Provides Immediate and Permanent Rent Relief and Short-Term Liquidity
to Address Five Star’s Current Financial Challenges
Restructured Relationship Materially Improves Five Star’s Long-Term
Financial Outlook
All of Five Star’s Leased Communities Leased from Senior Housing
Properties Trust Will Convert to Management Contracts
Five Star Common Shares will be Issued to Senior Housing Properties
Trust and its Shareholders to Increase Their Combined Ownership to 85%
of Five Star
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Five Star Senior Living Inc. (Nasdaq: FVE), or Five Star, today
announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to modify its
existing business arrangements with Senior Housing Properties Trust
(Nasdaq: SNH).
Five Star expects its current financial position and near-term liquidity
challenges will be immediately improved because of the transaction. Key
features of the transaction include the following:
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Commencing February 1, 2019, Five Star’s aggregate monthly rent
payments for the senior living communities that Five Star leases from
SNH have been reduced from approximately $17.4 million to $11.0
million.
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Five Star has sold approximately $50 million of property, plant and
equipment to SNH relating to the senior living communities that Five
Star leases from SNH.
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Five Star has entered a $25 million short term revolving credit
facility provided by SNH that is secured by six senior living
communities owned by Five Star. The interest rate under this credit
facility is 6.0% per year on any drawn amounts and matures on January
1, 2020. This credit facility currently has no amount outstanding.
Effective January 1, 2020, the existing five master leases of 184 senior
living communities (19,979 living units) that are leased from SNH as
well as the existing management agreements and pooling agreements with
SNH affecting 77 communities (10,135 living units) will be terminated
and replaced with new management agreements for all 261 senior living
communities owned by SNH and operated by Five Star. Features of the new
management agreements include:
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A 15-year term commencing January 1, 2020, with two, five-year
extensions at Five Star’s option, subject to maintaining portfolio
financial performance.
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A base management fee of 5% of gross revenues at the community level.
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An incentive fee of 15% of property level EBITDA on a combined basis
for the total portfolio in excess of performance targets, subject to a
limit of up to 1.5% of portfolio gross annual revenue.
Simultaneous with the conversion of the existing lease and management
agreements with SNH into new management agreements with SNH, Five Star
will issue Five Star common shares to SNH and SNH shareholders such that
their ownership of Five Star will be equal to approximately 34% and 51%,
respectively, post issuance. At the same time, SNH will reduce Five
Star’s indebtedness under the SNH credit facility, assume certain
liabilities of Five Star or make a cash payment to Five Star in an
amount equivalent to $75 million in aggregate.
Barbara Gilmore and Donna Fraiche, co-chairs of the special committee of
Five Star’s Board of Directors that is comprised solely of Independent
Directors, which led the negotiations regarding this transaction, made
the following statement regarding today’s announcement:
“The transaction announced today was the result of numerous meetings of
the special committee and its advisors over the past four months. We
evaluated multiple options to find a solution that would remedy Five
Star’s deteriorating financial position and near-term liquidity
challenges ranging from the restructuring agreement we have announced
today to seeking bankruptcy protection to reorganize Five Star. In the
end, we are pleased that we were able to reach agreement with SNH. While
Five Star is issuing a substantial ownership stake to SNH and SNH
shareholders as part of this restructured business arrangement with SNH,
we think it is in the best interest of Five Star because this
transaction provides both an immediate solution to Five Star’s liquidity
challenges and provides a materially improved long-term financial
outlook for Five Star. We believe for a variety of reasons that this
transaction was the best option for Five Star and its stockholders given
the difficult circumstances we faced.”
Katie Potter, Five Star’s President and Chief Executive Officer, made
the following statement about today’s announcement:
“I am pleased that Five Star and SNH have come to an arrangement
which materially improves our long-term financial outlook as well
as addresses our short-term liquidity challenges and enables us to repay
$52 million that is drawn under our revolving credit facility that
matures on June 28, 2019. I am also pleased that today’s announcement
removes the cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Five Star recently
and allows Five Star to continue delivering on its mission of providing
an excellent resident and client experience across the enterprise. I
look forward to leading a financially strong Five Star, working to
evolve our business to meet the rapidly changing preferences of older
adults and repositioning Five Star as an industry leader.”
This transaction was unanimously approved by both the special committee
of Five Star’s Board of Directors and the entire Five Star Board of
Directors. This transaction is expected to close on January 1, 2020. The
share issuances to SNH and SNH shareholders are subject to the approval
of a majority of Five Star’s stockholders. SNH and ABP Trust, which
currently collectively own approximately 44% of Five Star’s outstanding
common shares, have both agreed to vote in favor of the issuances of
Five Star common shares.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is acting as exclusive financial advisor
to the special committee of Five Star’s Board of Directors and Ropes &
Gray is acting as legal counsel to the special committee of Five Star’s
Board of Directors in this transaction.
A copy of the definitive agreement between Five Star and SNH will be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on a Current
Report on Form 8-K and can be accessed on the SEC website at www.sec.gov
or Five Star’s website at www.fivestarseniorliving.com.
Five Star’s website is not incorporated as part of this news release.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein,
nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state or jurisdiction.
About Five Star Senior Living
Five Star Senior Living Inc. is a senior living and healthcare services
company that owns, leases and manages over 280 senior living
communities, including Independent Living, Assisted Living,
Alzheimer's/Memory Care, and Healthcare Centers with Skilled Nursing &
Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Retirement Communities throughout the
U.S. Five Star is headquartered in Newton, MA.
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Source: Five Star Senior Living Inc.