Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) previously announced March
29, 2013 as the common share record date for its first quarter 2013
dividend. Because the New York Stock Exchange will be closed on that day
for a holiday, stockholders will need to be record holders on March 28,
2013 to be eligible for the dividend.
This press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
When used, words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “project,”
“intend,” “may be” and “will be” and similar words or phrases, or the
negative thereof, unless the context requires otherwise, are intended to
identify forward-looking statements and may include, without limitation,
information regarding the Company’s expectations, goals or intentions
regarding the future, and the expected effect of the recent acquisitions
on the Company. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous
assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:
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the Company’s ability to control costs, real estate market conditions,
the actual rate of decline in customers, the actual use of sites by
customers and its success in acquiring new customers at its Properties
(including those that it may acquire);
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the Company’s ability to maintain historical rental rates and
occupancy with respect to Properties currently owned or that the
Company may acquire;
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the Company’s ability to retain and attract customers renewing,
upgrading and entering right-to-use contracts;
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the Company’s assumptions about rental and home sales markets;
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the Company’s assumptions and guidance concerning 2013 estimated net
income and funds from operations;
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the Company’s ability to manage counterparty risk;
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in the age-qualified Properties, home sales results could be impacted
by the ability of potential homebuyers to sell their existing
residences as well as by financial, credit and capital markets
volatility;
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results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by
local economic conditions, lack of affordable manufactured home
financing and competition from alternative housing options including
site-built single-family housing;
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impact of government intervention to stabilize site-built single
family housing and not manufactured housing;
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effective integration of the recent acquisitions and the Company’s
estimates regarding the future performance of recent acquisitions;
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unanticipated costs or unforeseen liabilities associated with the
recent acquisitions;
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ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt on favorable
terms or at all;
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the effect of interest rates;
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the dilutive effects of issuing additional securities;
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the effect of accounting for the entry of contracts with customers
representing a right-to-use the Properties under the Codification
Topic “Revenue Recognition;” and
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other risks indicated from time to time in the Company’s filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements are based on management's present
expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or
forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and
changes in circumstances. The Company is under no obligation to, and
expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its
forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new
information, subsequent events or otherwise.
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. owns or has an interest in 383 quality
properties in 32 states and British Columbia consisting of 142,682
sites. The Company is a self-administered, self-managed, real estate
investment trust (REIT) with headquarters in Chicago.
