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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
____________________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
____________________________________________________________
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended: September 30, 2016
OR
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                     to                     
Commission File Number: 001-11852
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HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 
____________________________________________________________
Maryland
 
62 – 1507028
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
3310 West End Avenue
 
 
Suite 700
 
 
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
 
 
(615) 269-8175
 
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  o
 
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  o
 
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer x
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company o
 
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  o    No  x
 
As of October 28, 2016, the Registrant had 115,878,537 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
 


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HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
FORM 10-Q
September 30, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
September 30,
2016
 
December 31,
2015
ASSETS
 
 
 
Real estate properties:
 
 
 
Land
$
206,647

 
$
198,585

Buildings, improvements and lease intangibles
3,322,293

 
3,135,893

Personal property
10,124

 
9,954

Construction in progress
45,734

 
19,024

Land held for development
17,438

 
17,452

 
3,602,236

 
3,380,908

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
(835,276
)
 
(761,926
)
Total real estate properties, net
2,766,960

 
2,618,982

Cash and cash equivalents
12,649

 
4,102

Assets held for sale and discontinued operations, net
14,732

 
724

Other assets, net
197,380

 
186,416

Total assets
$
2,991,721

 
$
2,810,224

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
Notes and bonds payable
$
1,239,062

 
$
1,424,992

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
71,052

 
75,489

Liabilities of properties held for sale and discontinued operations
572

 
33

Other liabilities
46,441

 
66,963

Total liabilities
1,357,127

 
1,567,477

Commitments and contingencies


 


Stockholders' equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $.01 par value per share; 50,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

Common stock, $.01 par value per share; 150,000 shares authorized; 115,878 and 101,517 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively
1,160

 
1,015

Additional paid-in capital
2,916,816

 
2,461,376

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(1,443
)
 
(1,569
)
Cumulative net income attributable to common stockholders
942,819

 
909,685

Cumulative dividends
(2,224,758
)
 
(2,127,760
)
Total stockholders' equity
1,634,594

 
1,242,747

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
2,991,721

 
$
2,810,224


The accompanying notes, together with the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
REVENUES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
$
102,534

 
$
95,383

 
$
302,746

 
$
285,867

Mortgage interest

 
29

 

 
91

Other operating
1,125

 
1,313

 
3,576

 
3,931

 
103,659

 
96,725

 
306,322

 
289,889

EXPENSES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property operating
37,504

 
35,247

 
109,173

 
103,437

General and administrative
8,724

 
6,258

 
27,098

 
19,709

Depreciation
29,273

 
26,571

 
85,494

 
79,511

Amortization
2,712

 
2,386

 
8,174

 
7,528

Bad debts, net of recoveries
(47
)
 
(21
)
 
(8
)
 
(202
)
 
78,166

 
70,441

 
229,931

 
209,983

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on sales of real estate assets

 
5,915

 
1

 
47,464

Interest expense
(13,759
)
 
(15,113
)
 
(43,512
)
 
(50,649
)
Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 
(27,998
)
Pension termination

 

 
(4
)
 
(5,260
)
Impairment of real estate assets

 
(310
)
 

 
(3,638
)
Impairment of internally-developed software

 

 

 
(654
)
Interest and other income, net
123

 
72

 
301

 
311

 
(13,636
)
 
(9,436
)
 
(43,214
)
 
(40,424
)
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
11,857

 
16,848

 
33,177

 
39,482

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
(23
)
 
61

 
(50
)
 
725

Gain on sales of real estate properties

 
10,571

 
7

 
10,571

INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
(23
)
 
10,632

 
(43
)
 
11,296

NET INCOME
$
11,834

 
$
27,480

 
$
33,134

 
$
50,778

BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
0.10

 
$
0.17

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.40

Discontinued operations
0.00

 
0.11

 
0.00

 
0.11

Net income
$
0.10

 
$
0.28

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.51

DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
0.10

 
$
0.17

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.40

Discontinued operations
0.00

 
0.10

 
0.00

 
0.11

Net income
$
0.10

 
$
0.27

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.51

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING—BASIC
114,152

 
99,337

 
106,552

 
98,994

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING—DILUTED
115,052

 
99,997

 
107,366

 
99,694

DIVIDENDS DECLARED, PER COMMON SHARE, DURING THE PERIOD
$
0.30

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.90

 
$
0.90

The accompanying notes, together with the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
NET INCOME
$
11,834

 
$
27,480

 
$
33,134

 
$
50,778

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Defined benefit plans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income (Pension termination)

 

 

 
2,519

Forward starting interest rate swaps:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrecognized loss on cash flow hedges

 

 

 
(1,684
)
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income (Interest expense)
42

 
42

 
126

 
73

Total other comprehensive income
42

 
42

 
126

 
908

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
$
11,876

 
$
27,522

 
$
33,260

 
$
51,686




















The accompanying notes, together with the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and 2015
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2016
 
2015
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
Net income
$
33,134

 
$
50,778

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
96,145

 
90,000

Stock-based compensation
5,649

 
4,558

Straight-line rent receivable
(5,446
)
 
(7,671
)
Straight-line rent liability
(93
)
 
583

Gain on sales of real estate assets
(8
)
 
(58,092
)
Loss on extinguishment of debt

 
27,998

Impairment of real estate assets

 
3,638

Pension termination

 
5,260

Impairment of internally-developed software

 
654

Provision for bad debts, net
(8
)
 
(203
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Other assets
(1,436
)
 
(2,502
)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
(3,889
)
 
(2,285
)
Other liabilities
(21,628
)
 
594

Net cash provided by operating activities
102,420

 
113,310

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
Acquisitions of real estate
(162,702
)
 
(70,043
)
Development of real estate
(28,508
)
 
(10,165
)
Additional long-lived assets
(49,794
)
 
(35,709
)
Proceeds from sales of real estate

 
134,432

Proceeds from mortgages and notes receivable repayments
14

 
1,914

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(240,990
)
 
20,429

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
Net (repayments) borrowings on unsecured credit facility
(125,000
)
 
57,000

Repayment on term loan
(50,000
)
 

Borrowings of mortgage note payable
11,500

 
249,793

Repayments on notes and bonds payable
(36,786
)
 
(49,632
)
Redemption of notes and bonds payable

 
(333,222
)
Dividends paid
(96,998
)
 
(90,078
)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
450,304

 
41,757

Common stock redemptions
(1,282
)
 
(271
)
Settlement of swaps

 
(1,684
)
Debt issuance and assumption costs
(4,621
)
 
(2,424
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
147,117

 
(128,761
)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
8,547

 
4,978

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
4,102

 
3,519

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
12,649

 
$
8,497

 
 
 
 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
 
 
 
Interest paid
$
43,879

 
$
55,995

Invoices accrued for construction, tenant improvements and other capitalized costs
$
10,014

 
$
8,924

Mortgage notes payable assumed upon acquisition (adjusted to fair value)
$
13,951

 
$
19,431

Capitalized interest
$
828

 
$
113

The accompanying notes, together with the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
September 30, 2016
(Unaudited)

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Business Overview
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the "Company") is a real estate investment trust ("REIT") that integrates owning, managing, financing and developing income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had investments of approximately $3.5 billion in 202 real estate properties located in 29 states totaling approximately 14.5 million square feet. The Company provided leasing and property management services to approximately 10.1 million square feet nationwide.

Basis of Presentation
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, except as disclosed herein, management believes there has been no material change in the information disclosed in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

This interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in this report and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. Management believes that all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. In addition, the interim financial information does not necessarily represent or indicate what the operating results will be for the year ending December 31, 2016 for many reasons including, but not limited to, acquisitions, dispositions, capital financing transactions, changes in interest rates and the effects of other trends, risks and uncertainties.

Use of Estimates in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 and No. 2015-14
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers," a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard that supersedes most existing revenue recognition guidance, including sales of real estate. This standard's core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. However, leasing contracts, representing the major source of the Company's revenues, are not within the scope of the new standard and will continue to be accounted for under other standards.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606); Deferral of the Effective Date." This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year. The Company is currently evaluating the impact from the adoption of this new standard on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes.


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Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, "Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs." This standard required debt issuance costs to be reported in the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the face amount of the note to which it is directly related. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-15, "Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of
Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements," which allowed entities to defer and present debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements as assets regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2016. As a result of the adoption, all deferred financing costs, excluding costs related to the unsecured revolving credit facility, were reclassified to Notes and bonds payable. Unsecured revolving credit facility costs remain classified as an asset and will continue to be amortized over the remaining term.

The guidance requires retrospective adoption for all prior periods presented. The following table represents the previously reported balances and reclassified balances for the impacted line items of the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015:

 
 
December 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
As Previously Reported

 
As Reclassified

Other assets, net
 
$
192,918

 
$
186,416

Total assets
 
$
2,816,726

 
$
2,810,224

 
 
 
 
 
Notes and bonds payable
 
$
1,431,494

 
$
1,424,992

Total liabilities
 
$
1,573,979

 
$
1,567,477

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
2,816,726

 
$
2,810,224


Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-16
In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, "Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments." This standard requires adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period after a business combination to be recognized in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The adjustments recognized in the current period include the effects on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The Company adopted this standard effective as of January 1, 2016. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial position or cash flows.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases." For lessees, the new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. For lessors, the new standard requires a lessor to classify leases as either sales-type, finance or operating. A lease will be treated as a sale if it transfers all of the risks and rewards, as well as control of the underlying asset, to the lessee. If risks and rewards are conveyed without the transfer of control, the lease is treated as financing. If the lessor doesn't convey risks and rewards or control, an operating lease results.

The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessors for sales-type, direct financing, and operating existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Company is currently evaluating the impact from the adoption of this new standard on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-09
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation; Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting." This update was issued as part of the simplification initiative. The areas of simplification relevant to the Company include the following:
Forfeitures - an entity can make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures when they occur.
Minimum statutory tax withholding requirements - the threshold to qualify for equity classification permits withholding up to the maximum statutory tax rates in the applicable jurisdiction.
Classification of employee taxes paid on the statement of cash flows when an employer withholds shares for tax-withholding purposes - cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity.
This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning on January 1, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2016. There was no impact to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements resulting from the adoption of this standard.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-15
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows; Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments." This update clarifies whether the following items should be classified as operating, investing or financing in the statement of cash flows: (i) debt prepayments and extinguishment costs, (ii) settlement of zero-coupon debt, (iii) settlement of contingent consideration, (iv) insurance proceeds, (v) settlement of corporate-owned life insurance and bank-owned life insurance policies, (vi) distributions from equity method investees, (vii) beneficial interest in securitization transactions and (viii) receipts and payments with aspects of more than one class of cash flows.

This standard is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning on January 1, 2018 on a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Company does not expect an impact to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements resulting from the adoption of this standard.

Note 2. Real Estate Investments
2016 Acquisitions
First Quarter
In March 2016, the Company acquired a 69,712 square foot medical office building in Seattle, Washington for a purchase price of $38.3 million, including purchase price credits of $0.6 million and cash consideration of $37.7 million. In addition, the Company expensed $1.6 million of acquisition costs related to seller credits for loan prepayment, brokerage commission and excise taxes. The property is adjacent to UW Medicine's Northwest Hospital and Medical Center campus, a 281-bed general medical and surgical hospital. Upon acquisition, the building was 100% leased.

Second Quarter
In April 2016, the Company acquired a 46,637 square foot medical office building in Seattle, Washington for a purchase price of $21.6 million. The transaction included purchase price credits of $1.5 million, cash consideration of $18.8 million, and capital obligations of $1.3 million. The property is located on UW Medicine's Valley Medical Center campus, a 321-bed general medical and surgical hospital. Upon acquisition, the building was 100% leased. This transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition as the property was seller occupied.

In May 2016, the Company acquired a 63,012 square foot medical office building in Los Angeles, California for a purchase price of $20.0 million, including purchase price credits of $0.3 million, cash consideration of $6.5 million, and the assumption of debt of $13.2 million (excluding a $0.8 million fair value premium recorded at acquisition). The mortgage note payable assumed by the Company bears a contractual interest rate of 4.77% and matures on January 6, 2024. The property is located on HCA's West Hills Hospital and Medical Center campus, a 225-bed general medical and surgical hospital. Upon acquisition, the property was 80% leased.

Third Quarter
In September 2016, the Company acquired an 87,462 square foot medical office building in Seattle, Washington for a purchase price of $53.1 million, including purchase price credits of $0.1 million and cash consideration of $53.0 million. The property is located on UW Medicine's Valley Medical Center campus, a 321-bed general medical and surgical hospital. Upon acquisition, the building was 100% leased.


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Also in September 2016, the Company acquired a 103,783 square foot medical office building located in suburban Washington, D.C. for a purchase price of $45.2 million, including purchase price credits of $0.1 million and cash consideration of $45.1 million. The property is located on Inova Health System's Loudoun Hospital campus, a 183-bed acute care hospital. Upon acquisition, the building was 100% leased. A director of the Company serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Inova Health System, a more than 1,700-bed hospital system. As part of this transaction, the Company assumed a ground lease and tenant leases with Loudoun Hospital Center, an affiliate of Inova Health System.

The following table details the Company's acquisitions for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:
(Dollars in millions)
Date
Acquired
 
Purchase Price

 
Purchase Price Credits (1)

 
Mortgage
Notes Payable Assumed
(2)

 
Cash
Consideration
(3)

 
Real
Estate

 
Other (4)

 
Square
Footage

Real estate acquisitions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Washington
3/31/16
 
$
38.3

 
$
(0.6
)
 
$

 
$
37.7

 
$
37.7

 
$

 
69,712

Washington
4/29/16
 
21.6

 
(2.8
)
 

 
18.8

 
20.1

 
(1.3
)
 
46,637

California
5/13/16
 
20.0

 
(0.3
)
 
(13.2
)
 
6.5

 
20.4

 
(0.7
)
 
63,012

Washington
9/12/16
 
53.1

 
(0.1
)
 

 
53.0

 
54.6

 
(1.6
)
 
87,462

Washington, D.C.
9/26/16
 
45.2

 
(0.1
)
 

 
45.1

 
43.7

 
1.4

 
103,783

 
 
 
$
178.2

 
$
(3.9
)
 
$
(13.2
)
 
$
161.1

 
$
176.5

 
$
(2.2
)
 
370,606

______
(1)
Includes tenant improvement and capital expenditure obligations as well as other assets acquired and liabilities assumed upon acquisition.
(2)
The mortgage note payable assumed in the acquisition does not reflect the fair value adjustments totaling $0.8 million recorded by the Company upon acquisition (included in Other).
(3)
Cash consideration excludes prorations of revenue and expense due to/from seller at the time of the acquisition.
(4)
Includes assets acquired, liabilities assumed, intangibles recognized at acquisition and fair value adjustments on debt assumed.

Subsequent Acquisitions
On October 11, 2016, the Company acquired an 82,763 square foot medical office building and a 30,868 square foot medical office building in Baltimore, Maryland for a total purchase price of $36.3 million, including purchase price adjustments of $0.1 million and cash consideration of $36.4 million. The properties are located on University of Maryland's Upper Chesapeake Health Medical Center campus, a 181-bed acute care hospital. Upon acquisition, the buildings were 92% leased.

On October 17, 2016, the Company acquired a 29,753 square foot medical office building in Seattle, Washington for a purchase price and cash consideration of $9.8 million. The property is located on Providence Health's Swedish Edmonds campus, a 217-bed acute care hospital. Upon acquisition, the building was 96% leased.

Subsequent Dispositions
On October 14, 2016, the Company disposed of an on-campus, 70,908 square foot medical office building located in Kansas City, Kansas following the ground lessor's exercise of its purchase option. The Company's net investment in the building was $7.2 million. The sales price and cash proceeds were approximately $15.1 million. The Company expects to recognize a $7.6 million gain on the disposal, net of straight-line rent receivables and other assets. This property was classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2016.

On October 28, 2016, the Company disposed of an off-campus, 45,274 square foot medical office building located in Nashville, Tennessee, in which the Company had a net investment of approximately $6.3 million. The sales price of the building was approximately $8.8 million, including net proceeds of approximately $8.6 million and closing costs of approximately $0.2 million. The Company expects to recognize a $2.1 million gain on the disposition, net of straight-line rent receivables and other assets. The Company also repaid the related mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 7.63% with outstanding principal of $0.1 million. This property was classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2016.


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Assets Held for Sale
At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had three and one properties, respectively, classified as held for sale. During the third quarter of 2016, the Company reclassified two properties to held for sale that are summarized below:

an on-campus, 70,908 square foot medical office building located in Kansas City, Kansas reclassified to held for sale in connection with the exercise of the ground lessor's purchase option. The property was sold in the fourth quarter and the Company expects to recognize a $7.6 million gain on the disposition; and

an off-campus, 45,274 square foot medical office building located in Nashville, Tennessee reclassified to held for sale in connection with management's decision to sell the property. The property was sold in the fourth quarter and the Company expects to recognize a $2.1 million gain on the disposition.

The table below reflects the assets and liabilities of the properties classified as held for sale and discontinued operations as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
(Dollars in thousands)
September 30,
2016
 
December 31,
2015
Balance Sheet data:
 
 
 
Land
$
2,161

 
$
422

Buildings, improvements and lease intangibles
27,198

 
1,350

Personal property
5

 

 
29,364

 
1,772

Accumulated depreciation
(15,086
)
 
(1,070
)
Real estate assets held for sale, net
14,278

 
702

Other assets, net (including receivables)
454

 
22

Assets held for sale and discontinued operations, net
$
14,732

 
$
724

 
 
 
 
Notes and bonds payable
$
114

 
$

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
298

 
28

Other liabilities
160

 
5

Liabilities of properties held for sale and discontinued operations
$
572

 
$
33


Discontinued Operations
The following table represents the results of operations of the properties included in discontinued operations on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Statements of Income data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
$

 
$
62

 
$

 
$
752

 

 
62

 

 
752

Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property operating
23

 
2

 
50

 
48

Bad debts, net of recoveries

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 
23

 
1

 
50

 
47

Other Income (Expense)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and other income, net

 

 

 
20

 

 

 

 
20

Discontinued Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations
(23
)
 
61

 
(50
)
 
725

Gain on sales of real estate assets

 
10,571

 
7

 
10,571

Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations
$
(23
)
 
$
10,632

 
$
(43
)
 
$
11,296



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Note 3. Notes and Bonds Payable
The table below details the Company’s notes and bonds payable. 
 
Maturity
Dates
 
Balance as of
 
Effective Interest Rate as of

(Dollars in thousands)
September 30, 2016

 
December 31, 2015

September 30, 2016

Unsecured Credit Facility
7/20
 
$
81,000

 
$
206,000

 
1.53
%
Unsecured Term Loan Facility, net of issuance costs
2/19
 
149,432

 
199,257

 
1.72
%
Senior Notes due 2021, net of discount and issuance costs
1/21
 
396,980

 
396,489

 
5.97
%
Senior Notes due 2023, net of discount and issuance costs
4/23
 
247,196

 
246,897

 
3.95
%
Senior Notes due 2025, net of discount and issuance costs
5/25
 
247,764

 
247,602

 
4.08
%
Mortgage notes payable, net of discounts and issuance costs and including premiums
5/17-5/40
 
116,690

 
128,747

 
5.14
%
 
 
 
$
1,239,062

 
$
1,424,992

 
 
2016 Activity
First Quarter
On January 5, 2016, the Company obtained a mortgage note payable of $11.5 million bearing interest at a rate of 3.60% that encumbers a 90,607 square foot medical office building and garage located in California. The Company repaid in full the previous mortgage note payable bearing an interest rate of 5.49% with outstanding principal of $11.4 million on December 31, 2015.
On February 11, 2016, the Company repaid in full a mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 5.86% with outstanding principal of $10.2 million. The mortgage note encumbered a 90,633 square foot medical office building located in North Carolina.
Second Quarter
On April 29, 2016, the Company repaid in full a mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 5.99% with outstanding principal of $7.3 million. The mortgage note encumbered a 42,957 square foot medical office building located in Virginia.
On May 13, 2016, upon acquisition of a 63,012 square foot medical office property in Los Angeles, California, the Company assumed a $13.2 million mortgage note payable (excluding a fair value premium adjustment of $0.8 million). The mortgage note payable has a contractual interest rate of 4.77% (effective rate of 4.13%).
Third Quarter
With proceeds of the equity offering that the Company completed on July 5, 2016, the Company repaid $50.0 million on its unsecured term loan facility due 2019 (the "Unsecured Term Loan") leaving an outstanding balance of $150.0 million with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.6%.

On July 29, 2016, the Company entered into an amendment to its unsecured credit facility due 2017 (the "Unsecured Credit Facility") that extended the maturity date from April 2017 to July 2020, reduced the spread over LIBOR that the Company pays for borrowing, and revised financial covenants to provide the Company with increased flexibility. Amounts outstanding under the Unsecured Credit Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin rate. The margin rate, which depends on the Company's credit ratings, ranges from 0.83% to 1.55% (currently at 1.00%). In addition, the Company pays a facility fee per annum on the aggregate amount of commitments ranging from 0.13% to 0.30% (currently at 0.20%). In connection with the amendment, the Company paid upfront fees to the lenders and other costs of approximately $4.4 million, which will be amortized over the term of the Unsecured Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had an outstanding principal balance of $81.0 million under the Unsecured Credit Facility and had a remaining borrowing capacity of $619.0 million.

On July 29, 2016, the Company also entered into an amendment to the Unsecured Term Loan. This amendment was for the purpose of conforming the financial covenants in the Unsecured Term Loan to those in the amendment to the Unsecured Credit Facility. The amendment did not impact the maturity date or cost of borrowing under the Unsecured Term Loan.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

On September 1, 2016, the Company repaid in full a mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 6.01% with outstanding principal of $15.7 million. The mortgage note encumbered a 70,623 square foot medical office building located in the state of Washington.

Note 4. Derivative Financial Instruments
Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives
In addition to operational risks which arise in the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to economic risks such as interest rate, liquidity and credit risk. In certain situations, the Company may enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swap and interest rate cap agreements to manage interest rate risk exposure arising from variable rate debt transactions that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. The Company's objective in using interest rate derivatives is to manage its exposure to interest rate movements on its variable rate debt.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without changing the underlying notional amount.

As of September 30, 2016, the Company did not have any outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as, and that qualify as, cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss (“OCI”) and is reclassified into earnings as interest expense in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The effective portion of the Company’s interest rate swaps that was recorded in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 respectively, was as follows:
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Amount of loss recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
(1,684
)
Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated OCI into Interest Expense (effective portion)
 
$
(42
)
 
$
(42
)
 
$
(126
)
 
$
(73
)
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing)
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$


The Company estimates that an additional $0.2 million will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss as an increase to interest expense over the next 12 months.

Note 5. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
The Company is, from time to time, involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that, if resolved against the Company, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Redevelopment Activity
The Company is in the process of redeveloping two medical office buildings in Tennessee, including a 70,000 square foot expansion. The Company spent approximately $45.8 million on the redevelopment of these properties through September 30, 2016, including the acquisition of a land parcel for $4.3 million on which the Company constructed a parking garage. The total redevelopment budget for these properties is $51.8 million. The garage and the core and shell of the expansion were completed in October 2016. The Company expects tenants to begin taking occupancy of the expansion space in the first quarter of 2017.

Development Activity
The Company is developing a 98,000 square foot medical office building in Colorado. The total development budget is $26.5 million, of which $7.4 million has been spent as of September 30, 2016. Construction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2017.

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Completed Developments
The Company completed the redevelopment of a medical office building in Alabama, which included the construction of a parking garage. Construction of the garage was completed in the fourth quarter of 2015. The total redevelopment budget is $15.4 million, of which $14.8 million has been spent as of September 30, 2016. The remaining $0.6 million budgeted for the project is primarily related to a tenant improvement allowance that is expected to be funded in 2016.
The Company developed a 12,900 square foot retail center in Texas, which is adjacent to two of the Company's existing medical office buildings associated with Baylor Scott & White Health. Construction was completed on April 15, 2016. The total development budget is $5.6 million, of which $5.1 million has been spent as of September 30, 2016. These amounts include $1.5 million used by the Company to purchase land in 2006 and previously recorded as land held for development. The project is 100% leased and the remaining $0.5 million budgeted for the project is related to tenant build-out that is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
The table below details the Company’s construction activity as of September 30, 2016. The information included in the table below represents management’s estimates and expectations at September 30, 2016, which are subject to change. The Company’s disclosures regarding certain projections or estimates of completion dates may not reflect actual results.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Number of Properties
 
Estimated Completion Date
 
Construction in Progress Balance
 
Other Amounts Funded
 
Total Amount Funded
 
Estimated Remaining Fundings
 
Estimated Total Investment
 
Approximate Square Feet
Construction Activity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nashville, TN
 
2
 
Q1 2017
 
$
38,346

 
$
7,429

 
$
45,775

 
$
6,025

 
$
51,800

 
294,000

Denver, CO
 
1
 
Q2 2017
 
7,388

 

 
7,388

 
19,112

 
26,500

 
98,000

Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
45,734

 
$
7,429

 
$
53,163

 
$
25,137

 
$
78,300

 
392,000


Note 6. Stockholders' Equity
The following table provides a reconciliation of total stockholders' equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Cumulative
Net
Income Attributable to Common Stockholders
 
Cumulative
Dividends
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
1,015

 
$
2,461,376

 
$
(1,569
)
 
$
909,685

 
$
(2,127,760
)
 
$
1,242,747

Issuance of common stock
142

 
450,204

 

 

 

 
450,346

Common stock redemptions

 
(410
)
 

 

 

 
(410
)
Stock-based compensation
3

 
5,646

 

 

 

 
5,649

Net income

 

 

 
33,134

 

 
33,134

Reclassification of loss on forward starting interest rate swaps

 

 
126

 

 

 
126

Dividends to common stockholders ($0.90 per share)

 

 

 

 
(96,998
)
 
(96,998
)
Balance at September 30, 2016
$
1,160

 
$
2,916,816

 
$
(1,443
)
 
$
942,819

 
$
(2,224,758
)
 
$
1,634,594


Common Stock    
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending shares of common stock outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and the year ended December 31, 2015:
 
September 30, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
Balance, beginning of period
101,517,009

 
98,828,098

Issuance of common stock
14,054,146

 
2,493,171

Nonvested share-based awards, net of withheld shares
307,138

 
195,740

Balance, end of period
115,878,293

 
101,517,009



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Equity Offering
On July 5, 2016, the Company issued 9,200,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $33.13 per share in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the Company's existing effective registration statement. The net proceeds of the offering, after offering expenses, were approximately $304.6 million. A portion of the proceeds were used to repay indebtedness and fund investment activity.

At-The-Market Equity Offering Program
On February 19, 2016, the Company entered into sales agreements with five investment banks to allow sales under its at-the-market equity offering program of up to 10,000,000 shares of common stock. A previous sales agreement with one investment bank was terminated effective February 17, 2016.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company sold a total of 4,795,601 shares of common stock, including 664,298 shares of common stock under the previous sales agreement. The sales generated $144.6 million in net proceeds at prices ranging from $28.31 to $33.66 per share (weighted average of $30.61 per share). No shares were sold under this program during the third quarter of 2016.
 
The Company has 5,868,697 authorized shares remaining available to be sold under the current sales agreements as of October 28, 2016.
Common Stock Dividends
During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company declared and paid common stock dividends totaling $0.90 per share. On November 1, 2016, the Company declared a quarterly common stock dividend in the amount of $0.30 per share payable on November 30, 2016 to stockholders of record on November 16, 2016.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following table represents the changes in balances of each component and the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:
 
Forward-starting Interest Rate Swaps
 
Defined Benefit Pension Plan
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Beginning balance
$
(1,569
)
 
$

 
$

 
$
(2,519
)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

 
(1,684
)
 

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss arising from loss on defined benefit pension plan

 

 

 
2,519

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
126

 
73

 

 

Net accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
126

 
(1,611
)
 

 
2,519

Ending balance
$
(1,443
)
 
$
(1,611
)
 
$


$



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Earnings Per Common Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding
115,463,220

 
100,440,463

 
107,829,287

 
100,101,187

Nonvested shares
(1,311,074
)
 
(1,103,379
)
 
(1,277,453
)
 
(1,107,585
)
Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Basic
114,152,146

 
99,337,084

 
106,551,834

 
98,993,602

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Basic
114,152,146

 
99,337,084

 
106,551,834

 
98,993,602

Dilutive effect of restricted stock
788,265

 
595,930

 
697,219

 
597,713

Dilutive effect of employee stock purchase plan
111,625

 
63,541

 
116,794

 
102,355

Weighted average Common Shares outstanding—Diluted
115,052,036

 
99,996,555

 
107,365,847

 
99,693,670

Net Income (Loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
11,857

 
$
16,848

 
$
33,177

 
$
39,482

Discontinued operations
(23
)
 
10,632

 
(43
)
 
11,296

Net income
$
11,834

 
$
27,480

 
$
33,134

 
$
50,778

Basic Earnings Per Common Share

 

 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
0.10

 
$
0.17

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.40

Discontinued operations
0.00

 
0.11

 
0.00

 
0.11

Net income
$
0.10

 
$
0.28

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.51

Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

 

 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
0.10

 
$
0.17

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.40

Discontinued operations
0.00

 
0.10

 
0.00

 
0.11

Net income
$
0.10

 
$
0.27

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.51


Incentive Plans
A summary of the activity under the stock-based incentive plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is included in the table below.
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Stock-based awards, beginning of period
1,311,169

 
1,103,379

 
1,092,262

 
1,057,732

Granted

 
520

 
321,580

 
112,789

Vested
(96
)
 
(520
)
 
(102,769
)
 
(67,142
)
Stock-based awards, end of period
1,311,073

 
1,103,379

 
1,311,073

 
1,103,379


During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company withheld 14,442 and 10,119 shares of common stock, respectively, from participants to pay estimated withholding taxes related to shares that vested.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

In addition to the stock-based incentive plans, the Company maintains the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"). A summary of the activity under the Purchase Plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is included in the table below.
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Outstanding and exercisable, beginning of period
344,908

 
365,219

 
340,958

 
393,902

Granted

 

 
198,450

 
197,640

Exercised
(13,947
)
 
(3,883
)
 
(51,475
)
 
(39,814
)
Forfeited
(3,561
)
 
(9,807
)
 
(17,451
)
 
(41,253
)
Expired

 

 
(143,082
)
 
(158,946
)
Outstanding and exercisable, end of period
327,400

 
351,529

 
327,400

 
351,529


Note 7. Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Effective May 5, 2015, the Company terminated its Executive Retirement Plan and recorded a charge of approximately $5.3 million, inclusive of the acceleration of $2.5 million recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that was being amortized resulting in a total benefit obligation of $19.6 million in connection with the termination of the Executive Retirement Plan. The charge includes amounts resulting from assumed additional years of service for two plan participants who have not reached age 65 and payments associated with FICA and other tax obligations.
On May 6, 2016, the Company paid the total benefit obligation of $19.6 million, which reduced Other liabilities on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company’s chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. David Emery, is the only named executive officer that was a participant under the plan. As a result of the termination of the plan, and included in the payment of the total benefit obligation, Mr. Emery received a lump sum amount equal to his accrued benefit under the plan of approximately $14.4 million in May 2016.
Net periodic benefit cost recorded related to the Company’s pension plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is detailed in the following table.
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Service cost
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
29

Interest cost

 

 

 
225

Amortization of net loss

 

 

 
(198
)
Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

 
343

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
399

Note 8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instrument for which it is practical to estimate that value.

Cash and cash equivalents - The carrying amount approximates fair value.

Borrowings under the Unsecured Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loan - The carrying amount approximates fair value because the borrowings are based on variable market interest rates.

Senior unsecured notes payable - The fair value of notes and bonds payable is estimated using cash flow analyses, based on the Company’s current interest rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.

Mortgage notes payable - The fair value is estimated using cash flow analyses, based on the Company’s current interest rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.

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The table below details the fair values and carrying values for notes and bonds payable at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.
 
September 30, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
(Dollars in millions)
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
Notes and bonds payable (1)
$
1,239.1

 
$
1,283.9

 
$
1,425.0

 
$
1,439.0

______
(1)
Level 3 - Fair value derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers is unobservable.




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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report and other materials the Company has filed or may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made, or to be made, by management of the Company, contain, or will contain, disclosures that are “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts and can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “target,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “continue,” “should,” “could," "budget" and other comparable terms. These forward-looking statements are based on the current plans and expectations of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risks described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, that could significantly affect the Company’s current plans and expectations and future financial condition and results.

The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Stockholders and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in the Company’s filings and reports, including, without limitation, estimates and projections regarding the performance of development projects the Company is pursuing.

For a detailed discussion of the Company’s risk factors, please refer to the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The purpose of this Management's Discussion and Analysis of FInancial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") is to provide an understanding of the Company's consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows by focusing on the changes in certain key measures from year to year. MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. MD&A is organized in the following sections:

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Trends and Matters Impacting Operating Results
Results of Operations

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash
The Company’s primary sources of cash include rent receipts from its real estate portfolio based on contractual arrangements with its tenants, sponsors and borrowers, borrowings under the Company's Unsecured Credit Facility, proceeds from the sales of real estate properties and proceeds from public or private debt or equity offerings.

The Company expects to continue to meet its liquidity needs, including funding additional investments, paying dividends, and funding debt service through cash on hand, cash flows from operations, and the cash flow sources described above. The Company had unencumbered real estate assets with a gross book value of approximately $3.3 billion at September 30, 2016, of which a portion could serve as collateral for secured mortgage financing. The Company believes that its liquidity and sources of capital are adequate to satisfy its cash requirements. The Company cannot, however, be certain that these sources of funds will be available at a time and upon terms acceptable to the Company in sufficient amounts to meet its liquidity needs.

Investing Activities
Cash flows used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were approximately $241.0 million. Below is a summary of the significant investing activities.
The Company acquired five medical office buildings during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 for a total purchase price of $178.2 million, including cash consideration of $161.1 million, the assumption of mortgage notes payable of $13.2 million and purchase price adjustments totaling $3.9 million. Four of these properties are located on hospital campuses and one is adjacent (meaning 0.25 miles or less from the hospital campus) to a hospital campus.
The Company funded approximately $36.2 million at its development and redevelopment properties.
Other items funded during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 include the following:
first generation tenant improvements and planned capital expenditures relating to properties acquired during the most recent two-year period totaling $11.3 million;
second generation tenant improvements totaling $15.8 million; and
capital expenditures totaling $12.8 million.

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Subsequent Acquisitions
On October 11, 2016, the Company acquired an 82,763 square foot medical office building and a 30,868 square foot medical office building in Baltimore, Maryland for a total purchase price of $36.3 million, including purchase price adjustments of $0.1 million and cash consideration of $36.4 million. The properties are located on University of Maryland's Upper Chesapeake Health Medical Center campus, a 181-bed acute care hospital. Upon acquisition, the buildings were 92% leased.

On October 17, 2016, the Company acquired a 29,753 square foot medical office building in Seattle, Washington for a purchase price and cash consideration of $9.8 million. The property is located on Providence Health's Swedish Edmonds campus, a 217-bed acute care hospital. Upon acquisition, the building was 96% leased.

Subsequent Dispositions
On October 14, 2016, the Company disposed of an on-campus, 70,908 square foot medical office building located in Kansas City, Kansas following the ground lessor's exercise of its purchase option. The Company's net investment in the building was $7.2 million. The sales price and cash proceeds were approximately $15.1 million. The Company expects to recognize a $7.6 million gain on the disposal, net of straight-line rent receivables and other assets. This property was classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2016.

On October 28, 2016, the Company disposed of an off-campus, 45,274 square foot medical office building located in Nashville, Tennessee, in which the Company had a net investment of approximately $6.3 million. The sales price of the building was approximately $8.8 million, including net proceeds of approximately $8.6 million and closing costs of approximately $0.2 million. The Company expects to recognize a $2.1 million gain on the disposition, net of straight-line rent receivables and other assets. The Company also repaid the related mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 7.63% with outstanding principal of $0.1 million. This property was classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2016.

Financing Activities
Cash flows provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were approximately $147.1 million. Inflows from accessing the debt and equity markets totaled $461.8 million, net of issuance costs incurred. Aggregate cash outflows totaled approximately $314.7 million primarily associated with dividends paid to common stockholders and repayments of indebtedness. See Notes 3, 4 and 6 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about capital markets and financing activities.

Changes in Debt Structure
On January 5, 2016, the Company obtained a new mortgage note payable of $11.5 million bearing interest at a rate of 3.60% that encumbers a 90,607 square foot medical office building and garage located in California. The Company repaid in full the previous mortgage note payable bearing an interest rate of 5.49% with outstanding principal of $11.4 million on December 31, 2015.

On February 11, 2016, the Company repaid in full a mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 5.86% with outstanding principal of $10.2 million. The mortgage note encumbered a 90,633 square foot medical office building located in North Carolina.

On April 29, 2016, the Company repaid in full a mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 5.99% with outstanding principal of $7.3 million. The mortgage note encumbered a 42,957 square foot medical office building located in Virginia.

On May 13, 2016, upon acquisition of a 63,012 square foot medical office property in Los Angeles, California, the Company assumed a $13.2 million mortgage note payable (excluding a fair value premium adjustment of $0.8 million). The mortgage note payable has a contractual interest rate of 4.77% (effective rate of 4.13%).

With a portion of the proceeds from the equity offering that the Company completed on July 5, 2016, the Company repaid $50.0 million on its Unsecured Term Loan leaving an outstanding balance of $150.0 million with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.6%.


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On July 29, 2016, the Company entered into an amendment to its Unsecured Credit Facility that extended the maturity date from April 2017 to July 2020, reduced the spread over LIBOR that the Company pays for borrowing, and revised financial covenants to provide the Company with increased flexibility. Amounts outstanding under the Unsecured Credit Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin rate. The margin rate, which depends on the Company's credit ratings, ranges from 0.83% to 1.55% (currently at 1.00%). In addition, the Company pays a facility fee per annum on the aggregate amount of commitments ranging from 0.13% to 0.30% (currently at 0.20%). In connection with the amendment, the Company paid upfront fees to the lenders and other costs of approximately $4.4 million which will be amortized over the term of the Unsecured Credit Facility. During the third quarter of 2016, the Company had a daily average of $17.7 million outstanding on the Unsecured Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had $81.0 million in borrowings outstanding under the Unsecured Credit Facility and had a remaining borrowing capacity of $619.0 million.

On July 29, 2016, the Company also entered into an amendment to the Unsecured Term Loan. This amendment was for the purpose of conforming the financial covenants in the Unsecured Term Loan to those in the amendment to the Unsecured Credit Facility. The amendment did not impact the maturity date or cost of borrowing under the Unsecured Term Loan.
On September 1, 2016, the Company repaid in full a mortgage note payable bearing interest at a rate of 6.01% with outstanding principal of $15.7 million. The mortgage note encumbered a 70,623 square foot medical office building located in the state of Washington.

Common Stock Issuances
On February 19, 2016, the Company entered into sales agreements with five investment banks to allow sales under its at-the-market equity offering program of up to 10,000,000 shares of common stock. A previous sales agreement with one investment bank was terminated effective February 17, 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company sold a total of 4,795,601 shares of common stock, including 664,298 shares of common stock under the previous sales agreement. The sales generated $144.6 million in net proceeds at prices ranging from $28.31 to $33.66 per share (weighted average of $30.61 per share). No shares were sold under this program during the third quarter of 2016. The Company has 5,868,697 authorized shares remaining available to be sold under the current sales agreements as of October 28, 2016.

On July 5, 2016, the Company issued 9,200,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $33.13 per share in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the Company's existing effective registration statement. The net proceeds of the offering, after offering expenses, were approximately $304.6 million. A portion of the proceeds were used to repay indebtedness and fund investment activity.

Operating Activities
Cash flows provided by operating activities decreased from $113.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 to $102.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This decrease includes the $19.6 million payment of the pension benefit obligation in connection with the termination of the Executive Retirement Plan. See Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information. Other items impacting cash flows from operations include, but are not limited to, cash generated from property operations, interest payments and the timing related to the payment of invoices and other expenses and receipts of tenant rent.
The Company may, from time to time, sell additional properties and redeploy cash from property sales and mortgage repayments into new investments. To the extent revenues related to the properties being sold and the mortgages being repaid exceed income from these new investments, the Company's results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on the Company’s financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

New Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements accompanying this report for information on new accounting standards.


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Trends and Matters Impacting Operating Results
Management monitors factors and trends important to the Company and the REIT industry to gauge the potential impact on the operations of the Company. In addition to the matters discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, below are some of the factors and trends that management believes may impact future operations of the Company.

Expiring Leases
The Company expects that approximately 15% to 20% of the leases in its multi-tenanted portfolio will expire each year in the ordinary course of business. There are 447 leases totaling 1.4 million square feet in the Company's multi-tenant portfolio that have expired or will expire during 2016. Approximately 90% of the leases expiring in 2016 are located in buildings on or adjacent to hospital campuses, are distributed throughout the portfolio, and are not concentrated with any one tenant, health system or market area. The Company typically expects to retain 75% to 90% of multi-tenant property tenants upon expiration, and the retention ratio for the first nine months of the year has been within this range.

Two single-tenant net leases expired during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. One tenant entered into a new 11-year lease agreement. The other lease was not renewed, but a new tenant signed a 20-year lease. The Company expects these new lease agreements to result in a decrease in rental income of approximately $0.5 million in 2016, of which $0.1 million was realized in the second quarter of 2016, $0.2 million was realized in the third quarter of 2016 and $0.2 million is expected to be realized in the fourth quarter of 2016. The Company does not have any other single-tenant net leases that expire by their terms in 2016.

The Company received notice in October 2016 from LifeCare Management Services that it plans to close a 78,731 square foot, long term acute care hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that it leases from the Company. The closure is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2016. The single tenant net lease for the facility is scheduled to expire in June 2022, though the Company does not expect to collect rent after October 1, 2016. Assuming no future rental income from the property, the Company expects a quarterly decrease in rental income beginning in the fourth quarter of 2016 of $0.5 million. The Company is working to sell or lease the property to another health care provider.
Property Operating Agreement Expirations
Five of the Company’s owned real estate properties as of December 31, 2015 were covered under property operating agreements between the Company and a sponsoring health system. These agreements contractually obligate the sponsoring health system to provide to the Company a minimum return on the Company’s investment in the property in exchange for the right to be involved in the operating decisions of the property, including tenancy. If the minimum return is not achieved through normal operations of the property, the Company calculates and accrues to property lease guaranty revenue any shortfalls due from the sponsoring health systems under the terms of the property operating agreement. Of these five agreements, one agreement expired in April 2016, and two more agreements expired on September 30, 2016. As a result of these 2016 expirations, quarterly property lease guaranty revenue was reduced $0.1 million beginning in April 2016 and a total of $0.6 million beginning in October 2016. The remaining two agreements will expire in January 2017 and February 2019, respectively, and each is expected to decrease property lease guaranty revenue by $0.2 million per quarter thereafter.

Operating Expenses
The Company has historically experienced increases in property taxes throughout its portfolio as a result of increasing assessments and tax rates levied across the country. The Company continues its efforts to appeal property tax increases and manage the impact of the increases. In addition, the Company has historically incurred variability in portfolio utilities expense based on seasonality, with the first and third quarters usually reflecting greater amounts. The effects of these operating expense increases are mitigated in leases that have provisions for operating expense reimbursement. As of September 30, 2016, leases for 85% of the Company's multi-tenant leased square footage allow for some recovery of operating expenses, with 54% allowing recovery of all expenses.

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Purchase Options
In July 2016, the Company received notice from the ground lessor of a medical office building in Kansas City, Kansas of its intent to purchase the property pursuant to a purchase option contained in the ground lease. This property was sold in October 2016. The Company's net investment in the building was $7.2 million at September 30, 2016. The sales price for the building was approximately $15.1 million and the Company expects to recognize a $7.6 million gain on the disposal, net of straight-line rent receivables and other assets.

Additional information about the Company's unexercised purchase options and the amount and basis for determination of the purchase price is detailed in the table below (dollars in thousands):
 
 
Gross Real Estate Investment as of September 30, 2016
Year Exercisable
 
Fair Market Value Method (1)

 
Non Fair Market Value Method (2)

 
Total

Current
 
$
128,608

 
$

 
$
128,608

Remainder of 2016
 

 

 

2017
 

 
48,965

 
48,965

2018
 

 

 

2019
 
41,521

 

 
41,521

2020
 

 

 

2021
 
16,578

 
14,984

 
31,562

2022
 
19,356

 

 
19,356

2023
 

 

 

2024
 
16,012

 

 
16,012

2025
 
18,883

 
221,929

 
240,812

2026 and thereafter
 
92,216

 

 
92,216

Total
 
$
333,174

 
$
285,878

 
$
619,052

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(1) The purchase option price includes a fair market value component that is determined by an appraisal process.
(2) Includes properties with stated purchase prices or prices based on fixed capitalization rates. These properties have purchase prices that are on average 13% greater than the Company's current gross investment.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Management believes that net income, as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measurement. However, management considers certain non-GAAP financial measures to be useful supplemental measures of the Company's operating performance. A non-GAAP financial measure is generally defined as one that purports to measure historical or future financial performance, financial position or cash flows, but excludes or includes amounts that would not be so adjusted in the most comparable GAAP measure. Set forth below are descriptions of the non-GAAP financial measures management considers relevant to the Company's business and useful to investors, as well as reconciliations of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein are not necessarily identical to those presented by other real estate companies due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same definitions. These measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), as indicators of the Company's financial performance, or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as measures of the Company's liquidity, nor are these measures necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company's needs. Management believes that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of the Company's consolidated historical operating results, these measures should be examined in conjunction with net income as presented in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and other financial data included elsewhere in this report.

Funds from Operations
Funds from operations (“FFO”) and FFO per share are operating performance measures adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as the most commonly accepted and reported measure of a REIT’s operating performance equal to “net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization related to real estate properties, leasing commission amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.” The Company follows the NAREIT definition in calculating and presenting FFO and FFO per share.


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Management believes FFO and FFO per share to be supplemental measures of a REIT’s performance because they provide an understanding of the operating performance of the Company’s properties without giving effect to certain significant non-cash items, primarily depreciation and amortization expense. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. However, real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions. The Company believes that by excluding the effect of depreciation, amortization and gains or losses from sales of real estate, all of which are based on historical costs and which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO and FFO per share can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods. The Company reports FFO and FFO per share because these measures are observed by management to also be the predominant measures used by the REIT industry and by industry analysts to evaluate REITs and because FFO per share is consistently reported, discussed, and compared by research analysts in their notes and publications about REITs. For these reasons, management has deemed it appropriate to disclose and discuss FFO and FFO per share. However, FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income attributable to common stockholders as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity.

FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015 was primarily impacted by the various acquisitions and dispositions during the period, the effects of capital market transactions and the results of operations of the portfolio from period to period. FFO for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was negatively impacted by $28.0 million, or $0.28 per common share, as a result of the extinguishment of debt and $5.3 million, or $0.05 per common share, as a result of the termination of the Executive Retirement Plan.

The table below reconciles net income to FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Net Income
$
11,834

 
$
27,480

 
$
33,134

 
$
50,778

Gain on sales of properties

 
(16,486
)
 
(8
)
 
(58,035
)
Impairments of real estate assets

 
310

 

 
3,638

Real estate depreciation and amortization
32,557

 
29,317

 
95,074

 
88,076

Total adjustments
32,557

 
13,141

 
95,066

 
33,679

Funds from Operations
$
44,391

 
$
40,621

 
$
128,200

 
$
84,457

Funds from Operations per Common Share—Basic
$
0.39

 
$
0.41

 
$
1.20

 
$
0.85

Funds from Operations per Common Share—Diluted
$
0.39

 
$
0.41

 
$
1.19

 
$
0.85

Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding—Basic
114,152

 
99,337

 
106,552

 
98,994

Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding—Diluted
115,052

 
99,997

 
107,366

 
98,694




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Same Store Net Operating Income
Net operating income ("NOI") and same store NOI are non-GAAP historical financial measures of performance. Management considers same store NOI a supplemental performance measure because it allows investors, analysts and Company management to measure unlevered property-level operating results. The Company defines NOI as operating revenues (property operating revenue, single-tenant net lease revenue, and property lease guaranty revenue) less property operating expenses related specifically to the property portfolio. NOI excludes straight-line rent, general and administrative expenses, interest expense, depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property sales, property management fees and other revenues and expenses not specifically related to the property portfolio. Same store NOI is historical and not necessarily indicative of future results.

The following table reflects the Company's same store NOI for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
Same Store NOI for the
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)
Number of Properties 
 
Gross Investment at September 30, 2016
 
2016
 
2015
Multi-tenant Properties
136

 
$
2,300,520

 
$
42,572

 
$
39,577

Single-tenant Net Lease Properties
34

 
677,171

 
16,014

 
16,032

Total
170

 
$
2,977,691

 
$
58,586

 
$
55,609


Properties included in the same store analysis are stabilized properties that have been included in operations and were consistently reported as leased and stabilized properties for the duration of the year-over-year comparison period presented. Accordingly, properties that were recently acquired or disposed of, properties classified as held for sale, and properties in stabilization or conversion from stabilization are excluded from the same store analysis. In addition, the Company excludes properties that meet any of the following Company-defined criteria to be included in the reposition property group:

Properties having less than 60% occupancy that is expected to last at least two quarters;
Properties that experience a loss of occupancy over 30% in a single quarter;
Properties with negative net operating income that is expected to last at least two quarters; or
Condemnation.

Any recently acquired property will be included in the same store pool once the Company has owned the property for eight full quarters. Development properties will be included in the same store pool eight full quarters after substantial completion. Any property included in the reposition property group will be included in the same store analysis once occupancy has increased to 60% or greater with positive net operating income and has remained at that level for eight full quarters.


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The following tables reconcile net income to same store NOI and the same store property count to the total owned real estate portfolio:
Reconciliation of Same Store NOI:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
Net income
$
11,834

 
$
27,480

Loss (income) from discontinued operations
23

 
(10,632
)
Income from continuing operations
11,857

 
16,848

General and administrative
8,724

 
6,258

Depreciation
29,273

 
26,571

Amortization
2,712

 
2,386

Bad debts, net of recoveries
(47
)
 
(21
)
Gain on sales of real estate properties

 
(5,915
)
Interest expense
13,759

 
15,113

Impairment of real estate assets

 
310

Interest and other income, net
(123
)
 
(72
)
Mortgage interest

 
(29
)
Straight-line rent (component of Rental income)
(1,223
)
 
(2,309
)
Other operating (a)
(308
)
 
(314
)
NOI
64,624

 
58,826

NOI not included in same store
(6,038
)
 
(3,217
)
Same store NOI
$
58,586

 
$
55,609

 
 
 
 
(a) Other operating income reconciliation
 
 
 
Other operating
$
1,125

 
$
1,313

Less: Rental lease guaranty income
(817
)
 
(999
)
 
$
308

 
$
314


Reconciliation of Same Store Property Count:
 
Property Count as of September 30, 2016
Same Store Properties
170

Acquisitions
15

Development Conversion
1

Reposition
16

Total Owned Real Estate Properties
202



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Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
The Company’s results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 were significantly impacted by acquisitions, dispositions, gains, impairments recorded and capital markets transactions.

Revenues
Rental income increased $7.2 million, or 7.5%, to approximately $102.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to $95.4 million in the prior year period and is comprised of the following:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Change
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
$
 
%
Property operating
$
85,264

 
$
76,960

 
$
8,304

 
10.8
 %
Single-tenant net lease
16,047

 
16,114

 
(67
)
 
(0.4
)%
Straight-line rent
1,223

 
2,309

 
(1,086
)
 
(47.0
)%
Total rental income
$
102,534

 
$
95,383

 
$
7,151

 
7.5
 %

Property operating income increased $8.3 million, or 10.8%, from the prior year period primarily as a result of the following activity:

Acquisitions in 2015 and 2016 contributed $4.8 million.
Leasing activity including contractual rent increases contributed $4.2 million.
Dispositions in 2015 caused a decrease of $0.7 million

Single-tenant net lease revenue decreased $0.1 million, or 0.4%, from the prior year period primarily as a result of the following activity:
Dispositions in 2015 caused a decrease of $0.1 million.
Reduction in lease revenue of $0.2 million upon expiration and execution of new leases (see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Trends and Matters Impacting Operating Results" for additional information).
Contractual rent increases contributed $0.2 million.

Straight-line rent decreased $1.1 million, or 47.0%, from the prior year period primarily as a result of the following activity:

Net leasing activity including contractual rent increases and the effects of prior year rent abatements that expired resulted in a decrease of $1.3 million.
Acquisitions in 2015 and 2016 caused an increase of $0.2 million.

Expenses
Property operating expenses increased $2.3 million, or 6.4%, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the prior year period primarily as a result of the following activity:

Acquisitions in 2015 and 2016 caused an increase of $1.9 million.
Increases in portfolio property tax of approximately $0.7 million and compensation-related expenses of approximately $0.3 million.
Dispositions in 2015 caused a decrease of $0.6 million.

General and administrative expenses increased approximately $2.5 million, or 39.4%, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the prior year period primarily as a result of the following activity:
Increase in performance-based compensation expense of $1.5 million.
Increase in payroll compensation of $0.2 million.

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Increase in expenses related to actual and potential acquisitions and developments of $0.5 million.
Increase in professional fees and other administrative costs of $0.3 million.

Depreciation expense increased $2.7 million, or 10.2%, for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the prior year period primarily as a result of the following activity:
Acquisitions in 2015 and 2016 caused an increase of $1.6 million.
Various building and tenant improvement expenditures caused an increase of $1.8 million.
Dispositions in 2015 caused a decrease of $0.4 million.
Assets that became fully depreciated resulted in a decrease of $0.3 million.

Other income (expense)
In 2015, the Company recorded gains of approximately $5.9 million on the sale of two properties and an impairment charge of approximately $0.3 million on the sale of one property. There were no such transactions in 2016.
Interest expense decreased $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the prior year period. The components of interest expense are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Change
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
$
 
%
Contractual interest
$
13,379

 
$
14,445

 
$
(1,066
)
 
(7.4
)%
Net discount/premium accretion
(33
)
 
(28
)
 
(5
)
 
17.9
 %
Deferred financing costs amortization
748

 
734

 
14

 
1.9
 %
Interest rate swap amortization
42

 
42

 

 
 %
Interest cost capitalization
(377
)
 
(80
)
 
(297
)
 
371.3
 %
Total interest expense
$
13,759

 
$
15,113

 
$
(1,354
)
 
(9.0
)%

Contractual interest expense decreased $1.1 million primarily due to the following activity:
The Company repaid the outstanding balance on the Unsecured Credit Facility on July 5, 2016, resulting in a decrease in interest expense of approximately $0.7 million. The Company borrowings on the Unsecured Credit Facility during the quarter averaged $17.7 million outstanding.
Mortgage notes payable repayments resulted in a decrease in interest expense of approximately $0.2 million.
The Company repaid $50.0 million on the outstanding balance of the Unsecured Term Loan, resulting in a decrease in interest expense of approximately $0.2 million.

Discontinued Operations
Results from discontinued operations for the three months ended September 30, 2015 included a gain on sale of $10.6 million related to one property classified as held for sale at December 31, 2014 that was subsequently sold.

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Results of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
The Company’s results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 were significantly impacted by acquisitions, dispositions, gains, impairments recorded and capital markets transactions.

Revenues
Rental income increased $16.9 million, or 5.9%, to approximately $302.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to $285.9 million in the prior year period and is comprised of the following:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Change
(Dollars in thousands)
2016
 
2015
 
$
 
%
Property operating
$
249,049

 
$
227,084

 
$
21,965

 
9.7
 %
Single-tenant net lease
48,251

 
51,167