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OPTIBASE LTD. ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS

HERZLIYA, Israel, March 28, 2018 – Optibase Ltd. (NASDAQ: OBAS) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017.

Revenues from fixed income real estate totaled $4.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, compared to revenues of $4 million for the fourth quarter of 2016.

Net loss attributable to Optibase Ltd shareholders for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 was $518,000 or $0.10 per basic and diluted share compared to net loss of $1.6 million or $0.31 per share for the fourth quarter of 2016.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, revenues totaled $16.6 million, compared with $16.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. Net loss attributable to Optibase Ltd. Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2017, was $1.1 million or $0.22 per share, compared to a net income of $195,000 or $0.04 per basic and diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Weighted average shares outstanding used in the calculation for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, were approximately 5.2 million and 5.1 million basic and diluted shares, respectively.

As of December 31, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of $20.3 million, and shareholders' equity of $77.1 million, compared with $16 million, and $74.1 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2016.

 

Amir Philips, Chief Executive Officer of Optibase commented on the fourth quarter results: "We are pleased with our fourth quarter and full year performance maintaining stability, mostly in our fixed income real estate rent and operating income. Our yearly results are showing a net loss that is attributed mainly to equity share in losses of associates related to the investment in 300 River Holdings, LLC, which beneficially owns the rights to a 23-story Class A office building located at 300 South Riverside Plaza in Chicago, IL. While our NOI for the year ended December 31, 2017 increase to $13.5 million and by 2.7% over the same period in 2016, our recurring FFO decreased to $4 million and by 13.4% over the same period in 2016. The decrease in recurring FFO is primarily due to equity share in losses of associates related to the investment in 300 River Holdings, LLC. For the fourth quarter of 2017, our NOI increase to $3.4 million and our Recurring FFO increased to $1.9 million.” Mr. Philips concluded: “We will continue our work to maintain our basic parameters as we progress through 2018.”

 

ACCOUNTING AND OTHER DISCLOSURES

 

Non-GAAP Net Operating Income, or NOI, is a non-GAAP financial measure. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is operating income, which, to calculate NOI, is adjusted to add back real estate depreciation, and amortization, general and administrative expenses and other operation expenses less gain on sale of operating properties. We use NOI internally as a performance measure and believe that NOI (when combined with the primary GAAP presentations) provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense item that are incurred at the property level.

We consider the NOI to be an appropriate supplemental non-GAAP measure to operating income because it assists management, and thereby investors, to understand the core property operations prior to depreciation and amortization expenses and general and administrative costs. In addition, because prospective buyers of real estate have different overhead structures, with varying marginal impact to overhead by acquiring real estate, we consider the NOI to be a useful measure for determining the value of a real estate asset or groups of assets.

 

The metric NOI should only be considered as supplemental to the metric operating income as a measure of our performance. NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends or make distributions. NOI should also not be used as a supplement to, or substitute for, cash flow from operating activities (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States).

 

Non-GAAP Funds from operation, or FFO, is a non-GAAP financial measure. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is net income, which, to calculate FFO, is adjusted to add back depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated associates. We make certain adjustments to FFO, which it refers to as Non-GAAP recurring FFO or recurring FFO, to account for items we do not believe are representative of ongoing operating results, including transaction costs associated with acquisitions. We use FFO internally as a performance measure and we believe FFO (when combined with the primary GAAP presentations) is a useful, supplemental measure of our operating performance as it’s a recognized metric used extensively by the real estate industry. We also believe that Recurring FFO is a useful, supplemental measure of our core operating performance. The company believes that financial analysts, investors and shareholders are better served by the presentation of operating results generated from its FFO and Recurring FFO measures.

 

We consider the FFO and Recurring FFO to be an appropriate supplemental non-GAAP measure to operating income because it assists management, and thereby investors, in analyzing our operating performance.

 

The metric’s FFO and Recurring FFO should only be considered as supplemental to the metric net income as a measure of our performance. FFO (i) does not represent cash flow from operations as defined by GAAP, (ii) is not indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs, including the ability to make distributions, (iii) is not an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity, and (iv) should not be considered as an alternative to net income (which is determined in accordance with GAAP) for purposes of evaluating our operating performance.

 

 

 

A reconciliation of operating income to NOI is as follows:

		Year ended								Three months ended
		December 31				December 31				December 31				December 31
		2017				2016				2017				2016
		$				$				$				$
		Audited				Audited				Unaudited				Unaudited
GAAP Operating income			6,623				6,320				1,667				1,272
Adjustments:
Real estate depreciation and amortization			4,209				4,244				995				1,045
General and administrative			2,698				2,615				738				870
Non-GAAP Net Operating Income NOI			13,530				13,179				3,400				3,187

 

A reconciliation of net income to FFO and Recurring FFO is as follows:

		Year ended								Three months ended
		December 31				December 31				December 31				December 31
		2017				2016				2017				2016
		$				$				$				$
		Audited				Audited				Unaudited				Unaudited
GAAP Net income (loss) attributable to Optibase LTD			(1,123	)			195				(518	)			(1,572	)
Adjustments :
Real estate depreciation and amortization			4,209				4,244				995				1,045
Prorata share of real estate depreciation and amortization from unconsolidated associates			2,022				1,282				1,705 (*	)			110
Non-controlling interests share in the above adjustments			(1,141	)			(1,142	)			(280	)			(281	)
Non-GAAP Fund From Operation (FFO))			3,967				4,579				1,902				(698	)
Non-GAAP Recurring Fund From Operation (Recurring FFO)			3,967				4,579				1,902				(698	)
Amounts in thousands

 

(*) include adjustment related to previous quarters in 2017

 

About Optibase

Optibase invests in the fixed-income real estate field and currently holds properties and beneficial interest in real-estate assets and projects in Switzerland, Germany and in Texas, Philadelphia, PA and Miami, FL, Chicago, IL, USA and is currently looking for additional real estate investment opportunities. Optibase was previously engaged in the field of digital video technologies until the sale of its video solutions business to Optibase Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of VITEC Multimedia in July 2010. For further information, please visit www.optibase-holdings.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our marketing and operations plans. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made based on management's current expectations which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, difficulties in finding suitable real-estate properties for investment, availability of financing for the acquisition of real-estate, difficulties in leasing of real-estate properties, insolvency of tenants, difficulties in the disposition of real-estate projects, risk relating to collaborative arrangements with our partners relating to our real-estate properties, risks relating to the full consummation of the transaction for the sale of our video solutions business, general economic conditions and other risk factors. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that may cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements in this press release, please refer to Optibase's most recent annual report on Form 20-F. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made herein.

 

Optibase Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

		Year ended								Three months ended
		December 31				December 31				December 31				December 31
		2017				2016				2017				2016
		$				$				$				$
		Audited				Audited				Unaudited				Unaudited
Fixed income real estate rent			16,587				16,338				4,161				4,014
Cost and expenses:
Cost of real estate operations			3,057				3,159				761				827
Real estate depreciation and amortization			4,209				4,244				995				1,045
General and administrative			2,698				2,615				738				870
Total cost and expenses			9,964				10,018				2,494				2,742
Operating income			6,623				6,320				1,667				1,272
Other Income			597				1,116				145				145
Financial expenses, net			(2,769	)			(3,366	)			(948	)			(1,028	)
Income before taxes on income			4,451				4,070				864				389
Taxes on income			(1,602	)			(1,627	)			(296	)			(409	)
Equity share in losses of associates, net			(1,677	)			(323	)			(513	)			(1,206	)
Net income			1,172				2,120				55				(1,226	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests			2,295				1,925				573				346
Net income (loss) attributable to Optibase LTD			(1,123	)			195				(518	)			(1,572	)
Net income (loss) per share :
Basic and Diluted		$	(0.22	)		$	0.04			$	(0.10	)		$	(0.31	)
Number of shares used in computing earnings losses per share
Basic			5,180				5,147				5,180				5,144
Diluted			5,180				5,157				5,180				5,154

 

 Amounts in thousands

		December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
		$				$
		Audited				Audited
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents			20,268				16,024
Restricted cash			292				-
Trade receivables, net			332				220
Other accounts receivables and prepaid expenses			506				528
Total current assets			21,398				16,772
Long term investments:
Other long term deposits			3,483				2,785
Investments in companies and associates			17,556				22,892
Total Long term investments			21,039				25,677
Property and other assets, net:
Real estate properties, net			216,726				207,690
Other assets, net			140				245
Total property and other assets			216,866				207,935
Total assets			259,303				250,384
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long term loans and bonds			6,048				10,360
Other accounts payable and accrued expenses			4,362				4,254
Total liabilities attributed to discontinued operations			2,061				2,061
Total current liabilities			12,471				16,675
Long term liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities			14,042				13,620
Land lease liability, net			6,295				6,133
Other long-term liabilities			294				407
Loan from controlling shareholder			4,886				-
Long term loans, net of current maturities			135,774				129,261
Long term bonds, net of current maturities			8,473				10,160
Total long term liabilities			169,764				159,581
Shareholders’ equity:
Shareholders’ equity of Optibase Ltd			57,037				55,134
Non-controlling interests			20,031				18,994
Total shareholders' equity			77,068				74,128
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity			259,303				250,384

Amounts in thousands