UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017

OR

For the transition period from                      To                     

Commission file number 001-36834

 

EASTERLY GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

(202) 595-9500

(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 the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

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  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

As of May 2, 2017, the registrant had 37,091,430 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information is as follows:

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Organization and Basis of Presentation

The information contained in the following notes to the consolidated financial statements is condensed from that which would appear in the annual consolidated financial statements; accordingly, the consolidated financial statements included herein should be reviewed in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and related notes thereto, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (which may be referred to in these financial statements as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC”) on March 2, 2017.

The Company is a Maryland corporation that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”) commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2015. The operations of the Company are carried on primarily through Easterly Government Properties LP (the “Operating Partnership”) and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership.

We are an internally managed REIT, focused primarily on the acquisition, development, and management of Class A commercial properties that are leased to U.S. Government agencies that serve essential functions. We generate substantially all of our revenue by leasing our properties to such agencies through the U.S. General Services Administration (the “GSA”). Our objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our stockholders over the long term through dividends and capital appreciation.

As of March 31, 2017, we wholly owned 44 operating properties in the United States, including 41 operating properties that were leased primarily to U.S. Government tenant agencies and three operating properties that were entirely leased to private tenants, encompassing approximately 3.2 million square feet in the aggregate. In addition, we wholly owned one property under development encompassing approximately 0.1 million square feet. We focus on acquiring, developing, and managing GSA-leased properties that are essential to supporting the mission of the tenant agency and strive to be a partner of choice for the U.S. Government, working closely with the GSA to meet the needs and objectives of the tenant agency.

Our Operating Partnership holds substantially all of our assets and conducts substantially all our business. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The Company owned approximately 80.5% of the aggregate limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“common units”) at March 31, 2017. We believe that we have operated and have been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for U.S federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2015.

Principle of Combination and Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company, including Easterly Government Properties TRS, LLC, Easterly Government Services, LLC and the Operating Partnership. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited; however, they include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to state fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company at March 31, 2017, and the consolidated results of operations and the consolidated cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements are disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

On January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805), which clarifies the framework for determining whether an integrated set of assets and activities meets the definition of a business. The revised framework establishes a screen for determining whether an integrated set of assets and activities is a business and narrows the definition of a business, which is expected to result in fewer transactions being accounted for as business combinations. Acquisitions of integrated sets of assets and activities that do not meet the definition of a business are accounted for as asset acquisitions. As a result the Company believes most of our future acquisitions of operating properties will qualify as asset acquisitions and third-party transaction costs associated with these acquisitions will be capitalized while internal acquisition costs will continue to be expensed.

On January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which identifies areas for simplification involving several aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions. The new guidance allows for entities to 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. In addition, the guidance allows employers to withhold shares to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding requirements up to the employees’ maximum individual tax rate without causing the award to be classified as a liability. The guidance also stipulates that cash paid by an employer to a taxing authority when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity on the statement of cash flows. The implementation of this update did not have a material impact in our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers and will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance when it becomes effective. In July 2015, the FASB deferred by one year the mandatory effective date of ASU 2014-09 from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, but not prior to the original effective date of January 1, 2017. ASU 2014-09 permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). The new standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase of the leased asset by the lessee. This classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for in the same manner as operating leases today. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had a sublease for office space in Washington D.C. expiring in June 2021 and a lease for office space in San Diego, CA expiring in April 2022.  The remaining contractual payments under the Company’s lease and sublease for office space aggregate $2.2 million.  Additionally, ASU 2016-02 will require that lessees and lessors capitalize, as initial direct costs, only those costs that are incurred due to the execution of a lease.  Under ASU 2016-02, allocated payroll costs and other costs that are incurred regardless of whether the lease is obtained will no longer be capitalized as initial direct costs and instead will be expensed as incurred.  The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), which provides classification guidance for certain cash receipts and cash payments including payment of debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments, insurance claim payments and distributions from equity method investees. The standard is effective on January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), which requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows.  The standard is effective on January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-05, Other Income-Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20): Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets. This ASU clarifies the scope and accounting of a financial asset that meets the definition of an “in-substance nonfinancial

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asset” and defines the term “in-substance nonfinancial asset.”  This ASU also adds guidance for partial sales of nonfinancial assets.  ASU 2017-05 will be effective at the same time Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, is effective.  The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

 

 

3. Real Estate and Intangibles

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we acquired one operating property in an asset acquisition, a 75,000 rentable square foot laboratory located in Sandy, Utah (“OSHA – Sandy”) for an aggregate purchase price of $37.0 million. We allocated the purchase price of the acquisition based on the estimated fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

We did not assume any debt upon acquisition of OSHA – Sandy.  The intangible assets and liabilities of OSHA – Sandy have an amortization period of 6.8 years as of March 31, 2017. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we included $0.5 million of revenues and $0.2 million of net income in our consolidated statement of operations related to OSHA – Sandy.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we agreed to acquire a 327,614 rentable square foot Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Ambulatory Care Center located in Loma Linda, California (“VA - Loma Linda”).

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we incurred $0.5 million of acquisition-related expenses including $0.4 million of internal costs associated with property acquisitions.

Pro Forma Financial Information

We did not have any business combinations during the three months ended March, 31 2017. As such, the unaudited pro forma financial information set forth below presents results for the three months ended March 31, 2016 as if the ICE – Albuquerque acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2015. The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred nor does it intend to indicate future operating results (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

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Consolidated Real Estate and Intangibles

Real estate and intangibles consisted of the following as of March 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

4. Debt

At March 31, 2017, our borrowings consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

a. Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

We have a $400.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (our “senior unsecured revolving credit facility”) with an accordion feature that provides us with additional capacity, subject to the satisfaction of customary terms and conditions, of up to $250.0 million, for a total facility size of not more than $650.0 million. Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility will terminate on February 11, 2019. Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility includes two as-of-right extension options that allows us, in each case, to extend the senior unsecured revolving credit facility for an additional six months subject to certain conditions and the payment of an extension fee.

As of March 31, 2017, the interest rate payable on borrowings under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility was 2.31%. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 the weighted average annual interest rate for borrowings under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility was 2.18%. As of March 31, 2017, we had $158.2 million outstanding and $241.8 million available under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 we recognized $0.2 million in accumulated amortization of deferred financing costs on our senior unsecured revolving credit facility.

As of March 31, 2017, the carrying value of our senior unsecured revolving credit facility approximated fair value. In determining the fair value we considered the short term maturity and variable interest rate. We deem the fair value of our senior unsecured revolving credit facility as a Level 3 measurement.

b. Senior Unsecured Term Loan Facility, Net

We have a $100.0 million senior unsecured term loan facility (our “senior unsecured term loan facility”), which we entered into on September 29, 2016 and fully drew on March 20, 2017.  Our senior unsecured term loan facility matures on September 29, 2023 and is prepayable without penalty beginning in October 2018.

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We entered into two forward-starting interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of $100.0 million to effectively fix the interest rate under our senior unsecured term loan facility at 3.12% annually based on the company’s current leverage ratio. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 we recognized less than $0.1 million in accumulated amortization of deferred financing costs on our senior unsecured term loan facility.

As of March 31, 2017, the carrying value of our senior unsecured term loan facility approximated fair value. In determining the fair value we considered the variable interest rate. We deem the fair value of our senior unsecured term loan facility as a Level 3 measurement.

c. Mortgage Notes Payable, Net

The table below provides a summary of our mortgage debt which is collateralized by the underlying real estate at March 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

At March 31, 2017, the fair value of our mortgage debt was determined by discounting future contractual principal and interest payments using prevailing market rates. We deem the fair value measurement of our mortgage debt instruments as a Level 3 measurement. At March 31, 2017 the fair value of our mortgage debt was $78.9 million.

 

 

5. Derivatives and Hedging Activities

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had two outstanding forward-starting interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of $100.0 million that were designated as cash flow hedges. The forward swaps have an effective date of March 29, 2017 and extend until the maturity of the term loan on September 29, 2023. The forward swaps will effectively fix the interest rate under our senior unsecured term loan facility at 3.12% annually based on the company’s current leverage ratio and a variable interest rate of one-month LIBOR.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

As of March 31, 2017, our forward swaps were classified as an asset on our consolidated balance sheet at $3.9 million. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualified as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and will be reclassified to interest expense in the period that the hedged forecasted transactions affects earnings on the Company’s variable rate debt.  The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings into interest expense.  For the three months ended March 31, 2017 the amount of unrealized gain recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income on interest rate swaps was $0.1 million and the amount of gain reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into interest expense was less than $0.1 million.  Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, there was no ineffectiveness.

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

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with each of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to the Company's default on the indebtedness.  As of March 31, 2017, the Company did not have any derivatives in a net liability position.

 

 

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6. Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards define fair value as the exit price, or the amount that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  The standards also establish a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available.  Observable inputs are inputs market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of us.  Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect our assumptions about the factors market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability developed based upon the best information available in the circumstances.  The hierarchy of these inputs is broken down into three levels: Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. Categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is most significant to the fair value measurement.

Recurring fair value measurements

The fair values of our interest rate swaps are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities in such interest rates.   While the Company determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by the Company and its counterparties.  The Company has determined that the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments made to its derivative contracts, which determination was based on the fair value of each individual contract, was not significant to the overall valuation. As a result, all of the Company’s derivatives held as of March 31, 2017 were classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, other assets and accounts payable and accrued expenses are reasonable estimates of fair values because of the short maturities of these instruments. For our disclosure of debt fair values in Note 4, we estimated the fair value of our unsecured senior revolving credit facility based on quoted market interest rates (categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy) and estimated the fair value of our other debt based on the discounted estimated future cash payments to be made on such debt (categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy); the discount rates used approximate current market rates for loans, or groups of loans, with similar maturities and credit quality, and the estimated future payments included scheduled principal and interest payments.  Fair value estimates are made as of a specific point in time, are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgement.  Settlement at such fair value amounts may not be possible and may not be prudent management decision.

The table below presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2017, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall.

 

 

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7. Equity

The following table summarizes the changes in our stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in thousands):

 

On March 8, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,692 shares of restricted common stock to certain employees pursuant to our 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. The restricted common stock grants will vest upon the second anniversary of the grant date so long as the grantee remains an employee of the Company on such date.

A summary of our shares of restricted common stock and long-term incentive plan units in the Operating Partnership (“LTIP units”) awards at March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

We recognized $0.7 million in compensation expense related to the restricted common stock and the LTIP unit awards for the three months ended March 31, 2017.  As of March 31, 2017, unrecognized compensation expense for both awards was $3.5 million, which will be amortized over the vesting period.

We valued our non-vested restricted share award issued in 2017 at the grant date fair value, which was the market price of our shares of common stock.

On March 27, 2017, we completed an underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 4,945,000 shares of common stock, including 645,000 shares sold pursuant the underwriters exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares.  The shares were offered on a forward basis in connection with certain forward sales agreements entered into with certain financial institutions, acting as forward purchasers.  Pursuant to the forward sales agreements, the forward purchasers borrowed and the forward sellers, acting as agents for the forward purchasers, sold an aggregate of 4,945,000 shares in the public offering.  We did not initially receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the forward sellers in the public offering, but expect to receive gross proceeds of approximately $94.0 million upon full physical settlement of the forward sales agreements, which we expect will occur no later than September 27, 2017. The Company will account for the forward share agreements as equity.

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In connection with the liquidation of certain private investment funds that contributed assets in our initial public offering, we issued 113,928 shares of our common stock between January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2017 upon the redemption of 113,928 common units in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership.

On May 3, 2017, our board of directors declared a dividend for the first quarter of 2017 in the amount of $0.25 per share of common stock and per common unit outstanding to stockholders and common unit holders of record as of the close of business on June 14, 2017.  Our board of directors also declared a dividend for the first quarter of 2017 for each LTIP unit in an amount equal to 10% of the dividend paid per common unit.  Such dividends are to be paid on June 29, 2017.

On March 3, 2017, we entered into separate equity distribution agreements with each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BTIG, LLC, Jefferies LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (collectively, the “managers”), pursuant to which we may issue and sell the shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million from time to time through the managers, acting as sales agents and/or principals. The sales of shares of our common stock, under the equity distribution agreements may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. To date, no sales have been made under the program.

 

 

8. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings or loss per share of common stock (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented. Diluted EPS is computed after adjusting the basic EPS computation for the effect of dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the periods presented. Unvested restricted shares, LTIP units and forward sales agreements shares are considered participating securities, which require the use of the two-class method for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share. The following table sets forth the computation of the Company’s basic and diluted earnings per share of common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

 

 

9. Operating Leases

Our rental properties are subject to generally non-cancelable operating leases generating future minimum contractual rent payments due from tenants. As of March 31, 2017, future non-cancelable minimum contractual rent payments are as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

The Company’s consolidated operating properties were 100% occupied by 23 tenants at March 31, 2017.  

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 we recognized $23.6 million in rental income attributable to base rent, $2.1 million in rental income attributable to the amortization of our above- and below-market leases and a straight-line adjustment of $0.1 million.  

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10. Commitments and Contingencies

In October of 2015 we entered into a sublease agreement for 5,682 square feet of office space in Washington, D.C. with a commencement date of March 2016 and expiration date of June 2021.

We also lease 5,752 square feet of office space in San Diego, CA under an operating lease that commenced February 2015 and expires in April 2022.

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 rent expense incurred under the terms of the corporate office leases, was $0.1 million. Future minimum rental payments under the Company’s corporate office leases as of March 31, 2017 are summarized as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

11. Concentrations Risk

Concentrations of credit risk arise for the Company when multiple tenants of the Company are engaged in similar business activities, are located in the same geographic region or have similar economic features that impact in a similar manner their ability to meet contractual obligations, including those to the Company. The Company regularly monitors its tenant base to assess potential concentrations of credit risk.

As stated in Note 1 above, the Company leases commercial space to the U.S. Government through the GSA or other federal agencies or nongovernmental tenants. At March 31, 2017, the GSA and other federal agency accounted for approximately 96.9% of rental income and non-governmental tenants accounted for the remaining approximately 3.1%.

Thirteen of our 44 operating properties are located in California, accounting for approximately 19.6% of our total rentable square feet and approximately 26.0% of our total annualized lease income as of March 31, 2017. In addition, we owned one property under development located in California. To the extent that weak economic or real estate conditions or natural disasters affect California more severely than other areas of the country, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be significantly impacted.

 

 

12. Subsequent Events

For its consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2017, the Company evaluated subsequent events and noted the following significant events:

On April 27, 2017 the Company was awarded the lease for a 52,870 square foot Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratory in Lenexa, KS.  Upon completion the FDA - Lenexa laboratory will be leased to the General Services Administration for a 20-year term.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We caution investors that forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and on assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. When used, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “might”, “plan”, “project”, “result”, “should”, “will”, and similar expressions which do not relate solely to historical matters are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance, which may be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, or projected. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on forward-looking statements, which are based on results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends.

Some of the risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

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For a further discussion of these and other factors, see the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Overview

References to “we,” “our,” “us” and “the Company” refer to Easterly Government Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries including Easterly Government Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to herein as our operating partnership.

We are an internally managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused primarily on the acquisition, development and management of Class A commercial properties that are leased to U.S. Government agencies that serve essential functions. We generate substantially all of our revenue by leasing our properties to such agencies through the U.S. General Services Administration, or GSA. Our objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our stockholders over the long term through dividends and capital appreciation.

As of March 31, 2017, we wholly owned 44 operating properties in the United States, including 41 operating properties that were leased primarily to U.S. Government tenant agencies and three operating properties that were entirely leased to private tenants, encompassing approximately 3.2 million square feet in the aggregate. In addition, we wholly owned one property under development encompassing approximately 0.1 million square feet, which upon completion will be leased to the GSA for a 20 year term. We focus on acquiring, developing and managing GSA-leased properties that are essential to supporting the mission of the tenant agency and strive to be a partner of choice for the U.S. Government, working closely with the GSA to meet the needs and objectives of the tenant agency.

Our operating partnership holds substantially all of our assets and conducts substantially all of our business. As of March 31, 2017, we owned approximately 80.5% of the aggregate limited partnership interests in our operating partnership, or common units. We have elected to be taxed as a REIT and operate in a manner that we believe allows us to continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2015.

Recent Acquisitions

On February 3, 2017, the Company acquired a 75,000 square foot laboratory located in Sandy, Utah. The building was constructed in 2003 and is 100% leased to the GSA and occupied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under a 20 year lease.  The lease includes two five-year renewal options with fixed rental increases that, if exercised, would carry the lease term to 2034.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we agreed to acquire a 327,614 rentable square foot Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Ambulatory Care Center located in Loma Linda, California.

Operating Properties

As of March 31, 2017, our 44 operating properties were 100% leased with a weighted average annualized lease income per leased square foot of $33.04 and a weighted average age of approximately 12.9 years. We calculate annualized lease income as annualized contractual base rent for the last month in a specified period, plus the annualized straight line rent adjustments for the last month in such period and the annualized expense reimbursements earned by us for the last month in such period.

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Information about our operating properties as of March 31, 2017 is set forth in the table below:

 

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Certain of our leases are currently in the “soft-term” period of the lease, meaning that the U.S. Government tenant agency has the right to terminate the lease prior to its stated lease end date. We believe that, from the GSA’s perspective, leases with such provisions are helpful for budgetary purposes. While some of our leases are contractually subject to early termination, we do not believe that our tenant agencies are likely to terminate these leases early given the build-to-suit features at the properties subject to the leases, the average age of these properties (approximately 14.7 years as of March 31, 2017), the mission-critical focus of the properties subject to the leases and the current level of operations at such properties. The following table sets forth a schedule of lease expirations for leases in place as of March 31, 2017.

 

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Results of Operations

Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

The financial information presented below summarizes the results of operations of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Revenues

Total revenue consists primarily of rental income from our properties, tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes and certain other expenses, and project management income.

Total revenue increased by $5.9 million to $29.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $24.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase was primarily attributable to an additional $4.5 million of revenue from the seven operating properties acquired since March 31, 2016 as well as a full quarter of operations from the ICE – Albuquerque acquisition made during the three months ended March 31, 2016, and a $1.2 million increase in tenant project reimbursements and the associated project management income.

Operating Expenses

Total expenses increased by $5.2 million to $26.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $20.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. $4.6 million of the increase is attributable to our property operating expenses, real estate taxes, and depreciation and amortization associated with the seven operating properties acquired since March 31, 2016 and an increase in expenses associated with projects and other services that were fully reimbursed by the tenant.  

Acquisition costs increased $0.2 million due to an increase in internal employee costs offset by the capitalization of costs associated with probable acquisitions in the first quarter of 2017 due to the adoption of ASU 2017-01 as of January 1, 2017.

Additionally, corporate general and administrative costs increased by $0.4 million due to an increase in employee costs. 

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $0.5 million to $2.4 million for three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

This increase is primarily due to an increase in the weighted average borrowings from $172.7 million to $230.6 million of our senior unsecured revolving credit facility quarter over quarter and an increase in weighted average interest rate of 2.18% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to 1.83% for the three months ended March 31, 2016.  Additionally, we drew $100 million on our senior unsecured term loan facility during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and incurred $0.1 million in associated interest during the quarter.  We did not enter into the senior unsecured term loan facility until the third quarter of 2016, therefore no associated interest was incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

We anticipate that our cash flows from the sources listed below will provide adequate capital for the next 12 months for all anticipated liquidity needs, including all scheduled principal and interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness, current and anticipated tenant improvements, stockholder distributions to maintain our qualification as a REIT and other capital obligations associated with conducting our business. At March 31, 2017, we had $5.2 million available in cash and cash equivalents and there was $241.8 million available under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility.

Our primary expected sources of capital are as follows:

Our short-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds to pay for the following:

Our long-term liquidity needs, in addition to recurring short-term liquidity needs as discussed above, consist primarily of funds necessary to pay for acquisitions, non-recurring capital expenditures, and scheduled debt maturities. Although we may be able to anticipate and plan for certain of our liquidity needs, unexpected increases in uses of cash that are beyond our control and which affect our financial condition and results of operations may arise, or our sources of liquidity may be fewer than, and the funds available from such sources may be less than, anticipated or required. As of the date of this filing, there were no known commitments or events that would have a material impact on our liquidity.

Universal Shelf

On March 9, 2016, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, which was declared effective on May 3, 2016. The universal shelf registration statement allows us, from time to time, to offer and sell up to an additional $500.0 million of equity securities, including shares of our common stock offered and sold pursuant to the offerings described below. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to complete any such offerings of securities in the future.

Offering of Common Stock on a Forward Basis

On March 27, 2017, we completed an underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 4,945,000 shares of our common stock, including 645,000 shares sold pursuant the underwriters exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares.  The shares were offered on a forward basis in connection with certain forward sales agreements entered into with certain financial institutions, acting as forward purchasers.  Pursuant to the forward sales agreements, the forward purchasers borrowed and the forward sellers, acting as agents for the forward purchasers, sold an aggregate of 4,945,000 shares in the public offering.  We did not initially receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the forward sellers in the public offering, but expect to receive gross

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proceeds of approximately $94.0 million upon full physical settlement of the forward sales agreements, which we expect will occur no later than September 27, 2017.

ATM Program

On March 3, 2017, we entered into equity distribution agreements with each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BTIG, LLC, Jefferies LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (collectively, the “managers”), pursuant to which we may issue and sell the shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million from time to time through the managers, acting as sales agents and/or principals (our “ATM program”). The sales of shares of our common stock, under the equity distribution agreements may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act.  To date, no sales have been made under our ATM program.

Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

Upon the completion of our initial public offering on February 11, 2015 we entered into a $400.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with Citigroup Capital Markets Inc. Raymond James Bank, N.A. and Royal Bank of Canada, as joint lead arrangers and joint book running managers and Raymond James Bank, N.A. and Royal Bank of Canada, as co-syndication agents. Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility has an accordion feature that provides us with additional capacity, subject to the satisfaction of customary terms and conditions, of up to $250.0 million, for a total facility size of not more than $650.0 million. We have and intend to continue to use our senior unsecured revolving credit facility to repay indebtedness, fund acquisitions, development and redevelopment opportunities, capital expenditures and the costs of securing new and renewal leases and provide working capital.

Our operating partnership is the borrower under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility and we and certain of our subsidiaries that directly own certain of our properties are guarantors under the credit facility. Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility will terminate in approximately two years. In addition, there will be two as-of-right extension options for our senior unsecured revolving credit facility and each extension option will allow us to extend our senior unsecured revolving credit facility for an additional six months, in each case subject to certain conditions and the payment of an extension fee.

Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility bears interest, at our option, either at:

Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility also contains certain customary financial covenants, as follows: (i) the maximum ratio of consolidated total indebtedness to total asset value (each as defined in the agreement) may not exceed 60.0% on any date, provided that the maximum ratio may be increased to 65.0% for the two consecutive quarters following the date on which a material acquisition (as defined in the agreement) occurs, (ii) the maximum ratio of consolidated secured indebtedness (as defined in the agreement) to total asset value may not exceed 40.0% on any date, (iii) the maximum ratio of consolidated secured recourse indebtedness (as defined in the agreement) to total asset value may not exceed 15% on any date, (iv) the minimum consolidated tangible net worth (as defined in the agreement) may not, on any date, be less than the sum of an amount equal to 75.0% of our consolidated tangible net worth as of the closing date of the facility plus an amount equal to 75.0% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by us from any offering of our capital stock after the closing date of the facility, (v) the minimum ratio of adjusted consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to consolidated fixed charges (each as defined in the agreement) may not be less than 1.50 to 1.00 on any date, (vi) the maximum ratio of consolidated unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value (each as defined in the agreement) may not exceed 60% as of any date and (vii) the minimum ratio of adjusted consolidated net operating income from unencumbered assets (as defined in the agreement) to interest payable on unsecured debt (as determined in accordance with the agreement) shall not be less than 1.75 to 1.00 on any date. Additionally, under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility, our distributions may not exceed the greater of (i) 95.0% of our funds from operations (“FFO”) or (ii) the amount required for us to maintain our status as a REIT and avoid the payment of federal or state income or excise tax.

Our senior unsecured revolving credit facility also includes customary limits on the percentage of our total asset value that may be invested in unimproved land, unconsolidated joint ventures, redevelopment and development assets (as defined in the agreement), loans, advances or extensions of credit and investments in mixed used assets and require that we obtain consent for mergers in which the Company is not the surviving entity. These financial and restrictive covenants may limit the investments we may make and our ability to make distributions. As of March 31, 2017, we were in compliance with all financial and restrictive covenants under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility.

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As of March 31, 2017, the interest rate payable on borrowings under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility was 2.31% and the weighted average annual interest rate for borrowings under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility was 2.18% for the three months ended March 31, 2017. As of March 31, 2017, we had $158.2 million outstanding and $241.8 million available under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility.

Senior Unsecured Term Loan Facility

On September 29, 2016, we entered into a $100.0 million senior unsecured term loan facility with PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, U.S. Bank National Association and SunTrust Bank, as syndication agents, PNC Capital Markets LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.  

Our operating partnership is the borrower under our senior unsecured term loan facility and we and certain of our subsidiaries that directly own certain of our properties are guarantors under the term loan facility. The senior unsecured term loan facility matures on September 29, 2023, and is prepayable without penalty beginning in October 2018.  

Borrowings under our senior unsecured term loan facility will bear interest at floating rates equal to, at our option, either (1) a fluctuating rate equal to the sum of (a) the highest of (x) PNC Bank, National Association’s base rate, (y) the federal funds open rate plus 0.50% and (z) the daily Eurodollar rate plus 1.00% plus (b) a margin ranging from 0.7% to 1.35%, or (2) a Eurodollar rate equal to a periodic fixed rate equal to LIBOR plus, a margin ranging from 1.7% to 2.35%, in each case with a margin based on our leverage ratio. Based on our current leverage ratio, borrowings under our senior unsecured term loan facility will have an initial interest rate of LIBOR plus 170 basis points. We may prepay our senior unsecured term loan facility in whole or in part, subject to (i) customary costs, if any, of breaking LIBOR and, (ii) payment of a prepayment penalty equal to 2.0% of the principal balance being repaid during the first 12 months of our senior unsecured term loan facility and 1.0% of the principal balance being repaid during the following 12 months.

On October 27, 2016, we entered into two forward-starting interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of $100.0 million to effectively fix the interest rate on future draw downs under our senior unsecured term loan facility. The forward swaps have an effective date of March 29, 2017 and extend until the maturity of the term loan on September 29, 2023. The forward swaps will effectively fix the interest rate under our senior unsecured term loan facility at 3.12% annually based on the Company’s current leverage ratio.

Our senior unsecured term loan facility also contains certain customary covenants, including but not limited to financial covenants that require us to maintain maximum ratios of consolidated total indebtedness, consolidated secured indebtedness and consolidated secured recourse indebtedness to total asset value, minimum consolidated tangible net worth and a minimum consolidated fixed charge ratio. As of March 31, 2017, we were in compliance with all financial and restrictive covenants under our senior unsecured revolving term loan facility.

On March 20, 2017, we fully drew the $100.0 million under our senior unsecured term loan facility to repay borrowings outstanding under our senior unsecured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

Mortgage Debt

The table below presents our mortgage debt obligations at March 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands):

 

As of March 31, 2017, we were in compliance with all financial and restrictive covenants on our mortgage debt.

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Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2017 (amounts in thousands);

 

 

Dividend Policy

In order to qualify as a REIT, we are required to distribute to our stockholders, on an annual basis, at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. We anticipate distributing all of our taxable income. We expect to make quarterly distributions to our stockholders in a manner intended to satisfy this requirement. Prior to making any distributions for U.S. federal tax purposes or otherwise, we must first satisfy our operating and debt service obligations. It is possible that it would be necessary to utilize cash reserves, liquidate assets at unfavorable prices or incur additional indebtedness in order to make required distributions. It is also possible that our board of directors could decide to make required distributions in part by using shares of our common stock.

On May 3, 2017, our board of directors declared a dividend for the first quarter of 2017 in the amount of $0.25 per share of common stock and per common unit outstanding to stockholders and common unit holders of record as of the close of business on June 14, 2017.  Our board of directors also declared a dividend for the first quarter of 2017 for each LTIP unit in an amount equal to 10% of the dividend paid per common unit.  Such dividends are to be paid on June 29, 2017.

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

We had no material off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2017.

Inflation

Substantially all of our leases provide for operating expense escalations. We believe inflationary increases in expenses may be at least partially offset by the operating expenses that are passed through to our tenants and by contractual rent increases. We do not believe inflation has had a material impact on our historical financial position or results of operations.

Cash Flows

The following table sets forth a summary of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

Operating Activities

The Company generated $10.7 million and $9.9 million of cash from operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 includes a $13.1 million increase in net cash from rental activities net of expenses offset by $2.4 million related to the change in rents receivable, accounts receivable, prepaid and other assets, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Net cash from operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 includes $11.1 million in rental activities net of expenses offset by $1.3 million related to the change in rents receivable, accounts receivable, prepaid and other assets, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

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Investing Activities

The Company used $44.5 million and $34.2 million in cash for investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 includes $37.0 million in real estate acquisitions related to the purchase of OSHA – Sandy and $7.0 million in deposits on acquisitions. Net cash used for investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 includes $34.1 million in real estate acquisitions related to the purchase of ICE – Albuquerque.

Financing Activities

The Company generated $34.2 million and $20.5 million in cash from financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 includes $100.0 million in term loan draws offset by $54.0 million in net credit facility pay downs, $11.0 million in dividends and $0.7 million in mortgage debt repayment. Net cash generated by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 includes $30.0 million in credit facility draws offset by $8.8 million in dividends and $0.7 million in mortgage debt repayment.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use and present funds from operations, or FFO, and FFO, as Adjusted as supplemental measures of our performance. The summary below describes our use of FFO and FFO, as Adjusted, provides information regarding why we believe these measures are meaningful supplemental measures of our performance and reconciles these measures from net income (loss), presented in accordance with GAAP.

Funds from Operations and Funds from Operations, as Adjusted

Funds from Operations, or FFO, is a supplemental measure of our performance. We present FFO calculated in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, definition. In addition, we present FFO, as Adjusted for certain other adjustments that we believe enhance the comparability of our FFO across periods and to the FFO reported by other publicly traded REITs. FFO is a supplemental performance measure that is commonly used in the real estate industry to assist investors and analysts in comparing results of REITs.

FFO is defined by NAREIT as net income (loss), calculated in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property and impairment losses on depreciable real estate, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We present FFO because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our operating performance, and we believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of REITs, many of which present FFO when reporting results.

We adjust FFO to present FFO, as Adjusted as an alternative measure of our operating performance, which, when applicable, excludes the impact of acquisition costs, straight-line rent, above-/below-market leases, non-cash interest expense and non-cash compensation. By excluding income and expense items such as straight-line rent, above-/below-market leases, non-cash interest expense and non-cash compensation from FFO, as Adjusted, we believe we provide useful information as these items have no cash impact.  In addition, by excluding acquisition related costs we believe FFO, as Adjusted provides useful information that is comparable across periods and more accurately reflects the operating performance of our properties.  

FFO and FFO, as Adjusted are presented as supplemental financial measures and do not fully represent our operating performance. Other REITs may use different methodologies for calculating FFO and FFO, as Adjusted or use other definitions of FFO and FFO, as Adjusted and, accordingly, our presentation of these measures may not be comparable to other REITs. Neither FFO nor FFO, as Adjusted is intended to be a measure of cash flow or liquidity. Please refer to our financial statements, prepared in accordance with GAAP, for purposes of evaluating our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of our net income to FFO and FFO, as Adjusted for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. Our future earnings, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent upon prevailing market interest rates. Our primary market risk results from our indebtedness, which bears interest at both fixed and variable rates. We manage and may continue to manage our market risk on variable rate debt by entering into swap arrangements to, in effect, fix the rate on all or a portion of the debt for varying periods up to maturity. This in turn, reduces the risks of variability of cash flows created by variable rate debt and mitigates the risk of increases in interest rates. Our objective when undertaking such arrangements is to reduce our floating rate exposure and we do not intend to enter into hedging arrangements for speculative purposes.

As of March 31, 2017, $164.0 million, or 48.5% of our debt, excluding unamortized premiums and discounts, had fixed interest rates and $173.9 million, or 51.5% had variable interest rates. If market rates of interest on our variable rate debt fluctuate by 25 basis points, interest expense would increase or decrease, depending on rate movement, future earnings and cash flows, by $0.4 million annually.

 

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation required by the Exchange Act, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a -15(e) and Rule 15d-15 of the Exchange Act, as of March 31, 2017. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2017, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the 1935 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2017 that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

During our last fiscal quarter, we completed the implementation of a new accounting and reporting system used to generate and distribute operational and financial data. However, the adoption of this new system has not materially affected, and is not reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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Part II

We are not currently involved in any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material litigation currently threatened against us.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

None

Not applicable

Not applicable

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Item 6.Exhibits

The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)

I, William C. Trimble, III, certify that:

Date: May 9, 2017

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)

I, Meghan G. Baivier, certify that:

Date: May 9, 2017

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

Certification

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

The undersigned officers, who are the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), each hereby certifies to the best of his or her knowledge, that the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to which this certification is attached (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.