Achieves 4.4% increase in Same-Store NOI and 12.0% increase in Core FFO per diluted share over the prior year quarter

HONOLULU, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) ("A&B" or "Company"), a Hawai'i-based company focused on owning and operating high-quality commercial real estate in Hawai'i, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2022.

Chris Benjamin, A&B president & chief executive officer stated: "Our high-quality commercial real estate ("CRE") portfolio continued to produce excellent results, building on our strong start to the year. Total leased occupancy improved during the second quarter to 94.6%, approaching our pre-pandemic levels. Robust leasing activity also continued in the period as we executed 76 leases, with comparable leasing spreads of 11.9% for new leases and 5.4% for renewal leases."  

"Additionally, we made meaningful progress in advancing our strategic agenda during the second quarter as we closed on the sale of approximately 18,900 acres of primarily conservation and agricultural land on the island of Kaua'i. Completion of our simplification process is now clearly in sight. To that end, the Board has authorized a formal marketing process to sell the Grace Pacific business to a more natural owner. With a strong and flexible balance sheet, we remain active in pursuing opportunities across our target markets and preferred asset classes as we seek to expand our CRE portfolio."

"The continued strong performance of our CRE platform facilitated a third consecutive quarterly dividend increase and another positive revision of our guidance. We are proud of the ongoing contributions of our employees, their effective management and expansion of our CRE portfolio, and their successful advancement of our simplification strategy."

Financial Results for Q2 2022

• Net income available to A&B common shareholders and diluted earnings per share were $4.0 million and $0.05 per share, respectively, compared to $12.8 million and $0.18 per share in the same quarter of 2021.
• Nareit-defined Funds From Operations ("FFO") and FFO per-diluted share were $13.2 million and $0.18 per share, respectively, compared to $22.3 million and $0.31 per share in the same quarter of 2021.
• Core FFO and Core FFO per-diluted share were $20.3 million and $0.28 per share, respectively, compared to $18.5 million and $0.25 per share in the same quarter of 2021.

Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Highlights for Q2 2022

• CRE revenue of $45.8 million was $2.5 million, or 5.8%, more than the $43.3 million result in the same quarter of 2021.
• CRE NOI of $29.8 million was $1.3 million, or 4.5%, more than the $28.5 million result in the same quarter of 2021.
• Same-Store NOI of $29.7 million was $1.3 million, or 4.4%, more than the $28.4 million result in the same quarter of 2021.
• The Company executed a total of 76 leases, covering approximately 174,100 square feet of gross leasable area ("GLA"). Leasing spreads for new comparable leases were 11.9% for the second quarter of 2022, and 6.2% portfolio-wide for all comparable lease.
• Significant leases executed included:
• Two leases at P&L Warehouse totaling approximately 22,000 square feet of GLA, sustaining the 100% occupancy of the property.
• Twelve leases related to properties located in Kailua, including Aikahi Park Shopping Center, totaling approximately 16,700 square feet of GLA.
• Six leases at Kaka'ako Commerce Center totaling approximately 14,800 square feet of GLA.
• Five leases at Port Allen Industrial totaling approximately 12,600 square feet of GLA, taking leased occupancy to 100%, for a sequential quarter leased occupancy increase of 9.8%.
• Five leases at Manoa Marketplace totaling approximately 8,800 square feet of GLA.
• Both overall leased and Same-Store leased occupancy were 94.6% as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 60 basis points compared to June 30, 2021.
• Both leased and Same-Store leased occupancy in the retail portfolio were 93.1% as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 80 basis points compared to June 30, 2021, primarily due to robust leasing activity at Manoa Marketplace and Pu'unene Shopping Center.
• Leased occupancy in the industrial portfolio was 98.4% as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 60 basis points compared to June 30, 2021, primarily due to strong leasing activity at Harbor Industrial. Same-Store leased occupancy in the industrial portfolio was 98.3% as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 50 basis points compared to June 30, 2021.

CRE Redevelopment

• Aikahi Park Shopping Center redevelopment efforts continue toward a fourth quarter of 2022 target stabilization, to result in enhanced community-focused dining, shopping and service options at this grocery-anchored, neighborhood center.
• Construction will soon commence at Manoa Marketplace to improve the visitor experience at this well-located neighborhood center, while incorporating sustainable design and building elements.
• Construction of the 1.3-megawatt rooftop solar installation at Pearl Highlands Center remains on schedule to reach completion in September 2022. This renewable energy project aligns with the Company's ESG commitment and goal of owning and operating sustainable properties.

Land Operations

• Land Operations operating loss was $7.7 million in the second quarter of 2022, as compared to a $9.1 million profit in the second quarter of 2021. Second quarter 2022 results included charges to the Land Operations segment of $59.9 million related to the termination of the defined benefit pension plans, partially offset by a gain of $54.0 million related to the sale of approximately 18,900 acres of other non-core landholdings on Kaua'i (the "McBryde Sale").
• Land Operations Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") was $52.8 million for the second quarter of 2022, as compared to $9.3 million in the second quarter of 2021.
• The Company advanced monetization efforts in the second quarter of 2022, including the following:
• Generated net cash proceeds of $73.9 million from the McBryde Sale.

Materials & Construction (M&C)

• M&C operating loss was $0.6 million in the second quarter of 2022, as compared to a $1.9 million loss in the second quarter of 2021.
• M&C Adjusted EBITDA was $0.7 million for the second quarter of 2022, in line with the second quarter of 2021.
• The Company has launched the process to sell the businesses within the M&C segment.

Balance Sheet, Market Value, Adjusted EBITDA and Liquidity

• As of June 30, 2022, the Company had an equity market capitalization of $1.3 billion and $475.9 million in total debt, for a total market capitalization of approximately $1.8 billion. The Company's debt-to-total market capitalization was 26.7% as of June 30, 2022. The Company's debt has a weighted-average maturity of 3.7 years, with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.3%. 99% of the Company's debt was at fixed rates.
• As of June 30, 2022, the Company had total liquidity of $532.1 million, consisting of cash on hand of $33.2 million and $498.9 million available on its revolving line of credit.
• The Company reported consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $187.6 million for the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2022, compared to $106.6 million for the same period ended June 30, 2021. This includes second quarter 2022 impacts of $73.7 million to EBITDA (inclusive of the $59.9 million charge to the Land Operations segment) related to the full pension termination, which is excluded to reach Adjusted EBITDA. Net Debt to TTM (trailing twelve months) consolidated Adjusted EBITDA was 2.4 times as of June 30, 2022, compared to 5.4 times for the same period last year.

Dividend

• The Company's Board declared a third quarter 2022 dividend of $0.22 per share, an increase of $0.02 per share, payable on October 5, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 19, 2022. This third consecutive quarterly dividend increase reflects strong second quarter CRE results and expected performance for the remainder of 2022.

2022 Full-Year Guidance

• The Company revised its annual 2022 guidance to reflect its improved outlook as follows:

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) (A&B) is the only publicly-traded real estate investment trust to focus exclusively on Hawai'i commercial real estate and is the state's largest owner of grocery-anchored, neighborhood shopping centers. A&B owns, operates and manages approximately 3.9 million square feet of commercial space in Hawai'i, including 22 retail centers, 12 industrial assets and four office properties, as well as 141 acres of ground leases. A&B is expanding and strengthening its Hawai'i CRE portfolio and achieving its strategic focus on commercial real estate by monetizing its remaining non-core assets. Over its 152-year history, A&B has evolved with the state's economy and played a leadership role in the development of the agricultural, transportation, tourism, construction, residential and commercial real estate industries. Learn more about A&B at www.alexanderbaldwin.com.

The Company uses non-GAAP measures when evaluating operating performance because management believes that they provide additional insight into the Company's and segments' core operating results, and/or the underlying business trends affecting performance on a consistent and comparable basis from period to period. These measures generally are provided to investors as an additional means of evaluating the performance of ongoing core operations. The non-GAAP financial information presented herein should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

NOI is a non-GAAP measure used internally in evaluating the unlevered performance of the Company's Commercial Real Estate portfolio. The Company believes NOI provides useful information to investors regarding the Company's financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only the contract-based income and cash-based expense items that are incurred at the property level. When compared across periods, NOI can be used to determine trends in earnings of the Company's properties as this measure is not affected by non-contract-based revenue (e.g., straight-line lease adjustments required under GAAP); by non-cash expense recognition items (e.g., the impact of depreciation and amortization expense or impairments); or by other expenses or gains or losses that do not directly relate to the Company's ownership and operations of the properties (e.g., indirect selling, general, administrative and other expenses, as well as lease termination income). The Company believes the exclusion of these items from operating profit (loss) is useful because the resulting measure captures the contract-based revenue that is realizable (i.e., assuming collectability is deemed probable) and the direct property-related expenses paid or payable in cash that are incurred in operating the Company's Commercial Real Estate portfolio, as well as trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. NOI should not be viewed as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

The Company reports NOI and Occupancy on a Same-Store basis, which includes the results of properties that were owned and operated for the entirety of the prior calendar year and current reporting period, year-to-date. The Company believes that reporting on a Same-Store basis provides investors with additional information regarding the operating performance of comparable assets separate from other factors (such as the effect of developments, redevelopments, acquisitions or dispositions).

Reconciliations of Commercial Real Estate operating profit (loss) to Commercial Real Estate NOI and Same-Store NOI are as follows: 

FFO is presented by the Company as a widely used non-GAAP measure of operating performance for real estate companies. The Company believes that, subject to the following limitations, FFO provides a supplemental measure to net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) for comparing its performance and operations to those of other REITs. FFO does not represent an alternative to net income calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, nor does it represent cash available to pay distributions and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities, determined in accordance with GAAP, as a measure of the Company's liquidity. The Company presents different forms of FFO:

• Core FFO represents a non-GAAP measure relevant to the operating performance of the Company's commercial real estate business (i.e., its core business). Core FFO is calculated by adjusting CRE operating profit to exclude items in a manner consistent with FFO (i.e., depreciation and amortization related to real estate included in CRE operating profit) and to make further adjustments to include expenses not included in CRE operating profit but that are necessary to accurately reflect the operating performance of its core business (i.e., corporate expenses and interest expense attributable to this core business) or to exclude items that are non-recurring, infrequent, unusual and unrelated to the core business operating performance (i.e., not likely to recur within two years or has not occurred within the prior two years). The Company believes such adjustments facilitate the comparable measurement of the Company's core operating performance over time. The Company believes that Core FFO, which is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure, provides an additional and useful means to assess and compare the operating performance of REITs.
• FFO represents the Nareit-defined non-GAAP measure for the operating performance of the Company as a whole. The Company's calculation refers to net income (loss) available to A&B common shareholders as its starting point in the calculation of FFO.

The Company presents both non-GAAP measures and reconciles each to the most directly-comparable GAAP measure as well as reconciling FFO to Core FFO. The Company's FFO and Core FFO may not be comparable to FFO non-GAAP measures reported by other REITs. These other REITs may not define the term in accordance with the current Nareit definition or may interpret the current Nareit definition differently.

Reconciliations of net income (loss) available to A&B common shareholders to FFO and Core FFO are as follows:

Reconciliations of Core FFO starting from Commercial Real Estate operating profit (loss) are as follows:

The Company may report various forms of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA"), on a consolidated basis or a segment basis (e.g., "Consolidated EBITDA" or "Materials & Construction EBITDA"), as non-GAAP measures used by the Company in evaluating the Company's and segments' operating performance on a consistent and comparable basis from period to period. The Company provides this information to investors as an additional means of evaluating the performance of the Company's and segments' ongoing operations.

Consolidated EBITDA is calculated by adjusting the Company's consolidated net income (loss) to exclude the impact of interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization. Materials & Construction EBITDA is calculated by adjusting Materials & Construction operating profit (which excludes interest expense and income taxes) to add back depreciation and amortization recorded at the M&C segment.

The Company also adjusts Consolidated EBITDA or Materials & Construction EBITDA (to arrive at "Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA" or "M&C Adjusted EBITDA") for items identified as non-recurring, infrequent or unusual that are not expected to recur in the Company's core business or segment's normal operations. In addition to the aforementioned adjustments, the Company further adjusts Materials & Construction EBITDA to exclude income attributable to noncontrolling interests as presented in its consolidated statements of operations.

As illustrative examples, the Company identified non-cash long-lived asset impairments recorded in different businesses within the M&C segment as non-recurring, infrequent or unusual items that are not expected to recur in the segment's normal operations. By excluding these items from Materials & Construction EBITDA to arrive at M&C Adjusted EBITDA, the Company believes it provides meaningful supplemental information about its core operating performance and facilitates comparisons to historical operating results. Such non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliations of the Company's consolidated net income to Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA are as follows:

Reconciliations of Materials & Construction operating profit (loss) to Materials & Construction EBITDA and Materials & Construction Adjusted EBITDA are as follows:

Statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, growth opportunities and competitive positions, as well as the rapidly changing challenges with, and the Company's plans and responses to, the coronavirus pandemic ("COVID-19") and related economic disruptions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements were made and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, prevailing market conditions and other factors related to the Company's REIT status and the Company's business, risks associated with COVID-19 and its impact on the Company's businesses, results of operations, liquidity and financial condition, the evaluation of alternatives by the Company related to its materials and construction business, and the risk factors discussed in the Company's most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information in this release should be evaluated in light of these important risk factors. We do not undertake any obligation to update the Company's forward-looking statements.

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