CTO Realty Growth Announces Sale of Commercial Loan Investments and Repurchase of $5 Million of Convertible Notes

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTO Realty Growth (NYSE American: CTO) (the “Company”) today announced the sale of four of its commercial loan investments in two separate transactions generating aggregate proceeds of approximately $20.0 million and resulting in a loss of approximately $344,000, or approximately $0.06 per share, after tax. 

The Company also repurchased $5 million of its convertible notes that mature in April 2025 and have a coupon rate of 3.875% (the “2025 Notes”). The Company repurchased the $5 million of 2025 Notes in two separate transactions at a discount totaling approximately $950,000, or 81% of the face value, resulting in a gain on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $362,000, or approximately $0.06 per share, after tax. Including the $5 million of 2025 Notes repurchased during the first quarter of 2020, the Company has repurchased an aggregate of $10 million of the 2025 Notes.

As of June 1, 2020, the Company has approximately $44 million of unrestricted cash and approximately $10 million of restricted cash resulting from prior 1031 like-kind exchange sale transactions.

Mr. John P. Albright, President and Chief Executive Officer of CTO stated, “Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, we have moved to strengthen our balance sheet and put the company in a stronger position to either weather worsening economic conditions or be positioned to pursue investment opportunities resulting from the economic disruption.  These efforts have included the sale of two single-tenant net lease assets for approximately $22 million, the repurchase of $10 million of our convertible debt, at discounted prices averaging approximately 79% of face value, and most recently monetizing the majority of our loan portfolio for more than $20 million each of which has significantly increased our liquidity and reduced our debt at opportunistic prices.”

About CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. is a Florida-based publicly traded real estate company, which owns income properties comprised of approximately 2.3 million square feet in diversified markets in the United States and an approximately 22% interest in Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc., a publicly traded net lease real estate investment trust (NYSE: PINE). Visit our website at .

We encourage you to review CTO’s most recent investor presentations which are available on its website at .

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