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UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST - Quarter Report: 2003 September (Form 10-Q)

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

(MARK ONE)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2003

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number 1-9321

 


 

UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

MARYLAND


 

23-6858580


(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I. R. S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

UNIVERSAL CORPORATE CENTER
367 SOUTH GULPH ROAD
    KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA    19406
                    (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (610) 265-0688

 


 

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  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Number of common shares of beneficial interest outstanding at October 31, 2003 – 11,731,342

 



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UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1. Financial Statements

    

Consolidated Statements of Income - Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2003 and 2002

   3

Consolidated Balance Sheets - September 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002

   4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2003 and 2002

   5

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   6 through 14

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   15 through 21

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   22

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

   22

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION AND SIGNATURES

   23 and 24

 

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Part I. Financial Information

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

Consolidated Statements of Income

(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

    

Three Months

Ended

September 30,


  

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,


     2003

    2002

   2003

   2002

Revenues (Note 2):

                            

Base rental - UHS facilities

   $ 3,185     $ 3,253    $ 9,621    $ 9,759

Base rental, tenant reimbursements and other - Non-related parties

     2,754       2,781      8,164      8,538

Bonus rental - UHS facilities

     1,104       1,043      3,469      3,070
    


 

  

  

       7,043       7,077      21,254      21,367
    


 

  

  

Expenses:

                            

Depreciation and amortization

     1,145       1,108      3,387      3,324

Interest expense

     664       583      1,839      1,819

Advisory fees to UHS

     388       350      1,100      1,036

Other operating expenses

     828       815      2,474      2,427

(Gain)/loss on derivatives

     (46 )     36      33      43
    


 

  

  

       2,979       2,892      8,833      8,649
    


 

  

  

Income before equity in limited liability companies (“LLCs”)

     4,064       4,185      12,421      12,718

Equity in income of LLCs (including gain on sale of real property of $365 in first quarter of 2003 and $1,179 in first quarter of 2002)

     1,283       919      3,911      3,843
    


 

  

  

Net Income

   $ 5,347     $ 5,104    $ 16,332    $ 16,561
    


 

  

  

Net Income per share - Basic

   $ 0.46     $ 0.44    $ 1.40    $ 1.42
    


 

  

  

Net Income per share - Diluted

   $ 0.45     $ 0.43    $ 1.39    $ 1.41
    


 

  

  

Weighted average number of shares outstanding - Basic

     11,713       11,690      11,707      11,685

Weighted average number of share equivalents

     70       70      67      62
    


 

  

  

Weighted average number of shares and equivalents outstanding - Diluted

     11,783       11,760      11,774      11,747
    


 

  

  

 

See accompanying notes to these condensed financial statements.

 

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Universal Health Realty Income Trust

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollar amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     September 30,
2003


    December 31,
2002


 

Assets:

                

Real Estate Investments:

                

Buildings and improvements

   $ 160,059     $ 159,767  

Accumulated depreciation

     (51,113 )     (47,810 )
    


 


       108,946       111,957  

Land

     22,929       22,929  
    


 


Net Real Estate Investments

     131,875       134,886  
    


 


Investments in and advances to limited liability companies

     60,364       48,314  

Other Assets:

                

Cash

     755       598  

Bonus rent receivable from UHS

     1,103       1,101  

Rent receivable from non-related parties

     99       137  

Deferred charges and other assets, net

     571       81  
    


 


Total Assets

   $ 194,767     $ 185,117  
    


 


Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:

                

Liabilities:

                

Bank borrowings

   $ 40,218     $ 30,493  

Accrued interest

     323       282  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     1,891       1,761  

Fair value of derivative instruments

     2,711       3,233  

Tenant reserves, escrows, deposits and prepaid rents

     475       446  

Minority interest

     46       40  
    


 


Total Liabilities

     45,664       36,255  
    


 


Shareholders’ Equity:

                

Preferred shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding

     —         —    

Common shares, $.01 par value; 95,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding: 2003 - 11,718,585; 2002 - 11,698,163

     117       117  

Capital in excess of par value

     185,280       184,772  

Cumulative net income

     212,990       196,658  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (2,479 )     (3,033 )

Cumulative dividends

     (246,805 )     (229,652 )
    


 


Total Shareholders’ Equity

     149,103       148,862  
    


 


Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

   $ 194,767     $ 185,117  
    


 


 

See accompanying notes to these condensed financial statements.

 

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Universal Health Realty Income Trust

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(amounts in thousands, unaudited)

 

     Nine months ended
September 30,


 
     2003

    2002

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net income

   $ 16,332     $ 16,561  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation & amortization

     3,387       3,324  

Loss on derivatives

     33       43  

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                

Rent receivable

     36       (127 )

Accrued expenses & other liabilities

     130       37  

Tenant escrows, deposits & prepaid rents

     29       87  

Accrued interest

     41       (50 )

Other, net

     (14 )     (7 )
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     19,974       19,868  
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Investments in limited liability companies (“LLCs”)

     (6,290 )     (4,689 )

Cash distributions in excess of income from LLCs

     910       1,575  

Cash distributions from sale or refinancing proceeds

     733       1,335  

Advances (made to) received from LLCs, net

     (7,414 )     700  

Acquisitions and additions to land and buildings

     (292 )     (16 )
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (12,353 )     (1,095 )
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Net borrowings (repayments) on revolving credit facility

     9,796       (903 )

Fees for new revolving credit facility

     (540 )     —    

Repayments of mortgage notes payable

     (71 )     (66 )

Repayment of note payable to UHS

     —         (1,446 )

Dividends paid

     (17,153 )     (16,768 )

Issuance of shares of beneficial interest

     504       374  
    


 


Net cash used in financing activities

     (7,464 )     (18,809 )
    


 


Increase (decrease) in cash

     157       (36 )

Cash, beginning of period

     598       629  
    


 


Cash, end of period

   $ 755     $ 593  
    


 


Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

                

Interest paid

   $ 1,798     $ 1,869  
    


 


 

See accompanying notes to these condensed financial statements.

 

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UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

(unaudited)

 

(1) General

 

The financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Trust, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and reflect all normal and recurring adjustments which, in the opinion of the Trust, are necessary to fairly present results for the interim periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Trust believes that the accompanying disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements, accounting policies and the notes thereto included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the term “revenues” does not include the revenues of the unconsolidated limited liability companies in which the Trust has various non-controlling equity interests ranging from 33% to 99%. The Trust currently accounts for its share of the income/loss from these investments by the equity method. On October 9, 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to defer to the fourth quarter of 2003, from the third quarter, the implementation date for Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51. This deferral only applies to variable interest entities that existed prior to February 1, 2003. Pursuant to the provisions of Interpretation No. 46, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2003, the Trust will begin to consolidate the results of operations, assets, liabilities, third-party debt that is non-recourse to the Trust and minority interest liability of three of its LLC investments that meet the criteria of a variable interest entity of which the Trust is determined to be the primary beneficiary. There will be no impact on the Trust’s net income as a result of the consolidation of these LLCs.

 

(2) Relationship with Universal Health Services, Inc. (“UHS”) and Related Party Transactions

 

UHS of Delaware, Inc. (the “Advisor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of UHS, serves as Advisor to the Trust under an Advisory Agreement dated December 24, 1986 between the Advisor and the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). The Advisory Agreement expires on December 31 of each year, however, it is renewable by the Trust, subject to a determination by the Trustees who are unaffiliated with UHS, that the Advisor’s performance has been satisfactory. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated for any reason upon sixty days written notice by the Trust or the Advisor. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Advisor is entitled to receive an annual advisory fee equal to .60% of the average invested real estate assets of the Trust, as derived from its consolidated balance sheet from time to time. The Advisory fee is payable quarterly, subject to adjustment at year end based upon audited financial statements of the Trust. The Trust’s officers are all employees of UHS of Delaware, Inc., and although the Trust has no salaried employees, certain officers do receive stock-based compensation from time to time. Advisory fees paid to UHS amounted to $388,000 and $350,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $1,100,000 and $1,036,000 for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

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Approximately 61% for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, and 62% and 60% for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, of the Trust’s consolidated revenues were earned under the terms of the leases with wholly-owned subsidiaries of Universal Health Services, Inc. (“UHS”). UHS has unconditionally guaranteed the obligations of its subsidiaries under the leases. Pursuant to the terms of its leases with subsidiaries of UHS, the Trust earns fixed monthly base rents plus bonus rents based upon each facility’s net patient revenue in excess of base amounts. The bonus rents are computed and paid on a quarterly basis based upon a computation that compares current quarter revenue to the corresponding quarter in the base year.

 

During the third quarter of 2003 the Trust invested $8.9 million ($3.0 million in equity and a $5.9 million loan) for the purchase of a 98% non-controlling equity interest in a limited liability company that simultaneously purchased three medical office buildings on the campus of Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. These medical office buildings were purchased from a LLC in which UHS holds a 72% ownership interest and has tenants which include subsidiaries of UHS.

 

The lease on the Virtue Street Pavilion facility (lessee is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UHS), is scheduled to expire in December, 2004. This facility’s ratio of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and lease and rental expense (“EBITDAR”) to minimum rent plus additional rent payable to the Trust was approximately 1.9 times for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 and approximately 2.2 times for the twelve months ended December 31, 2002. The lease on The Bridgeway facility (lessee is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UHS) is also scheduled to expire in December, 2004. The ratio of EBITDAR to minimum rent plus additional rent payable to the Trust for The Bridgeway was approximately 4.1 times for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 and 3.6 times for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2002. The lessees on both of these facilities have an option at the end of the lease terms to purchase the properties at their fair market value or renew the leases at the same terms for another five years. Management of the Trust cannot predict whether the leases with these UHS subsidiaries will be renewed at the current rates at the end of their lease terms. If the leases are not renewed at the current rates, the Trust would be required to find other operators for these facilities and/or enter into leases on terms potentially less favorable to the Trust than the current leases.

 

UHS owned approximately 6.6% percent of the Trust’s outstanding shares of beneficial interest as of September 30, 2003. The Trust has granted UHS an option to purchase Trust shares in the future at fair market value to enable UHS to maintain a 5% interest in the Trust.

 

During the third quarter of 2003, the Trust committed to invest $9.4 million ($6.9 million in equity and a $2.5 million loan) in exchange for a 75% non-controlling equity interest in a LLC that will construct and own the Saint Mary’s Professional Office Building located in Reno, Nevada. A $200,000 payment was made to Cain Brothers and Company as a finder’s fee with respect to this project. Daniel M. Cain, President and CEO of Cain Brothers and Company, is a member of the Trust’s Board of Trustees.

 

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(3) Dividends

 

A dividend of $.49 per share or $5.7 million in the aggregate was declared by the Board of Trustees on September 4, 2003 and was paid on September 30, 2003 to shareholders of record as of September 16, 2003.

 

(4) Financial Instruments

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

The Trust recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), income/(losses) of $413,000 and ($983,000) for the three month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $555,000 and ($1,149,000) for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, to recognize the change in fair value of the effective portion of all derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedging instruments. The income or losses will be reclassified into earnings as the underlying hedged item affects earnings, such as when the forecasted interest payments occur. Assuming market rates remain unchanged from September 30, 2003, it is expected that approximately $1.4 million of net losses in AOCI will be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months. The Trust also recorded gains/(losses) in earnings of $46,000 and ($36,000) for the three month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and ($33,000) and ($43,000) for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, to recognize the ineffective portion of these cash flow hedging instruments. The maximum amount of time over which the Trust is hedging a portion of its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions is through November, 2006.

 

(5) New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”. The Statement addresses financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and associated asset retirement costs. The Statement requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred. The asset retirement obligations will be capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Statement applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and normal operation of long-lived assets. This Statement, which became effective for the Trust on January 1, 2003, did not have a material effect on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

In April, 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, which rescinds SFAS No. 4 “Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt”, SFAS No. 44, “Accounting for Intangible Assets of Motor Carriers”, and SFAS No. 64, “Extinguishment of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking Fund Requirements” (SFAS 145). SFAS No. 145 also amends SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases” to eliminate an inconsistency between the required accounting for certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are similar to sale-leaseback transactions. This Statement was adopted by the Trust on January 1, 2003 and did not have a material effect on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.” The Statement addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue

 

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94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).” The Statement generally requires that a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized and measured initially at its fair value in the period in which the liability is incurred. The Statement is effective for all exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002, and did not have a material effect on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees; including Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” This Interpretation requires that a liability must be recognized at the inception of a guarantee issued or modified after December 31, 2002 whether or not payment under the guarantee is probable. For guarantees entered into prior to December 31, 2002, the Interpretation requires certain information related to the guarantees be disclosed in the guarantor’s financial statements. This provision did not have a material effect on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123”. This Statement amends FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. In addition, this Statement amends the disclosure requirements of Statement No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements. Certain of the disclosure modifications are required for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2002 and are included in the notes to these consolidated financial statements, if applicable.

 

In April, 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities under FASB Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. Most provisions of this are effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. This Statement did not have a material effect on the Trust’s financial statements.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51. This Interpretation addresses the consolidation by business enterprises of variable interest entities as defined in the Interpretation. On October 9, 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to defer to the fourth quarter of 2003, from the third quarter, the implementation date for Interpretation No. 46. This deferral only applies to variable interest entities that existed prior to February 1, 2003 as the interpretation applied immediately to variable interest entities created or obtained after January 31, 2003. Pursuant to the provisions of Interpretation No. 46, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2003, the Trust will begin to consolidate the results of operations, assets, liabilities, third-party debt that is non-recourse to the Trust and minority interest liability of three of its LLC investments that meet the criteria of a variable interest entity of which the Trust is determined to be the primary beneficiary (see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). There will be no impact on the Trust’s net income as a result of the consolidation of these LLCs.

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity (“SFAS 150”). SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures in

 

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its statement of financial position certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances) because that financial instrument embodies an obligation of the issuer. This statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. Based on a FASB interpretation of SFAS 150 on October 8, 2003, it was determined that SFAS 150 applied to minority partner’s/member’s ownership interest in certain consolidated limited life entities. On October 29, 2003, the FASB postponed indefinitely the application of SFAS 150 to minority partner’s/member’s ownership interest in certain consolidated limited life entities. If adopted pursuant to the FASB’s October 8, 2003 interpretation, the Trust would be required to record a $54,000 charge to reflect the cumulative effect of change in accounting principle.

 

(6) Acquisitions

 

During the third quarter of 2003 the Trust invested $8.9 million ($3.0 million in equity and a $5.9 million loan) for the purchase of a 98% non-controlling equity interest in a limited liability company that simultaneously purchased three medical office buildings on the campus of Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. These medical office buildings were purchased from a LLC in which UHS holds a 72% ownership interest and has tenants which include subsidiaries of UHS. These buildings contain approximately 109,000 rentable square feet and are 100% leased.

 

Also during the third quarter of 2003, the Trust committed to invest a total of $9.4 million ($6.9 million in equity and $2.5 million in debt financing) in exchange for a 75% non-controlling interest in a LLC that will construct and own the Saint Mary’s Professional Office Building located in Reno, Nevada, which is scheduled to be completed and opened in the first quarter of 2005. As of September 30, 2003, the Trust had funded a $1.5 million loan in connection with this project.

 

(7) Comprehensive Income

 

Comprehensive income represents net income plus the results of certain non-shareowners’ equity changes not reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The components of comprehensive income are as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

    

Three Months

Ended September 30,


    Nine Months
Ended September 30,


 
     2003

   2002

    2003

    2002

 

Net income

   $ 5,347    $ 5,104     $ 16,332     $ 16,561  

Other comprehensive income:

                               

Adjustment for losses reclassified into income

     362      312       1,055       1,011  

Unrealized derivative gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges

     51      (1,295 )     (500 )     (2,160 )
    

  


 


 


Comprehensive income

   $ 5,760    $ 4,121     $ 16,887     $ 15,412  
    

  


 


 


 

(8) Stock-Based Compensation

 

At September 30, 2003, the Trust has two stock-based compensation plans. The Trust accounts for these plans under the recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25,

 

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“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related Interpretations. No compensation cost is reflected in net income for most stock option grants, as all options granted under the plan had an original exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying shares on the date of grant. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Trust had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” to stock-based compensation for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2003 and 2002. The Trust recognizes compensation cost related to restricted share awards over the respective vesting periods. As of September 30, 2003 there were no unvested restricted share awards outstanding.

 

    

Three Months

Ended

September 30,


   

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 
     (in thousands, except per share data)  

Net income

   $ 5,347     $ 5,104     $ 16,332     $ 16,561  

Add: total stock-based compensation expenses included in net income:

     51       50       152       147  

Deduct: total stock-based employee compensation expenses determined under fair value based methods for all awards:

     (61 )     (62 )     (182 )     (184 )
    


 


 


 


Pro forma net income

   $ 5,337     $ 5,092     $ 16,302     $ 16,524  
    


 


 


 


Basic earnings per share, as reported

   $ 0.46     $ 0.44     $ 1.40     $ 1.42  

Basic earnings per share, pro forma

   $ 0.46     $ 0.44     $ 1.39     $ 1.41  

Diluted earnings per share, as reported

   $ 0.45     $ 0.43     $ 1.39     $ 1.41  

Diluted earnings per share, pro forma

   $ 0.45     $ 0.43     $ 1.38     $ 1.41  

 

(9) Summarized Financial Information of Equity Affiliates

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Trust include the consolidated accounts of its controlled investments. In accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement of Position 78-9 “Accounting for Investments in Real Estate Ventures” and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 96-16, “Investor’s Accounting for an Investee When the Investor Has a Majority of the Voting Interest but the Minority Shareholder or Shareholders Have Certain Approval or Veto Rights”, the Trust accounts for its investment in LLCs which it does not control using the equity method of accounting. These investments, which represent 33% to 99% non-controlling ownership interests, are recorded initially at the Trust’s cost and subsequently adjusted for the Trust’s share of equity in the net income, cash contributions to and distributions from these investments.

 

Since inception through September 30, 2003, the Trust made total initial cash investments of $69.5 million in LLCs, in which the Trust owns various non-controlling equity interests. Including the cumulative adjustments for the Trust’s share of equity in the net income of the LLCs and cash contributions to and distributions from these investments, the Trust’s net investments in these LLCs was $60.4 million as of September 30, 2003.

 

Upon application of FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”, the Trust believes that three of its LLC investments meet the criteria of a variable interest entity

 

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of which the Trust is determined to be the primary beneficiary (see Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2003, the Trust will be required to consolidate the results of operations, assets, liabilities, third-party debt that is non-recourse to the Trust and minority interest liability (to reflect the portion of the LLCs held by other third-party members) related to these LLCs in its consolidated financial statements. The estimated annual revenue for these three LLCs is approximately $6.3 million and the combined assets total approximately $40.1 million. On a combined basis, these three LLCs have approximately $22.6 million in third-party debt that is non-recourse to the Trust. There will be no impact on the Trust’s net income as a result of consolidating these LLCs.

 

As of September 30, 2003, the Trust has investments in twenty-two limited liability companies (“LLCs”) accounted for by the equity method. The following tables represent summarized financial information related to these LLCs:

 

Name of LLC


   Ownership

 

Property Owned by LLC


DSMB Properties

   76%   Desert Samaritan Hospital MOBs

DVMC Properties

   95%   Desert Valley Medical Center

Parkvale Properties

   60%   Maryvale Hospital MOBs

Suburban Properties

   33%   Suburban Medical Plaza II

Litchvan Investments (a.)

   89%   Papago Medical Park

Paseo Medical Properties II

   75%   Thunderbird Paseo Medical Plaza I & II

Willetta Medical Properties

   95%   Edwards Medical Plaza

DesMed (b.)

   99%   Desert Springs Medical Plaza

PacPal Investments

   95%   Pacifica Palms Medical Plaza

RioMed Investments

   80%   Rio Rancho Medical Center

West Highland Holdings

   48%   St. Jude Heritage Health Complex

Santa Fe Scottsdale

   95%   Santa Fe Professional Plaza

Bayway Properties

   75%   East Mesa Medical Center

653 Town Center Drive (b.)

   98%   Summerlin Hospital MOB

575 Hardy Investors

   73%   Centinela Medical Building Complex

653 Town Center Phase II (b.)

   98%   Summerlin Hospital MOB II

23560 Madison

   95%   Skypark Professional Medical Building

Brunswick Associates

   74%   Mid Coast Hospital MOB

Deerval Properties (c.)

   90%   Deer Valley Medical Office II

PCH Medical Properties (d.)

   85%   Rosenberg Children’s Medical Plaza

Gold Shadow Properties (e.)

   98%   700 Shadow Lane & Goldring MOBs

Arlington Medical Properties (f.)

   75%   Saint Mary’s Professional Office Building

(a.) As a result of a like-kind exchange transaction, Litchvan Investments acquired the real estate assets of Papago Medical Park located in Phoenix, Arizona in exchange for cash and the real estate assets of Samaritan West Valley Medical Center located in Goodyear, Arizona.
(b.) Tenants of this medical office building include a subsidiary of UHS.
(c.) As of September 30, 2003, Trust has invested $3.4 million in the Deer Valley Medical Office II, a newly constructed building which was opened during the third quarter of 2002.
(d.) The Trust has committed to invest a total of $2.8 million in exchange for a 85% non-controlling interest in a LLC that constructed and owns the Rosenberg Children’s Medical Plaza, a medical office building in Phoenix, Arizona, which was opened in February, 2003. As of September 30, 2003, the Trust had invested $2.2 million in this project.

 

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(e.) Tenants of this medical office building include a subsidiary of UHS. As of September 30, 2003, the Trust has invested $8.9 million in Gold Shadow Properties; $5.9 million of which is intended to be reimbursed to the Trust upon securing third-party financing which will be non-recourse to the Trust.
(f.) The Trust has committed to invest a total of $9.4 million ($6.9 million in equity and $2.5 million in debt financing) in exchange for a 75% non-controlling interest in a LLC that will construct and own the Saint Mary’s Professional Office Building located in Reno, Nevada, which is scheduled to be completed and opened in the first quarter of 2005. As of September 30, 2003, the Trust had funded a $1.5 million loan in connection with this project.

 

Below is a summary of combined financial information for the LLCs in which the Trust owns various non-controlling ownership interests:

 

    

September 30,

2003


  

December 31,

2002


     (amounts in thousands)

Net property

   $ 181,656    $ 169,636

Other assets

     13,177      13,266

Liabilities

     5,536      5,129

Third-party debt, non-recourse to the Trust

     127,290      128,658

Notes payable to the Trust

     7,414      —  

Equity

     54,593      49,115

UHT’s share of equity and notes receivable from LLCs

     60,364      48,314

 

    

Three Months

Ended

September 30,


  

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

     (amounts in thousands)

Revenues

   $ 8,740    $ 7,652    $ 24,742    $ 22,457

Operating expenses

     3,500      3,036      9,716      8,751

Depreciation & amortization

     1,380      1,352      4,117      3,945

Interest, net

     2,386      2,272      6,956      6,645
    

  

  

  

Net income before gain on disposal

     1,474      992      3,953      3,116

Gain on disposal

     —        —        643      1,346
    

  

  

  

Net income

   $ 1,474    $ 992    $ 4,596    $ 4,462
    

  

  

  

UHT’s share of net income before gain on disposal

   $ 1,283    $ 919    $ 3,546    $ 2,664

UHT’s share of gain on disposal

     —        —        365      1,179
    

  

  

  

UHT’s share of net income

   $ 1,283    $ 919    $ 3,911    $ 3,843
    

  

  

  

 

(10) Segment Reporting

 

The Trust’s primary segment is leasing of healthcare and human service facilities, and all revenues from external customers related to the same segment. Additionally, the Trust may, from time to time, loan funds to external parties. Operating results and assessment of performance are

 

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reviewed by the chief operating decision-maker on a company-wide basis and no discrete financial information is available or produced on any one component of the business. Accordingly, the disclosure requirements of SFAS 131 are not applicable to the Trust.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Forward-Looking Statements and Certain Risk Factors

 

The matters discussed in this report, as well as the news releases issued from time to time by the Trust, include certain statements containing the words “believes”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “expects”, and words of similar import, which constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Trust’s or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, the following: a substantial portion of the Trust’s revenues are dependent on one operator, Universal Health Services, Inc., (“UHS”); UHS of Delaware, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of UHS, is Advisor to the Trust and the Trust’s officers are all employees of the Advisor which may create the potential for conflicts of interest; a substantial portion of the Trust’s leases are involved in the healthcare industry which is undergoing substantial changes and is subject to possible changes in the levels and terms of reimbursement from third-party payors and government reimbursement programs, including Medicare and Medicaid; the Trust’s ability to finance its growth on favorable terms; liability and other claims asserted against the Trust or operators of the Trust’s facilities; the fact that the Trust has majority ownership interests in various LLCs in which it holds non-controlling equity interests, and other factors referenced in the Trust’s 2002 Form 10-K or herein.

 

A large portion of the Trust’s non-hospital properties consist of medical office buildings which are either directly or indirectly affected by the factors discussed above as well as general real estate factors such as the supply and demand of office space and market rental rates. Additionally, the operators of the Trust’s facilities, including UHS, are confronted with other issues such as: industry capacity; demographic changes; existing laws and government regulations and changes in or failure to comply with laws and governmental regulations; the ability to enter into managed care provider agreements on acceptable terms; competition; the loss of significant customers; technological and pharmaceutical improvements that increase the cost of providing, or reduce the demand for healthcare; and the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including physicians. In addition, operators of the Trust’s facilities, particularly UHS, have experienced a significant increase in property insurance (including earthquake insurance in California) and general and professional liability insurance. As a result, certain operators have assumed a greater portion of their liability risk and there can be no assurance that a continuation of these unfavorable trends, or a sharp increase in claims asserted against the operators of the Trust’s facilities, which are self-insured, will not have a material adverse effect on their future results of operations.

 

In order to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) the Trust must comply with certain highly technical and complex requirements. Although the Trust intends to remain so qualified, there may be facts and circumstances beyond the Trust’s control that may affect the Trust’s ability to qualify as a REIT. Failure to qualify as a REIT may subject the Trust to income tax liabilities, including federal income tax at regular corporate rates. The additional income tax incurred may significantly reduce the cash flow available for distribution to shareholders and for

 

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debt service. In addition, if disqualified, the Trust might be barred from qualification as a REIT for four years following disqualification. Although the Trust believes it has been qualified as a REIT since its inception, there can be no assurance that the Trust has been so qualified or will remain qualified in the future.

 

The lease on the Virtue Street Pavilion facility (lessee is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UHS), is scheduled to expire in December, 2004. This facility’s ratio of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and lease and rental expense (“EBITDAR”) to minimum rent plus additional rent payable to the Trust was approximately 1.9 times for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 and approximately 2.2 times for the twelve months ended December 31, 2002. The lease on The Bridgeway facility (lessee is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UHS) is also scheduled to expire in December, 2004. The ratio of EBITDAR to minimum rent plus additional rent payable to the Trust for The Bridgeway was approximately 4.1 times for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 and 3.6 times for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2002. The lessees on both of these facilities have an option at the end of the lease terms to purchase the properties at their fair market value or renew the leases at the same terms for another five years. Management of the Trust cannot predict whether the leases with these UHS subsidiaries will be renewed at the current rates at the end of their lease terms. If the leases are not renewed at the current rates, the Trust would be required to find other operators for these facilities and/or enter into leases on terms potentially less favorable to the Trust than the current leases.

 

The lease with Tri-State Rehabilitation Hospital is scheduled to expire in June, 2004. The lessee on the facility has an option at the end of the lease term to purchase the property at its fair market value or renew the lease for another five-years. The renewal rate on this facility is based upon the five-year Treasury rate immediately preceding the commencement of the lease renewal. Based upon the current Treasury rate, it is estimated that the annual base rental on the Tri-State Rehabilitation Hospital will be reduced by approximately $325,000. Management of the Trust cannot predict whether the lease with this facility will be renewed. If the lease is not renewed, the Trust would be required to find another operator for this facility and enter into lease terms potentially less favorable to the Trust than the current lease.

 

Management of the Trust is unable to predict the effect, if any, these factors will have on the operating results of its lessees, including the facilities leased to subsidiaries of UHS. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Management of the Trust disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments.

 

Results of Operations

 

The Trust commenced operations on December 24, 1986. The Trust has investments or commitments in forty-four facilities located in fifteen states. The Trust invests in healthcare and human service related facilities including acute care hospitals, behavioral healthcare facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, sub-acute care facilities, surgery centers, child-care centers and medical office buildings. The term “revenues” referred to herein does not include the revenues of the unconsolidated limited liability companies in which the Trust has various non-controlling equity interests ranging from 33% to 99%. The Trust accounts for its share of the income/loss from these investments by the equity method. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2003, the Trust will be required to consolidate the results of operations, assets, liabilities, third-party debt that is

 

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non-recourse to the Trust and minority interest liability (to reflect the portion of the LLCs held by other third-party members) of three of its LLC investments that meet the criteria of a variable interest entity. There will be no impact on the Trust’s net income as a result of consolidating these LLCs (see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

The third quarter dividend of $.49 per share or $5.7 million in the aggregate was paid on September 30, 2003.

 

For the quarters ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, net income totaled $5.3 million and $5.1 million or $.45 and $.43 per diluted share, on revenues of $7.0 million and $7.1 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, net income totaled $16.3 million and $16.6 million or $1.39 and $1.41 per diluted share on net revenues of $21.3 million and $21.4 million, respectively. Included in the net income per diluted share for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, are gains of $365,000 or $.03 per diluted share and $1.2 million or $.10 per diluted share, respectively, recorded from the sale of properties by LLCs in which the Trust holds non-controlling ownership interests.

 

The $34,000 decrease in net revenue during the three month period ended September 30, 2003 as compared to the comparable 2002 period was primarily due to: (i) a $68,000 decrease in base rentals from UHS facilities resulting from the lease renewal at Chalmette Medical Center (renewed in March, 2003 at lower annual base rental based upon the then five-year Treasury rate); (ii) a $27,000 decrease in base rental and tenant reimbursements from non-related parties, and; (iii) a $61,000 increase in bonus rental revenue from UHS facilities. The $113,000 decrease in net revenue during the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 as compared to the comparable 2002 period was primarily due to: (i) a $138,000 decrease in base rentals from UHS facilities, as mentioned above; (ii) a $374,000 decrease in base rental and tenant reimbursements from non-related parties, caused primarily by an increased vacancy rate at one of the Trust’s medical office buildings, and; (iii) a $399,000 increase in bonus rental revenue from UHS facilities.

 

For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, interest expense increased 14% or $81,000 and 1% or $20,000, respectively, as compared to the comparable prior year periods. The increase in interest expense during the third quarter of 2003, as compared to the comparable prior year quarter, was due primarily to an increase in the average outstanding borrowings. During the third quarter of 2003, the Trust funded $11.6 million into various limited liability companies in the form of equity investments and loans.

 

Included in the Trust’s other operating expenses were the expenses related to the medical office buildings in which the Trust has a controlling ownership interest which totaled $639,000 and $615,000 for the three month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $1.9 million and $1.8 million for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002. A portion of the expenses associated with the medical office buildings are passed on directly to the tenants, which reimburse the Trust, and are accordingly included as revenues in the Trust’s statements of income.

 

Included in the Trust’s financial results was income generated from the Trust’s ownership in LLCs which own medical office buildings in Arizona, California, Kentucky, New Mexico, Nevada and Maine (see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) amounting to $1.3 million and $919,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and

 

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$3.5 million (excluding a $365,000 gain on a LLC’s sale of real property) and $2.7 million (excluding a $1.2 million gain on a LLC’s sale of real property) for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Contributing to the increases during the 2003 periods as compared to the comparable prior year periods was increased rental income recorded at the LLCs relating to leases in excess of one year in length which is recognized using the straight-line method under which contractual rents are recognized evenly over the lease term regardless of when payments are due. The amount of rental revenue resulting from straight-line rent adjustments is dependent on many factors including the nature and amount of any rental concessions granted to new tenants, scheduled rent increases under existing leases, as well as the acquisition and sales of properties that have existing in-place leases with terms in excess of one year. As a result, the straight-line adjustments to rental revenue may vary from period-to-period.

 

Funds from operations (“FFO”), is a widely recognized measure of REIT performance. Although FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure, the Trust believes that information regarding FFO is helpful to shareholders and potential investors. The Trust computes FFO in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not compute FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition, or that interpret the NAREIT definition differently than the Trust. NAREIT defines FFO as net income (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles), excluding gains (losses) on sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation of non-real estate assets), and after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis. The GAAP measure that the Trust believes to be most directly comparable to FFO, net income, includes depreciation and amortization expenses and gains or losses on property sales. In computing FFO, the Trust eliminates substantially all of these items because, in the Trust’s view, they are not indicative of the results from the Trust’s property operations. To facilitate a clear understanding of the Trust’s historical operating results, FFO should be examined in conjunction with net income, determined in accordance with GAAP, as presented in the financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered to be an alternative to net income, determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, FFO should not be used as: (i) an indication of the Trust’s financial performance determined in accordance with GAAP; (ii) as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP; (iii) as a measure of the Trust’s liquidity; (iv) nor is FFO an indicator of funds available for the Trust’s cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions to shareholders.

 

FFO increased 3.5% to $7.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2003 as compared to $7.2 million in the comparable prior year quarter. FFO increased 3.9% to $22.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, as compared to $21.5 million in the comparable prior year period. Below is a reconciliation of the Trust’s reported net income to FFO:

 

    

Three Months
Ended

September 30,


  

Nine Months

Ended

September 30,


 
     2003

    2002

   2003

    2002

 

Net income

   $ 5,347     $ 5,104    $ 16,332     $ 16,561  

Depreciation expense:

                               

Consolidated investments

     1,101       1,094      3,303       3,284  

Unconsolidated affiliates

     1,021       941      3,004       2,753  

Gain on LLC’s sale of real property

     —         —        (365 )     (1,179 )

(Gain)/loss on derivatives

     (46 )     36      33       43  
    


 

  


 


Funds from operations (FFO)

   $ 7,423     $ 7,175    $ 22,307     $ 21,462  
    


 

  


 


 

 

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General

 

Since the majority of the Trust’s income is derived from lease payments on acute care services hospitals and medical office buildings, the Trust is substantially dependent on such things as healthcare regulations and reimbursement to healthcare facilities since these factors, among other things, affect the lease payments to the Trust and the underlying property values. A significant portion of the revenues from the Trust’s hospital facilities are derived from the Medicare and Medicaid programs as well as managed care plans which include health maintenance organizations (“HMOs”) and preferred provider organizations (“PPOs”). Generally, the Trust’s hospital facilities continue to experience an increase in revenues attributable to managed care payors as pressures to control healthcare costs, as well as a shift away from traditional Medicare to Medicare managed care plans, have resulted in an increase in the number of patients whose healthcare coverage is provided under managed care plans. Typically, the Trust’s hospital facilities receive lower payments per patient from managed care payors than from traditional indemnity insurers. However, during the past few years, many of the Trust’s acute care hospital facilities secured price increases from many of its commercial payors including managed care companies. The consequent growth in managed care networks and the resulting impact of these networks on the operating results of the Trust’s facilities vary among the markets in which the Trust’s facilities operate.

 

Outpatient treatment and diagnostic facilities, outpatient surgical centers and freestanding ambulatory surgical centers also impact the healthcare marketplace. Many of the Trust’s facilities continue to experience an increase in outpatient revenues which is primarily the result of advances in medical technologies and pharmaceutical improvements, which allow more services to be provided on an outpatient basis, and increased pressure from Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, PPOs and insurers to reduce hospital stays and provide services, where possible, on a less expensive outpatient basis. The hospital industry in the United States, as well as the Trust’s hospital facilities, continue to have significant unused capacity which has created substantial competition for patients. Inpatient utilization continues to be negatively affected by payor-required, pre-admission authorization and by payor pressure to maximize outpatient and alternative healthcare delivery services for less acutely ill patients. The Trust expects its hospital facilities to continue to experience increased competition and admission constraints.

 

The federal government makes payments to participating acute care hospitals under its Medicare program based on various formulas. The operators of the Trust’s general acute care hospitals are subject to a prospective payment system (“PPS”). For inpatient services, PPS pays acute care hospitals a predetermined amount per diagnostic related group (“DRG”), for which payment amounts are adjusted to account for geographic wage differences. Beginning August 1, 2000 under an outpatient prospective payment system (“OPPS”) mandated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (“BBA-97”), general acute care hospitals are paid for outpatient services included in the OPPS according to ambulatory procedure codes (“APC”) which group together services that are comparable both clinically and with respect to the use of resources. The payment for each item or

 

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service is determined by the APC to which it is assigned. The APC payment rates are calculated on a national basis and adjusted to account for certain geographic wage differences. The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (“BBRA of 1999”) included “transitional corridor payments” through fiscal year 2003, which provide some financial relief for any hospital that generally incurs a reduction to its Medicare outpatient reimbursement under the new OPPS. Due to an update of Medicare cost report cost to charge ratios to a more recent fiscal year, the Trust does not expect that any of its hospital facilities will qualify for transitional corridor payments in 2003.

 

In addition to the trends described above that continue to have an impact on the operating results of the Trust’s hospital facilities, there are a number of other more general factors affecting the operators of the Trust’s acute care hospital facilities. BBA-97 called for the government to trim the growth of federal spending on Medicare by $115 billion and on Medicaid by $13 billion over the ensuing 5 years. This enacted legislation also called for reductions in the future rate of increases to payments made to hospitals and reduced the amount of payments for outpatient services, bad debt expense and capital costs. Some of these reductions were temporarily reversed with the passage of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (“BIPA”) which, among other things, increased Medicare and Medicaid payments to healthcare providers by $35 billion over the ensuing 5 years with approximately $12 billion of this amount targeted for hospitals and $11 billion for managed care payors. However, many of the payment reductions reversed by Congress in BIPA are expiring. In fiscal year 2003, hospitals are receiving less than a full market basket inflation adjustment for services paid under the inpatient PPS (inpatient PPS update of the market basket minus 0.55 percentage points is 2.95% in fiscal year 2003), although the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) estimates that for the same time period, Medicare payment rates under OPPS will increase, for each service, by an average of 3.7%. In February, 2003, the federal fiscal year 2003 omnibus spending federal legislation was signed into law. This legislation includes approximately $800 million in increased spending for hospitals. For federal fiscal year 2004, CMS will increase the inpatient Medicare unadjusted standard base rate by a full market basket increase of 3.4%, absent any legislative action by Congress. However, this Medicare payment increase will be mitigated by changes in other factors that directly impact a hospital’s DRG payment including, but not limited to, annual Medicare wage index updates, expansion of the DRG transfer payment policy and the annual recalibration of DRG relative payment weights.

 

The Trust can provide no assurance that the above mentioned factors will not adversely affect the operators of the Trust’s facilities. However, within certain limits, a hospital can manage its costs, and, to the extent this is done effectively, a hospital may benefit from the DRG system. However, many hospital operating costs are incurred in order to satisfy licensing laws, standards of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (“JCAHO”) and quality of care concerns. In addition, hospital costs are affected by the level of patient acuity, occupancy rates and local physician practice patterns, including length of stay and number and type of tests and procedures ordered. A hospital’s ability to control or influence these factors which affect costs is, in many cases, limited.

 

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located either close to or on the campuses of hospital facilities. These properties are either directly or indirectly affected by the factors discussed above as well as general real estate factors such as the supply and demand of office space and market rental rates.

 

The Trust anticipates investing in additional healthcare related facilities and leasing the facilities to qualified operators, perhaps including UHS and subsidiaries of UHS.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $20.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and $19.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2002. The $106,000 net favorable change during the first nine months of 2003 as compared to the comparable prior year period was primarily attributable to: (i) a $176,000 unfavorable change in net income plus the non-cash adjustments (depreciation and amortization and loss on derivatives); (ii) a $163,000 favorable change in rent receivable; (iii) a $93,000 favorable change in accrued expenses; (iv) a $91,000 favorable change in accrued interest, and; (v) a $65,000 unfavorable change in tenant escrows, deposits and prepaid rents and other.

 

During the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, the Trust funded equity investments of $6.3 million and $4.7 million, respectively, in LLCs in which it owns non-controlling equity interests. Also during nine months ended September 30, 2003, the Trust funded $7.4 million in loans to LLCs which are expected to be reimbursed to the Trust once third-party financing is obtained. The Trust received $1.6 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 (consisting of $910,000 of cash distributions in excess of net income and $733,000 of cash distributions from refinancing proceeds) and $3.6 million during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 (consisting of $1.6 million of cash distributions in excess of net income, $1.3 million of cash distributions from sale proceeds and $700,000 of returned advances). During the nine month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, the Trust spent $292,000 and $16,000, respectively, for capital additions at its facilities.

 

The Trust paid dividends of $17.2 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 and $16.8 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2002. The Trust also had net additional borrowings of $9.8 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 and made net debt repayments of $900,000 during the nine month period ended September 30, 2002. Also during 2003, the Trust paid $540,000 in fees related to its new $80 million revolving credit agreement which commenced during the second quarter of 2003.

 

During the second quarter of 2003, the Trust entered into a new $80 million revolving credit agreement (“Revolver”) that expires on May 28, 2007, at which time all amounts then outstanding are required to be repaid. The interest rate on the Revolver is determined at the Trust’s option at the prime rate plus 0% to 4.0%, or LIBOR plus 1.0% to 1.4%. The applicable spread is based upon the Trust’s leverage ratio. A commitment fee ranging from .25% to .35% is required on the unused commitment. The margins over LIBOR rates and the commitment fee are based upon the Trust’s debt to total capital ratio. At September 30, 2003, the applicable prime rate margin was 0%, the LIBOR margin was 1.0% and the commitment fee was .25%. As of September 30, 2003, the Trust had approximately $42.7 million of unused borrowing capacity under the terms of the Revolver, net of $1.3 million of letters of credit outstanding against the agreement.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

There have been no material changes in the quantitative and qualitative disclosures in 2003. Reference is made to Item 7 in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to us (including our consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in our SEC filings. There have been no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST

 

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

(a) Exhibits:

 

31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

31.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

32.1 Certification of Periodic Financial Report by Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

32.2 Certification of Periodic Financial Report by Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

All other items of this Report are inapplicable.

 

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Signatures

 

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

 

Date: November 12, 2003

 

UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST

   

                                     (Registrant)

       

/s/ Alan B. Miller


       

Alan B. Miller, Chairman of the Board,

Chief Executive Officer and President

       

/s/ Charles F. Boyle


       

Charles F. Boyle, Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Controller

(Principal Financial Officer and Duly

Authorized Officer.)

 

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