Report to Shareholders
Q1 2024 Sienna Senior Living Inc.
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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
Building on last year's significant achievements across both lines of our business, we are off to a great start in 2024, with our first quarter results highlighting that we have transitioned into a period defined by stability and growth. We are grateful to the Governments of Ontario and British Columbia, who continue to prioritize seniors and the growing need for long-term care. Their investments announced to date in 2024 mark a significant step forward in alleviating the exceptional cost pressures operators experienced over the past several years. In addition, our retirement operations are benefitting from strong demand and limited new supply in many of our key markets. Construction starts of new retirement residences have reached record-low levels, and combined with the demographic shift of an aging population, we anticipate notable occupancy gains across our retirement platform in the coming years.
On a sustained growth path
Year over year, Sienna's same property net operating income ("NOI") increased by $27.6 million to $63.9 million in Q1 2024. The strong results of our long-term care operations reflect notable one-time government funding to compensate the sector for unfunded pandemic expenses and significant cost escalations in prior years and to support our operations. Also adding to the strong results was the underlying stable operating environment with fully occupied homes across Ontario and British Columbia.
With respect to our retirement operations, we continued to make steady progress towards our goal of stabilized occupancy of 95%, a level aligned with industry experts' 2026 forecast for the Canadian retirement sector as a result of tremendous demographic tailwinds and supply constraints. Sienna's same property occupancy increased by 30 basis points year over year to 88.1% in Q1 2024. With lead indicators continuing to improve, monthly same property occupancy increased for the third consecutive month in April 2024, reaching 88.9%. Our intensified focus on homes with lower occupancy, as well as annual rent increases, contributed to the same property NOI growth year over year in Q1 2024.
Crucial government funding updates provide clarity and optimism
In recent weeks, the Governments of Ontario and British Columbia provided a number of important funding updates for long-term care that are expected to have a lasting impact on the sector and the wellbeing of Canadian seniors. Included in Sienna's Q1 2024 results were $13.4 million of one-time funding in Ontario, and $13.6 million of retroactive funding from the Government of British Columbia, essentially reimbursing the Company for any unfunded pandemic costs and cost escalations due to inflation over the past four years.
Improvements to the funding of our day to day operations, combined with an enhanced construction funding subsidy, will also have a positive impact on the redevelopment momentum of Ontario's older long-term care homes. It will support the government's important goal of building 58,000 new and redeveloped long-term care spaces by 2028 and benefit the fast growing seniors' population.
As a result of these improvements, we are pleased to move forward with the redevelopment of our long-term care home in Keswick, Ontario, where we expect to start construction in Q4 2024. Located on a campus comprising both retirement residences and Class B long-term care beds, the current 60-bedlong-term care home will be redeveloped into a new, state-of-the-art160-bed community on the same site. This will be our third long-
term care redevelopment project, adding to the two projects currently under construction in North Bay and Brantford, which are expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. These projects will support the government's important goal of rebuilding Ontario's older long-term care homes and benefit the fast growing seniors' populations.
A learning organization that invests in team members' growth and development
Our success is deeply rooted in our team of 12,000, who is at the core of everything we do. Gaining alignment with our team members and continually looking for ways to increase engagement has been one of the most important factors of our success. It was a key driver for the 11% improvement of team member retention in 2023, and played a significant role in reducing our reliance on agency staff. Agency costs have now returned to pre- pandemic levels and we relentlessly focus on keeping our need for agency staffing at a minimum. These achievements will have a lasting impact on Sienna's team culture and our residents' quality of life.
Always looking for new ways to differentiate Sienna in the market, we introduced a program called "Learning Bites" in Q1 2024, which provides one hour of learning per month to all of our team members in addition to their job-specific training. This program highlights Sienna's goal of being a learning organization that strives to invest in team members' growth and development.
Our multifaceted approach to attracting and retaining an engaged team also includes the placement of students, temporary foreign workers and internationally educated nurses, programs that are of particular importance at communities with significant staffing challenges.
2024 - The Year of Senior Living
A year ago, we first outlined in detail how our initiatives to grow occupancy, reduce agency staff and address government funding shortfalls were expected to have a positive impact on our financial results and ability to grow and serve more seniors for generations to come. Since then, quarter after quarter, we have seen successes on all fronts.
With five quarters of growth behind us in both business segments, the momentum is on our side as we continue to unlock the growth potential within our long-term care and retirement platforms. Recent government funding announcements for long-term care, coupled with strong industry-wide occupancy forecasts for the retirement sector as a result of an aging population and supply constraints, affirm our commitment to our diversified approach to owning both retirement and long-term care homes.
Combined with the flexibility provided by our strong balance sheet and the continued support of our stakeholders, 2024 is shaping up to become The Year of Senior Living.
On behalf of our management team and our Board of Directors, I want to thank all of you for your continued support and commitment.
Sincerely,
Nitin Jain
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sienna Senior Living
Management's Discussion and Analysis
Q1 2024 Sienna Senior Living Inc.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
BASIS OF PRESENTATION | |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | |
REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF | |
DIRECTORS | |
COMPANY PROFILE | |
NON-IFRS PERFORMANCE MEASURES | |
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS | 7 |
FIRST QUARTER 2024 SUMMARY | 9 |
BUSINESS UPDATE | 11 |
OUTLOOK | 20 |
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS | 23 |
OUR PURPOSE, VISION AND VALUES | 23 |
COMPANY STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES | 24 |
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND | |
GOVERNANCE (ESG) RESPONSIBILITY | 25 |
INDUSTRY UPDATE | 28 |
BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY | 28 |
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 29 |
OPERATING RESULTS | 30 |
JOINT ARRANGEMENT | 30 |
ADJUSTED REVENUE, ADJUSTED OPERATING | |
EXPENSES, AND ADJUSTED NOI | 31 |
CONSOLIDATED NET OPERATING INCOME | 32 |
NET OPERATING INCOME BY SEGMENT | |
RETIREMENT | 34 |
LONG-TERMCARE | 35 |
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION | 36 |
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | 36 |
SHARE OF NET LOSS IN JOINT VENTURES | 36 |
NET FINANCE CHARGES | 37 |
TRANSACTION COSTS | 37 |
INCOME TAXES | 37 |
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE | 38 |
ADJUSTED FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS | 38 |
FIRST QUARTER 2024 PERFORMANCE | 39 |
CONSTRUCTION FUNDING | 40 |
MAINTENANCE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES | 40 |
RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOW FROM | |
OPERATIONS TO ADJUSTED FUNDS FROM | |
OPERATIONS | 42 |
FINANCIAL POSITION ANALYSIS | 42 |
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES | 43 |
LIQUIDITY | 43 |
DEBT | 44 |
CREDIT RATINGS | 48 |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS | 48 |
EQUITY | 51 |
CAPITAL DISCLOSURE | 52 |
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OTHER | |
COMMITMENTS | 52 |
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND | |
ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 52 |
SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES . | 53 |
RISK FACTORS | 53 |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 54 |
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 54 |
Basis of Presentation
The following Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") for Sienna Senior Living Inc. (the "Company" or "Sienna") provides a summary of the financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Company's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements ("interim consolidated financial statements") for the three months ended March 31, 2024. This material is available on the Company's website at www.siennaliving.ca. Additional information about the Company, including its most current Annual Information Form ("AIF") can be found on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval + ("SEDAR+") at www.sedarplus.ca.
All references to "we", "our", "us", "Sienna", or the "Company", unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, refer to Sienna Senior Living Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. For ease of reference, the "Company" is used in reference to the ownership and operation of senior living residences and its third party management business. Subsidiaries of the Company are the direct owners and operators of such residences.
Financial information has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). In this document, "Q1" refers to the three-month period ended March 31; "Q2" refers to the three- month period ended June 30; "Q3" refers to the three-month period ended September 30; and "Q4" refers to the three-month period ended December 31.
With the exception of this MD&A's Business Update, Outlook and Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") Responsibility sections, or unless otherwise stated, all dollar amounts referred to in this MD&A, including tabular amounts, are expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars.
This MD&A contains forward-looking information based on management's expectations, estimates and projections about the future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for Sienna and the senior living industry as of the date of this MD&A. Please refer to the "Forward-looking Statements" section and the "Risk Factors" section of this MD&A for more information.
Additional Information
Additional information relating to the Company can be found on the Company's website at www.siennaliving.ca, by accessing the Company's public filings on SEDAR, or by contacting David Hung, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, at 905-489-0258 or david.hung@siennaliving.ca.
Review and Approval by the Board of Directors
This MD&A is dated as of May 9, 2024, the date this report was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, and is based on information available to management of the Company as of that date.
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Company Profile
The Company and its predecessors have been operating since 1972. The Company is a senior living provider serving the continuum of independent living ("IL"), independent supportive living ("ISL"), assisted living ("AL"), memory care ("MC") and long-term care ("LTC" or "Long-term Care") through the ownership and operation of senior living residences in the Provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario. As at March 31, 2024, the Company owns and operates a total of 82 senior living residences: 40 retirement residences ("RRs" or "Retirement Residences") (including the Company's 50% joint venture interest in 12 residences in Ontario and Saskatchewan); 34 LTC communities; and eight senior living residences providing both private-pay IL/AL and funded LTC (including the Company's joint ownership in two residences in British Columbia). The Company also provides management services to an additional 12 senior living residences in the Provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta.
The table below represents the number of suites or beds owned and operated or managed by the Company, by business segment.
Retirement | Long-term Care | Total (1) | ||||
Owned Residences | Residences | Suites | Residences | Beds (2) | Residences | Beds / Suites |
100% Owned - operating | 27 | 3,208 | 40 | 6,198 | 67 | 9,406 |
Partially Owned - operating (3) | 13 | 1,367 | 2 | 374 | 15 | 1,741 |
Total Owned | 40 | 4,575 | 42 | 6,572 | 82 | 11,147 |
Managed Residences | 9 | 826 | 3 | 526 | 12 | 1,352 |
Total | 49 | 5,401 | 45 | 7,098 | 94 | 12,499 |
Notes:
- 79.9%, 15.5%, 4.1% and 0.6% of total beds/suites are located in Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta, respectively.
- 180 of the LTC beds are privately funded.
- We have a 50% ownership in 12 retirement residences (1,217 suites), a 70% ownership in one retirement residence (150 beds), a 70% ownership in one long-term care community (256 beds) and a 77% ownership in one long-term care community (118 beds) as at March 31, 2024.
The Company is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") under the symbol "SIA".
The Company's business is carried on through a number of wholly owned limited partnerships and joint ventures formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario.
As at May 9, 2024, the Company had 72,967,166 common shares outstanding.
Non-IFRS Performance Measures
In this MD&A, the Company uses certain supplemental measures of key performance that are not measures recognized under IFRS and do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS. These performance measures are net operating income ("NOI"), funds from operations ("FFO"), operating funds from operations ("OFFO"), adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO"), earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and impairment loss ("EBITDA") and maintenance capital expenditures ("maintenance capital expenditures", and collectively with NOI, FFO, OFFO, AFFO and EBITDA, the "Non-IFRS Measures"). These terms are defined in the following table and reconciliations to the most comparable IFRS measures are referenced, as applicable.
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The Company also uses the following key performance indicators (the "Key Performance Indicators"): Occupancy, Total Adjusted Revenue, Total Adjusted Operating Expenses, NOI, OFFO and OFFO per share, AFFO and AFFO per share, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, AFFO Payout Ratio, Debt to Adjusted Gross Book Value, Weighted Average Cost of Debt, Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio, Interest Coverage Ratio, Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Weighted Average Term to Maturity, Same Property, and Development and Other to assess the overall performance of the Company's operations.
These Key Performance Indicators and Non-IFRS Measures should not be construed as alternatives to net income or cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with IFRS as indicators of the Company's performance. The Company's method of calculating these measures may differ from other issuers' methods and accordingly, these measures may not be comparable to measures presented by other publicly traded entities.
Non-IFRS Measure | Definition | Reconciliation |
Total Adjusted Revenue | Total Adjusted Revenue is defined as | N/A |
revenue, including the Company's share | ||
of revenue in Equity-Accounted Joint | ||
Ventures (as defined below) on a | ||
proportionate consolidated basis. |
Total Adjusted Operating | Total Adjusted Operating Expenses is |
Expenses | defined as operating expenses, including |
the Company's share of operating | |
expenses in Equity-Accounted Joint | |
Ventures (as defined below) on a | |
proportionate consolidated basis. | |
Equity-Accounted Joint Ventures | Equity-Accounted Joint Ventures is |
defined as the Company's interest in | |
Sienna-RSH Niagara Falls LP and Sienna- | |
Sabra LP joint ventures. | |
Net Operating Income ("NOI") | NOI is defined as property revenue net of |
property operating expenses, including | |
the Company's share in the Equity- | |
Accounted Joint Ventures. The Company | |
believes that NOI is a useful additional | |
measure of operating performance as it | |
provides a measure of core operations | |
that is calculated prior to taking into | |
account depreciation, amortization, | |
administrative expenses, impairment | |
loss, net finance charges, transaction | |
costs, gain (loss) on disposal of | |
properties and income taxes. The IFRS | |
measure most directly comparable to | |
NOI is "net income". |
N/A
N/A
Section - Business Performance - Reconciliation of Net Income to Net Operating Income
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Non-IFRS Measure | Definition | Reconciliation |
Funds from Operations ("FFO") | FFO is defined as NOI less certain | Section - Business |
adjustments including administrative | Performance - Adjusted | |
expenses, net finance charges, current | Funds from Operations | |
income taxes and SOAR program. FFO is | ||
a recognized earnings measure that is | ||
widely used by public real estate entities, | ||
particularly by those entities that own | ||
and/or operate income-producing | ||
properties. The use of FFO, combined | ||
with the required IFRS presentations, has | ||
been included for the purpose of | ||
improving the understanding of the | ||
Company's operating results. The IFRS | ||
measure most directly comparable to | ||
FFO is "net income". |
Operating Funds fromOFFO is FFO adjusted for non-recurring Operations ("OFFO") and OFFO items, which includes restructuring costs,
per Share | and presents net finance charges on a |
cash interest basis. Management of the | |
Company is of the view that OFFO is a | |
relevant measure of the operating | |
performance of the Company. |
Adjusted Funds from Operations AFFO is defined as OFFO plus the
("AFFO") and AFFO per share principal portion of construction funding received, less actual maintenance capital expenditures. Management of the Company believes AFFO is a cash flow measure, which is relevant in understanding the Company's ability to earn cash and pay dividends to shareholders. The IFRS measure most directly comparable to AFFO is "cash flow from operating activities".
Earnings before Interest, Taxes, | EBITDA is defined as net income |
Depreciation and Amortization | excluding net finance charges, taxes, |
("EBITDA") | transaction costs, depreciation and |
amortization, impairment loss, and | |
including the Company's share of NOI in | |
the Equity-Accounted Joint Ventures. | |
EBITDA is relevant in understanding the | |
Company's ability to service its debt, | |
finance capital expenditures and pay | |
dividends to shareholders. The IFRS | |
measure most directly comparable to | |
EBITDA is "net income". |
Section - Business Performance - Adjusted Funds from Operations
Section - Business Performance - Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations to Adjusted Funds from Operations
Section - Liquidity and Capital
Resources - Financial
Covenants
Adjusted EBITDA | Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA, | Section - Liquidity and Capital |
adjusted for construction funding | Resources - Financial | |
proceeds and non-recurring items. | Covenants | |
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Non-IFRS Measure | Definition | Reconciliation |
Maintenance Capital | Maintenance capital expenditures are | N/A |
Expenditures | defined as capital investments, including | |
the Company's share of capital | ||
investments in Equity-Accounted Joint | ||
Ventures, made to maintain the | ||
Company's residences to meet residents' | ||
needs and continually improve residents' | ||
experience. These expenditures include | ||
building maintenance, mechanical and | ||
electrical spend, suite renovations, | ||
common area maintenance, | ||
communications and information | ||
systems, furniture, fixtures and | ||
equipment. Please refer to the | ||
Maintenance Capital Expenditures | ||
section of this MD&A for additional | ||
financial information. | ||
Occupancy | Occupancy is a key driver of the | N/A |
Company's revenues. | ||
AFFO Payout Ratio | Management of the Company monitors | N/A |
the AFFO payout ratio, which is | ||
calculated by dividing dividends per | ||
share over AFFO per share. | ||
Debt to Adjusted Gross Book | This ratio is calculated by dividing total | N/A |
Value | debt (including the Company's share of | |
debt in Equity-Accounted Joint Ventures) | ||
over Adjusted Gross Book Value. | ||
In conjunction with the debt service | ||
coverage ratio, management of the | ||
Company monitors this ratio to ensure | ||
compliance with certain financial | ||
covenants. | ||
Weighted Average Cost of Debt | This is a point in time calculation which is | N/A |
useful in comparing interest rates, either | ||
period over period, or to market rates. | ||
Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio | This ratio is calculated by dividing total | N/A |
debt (including the Company's share of | ||
debt in Equity-Accounted Joint | ||
Ventures), over Adjusted EBITDA. | ||
Interest Coverage Ratio | Interest coverage ratio, which is | N/A |
calculated using Adjusted EBITDA divided | ||
by net finance charges, is a common | ||
measure used to assess an entity's ability | ||
to service its debt obligations. |
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