EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP ("Landmark," the "Partnership," "we," "us" or "our") (Nasdaq: LMRK) today announced its third quarter financial results.

Highlights

• Rental revenue of $17.4 million, a 22% increase year-over-year;
• Net loss attributable to common unitholders of $0.04 and Funds From Operations (FFO) of $0.19 per diluted unit;
• Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO) of $0.37 per diluted unit, a 19% increase year-over-year;
• On August 21^st, the Partnership entered into a definitive agreement under which it will be acquired by its sponsor, Landmark Dividend LLC, with public unitholders receiving $16.50 in cash for each common unit owned;
• On October 13^th, the Partnership issued $172.5 million of secured notes at a rate of 3.722%;
• As of September 30^th, 269 digital kiosks deployed within the Dallas Area Rapid Transit ("DART") network; and
• A quarterly distribution of $0.20 per common unit.
  

Third Quarter 2021 Results
Rental revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 was $17.4 million, an increase of 22% compared to the third quarter of 2020. Net loss attributable to common unitholders per diluted unit in the third quarter of 2021 was $0.04, compared to net income attributable to common unitholders per diluted unit of $0.10 in the third quarter of 2020. FFO for the third quarter of 2021 was $0.19 per diluted unit, compared to $0.29 in the third quarter of 2020. The decline in FFO in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the third quarter of 2020 was primarily driven by costs associated with the LMRK take-private transaction, which are included in transaction-related expenses. AFFO per diluted unit, which excludes certain items including unrealized gains and losses on our interest rate hedges, foreign currency transaction gains and losses and transaction-related expenses, was $0.37 in the third quarter of 2021 compared to $0.31 in the third quarter of 2020.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Partnership reported rental revenue of $52.3 million compared to $41.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we generated net income of $13.6 million compared to $22.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Net income attributable to common unitholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $0.16 per diluted unit compared to $0.53 per diluted unit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we generated FFO of $0.90 per diluted unit and AFFO of $1.11 per diluted unit, compared to FFO of $0.49 per diluted unit and AFFO of $0.98 per diluted unit during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

"Our operating and financial results were solid again in the third quarter," said Tim Brazy, Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership's general partner. "Strong year-over-year growth in AFFO was driven by organic growth within our portfolio and the opportunistic acquisitions we completed in the second half of 2020."

Quarterly Distributions
On October 22, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Partnership's general partner declared a distribution of $0.20 per common unit, or $0.80 per common unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. The distribution is payable on November 12, 2021 to common unitholders of record as of November 2, 2021.

On October 21, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Partnership's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.4375 per Series C preferred unit, which is payable on November 15, 2021 to Series C preferred unitholders of record as of November 1, 2021.

On October 21, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Partnership's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.49375 per Series B preferred unit, which is payable on November 15, 2021 to Series B preferred unitholders of record as of November 1, 2021.

On September 20, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Partnership's general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.5000 per Series A preferred unit, which was paid on October 15, 2021 to Series A preferred unitholders of record as of October 1, 2021.

Capital and Liquidity
As of September 30, 2021, the Partnership had $223.2 million of outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility (the "Facility"), and approximately $226.8 million of undrawn borrowing capacity under the Facility, subject to compliance with certain covenants.

Recent Acquisitions
Year-to-date through September 30, 2021, the Partnership acquired a total of ten assets for total consideration of approximately $2.2 million.

General and Administrative Reimbursement Agreement Expiration
Under the second amendment to our Omnibus Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2019, among other things, the Partnership is required to reimburse our general partner and its affiliates for expenses related to certain general and administrative services that our sponsor provides to us in support of our business, subject to a quarterly cap of 3% of the Partnership's consolidated revenue during the current calendar quarter. The cap on expense reimbursement will last until the earlier of: (i) the date on which the Partnership's consolidated revenue for the immediately preceding four consecutive fiscal quarters (in the aggregate) exceeds $120,000,000 and (ii) November 19, 2021. Our sponsor has informed us that it intends to let the cap expire on November 19, 2021 and will seek reimbursement for costs and expenses it incurs for services provided to the Partnership.

Conference Call Information
The Partnership will hold a conference call on Friday, November 5, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to discuss its third quarter 2021 financial and operating results. The conference call will be limited to management's prepared remarks, with no question-and-answer session following the remarks, and can be accessed via a live webcast at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/onuxi68q, or by dialing 877-930-8063 in the U.S. and Canada. Investors outside of the U.S. and Canada should dial 253-336-7764. The passcode for both numbers is 1849998.

A webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the conference call through November 5, 2022 at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/onuxi68q. The replay is also available through November 14, 2021 by dialing 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 and entering the access code 1849998.

About Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP
The Partnership owns and manages a portfolio of real property interests and infrastructure assets that the Partnership leases to companies in the wireless communication, digital infrastructure, outdoor advertising and renewable power generation industries.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
FFO, is a non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance of an equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under GAAP. We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income (loss) excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization expense, real estate related impairment charges, gains (or losses) on real estate transactions, adjustments for unconsolidated joint venture, and distributions to preferred unitholders and noncontrolling interests.

FFO is generally considered by industry analysts to be the most appropriate measure of performance of real estate companies. FFO does not necessarily represent cash provided by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net earnings as an indication of the Partnership's performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions. Management considers FFO an appropriate measure of performance of an equity REIT because it primarily excludes the assumption that the value of the real estate assets diminishes predictably over time, and because industry analysts have accepted it as a performance measure. The Partnership's computation of FFO may differ from the methodology for calculating FFO used by other equity REITs, and therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs.

Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO") is a non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance used by many companies in the REIT industry. AFFO adjusts FFO for certain non-cash items that reduce or increase net income in accordance with GAAP. AFFO should not be considered an alternative to net earnings, as an indication of the Partnership's performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions. Management considers AFFO a useful supplemental measure of the Partnership's performance. The Partnership's computation of AFFO may differ from the methodology for calculating AFFO used by other equity REITs, and therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs. We calculate AFFO by starting with FFO and adjusting for general and administrative expense reimbursement, transaction-related expenses, unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, straight line rent adjustments, unit-based compensation, amortization of deferred loan costs and discount on secured notes, deferred income tax expense, amortization of above and below market rents, loss on early extinguishment of debt, repayments of receivables, adjustments for investment in unconsolidated joint venture, adjustments for drop-down assets and foreign currency transaction gain (loss). The GAAP measures most directly comparable to FFO and AFFO is net income.

We define EBITDA as net income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and we define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA before unrealized and realized gain or loss on derivatives, loss on early extinguishment of debt, gain or loss on sale of real property interests, straight line rent adjustments, amortization of above and below market rents, impairments, transaction-related expenses, unit-based compensation, repayments of investments in receivables, foreign currency transaction gain (loss), adjustments for investment in unconsolidated joint venture and the capital contribution to fund our general and administrative expense reimbursement. We believe that to understand our performance further, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should be compared with our reported net income (loss) and net cash provided by operating activities in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our consolidated financial statements.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP supplemental financial measures that management and external users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies, may use to assess:

• our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded limited partnerships, without regard to historical cost basis or, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, financing methods;
• the ability of our business to generate sufficient cash to support our decision to make distributions to our unitholders;
• our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures; and
• the viability of acquisitions and the returns on investment of various investment opportunities.

We believe that the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provides information useful to investors in assessing our financial condition and results of operations. The GAAP measures most directly comparable to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are net income (loss) and net cash provided by operating activities. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income (loss), net cash provided by operating activities or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP. Each of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA has important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income (loss) and net cash provided by operating activities, and these measures may vary from those of other companies. You should not consider EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. As a result, because EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as presented below may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility. For a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to the most comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, please see the "Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA" table below.

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These statements discuss future expectations, contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition or state other forward-looking information. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "project," "could," "may," "should," "would," "will" or other similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the Partnership's control and are difficult to predict. These statements are often based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including examination of historical operating trends made by the management of the Partnership. Although the Partnership believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, the Partnership cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements contained in the Partnership's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), including the Partnership's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 24, 2021. These risks could cause the Partnership's actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

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