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Optibase Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter Results

^{Published on 2011-02-09 21:20:34 - Market Wire}
 

HERZLIYA, Israel--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Optibase Ltd. (NASDAQ: OBAS) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010.

") from the real estate business. Our primary indicators in our real estate operations are FFO and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Amortization and Depreciation "

Revenues from fixed income real estate totaled $447,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, compared with $400,000 for the previous quarter. Net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 was $806,000 or $0.05 per basic and fully diluted share, compared with a net income of $5.9 million or $0.36 per basic and diluted share for the third quarter of 2010.

This quarter results include $600,000 of other loss from the impairment of the Company's investment in Mobixell Networks.

For the year ended on December 31, 2010, revenues, net income and earnings per share totaled $1.7 million, $4.5 million, $0.27 per basic and fully diluted share, respectively.

As previously indicated, following the closing of the transaction with Vitec on July 1, 2010, Optibase is no longer active in the video solutions business and a capital gain of approximately $6.3 million representing the gain from the sale of the video solutions business is presented in Optibasea™s financial reports as discontinued operations activity.

The net income of Optibasea™s discontinued operations for the quarter ended on December 31, 2010 was $98,000 or $0.01 per basic and fully diluted share, compared with a net loss of $157,000 or $0.01 per basic and fully diluted share for the third quarter of 2010 and with a net loss of $702,000 or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2009. Weighted average shares outstanding used in the calculation for the periods were approximately 16.6 million basic and 16.7 million fully diluted for the fourth quarter of 2010 and approximately 16.6 million basic and fully diluted for the third quarter of 2010, and approximately 16.5 million basic and fully diluted for the fourth quarter of 2009.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, net income from discontinued operations was $5.4 million or $0.33 per basic and $0.32 per fully diluted share, compared to a net income of $472,000 or $0.03 per basic and diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2009. Weighted average shares outstanding used in the calculation for the periods were approximately 16.6 million basic and 16.7 million diluted and 16.5 million basic and fully diluted respectively.

As of December 31, 2010, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, and other financial investments, net, in the amount of $30 million, and shareholders' equity of $40 million, compared with $39 million, and $41 million, respectively as of September 30, 2010.

Commenting on the quarter, CFO of Optibase, Amir Philips, said, aAs announced on January 3, 2011, we have concluded 2010 with a transaction in Miami, FL after a period in which we were engaged with the sale of our video business. Consequentially we are now fully engaged actively searching for new real estate transactions to add to our existing portfolio. As in the third quarter, we have presented a small operating loss in the fourth quarter as well. During the fourth quarter we have reevaluated our investment in Mobixell Networks. Based on recent financing rounds done by Mobixell Networks, we have decided to partially impair our investment which resulted at a loss of $600,000. Additionally, our EBITDA for the quarter remains positive as in the previous quarter and so is our Funds From Operations ("FFO") from the real estate business. Our primary indicators in our real estate operations are FFO and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Amortization and Depreciation ("EBITDA"). FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used by the real estate industry to measure the operating performance of real estate companies. FFO should not be considered as a substitute for net income determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP as a measure of financial performance." He concluded, aWe are currently evaluating several interesting opportunities, but at the same time we are witnessing a slight change in the markets we are active at as yields are decreasing and the challenge to find the right transaction increases.a

About Optibase

Optibase invests in the fixed-income real estate field and currently holds properties in Switzerland and Miami, FL, and is currently looking for additional real estate investment opportunities. Optibase was previously engaged in the field of digital video technologies until the sale of its video solutions business to Optibase Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of VITEC Multimedia ("Vitec") in July 2010. For further information, please visit [ www.optibase-holdings.com ].

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our marketing and operations plans.All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made based on management's current expectations which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, difficulties in finding suitable real-estate properties for investment, availability of financing for the acquisition of real-estate, difficulties in leasing of real-estate properties, insolvency of tenants, difficulties in the disposition of real-estate projects, risk relating to collaborative arrangements with our partners relating to our real-estate properties, risks relating to the full consummation of the transaction for the sale of our video solutions business, general economic conditions and other risk factors.For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that may cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements in this news release, please refer to Optibase's most recent annual report on Form 20-F.The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made herein.