will be based on mutually agreed upon fair market rent. The master lease includes a purchase option that can be exercised beginning in 2026, if the one-year lease extension is exercised. Additionally, LTC agreed to fund up to $570,000 for capital improvements for the first year of the lease, and up to $290,000 for a working capital note, at a rate of 9.0%, maturing concurrently with the master lease maturity.
• As previously announced, sold its interest in a joint venture investment in a 110-unit assisted living community in Wisconsin for $23.1 million, which yielded 8.1% to LTC in 2023. The purchase price included repayment of $2.4 million of rent credit provided to the operator during new construction lease-up, as well as the payoff of a $550,000 note receivable. LTC received net proceeds of $20.2 million, net of transaction costs, and recorded a gain on sale of $4.0 million;
• Sold a 60-unit assisted living community in Florida for $4.5 million, as mentioned above. LTC received proceeds of $4.3 million, net of transaction costs, and recorded a loss on sale of $319,000;
• Funded $2.9 million under a $19.5 million mortgage loan commitment for the construction of an 85-unit assisted living and memory care community in Michigan. The borrower contributed $12.1 million of equity upon origination in July 2023, which was used to initially fund the construction. The loan has a term of approximately three years, and is interest only at a rate of 8.75%. The loan includes two, one-year extensions, each of which is contingent on certain coverage thresholds;
• As previously announced, amended its unsecured revolving line of credit to accelerate the one-year extension option notice date to January 4, 2024. Concurrently, LTC exercised its option to extend the maturity date on its unsecured revolving line of credit to November 19, 2026. All other provisions of the agreement remain unchanged;
• Repaid $25.2 million under LTC’s revolving line of credit;
• Paid $6.0 million in regular scheduled principal payments under LTC’s senior unsecured notes; and
• Sold 139,100 shares of LTC’s common stock for $4.5 million in net proceeds under its equity distribution agreements.

Subsequent to March 31, 2024, LTC completed the following transactions:

• As previously announced, originated a $12.7 million mortgage loan to Ignite Medical Resorts. The mortgage loan is secured by a skilled nursing and assisted living campus in Texas. The campus was built in 2017, and includes 78 units (48 skilled nursing and 30 assisted living) and 104 licensed beds (70 skilled nursing and 34 assisted living). The five-year mortgage loan is interest only at a current rate of 9.15%. The investment will be accounted for as an unconsolidated joint venture, and is expected to generate approximately $884,000 of revenue in 2024;
• Transitioned an assisted living community located in Texas from ALG to an operator new to LTC, and sold two former ALG assisted living communities for $500,000, as mentioned above;
• Executed a term sheet with HMG Healthcare (“HMG”), whereby an agreement has been reached, in principle, to amend the master lease covering 11 skilled nursing centers in Texas to extend the term through December 2028. Annual rent will increase by $1.0 million to $9.0 million for 2024. Rent will increase to $9.5 million in 2025, to $10.0 million in 2026 and then escalating 3.3% annually thereafter through 2028. The amended master lease provides HMG with two five-year renewal options, with rent in the initial year of the first renewal term adjusting to fair market rent subject to a collar between 2.5% and 12.5%. As a condition of the amendment, HMG will repay $11.9 million on its $13.5 million working capital note during the 2024 second quarter. Upon the repayment, the remaining balance of the working capital note will be interest-free, and will be repaid in installments through 2028;
• An operator exercised its renewal option for another five years, from March 2025 through February 2030. Annual cash and GAAP rent for 2024 are $8.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively, escalating 2.5% annually. The master lease covers 666 beds across four skilled nursing centers, three in Texas and one in Wisconsin, and a behavioral health care hospital in Nevada; and
• Sold 204,700 shares of common stock for $6.5 million in net proceeds under its equity distribution agreements.

“After solid execution in 2023 during which we further optimized and strengthened our portfolio, we entered this year stronger and in a better position to concentrate on growing our company,” said Wendy Simpson, LTC’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our senior management team is devoting the majority of their time on producing this strategic, long-term and sustainable growth, and we feel very good about LTC’s future opportunities.”

Conference Call Information

LTC will conduct a conference call on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time), to provide commentary on its performance and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The conference call is accessible by telephone and the internet. Interested parties may access the live conference call via the following:

Additionally, an audio replay of the call will be available one hour after the live call through May 14, 2024 via the following:

About LTC

LTC is a real estate investment trust (REIT) investing in seniors housing and health care properties primarily through sale-leasebacks, mortgage financing, joint-ventures and structured finance solutions including preferred equity and mezzanine lending. LTC’s investment portfolio includes 194 properties in 26 states with 32 operating partners. Based on its gross real estate investments, LTC’s investment portfolio is comprised of approximately 50% seniors housing and 50% skilled nursing properties. Learn more at www.LTCreit.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements that are not purely historical and are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All statements other than historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Please see LTC’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10‑K, its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10‑Q, and its other publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and LTC assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Although the Company’s management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The actual results achieved by the Company may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties of such statements.

Supplemental Reporting Measures

FFO and FAD are supplemental measures of a real estate investment trust’s (“REIT”) financial performance that are not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Investors, analysts and the Company use FFO and FAD as supplemental measures of operating performance. The Company believes FFO and FAD are helpful in evaluating the operating performance of a REIT. Real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, but cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. We believe that by excluding the effect of historical cost depreciation, which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO and FAD facilitate like comparisons of operating performance between periods. Occasionally, the Company may exclude non-recurring items from FFO and FAD in order to allow investors, analysts and our management to compare the Company’s operating performance on a consistent basis without having to account for differences caused by unanticipated items.

FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), means net income available to common stockholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains or losses on the sale of real estate and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or have a different interpretation of the current NAREIT definition from that of the Company; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing our Company’s FFO to that of other REITs.

We define FAD as FFO excluding the effects of straight-line rent, amortization of lease inducement, effective interest income, deferred income from unconsolidated joint ventures, non-cash compensation charges, capitalized interest and non-cash interest charges. GAAP requires rental revenues related to non-contingent leases that contain specified rental increases over the life of the lease to be recognized evenly over the life of the lease. This method results in rental income in the early years of a lease that is higher than actual cash received, creating a straight-line rent receivable asset included in our consolidated balance sheet. At some point during the lease, depending on its terms, cash rent payments exceed the straight-line rent which results in the straight-line rent receivable asset decreasing to zero over the remainder of the lease term. Effective interest method, as required by GAAP, is a technique for calculating the actual interest rate for the term of a mortgage loan based on the initial origination value. Similar to the accounting methodology of straight-line rent, the actual interest rate is higher than the stated interest rate in the early years of the mortgage loan thus creating an effective interest receivable asset included in the interest receivable line item in our consolidated balance sheet and reduces down to zero when, at some point during the mortgage loan, the stated interest rate is higher than the actual interest rate. FAD is useful in analyzing the portion of cash flow that is available for distribution to stockholders. Investors, analysts and the Company utilize FAD as an indicator of common dividend potential. The FAD payout ratio, which represents annual distributions to common shareholders expressed as a percentage of FAD, facilitates the comparison of dividend coverage between REITs.

While the Company uses FFO and FAD as supplemental performance measures of our cash flow generated by operations and cash available for distribution to stockholders, such measures are not representative of cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net income available to common stockholders.

Reconciliation of FFO and FAD

The following table reconciles GAAP net income available to common stockholders to each of NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders and FAD (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

Reconciliation of FFO and FAD (continued)

The following table continues the reconciliation between GAAP net income available to common stockholders and each of NAREIT FFO attributable to common stockholders and FAD (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

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