Easterly Government Properties, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2021 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

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)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 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 April 23, 2021, the registrant had 83,870,953 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

(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 (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)

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 (unaudited)

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, 2020, and related notes thereto, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ended  December 31, 2020 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 24, 2021.

The Company is a Maryland corporation that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 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. As used herein, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Easterly Government Properties, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and partnerships, including the Operating Partnership, except where context otherwise requires.

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, either directly or through the U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”). Our objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our stockholders over the long term through dividends and capital appreciation.

We focus on acquiring, developing and managing U.S. Government 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 tenant agency to meet its needs and objectives. As of March 31, 2021, we wholly owned 82 operating properties in the United States, encompassing approximately 7.5 million leased square feet in the aggregate, including 80 operating properties that were leased primarily to U.S. Government tenant agencies and two operating properties that were entirely leased to private tenants. As of March 31, 2021, our operating properties were 99% leased. For purposes of calculating percentage leased, we exclude from the denominator total square feet that was unleased and to which we attributed no value at the time of acquisition. In addition, we wholly owned one property under development that we expect will encompass approximately 0.2 million leased square feet upon completion.

The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of our assets and conducts substantially all of our business. We are the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. We owned approximately 89.0% of the aggregate limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“common units”) at March 31, 2021. 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.

Principles of 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, Easterly Government Properties TRS, LLC, Easterly Government Services, LLC, the Operating Partnership and its other subsidiaries. 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, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and the consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and the consolidated cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. 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. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, including the impact of extraordinary events such as the

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novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the results of which form the basis for making judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

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, 2020.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

3. Real Estate and Intangibles 

Acquisitions

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we acquired three operating properties in asset acquisitions, consisting of FBI – Knoxville, ICE – Louisville, and USAO – Louisville for an aggregate purchase price of $64.1 million. We allocated the aggregate purchase price of these acquisitions based on the estimated fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities as follows (amounts in thousands):

We did not assume any debt upon acquisition of these properties. The intangible assets and liabilities of operating properties acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2021 have a weighted average amortization period of 7.40 years as of March 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we included $0.3 million of revenues and less than $0.1 million of net income in our Consolidated Statements of Operations related to the operating properties acquired.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we incurred $0.5 million of acquisition-related expenses mainly consisting of internal costs associated with property acquisitions.

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Consolidated Real Estate and Intangibles

Real estate and intangibles consisted of the following as of March 31, 2021 (amounts in thousands):

The following table summarizes the scheduled amortization of the Company’s acquired above- and below-market lease intangibles for each of the five succeeding years as of March 31, 2021 (amounts in thousands):

Above-market lease amortization reduces Rental income on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and below-market lease amortization increases Rental income on our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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4. Debt

At March 31, 2021, our consolidated borrowings consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

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Financial Covenant Considerations

As of March 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants related to our revolving credit facility, 2016 term loan facility, 2018 term loan facility, notes payable and mortgage notes payable.

Fair Value of Debt

As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of the revolving credit facility was determined by considering the short term maturity, variable interest rate and credit spreads. We deem the fair value of the senior unsecured revolving credit facility as a Level 3 measurement. At March 31, 2021, the carrying value of our revolving credit facility approximated fair value.

As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of our 2016 term loan facility was determined by considering the variable interest rate and credit spreads. We deem the fair value of our 2016 term loan facility as a Level 3 measurement. At March 31, 2021, the fair value of our 2016 term loan facility was $100.0 million.

As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of our 2018 term loan facility was determined by considering the variable interest rate and credit spreads. We deem the fair value of our 2018 term loan facility as a Level 3 measurement. At March 31, 2021, the fair value of our 2018 term loan facility was $150.0 million.

As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of our notes payable was determined by discounting future contractual principal and interest payments using prevailing market rates. We deem the fair value measurement of our senior unsecured notes payable instruments as a Level 3 measurement. At March 31, 2021, the fair value of our senior unsecured notes payable was $483.2 million.

As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of our mortgage notes payable was determined by discounting future contractual principal and interest payments using prevailing market rates. We deem the fair value measurement of our mortgage notes payable instruments as a Level 3 measurement. At March 31, 2021, the fair value of our mortgage notes payable was $209.6 million.

5. Derivatives and Hedging Activities  

The following table sets forth the key terms and fair values of our interest rate swap derivatives, each of which was designated as a cash flow hedge as of March 31, 2021 (amounts in thousands):

The table below sets forth the fair value of our interest rate derivatives as well as their classification on our Consolidated Balance Sheet (amounts in thousands):

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The gains or losses on derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) and will be reclassified to interest expense in the period that the hedged forecasted transactions affect earnings on the Company’s variable rate debt. 

Amounts reported in AOCI related to derivatives designated as qualifying cash flow hedges will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable rate debt. The Company estimates that $5.2 million will be reclassified from AOCI as an increase to interest expense over the next 12 months.

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The table below presents the effects of our interest rate derivatives on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (amounts in thousands):

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 such indebtedness. As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of derivatives in a liability position, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk, related to these agreements was $11.3 million. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had not breached the provisions of these agreements and had not posted any collateral related to these agreements. If the Company breached any of these provisions it would be required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their termination value of $11.3 million.

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, 2021 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 2016 term loan facility and our 2018 term loan facility based on the variable interest rate and credit spreads (categorized within Level 3 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 judgment. Settlement at such fair value amounts may not be possible and may not be a prudent management decision.

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The table below presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2021, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (amounts in thousands):

7. Equity

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands, except share amounts):

On January 4, 2021, the Company granted an aggregate of 164,178 performance-based long-term incentive plan units in the Operating Partnership (“LTIP units”) to members of management pursuant to the Easterly Government Properties, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2015 Equity Incentive Plan”), consisting of (i) 82,070 LTIP units that are subject to the Company achieving certain total shareholder return performance thresholds (on both an absolute and a relative basis) and (ii) 82,108 LTIP units that are subject to the Company achieving certain operational performance hurdles, in each case through a performance period ending on December 31, 2023. Earned performance-based LTIP units, if any, will vest when performance is determined following the end of the performance period on December 31, 2023. On January 4, 2021, the Company also granted an aggregate of 113,703 service-based LTIP units to members of management pursuant to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, which will vest on December 31, 2023, subject to the grantee’s continued employment and the other terms of the awards.

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On March 17, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,462 shares of restricted common stock to certain employees pursuant to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. The shares of restricted common stock 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 the Company’s shares of restricted common stock and LTIP unit awards at March 31, 2021 is as follows:

The Company recognized $1.3 million in compensation expense related to its shares of restricted common stock and the LTIP unit awards for the three months ended March 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2021, unrecognized compensation expense for both sets of awards was $10.1 million, which will be amortized over the applicable vesting period.

A summary of dividends declared by the Company’s board of directors per share of common stock and per common unit at the date of record is as follows:

ATM Programs

On each of March 4, 2019 and December 20, 2019, the Company entered into separate equity distribution agreements with each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BTIG, LLC, Capital One Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. (f/k/a SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC pursuant to which it may issue and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $200.0 million and $300.0 million, respectively, from time to time (the “ATM Programs”) in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The ATM Programs implemented on March 4, 2019 and December 20, 2019 are referred to as the “March 2019 ATM Program” and “December 2019 ATM Program” respectively.

Under each of the ATM Programs, the Company may also enter into one or more forward transactions (each, a “forward sale transaction”) under separate master forward sale confirmations and related supplemental confirmations with each of Citibank, N.A., Bank of Montreal, Jefferies LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and, under the December 2019 ATM Program only, Truist Bank, for the sale of shares of its common stock on a forward basis.

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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to issuances under each of the ATM Programs during the quarter ended March 31, 2021 (amounts in thousands except share amounts):

The Company used the net proceeds received from such sales for general corporate purposes. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $123.7 million of gross sales of its common stock available under the December 2019 ATM Program and no remaining availability under the March 2019 ATM 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 of common stock and unvested LTIP units 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, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):

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9. Leases

Lessor

The Company leases commercial space to the U.S. Government through the GSA or other federal agencies or nongovernmental tenants. These leases may contain extension options that are predominately at the sole discretion of the tenant. Certain of our leases contain a “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. While certain 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 weighted average age of these properties based on the date the property was built or renovated-to-suit, where applicable (approximately 15.5 years as of March 31, 2021), the mission-critical focus of the properties subject to the leases and the current level of operations at such properties. Certain lease agreements include variable lease payments that, in the future, will vary based on changes in inflationary measures, real estate tax rates, usage, or share of expenditures of the leased premises.

The following table summarizes the maturity of fixed lease payments under the Company’s leases as of March 31, 2021 (amounts in thousands):

Lessee

In August 2020, we entered into a lease agreement for office space in Washington, D.C. to replace our previous sublease that commenced March 2016 and was terminated in March 2021. This new lease commenced in March 2021 and expires in August 2026. We also lease office space in San Diego, CA under an operating lease that commenced in February 2015 and expires in April 2022.

The commenced leases include variable lease payments that, in the future, will vary based on changes in real estate tax rates, usage, or share of expenditures of the leased premises. The Company has elected not to separate lease and nonlease components for its corporate office leases.

As of March 31, 2021, the unamortized balances associated with the Company’s right-of-use operating lease asset and operating lease liability were $1.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the unamortized balance associated with the Company’s right-of-use operating lease asset and operating lease liability for the Company’s two commenced office leases was $0.4 million. The Company used its incremental borrowing rate, which was arrived at utilizing prevailing market rates and the spread on our revolving credit facility, in order to determine the net present value of the minimum lease payments.

The following table provides quantitative information for the Company’s commenced operating leases for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands):

In addition, the maturity of fixed lease payments under the Company’s commenced corporate office leases as of March 31, 2021 is summarized in the table below (amounts in thousands):

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10. Revenue  

The table below sets forth revenue from tenant construction projects and the associated project management income disaggregated by tenant agency for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands):

The balance in Accounts receivable related to tenant construction projects and the associated project management income was $1.7 million as of March 31, 2021 and $3.0 million as of December 31, 2020.

The duration of the majority of tenant construction project reimbursement arrangements are less than a year and payment is typically due once a project is complete and work has been accepted by the tenant. There were no projects on going as of March 31, 2021 with a duration of greater than one year.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in parking garage income generated from the operations of parking garages situated on the Various GSA – Buffalo property and on the Various GSA – Portland property. The monthly and transient daily parking revenue falls within the scope of Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) and is accounted for at the point in time when control of the goods or services transfers to the customer and the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied. The balance in Accounts receivable related to parking garage income was less than $0.1 million as of March 31, 2021, and less than $0.1 million as of December 31, 2020.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $0.3 million in income for providing COVID-19 related cleaning services to certain tenants. The income falls within the scope of ASC 606 and is recognized over time as the performance obligation is satisfied. The balance in Accounts receivable related to these services was $0.2 million as of March 31, 2021, and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2020.

There were no contract assets or liabilities as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

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.

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As stated in Note 1 above, the Company leases commercial space to the U.S. Government or non-governmental tenants. At March 31, 2021, the U.S. Government accounted for approximately 98.6% of our total annualized lease income and non-governmental tenants accounted for the remaining approximately 1.4%.

Eighteen of our 82 operating properties are located in California, accounting for approximately 17.9% of our total leased square feet and approximately 23.9% of our total annualized lease income as of March 31, 2021. 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, 2021, the Company evaluated subsequent events and noted the following significant events.

On April 22, 2021, the Company acquired a 43,600 square foot U.S. Attorney’s Office (“USAO”) in Springfield, Illinois. The building is a build-to-suit property completed in 2002. The facility is leased to the GSA for beneficial use of the USAO with a lease expiration of March 2038.

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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”, “potential”, “project”, “result”, “seek”, “should”, “target”, “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, 2020, as may be supplemented or amended from time to time.

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 the 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, either directly or 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.

We focus on acquiring, developing and managing U.S. Government 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 tenant agency to meet its needs and objectives. As of March 31, 2021, we wholly owned 82 operating properties in the United States, encompassing approximately 7.5 million leased square feet in the aggregate, including 80 operating properties that were leased primarily to U.S. Government tenant agencies, and two operating properties that were entirely leased to private tenants. As of March 31, 2021, our operating properties were 99% leased. For purposes of calculating percentage leased, we exclude from the denominator total square feet that was unleased and to which we attributed no value at the time of acquisition. In addition, we wholly owned one property under development that we expect will encompass approximately 0.2 million leased square feet upon completion.

The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of our assets and conducts substantially all of our business. We are the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and owned approximately 89.0% of the aggregate limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership, which we refer to herein as common units, as of March 31, 2021. We have elected to be taxed as a REIT and 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.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has caused and continues to cause significant disruptions to the United States, regional and global economies and has contributed to significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets.  

We continue to carefully monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on our business. We are following guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization and orders issued by the state and local governments where we operate. In addition, we have taken a number of precautionary steps to safeguard our business and our employees from COVID-19, including, but not limited to, implementing non-essential travel restrictions and facilitating telecommuting arrangements for our employees. We have taken these precautionary steps while maintaining business continuity so that we can continue to deliver service to and meet the demands of our tenants, including our U.S. Government tenant agencies. Since March 13, 2020, nearly all of our employees have been working remotely, with only certain operationally critical employees working on site.

The ability of our employees, including those working remotely, to securely access our IT networks and related systems has been a critical component of our ability to maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, we have made additional investments in our IT networks and enhanced our existing cybersecurity plan, which utilizes standards established by reference to the National Institute of Standards (“NIST”) framework. As part of our ongoing cybersecurity plan, we conduct cybersecurity awareness training at least annually for all our employees, carry out quarterly control reviews, periodic penetration tests and annual investments in our security infrastructure, perform an assessment at least annually of our cybersecurity program against the NIST framework and conduct ongoing phishing simulations to raise awareness of critical security threats. The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors oversees our risk management processes related to cybersecurity, including discussing no less than annually our cybersecurity plan with management or our internal auditor.

The operations of many of our U.S. Government tenant agencies are deemed essential. We are working closely with our tenants to follow directions from the various federal government tenant agencies with respect to building operations within our portfolio, and have issued guidance for our vendors and building engineers grounded in applicable federal, state and local guidelines. Whenever we learn of a confirmed case of COVID-19 involving an individual known to have been in one of our buildings, we immediately take

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additional steps in collaboration with our tenants and vendors to disinfect and sanitize the affected spaces and all common areas in the building.

To date, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and financial condition has not been significant. Substantially all of our revenue continues to be generated through the receipt of rental payments from U.S. Government tenant agencies, which accounted for 98.6% of our annualized lease income as of March 31, 2021. We expect that leases to agencies of the U.S. Government will continue to be the primary source of our revenues for the foreseeable future. Notwithstanding the recent volatility in the financial markets, we also believe that our capital structure will continue to provide us with the resources, financial flexibility and the capacity to support the continued growth of our business. Since January 1, 2021, we have issued an aggregate of 1,556,824 shares of our common stock, which were all issued in settlement of forward sales transactions, under our December 2019 ATM Program (as described below). As of April 23, 2021, there are 2,949,697 shares underlying forward sale transactions that have not yet been settled. Subject to our right to elect net share settlement, we expect to physically settle the forward sales transactions between September 2021 and April 2022. As of March 31, 2021, we also had $341.0 million available under our $450.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility.

The future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and financial condition will, however, depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for a discussion of the potential adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

2021 Activity

Acquisitions

On March 17, 2021, we acquired a 99,130 leased square foot Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) field office in Knoxville, Tennessee. The building is a built-to-suit property completed in 2010. The facility is leased to the GSA for beneficial use of the FBI with a lease expiration of August 2025.

On March 17, 2021, we acquired a 60,000 leased square foot U.S Attorney’s Office (“USAO”) facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The building is a built-to-suit property completed in 2011. The facility is leased to the GSA for beneficial use of the USAO with a lease expiration of December 2031.

On March 17, 2021, we acquired a 17,420 square foot U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) office in Louisville, Kentucky. The building is a built-to-suit office facility completed in 2011. The facility is leased to the GSA for beneficial use of ICE with a lease expiration of May 2021.

Operating Properties

As of March 31, 2021, our 82 operating properties were 99% leased with a weighted average annualized lease income per leased square foot of $33.79 and a weighted average age, based on the date of when the property was renovated or built-to-suit, of approximately 13.4 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 leased operating properties as of March 31, 2021 is set forth in the table below: