Daniel Booth
Analyst · Vandenberg, please go ahead
Thanks, Bob. And good morning, everyone. As of September 30th, 2021, Omega had an operating asset portfolio of 944 facilities with over 96,000 operating beds. These facilities were spread across 63 third-party operators and located within 42 states, and the United Kingdom. Currently 12-month operator EBITDARM and EBITDA coverage for our core portfolio as of June 30th, 2021 decreased to 1.63 and 1.28 times respectively versus 1.81 and 1.44 times respectively, for the trailing 12-month period ended March 31st, 2021. During the Second Quarter of 2021, our operators cumulatively recorded approximately $49 million in federal stimulus funds. As compared to approximately $74 million recorded during the First Quarter. Trailing 12-month operator EBITDARM and EBITDA coverage would have decreased during the 2nd quarter of 2021 to 1.22-.89 times, respectively, as compared to 124 and 0.9 times respectively for the first quarter when excluding the benefit of any federal stimulus funds. EBITDA coverage for the standalone quarter ended 6302021 for our core portfolio was 1.2 times, including federal stimulus and 0.99 times, excluding the $49 million of federal stimulus funds. This compares to the standalone first-quarter of 1.17 times and 0.83 times with and without $74 million in federal stimulus funds, respectively. Based upon what Omega has received in terms of occupancy reporting for October to date, occupancy has continued to improve, averaging approximately 75.5%, up from a low of 72.3% in January of 2021. While coverage's have improved quarter-over-quarter, the fact that coverage without stimulus remains below one times highlights the reason why we have had a handful of operators unable to pay rent this quarter and into October. The lack of or delay in additional Federal and state stimulus in certain circumstances coupled with a very slow occupancy recovery and a tough labor market have put a strain on the cash flow of our operators with certain operators being hit particularly hard. For the third quarter ending September 30th of 2021, the percentage of rent and interest collected, including the application of security deposits, letters of credit, and other offsets, was 99%. Excluding the application of the aforementioned collateral items, the percentage drops to 93%. For the month of October 2021, those percentages are 91% and 88%, respectively, as much of the collateral available for this purpose was utilized in the third quarter. Turning to portfolio matters. In June of 2021, Gulf Coast, an operator representing approximately $30 million or 3% of annual revenue, informed Omega that the June rent of approximately $2.5 million would not be paid and that future rent payments would not be remitted in the coming months. Subsequently, on October 14th, 2021, Gulf Coast filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Wilmington Delaware, as part of that filing, the debtors and Omega agreed upon an entered into a restructuring support agreement. Ultimately, and subject to approval of the court, amongst other things, is the intention of both parties to transition the 24th facilities associated with the Gulf Coast to an unrelated third-party or parties. At this time, it is too early to predict the ultimate outcome or timing of those transitions. Since the failure of this Operator to pay rent in June, Omega has had two other material operators cease paying rent. The first, Agemo, representing approximately $53 million, or 5.3% of annual revenue, stopped paying rent and interest in August of 2021, and has also failed to pay rent an d interest in September and October. Accordingly, Omega drew upon an existing security deposit of approximately $9.5 million to pay all rent due for August, September, and a portion of October, thereby exhausting our deposits. We are in ongoing discussions with the Agemo to bring this lease back into compliance and begin the resumption of lease payments.