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Senior Housing Properties Trust Announces Results for the Period Ended March 31, 2009

May 06, 2009

NEWTON, Mass., May 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, as follows:

Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009:

Net income was $31.5 million, or $0.27 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared to net income of $23.3 million, or $0.26 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.

Funds from operations, or FFO, for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 was $52.1 million, or $0.44 per share. This compares to FFO for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 of $38.3 million, or $0.42 per share.

The weighted average number of common shares outstanding totaled 117.9 million and 91.1 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

A reconciliation of net income determined according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, to FFO follows later in this press release.

Investing Activities:

In May 2008, we entered into a series of agreements to acquire 48 medical office, clinic and biotech laboratory buildings, or MOBs, from HRPT Properties Trust, or HRP, an affiliate, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $565.0 million. To date, we have acquired 38 of these buildings for approximately $366.0 million, excluding closing costs. We funded these acquisitions using cash on hand, proceeds from equity issuances, borrowings under our revolving credit facility and by assuming three mortgage loans on two properties, totaling $10.8 million with a weighted average interest rate of 7.1% per annum and a weighted average maturity in 2018. One of the remaining buildings with an allocated value of $3.0 million is no longer subject to our purchase agreement. The remaining nine buildings are scheduled to close in 2010, but we and HRP may mutually agree to accelerate the closings of these acquisitions.

Conference Call:

On Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, David J. Hegarty, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Richard A. Doyle, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The conference call telephone number is 800-239-9838. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial 913-312-1294. 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 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. To hear the replay, dial 719-457-0820. The replay pass code is 2216684.

A live audio web cast of the conference call will also be available in listen only mode on the SNH website. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the website about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the SNH website for about one week after the call.

Supplemental Data:

A copy of SNH's First Quarter 2009 Supplemental Operating and Financial Data is available for download from the SNH website, www.snhreit.com.

Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that owns 272 properties located in 34 states and Washington, D.C. SNH is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Financial Information

(in thousands, except per share data)

         

Income Statement:

       
     
   

Quarter Ended March 31,

   

2009

 

2008

Revenues:        
Rental income   $68,377   $49,039
Interest and other income   208   514
Total revenues   68,585   49,553
Expenses:        
Property operating expenses   2,955   -
Interest   10,776   9,518
Depreciation   18,389   13,023
Acquisition costs (1)   112   -
General and administrative   4,820   3,696
Total expenses   37,052   26,237
         
Net income   $31,533   $23,316
         
Weighted average shares outstanding   117,853   91,080
Per share data:        
Net income   $0.27   $0.26

Balance Sheet:

       
         
   

At March 31, 2009

 

At December 31, 2008

Assets

       
Real estate properties   $2,838,751   $2,807,256
Less accumulated depreciation   398,946   381,339
    2,439,805   2,425,917
Cash and cash equivalents   5,566   5,990
Restricted cash   4,777   4,344
Deferred financing fees, net   5,303   5,068
Acquired real estate leases, net   30,636   30,546
Other assets   22,455   25,009
Total assets   $2,508,542   $2,496,874
         

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

       
Unsecured revolving credit facility   $181,000   $257,000
Senior unsecured notes, net of discount   322,053   322,017
Secured debt and capital leases   150,665   151,416
Total debt   653,718   730,433
Acquired real estate lease obligations, net   8,166   7,974
Other liabilities   27,259   27,109
Total liabilities   689,143   765,516
Shareholders' equity   1,819,399   1,731,358
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $2,508,542   $2,496,874

(1) Acquisition costs are expensed under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141®, "Business Combinations", commencing January 1, 2009.

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Funds from Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

         

Calculation of Funds from Operations (FFO) (1):

         
   

Quarter Ended March 31,

   

2009

 

2008

Net income   $31,533   $23,316
Add: Depreciation expense   18,389   13,023

Acquisition costs (2)

  112   -
Deferred percentage rent (3)   2,100   1,950
FFO   $52,134   $38,289
         
Weighted average shares outstanding   117,853   91,080
         
FFO per share   $0.44   $0.42
Distributions declared   $0.35   $0.35

(1) We consider FFO to be an important measure of our performance along with net income and cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities. We believe that FFO provides useful information to investors because by excluding the effects of certain historical amounts, such as depreciation expense, acquisition costs and gain on sale of properties, FFO can facilitate a comparison of performance during different periods and of operating performance among REITs. FFO does not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and should not be considered an alternative to net income or cash flow from operating activities as a measure of financial performance and liquidity. FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, represents net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), plus real estate depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing fees). Our calculation of FFO differs from NAREIT's definition of FFO because we include deferred percentage rent in FFO as discussed in Note 3 below and we exclude acquisition costs as described in Note 2 below. Other companies may calculate FFO differently than we do.

(2) Acquisition costs are expensed under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141®, "Business Combinations", commencing January 1, 2009.

(3) Our percentage rents are generally calculated on an annual basis. We recognize percentage rental income received during the first, second and third quarters in the fourth quarter when all contingencies related to percentage rents are satisfied. Although recognition of revenue is deferred until the fourth quarter, our FFO calculation for the first three quarters includes estimated amounts of deferred percentage rents with respect to those periods. The fourth quarter calculation of FFO excludes the amounts recognized during the first three quarters.

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS STATEMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS "BELIEVE", "EXPECT", "ANTICIPATE", "INTEND", "PLAN", "ESTIMATE" OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OUR PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. OUR ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT WE HAVE AGREED TO PURCHASE MEDICAL OFFICE, CLINIC AND BIOTECH LABORATORY BUILDINGS. OUR OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLETE THE CURRENTLY PENDING PURCHASES ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS TYPICAL OF LARGE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PURCHASES. AS A RESULT OF ANY FAILURE OF THESE CONDITIONS, SOME OF THE PROPERTIES MAY NOT BE PURCHASED OR SOME OF THESE PURCHASES MAY BE ACCELERATED OR DELAYED.

OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE IN OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE DESCRIBED MORE FULLY UNDER "ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS" IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008.

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE DO 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 New York Stock Exchange. No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.

SOURCE: Senior Housing Properties Trust

Senior Housing Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang, 617-796-8234
Director of Investor Relations
or
Katherine L. Johnston, 617-796-8234
Manager of Investor Relations
www.snhreit.com

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