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Exhibit 99.1

SAUL CENTERS, INC.

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1500, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-6522

(301) 986-6200

Saul Centers, Inc. Reports

First Quarter 2012 Earnings

May 1, 2012, Bethesda, MD.

Saul Centers, Inc. (NYSE: BFS), an equity real estate investment trust (REIT), announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (“2012 Quarter”). Total revenue for the 2012 Quarter increased to $47.1 million from $41.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 (“2011 Quarter”). Operating income, which is net income available to common stockholders before income attributable to noncontrolling interests and preferred stock dividends, increased to $9.3 million for the 2012 Quarter from $8.3 million for the 2011 Quarter. Net income available to common stockholders was $4.1 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, for the 2012 Quarter compared to $3.5 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the 2011 Quarter. The revenue increase was primarily caused by $3.3 million of rents received from shopping centers acquired in 2011 and $2.5 million of revenue generated by the Clarendon Center development, offset in part by decreased revenue at properties impacted by reduced leasing levels. Operating income increased $0.7 million from the core properties and $0.4 million from the recently acquired shopping centers. In part, because rental income has not commenced for 28,000 square feet of leased office space, Clarendon Center had little impact on the quarterly change in operating income.

Same property revenue decreased 1.0% for the 2012 Quarter compared to the 2011 Quarter, but same property operating income increased 0.6%, due to lower property operating expenses. The same property comparisons exclude the operating results of properties not in operation for the entirety of the comparable reporting periods. Shopping center portfolio same property operating income decreased 0.5% and, primarily due to improved leasing at Washington Square, the mixed-use portfolio same property operating income increased 5.3%.

As of March 31, 2012, 90.9% of the commercial portfolio was leased (all properties except the apartments at Clarendon Center, which were 98% leased), compared to 89.6% at March 31, 2011. On a same property basis, 90.4% of the portfolio was leased compared to the prior year level of 90.2%. The 2012 leasing percentages were impacted by a net increase of approximately 33,000 square feet of space leased in the mixed-use portfolio caused by increases at Washington Square, offset in part by a net decrease of approximately 19,000 square feet of space leased in the shopping center portfolio.

 

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Funds from operations (FFO) available to common shareholders (after deducting preferred stock dividends) increased 19.0% to $15.3 million in the 2012 Quarter from $12.9 million in the 2011 Quarter. On a diluted per share basis, FFO available to common shareholders increased 9.4% to $0.58 per share for the 2012 Quarter from $0.53 per share for the 2011 Quarter. FFO, a widely accepted non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance for REITs, is defined as net income plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and excluding gains and losses from property dispositions, impairment charges on depreciable real estate assets and extraordinary items. FFO increased in the 2012 Quarter primarily due to $1.7 million generated by the three recently acquired shopping center properties and $0.5 million generated by the recently completed Clarendon Center.

Saul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio of 58 community and neighborhood shopping center and mixed-use properties totaling approximately 9.6 million square feet of leasable area. Over 85% of the Company’s property operating income is generated from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.

 

Contact:    Scott V. Schneider
   (301) 986-6220

 

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Saul Centers, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

($ in thousands)

 

     March 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
     (Unaudited)        

Assets

    

Real estate investments

    

Land

   $ 324,183      $ 324,183   

Buildings and equipment

     1,094,078        1,092,533   

Construction in progress

     1,263        1,129   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,419,524        1,417,845   

Accumulated depreciation

     (333,518     (326,397
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,086,006        1,091,448   

Cash and cash equivalents

     10,994        12,323   

Accounts receivable and accrued income, net

     37,763        39,094   

Deferred leasing costs, net

     25,611        25,876   

Prepaid expenses, net

     3,257        3,868   

Deferred debt costs, net

     6,719        7,090   

Other assets

     15,126        12,870   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,185,476      $ 1,192,569   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

    

Mortgage notes payable

   $ 818,295      $ 823,871   

Revolving credit facility payable

     4,000        8,000   

Dividends and distributions payable

     13,279        13,219   

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     23,544        22,992   

Deferred income

     30,762        31,281   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     889,880        899,363   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

    

Preferred stock

     179,328        179,328   

Common stock

     195        193   

Additional paid-in capital

     223,622        217,829   

Accumulated deficit and other comprehensive loss

     (150,040     (147,522
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Saul Centers, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     253,105        249,828   

Noncontrolling interest

     42,491        43,378   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     295,596        293,206   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 1,185,476      $ 1,192,569   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


Saul Centers, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2012     2011  
     (Unaudited)  

Revenue

  

Base rent

   $ 37,588      $ 32,697   

Expense recoveries

     7,709        7,426   

Percentage rent

     406        375   

Other

     1,401        1,235   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     47,104        41,733   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

    

Property operating expenses

     5,789        6,633   

Provision for credit losses

     352        515   

Real estate taxes

     5,844        4,482   

Interest expense and amortization of deferred debt costs

     12,771        10,294   

Depreciation and amortization of deferred leasing costs

     9,778        8,324   

General and administrative

     3,247        3,166   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     37,781        33,414   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     9,323        8,319   

Change in fair value of derivatives

     (3     87   

Acquisition related costs

     —          (74
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     9,320        8,332   

Income attributable to the noncontrolling interests

     (1,456     (1,023
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Saul Centers, Inc.

     7,864        7,309   

Preferred dividends

     (3,785     (3,785
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income available to common stockholders

   $ 4,079      $ 3,524   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Per share net income available to common stockholders :

    

Diluted

   $ 0.21      $ 0.19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common stock :

    

Common stock

     19,403        18,659   

Effect of dilutive options

     46        95   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted weighted average common stock

     19,449        18,754   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


Saul Centers, Inc.

Supplemental Information

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

          Three Months Ended March 31,  
          2012     2011  
          (Unaudited)  

Reconciliation of net income to FFO available to common shareholders:

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Net income

    $ 9,320      $ 8,332   

Add: Real property depreciation and amortization

      9,778        8,324   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FFO

      19,098        16,656   

Less: Preferred dividends

      (3,785     (3,785
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FFO available to common shareholders

    $ 15,313      $ 12,871   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares :

     

Diluted weighted average common stock

      19,449        18,754   

Convertible limited partnership units

      6,914        5,416   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted & converted weighted average shares

      26,363        24,170   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Per share amounts:

     

FFO available to common shareholders (diluted)

    $ 0.58      $ 0.53   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of net income to same property operating income:

     

Net income

    $ 9,320      $ 8,332   

Add: Interest expense and amortization of deferred debt costs

      12,771        10,294   

Add: Depreciation and amortization of deferred leasing costs

      9,778        8,324   

Add: Acquisition related costs

      —          74   

Add: General and administrative

      3,247        3,166   

Add: Change in fair value of derivatives

      3        (87

Less: Interest income

      (12     (14
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property operating income

      35,107        30,089   

Less: Acquisitions & developments

      (5,559     (722
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total same property operating income

    $ 29,548      $ 29,367   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shopping centers

    $ 23,618      $ 23,734   

Mixed-Use properties

      5,930        5,633   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total same property operating income

    $ 29,548      $ 29,367   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) developed FFO as a relative non-GAAP financial measure of performance of an equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under GAAP. FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income, computed in accordance with GAAP, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and excluding extraordinary items, impairment charges on depreciable real estate assets and gains or losses from property dispositions. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs, which is disclosed in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the applicable periods. There are no material legal or functional restrictions on the use of FFO. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income, its most directly comparable GAAP measure, as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance, or as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. Management considers FFO a meaningful supplemental measure of operating performance because it primarily excludes the assumption that the value of the real estate assets diminishes predictably over time (i.e. depreciation), which is contrary to what we believe occurs with our assets, and because industry analysts have accepted it as a performance measure. FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other REITs.