Select Income REIT Announces Second Quarter 2016 Results

Select Income REIT (Nasdaq: SIR) today announced financial results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2016.

Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2016:

Net income attributed to SIR was $30.8 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, compared to $29.1 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, for the same quarter last year.

Normalized funds from operations, or Normalized FFO, attributed to SIR for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 were $64.2 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared to Normalized FFO attributed to SIR for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 of $62.2 million, or $0.70 per diluted share. The increase in Normalized FFO attributed to SIR per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 primarily resulted from SIR’s acquisitions.

Reconciliations of net income attributed to SIR determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, to funds from operations, or FFO, attributed to SIR and to Normalized FFO attributed to SIR for the quarters ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 appear later in this press release.

Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2016:

Net income attributed to SIR was $63.5 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2016, compared to $33.1 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, for the same period last year. Net income attributed to SIR per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2015 included costs related to SIR’s acquisition of Cole Corporate Income Trust, Inc., or CCIT, and a loss on early extinguishment of debt aggregating $28.2 million, or $0.33 per diluted share.

Normalized FFO attributed to SIR for the six months ended June 30, 2016 were $130.4 million, or $1.46 per diluted share, compared to Normalized FFO attributed to SIR for the six months ended June 30, 2015 of $118.2 million, or $1.41 per diluted share. The increase in Normalized FFO attributed to SIR per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2016 primarily resulted from SIR’s acquisitions, including the acquisition of CCIT in January 2015.

Reconciliations of net income attributed to SIR determined in accordance with GAAP to FFO attributed to SIR and to Normalized FFO attributed to SIR for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 appear later in this press release.

Leasing, Occupancy and Same Property Results:

SIR entered into lease renewals for approximately 133,000 square feet and new leases for approximately 15,000 square feet during the quarter ended June 30, 2016, which resulted in combined weighted average (by square feet) rental rates that were approximately 15.5% higher than prior rents for the same space. The weighted average (by square feet) lease terms for these leases was 12.3 years. Commitments for tenant improvements, leasing costs and concessions for these leases totaled $91,000, or approximately $0.05 per square foot per weighted average lease year.

As of June 30, 2016, 96.8% of SIR’s total rentable square feet was leased, compared to 97.8% as of March 31, 2016, and 97.7% as of June 30, 2015. Occupancy for properties owned continuously since April 1, 2015 decreased to 96.7% at June 30, 2016 from 97.7% at June 30, 2015. Same property cash basis net operating income, or Cash Basis NOI, increased 0.7% for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2015, largely as a result of contractual rent increases for properties since April 1, 2015.

Reconciliations of net operating income, or NOI, and Cash Basis NOI to net income determined in accordance with GAAP for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 appear later in the press release.

Recent Investment Activities:

On July 22, 2016, SIR acquired a single tenant, net leased office property located in Huntsville, AL with approximately 57,000 rentable square feet for a purchase price of $10.2 million, excluding acquisition related costs. This property was acquired and simultaneously leased back to the seller for an initial lease term of 15 years.

Conference Call:

At 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, President and Chief Operating Officer, David Blackman, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, John Popeo, will host a conference call to discuss SIR’s second quarter 2016 financial results.

The conference call telephone number is (877) 328-4494. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (412) 317-5433. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. To access the replay, dial (412) 317-0088. The replay pass code is 10088719.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the company's website, which is located at www.sirreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company's website about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the company's website following the call for about one week. The transcription, recording and retransmission in any way of SIR’s second quarter conference call are strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of SIR.

Supplemental Data:

A copy of SIR’s Second Quarter 2016 Supplemental Operating and Financial Data is available for download at SIR’s website, www.sirreit.com. SIR’s website is not incorporated as part of this press release.

Select Income REIT is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns properties that are primarily net leased to single tenants. SIR is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Please see the pages attached hereto for a more detailed statement of SIR’s operating results and financial condition and for an explanation of SIR’s calculation of NOI, Cash Basis NOI, FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR.

(1) SIR calculates FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR as shown above. FFO attributed to SIR is calculated on the basis defined by The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, which is net income, calculated in accordance with GAAP, plus real estate depreciation and amortization and the difference between net income and FFO allocated to noncontrolling interest, as well as certain other adjustments currently not applicable to SIR. SIR’s calculation of Normalized FFO attributed to SIR differs from NAREIT’s definition of FFO because SIR includes business management incentive fees, if any, only in the fourth quarter versus the quarter when they are recognized as expense in accordance with GAAP due to their quarterly volatility not necessarily being indicative of SIR’s core operating performance and the uncertainty as to whether any such business management incentive fees will ultimately be payable when all contingencies for determining any such fees are determined at the end of the calendar year and SIR excludes acquisition related costs, loss on early extinguishment of debt and Normalized FFO from noncontrolling interest, net of FFO. SIR considers FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR to be appropriate supplemental measures of operating performance for a REIT, along with net income, net income attributed to a REIT, operating income and cash flow from operating activities. SIR believes that FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR provide useful information to investors because by excluding the effects of certain historical amounts, such as depreciation expense, FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR may facilitate a comparison of its operating performance between periods and with other REITs. FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR are among the factors considered by SIR’s Board of Trustees when determining the amount of distributions to SIR’s shareholders. Other factors include, but are not limited to, requirements to maintain SIR’s qualification for taxation as a REIT, limitations in SIR’s credit agreement and public debt covenants, the availability to SIR of debt and equity capital, SIR’s expectation of its future capital requirements and operating performance and SIR’s expected needs and availability of cash to pay its obligations. FFO attributed to SIR and Normalized FFO attributed to SIR do not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, net income attributed to SIR or operating income as an indicator of SIR’s operating performance or as a measure of SIR’s liquidity. These measures should be considered in conjunction with net income, net income attributed to SIR, operating income and cash flow from operating activities as presented in SIR’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate FFO and Normalized FFO differently than SIR does.

(1) The calculations of NOI and Cash Basis NOI exclude certain components of net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to SIR’s property level results of operations. SIR calculates NOI and Cash Basis NOI as shown above. SIR defines NOI as income from its rental of real estate less property operating expenses. NOI excludes amortization of capitalized tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions because SIR records those amounts as depreciation and amortization. SIR defines Cash Basis NOI as NOI excluding non-cash straight line rent adjustments, lease value amortization, lease termination fees, if any, and non-cash amortization included in other operating expenses. SIR considers NOI and Cash Basis NOI to be appropriate supplemental measures to net income because they may help both investors and management to understand the operations of SIR’s properties. SIR uses NOI and Cash Basis NOI to evaluate individual and company wide property level performance, and SIR believes that NOI and Cash Basis NOI provide useful information to investors regarding its results of operations because they reflect only those income and expense items that are generated and incurred at the property level and may facilitate comparisons of SIR’s operating performance between periods and with other REITs. NOI and Cash Basis NOI do not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, net income attributed to SIR or operating income as an indicator of SIR’s operating performance or as a measure of SIR’s liquidity. These measures should be considered in conjunction with net income, net income attributed to SIR, operating income and cash flow from operating activities as presented in SIR’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Other real estate companies and REITs may calculate NOI and Cash Basis NOI differently than SIR does.

(2) SIR reports rental income on a straight line basis over the terms of the respective leases; accordingly, rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments. Rental income also includes non-cash amortization of intangible lease assets and liabilities and lease termination fees, if any.

(3) SIR recorded a liability for the amount by which the estimated fair value for accounting purposes exceeded the price SIR paid for its investment in RMR common stock in June 2015. A portion of this liability is being amortized on a straight line basis through December 31, 2035 as a reduction to property management fees, which are included in other operating expenses.

(1) See footnote (1) on page 7 of this press release for the definition of NOI and Cash Basis NOI and why SIR believes they are appropriate supplemental measures and how SIR uses these measures.

(2) For the three months ended June 30, 2016, same property NOI and same property Cash Basis NOI are based on properties SIR owned as of June 30, 2016, and which it owned continuously since April 1, 2015.

(3) For the six months ended June 30, 2016, same property NOI and same property Cash Basis NOI are based on properties SIR owned as of June 30, 2016, and which it owned continuously since January 1, 2015.

(4) SIR reports rental income on a straight line basis over the terms of the respective leases; accordingly, rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments. Rental income also includes non-cash amortization of intangible lease assets and liabilities and lease termination fees, if any.

(5) SIR recorded a liability for the amount by which the estimated fair value for accounting purposes exceeded the price SIR paid for its investment in RMR common stock in June 2015. A portion of this liability is being amortized on a straight line basis through December 31, 2035 as a reduction to property management fees, which are included in other operating expenses.

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No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.

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