– Portfolio Occupancy Matches All-Time High –

– Board Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Shares by 4.2% –

– Raises 2024 Outlook –

JERICHO, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kimco Realty^® (NYSE: KIM), a real estate investment trust (REIT) and leading owner and operator of high-quality, open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use properties in the United States, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, Kimco Realty’s net income available to the company’s common shareholders per diluted share was $0.19 and $0.18, respectively.

Third Quarter Highlights

• Grew Funds From Operations* (“FFO”) 7.5% over the same period in 2023 to $0.43 per diluted share.
• Produced 3.3% growth in Same Property Net Operating Income* (“NOI”) over the same period a year ago.
• Increased pro-rata portfolio occupancy to 96.4%, matching the company’s all-time high.
• Reached a new all-time high for pro-rata small shop occupancy at 91.8%.
• Generated pro-rata cash rent spreads of 41.9% on 119 comparable new leases.
• Achieved an “A-” credit rating from Fitch Ratings and a “Positive” outlook from S&P Global Ratings.
• Issued $500 million of 4.850% senior unsecured notes maturing March 2035.
• Subsequent to quarter end, acquired Waterford Lakes Town Center, a 976,000-square-foot signature asset spanning 79 acres in Orlando, Florida, for $322 million as previously reported.

“The ongoing positive supply and demand fundamentals in both the open-air sector and Kimco's portfolio continue to be a cause for optimism and confidence,” stated Conor Flynn, CEO of Kimco. “Our high-quality, grocery-anchored properties continue to deliver outsized growth, record occupancy and advantageous pricing power. Moreover, our recent acquisition of the Waterford Lakes Town Center in Orlando positions us to be a net acquirer in 2024. With a favorable environment, best in class platform and a rock-solid balance sheet, we are again raising our financial outlook for the year.”

*Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are provided in the tables accompanying this press release.

Financial Results

Net income available to the company’s common shareholders (“Net income”) for the third quarter of 2024 was $128.0 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to $112.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023. This 5.6% increase per diluted share is primarily attributable to:

• The acquisition of RPT Realty (“RPT”), which was the primary driver of the growth in consolidated revenues from rental properties, net, of $61.1 million, partially offset by higher real estate taxes of $7.1 million and higher operating and maintenance expenses of $12.1 million, as well as increased depreciation and amortization expense of $17.3 million.
• $13.8 million higher other income, primarily due to an increase in mortgage and other financing income, related to Kimco’s Structured Investment Program and an increase due to mark-to-market fluctuations of embedded derivative liability.

Other notable items impacting the year-over-year change include:

• $13.1 million lower gains on marketable securities in 2024 due to the sale of Albertsons Companies Inc. common stock during the first quarter of 2024.
• $15.8 million in increased consolidated interest expense due to higher levels of outstanding debt compared to the third quarter of 2023 driven by the debt associated with the acquisition of RPT which closed in the first quarter of 2024 and the issuance of $500 million senior unsecured notes priced at 6.400% due 2034 in the third quarter of 2023.

FFO was $287.4 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $248.6 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023. The company excludes from FFO all realized or unrealized marketable securities/derivatives gains and losses, as well as gains and losses from the sales of properties, depreciation and amortization related to real estate, profit participations from other investments, and other items considered incidental to the company’s business.

Operating Results

• Signed 451 leases totaling 2.4 million square feet, generating blended pro-rata cash rent spreads on comparable spaces of 12.3%, with new leases up 41.9% and renewals and options growing 6.8%.
• Increased pro-rata portfolio occupancy to 96.4%, matching an all-time high and representing a sequential increase of 20 basis points and a year-over-year rise of 90 basis points.
• Reached an all-time high for pro-rata small shop occupancy at 91.8%, reflecting a sequential increase of 10 basis points and year-over-year growth of 70 basis points.
• Pro-rata anchor occupancy ended the quarter at 98.2%, an increase of 10 basis points sequentially and 100 basis points year-over-year.
• Produced a 310-basis-point spread between leased (reported) occupancy and economic occupancy at the end of the third quarter, representing approximately $61.2 million in anticipated future annual base rent.
• Generated 3.3% growth in Same Property NOI over the same period a year ago, primarily driven by 3.9% growth from minimum rent.

Investment & Disposition Activities

• Acquired the remaining ownership interest in a grocery-anchored shopping center in West Palm Beach, Florida for $3.3 million.
• Provided an additional $2.6 million of mezzanine financing on a grocery-anchored shopping center from the company’s Structured Investment Program.
• As previously announced in October of 2024, the company acquired Waterford Lakes Town Center, a 976,000-square-foot grocery-anchored, lifestyle center in the Orlando market, for $322 million, including the assumption of a $164.6 million mortgage at a fixed rate of 4.86%.
  

Capital Market Activities

• Kimco amended and upsized its unsecured term loan to $550 million from $200 million and included five additional banks. The company entered into interest rate swap agreements, fixing the rate on the incremental term loans to a blended rate of 4.664%. The terms, applicable spread, maturity date and credit covenants are unchanged from the January 2, 2024 term loan agreement.
• Issued $500 million of 4.850% senior unsecured notes maturing March 2035.
• Reached full allocation on the company’s $500 million 2.700% Green Bond that was issued in July of 2020.
• Ended the third quarter with $2.8 billion of immediate liquidity, including full availability on the $2.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility and $790 million of cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet.

Dividend Declarations

• Kimco’s board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per common share, representing a 4.2% increase over the quarterly dividend in the corresponding period of the prior year. The quarterly cash dividend on common shares will be payable on December 19, 2024, to shareholders of record on December 5, 2024.
• The board of directors also declared quarterly dividends with respect to each of the company’s Class L, Class M, and Class N series of preferred shares. These dividends on the preferred shares will be paid on January 15, 2025, to shareholders of record on January 2, 2025.

2024 Full Year Outlook

The company has raised its 2024 outlook for Net income and FFO per diluted share as follows:

The company has also updated the assumptions that support its full year outlook for Net income and FFO in the following table (Pro-rata share; dollars in millions):

**Includes the purchase of Waterford Lakes Town Center which occurred on October 1, 2024.

Conference Call Information

About Kimco Realty^®

Kimco Realty^® (NYSE: KIM) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and leading owner and operator of high-quality, open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use properties in the United States. The company’s portfolio is strategically concentrated in the first-ring suburbs of the top major metropolitan markets, including high-barrier-to-entry coastal markets and rapidly expanding Sun Belt cities. Its tenant mix is focused on essential, necessity-based goods and services that drive multiple shopping trips per week. Publicly traded on the NYSE since 1991 and included in the S&P 500 Index, the company has specialized in shopping center ownership, management, acquisitions, and value-enhancing redevelopment activities for more than 60 years. With a proven commitment to corporate responsibility, Kimco Realty is a recognized industry leader in this area. As of September 30, 2024, the company owned interests in 567 U.S. shopping centers and mixed-use assets comprising 101 million square feet of gross leasable space.

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You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which, in some cases, are beyond the Company’s control and could materially affect actual results, performances or achievements. Factors which may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, (i) general adverse economic and local real estate conditions, (ii) the impact of competition, including the availability of acquisition or development opportunities and the costs associated with purchasing and maintaining assets; (iii) the inability of major tenants to continue paying their rent obligations due to bankruptcy, insolvency or a general downturn in their business, (iv) the reduction in the Company’s income in the event of multiple lease terminations by tenants or a failure of multiple tenants to occupy their premises in a shopping center, (v) the potential impact of e-commerce and other changes in consumer buying practices, and changing trends in the retail industry and perceptions by retailers or shoppers, including safety and convenience, (vi) the availability of suitable acquisition, disposition, development and redevelopment opportunities, and the costs associated with purchasing and maintaining assets and risks related to acquisitions not performing in accordance with our expectations, (vii) the Company’s ability to raise capital by selling its assets, (viii) disruptions and increases in operating costs due to inflation and supply chain disruptions, (ix) risks associated with the development of mixed-use commercial properties, including risks associated with the development, and ownership of non-retail real estate, (x) changes in governmental laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, changes in data privacy, environmental (including climate change), safety and health laws, and management’s ability to estimate the impact of such changes, (xi) the Company’s failure to realize the expected benefits of the merger with RPT Realty (the “RPT Merger”), (xii) the risk of litigation, including shareholder litigation, in connection with the RPT Merger, including any resulting expense, (xiii) risks related to future opportunities and plans for the combined company, including the uncertainty of expected future financial performance and results of the combined company, (xiv) the possibility that, if the Company does not achieve the perceived benefits of the RPT Merger as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial analysts or investors, the market price of the Company’s common stock could decline, (xv) valuation and risks related to the Company’s joint venture and preferred equity investments and other investments, (xvi) collectability of mortgage and other financing receivables, (xvii) impairment charges, (xviii) criminal cybersecurity attacks, disruption, data loss or other security incidents and breaches, (xix) risks related to artificial intelligence, (xx) impact of natural disasters and weather and climate-related events, (xxi) pandemics or other health crises, (xxii) our ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel, (xxiii) financing risks, such as the inability to obtain equity, debt or other sources of financing or refinancing on favorable terms to the Company, (xxiv) the level and volatility of interest rates and management’s ability to estimate the impact thereof, (xxv) changes in the dividend policy for the Company’s common and preferred stock and the Company’s ability to pay dividends at current levels, (xxvi) unanticipated changes in the Company’s intention or ability to prepay certain debt prior to maturity and/or hold certain securities until maturity, (xxvii) the Company’s ability to continue to maintain its status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes and potential risks and uncertainties in connection with its UPREIT structure, and (xxviii) other risks and uncertainties identified under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the Company’s expectations will be realized. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised to refer to any further disclosures the Company makes in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

CONTACT:
David F. Bujnicki
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategy
Kimco Realty Corporation
(833) 800-4343
dbujnicki@kimcorealty.com