Resource Capital Corp. Reports Results for Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 2, 2016) - Resource Capital Corp. (NYSE: RSO)

Highlights and Significant Items

  • Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO") of $0.47 per share-diluted (see Schedule I).

  • GAAP net income allocable to common shares of $0.31 per share-diluted.

  • Since the inception of our common stock repurchase program and through March 31, 2016, we have repurchased approximately 7.9% of our outstanding common shares.

  • RSO repurchased 196,000 Preferred B shares, which had an accretive impact to our common shareholders of $1.6 million, or $0.05 per share-diluted, during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

  • Net interest income increased $1.6 million, or 7.0%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015.

  • On April 25, 2016, RSO liquidated RREF CDO 2006-1, a commercial real estate ("CRE") collateralized debt obligation ("CDO") vehicle, and received in exchange for its equity interest, collateral with a net realizable value of $66.3 million.

  • Common stock cash dividend of $0.42 per share.

Resource Capital Corp. (NYSE: RSO) ("RSO" or the "Company"), a real estate investment trust, or REIT, whose investment strategy focuses on CRE assets, commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS"), middle market loans, commercial finance assets and other investments, reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. All per share amounts stated in this release take into account the one-for-four reverse stock split effective on August 31, 2015 as though it were in full effect for all periods presented for comparison purposes.

First Quarter 2016 Results

  • RSO reported AFFO for the three months ended March 31, 2016 of $14.7 million, or $0.47 per share-diluted as compared to $21.3 million, or $0.64 per share-diluted for the three months ended March 31, 2015. A reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) to AFFO is set forth in Schedule I of this release.

  • GAAP net income (loss) allocable to common shares for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $9.7 million, or $0.31 per share-diluted as compared to net income of $9.4 million, or $0.28 per share-diluted for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

  • On January 1, 2016, RSO adopted Accounting Standards Update 2015-02: Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis ("ASU 2015-02") as required. It was determined that RSO is no longer the primary beneficiary of the following variable interest entities ("VIEs"); and, therefore, they were deconsolidated: RREF CDO 2006-1, RREF CDO 2007-1, Apidos Cinco CDO, Pelium Capital Partners, L.P., and RCM Global, LLC. As a result of these deconsolidations, RSO will no longer reflect the underlying collateral (loans and securities) of those VIEs in its consolidated financial statements. Instead, RSO will prospectively reflect in its balance sheet its direct investments (the "retained investments") in the issued and outstanding securities of those VIEs. RSO's retained investments in RREF CDO 2006-1, RREF CDO 2007-1, Apidos Cinco CDO are now accounted for as investment securities, available-for-sale and, as a result, are marked-to-market while the RSO's retained investments in Pelium Capital Partners, L.P., and RCM Global, LLC are accounted for as equity method investments. RSO has elected to retrospectively reflect the deconsolidation of these entities on a modified basis, which resulted in a reduction to the beginning balance of retained earnings as of January 1, 2016, of $16.9 million, or $0.55 per common share. The reduction to retained earnings represents the effect of marking the investments to market as of the date of the required adoption of ASU 2015-02 and represents discounts to par due to illiquidity premiums and other market forces which are expected to be recovered over time as the investments approach their respective maturities. To reflect the impact of this expectation, we present a reconciliation from GAAP book value to economic book value in Schedule IV.