NewLake Capital Partners Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

First Quarter 2023 Revenue Totaled $11.4 Million, an increase of 12.3% Year-Over-Year

First Quarter 2023 Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders totaled $5.9 Million, Funds From Operations totaled $9.5 Million, and Adjusted Funds From Operations totaled $9.9 Million

First Quarter 2023 the Company repurchased 49,307 shares of common stock

Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for May 10, 2023, at 11a.m. Eastern Time

NEW CANAAN, Conn., May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NewLake Capital Partners, Inc. (OCTQX: NLCP) (the “Company” or “NewLake”), a leading provider of real estate capital to state-licensed cannabis operators, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Anthony Coniglio, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “For the first quarter we delivered results in-line with our revenue guidance and maintained our quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share of common stock, resulting in a conservative AFFO payout ratio of 86%. Our team acquired a Missouri property for expansion of an existing facility and took the opportunity to enhance shareholder value by repurchasing nearly 50,000 shares of our common stock at an attractive valuation.”

First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

Our first quarter financial results were impacted by the non-payment of contractual rent from one tenant.

Comparison to the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022:

• Revenue totaled $11.4 million as compared to $12.2 million, a decrease of 6.8% from the prior quarter.
• Net income attributable to common stockholders totaled $5.9 million, as compared to $6.7 million.
• Funds from operations-diluted⁽¹⁾ (“FFO”) totaled $9.5 million, as compared to $10.5 million, a decrease of 9.4% from the prior quarter.
• Adjusted funds from operations-diluted⁽¹⁾ (“AFFO”) totaled $9.9 million, as compared to $10.9 million, a decrease of 9.0% from the prior quarter.
• Cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023, were $41.5 million, with $17.9 million committed to fund tenant improvements.
  

Comparison to the first quarter ended March 31, 2022:

• Revenue totaled $11.4 million as compared to $10.2 million, an increase of 12.3% year-over-year.
• Net income attributable to common stockholders totaled $5.9 million, as compared to $5.0 million.
• FFO totaled $9.5 million, as compared to $7.9 million, an increase of 21.1% year-over-year.
• AFFO totaled $9.9 million compared to $8.3 million, an increase of 19.6% year-over-year.

First Quarter 2023 Operational Highlights and Subsequent Events

• For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company acquired, pursuant to its repurchase plan, 49,307 shares of its common stock at an average price, including commissions, of $12.63.
• Declared a first quarter dividend of $0.39 per common share, equivalent to an annualized dividend of $1.56 per common share, paid on April 14, 2023 to stockholders of record on the close of business on March 31, 2023.
• On March 31, 2023, the Company invested approximately $350 thousand to acquire an adjacent parcel of land to expand its cultivation facility in Missouri and committed to fund $16.2 million in tenant improvements.
• For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company funded $1.4 million of tenant improvements (“TI”) across three properties.

(1) In the first quarter FFO diluted and AFFO diluted are calculated and presented on a fully diluted basis and comparative prior period balances for FFO and AFFO were calculated to conform to the first quarter’s presentation.

Investment Activity

On a sequential basis, total revenue decreased 6.8% from the fourth quarter of 2022, mainly attributable to one non-performing tenant that failed to pay contractual rent under its lease agreement in the first quarter of 2023. The Company held a security deposit of approximately three months of contractual rent, and in the first quarter of 2023, applied 25%, or $315 thousand, of the security deposit towards the outstanding rent. We continue to monitor the situation and are in discussions with the tenant to negotiate a resolution, which might include rent deferrals or other concessions.

The following tables present the Company's investment activity for three months ended March 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands).

Acquisitions

Tenant Improvements Funded

Financing Activity

Revolving Credit Facility

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had approximately $1.0 million in borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and $89.0 million in funds available to be drawn, subject to sufficient collateral in the borrowing base. The facility bears a fixed rate of 5.65% for the first three years and thereafter a variable rate based upon the greater of (a) the Prime Rate quoted in the Wall Street Journal (Western Edition) (“Base Rate”) plus an applicable margin of 1.0% or (b) 4.75%.

The facility is subject to certain liquidity and operating covenants and includes customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of default. As of March 31, 2023, the Company is compliant with the covenants of the agreement.

Seller Financing

In January 2023, we made our annual principal payment of $1.0 million. The loan’s outstanding principal balance as of March 31, 2023 was $1.0 million. The loan bears interest at a rate of 4.00% per annum with annual principal payments. The remaining principal payment of $1.0 million is due in January 2024.

Stock Repurchase Program

On November 7, 2022, our Board of Directors approved a repurchase program of up to $10.0 million of our common stock through December 31, 2023. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the repurchase plan the Company acquired 49,307 shares of common stock at an average price, including commissions, of $12.63, totaling approximately $622 thousand. The remaining availability under the program as of March 31, 2023 was approximately $9.4 million.

Dividend

On March 7, 2023, the Company declared a first quarter 2023 cash dividend of $0.39 per share of common stock, equivalent to an annualized dividend of $1.56 per share of common stock. The dividend was paid on April 14, 2023 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2023.

Conference Call and Webcast Details:

Management will host a conference call and webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 10, 2023 to discuss its quarterly financial results and answer questions about the Company's operational and financial highlights for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a dial-in replay of the call will be available until May 24, 2023 and can be accessed by dialing +1-844-512-2921 (U.S. Toll Free) or +1-412-317-6671 (International) and entering replay pin number: 13738090.

About NewLake Capital Partners, Inc.

NewLake Capital Partners, Inc. is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that provides real estate capital to state-licensed cannabis operators through sale-leaseback transactions and third-party purchases and funding for build-to-suit projects. NewLake owns a portfolio of 32 cultivation facilities and dispensaries that are leased to single tenants on a triple-net basis. For more information, please visit www.newlake.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements can be identified by words like “may,” “will,” “likely,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “future,” “plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “goal,” “project,” “continue” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs and expectations. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions regarding capital market conditions, the Company’s business, the economy and other future conditions. All of our statements regarding anticipated growth in our funds from operations, adjusted funds from operations, anticipated market conditions, and results of operations are forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements, except as required by law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

FFO and AFFO are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures used in the real estate industry to measure and compare the operating performance of real estate companies. A complete reconciliation containing adjustments from GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders to FFO and AFFO and definitions of terms are included at the end of this release.

Contact Information:
Lisa Meyer
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
NewLake Capital Partners, Inc.
lmeyer@newlake.com

Investor Contact:
Valter Pinto, Managing Director
KCSA Strategic Communications
Valter@KCSA.com
PH: (212) 896-1254

Media Contact:
McKenna Miller
KCSA Strategic Communications
MMiller@KCSA.com
PH: (212) 896-1254

Non-GAAP Financial Information

Funds From Operations

The Company calculates FFO in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) definition. NAREIT currently defines FFO as follows: net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding depreciation and amortization related to real estate, gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets, and impairment write-downs of certain real estate assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by an entity. Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently and therefore the Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs.

Adjusted Funds From Operations

The Company calculates AFFO by starting with FFO and adding back non-cash and certain non-recurring transactions, including non-cash components of compensation expense. Other REITs may not define AFFO in the same manner and therefore the Company’s calculation of AFFO may not be comparable to such other REITs. You should not consider FFO and AFFO to be alternatives to net income as a reliable measure of our operating performance; nor should you consider FFO and AFFO to be alternatives to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities (as defined by GAAP) as measures of liquidity.

The table below is a reconciliation of net income attributable to common stockholders to FFO and AFFO for the three and three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

(1) In the first quarter FFO diluted and AFFO diluted are calculated and presented on a fully diluted basis and comparative prior period balances for FFO and AFFO were calculated to conform to the first quarters presentation.

Released May 10, 2023