Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Mar 31, 2025

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the documents that are incorporated by reference, that are not historical facts are 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 (the “Exchange Act”). Also, when Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) uses any of the words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” or similar expressions, Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. is making forward-looking statements. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon present expectations and reasonable assumptions, actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Certain factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated or projected are described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or any document incorporated herein by reference. Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2024. Any references to “FCPT,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. as an independent, publicly traded, self-administered company.

All filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, this and other quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and our current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports are available for free on our website, www.fcpt.com (http://www.fcpt.com), as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. We do not intend our website to be an active link or to otherwise incorporate the information contained on our website into this report or other filings with the SEC. However, we use our website as a routine channel of distribution of company information, including press releases, presentations and supplemental information, as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor our website in addition to following press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. Our filings can also be obtained for free on the SEC’s Internet website at www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov). We are providing our website address solely for the information of investors.

Overview

We are a Maryland corporation and a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) which owns, acquires and leases properties for use in the restaurant and retail industries. Substantially all of our business is conducted through Four Corners Operating Partnership, LP (“FCPT OP”), a Delaware limited partnership of which we are a majority limited partner and our wholly owned subsidiary, Four Corners GP, LLC (“FCPT GP”), is its sole general partner. We believe that we have operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for the taxable year ended December 31, 2024, and we intend to continue to operate in a manner that will enable us to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Our revenues are primarily generated by leasing properties to tenants through net lease arrangements under which the tenants are primarily responsible for ongoing costs relating to the properties, including utilities, property taxes, insurance, common area maintenance charges, and maintenance and repair costs. We focus on income producing properties leased to high quality tenants in major markets across the United States. We also generate revenues by operating seven LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants located in the San Antonio, Texas area (the “Kerrow Restaurant Operating Business”) pursuant to franchise agreements with Darden Restaurants, Inc., (together with its consolidated subsidiaries “Darden”).

In addition to managing our existing properties, our strategy includes investing in additional restaurant and retail properties to grow and diversify our existing portfolio. We expect this acquisition strategy will decrease our reliance on Darden and help us gain exposure to non-restaurant retail properties over time. We intend to purchase properties that are well located, occupied by durable concepts, with creditworthy tenants whose operating cash flows are expected to meaningfully exceed their lease payments to us. We seek to improve the probability of successful tenant renewal at the end of initial lease terms by acquiring properties that have high levels of operator profitability compared to rent payments and have absolute rent levels that generally reflect market rates.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, FCPT acquired 23 properties for a total investment value of $57.8 million, including transaction costs. These properties are 100% occupied under net leases with a weighted average remaining lease term of 7.3 years.

At March 31, 2025, our lease portfolio had the following characteristics:

• 1,221 properties located in 47 states and representing an aggregate leasable area of 8.2 million square feet;
• 99.4% occupancy (based on leasable square footage);
• An average remaining lease term of 7.3 years (weighted by annualized base rent);
• An average annual rent escalation of 1.4% through December 31, 2030 (weighted by annualized base rent);
• 99.5% of the contractual base rent collected for the three months ended March 31, 2025; and
• 54.7% investment-grade tenancy (weighted by annualized base rent).

Analysis of Results of Operations

We operate in two segments: real estate operations and restaurant operations. The following discussion includes the results of our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 as summarized in the table below:

(In thousands)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Real Estate Operations

Rental Revenue

Rental revenue increased $4.9 million, or 8.4%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. This change was due primarily to the acquisition of 106 leased properties during the year-over-year period from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized variable lease revenue, including costs paid by the lessor and reimbursed by the lessees within rental revenue of $2.7 million as compared to $2.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024. These amounts are also recognized in property expenses.

We recognize rental income on a straight-line basis to include the effect of base rent escalators, and free rent periods, if any.

General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative expense is comprised of costs associated with personnel, office rent, legal, accounting, information technology, and other professional and administrative services in association with our real estate operations, our REIT structure and public company reporting requirements. General and administrative expenses increased $1.4 million, or 23.0%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to an increase in stock-based compensation expense. General and administrative expense, after excluding stock-based compensation, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $4.9 million, compared to $4.6 million of general and administrative expense, after excluding stock-based compensation, for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expense represents the depreciation on real estate investments and equipment that have estimated lives ranging from 2 to 55 years. Depreciation and amortization increased by approximately $1.0 million, or 7.1%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, due to the acquisition of 106 properties, during the year-over-year period from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.

Property Expense

We record all tenant expenses, both reimbursed and non-reimbursed, to property expense. We also record initial direct costs (lease negotiation and other previously capitalizable transaction expenses) as property expenses. Other property expenses consist of expenses incurred on vacant properties, abandoned deal costs, lease transaction costs, property-level expenses and franchise taxes. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recorded property expenses of $3.3 million, of which $2.7 million was reimbursed by tenants. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we recorded property expenses of $3.1 million, of which $2.7 million was reimbursed by tenants.

Interest Expense

We incur interest expense on our $590 million of term loans, any outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility, interest rate swaps, and our $625 million of senior fixed rate notes. Interest expense increased by $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to the issuance of the additional $85 million in March 2024 and $75 million net increase in term loans in January 2025, which was partially offset by a reduction of interest expense due to the repayment of the $50 million senior unsecured fixed rate note and lower utilization of the revolving credit facility.

Realized Gain on Sale, Net

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, no properties were sold.

Income Taxes

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, our income tax expense was $77 thousand and $59 thousand, respectively. The income tax expense on real estate operations consists of state, and local income taxes incurred by FCPT on its lease portfolio. As FCPT acquires additional properties in states subject to state income taxes, income tax expense will continue to increase.

Restaurant Operations

Restaurant revenues increased by $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to higher net pricing, partially offset by less foot traffic as a result of city construction projects outside two locations and temporary closure for roof repairs at one location.

Total restaurant expenses decreased by $9 thousand, or 0.1%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to decreased food costs and improved staffing, partially offset by an increase in property taxes and insurance rates.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $14 thousand at the Kerrow Restaurant Operating Business, compared to an income tax benefit of $32 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to routine book to tax differences.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of FCPT’s Consolidated Financial Statements in conformance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates on assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses as well as other disclosures in the financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and assumptions; however, actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions, which in turn could have a material impact on our financial statements. A summary of FCPT’s critical accounting policies is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.” Management believes those critical accounting policies, among others, affect our more significant estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements.

New Accounting Standards

A discussion of new accounting standards and the possible effects of these standards on our Consolidated Financial Statements is included in Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Liquidity and Financial Condition

At March 31, 2025, we had $22.3 million of cash and cash equivalents and $350 million of borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility, which expires on February 1, 2029, subject to our ability to extend the term for two additional six-month periods to February 1, 2030. The revolving credit facility provides for a letter of credit sub-limit of $25 million. See Note 6 - Debt, Net of Deferred Financing Costs included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information. As of March 31, 2025, we had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility. At March 31, 2025, the weighted average interest rate on the term loans, after consideration of the interest rate hedges, was 3.87%.

On January 31, 2025, the Company and its subsidiary, FCPT OP, entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement with a group of existing lenders (the “Credit Agreement”), which amended and restated in its entirety an existing Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of October 25, 2022 (the "Prior Credit Agreement"). Prior to entering into the Credit Agreement, certain amounts outstanding under the term loan facility pursuant to the Prior Credit Agreement were scheduled to mature as follows: $150 million principal amount outstanding was scheduled to mature on November 9, 2025, $100 million principal amount outstanding was scheduled to mature on November 9, 2026, $90 million principal amount outstanding was scheduled to mature on January 9, 2027, $85 million principal amount outstanding was scheduled to mature on March 14, 2027 and $90 million principal amount outstanding was scheduled to mature on January 9, 2028.

The Credit Agreement provides for borrowings up to $940 million, consisting of (1) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $350 million and term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $590 million comprised of (i) a $100 million term loan with a maturity date of November 9, 2026 (the "Term Loan A-2 Facility"), (ii) a $90 million term loan with a maturity date of February 1, 2027, (iii) a $85 million term loan with a maturity date of March 14, 2027 (the "Term Loan A-5 Facility"), (iv) a $90 million term loan with a maturity date of February 1, 2028, and (v) a $225 million term loan with a maturity date of February 1, 2029 (the "Term Loan A-1 Facility"). No amortization payments are required on the term loan prior to the maturity date. FCPT OP has the option to extend the maturity date of the revolving credit facility for up to two six month periods, subject to the payment of an extension fee of 0.0625% on the aggregate amount of the then-outstanding revolving commitment. FCPT OP has the option to extend the maturity date of each of the Term Loan A-1 Facility and the Term Loan A-2 Facility by one year, subject to the payment of an extension fee of 0.125% on the then-outstanding principal amount of term loans under the Term Loan A-1 Facility and the Term Loan A-2 Facility, as applicable. FCPT OP has the option to extend the maturity date of the Term Loan A-5 Facility by one year, subject to the payment of an extension fee of 0.15% on the then-outstanding principal amount of term loans under the Term Loan A-5 Facility. The Credit Agreement is a syndicated credit facility that contains an accordion feature allowing the facility to be increased by an additional aggregate amount not to exceed $450 million, subject to certain conditions. Amounts owed under the Credit Agreement may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty, subject to customary breakage costs in the case of borrowings with respect to which SOFR rate election is in effect.

Loans under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at a per annum rate equal to a SOFR rate plus a margin of 0.85% to 1.00%. The margin is based on the highest applicable credit rating on its senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness. In the event that all or a portion of the principal amount of any loan borrowed pursuant to the Credit Agreement is not paid when due, interest will accrue at the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00%. A facility fee at a rate of 0.20% per annum applies to the total revolving commitments available under the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default including, among other things, payment defaults, breach of covenants, cross acceleration to material indebtedness, bankruptcy-related defaults, judgment defaults, and the occurrence of certain change of control events. The occurrence of an event of default will limit the ability of the Company and FCPT OP to make distributions and may result in the termination of the credit facility, acceleration of repayment obligations and the exercise of remedies by the Lenders with respect to the collateral.

We reviewed the term loan and revolving debt arrangements by lender and accounted for the term loan and revolving credit facility amendment in accordance with U.S. GAAP. This resulted in the capitalization of $6.7 million in new lender fees and third party costs, which will be amortized over the life of the new loans; $120 thousand in third-party fees were recorded to general and administrative expense. Where there were decreases in principal, $40 thousand of unamortized deferred financing costs were written off and recorded as interest expense. The remaining $3.5 million of original unamortized deferred financing costs will be amortized over the life of the new loans.

We have entered into the following interest rate swaps to hedge the interest rate variability associated with the term loan portion of our credit facility. These hedging agreements were entered into to mitigate the interest rate risk inherent in FCPT OP’s variable rate debt and not for trading purposes. These swaps are accounted for as cash flow hedges with all interest income and expense recorded as a component of net income and other valuation changes recorded as a component of other comprehensive income.

(1) During the first three months of 2025, we entered into these interest rate swaps to hedge the interest rate variability associated with the term loan portion of our credit facility

The Company also enters into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates from the trade date through the forecasted issuance date of debt.

The Company has issued the following $625 million of senior unsecured fixed rate notes in private placements pursuant to note purchase agreements with the various purchasers.

($ in thousands)

Capital Resources and Financing Strategy

On a short-term basis, our principal demands for funds will be for operating expenses, distributions to shareholders and interest and principal on current and any future debt financings. We expect to fund our operating expenses and other short-term liquidity requirements, capital expenditures, payment of principal and interest on our outstanding indebtedness, property improvements, re-leasing costs and cash distributions to common shareholders, primarily through cash provided by operating activities. We expect to fund acquisitions, investments, and other capital expenditures, from borrowings under our $350 million revolving credit facility and equity securities. At times the Company may evaluate opportunities to sell certain assets and redeploy the capital into new properties.

We have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which we may issue equity financing through the instruments and on the terms most attractive to us at such time. On September 17, 2024, the Company terminated the prior ATM program (as defined below) and entered into a new ATM program (the "ATM program"), pursuant to which shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $500.0 million may be offered and sold (1) by the Company to, or through, a consortium of banks acting as its sales agents or (2) by a consortium of banks acting as forward sellers on behalf of any forward purchasers contemplated thereunder, in each case by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NYSE or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, by privately negotiated transactions (including block sales) or by any other methods permitted by applicable law. The ATM program replaces the Company's previous $450.0 million ATM program (the "prior ATM program" and, together with the ATM program, the "ATM programs"), which was established in November 2022, under which the Company had sold shares of its common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of $404.8 million through September 17, 2024. In connection with the Company’s ATM programs, the Company may enter into forward sale agreements with certain financial institutions acting as forward purchasers whereby, at the Company's discretion, the forward purchasers may borrow and sell shares of common stock. The use of forward sale agreements allows the Company to lock in a share price on the sale of shares of common stock at the time the respective forward sale agreements are executed but defer settling the forward sale agreements and receiving the proceeds from the sale of shares until a later date.

We currently expect to fully physically settle any future forward sale agreement with the relevant forward purchaser on one or more dates specified by us on or prior to the maturity date of such forward sale agreement, in which case we expect to receive aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement equal to the number of shares specified in such forward sale agreement multiplied by the relevant forward price per share. However, subject to certain exceptions, we may also elect, in our sole discretion, to cash settle or net share settle all or any portion of our obligations under any forward sale agreement, in which case we may not receive any proceeds (in the case of cash settlement) or will not receive any proceeds (in the case of net share settlement), and we may owe cash (in the case of cash settlement) or shares of our common stock (in the case of net share settlement) to the relevant forward purchaser.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company had the following activity under its ATM program, the net proceeds of which were employed to fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

(1) Net proceeds, after sales commissions and offering expenses

At March 31, 2025, the Company had outstanding forward sale agreements to sell 8,797,027 shares of common stock at a weighted average sales price of $28.29 before sales commission and offering expenses.

At March 31, 2025, there was $231.9 million available for issuance under the ATM programs.

On a long-term basis, our principal demands for funds include payment of dividends, financing of property acquisitions, and scheduled debt maturities. We plan to meet our long-term capital needs by issuing debt or equity securities or by obtaining asset-level financing, subject to market conditions. In addition, we may issue common stock to permanently finance properties that were financed on an intermediate basis by our revolving credit facility or other indebtedness. In the future, we may also acquire properties by issuing partnership interests of FCPT OP in exchange for property owned by third parties. Our common partnership interests would be redeemable for cash or shares of our common stock, at FCPT’s election.

We continually evaluate alternative financing and believe that we can obtain financing on reasonable terms. However, we cannot be assured that we will have access to the capital markets at times and at terms that are acceptable to us. We expect that our primary uses of capital will be for property and other asset acquisitions and the funding of tenant improvements and other capital expenditures, and debt refinancing.

Because the properties in our portfolio are generally leased to tenants under net leases, where the tenant is responsible for property operating costs and expenses, our exposure to rising property operating costs due to inflation is mitigated. Interest rates and other factors, such as occupancy, rental rate and the financial condition of our tenants, influence our performance more so than does inflation. Changes in interest rates do not necessarily correlate with inflation rates or changes in inflation rates. As described above, we currently offer leases that provide for payments of base rent with scheduled annual fixed increases.

Supplemental Financial Measures

The following table presents a reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income to National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) funds from operations (“FFO”) and adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”).

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(1) Amount represents non-cash deferred income tax benefit recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 for income tax benefit at the Kerrow Restaurant Business.

(2) Assumes the issuance of common shares for OP units held by non-controlling partners.

Non-GAAP Definitions

The certain non-GAAP financial measures included above management believes are helpful in understanding our business, as further described below. Our definition and calculation of non-GAAP financial measures may differ from those of other REITs and therefore may not be comparable. The non-GAAP measures should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indicator of our performance and should be considered only a supplement to net income, and to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities as a measure of profitability and/or liquidity, computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

FFO is a supplemental measure of our performance which should be considered along with, but not as an alternative to, net income and cash provided by operating activities as a measure of operating performance and liquidity. We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by the NAREIT. FFO represents net income (loss) computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property and undepreciated land and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs) and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We also omit the tax impact of non-FFO producing activities from FFO determined in accordance with the NAREIT definition.

Our management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization and gains and losses from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We offer this measure because we recognize that FFO will be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, nor the level of capital expenditures and capitalized leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our financial condition and results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. FFO is a non-GAAP measure and should not be considered a measure of liquidity including our ability to pay dividends or make distributions. In addition, our calculations of FFO are not necessarily comparable to FFO as calculated by other REITs that do not use the same definition or implementation guidelines or interpret the standards differently from us. Investors in our securities should not rely on these measures as a substitute for any U.S. GAAP measure, including net income.

Adjusted Funds from Operations is a non-U.S. GAAP measure that is used as a supplemental operating measure specifically for comparing year-over-year ability to fund dividend distribution from operating activities. AFFO is used by us as a basis to address our ability to fund our dividend payments. We calculate AFFO by adding to or subtracting from FFO:

1. Transaction costs incurred in connection with business combinations

2. Straight-line rent revenue adjustment

3. Stock-based compensation expense

4. Non-cash amortization of deferred financing costs

5. Other non-cash interest expense (income)

6. Non-real estate investment depreciation

7. Merger, restructuring and other related costs

8. Impairment charges

9. Other non-cash revenue adjustments, including amortization of above and below market leases and lease incentives

10. Amortization of capitalized leasing costs

11. Debt extinguishment gains and losses

12. Non-cash expense (income) adjustments related to deferred tax benefits

AFFO is not intended to represent cash flow from operations for the period, and is only intended to provide an additional measure of performance by adjusting the effect of certain items noted above included in FFO. AFFO is a widely reported measure by other REITs; however, other REITs may use different methodologies for calculating AFFO and, accordingly, our AFFO may not be comparable to other REITs.

Information concerning market risk is incorporated herein by reference to Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as supplemented by the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Part I, Item 1A titled “Risk Factors.” Other than the developments described thereunder, including changes in the fair values of our assets, there have been no other material changes in our quantitative or qualitative exposure to market risk since December 31, 2024.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective and were operating at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the first quarter of 2025, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors as disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.