Greetings and welcome to the Rexford Industrial Realty First Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Steve Swett. Thank you. You may begin.

Good afternoon. We would like to thank you for joining us for Rexford Industrial’s first quarter 2015 earnings conference call. In addition to the press release distributed today, we have posted a quarterly supplemental package with additional details on our results in the Investor Relations section on our website at www.rexfordindustrial.com. On today’s call, management’s remarks and answers to your questions may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are usually identified by the use of words such as anticipates, believes, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, projects, seeks, should, will and variations of such words or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from those discussed today. Examples of forward-looking statements include those related to revenue, operating income or financial guidance. As a reminder, forward-looking statements represent management’s current expectations. Rexford Industrial assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in the future. We encourage listeners to review the more detailed discussions related to these forward-looking statements contained in the company’s filings with the SEC. In addition, certain of the financial information presented on this call represents non-GAAP financial measures. The company’s earnings release and supplemental information package which were released this afternoon and are available on the company’s website present reconciliations to the appropriate GAAP measure and explanation of why the company believes such non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors. This afternoon’s conference call is hosted by Rexford Industrial’s Co-Chief Executive Officers, Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer together with Chief Financial Officer, Adeel Khan. They will make some prepared remarks and then we will open the call for your question. Now, I will turn the call over to Michael.

Thank you and welcome to Rexford Industrial’s first quarter 2015 earnings call. I will begin with the summary of our operating and financial results for the quarter; Howard will then provide an overview of our markets and recent investment activity; and Adeel will then follow with more details on our quarterly, our balance sheet and an update on our outlook for 2015. The first quarter of 2015 represented another strong quarter for Rexford as we achieved strong same property NOI growth driven by occupancy gains and favorable re-leasing spreads and we continue to source exceptional investments acquiring over $52 million during the quarter and $68 million year-to-date. We’ve now almost doubled the size of our portfolio since our IPO almost two years ago. We also strengthened our balance sheet and liquidity through the completion of our $177 million follow-on equity offering during January and we remain committed to maintaining our investment grade profile as we move forward. More specifically, turning to our first quarter 2015 operating results, we achieved recurring FFO of $10.1 million, which is almost two times the amount of FFO compared to the same period one year ago. We achieved recurring FFO per share of $0.20 driven by our accretive internal and external growth, which represented an exceptional result considerably more than doubled our share and units count during the prior year, primarily to our two equity offerings. Our portfolio continues to perform well. Occupancy on a stabilized same property portfolio basis was 94.9%, representing a year-over-year increase of 460 basis points. On a same property basis, the NOI increased 7.4% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the first quarter of 2014 driven by a 4.2% increase in same property revenue and a 3.4% decrease in the same property expenses. Same property portfolio of cash…

Thank you, Michael and thank you everyone for joining us today. As on the past calls, I'll update you on our markets and review our recent transaction activity. Let me start by providing some perspective on our markets, primarily utilizing market data provided by CBRA. 2015 has started off continuing the trend of our Southern California infill markets being more landlord favor as available supply continues to dwindle and it’s actively looking for space for facing challenges options are limited. 11 landlords to more dramatically push rents and lower concessions in virtually every markets. In Los Angeles County, gross activity have started off strong. The market generated 11.2 million square feet of gross activity with 60% of the activity occurring in the 100,000 square foot segment. The market generated 2.2 million square feet of positive net absorption which is an increase of 12% over the last quarter. Garment, consumer goods, food e-commerce and third-party logistics attributed immensely there is a positive net absorption. But vacancy rates were up 20 basis points since the last quarter, bringing the overall vacancy rate to 1.7%. The rapid fall in vacancies as trended has continued since the beginning of 2014 is the high demand and low product supply. The average asking lease rate increased 3.1% quarter-over-quarter, which represents a growth of 8% year-over-year. Further CBRA expects rents to increase another 5.1% over the next 12 months. Orange County is also off to a good start posting positive net absorption of 690,000 square feet in the quarter. The overall vacancy rate dropped 30 basis point since the last quarter to 2.4% while average asking rental rates were flat in the third and fourth quarter of 2014. The market is tightened and the average asking lease rate has grown 2.9% in the first quarter of this…

Thank you, Howard. In my comments today, I’ll review our operating results and then I’ll summarize our balance sheet and recent financing transaction. And finally, I’ll update you on our outlook for 2015, starting with our operating results. For the three months ending March 31, 2015, Rexford Industrial reported company share of recurring FFO of $10.1 million, or $0.20 per fully diluted share. This compares to $5.9 million or $0.21 per fully diluted share in the first quarter of 2014. Recurring FFO excluded the impact of approximately 233,000 of non-recurring acquisition expenses and $369,000 of legal fees. Including these costs, company share of FFO was $9.5 million for the quarter or $0.19 per fully diluted share. The bulk of the company’s legal expenses pertained to litigation related to the accommodation matter, which we’re pleased to announce has now been fully settled at an immaterial cost of the company. On the same property basis, we generated 4.2% increase in first quarter rental revenue and operating expenses decreased 3.4% quarter-over-quarter. Decreases in same property operating expenses was nearly due to timing of maintenance and repair items. Same property NOI was $9.5 million for the first quarter as compared to $8.9 million for the same quarter in 2014. Representing an increase of 7.4%. On a cash basis, our same property portfolio NOI was up 7.3% year-over-year. Turning now to our balance sheet and financing activity. At March 31, 2015, the Rexford Industrial has total consolidated debt outstanding of approximately $269.9 million. A consolidated debt includes approximately $169.9 million of secured debt. During January, we issued 11.5 million shares in a secondary offerings, raising net proceeds of approximately $176.6 million. Proceeds were used to payout the outstanding balance on our revolving line of credit, fund acquisitions, and for general corporate purposes. During the first quarter, our total consolidated debt decreased by $87 million and we ended the quarter with zero balance outstanding on our revolving credit facility and $47.5 million of cash and cash equivalents. A strong balance sheet has always been a cornerstone strategy for Rexford. To that end, during March, Rexford received an investment grade rating from Fitch. This is further evident from strength of our platform and balance sheet and expands our capital options as we pursue our growth initiatives in 2015 and beyond. Finally, I’d like to provide an update on our outlook for 2015, which is unchanged from what we provided on our fourth quarter call. For the 2015 same property portfolio, we expand year-end occupancy within a range of 93% to 94% and same property NOI growth for the year of 5% to 7%. Our full-year acquisition target remains $250 million or more. For recurring G&A, we anticipate a full year expense of about $14.5 million to $15.5 million. With that we will be happy to take your questions.

Thank you. We will now be conducting a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Jamie Schulman, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Please proceed.

Thanks, good afternoon. I guess starting out – can you talk about in the guidance what your yields are – the yield expectations are on the acquisition both I guess in placed and then stabilized?

Hi, Jamie. It’s Howard. So as we mentioned in past calls for the inbound cap rate is not really our main focus. So we’re really looking at where we stabilized assets in 12 to approximately 30 months. And so, the assets are typically coming in that timeframe, north of 6% in terms of yield on total cost.

Okay, you’re saying that’s an in play, going in yield…

That wasn’t [indiscernible]. We bought some assets that have no occupancies, so I would say zero yield, some of them are occupied. But I think what I’m referring really is just the stabilized returns in 12 month to 13 month on our assets. Yes, they’re all over the boards in terms of the inbound yields.

Hi, Jamie. It’s Michael. Just to give you a sense of it I think if we look back at what we’ve been buying and we don’t see much change going forward based on what’s in the current pipeline. Average inbound occupancy has probably been in the mid 80s, 85%, 87% on average, and average is inbound day one cap rate has been around five. And as Howard mentioned, on a stabilized basis, north of 6%.

Okay. So I guess I was just thinking in terms of your – you have a model that spinning on your guidance. But it sounds like kind of 5% to 6% is with the – that going in yield is – what’s in your guidance?

Your day one yield based on a blend of vacant stabilized and the rest is probably around five. And on the stabilized basis north of 6% and depending on the complexion whether it’s got a real stronger value add component could be well north of 6%, or if it’s like more of a quarter plus or core orientation might be closer to 6%.

Okay. And then if you can you tell us what you view as your current investment fire power before you need more capital?

Sure Jamie. And I think as we’ve reported at the end of the quarter we have about $47 million on the cash, after the two recent acquisitions that we just announced along with some working capitals we have fully deployed the cash that existed on the balance sheet as of March 31. Further more we have $200 million available on the line of credit. So that I gave you some indication as to – from the credit facility how much we have available there and also we recently announced the ATM program and if an opportunity presents – itself and later on during the year, that certainly going to be another capital source we can use to deploy depending upon the acquisition and the volume within the acquisition pipeline. So I think I gave you some color as to where we are.

Okay. So it sounds like at this point, if you need capitals, you’re coming off your line of credit otherwise you need to issue equity. Did I hear that right?

Yes, yes. I think that currently the line of credit is completely available, so that will be the needed source.

Okay. And then how much – how comfortable would you be instead of where you want to be on leverage? How much of the line would you be comfortable using?

Oh I think – if you recall the metrics for the supplemental we have a 4.3 debt-to-EBITDA multiple, so we are really on the low end in debt to total enterprise value. But we’re also on a very low end – in the low high 19s, but I think it gives you some decent run rate. So I think we can go pretty far into the credit facility usage before we start reaching anything major from our own internal disciplined perspective. And also I think that something that I remind people we are very pleased to get the Fitch rating that we’ve received in the first quarter. But I think that also another tool that we use to monitor ourselves from a discipline perspective, specifically when it comes to debt to EBITDA multiple. So I think we have a very decent run rate for the next number of months and quarters.

Okay. And then we’re seeing a pickup in interest for assets overall. Any thoughts – any chance we might see you guys actually start to sell some property?

Jamie, we’re looking at the portfolio on a regular basis in terms of how the assets are performing and keep in mind that a lot of the assets we have today have rents in place that are below market as we are seeing rent grow rapidly over the past year or 18 months. So in terms of maximizing value, we still have a pretty good runway with all of our assets, but that’s said, we do have our eye on one or two things that we might put on the market, but nothing of any significance really.

Okay, great. Thank you.

Thanks, Jamie.

[Operator Instructions] And next question comes from Brendon Mariana will Wells Fargo. Please proceed.

Thanks, good afternoon. First up deal any there’s $47 million of cash on the balance sheet. Anything that this is particularly slated for or is that sort of fully available to fund acquisitions first to the extend they come up?

No, it’s fully available and I think that the cash – I’m talking about the cash, it’s fully available as of March 31, as a matter of fact been the question that I answered earlier, we effectively update that cash here with the most recent acquisition that took place be announcement just, they are also here, so as effectively with the cash and deployed we are back down to the remaining working capital that we need to keep on the balance sheets when they have the fully available I mean we’ve to utilized it exactly.

Okay, and you got the investment grade rating from Fitch, kind of where from a debt to EBITDA basis which I know a lot of rating agencies like to look at as a core metric, where can you bring that number up to or still maintaining and investment grade from the rating agencies.

So the investment grade rating is 6.5 multiples is essentially the loose guardrail that’s been established, but I caution people and talking about that, is that it? It’s not a flip test. You can have a quarter or two before you can rectify that, so I think especially with our organization and the heavy growth mode, but that’s especially the loose guardrail that we are measuring ourselves again and that’s also the same answer that I gave earlier is to that one traditional disciplines that we’ve got built into our financial in our balance sheet [indiscernible].

Sure, okay, that’s helpful. What was the reason for the drop in occupancy in the San Fernando Valley and look like it went down on a 900 basis points also sequentially from Q4?

Hi, Brendon, it’s Howard. We bought a 202,000 foot vacant building towards the end of last year and this year we acquired a 150,000 square foot vacant building as well in the San Fernando Valley. But that really was the main drivers of that occupancy decline. But we’re very bullish on the San Fernando Valley. It’s frankly in the quarter was one of our better performing market, about a 1.4% vacant marketplace. And if you look at our leasing that occurred during the last quarter in terms of new deal, we had a cash leasing spread of 15.7% and GAAP leasing spread of 16.7%. And also I would point that one of the 200,000 foot buildings we bought vacant, we’ve already leased 112,000 square feet of it. Its not occupied yet, but it’s leased. And I believe the occupancy is still in July.

Okay, great. And then just it looks like same-store expenses dropped sequentially or they dropped year-over-year. Was there anything driving that number and year – you’re a little bit above your guidance in terms of same-store growth in Q1. But a portion of that did seem to be driven by that drop in expenses. So is that sustainable as we go forward during the year or is it higher rent growth maybe there we get going forward to kind of keep you in that plus 5% to 7% same-store growth mode.

Yes, Brandon, I think, this is Adeel. So I think its a great question, and as I’ve often talked in our earnings announce. The repairing mantle for the primary driver. And primarily due to the timing of those expenses. I think they do normalize as we move forward into the year. So I think it’s a one time occurrence. I think those things will stabilize and normalize and that’s the initial guidance that they issued the 5% to 7% growth stand and we’re still standing by that initial guidance. And you will also potentially see the continuing impact of the releasing spreads that we talk about in addition to the occupancy guidance that we gave out earlier, which was a 93% to 94%. So the combination of all those factors will give us the comfort to stay within that guidance range. But the expense pressure initially will stabilize and normalize. So you’ll now see that pattern.

Brandon, it’s Michael. I just thought it was an interesting question. I think if you extend that to the consolidated portfolio and if you look the fact, that we’ve increased rental revenues by about $7 million year-over-year on a quarterly basis. But we only increased property expenses and G&A combined, so excluding depreciation, amortization which are non-cash by about 38%. We are seeing very, very strong margin expansion. Overall, as we grow the portfolio and I think we’re seeing that both on a same-store basis, but even more dramatically on a consolidated basis.

Yes. Okay, that’s helpful. So last one for Howard or Michael, so I appreciate the response to Jamie’s question I think kind of in the stabilized yields sort of low to 6’s to high 6’s. It looks like your space under repositioning, like the new disclosure, the enhanced disclosure. It looks like stabilized target yield is 6.2 if I’m doing the math correctly, maybe 6.3 on repositioned assets. How should we sort of think about that stabilized yields relative to where these assets would be valued upon stabilization, like is a – is a stabilized cap rate for this stuff – probably flat?

By the way Jamie, just one – I’m sorry Brandon. It’s Michael. Just one quick comment on your calculation on the stabilized yields. Those target estimated annual stabilized cash NOI that gets to the first year of leasing – for leasing. So that’s how we define stabilization for the purpose of this chart. It doesn’t necessarily define where we get on an ultimate stabilized basis because a lot of times as additional value add activity might occur subsequent to the first full year of lease up. And I think your question was about on a steady state basis is that sort of how we see it, is that your question?

Yes, well I was trying to compare the initial stabilized yield, may be that’s a depressed number or not a full number versus kind of where the stabilized value is to sort of think about the value creation that you’re getting for taking the risk on these repositioned assets, right. You’re not buying a stabilized – you’re not buying a stabilized assets, so you’ve got a – you’re getting something for the risk that you’re taking. And I’m trying to figure out how much value creation you’re getting for that risk?

Sure, Brandon, it’s Howard. Let me give you an example. So toward the end of last year, we bought the 202,000 square foot building in San Fernando Valley and as I mentioned we leased 112,000 feet of it, we leased it for $0.02 a foot higher than our pro forma. So that – we expect to now stabilize in the low 6% cap range and that’s a Class A asset that would be valued today, if it was fully leased, sub five, probably in the 4.5 cap range, so we’re creating a lot of value in that respect.

Okay. So maybe about 150 basis points on a – on a fixed cap, which is sort of 20% give or take?

Yes, somewhere in that range, sounds reasonable.

Okay, all right. Thanks guys.

Our next question from Michael Mueller with JPMorgan. Please proceed.

Yes, hi. Just a quick one and I apologize if this was mentioned. But if you’re at sequential occupancy, thinking more on a same-store basis ignoring anything that bothers you during the quarter. What’s the occupancy deal, I guess, ignoring the repositionings and then including the repositionings from Q4 to Q1?

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Yes, thinking about the portfolio occupancy change from natural organic leasing supposes to mix changes.

All right. I could say this in the first quarter we were plus 150 million to 150,000 square feet positive net absorptions, we had a tremendous amount of leasing volumes. And net that represents about a 1.5% of increased in the occupancy from the positive absorption.

This is Michael, by the way.

Yes.

We had a pretty substantial same-store composition change in terms of the portfolio. So we don’t have that data right now at this second for you. But we can address that later offline.

Okay. That was it. Thank you.

Thank you. Our last question will come from [indiscernible]. Please proceed.

Hi guys, how many vacant building are you comfortable buying. If you look at that 250 million, could half of that be vacant buildings or is there some limit where you want to have incoming cash flows?

It’s Howard. We typically have projected that in our model that about 25% of what we buy would be value add and frankly we always projected to have the substantial amount more of that be vacant buildings. Whereas I think as Michael made a comment earlier, we’ve actually been able to perform a little bit better in terms of the in-bound value add where overall we were bringing in between vacant about 80% occupancy about a 5% in-bound cap rate including vacant space and buildings. That’s said, we are pretty careful as when we look at the markets in terms of taking risk on those vacant buildings. And different markets we feel little bit differently about as I gave you example earlier about San Fernando Valley that 200,000 for vacant building we bought. We literally leashed the 112,000 feet probably about nine months prior to our proforma occupancy goal. And we already have activity and an offer on the remaining 90,000 square feet. So in terms of the risk profile, we don’t think we are taking a very large risk in the San Fernando Valley especially when we are talking about a Class A asset and if you really drill down to the market, now this maybe one other building right now, let’s say the 90,000 square feet, there maybe one or two other buildings that would even be competing with us. So lot difference that if we are buying a vacant building, in the Inland Empire East where we don’t buy really any assets. Third, I hope that gives some color on it but again we do look at where we have that’s vacant, what our leasing looks like, repositioning timelines and we make those decisions on a quarter by quarter basis based on the assets we’re looking at.

Got it. Thanks and then a deal, in terms of the ATMs, how comfortable are you issuing at the sort of stock levels or what kind of up sell would you need before you start to buy using the ATM?

Well. I think I go back to initial answer that I gave. We have plenty of plenty of capacity on the credit facility, I think we have decent runway also we just that credit metrics and the debt metrics look really healthy from where we are. The balance sheet is extremely strong for now. But having said that when the opportunity presents itself latter on, during the year and the quarter we’ll certainly look at that, it’s just another opportunity just another tool for us to have now to really I have really evolved debt and capital stock from this perspective. But I think as I go back to the initial points that I made to you where we are from a debt fact [ph] currency at the end of the quarter and how those metrics look like and how much run rate do we have to be able to achieve some of these target goals that we have laid out.

Great. Thanks Howard.

Thank you. I would now turn the call back over to Mr. Frankel for closing comment.

Hey just want to thank everybody for joining in the company today. We can't tell you how much we appreciate your interest and focus on Rexford. Thanks everybody.