EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press release

Exhibit 99.1

 

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808 Wilshire Boulevard, 2nd Floor     T: 310.255.7700

Santa Monica, California 90401         F: 310.255.7702

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Mary Jensen, Vice President – Investor Relations

310.255.7751 or mjensen@douglasemmett.com

DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC. ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2007 RESULTS

REPORTS FFO OF $0.29 PER DILUTED SHARE

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – November 6, 2007 – Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI), a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning and acquiring top-tier office properties and multifamily communities within targeted submarkets, today announced its third quarter financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

Financial Results

Funds From Operations (FFO) for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 totaled $46.6 million, or $0.29 per diluted share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, FFO totaled $141.7 million, or $0.86 per diluted share. The Company reported a net loss of $2.8 million, or approximately $0.03 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and a net loss of $7.3 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2007.

Company Operations

As of September 30, 2007, the Company’s office portfolio was 95.7% leased, which was consistent with the prior quarter. Occupancy for the Company’s office portfolio was 93.9% as of September 30, 2007 compared to 93.0% occupied as of June 30, 2007. The occupied percentage represents the leased portion of the Company’s office portfolio less those leases where the rent commencement date has yet to occur. During the third quarter, the Company signed 109 new and renewal leases, totaling approximately 326,038 square feet. The Company’s multifamily portfolio was 99.3% leased at September 30, 2007.

Acquisitions

Subsequent to the end of the third quarter, on October 31, 2007 the Company acquired Cornerstone Plaza, an 8-story, Class A office building comprised of approximately 174,000 square feet, for a contract price of $84 million, or approximately $484 per square foot. This acquisition increases the Company’s assets within its Olympic Corridor submarket to 5 office buildings, totaling approximately 1.1 million rentable square feet. The building is located at 1990 South Bundy Drive in West Los Angeles, California.

Financing Activity

Recently, the Company increased the availability under its secured revolving credit facility to $370 million from $250 million. If the amount outstanding is $262.5 million or less, the credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 70 basis points or, at the Company’s option, the Federal Funds Rate plus 95 basis points. If the outstanding amount exceeds $262.5 million, the credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 80 basis points or, at the Company’s option, the Federal Funds Rate plus 105 basis points.


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Third Quarter 2007 Company Earnings Results

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Share Repurchases

During the third quarter, the Company repurchased approximately 4.3 million share equivalents in private transactions for a total consideration of approximately $105 million. Year-to-date, the Company has repurchased a total of 6.4 million share equivalents totaling $154.4 million, which represents an average price of approximately $24.26 per share.

Dividends

During the quarter, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a $0.175 per share quarterly cash dividend, which was paid on October 15, 2007 to shareholders of record as of September 28, 2007. On an annualized basis, the dividend represents a distribution of $0.70 per common share.

Conference Call and Web Cast Information

A conference call to discuss the Company’s 2007 third quarter results is scheduled for Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Interested parties can access the live call via the Internet by going to the Investor Relations section of the Company’s Web site at www.douglasemmett.com or by dialing into the call at 800.240.2134 (domestic) or 303.262.2143 (international). A rebroadcast of the live call will be available via the web site for 90 days. A digital replay will be available through Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 800.405.2236 (domestic) or 303.590.3000 (international) and using the passcode 11098798.

Supplemental Information

Supplemental financial information for the Company’s third quarter financial results can be accessed on the Company’s Web site under the Investor Relations section at www.douglasemmett.com.

About Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE: DEI) is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), and one of the largest owners and operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties located in targeted submarkets in California and Hawaii. The Company’s properties are concentrated in ten premier submarkets – Brentwood, Olympic Corridor, Century City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Sherman Oaks/Encino, Warner Center/Woodland Hills and Burbank and Honolulu, Hawaii. The Company focuses on owning and acquiring a substantial share of top-tier office properties and premier multifamily communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities. For more information on Douglas Emmett, please visit the Company’s Web site at www.douglasemmett.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Except for the historical facts, the statements in this press release regarding Douglas Emmett’s business activities are forward-looking statements based on the beliefs of, assumptions made by, and information currently available to us about known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors that are beyond our control or ability to predict. Although we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance and some will inevitably prove to be incorrect. As a result, our actual future results can be expected to differ from our expectations, and those differences may be material. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on forward-looking statements to anticipate future results or trends. For a discussion of some of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Third Quarter 2007 Company Earnings Results

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except for share data)

 

     September 30,
2007
    December 31,
2006
 
     (unaudited)        

Assets

    

Investments in real estate:

    

Land

   $ 817,249     $ 813,599  

Buildings and improvements

     4,898,278       4,863,955  

Tenant improvements and leasing costs

     442,426       411,063  
                
     6,157,953       6,088,617  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (184,765 )     (32,521 )
                

Net investment in real estate

     5,973,188       6,056,096  

Cash and cash equivalents

     2,049       4,536  

Tenant receivables, net

     794       4,160  

Deferred rent receivables, net

     16,669       3,587  

Interest rate contracts

     76,156       76,915  

Acquired above-market lease intangible assets, net

     26,936       34,137  

Other assets

     26,531       20,687  
                

Total Assets

   $ 6,122,323     $ 6,200,118  
                

Liabilities

    

Secured notes payable

   $ 2,939,100     $ 2,760,000  

Unamortized non-cash debt premium

     26,371       29,702  

Interest rate contracts

     49,725       6,278  

Accrued interest payable

     12,611       12,701  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     51,903       39,035  

Acquired below-market lease intangibles, net

     226,513       263,649  

Security deposits

     30,566       28,670  

Dividends payable

     19,221       13,801  
                

Total Liabilities

     3,356,010       3,153,836  

Minority interests

     857,407       934,509  

Stockholders’ equity

    

Common stock

     1,098       1,150  

Additional paid-in capital

     2,144,786       2,144,600  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     (33,903 )     415  

Accumulated deficit

     (203,075 )     (34,392 )
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,908,906       2,111,773  
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 6,122,323     $ 6,200,118  
                


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Third Quarter 2007 Company Earnings Results

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(unaudited and in thousands, except per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30, 2007
    Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007
 

Revenues

    

Office rental:

    

Rental revenues

   $ 94,592     $ 279,088  

Tenant recoveries

     6,704       19,924  

Parking and other income

     12,137       34,335  
                

Total office revenues

     113,433       333,347  

Multifamily rental:

    

Rental revenues

     16,994       50,387  

Parking and other income

     505       1,522  
                

Total multifamily revenues

     17,499       51,909  
                

Total revenues

     130,932       385,256  

Operating Expenses

    

Office expenses

     32,817       96,907  

Multifamily expenses

     4,332       13,127  

General and administrative

     5,862       16,024  

Depreciation and amortization

     50,629       152,244  
                

Total operating expenses

     93,640       278,302  
                

Operating income

     37,292       106,954  

Interest and other income

     205       659  

Interest expense

     (41,504 )     (118,119 )
                

Loss before minority interests

     (4,007 )     (10,506 )

Minority interests

     1,222       3,188  
                

Net loss

   $ (2,785 )   $ (7,318 )
                

Net loss per common share – diluted

   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.06 )
                

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – diluted

     110,956       113,593  
                


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Third Quarter 2007 Company Earnings Results

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FFO Reconciliation

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30, 2007
    Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007
 

Funds From Operations (FFO)(1):

    

Net loss

   $ (2,785 )   $ (7,318 )

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

     50,629       152,241  

Minority interests

     (1,222 )     (3,188 )
                

FFO

   $ 46,622     $ 141,735  
                

Weighted average share equivalents outstanding (in thousands) - diluted

     160,625       164,230  

FFO per share – diluted

   $ 0.29     $ 0.86  

 

(1)

We calculate funds from operations before minority interest (FFO) in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). FFO represents net income (loss), computed in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, real estate depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs) and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate depreciation and amortization and gains and losses from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that, as a widely recognized measure of the performance of REITs, FFO will be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that results from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs’ FFO. Accordingly, FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income as a measure of our performance. FFO should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends. FFO should not be used as a supplement to or substitute for cash flow from operating activities computed in accordance with GAAP. FFO per share – diluted is calculated by dividing the FFO by the average number of fully diluted share equivalents outstanding during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007.

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