EXHIBIT 99.1
Published on April 30, 2007
Tanger
Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
News
Release
For
Release: IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact:
Frank
C. Marchisello, Jr.
(336)
834-6834
TANGER
REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2007 RESULTS
12.8%
Increase in Total FFO, 11.8% Increase in FFO Per Share
Greensboro,
NC, April 30, 2007, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (NYSE:SKT) today
reported funds from operations (“FFO”) available to common shareholders, a
widely accepted supplemental measure of REIT performance, for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 was $21.3 million, or $0.57 per share, as compared to
FFO
of $18.9 million, or $0.51 per share, for the three months ended March 31,
2006,
representing a 12.8% increase in total FFO and an 11.8% per share increase.
During the first quarter of the previous year, Tanger recognized a net gain
on
the sale of real estate of $13.8 million associated with the sale of the
company’s outlet centers located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and North Branch,
Minnesota. As a result, the company reported net income available to common
shareholders of $13.6 million, or $0.44 per share, for the first quarter
of last
year, as compared to net income of $1.9 million, or $0.06 per share for the
first quarter of 2007.
Net
income and FFO per share amounts above are on a diluted basis. FFO is a
supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used as a standard in the real estate
industry to measure and compare the operating performance of real estate
companies. A complete reconciliation containing adjustments from GAAP net
income
to FFO is included in this release.
First
Quarter Highlights
· |
Increased
the quarterly common share dividend 5.9% from $0.34 to $0.36 per
share,
$1.44 per share annualized, representing the 14th
consecutive year of increased dividends
|
· |
245
leases signed, totaling 1,055,144 square feet with respect to re-tenanting
and renewal activity, including 47.2% of the square footage scheduled
to
expire during 2007
|
· |
13.3%
increase in straight-line average base rental rates on leases renewed
during the quarter, compared to 11.7% last year
|
· |
37.4%
increase in straight-line average base rental rates on released space
during the quarter, compared to 21.2% last year
|
· |
95.1%
period-end wholly-owned portfolio occupancy rate, compared to 95.0%
last
year
|
· |
6.3%
increase in reported tenant comparable sales for the three months
ended
March 31, 2007
|
· |
$344
per square foot in reported tenant comparable sales for the rolling
twelve
months ended March 31, 2007 up 4.7% compared to the twelve months
ended
March 31, 2006
|
· |
30.0%
debt-to-total market capitalization ratio, 3.18 times interest coverage
ratio compared to 2.93 times last year
|
Stanley
K. Tanger, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, commented,
“During
the first quarter, we began to see the accretion generated by our new centers
in
Charleston, South Carolina and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, both of which
opened
in August of last year. Our financial results also reflect the 3.0% increase
in
same center net operating income generated throughout our portfolio during
the
first quarter.”
Portfolio
Operating Results
During
the first quarter of 2007, Tanger executed 245 leases, totaling 1,055,144
square
feet throughout its wholly-owned portfolio. Lease renewals during the first
quarter accounted for 733,856 square feet, generated a 13.3% increase in
straight-line average base rental rates and represented 47.2% of the
approximately 1,550,000 square feet originally scheduled to expire during
2007.
Straight-line average base rental increases on re-tenanted space during the
first quarter averaged 37.4% and accounted for the remaining 321,288 square
feet.
Same
center net operating income increased 3.0% for the first quarter of 2007
compared to 4.2% for the first quarter of 2006. During the first quarter
of
2007, the company recaptured approximately 134,000 square feet of space
throughout its wholly-owned portfolio, thus tempering same center results
for
the period. This space, which was comprised of 44 different stores operated
by
three low volume tenants, is in the process of being released. The company
is
releasing the majority of this space to higher volume brand name tenants
and
believes the rental rates achieved on the releasing of this space will be
well
above the rates which were being paid by the previous tenants.
Reported
tenant comparable sales for the first quarter of 2007 increased by 6.3%,
as
compared to the same period in 2006, while reported tenant comparable sales
for
the rolling twelve months ended March 31, 2007 increased 4.7% to $344 per
square
foot.
Investment
Activities
Tanger
continues the pre-development and leasing of two previously announced sites
located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in Deer Park (Long Island), New
York.
The company has closed on the acquisition of the Pittsburgh development site
land and site work is ongoing at this time. Tenant interest in the Pittsburgh
project remains strong, with leases for approximately 78% of the 308,000
square
foot first phase either signed or out for signature. The company currently
expects delivery of the initial phase in the first quarter of 2008. The
Pittsburgh center will be wholly owned by Tanger.
Demolition
of the buildings located at the Deer Park site began during the third quarter
of
2006. The company currently expects this center will contain over 800,000
square
feet upon final build-out. Site work has begun on a 688,000 square foot initial
phase and the company has approximately 52% of the space either signed or
out
for signature. Tanger currently expects the project will be delivered in
the
first quarter of 2008. The Deer Park property is owned through a joint venture
of which Tanger and two venture partners each own a one-third
interest.
Tanger
has signed an option on one potential new development site located in Mebane,
North Carolina on the highly traveled Interstate 40/85 corridor, which sees
over
83,000 cars daily. The site is located at Exit 154, halfway between the Research
Triangle Park area of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina and
the
Triad area of Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Initial
reaction on the site from the company’s magnet tenants has been very positive.
The company is also in the process of negotiating options on two additional
sites. The official announcement of each site will be done upon the execution
of
a definitive option agreement, or in May of this year in conjunction with
the
ICSC convention to be held in Las Vegas.
Financing
Activities and Balance Sheet Summary
On
April
12, 2007, Tanger announced that its Board of Directors approved a 5.9% increase
in the annual dividend on its common shares from $1.36 per share to $1.44
per
share. Simultaneously, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend
of
$0.36 per share for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. A cash dividend
of
$0.36 per share will be payable on May 15, 2007 to holders of record on April
30, 2007. Tanger has increased its dividend each year since becoming a public
company in May of 1993.
As
of
March 31, 2007, Tanger had a total market capitalization of approximately
$2.3
billion, an increase of 13.1%, or $262 million since a year ago. The company
had
$677.0 million of debt outstanding, equating to a 30.0% debt-to-total market
capitalization ratio. As of March 31, 2007, all of Tanger’s debt was at fixed
interest rates and the company did not have any amounts outstanding on its
$200.0 million in available unsecured lines of credit. During the first quarter
of 2007, Tanger continued to maintain a strong interest coverage ratio of
3.18
times, compared to 2.93 times during the first quarter of last year.
2007
FFO Per Share Guidance
Based
on
current market conditions and the strength and stability of its core portfolio,
the company currently believes its net income for 2007, excluding gains or
losses on the sale of real estate, will be between $0.77 and $0.85 per share
and
its FFO for 2007 will be between $2.40 and $2.48 per share. The company’s
earnings estimates do not include the impact of any potential gains on the
sale
of land parcels or the impact of any potential sales or acquisitions of
properties. The following table provides the reconciliation of estimated
diluted
FFO per share to estimated diluted net income available to common shareholders
per share:
For
the
twelve months ended December 31, 2007:
Low
Range
|
High
Range
|
|
Estimated
diluted net income per share, excluding
gain/loss
on the sale of real estate
|
$
0.77
|
$
0.85
|
Minority
interest, depreciation and amortization uniquely
significant
to real estate including minority interest
share
and our share of joint ventures
|
1.63
|
1.63
|
Estimated
diluted FFO per share
|
$
2.40
|
$
2.48
|
First
Quarter Conference Call
Tanger
will host a conference call to discuss its first quarter results for analysts,
investors and other interested parties on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at 10:00
A.M.
eastern time. To access the conference call, listeners should dial
1-877-277-5113 and request to be connected to the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers
First Quarter Financial Results call. Alternatively, the call will be web
cast
by CCBN and can be accessed at Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.'s web
site at
www.tangeroutlet.com/corporate
under
the News Releases section.
A
telephone replay of the call will be available from May 1, 2007 starting
at
12:00 P.M. Eastern Time through May 15, 2007, by dialing 1-800-642-1687
(conference ID # 4822938). Additionally, an online archive of the broadcast
will
also be available through May 15, 2007.
About
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers
Tanger
Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.(NYSE:SKT), a fully integrated, self-administered
and self-managed publicly traded REIT, presently owns 30 outlet centers in
21
states coast to coast, totaling approximately 8.4 million square feet of
gross
leasable area. Tanger also manages for a fee and owns a 50% interest in two
outlet centers containing approximately 667,000 square feet and manages for
a
fee two outlet centers totaling approximately 229,000 square feet. Tanger
is
filing a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission that includes
a
supplemental information package for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. For
more
information on Tanger Outlet Centers, visit our web site at www.tangeroutlet.com.
Estimates
of future net income per share and FFO per share are by definition, and certain
other matters discussed in this press release regarding our re-merchandising
strategy, the renewal and re-tenanting of space, tenant sales and sales trends,
interest rates, funds from operations, the development of new centers, the
opening of ongoing expansions, coverage of the current dividend and the impact
of sales of land parcels may be, forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are subject
to
risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected due to various factors including, but not limited to, the risks
associated with general economic and local real estate conditions, the
availability and cost of capital, the company’s ability to lease its properties,
the company’s inability to collect rent due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of
tenants or otherwise, and competition. For a more detailed discussion of
the
factors that affect our operating results, interested parties should review
the
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2006.
TANGER
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In
thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
||||||||
|
|
March 31,
|
|
||||||||
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
||||||
|
|
(unaudited
|
)
|
|
(unaudited
|
)
|
|||||
Revenues
|
|||||||||||
|
Base
rentals (a)
|
|
$
|
35,227
|
$
|
32,965
|
|||||
|
Percentage
rentals
|
|
1,468
|
1,158
|
|||||||
|
Expense
reimbursements
|
|
15,045
|
12,720
|
|||||||
|
Other
income (b)
|
|
1,501
|
1,355
|
|||||||
|
|
|
Total
revenues
|
|
53,241
|
48,198
|
|||||
Expenses
|
|
||||||||||
|
Property
operating
|
|
17,005
|
14,765
|
|||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
|
4,277
|
4,081
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
18,487
|
15,950
|
|||||||
|
|
|
Total
expenses
|
|
39,769
|
34,796
|
|||||
Operating
income
|
|
13,472
|
13,402
|
||||||||
|
Interest
expense
|
|
10,056
|
10,034
|
|||||||
Income
before equity in earnings of unconsolidated
|
|
||||||||||
|
joint
ventures, minority interest and discontinued
operations
|
|
3,416
|
3,368
|
|||||||
Equity
in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures (c)
|
235
|
147
|
|||||||||
Minority
interest in operating partnership
|
(370
|
)
|
(381
|
)
|
|||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
|
3,281
|
3,134
|
||||||||
Discontinued
operations, net of minority interest (d)
|
|
---
|
11,713
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
3,281
|
14,847
|
|||||||||
Preferred
share dividends
|
|
(1,406
|
)
|
(1,215
|
)
|
||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
1,875
|
$
|
13,632
|
|||||||
Basic
earnings per common share:
|
|||||||||||
|
Income
from continuing operations
|
$
|
.06
|
$
|
.06
|
||||||
|
Net
income
|
.06
|
.45
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per common share:
|
|||||||||||
|
Income
from continuing operations
|
$
|
.06
|
$
|
.06
|
||||||
|
Net
income
|
.06
|
.44
|
||||||||
Summary
of discontinued operations (d)
|
|||||||||||
Operating
income from discontinued operations
|
$
|
---
|
$
|
208
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of real estate
|
---
|
13,833
|
|||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
---
|
14,041
|
|||||||||
Minority
interest in discontinued operations
|
---
|
(2,328
|
)
|
||||||||
Discontinued
operations, net of minority interest
|
$
|
---
|
$
|
11,713
|
(a) |
Includes
straight-line rent and market rent adjustments of $1,079 and $914
for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
|
(b) |
Includes
gains on sale of outparcels of land of $110 for the three months
ended
March 31, 2006.
|
(c) |
Includes
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Hwy 17 and
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin properties
which are operated by us through 50% ownership joint
ventures.
|
(d) |
In
accordance with SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long Lived Assets”, the results of operations for properties disposed of
during the quarter are classified as held for sale as of the end
of the
quarter in which we have no significant continuing involvement have
been
reported above as discontinued operations for the periods
presented.
|
TANGER
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(In
thousands, except share and per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
||||||||||
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
(unaudited)
|
||||||||||||
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Rental
property
|
||||||||||||||||
Land
|
$
|
130,137
|
$
|
130,137
|
||||||||||||
Building,
improvement and fixtures
|
1,071,691
|
1,068,070
|
||||||||||||||
Construction
in progress
|
23,944
|
18,640
|
||||||||||||||
1,225,772
|
1,216,847
|
|||||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(287,720
|
)
|
(275,372
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Rental
property, net
|
938,052
|
941,475
|
||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
3,273
|
8,453
|
|||||||||||||
Investments
in unconsolidated joint ventures
|
14,052
|
14,451
|
||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
charges, net
|
52,312
|
55,089
|
|||||||||||||
|
Other
assets
|
21,149
|
21,409
|
|||||||||||||
|
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,028,838
|
$
|
1,040,877
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
LIABILITIES,
MINORITY INTEREST AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Debt
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Senior,
unsecured notes (net of discount of $815 and $832,
respectively)
|
$
|
498,685
|
$
|
498,668
|
|||||||||||
|
Mortgages
payable (including a debt premium
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
of
$2,857 and $3,441, respectively)
|
|
178,363
|
179,911
|
||||||||||||
Total
debt
|
677,048
|
678,579
|
||||||||||||||
Construction
trade payables
|
22,266
|
23,504
|
||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
25,680
|
25,094
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
724,994
|
727,177
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Commitments
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Minority
interest in operating partnership
|
|
37,193
|
39,024
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
shares, 7.5% Class C, liquidation preference $25 per
share,
|
|
||||||||||||||
8,000,000
shares authorized, 3,000,000 shares issued and
|
||||||||||||||||
outstanding
at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively
|
75,000
|
75,000
|
||||||||||||||
|
Common
shares, $.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized,
|
|
||||||||||||||
31,260,161
and 31,041,336 shares issued and outstanding at
|
||||||||||||||||
March
31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively
|
313
|
310
|
||||||||||||||
|
Paid
in capital
|
|
347,933
|
346,361
|
||||||||||||
|
Distributions
in excess of net income
|
|
(158,902
|
)
|
(150,223
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
2,307
|
3,228
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
|
266,651
|
274,676
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
Total
liabilities, minority interest, and shareholders’
equity
|
$
|
1,028,838
|
$
|
1,040,877
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TANGER
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION
(in
thousands, except per share, state and center information)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
March 31,
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
FUNDS
FROM OPERATIONS (a)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
3,281
|
$
|
14,847
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted
for:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Minority
interest in operating partnership
|
|
370
|
381
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Minority
interest, depreciation and amortization
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
attributable
to discontinued operations
|
|
---
|
2,444
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization uniquely significant to
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
real
estate - wholly-owned
|
18,412
|
15,885
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization uniquely significant to
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
real
estate - unconsolidated joint ventures
|
654
|
379
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on sale of real estate
|
|
---
|
(13,833
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Funds
from operations (FFO)
|
|
22,717
|
20,103
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Preferred
share dividends
|
|
(1,406
|
)
|
(1,215
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Funds
from operations available to common shareholders
|
|
$
|
21,311
|
$
|
18,888
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Funds
from operations available to common shareholders
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
per
share - diluted
|
|
$
|
.57
|
$
|
.51
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
weighted average common shares
|
|
30,743
|
30,531
|
|||||||||||||||||
Effect
of exchangeable notes
|
421
|
---
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Effect
of outstanding share and unit options
|
|
248
|
246
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Effect
of unvested restricted share awards
|
|
137
|
84
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
weighted average common shares
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(for
earnings per share computations)
|
|
31,549
|
30,861
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Convertible
operating partnership units (b)
|
|
6,067
|
6,067
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
weighted average common shares
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(for
funds from operations per share computations)
|
37,616
|
36,928
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
leasable area open at end of period -
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly
owned
|
|
8,372
|
8,030
|
||||||||||||||||||
Partially
owned - unconsolidated
|
|
667
|
402
|
||||||||||||||||||
Managed
|
229
|
293
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Outlet
centers in operation -
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Wholly
owned
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30
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29
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Partially
owned - unconsolidated
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2
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1
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Managed
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|
2
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3
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States
operated in at end of period (c)
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|
21
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21
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Occupancy
at end of period (c) (d)
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95.1
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%
|
95.0
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%
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(a) |
FFO
is a non-GAAP financial measure. The most directly comparable GAAP
measure
is net income (loss), to which it is reconciled. We believe that
for a
clear understanding of our operating results, FFO should be considered
along with net income as presented elsewhere in this report. FFO
is
presented because it is a widely accepted financial indicator used
by
certain investors and analysts to analyze and compare one equity
REIT with
another on the basis of operating performance. FFO is generally defined
as
net income (loss), computed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, before extraordinary items and gains (losses)
on
sale or disposal of depreciable operating properties, plus depreciation
and amortization uniquely significant to real estate and after adjustments
for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We caution that
the
calculation of FFO may vary from entity to entity and as such the
presentation of FFO by us may not be comparable to other similarly
titled
measures of other reporting companies. FFO does not represent net
income
or cash flow from operations as defined by accounting principles
generally
accepted in the United States of America and should not be considered
an
alternative to net income as an indication of operating performance
or to
cash flows from operations as a measure of liquidity. FFO is not
necessarily indicative of cash flows available to fund dividends
to
shareholders and other cash needs.
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(b) |
The
convertible operating partnership units (minority interest in operating
partnership) are not dilutive on earnings per share computed in accordance
with generally accepted accounting
principles.
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(c) |
Excludes
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Hwy 17 and
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin properties
which are operated by us through 50% ownership joint ventures and
two
centers for which we only have management
responsibilities.
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(d) |
Excludes
our wholly-owned, non-stabilized center in Charleston, South
Carolina
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