Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (ticker: SRZ, exchange: New York Stock Exchange (.N))
News Release -
8-May-2008
Sunrise Reports Preliminary Selected Financial and Operating Data for First-Quarter 2008 MCLEAN, Va., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
(NYSE: SRZ) today reported preliminary selected financial and operating data
for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
"Along with the strong governance steps we are taking, we are focusing on
our core business of operating our existing communities and developing new
senior living communities in the major metropolitan markets of North America
and the United Kingdom," said Paul Klaassen, chief executive officer of
Sunrise. "Strong sector fundamentals, particularly in the need-driven
assisted living and memory care areas, reaffirm our commitment to the
expansion of our pipeline. Sunrise is the only active large-scale developer
of senior living communities today; when combined with our many years of
experience in operating the communities we build, we expect to continue to
attract capital and create value for our shareholders."
Operational Highlights
-- During the first quarter of 2008, Sunrise opened five new communities
and began construction on one new community. As of March 31, 2008,
the Company had 40 communities under construction, with capacity for an
additional 5,300 residents. Seven of these communities are projects
being developed by Greystone, the Company's developer and professional
services provider for non-profit continuing care retirement
communities. Sunrise expects to begin construction on approximately
another 3,200 to 3,400 units in North America and the United Kingdom
during 2008.
-- As of March 31, 2008, Sunrise operated 441 communities with resident
capacity for more than 54,000 residents, located in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. Beginning in 2008, the Company
has changed its methodology for determining the number of communities
it operates. There are certain communities that operate under multiple
licenses and have multiple buildings on the same grounds, some of which
Sunrise acquired in its acquisition of Marriott Senior Living Services
in 2003. These communities were previously counted as more than one
community in the Company's community count. The Company has now
determined that it will count all communities with more than one
licensed building as one community resulting in a reduction in the
community count by 18 communities for both the first quarter of 2008
and the first quarter of 2007 in order to better reflect the way the
communities are managed. There is no change in resident capacity
counts and no impact on financial reporting related to this change.
All references in this press release to number of communities,
regardless of the period, reflect this change.
-- Revenue under management increased 10.6 percent to $625 million as
compared to $565 million in the prior-year first quarter. The measure
"revenue under management" is derived by combining the revenues of
Sunrise's consolidated communities, communities owned in unconsolidated
ventures and communities owned by third parties that are managed by
Sunrise (excluding communities managed by Greystone). This increase
relates to the addition of 15 new communities from the first quarter of
2007 to the first quarter of 2008, as well as increasing occupancy for
communities in lease-up and average daily rate growth for stabilized
communities. A portion of the increase also relates to the extra day
in the first quarter of 2008 (February 29, 2008) as compared to the
first quarter of 2007 due to leap year. Excluding the extra day in the
leap year, revenue under management would have increased 9.4 percent
over the prior-year first quarter.
-- Sunrise's same-community portfolio consists of communities in which
Sunrise has an ownership interest (i.e., consolidated communities and
unconsolidated venture communities) that were stabilized in both the
first quarter of 2008 and 2007, which Sunrise defines as being open for
12 months or having achieved 95 percent occupancy, whichever occurs
first.
-- Same-community revenues increased 7.8 percent during the first quarter
of 2008, to $321.2 million as compared to $298.0 million in the prior-
year first-quarter. The increase relates to base rate increases in
U.S. communities as well as increased utilization and increased rate
for extended care services. These increases were partially offset by a
decline in occupancy for the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the
first quarter of 2007. Same-community revenues for the consolidated
communities grew at a higher rate than those for communities in
unconsolidated ventures due to increases in occupancy. Same-community
revenues were also affected by leap year. Excluding the extra day in
the leap year, same-community revenues would have increased 6.6 percent
over the prior-year first quarter.
-- Average daily rate for the same-community portfolio increased 6.9
percent in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the prior-year
first quarter to $161.72. The Company has changed its calculation of
average daily rate to include room rates, extended care fees and
community fees. Previously the Company did not include a one-time
move-in community fee in the calculation of average daily rate, which
is a component of total same-community revenues. This change resulted
in an increase of approximately $3.50 in average daily rate in both
periods. All references in this press release to average daily rate,
regardless of the period, reflect this change. Rate growth was largely
due to room rate increases and extended care utilization as described
above. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2008, the Company's
Medicare mix increased within its skilled nursing area, increasing the
number of Medicare patients, particularly in the same-community
consolidated portfolio. Medicare rates are typically higher than
private pay for skilled nursing. Average daily rate is not affected by
the additional day in the first quarter of 2008.
-- The same-community average occupancy rate was 90.3 percent for the
first quarter of 2008 compared to 90.6 percent in the prior-year first
quarter. The Company continues to work to enhance occupancy in
several existing markets and select communities that have shown
declines in occupancy. Occupancy for consolidated communities
increased over the prior-year first quarter due to the Company's
increased focus on enhancing occupancy for select communities to
analyze and fill vacancies. The same-community occupancy rate for the
first quarter of 2008 was not affected by the extra day in the first
quarter of 2008.
-- Same-community operating expenses increased 6.2 percent in the first
quarter 2008 to $218.6 million, as compared to $205.9 million in the
prior-year first quarter. Same-community operating expense excludes
management fees paid to Sunrise with respect to same-community ventures
in order to make comparisons between consolidated communities and
unconsolidated venture communities consistent. U.S. labor expense
increased, largely due to the higher level of extended care services,
which require additional labor hours at skilled levels. Other same-
community operating expense increases included insurance, bad debt
expense and modest increases in supplies and marketing expenses. For
the total same-community portfolio, same-community expenses would have
increased 5.0 percent over the prior-year first quarter, excluding the
extra day in the first quarter of 2008.
Sunrise's management believes that total revenue under management and
total same-community revenues, average daily rate, average occupancy rate and
total same-community expenses are useful indicators of trends in Sunrise's
management business. For such data broken down by consolidated communities
and communities in unconsolidated ventures (and also broken down by
communities managed for third-party owners, in the case of revenues under
management), please refer to the Supplemental Information attached. The
preliminary financial data and operating metrics provided herein should not be
considered indicative of the results of operations of the Company for the
three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. Because the Company has not
completed and filed its 2007 financial statements, and has not yet completed
its financial statements with respect to the first quarter of 2008, Sunrise is
unable at this time to provide a reasonable estimate of its first-quarter 2008
or 2007 results of operations. In the Company's 2006 Form 10-K filed on March
24, 2008, the Company included disclosure regarding 2007 and 2008 significant
developments that were expected to have a financial statement impact during
2007 and the first quarter of 2008. See the Company's 2006 Form 10-K for a
discussion of these significant developments.
Cash and Debt
-- On March 31, 2008, Sunrise had approximately $245 million of cash and
cash equivalents. Of this balance approximately $147 million was
restricted for use by the Company's self-insurance program and another
approximately $18 million was restricted for other purposes. The
Company had approximately $300 million in consolidated debt outstanding
at the end of the first quarter of 2008.
-- There were $128 million in borrowings and $27 million in letters of
credit outstanding under the Company's bank credit facility as of March
31, 2008. The Company had availability for borrowing under the line of
approximately $5 million. See the Company's 2006 Form 10-K for
additional information regarding several amendments to the Company's
bank credit facility entered into during the first quarter of 2008.
-- On May 7, 2008 the Company received net proceeds of approximately $103
million from mortgage debt financing of 16 owned communities that were
previously unlevered. The Company plans to use these proceeds largely
to reduce its borrowing under the bank credit facility. The term of
the loan is five years, ending June 1, 2013, at a variable rate of
Fannie Mae's Discount Mortgage-Backed Securities plus 2.27 percent.
This rate is approximately 0.5 percent lower than the Company's current
borrowing rate under its bank credit facility.
-- The Company believes that its unrestricted cash is sufficient to
support the Company's operations over the next twelve months.
Filing of the Company's Periodic Reports
Pursuant to the March 2008 amendment to the Company's bank credit
facility, previously disclosed in the Company's 2006 Form 10-K, the Company
was required to deliver to the lenders under its bank credit facility an
internally prepared preliminary balance sheet and income statement for 2007 by
April 30, 2008. The Company met this deadline and is currently working
diligently to complete its 2007 financial statements and file its 2007 Form
10-K by July 31, 2008, in order to remain in compliance with the modified
delivery date requirements in the amendment. Any failure by the Company to
furnish the administrative agent with the financial information required under
the credit agreement within the timeframes set forth in the amendment would
automatically constitute an event of default under the credit agreement. In
the event of such a default, the lenders may exercise their rights to
accelerate the payment of all amounts then outstanding under the credit
agreement, and require the Company to replace or provide cash collateral for
the outstanding letters of credit or pursue further modifications with respect
to the credit facility.
The Company intends to file a Form 12b-25 regarding its inability to
timely file its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Under the
NYSE rules, the Company has until September 17, 2008 to file its 2007 Form
10-K, subject to the NYSE's ongoing review. If the Company has not filed its
2007 Form 10-K by September 17, 2008, the NYSE may allow the Company's common
stock to continue to be listed on the NYSE for up to an additional six-month
trading period or, if the NYSE determines that such additional trading period
is not appropriate, may commence suspension and delisting procedures. No
assurance can be given that the Company will file its 2007 Form 10-K by any
deadline imposed by the NYSE. Following the filing of its 2007 Form 10-K, the
Company plans to file its 2008 Form 10-Qs.
Conference Call Information
Sunrise will host a conference call today (Thursday, May 8, 2008) at 4:30
p.m. ET to discuss the Company's preliminary selected financial and operating
data. Paul Klaassen, chief executive officer, Rick Nadeau, chief financial
officer, Tiffany Tomasso, chief operating officer and Mark Ordan, chief
administrative and investment officer, will host the call.
The call-in number for the conference call is (785) 830-7991 or
(800) 768-6563 (no password required). Those interested may also go to the
Investor Relations section of the Company's website,
http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com, to listen to the call. A telephone replay
of the call will be available until May 15, 2008 by dialing (719) 457-0820 or
(888) 203-1112 (passcode: 3737403). The live broadcast of the conference call
will also be available on-line at the Company's website in the Investor
Relations section. The on-line replay will follow shortly after the call and
continue through August 8, 2008.
About Sunrise Senior Living
Sunrise Senior Living, a McLean, Va.-based company, employs approximately
40,000 people. As of March 31, 2008, Sunrise operated 441 communities in the
United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, with a combined
capacity for more than 54,000 residents. At quarter end, Sunrise also had 40
communities under construction in these countries with a combined capacity for
5,300 additional residents. Sunrise offers a full range of personalized senior
living services, including independent living, assisted living, care for
individuals with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss, as well as
nursing, rehabilitative and hospice care. Sunrise's senior living services are
delivered by staff trained to encourage the independence, preserve the
dignity, enable freedom of choice and protect the privacy of residents. To
learn more about Sunrise, please visit http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Although Sunrise believes the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be
no assurances that its expectations will be realized. Sunrise's actual results
could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, the
time required for the Company to prepare and file its 2007 Form 10-K, Form
10-Qs for the first three quarters of 2007 and subsequently delayed Form 10-Qs
for quarters in 2008, and for Ernst & Young L.L.P. to audit the Company's 2007
financial statements and to review the Form 10-Qs; the Company's ability to
remediate material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting;
the outcome of the SEC's investigation; the outcomes of the putative class
action and derivative litigation; the outcome of the lawsuit filed by the
Company's former CFO; the outcome of the Trinity OIG investigation and qui tam
proceeding; the outcome of the IRS audit of the Company's tax returns for the
tax years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 and employment tax returns for
2004, 2005 and 2006; the outcome of the exploration of strategic alternatives;
the Company's ability to comply with the terms of the recent amendments of its
bank credit facility or to obtain a further extension of the period for
providing the lenders with required financial information; development and
construction risks; acquisition risks; licensing risks; business conditions;
competition; changes in interest rates; the Company's ability to manage its
expenses; market factors that could affect the value of the Company's
properties; the risks of downturns in general economic conditions;
availability of financing for development; and other risks detailed in the
Company's 2006 Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as may be updated or supplemented
in the Company's Form 10-Q filings. The Company assumes no obligation to
update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of
subsequent events.
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
Supplemental Information
As of March 31, 2008
($ in thousands except average daily rate)
Resident
Communities Unit Capacity Capacity
Q1 08 Q1 07 Q1 08 Q1 07 Q1 08 Q1 07
Community Data (1,2)
Communities managed for
third-party owners
(excluding Greystone) 156 163 16,072 16,812 17,595 18,443
Communities in ventures 203 184 20,121 18,472 22,683 20,811
Communities consolidated 63 62 8,391 8,267 8,742 8,683
Greystone-managed communities 19 17 5,124 4,433 5,124 4,433
Total communities
operated 441 426 49,708 47,984 54,144 52,310
Percentage of Total
Operating Portfolio
Assisted Living 69% 72%
Independent Living 24% 23%
Skilled Nursing 7% 5%
Total 100% 100%
Selected Operating Results
Same-Community Owned Portfolio
Operating Results (3,4,5) Q1 08 Q1 07 % Change
Total Same-Community Portfolio
Number of Communities 205 205
Unit Capacity 21,909 21,909
Resident Capacity 24,101 24,101
Community Revenues $321,176 $297,974 7.8%
Community Operating Expenses $218,633 $205,945 6.2%
Average Daily Rate $161.72 $151.35 6.9%
Average Occupancy Rate 90.3% 90.6% -0.3%
Communities in ventures
Number of Communities 147 147
Unit Capacity 13,890 13,890
Resident Capacity 15,763 15,763
Community Revenues $219,127 $204,482 7.2%
Facility operating expenses $144,172 $135,282 6.6%
Average Daily Rate $170.80 $159.11 7.3%
Average Occupancy Rate 89.8% 90.8% -1.1%
Communities consolidated
Number of Communities 58 58
Unit Capacity 8,019 8,019
Resident Capacity 8,338 8,338
Community Revenues $102,049 $93,492 9.2%
Facility operating expenses $74,461 $70,663 5.4%
Average Daily Rate $146.27 $136.76 7.0%
Average Occupancy Rate 91.3% 90.4% 1.0%
Supplemental Information (continued)
As of March 31, 2008
($ in thousands except average daily rate)
Total Portfolio Revenues under
Management Q1 08 Q1 07
Communities in ventures $285.5 $243.5 17.2%
Communities consolidated 106.7 99.2 7.6%
Communities managed
(excluding Greystone) 232.3 222.1 4.6%
Total revenue of communities
under management $624.5 $564.8 10.6%
Development Communities to
be Opened (# Communities)
Q2 08 Q3 08 Q4 08 Q1 09 Total
Consolidated communities 3 1 1 1 6
Venture communities 3 3 3 9 18
Greystone communities 2 1 - 2 5
8 5 4 12 29
Development Communities to
be Opened (# Residents)
Q2 08 Q3 08 Q4 08 Q1 09 Total
Consolidated communities 274 80 115 79 548
Venture communities 344 474 577 740 2,135
Greystone communities 550 233 - 531 1,314
1,168 787 692 1,350 3,997
Notes
(1) During the first quarter of 2008, Sunrise opened five communities.
There were also three management contracts terminated in the first
quarter.
(2) Beginning in 2008 the Company adjusted its community count
retroactively, reducing the number of communities by 18 in both
periods; previously the Company operated these communities as multiple
communities as they had more than one building and/or license; this
methodology was changed effective January 1, 2008.
(3) Same-community portfolio consists of all communities in which Sunrise
has an ownership interest in and that were open for at least 12 months
or had achieved 95% occupancy (whichever was sooner) as of the first
quarter of 2007. This includes consolidated communities and
communities in ventures.
(4) Community operating expense excludes management fees paid to Sunrise
with respect to same-community ventures in order to make comparisons
between consolidated and venture communities consistent.
(5) Average daily rate now includes resident room fees, extended care fees
and community fees. Average daily rate was adjusted retroactively to
include community fees, which are amortized over a one-year period.
SOURCE Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
CONTACT: Lisa Mayr, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-703-744-1787
|
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
