American Land Lease, Inc. Declares Dividends on Preferred Stock and a Regular First Quarter Dividend on Common Stock and Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call
Posted on Tue, May. 06, 2008
CLEARWATER, Fla. --
American Land Lease, Inc. (NYSE:ANL) today announced that its
Board of Directors declared dividends on shares of its Preferred Stock
and a regular first quarter dividend on its Common Stock.
Dividends on shares of Preferred Stock are payable on May 30, 2008
to shareholders of record on May 16, 2008 and will be $0.4844 per
share. Dividends on the Company's Common Stock are payable on May 30,
2008 to shareholders of record on May 16, 2008 and will be $0.25 per
share.
The Board of Directors reviews the dividend policy quarterly. The
Company's dividends are set quarterly and are subject to change or
elimination at any time. The Company's primary financial objective is
to maximize long-term, risk-adjusted returns on investment for common
stockholders. While the dividend policy is considered within the
context of this objective, maintenance of past dividend levels is not
a primary investment objective of the Company and is subject to
numerous factors, including the Company's profitability, capital
expenditure plans and competing uses of capital, obligations related
to principal payments and capitalized interest, and the availability
of debt and equity capital at terms deemed attractive by the Company
to finance these expenditures. Further, the Board has and will
continue to consider the downturn in new home sales in the context of
its quarterly review and dividend decision. The Company's net
operating loss may be used to offset all or a portion of its real
estate investment ("REIT") taxable income, which may allow the Company
to reduce or eliminate its dividends and still maintain its REIT
status.
Management will issue its financial results for its first quarter
on Friday, May 9, 2008, before the stock exchange opens. In
conjunction with the announcement of its first quarter results, the
Company will hold a teleconference call on May 9, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time to discuss those results.
You are invited to participate in the conference call by dialing,
toll-free, (800) 374-5458 approximately five minutes before the
conference call is scheduled to begin and indicating that you wish to
join the American Land Lease first quarter 2008 results conference
call.
Financial information to be discussed on the conference call will
be posted to the Company's website at www.americanlandlease.com prior
to the call, and may be accessed by clicking on "Learn More About
American Land Lease" and then "Press Releases."
If you are unable to participate at the scheduled time, the
conference call will be available for recorded playback from 12:30
p.m. EDT, May 9, 2008 until midnight on May 16, 2008. To access the
replay, dial toll-free, (800) 642-1687 and request information from
conference ID 46621215.
American Land Lease, Inc., Clearwater
Robert G. Blatz, President, 727-726-8868
or
Shannon E. Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 727-726-8868
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