SNR New Senior Investment Group Inc

SECOND QUARTER NORMALIZED FFO PER SHARE OF $0.36

$1.2 BILLION OF ACQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED/COMPLETED YEAR TO DATE

New Senior Investment Group Inc. (“New Senior” or the “Company”) (NYSE:SNR) announced today its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

2Q 2015 BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

• Total managed portfolio occupancy increased 310 basis points for 2Q’15 vs. 2Q’14
• Same store occupancy for the managed portfolio increased 120 basis points for 2Q’15 vs. 2Q’14
• Same store occupancy for the triple net portfolio increased 240 basis points for 2Q’15 vs. 2Q’14
• 4.5% same store net operating income (“NOI”) growth for the managed portfolio for 2Q’15 vs. 2Q’14
• Completed $98 million of acquisitions comprising 2 assisted living / memory care (“AL/MC”) properties and 1 rental continuing care retirement community (“CCRC”)
• Announced $640 million acquisition of 28 independent living (“IL”) properties
• Raised $267 million of net proceeds through common stock offering
• Previously announced a 13% increase for the second quarter common stock dividend

2Q 2015 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Total NOI of $48.4 million compared to $33.4 million for 2Q 2014, a 45% increase
• Normalized Funds from Operations (“NFFO”) of $24.1 million, or $0.36 per basic and diluted share
• AFFO of $20.5 million, or $0.31 per basic share and $0.30 per diluted share
• Normalized Funds Available for Distribution (“FAD”) of $19.1 million, or $0.28 per basic and diluted share
• Net loss of ($21.2) million, or ($0.32) per basic and diluted share

“Our second quarter earnings reflect a full quarter’s contribution from our significant acquisition and refinancing activities completed during the beginning of the year, and I am pleased to report that these results have exceeded our expectations,” New Senior Chief Executive Officer Susan Givens said. “Our portfolio of private pay senior housing properties delivered another strong quarter of results, including solid performance from our same store managed portfolio with occupancy increasing 120 basis points and NOI growth of 4.5%, along with a 240 basis point increase in occupancy for our same store triple net portfolio. We were also pleased to provide our shareholders with a significant increase in our dividend of 13%.”

Ms. Givens continued, “Furthermore, we have announced or completed $1.2 billion of accretive, private pay senior housing acquisitions year to date. With 92% of our portfolio NOI from private pay assisted living and independent living properties that have delivered superior growth relative to the industry, we remain excited about our prospects for 2015 and beyond.”

SECOND QUARTER 2015 RESULTS

Dollars in thousands, except per share data   For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2015 Amount   Per Share(B)

Non-GAAP(A)

NOI $48,376 -- FFO 18,384 $0.27 Normalized FFO 24,063 $0.36 AFFO 20,461 $0.30 Normalized FAD

19,051

$0.28  

GAAP

Net loss (21,190) ($0.32)

(A)  See end of press release for reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to net loss.

(B) Per share amounts are based on 67.8 million diluted shares outstanding for non-GAAP amounts and 66.9 million diluted shares outstanding for net loss. See the appendix in the second quarter presentation posted in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website for an explanation of the difference between basic and diluted shares.

ACQUISITION ACTIVITY

Year to date, the Company has closed or announced $1.2 billion of acquisitions, which include 49 IL properties, 2 AL/MC properties and 1 rental CCRC.

During the second quarter, the Company closed $98 million of acquisitions at an expected blended initial cash NOI yield of approximately 7.0%. The acquisitions included 2 AL/MC properties that were added to the Company’s managed portfolio and 1 rental CCRC that was added to the Company’s triple net lease portfolio.

During the second quarter, the Company announced the acquisition of 28 private pay, IL properties (the “Portfolio”) from affiliates of Holiday Retirement (“Holiday”) for approximately $640 million. The Portfolio is 100% private pay and contains 3,298 IL units located across 21 states and had an average occupancy rate of 88% as of May 2015. The Company expects the Portfolio to generate an initial cash NOI yield of approximately 6.4% and closing of the acquisition to occur by the end of the third quarter of 2015.

PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE

Total NOI increased 45% to $48.4 million compared to $33.4 million for 2Q 2014.

For the managed portfolio, total occupancy increased 310 basis points to 86.2% compared to 83.1% for 2Q 2014, and same store occupancy increased 120 basis points to 84.4% compared to 83.2% for 2Q 2014. Same store NOI increased 4.5% to $11.4 million compared to $10.9 million for 2Q 2014.

For the triple net portfolio, same store occupancy increased 240 basis points to 90.4% compared to 88.0% for 2Q 2014. Triple net occupancy is presented one quarter in arrears from the date reported on a trailing twelve month basis.

FINANCING ACTIVITY

On June 29, 2015, the Company issued 20,114,090 shares of common stock in a public offering at a price of $13.75, for proceeds of $267 million, net of issuance costs. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of the Portfolio and for general corporate purposes.

DIVIDEND

On April 6, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared its first quarter dividend of $0.23 per share payable to shareholders of record on April 17, 2015. This dividend was paid on April 30, 2015.

On June 8, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared its second quarter dividend of $0.26 per share, an increase of 13% from the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend was payable to shareholders of record on June 18, 2015 and was paid on August 3, 2015.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information that management believes to be useful for investors, please refer to the presentation posted in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website, www.newseniorinv.com.

EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

Management will host a conference call on August 6, 2015 at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (855) 734-8393 (from within the U.S.) or (970) 315-0985 (from outside of the U.S.) ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call; please reference “New Senior Second Quarter Earnings Call.” A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at www.newseniorinv.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the website and download any necessary software required to listen to the internet broadcast.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available approximately two hours following the call’s completion through 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on September 7, 2015 by dialing (855) 859-2056 (from within the U.S.) or (404) 537-3406 (from outside the U.S.); please reference access code “84979867.”

ABOUT NEW SENIOR

New Senior is a real estate investment trust focused on investing in senior housing properties across the United States. The Company is the only pure play senior housing REIT and is one of the largest owners of senior housing properties. Currently, New Senior owns 124 properties located across 32 states. New Senior is managed by an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC, a global investment management firm. More information about New Senior can be found at www.newseniorinv.com.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain items in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements regarding the Company’s belief that completed acquisitions will be accretive, expected initial cash NOI yields, which represent a portfolio’s expected cash NOI for a full year period divided by the purchase price, the completion of the Holiday acquisition and the expected timing thereof, and the expected use of proceeds from the equity offering completed in June. These statements are not historical facts. They represent management’s current expectations regarding future events and are subject to a number of trends and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained herein. For a discussion of some of the risks and important factors that could affect such forward-looking statements, see the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the Company’s website (www.newseniorinv.com). New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for New Senior to predict or assess the impact of every factor that may cause its actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release, and New Senior expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in New Senior's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

        Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) (dollars in thousands, except share data)   Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 Revenues Resident fees and services $ 63,470 $ 37,277 $ 110,658 $ 72,814 Rental revenue   27,730     22,346     54,402     44,644   Total revenues   91,200     59,623     165,060     117,458     Expenses Property operating expense 42,824 26,196 77,095 51,755 Depreciation and amortization 39,574 23,177 69,731 46,012 Interest expense 16,984 14,097 32,295 27,402 Acquisition, transaction and integration expense 5,199 4,013 9,117 8,236 Management fee to affiliate 3,071 1,726 6,122 3,379 General and administrative expense 4,129 817 7,539 1,655 Loss on extinguishment of debt - - 5,091 - Other expense   480     -     480     -   Total expenses $ 112,261   $ 70,026   $ 207,470   $ 138,439     Loss Before Income Taxes (21,061 ) (10,403 ) (42,410 ) (20,981 ) Income tax expense   129     627     34     987   Net Loss $ (21,190 ) $ (11,030 ) $ (42,444 ) $ (21,968 )   Loss Per Share of Common Stock Basic and diluted (A) $ (0.32 ) $ (0.17 ) $ (0.64 ) $ (0.33 )   Weighted Average Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding Basic and diluted (B)   66,857,483     66,399,857     66,637,670     66,399,857     Dividends Declared Per Share of Common Stock (C) $ 0.49   $ -   $ 0.49   $ -    

(A) Basic EPS is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding plus the additional dilutive effect, if any, of common stock equivalents during each period.

(B) For the purposes of computing income per share of common stock for periods prior to the spin-off on November 6, 2014, the Company treated the common shares issued in connection with the spin-off as if they had been outstanding for all periods presented. All 7.5 million outstanding options were excluded from the diluted share calculation as their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

(C) The three months ended June 30, 2015 includes a dividend of $15,276, or $0.23 per common share, which is attributable to the first quarter and was announced on April 6, 2015.

      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) (dollars in thousands)   Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 2014 Cash Flows From Operating Activities Net loss $ (42,444 ) $ (21,968 ) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of intangible assets 69,804 46,012 Amortization of deferred financing costs 4,473 4,059 Amortization of deferred community fees (1,112 ) (598 ) Amortization of premium on mortgage notes payable 305 425 Non-cash straight line rent (12,540 ) (12,136 ) Loss on extinguishment of debt 5,091 - Equity-based compensation 17 - Provision for bad debt 824 437 Unrealized loss on interest rate caps 480 - Changes in: Receivables and other assets (4,432 ) (7,592 ) Due to affiliates 2,559 3,904 Accrued expenses and other liabilities   9,932     16,298   Net cash provided by operating activities $ 32,957   $ 28,841     Cash Flows From Investing Activities Cash paid for acquisitions, net of deposits $ (584,932 ) $ (227,535 ) Capital expenditures (4,978 ) (3,836 ) Funds reserved for future capital expenditures (292 ) (540 ) Deposits paid for real estate investments   (10,855 )   (649 ) Net cash used in investing activities $ (601,057 ) $ (232,560 )   Cash Flows From Financing Activities Proceeds from mortgage notes payable $ 757,572 $ 32,857 Principal payments of mortgage notes payable (7,911 ) (6,271 ) Repayments of mortgage notes payable (289,484 ) - Payment of exit fee on extinguishment of debt (1,499 ) - Payment of deferred financing costs (8,798 ) (457 ) Payment of common stock dividend (30,552 ) - Purchase of interest rate caps (1,037 ) - Proceeds from issuance of common stock 276,569 - Costs related to issuance of common stock (10,056 ) - Contributions - 216,167 Distributions   -     (21,431 ) Net cash provided by financing activities $ 684,804   $ 220,865   Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents 116,704 17,146 Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period   226,377     30,393   Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period $ 343,081   $ 47,539     Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information Cash paid during the period for interest expense $ 26,734 $ 21,529 Cash paid during the period for income taxes 190 1,110   Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities Common stock dividend declared but not paid $ 17,268 $ -     Reconciliation of NOI to Net Loss (dollars in thousands) For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2015 Total revenues $ 91,200 Property operating expense   (42,824 ) NOI 48,376   Depreciation and amortization (39,574 ) Interest expense (16,984 ) Acquisition, transaction and integration expense (5,199 ) Management fee to affiliate (3,071 ) General and administrative expense (4,129 ) Other expense (480 ) Income tax expense   (129 ) Net Loss $ (21,190 )   Reconciliation of Net Loss to FFO, Normalized FFO, AFFO and Normalized FAD (dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)   For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2015 Net loss $ (21,190) Adjustments: Depreciation and amortization   39,574 FFO $ 18,384 FFO per diluted share   $0.27 Acquisition, transaction and integration expense 5,199 Other expense   480 Normalized FFO $ 24,063 Normalized FFO per diluted share   $0.36 Straight-line rent (6,374) Amortization of deferred financing costs 2,275 Amortization of premium on mortgage notes payable 75 Amortization of deferred community fees and other(1)   422 AFFO $ 20,461 AFFO per diluted share   $0.30 Maintenance capital expenditures  

(1,410)

Normalized FAD

$ 19,051

Normalized FAD per diluted share   $0.28   Weighted average basic shares outstanding 66,857 Weighted average diluted shares outstanding(2) 67,772  

(1) Includes net change in deferred community fees, above/below market lease amortization and other non-cash GAAP adjustments.

(2) Includes dilutive effect of options.

  Reconciliation of Same-Store NOI (unaudited) (dollars in thousands)                 2Q 2014 2Q 2015 Non-Same Non-Same Same Store Store Same Store Store NNN Managed Managed NNN Managed Managed Properties   Properties   Properties   Total Properties   Properties   Properties   Total NOI $22,346   $10,863   $218 $33,427 $27,730   $11,357   $9,289 $48,376   Depreciation and amortization (23,177 ) (39,574 ) Interest expense (14,097 ) (16,984 ) Acquisition, transaction and integration expense (4,013 ) (5,199 ) Management fee to affiliate (1,726 ) (3,071 ) General and administrative expense (817 ) (4,129 ) Other expense

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(480 ) Income tax expense (627 ) (129 ) Net Loss ($11,030 ) ($21,190 )  

The tables above set forth reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to net income (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. A non-GAAP financial measure is a measure of historical or future financial performance, financial position or cash flows that excludes or includes amounts that are not excluded from or included in the most comparable GAAP measure.

We believe that net income (loss), as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measurement. However, we consider certain non-GAAP financial measures to be useful supplemental measures of our operating performance.

We believe that Normalized Funds from Operations, or Normalized FFO, is useful because it allows investors, analysts and our management to compare our operating performance to the operating performance of other real estate companies and between periods on a consistent basis without having to account for differences caused by period specific items and events such as transaction costs. In addition, we believe Adjusted Funds from Operations, or AFFO, and normalized FAD are useful as supplemental measures of our ability to fund dividend payments.

The non-GAAP financial measures we present may not be identical to those presented by other real estate companies due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same definitions. You should not consider these measures as alternatives to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as indicators of our financial performance or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as measures of our liquidity, nor are these measures necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of our needs. In order to facilitate a clear understanding of our consolidated historical operating results, you should examine these measures in conjunction with net income as presented in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

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New Senior Investment Group Inc.David Smith, 212-479-3140