Consolidated Tomoka Announces First Quarter Earnings

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (NYSE Amex: CTO) today reported net income of $77,819 or $.01 basic earnings per share and earnings before depreciation, amortization and deferred taxes (EBDDT) of $769,544 or $.13 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.  The comparable numbers for the first quarter of 2009 were net income of $322,206 or $.06 basic earnings per share and EBDDT of $858,325 or $.15 per share.

EBDDT is being provided to reflect the impact of the Company's business strategy of investing in income properties utilizing tax deferred exchanges.  This strategy generates significant amounts of depreciation and deferred taxes.  The Company believes EBDDT is useful, along with net income, to understanding the Company's operating results.

William H. McMunn, president and chief executive officer, stated, "Revenues from our portfolio of net lease income properties allowed the Company to generate a small profit for the quarter despite no land sales. During these difficult economic times, the Company continues to focus on strategic land planning and obtaining new entitlements on approximately 5,000 acres of our lands to better position the Company to take advantage of an improving real estate market. The Company is fortunate that we remain in a strong position to ride out the economic storm without the need to sell off valuable land at deeply discounted prices."  

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. is a Florida-based company primarily engaged in converting Company owned agricultural lands into a portfolio of net lease income properties strategically located in the Southeast, through the efficient utilization of 1031 tax-deferred exchanges.  The Company has low long-term debt and currently generates over $9 million annually before tax cash flow from its income property portfolio.  The Company also engages in selective self-development of targeted income properties. The Company's adopted strategy is designed to provide the financial strength and cash flow to weather difficult real estate cycles.  Visit our website at www.ctlc.com.

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The Company wishes to caution readers that the assumptions which form the basis for forward-looking statements with respect to or that may impact earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, and thereafter include many factors that are beyond the Company's ability to control or estimate precisely.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the strength of the real estate market in the City of Daytona Beach in Volusia County, Florida; the impact of a prolonged recession or further downturn in economic conditions; our ability to successfully execute acquisition or development strategies; any loss of key management personnel; changes in local, regional and national economic conditions affecting the real estate development business and income properties; the impact of environmental and land use regulations; the impact of competitive real estate activity; variability in quarterly results due to the unpredictable timing of land sales; the loss of any major income property tenants; and the availability of capital.  Additional information concerning these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. Copies of each filing may be obtained from the Company or the SEC.

While the Company periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties affecting its results of operations and financial condition, the Company does not intend to review or revise any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in light of future events.

Disclosures in this press release regarding the Company's first quarter financial results are preliminary and are subject to change in connection with the Company's preparation and filing of its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.  The financial information in this release reflects the Company's preliminary results subject to completion of the quarterly review process.  The final results for the quarter may differ from the preliminary results discussed above due to factors that include, but are not limited to, risks associated with final review of the results and preparation of financial statements.

This release refers to certain non-GAAP financial measures.  As required by the SEC, the Company has provided a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures with this release.  Non-GAAP measures as the Company has calculated them may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

SOURCE Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.