Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) ("we," "our," the "Company," "Preferred Apartment Communities" or "PAC") today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. Unless otherwise indicated, all per share results are reported based on the basic weighted average shares of Common Stock and Class A Units ("Class A Units") of the Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership (our "Operating Partnership") outstanding. See Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures.

Our operating results are presented below.

"We are very pleased to report another quarter of operational outperformance across all of our product types, as our high quality, Sunbelt-focused portfolio of Class A multifamily, grocery-anchored retail and office, continued to be a market leader in the third quarter. Our collections of recurring rent were in excess of 99%, 96%, and 99% for our multi-housing, grocery anchored retail, and office portfolios, respectively, adjusted for deferrals. While we continue to navigate the short and long term economic and human impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we believe that our best-in- class asset management, combined with our suburban Sunbelt focus, and its associated broad positive economic drivers, provides stability for our portfolio, in the current environment and over the longer term.

Due to our  operational success, we were able to focus our efforts on furthering key strategic goals for PAC, which includes closing the sale of our student housing assets for approximately $478 million. With our student housing rents and occupancy outperforming prior year, we were able to harvest meaningful capital for balance sheet enhancement and for investment in suburban, Sunbelt multifamily acquisitions. In September we also put two proposals to a common stockholder vote: the approval to give common stockholders the ability to amend the Company's bylaws and to reduce the Company's call option on its Series A Redeemable Preferred stock from 10 years to 5 years. Having recently extended the date for our stockholder meeting, we are very pleased with the significant support so far for these measures which we believe are both shareholder friendly and will allow us to better manage our balance sheet and cost structure. We believe all of these efforts should ultimately help drive long term earnings growth and value creation for our stockholders," stated Joel Murphy, Preferred Apartment Communities' President and Chief Executive Officer.

Financial

• Our net loss per share was $(0.79) and $(0.71) for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Funds From Operations, or FFO, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $0.17 per weighted average share of Common Stock and Class A Unit outstanding and reflects lower purchase option termination revenues, lower interest income, higher preferred dividends and a higher share count. Core FFO was $0.26 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $0.35 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and was similarly impacted by the items listed above.
• Our FFO per share result increased to $0.17 for the third quarter 2020 from $(0.01) for the second quarter 2020; our Core FFO per share result increased to $0.26 for the third quarter 2020 from $0.22 for the second quarter 2020 and our AFFO per share result increased to $0.07 for the third quarter 2020 from $0.05 for the second quarter 2020. Core FFO increased 22.1% for the third quarter 2020 from the second quarter 2020.
• Our Core FFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders and Unitholders was approximately 67.8% and our Core FFO payout ratio to our preferred stockholders was approximately 73.0%. ^(A)
• Our AFFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders and Unitholders was approximately 95.1% for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2020. Our AFFO payout ratio to our preferred stockholders was approximately 90.9% for the third quarter 2020, 78.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 75.1% for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2020.^(A) Our AFFO payout ratios were negatively impacted by the reduced level of accrued interest received on our real estate loan investment portfolio and increased property insurance rates. We have approximately $24.8 million of accrued interest revenue on our real estate loan investment portfolio, which will positively impact AFFO when collected.
• As of September 30, 2020, our total assets were approximately $4.7 billion. Our total assets at September 30, 2019 of approximately $5.3 billion included approximately $585.8 million of VIE mortgage pool assets attributable to other mortgage pool participants that were consolidated due to our investments in the Freddie Mac K Program. During the fourth quarter 2019 we sold our K Program investments, realizing an internal rate of return of approximately 18%. Excluding the consolidated VIE mortgage pool assets from the September 30, 2019 total, our total assets grew approximately $49.3 million.

^(A) We calculate the Core FFO and AFFO payout ratios to Common Stockholders as the ratio of Common Stock dividends and distributions to Core FFO and AFFO. We calculate the Core FFO and AFFO payout ratios to preferred stockholders as the ratio of Preferred Stock dividends to the sum of Preferred Stock dividends and Core FFO and AFFO. Since our operations resulted in a net loss from continuing operations for the periods presented, a payout ratio based on net loss is not calculable.  See Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures.

Operational

• Our average recurring rental revenue collections before and after any effect of rent deferrals for the third quarter 2020 were approximately 99.0% and 99.0% for multifamily communities, 99.5% and 99.8% for office properties and 95.2% and 96.5% for grocery-anchored retail properties, respectively. Rent deferments provided to our residents/tenants primarily related to a change of timing of rent payments with no significant changes to total payments or term.
• As of September 30, 2020, we have deferred $1.5 million of retail recurring rental revenue, or approximately 3.1% cumulatively over the last two quarters. Including this deferred rent, we have accounted for 96.6% and 95.9% of third quarter and second quarter retail recurring rental revenue, respectively. In addition to the deferrals, we granted approximately $324,000 of Covid related rental abatements, or approximately 0.7% of retail recurring rental revenues cumulatively over the last two quarters. These rental abatements were generally accompanied by an increase in the tenant's lease term or the lease terms were amended to be more favorable to us. We have also reserved $928,000 or 3.4% of total retail revenues (inclusive of straight line rent) in the third quarter, increasing our total reserves to $2.5 million or 3.0% of total retail revenues year to date, which is 0.7% of total company and other property revenues. 
• On July 31, 2020, we received approximately $18.7 million in full satisfaction of the principal and all interest due on our Palisades real estate loan investment. Included in this total was the receipt of approximately $375,000 of deferred interest revenue on the loan, which was additive to AFFO for the quarter.
• As of September 30, 2020, the average age of our multifamily communities was approximately 6.3 years, which is the youngest in the public multifamily REIT industry.
• As of September 30, 2020, all of our owned multifamily communities had achieved stabilization, which we define as reaching 93% physical occupancy for three full months in a quarter.

Financing and Capital Markets

• On July 10, 2020, we closed on a refinancing of the mortgage on our Citrus Villagemultifamily community. The new instrument has a principal amount of $40.9 million, bears interest at a fixed rate of 2.95% per annum and matures on August 1, 2027. Monthly interest-only payments are due through August 31, 2022.
• As of September 30, 2020, approximately 94.1% of our permanent property-level mortgage debt has fixed interest rates and approximately 4.2% has variable interest rates which are capped. We believe we are well protected against potential increases in market interest rates. Our overall weighted average interest rate for our mortgage debt portfolio was 3.68% for residential properties, 4.13% for office properties and 3.91% for grocery-anchored retail properties.
• At September 30, 2020, our leverage, as measured by the ratio of our debt to the undepreciated book value of our total assets, was approximately 54.0%.
• During the third quarter 2020, we issued and sold an aggregate of 34,603 shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $31.1 million after commissions and other fees. During the third quarter 2020, we issued and sold an aggregate of 7,862 shares of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $7.6 million after dealer manager fees. During the third quarter 2020, we issued approximately 617,000 shares of Common Stock through our ATM program, and collected net proceeds of approximately $4.5 million.
• During the third quarter 2020, we issued a total of 42,465 shares of preferred stock and redeemed 37,391 shares of preferred stock for a net total of 5,074 shares issued.

Significant Transactions

• On July 15, 2020, we contributed our Neapolitan Way grocery-anchored shopping center into an unconsolidated 50/50 joint venture from which we collected approximately $19.2 million of proceeds and realized a gain on the transaction of approximately $3.3 million. Subsequently, the joint venture obtained a mortgage on the property, reducing our investment to approximately $6.9 million. We retain a 50% financial and voting interest in the property.
• On September 3, 2020, we closed on a real estate loan investment of up to approximately $20.7 million to partially finance the development and construction of a 320-unit multifamily community to be located in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The aggregate carrying amount of our real estate loan investment portfolio was approximately $309.6 million at September 30, 2020.

Business Update Related to COVID-19

Since the onset of COVID-19, the Company has taken various actions in response to the pandemic, including offering extended rent deferral options and abatements in only very limited circumstances. While the effects and trends in the pandemic range from market to market, we continue to adjust our business operations to address the needs of our residents, tenants and associates on an asset by asset basis. Our property management and asset management teams continuously respond and adapt appropriately to any onsite, tenant and/or property management request, while following all applicable safety and social distancing guidelines as the situation continues to evolve and change. All of our multifamily communities, student housing properties, grocery-anchored shopping centers and office buildings have operated throughout the pandemic and in compliance with government-imposed COVID-19 guidelines and mandates. While we expect the impacts of COVID-19 generally to continue into 2021, the effects on our operations have been manageable and we believe this will continue barring a dramatic change in the trajectory of the pandemic.

Real Estate Assets

At September 30, 2020, our portfolio of owned real estate assets and potential additions from purchase options we held from our real estate loan investments consisted of:

Same-Store Multifamily Communities Financial Data

The following chart presents same-store operating results for the Company's multifamily communities. We define our population of same-store multifamily communities as those that have achieved occupancy at or above 93% for all three consecutive months within a single quarter (stabilized) before the beginning of the prior year and that have been owned for at least 15 full months as of the end of the first quarter of the current year, enabling comparisons of the current year quarterly and annual reporting periods to the prior year comparative periods. The Company excludes the operating results of properties for which construction of adjacent phases has commenced and properties which are undergoing significant capital projects, have sustained significant casualty losses, or are being marketed for sale as of the end of the reporting period. For the periods presented, same-store operating results consist of the operating results of the following multifamily communities containing an aggregate 8,694 units, or 79.6% of our multifamily units:

Same-store net operating income is a non-GAAP measure that is most directly comparable to net income (loss), as shown in the reconciliations below. See Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures.

Dividends

Quarterly Dividends on Common Stock and Class A OP Units

On August 6, 2020, we declared a quarterly dividend on our Common Stock of $0.175 per share for the third quarter 2020. The third quarter dividend was paid on October 15, 2020to all stockholders of record on September 15, 2020. In conjunction with the Common Stock dividend, the Company's operating partnership declared a distribution on its Class A Units of $0.175 per unit for the third quarter 2020, which was paid on October 15, 2020 to all Class A Unit holders of record as of September 15, 2020.

Monthly Dividends on Preferred Stock

We declared monthly dividends of $5.00 per share on our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, which totaled approximately $33.0 million for the third quarter 2020 and represents a 6% annual yield. We declared monthly dividends of $5.00 per share on our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, which totaled approximately $1.2 million for the third quarter 2020 and also represents a 6% annual yield. We declared dividends totaling approximately $1.5 million on our Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock, or mShares, for the third quarter 2020. The mShares have a dividend rate that escalates from 5.75% in year one of issuance to 7.50% in year eight and thereafter. We declared dividends totaling approximately $157,000 on our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock for the third quarter 2020. The Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock has a dividend rate that escalates from 6.1% in year one of issuance to 7.1% in year ten and thereafter.

Subsequent to Quarter End

Between October 1, 2020 and October 31, 2020, we issued 13,986 shares of Series A1 Preferred Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $12.6 million after commissions and fees and we issued 2,914 shares of Series M1 Preferred Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $2.8 million after commissions and fees. During the same period, we redeemed 23,468 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 862 shares of Series M Preferred Stock, or mShares.

On November 3, 2020, we announced via a press release the closing on that day of the sale of student housing assets to an unrelated third party for a sales price of $478.7 million.

On November 9, 2020, the Company adjourned its Special Meeting of Stockholders to November 19, 2020 to provide stockholders with additional time to vote on  Proposal 1 (Approval of the Articles of Amendment to the Company's charter to give bylaw access to stockholders) and Proposal 2 (Approval of the Articles of Amendment to the Company's charter to reduce the Company's call period on its Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock from 10 years to 5 years). The required vote to approve each Proposal is two-thirds of the Company's outstanding shares entitled to vote. As of November 5, 2020, approximately 65.4% of the Company's outstanding shares had been voted on Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 and, of these shares, approximately 97.9% and 95.7% had been voted in favor of Proposal 1 and Proposal 2, respectively.

On November 2, 2020, we closed on the acquisition of The Blake, a 281-unit multifamily community located in Orlando, Florida.

On November 5, 2020, our board of directors declared a quarterly dividend on our Common Stock of $0.175 per share, payable on January 15, 2021 to stockholders of record on December 15, 2020. Even though this dividend will be paid in 2021, if and to the extent this dividend is taxable, the Company intends for this dividend to be taxable in 2020.

Conference Call and Supplemental Data

We will hold our quarterly conference call on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss our third quarter 2020 results. To participate in the conference call, please dial in to the following:

Live Conference Call Details
Domestic Dial-in Number: 1-877-883-0383
International Dial-in Number: 1-412-902-6506
Company: Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Time: 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Pacific Time)
Passcode: 2463393

The live broadcast of PAC's third quarter 2020 conference call will be available online on a listen-only basis at the company's website, www.pacapts.com, under "Investors" and then click on the "News and Events" heading.  A replay of the call will be available from 3:00 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 10, through 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The replay can be accessed by dialing 1-877-344-7529 or 1-412-317-0088 for international participants. The passcode for the replay is 10149020. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Company's website for a limited time.

A replay of the call will be archived on PAC's' website under Investors/News and Events/Events.

2020 Guidance:  

Net income (loss) per share - We are actively adding properties and real estate loan investments to our real estate portfolio and the specific timing of the closing of acquisitions is difficult to predict. Acquisition activity by its nature can cause material variation in our reported depreciation and amortization expense and interest income. Since net income (loss) per share is calculated net of depreciation and amortization expense, our net income (loss) results can fluctuate, possibly significantly, depending upon the timing of the closing of acquisitions. For this reason, we are unable to reasonably forecast this measure or provide a reconciliation of our projected FFO per share to this measure.

FFO per share - Due to the inherent uncertainty of the scope, duration and rapidly evolving nature of the economic and social disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have withdrawn our guidance for 2020.

AFFO, Core FFO and FFO are calculated after deductions for all preferred stock dividends. Reconciliations of net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders to FFO, Core FFO and AFFO for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 appear in the attached report, as well as on our website using the following link:

https://investors.pacapts.com/q3-2020-quarterly-supplemental-financial-data

Forward-Looking Statements

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:  Estimates of future earnings, guidance, goals and performance are, by definition, and certain other statements in this Earnings Release and Supplemental Financial Data Report may constitute, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, achievements or transactions to be materially different from the results, guidance, goals, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified  by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "trend," "will," "expects," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates," "projects," "intends," "believes," "strategy," "goals," "objectives," "outlook" and similar expressions. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to, (a) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related federal, state and local government actions on PAC's business operations and the economic conditions in the markets in which PAC operates; (b) PAC's ability to mitigate the impacts arising from COVID-19 and (c) those disclosed in PAC's filings with the SEC. Factors that impact such forward-looking statements include, among others, our business and investment strategy; legislative or regulatory actions; the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic areas; economic trends and economic recoveries; changes in operating costs, including real estate taxes, utilities and insurance costs; our ability to obtain and maintain debt or equity financing; financing and advance rates for our target assets; our leverage level; changes in the values of our assets; the occurrence of natural or man-made disasters; availability of attractive investment opportunities in our target markets; our ability to maintain our qualification as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes; our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; availability of quality personnel; our understanding of our competition and market trends in our industry; and interest rates, real estate values, the debt securities markets and the general economy.

Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we assume no liability to update the information in this Earnings Release and Supplemental Financial Data Report.

We refer you to the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 that was filed with the SEC on March 3, 2020, which discuss various factors that could adversely affect our financial results. Such risk factors and information may be updated or supplemented by our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filings and other documents filed from time to time with the SEC.

Additional Information

The SEC has declared effective the registration statement filed by the Company for each of the offerings to which this communication may relate. Before you invest, you should read the final prospectus, and any prospectus supplements, forming a part of the registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the offering to which this communication may relate. In particular, you should carefully read the risk factors described in the final prospectus and in any related prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in the final prospectus and any related prospectus supplement to which this communication may relate. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company or its dealer manager, Preferred Capital Securities, LLC, will arrange to send you a prospectus with respect to the Series A1/M1 Offering upon request by contacting John A. Isakson at (770) 818-4109, 3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia 30327.

The final prospectus for the Series A1/M1 Offering, dated October 22, 2019, can be accessed through the following link:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481832/000148183219000097/a424b5-2019seriesamshares.htm