Kimco Realty® Announces Third Quarter 2023 Results

– Leased 2.1 Million Square Feet with Double-Digit Leasing Spreads –
– Board Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Shares by 4.3% –
– Raises 2023 Guidance Range –

Kimco Realty® (NYSE: KIM), North America’s largest publicly traded owner and operator of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and a growing portfolio of mixed-use assets, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, Kimco Realty’s net income available to the company’s common shareholders per diluted share was $0.18 and $0.08, respectively.

Third Quarter Highlights

• Produced Funds From Operations* (FFO) of $0.40 per diluted share.
• Achieved pro-rata portfolio occupancy of 95.5%, which included an impact of 37 basis points due to vacating the last remaining leases with Bed Bath & Beyond.
• Pro-rata small shop occupancy expanded 10 basis points sequentially and 190 basis points year-over-year to 91.1%, matching the company’s all-time high.
• Leased 2.1 million square feet generating blended pro-rata rent spreads on comparable spaces, including renewals and options, of 13.4%, the highest level of combined leasing spreads in six years.
• Generated pro-rata cash rent spreads of 34.9% for new leases on comparable spaces, including seven former Bed Bath & Beyond leases with a blended, pro-rata rent increase of 54%.
• Produced 2.6% growth in Same-Property Net Operating Income* (NOI) over the same period a year ago.
• Agreed to the all-stock acquisition of RPT Realty (RPT), which is expected to be accretive to FFO, leverage neutral and to increase Kimco’s size and scale in target markets and provide embedded growth opportunities.
• Acquired Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center, a 96%-occupied, 504,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored lifestyle center in Woodbridge, Virginia, for $172.5 million.
• Subsequent to quarter end, issued $500 million of senior unsecured notes with a 6.400% coupon that mature in 2034.

“With virtually no new supply and strong demand from a multitude of tenants, buoyed by a resilient consumer, we continue to produce strong operating results capped off by the 2.1 million square feet leased during the quarter with positive double-digit leasing spreads highlighting our portfolio’s pricing power,” stated Kimco CEO, Conor Flynn. “We also continue to prioritize the de-risking of our balance sheet by partially prefunding our upcoming 2024 debt maturities with the issuance of $500 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2034. Our significant $2.4 billion liquidity position, including over $400 million of cash on the balance sheet, as well as shares of Albertsons valued at over $300 million at quarter end, we expect will enable us to effectively navigate the macroeconomic headwinds and further reinforces our position as the country’s premier owner and operator of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use assets.”

Financial Results

Net income available to the company’s common shareholders for the third quarter of 2023 was $112.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared to $51.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2022. Included in the year-over-year change was an $88.7 million benefit from mark-to-market gains on marketable securities, primarily stemming from a change in the value of Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) common stock held by the company. Partially offsetting this benefit was an $8.0 million increase in interest expense, primarily due to a reduction of the fair market value amortization of Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI) bonds compared to the third quarter of 2022. Other notable factors impacting the year-over-year change were $10.1 million lower Equity in income of joint ventures, net, and $4.6 million less Equity in income of other investments, net, which was primarily due to lower gains on sales and profit participations, respectively. Net income available to the company’s common shareholders for the third quarter of 2023 also included $3.8 million of charges related to the pending merger with RPT, and $4.8 million of income, net, related to the liquidation of the former WRI pension plan.

FFO was $248.6 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023, compared to $254.5 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, for the third quarter 2022. The company excludes from FFO all realized or unrealized marketable securities gains and losses, including those related to its investment in ACI. Also excluded from FFO are gains and losses from the sale of operating properties, real estate-related depreciation, profit participations from other investments, and other items considered incidental to the company’s business.

Operating Results

• Executed 457 leases totaling 2.1 million square feet, generating blended pro-rata rent spreads on comparable spaces of 13.4%, with pro-rata cash rent spreads for new leases up 34.9% and renewals and options growing 8.8%.
• Pro-rata portfolio occupancy ended the quarter at 95.5%, an increase of 20 basis points year-over-year and down 30 basis points sequentially. During the third quarter, portfolio occupancy was impacted approximately 45 basis points from vacating the last remaining leases with Bed Bath & Beyond (16 leases), Tuesday Morning and Christmas Tree Shops (one lease each).
• Pro-rata anchor and small shop occupancy ended the quarter at 97.2% and 91.1%, respectively.
• Reported a 320-basis-point spread between leased (reported) occupancy versus economic occupancy at the end of the third quarter, representing approximately $52 million in anticipated future annual base rent.
• Produced 2.6% growth in Same-Property NOI over the same period a year ago, driven by a 2.9% increase in minimum rent.

Investment & Disposition Activities

• As previously announced, acquired Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center for $172.5 million. This dominant grocery-anchored asset in the Washington D.C. suburbs of Virginia, totals 504,000 square feet and is anchored by a Wegmans grocer.
• Sold one shopping center and two wholly owned parcels during the third quarter totaling 143,000 square feet for $40.1 million. The company’s pro-rata share of the aggregate sales price was $15.6 million.
• As previously announced, agreed to acquire RPT Realty in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. The transaction, which is expected to be leverage neutral and accretive to FFO, is anticipated to close in the beginning of 2024, subject to RPT shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.

Capital Market Activities

• Ended the third quarter with over $2.4 billion of immediate liquidity, including full availability of the company’s $2.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility and $424.3 million of cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet. In addition, the company held 14.2 million shares of ACI common stock valued at $323.3 million as of September 30, 2023.

Dividend Declarations

• Kimco’s board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on common shares of $0.24 per share, representing an increase of 4.3% over the prior common dividend of $0.23 per share, payable on December 21, 2023, to shareholders of record on December 7, 2023.
• The board of directors also declared quarterly dividends with respect to each of the company’s Class L and Class M series of cumulative redeemable preferred shares. These dividends on the preferred shares will be paid on January 16, 2024, to shareholders of record on January 2, 2024.

2023 Full Year Outlook

Kimco’s 2023 guidance is presented on a stand-alone basis and does not incorporate any additional impact from its pending merger with RPT other than the $(3.8) million, or $(0.01) per diluted share, of merger-related charges incurred during the third quarter of 2023. The company has updated its 2023 guidance ranges as well as certain operational assumptions as follows:

*The tables accompanying this press release provide a reconciliation for the Current forward-looking non-GAAP measure.
**Includes $(0.01) per diluted share of merger-related charges incurred during the third quarter of 2023.

About Kimco Realty®

Kimco Realty® (NYSE:KIM) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in Jericho, N.Y. that is North America’s largest publicly traded owner and operator of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and a growing portfolio of mixed-use assets. The company’s portfolio is primarily concentrated in the first-ring suburbs of the top major metropolitan markets, including those in high-barrier-to-entry coastal markets and rapidly expanding Sun Belt cities, with a tenant mix focused on essential, necessity-based goods and services that drive multiple shopping trips per week. Kimco Realty is also committed to leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and is a recognized industry leader in these areas. Publicly traded on the NYSE since 1991, and included in the S&P 500 Index, the company has specialized in shopping center ownership, management, acquisitions, and value enhancing redevelopment activities for more than 60 years. As of September 30, 2023, the company owned interests in 527 U.S. shopping centers and mixed-use assets comprising 90 million square feet of gross leasable space. For further information, please visit www.kimcorealty.com.

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