PS Business Parks, Inc. Reports Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2020

PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE:PSB) reported operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

Operating Results for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

Net income allocable to common shareholders for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was $25.5 million, or $0.93 per diluted common share, and $67.1 million, or $2.44 per diluted common share, respectively. Net income was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on certain of the Company's customers. During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company entered into agreements with 346 customers (representing 9.8% of customers on a percentage of total rental income basis) through which the Company agreed to defer an aggregate of $3.8 million and abate $874,000 of revenue billed during the three months ended June 30, 2020. The $3.8 million of deferred revenue is scheduled to be repaid over an average of 11 months. The Company also wrote-off $1.2 million of accounts receivable and $2.4 million of deferred rent receivable during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Net operating income ("NOI") attributable to the Company's Same Park portfolio (defined below) was $65.7 million and $135.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, representing a decrease of 3.6% and an increase of 0.5% over the same periods in 2019, respectively. The decrease in Same Park NOI for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was due to a decrease in rental income driven by the previously mentioned write-offs of accounts receivable and deferred rent receivable, of which $1.1 million and $2.3 million were attributable to the Company's Same Park portfolio, respectively.

The Company also reports NOI on a cash basis, which excludes non-cash rental income such as amortization of deferred rent receivable and other non-cash items, and also excludes rents that have been deferred or abated during the period. Total deferred and abated rent during the three months ended June 30, 2020 attributable to the Company's Same Park portfolio was $4.5 million. The following table details the change in Same Park rental income from Q2 2019 to Q2 2020 (in thousands):

Same Park Cash NOI was $63.1 million and $131.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, representing decreases of 6.6% and 1.1% over the same periods in 2019. The decrease in Same Park Cash NOI for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was due to lower Cash Rental Income (defined below) as a result of the previously mentioned write-offs of accounts receivable and rent deferrals and abatements.

Funds from Operations ("FFO"), Core FFO, and Funds Available for Distribution ("FAD")

FFO for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was $1.59 per share and $3.30 per share, respectively, representing decreases of 9.5% and 3.6% from the same periods in 2019. On a per share basis, the write-offs of accounts receivable and deferred rent receivable recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 reduced FFO by $0.03 and $0.07 per share, respectively. FFO is a non-GAAP measure defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and generally represents GAAP net income before (i) real estate depreciation and amortization expense, (ii) gains or losses on sales of operating properties, and (iii) land and impairment charges on real estate assets.

Core FFO per share was equal to FFO per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. Core FFO is defined by the Company as FFO excluding the impact of (i) charges related to the redemption of preferred stock and (ii) other nonrecurring income or expense items as appropriate, neither of which were incurred by the Company during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

FAD for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was $44.6 million and $93.9 million, respectively. FAD for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was impacted by the $1.2 million of accounts receivable write-off as well as the $4.6 million of rent deferrals and abatements, as the Company did not include rents deferred or abated during the quarter in its computation of FAD. FAD is a non-GAAP measure that represents Core FFO adjusted to (i) deduct recurring capital improvements and capitalized tenant improvements and lease commissions and (ii) remove certain non-cash income or expenses, such as amortization of deferred rent receivable and stock compensation expense.

FFO, Core FFO, and FAD are not substitutes for GAAP net income. Other real estate investment trusts ("REITs") may compute FFO, Core FFO, and FAD differently, which could inhibit comparability. The Company believes its presentations of FFO, Core FFO, and FAD assist investors and analysts in analyzing and comparing the operating and financial performance between reporting periods.

Leasing Production

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company executed leases on 1.8 million and 3.7 million square feet, respectively, exceeding leasing production for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 which was 1.7 million and 3.3 million square feet, respectively. Weighted average cash rental rate growth on leases executed during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, was 2.5% and 6.3%, respectively, while net effective rental rate growth was 8.5% and 15.7% for the same periods, respectively. Average lease term of the leases executed during the three months ended June 30, 2020 was 3.2 years, with associated average transaction costs (tenant improvements and leasing commissions) of $2.28 per square foot. For comparative purposes, average lease term and transaction costs on leases executed in the same period of 2019 were 3.9 years and $3.67 per square foot, respectively.

Property Operations?Same Park Portfolio

The Company believes that evaluation of the Same Park portfolio, defined as all properties owned and operated as of June 30, 2020 that were acquired prior to January 1, 2018, provides an informative view of how the Company's portfolio has performed over comparable periods. As of June 30, 2020, the Same Park portfolio consisted of 25.7 million rentable square feet, or 93.5% of the 27.5 million rentable square feet in the Company's total portfolio, and excluded the Company's 95.0% interest in a 395-unit multifamily property.

The following table presents the unaudited operating results of the Company's Same Park facilities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except per square foot amounts):

The following table summarizes unaudited selected quarterly financial data with respect to the Same Park facilities (in thousands, except per square foot amounts):

COVID-19 Pandemic / Rent Collections Update

The COVID-19 pandemic has had and is expected to continue to have a significant impact on our operations and capital plans. Through July 31, 2020, approximately 10.5% of our customers, based on total rental income, had been granted rent relief in the form of rent deferral and/or abatement. Rental revenue that the Company agreed to defer, which totaled $3.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and an additional $1.0 million in the month of July, 2020 is scheduled to be repaid over an average of 11 months. The table below represents percentages of rent collections, deferrals, and abatements by product type for monthly rental revenue billed in the months of April through July, 2020 (percentages shown are all as of July 31, 2020):

The pace of rent collections in July, 2020 generally exceeded what was experienced in each of the months from April, 2020 through June, 2020. As of July 31, 2020, 4% of July's total billings remained uncollected after given effect to amounts deferred or abated, whereas uncollected total billings stood at 11%, 8%, and 5% as of April 30, 2020, May 31, 2020, and June 30, 2020, respectively. As shown in the table above, 3% of July's billed revenue was deferred, the majority of which had been agreed to in the month of June or earlier. It is likely that additional requests will arise in future months as a result of the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related government orders that have or may have an impact on certain of our customers' businesses, and we expect to grant additional rent deferrals for certain amounts currently owed and/or for amounts billed in future months. All rent relief requests have been, and will continue to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations?Overview, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic" in our June 30, 2020 Form 10-Q for more information.

Disposition Activity

During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company reclassified two industrial buildings totaling 40,000 square feet located in Redmond, Washington, to properties held for sale, net, which are subject to an eminent domain process that is expected to be completed later this year.

Distributions Declared

On August 4, 2020, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per common share. Distributions were also declared on the various series of depositary shares, each representing 1/1,000 of a share of preferred stock. Distributions for both common shares and preferred stock will be payable on September 30, 2020 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2020.

Company Information

PS Business Parks, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400, is a REIT that acquires, develops, owns, and operates commercial properties, primarily multi-tenant industrial, flex, and office space. As of June 30, 2020, the Company wholly owned 27.5 million rentable square feet with approximately 5,000 commercial customers in six states and held a 95.0% interest in a 395-unit apartment complex.

Forward-Looking Statements

When used within this press release, the words "may," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "seeks," "estimates," "intends," and similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual results and performance of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our business and our customers; the impact of competition from new and existing commercial facilities which could impact rents and occupancy levels at the Company's facilities; the Company's ability to evaluate, finance, and integrate acquired and developed properties into the Company's existing operations; the Company's ability to effectively compete in the markets that it does business in; the impact of the regulatory environment as well as national, state, and local laws and regulations including, without limitation, those governing REITs; the impact of general economic and business conditions, including as a result of the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic; rental rates and occupancy levels at the Company's facilities; and changes in these conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of permanent capital at attractive rates, the outlook and actions of rating agencies and risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K, and annual reports on Form 10-K.

Additional information about PS Business Parks, Inc., including more financial analysis of the second quarter operating results, is available on the Company's website at psbusinessparks.com.

A conference call is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) to discuss second quarter results. The Company will also be discussing its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects it has had on its customers and the operation of its properties. The toll free number is (877) 876-9173; the conference ID is PSBQ220. The call will also be available via a live webcast on the Company's website. A replay of the conference call will be available through September 18, 2020 at (800) 839-3742, as well as via webcast on the Company's website.