BEACHWOOD, Ohio, February 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SITE Centers Corp. (NYSE: SITC), an owner of open-air shopping centers located primarily in suburban, high household income communities, announced today operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024.

"SITE Centers furthered the Company’s goal of recognizing value for stakeholders in the fourth quarter by continuing the simplification of its capital structure through the redemption of the remaining $175 million of outstanding preferred shares. The Company’s commenced rate increased through new tenant store openings in an environment of strong leasing demand, and we intend to capitalize where we view strong private market interest in purchasing high quality assets by marketing a subset of shopping centers for sale," commented David R. Lukes, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Going forward, SITE Centers intends to maximize value through continued leasing, asset management and potential additional asset sales."

Results for the Fourth Quarter

Fourth quarter net loss attributable to common shareholders was $13.2 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $193.6 million, or $3.69 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. The decrease year-over-year primarily was the result of the spin-off of Curbline Properties Corp. ("Curbline" or "Curbline Properties") (NYSE: CURB), lower Net Operating Income ("NOI") as a result of property dispositions, lower gain on sale from dispositions, lower interest income and the write-off of the remaining original issuance costs relating to the 6.375% Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares that were redeemed during the quarter. Fourth quarter operating funds from operations attributable to common shareholders ("Operating FFO" or "OFFO") was $8.3 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to $54.0 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. The decrease year-over-year primarily was due to the spin-off of Curbline Properties, lower NOI as a result of property dispositions and lower interest income.

Significant Fourth Quarter Activity and Key Operating Results

On November 20, 2024, redeemed all outstanding 6.375% Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and the associated depositary shares at par. In conjunction with the redemption, a charge of $6.2 million was recorded for the write off of the remaining original issuance costs. Reported a leased rate of 91.1% at December 31, 2024 as compared to 91.3% at September 30, 2024 and 92.2% at December 31, 2023, all on a pro rata basis. The September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 leased rates have been adjusted to reflect the removal of all properties included in the Curbline Properties spin-off and all properties sold during 2024. Reported a commenced rate of 90.6% at December 31, 2024 as compared to 89.8% at September 30, 2024 and 89.6% at December 31, 2023, all on a pro rata basis. The September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 commenced rates have been adjusted to reflect the removal of all properties included in the Curbline Properties spin-off and all properties sold during 2024. Generated cash renewal leasing spreads of 10.6%, on a pro rata basis, for the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Discontinued Operations

On October 1, 2024, the Company completed the spin-off of 79 convenience properties and distributed $800.0 million of cash to Curbline Properties. The spin-off of the convenience properties represented a strategic shift in the Company’s business and, as such, the Curbline properties are reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

About SITE Centers Corp.

SITE Centers is an owner and manager of open-air shopping centers located primarily in suburban, high household income communities. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SITC. Additional information about the Company is available at www.sitecenters.com. To be included in the Company’s e-mail distributions for press releases and other investor news, please click here.

Supplemental Information

Copies of the Company's quarterly financial supplement are available on the Investor Relations portion of the Company's website, ir.sitecenters.com.

Non-GAAP Measures and Other Operational Metrics

Funds from Operations ("FFO") is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used as a standard in the real estate industry and is a widely accepted measure of real estate investment trust ("REIT") performance. Management believes that both FFO and Operating FFO provide additional indicators of the financial performance of a REIT. The Company also believes that FFO and Operating FFO more appropriately measure the core operations of the Company and provide benchmarks to its peer group.

FFO is generally defined and calculated by the Company as net income(loss) (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP")), adjusted to exclude (i) preferred share dividends, (ii) gains and losses from disposition of real estate property and related investments, which are presented net of taxes, (iii) impairment charges on real estate property and related investments, (iv) gains and losses from changes in control and (v) certain non-cash items. These non-cash items principally include real property depreciation and amortization of intangibles, equity income (loss) from joint ventures and equity income from non-controlling interests and adding the Company’s proportionate share of FFO from its unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests, determined on a consistent basis. The Company’s calculation of FFO is consistent with the definition of FFO provided by NAREIT. The Company calculates Operating FFO as FFO excluding certain non-operating charges, income and gains/losses. Operating FFO is useful to investors as the Company removes non-comparable charges, income and gains/losses to analyze the results of its operations and assess performance of the core operating real estate portfolio. Other real estate companies may calculate FFO and Operating FFO in a different manner.

The Company also uses NOI, a non-GAAP financial measure, as a supplemental performance measure. NOI is calculated as property revenues less property-related expenses. The Company believes NOI provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level and, when compared across periods, reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs and acquisition and disposition activity on an unleveraged basis.

FFO, Operating FFO and NOI do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered as alternatives to net income computed in accordance with GAAP, as indicators of the Company’s operating performance or as alternatives to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures have been provided herein.

Safe Harbor

SITE Centers Corp. considers portions of the information in this press release to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, with respect to the Company's expectation for future periods. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not historical fact, including statements regarding the Company's projected operational and financial performance, strategy, prospects and plans, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including, among other factors, general economic conditions, including inflation and interest rate volatility; local conditions such as the supply of, and demand for, retail real estate space in our geographic markets; the consistency with future results of assumptions based on past performance; the impact of e-commerce; dependence on rental income from real property; the loss of, significant downsizing of or bankruptcy of a major tenant and the impact of any such event on rental income from other tenants and our properties; our ability to enter into agreements to sell properties on commercially reasonable terms and to satisfy closing conditions applicable to such sales; our ability to finance our businesses on commercially acceptable terms or at all; impairment charges; valuation and risks relating to our joint venture investments; the termination of any joint venture arrangements or arrangements to manage real property; property damage, expenses related thereto and other business and economic consequences (including the potential loss of rental revenues) resulting from extreme weather conditions or natural disasters in locations where we own properties, and the ability to estimate accurately the amounts thereof; sufficiency and timing of any insurance recovery payments related to damages from extreme weather conditions or natural disasters; any change in strategy; the impact of pandemics and other public health crises; unauthorized access, use, theft or destruction of financial, operations or third party data maintained in our information systems or by third parties on our behalf; our ability to maintain REIT status; and the finalization of the financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2024. For additional factors that could cause the results of the Company to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

SITE Centers Corp. Income Statement: Consolidated Interests  in thousands, except per share 4Q24  4Q23  12M24  12M23 Revenues:  Rental income (1) $32,583  $97,435  $269,286  $444,062 Other property revenues 282  251  1,801  1,736 32,865  97,686  271,087  445,798 Expenses:  Operating and maintenance (2) 8,924  19,218  55,372  78,306 Real estate taxes 4,543  13,444  40,292  65,501 13,467  32,662  95,664  143,807  Net operating income (3) 19,398  65,024  175,423  301,991  Other income (expense):  JV and other fee income (4) 2,035  1,510  6,380  6,817 Interest expense (5,833)  (19,657)  (59,463)  (80,482) Depreciation and amortization (13,061)  (38,154)  (101,344)  (180,611) General and administrative (5) (8,393)  (14,931)  (47,080)  (50,867) Other income (expense), net (6) 335  6,522  (16,761)  5,565 Impairment charges     (66,600)  (Loss) income before earnings from discontinued operations, JVs and other (5,519)  314  (109,445)  2,413  Equity in net income of JVs (324)  82  82  6,577 Gain on sale and change in control of interests     2,669  3,749 Gain on disposition of real estate, net 50  187,796  633,219  218,655 Tax expense (29)  (1,234)  (761)  (2,045) (Loss) income from continuing operations (5,822)  186,958  525,764  229,349 Income from discontinued operations (7)   9,466  6,060  36,372 Net (loss) income (5,822)  196,424  531,824  265,721 Non-controlling interests       (18) Net (loss) income SITE Centers (5,822)  196,424  531,824  265,703 Write off of preferred share original issuance costs (6,155)  —  (6,155)  Preferred dividends (1,271)  (2,789)  (9,638)  (11,156) Net (loss) income Common Shareholders ($13,248)  $193,635  $516,031  $254,547  Weighted average shares – Basic – EPS (8) 52,430  52,331  52,393  52,365 Assumed conversion of diluted securities (7) —  21  191  40 Weighted average shares – Diluted – EPS (8) 52,430  52,352  52,584  52,405  Basic earnings per share:  From continuing operations $(0.25)  $3.51  $9.69  $4.16 From discontinued operations   0.18  0.12  0.69 Total $(0.25)  $3.69  $9.81  $4.85 Diluted earnings per share:  From continuing operations $(0.25)  $3.52  $9.65  $4.16 From discontinued operations   0.17  0.12  0.69 Total $(0.25)  $3.69  $9.77  $4.85  (1) Rental income:  Minimum rents $20,826  $65,497  $176,496  $292,449 Ground lease minimum rents 1,310  3,188  7,968  13,773 Straight-line rent, net and amortization of (above)/below-market rent, net 786  1,202  4,446  13,208 Percentage and overage rent 632  1,545  4,651  5,570 Recoveries 8,401  24,408  70,360  113,214 Uncollectible revenue 109  (278)  702  (1,010) Ancillary and other rental income 519  1,858  3,329  6,300 Lease termination fees   15  1,334  558  (2) Includes allocated general and administrative expense 1,193  2,779  8,046  10,833  (3) Includes NOI from wholly-owned assets sold in 2024 43  N/A  88,815  N/A  (4) Curbline Shared Services Agreement ("SSA") fee 593    593  Curbline SSA gross up 499    499  Embedded Lease SSA (included in rental income) (369)    (369)   (5) Separation and other charges 361  1,032  1,709  5,046  (6) Interest income (fees), net 1,775  4,553  31,620  4,348 Transaction costs (941)  (42)  (1,685)  (836) Curbline SSA gross up (499)    (499)  Debt extinguishment costs   (92)  (42,822)  (50) Gain on debt retirement and gain (loss) on equity derivative instruments   2,103  (3,375)  2,103  (7) Curbline assets classified as a "discontinued operation" for financial reporting purposes on a retrospective basis  (8) Prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect the Company's one-for-four reverse stock split

SITE Centers Corp. Reconciliation: Net Income to FFO and Operating FFO and Other Financial Information  in thousands, except per share  4Q24  4Q23  12M24  12M23 Net (loss) income attributable to Common Shareholders ($13,248)  $193,635  $516,031  $254,547 Depreciation and amortization of real estate 12,467  36,754  97,186  175,156 Equity in net income of JVs 324  (82)  (82)  (6,577) JVs' FFO 1,337  1,654  6,040  7,981 Discontinued operations' FFO adjustments (1)   8,771  29,556  31,478 Non-controlling interests       18 Impairment of real estate     66,600  Gain on sale and change in control of interests     (2,669)  (3,749) Gain on disposition of real estate, net (50)  (187,796)  (633,219)  (218,655) FFO attributable to Common Shareholders $830  $52,936  $79,443  $240,199 Separation and other charges 361  1,308  1,709  5,752 Discontinued operations' transaction and debt extinguishment costs   1,323  30,851  2,376 Write-off of preferred share original issuance costs 6,155    6,155  Transaction, debt extinguishment and other (at SITE's share) 941  515  44,154  1,648 Derivative mark-to-market   (2,103)  4,412  (2,103) Total non-operating items, net 7,457  1,043  87,281  7,673 Operating FFO attributable to Common Shareholders $8,287  $53,979  $166,724  $247,872  Weighted average shares & units – Basic: FFO & OFFO (2) 52,430  52,331  52,393  52,377 Assumed conversion of dilutive securities (2)   21  191  40 Weighted average shares & units – Diluted: FFO & OFFO (2) 52,430  52,352  52,584  52,417  FFO per share – Basic (2) $0.02  $1.01  $1.52  $4.59 FFO per share – Diluted (2) $0.02  $1.01  $1.51  $4.58 Operating FFO per share – Basic (2) $0.16  $1.03  $3.18  $4.73 Operating FFO per share – Diluted (2) $0.16  $1.03  $3.17  $4.73 Common stock dividends declared, per share (2) $0.00  $1.16  $1.04  $2.72  Capital expenditures (SITE Centers share) (3):  Redevelopment costs 39  3,148  4,849  14,462 Maintenance capital expenditures 753  4,960  4,937  15,413 Tenant allowances and landlord work 1,897  14,001  25,486  44,892 Leasing commissions 389  1,477  3,634  6,092 Construction administrative costs (capitalized) 320  776  2,973  3,171  Certain non-cash items (SITE Centers share) (3):  Straight-line rent 670  578  3,159  1,621 Straight-line fixed CAM 22  98  178  329 Amortization of below-market rent/(above), net 177  754  1,777  12,057 Straight-line ground rent expense (income) 18  (25)  20  (155) Debt fair value and loan cost amortization (908)  (1,261)  (5,398)  (4,741) Capitalized interest expense 25  322  571  1,238 Stock compensation expense (327)  (1,965)  (6,285)  (7,083) Non-real estate depreciation expense (597)  (1,402)  (4,168)  (5,466)  (1) Discontinued operations' FFO adjustments  Depreciation and amortization of real estate investments $0  $8,771  $29,556  $31,849 Loss (gain) on disposition of real estate, net       (371) $0  $8,771  $29,556  $31,478  (2) Prior periods presented have been adjusted to reflect the Company's one-for-four reverse stock split  (3) Excludes amounts from discontinued operations for all periods

SITE Centers Corp. Balance Sheet: Consolidated Interests  $ in thousands  At Period End 4Q24  4Q23 Assets:  Land $204,722  $614,328 Buildings 964,845  2,688,953 Fixtures and tenant improvements 254,152  479,196 1,423,719  3,782,477 Depreciation (654,389)  (1,434,209) 769,330  2,348,268 Construction in progress and land 2,682  37,875 Real estate, net 772,012  2,386,143  Investments in and advances to JVs 30,431  39,372 Cash 54,595  551,402 Restricted cash 13,071  16,908 Receivables and straight-line rents (1) 25,437  54,096 Intangible assets, net (2) 28,759  86,363 Amounts receivable from Curbline 1,771  Other assets, net 7,526  5,434 Assets related to discontinued operations   921,632 Total Assets 933,602  4,061,350  Liabilities and Equity:  Revolving credit facilities  Unsecured debt   1,303,243 Unsecured term loan   198,856 Secured debt 301,373  98,418 301,373  1,600,517 Dividends payable   63,806 Amounts payable to Curbline 33,762  Other liabilities (3) 81,723  162,490 Liabilities related to discontinued operations   58,994 Total Liabilities 416,858  1,885,807  Preferred shares   175,000 Common shares 5,247  5,359 Paid-in capital 3,981,597  5,990,982 Distributions in excess of net income (3,473,458)  (3,934,736) Deferred compensation 8,041  5,167 Accumulated other comprehensive income 5,472  6,121 Common shares in treasury at cost (10,155)  (72,350) Total Equity 516,744  2,175,543  Total Liabilities and Equity $933,602  $4,061,350  (1) Straight-line rents (including fixed CAM), net $8,653  $23,162  (2) Operating lease right of use assets 15,818  17,373  (3) Operating lease liabilities 35,532  37,108 Below-market leases, net 9,306  24,853

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