DRI Healthcare Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2025 Results
DRI Healthcare Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2025 Results |
| [03-March-2026] |
TORONTO, March 3, 2026 /CNW/ - DRI Healthcare Trust (TSX: DHT.UN) (TSX: DHT.U) ("DRI Healthcare") today announced its financial results for the quarter ended and year ended December 31, 2025. DRI Healthcare's annual 2025 financial statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis ("MD&A") have been filed on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca). All dollar amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. "2025 marked a clear inflection point for DRI Healthcare," said Ali Hedayat, Chief Executive Officer of DRI Healthcare. "We successfully completed the internalization of our investment management function while delivering record operating results for the full year. On a total committed basis, including potential near-term milestone payments, we achieved our five-year deployment target of $1.25 billion. These achievements underscore the scalability of our model and the disciplined execution of our team." "Looking ahead, we expect 2026 to be a foundational year for our new multi-year growth agenda." Hedayat continued. "We have already taken two meaningful steps in 2026 to enhance Unitholder value, announcing the refinancing of the preferred securities, which extends the maturity profile of our existing debt, and the pricing of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes. These transactions are expected to strengthen our capital structure by reducing annual debt amortization while maintaining financial flexibility. I am confident DRI Healthcare is well positioned to continue executing on its growth strategy and delivering durable, compounding returns for Unitholders over the long term." Fourth Quarter Highlights
Annual 2025 Financial & Strategic Highlights Financial Highlights:
Strategic Highlights:
Subsequent to Quarter End
Financial Highlights
Asset Performance As at December 31, 2025, DRI Healthcare's portfolio included 29 royalty streams on 23 products that address a variety of therapeutic areas, such as oncology, neurology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, hematology, dermatology, lysosomal storage disorders ("LSD") and immunology. On December 31, 2025, the intangible royalty asset portfolio had a book value, net of accumulated amortization, of $777.8 million, which during the three months and year ended December 31, 2025 generated Total Cash Royalty Receipts2 of $50.7 million and $196.4 million, respectively, and royalty income of $57.6 million and $188.9 million, respectively. On December 31, 2025, the financial royalty assets had a book value of $57.3 million and generated a gain on the change in its fair value of $1.9 million and $4.7 million, respectively, during the three months and year ended December 31, 2025. During the three months ended December 31, 2025, an impairment of $9.7 million was recognized on the Omidria royalty asset. During the year ended December 31, 2025, impairments totaling $23.4 million were recognized on the Vonjo II and Omidria royalty assets. Portfolio
Liquidity and Capital On December 31, 2025, DRI Healthcare had cash and cash equivalents of $42.4 million. DRI Healthcare's credit facility had an outstanding principal balance of $381.0 million on December 31, 2025. DRI Healthcare's preferred securities had an outstanding principal balance of $108.9 million on December 31, 2025. DRI Healthcare had 55,073,836 Units issued and outstanding on December 31, 2025. Distributions On November 5, 2025, the board of trustees approved a quarterly cash distribution of $0.10 per Unit to Unitholders of record as of December 31, 2025, which was paid on January 20, 2026. With the payment of the termination fee of $48 million to the former external manager, DRI Healthcare's regular quarterly distributions were in excess of the taxable income for the 2025 taxation year and, as a result, did not require an additional year-end distribution to distribute all taxable income. DRI Healthcare also announced today that its board of trustees has increased quarterly cash distribution to $0.11 per Unit for the first quarter of 2026, payable on April 20, 2026, to Unitholders of record as of March 31, 2026. Annual 2026 Financial Guidance
Adjusted EBITDA guidance is based on a run-rate Adjusted EBITDA which has been adjusted to remove a $15.7 million impact of non-recurring back-dated royalty recoveries received in the first quarter of 2025 related to Orserdu. The table below outlines the adjustment from reported Adjusted EBITDA for 2025 to the run-rate Adjusted EBITDA for 2025 which will form the comparative baseline for 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance.
The reader is cautioned that this information is forward-looking and actual results may vary from those forecasted. DRI Healthcare reviews the assumptions used to derive its forecast quarterly, and based on this review, may adjust its outlook accordingly. Multi-Year Aspirations through 2030
The multi-year aspiration does not constitute guidance or outlook but rather are provided for the purpose of assisting the reader in measuring progress toward DRI Healthcare's growth objectives. DRI Healthcare Announces Pricing of $250 Million of Senior Secured Notes DRI Healthcare today announced that its subsidiary, DRI Healthcare LP (the "Issuer"), has priced $250 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Secured Notes (the "Notes"). The offering consists of a two-tranche private placement: $106 million of 5.35% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 and $144 million of 5.65% Senior Secured Notes due 2033. The Notes will be sold in a private offering to eligible purchasers. The Notes will bear interest semi-annually, and will rank pari passu with the Issuer's existing amended and restated credit agreement and will be secured by substantially all the assets of DRI Healthcare and its subsidiaries. The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to repay amounts drawn on the acquisition credit facility and for general corporate purposes, with a view to maximizing its available liquidity to execute on its growth strategy in 2026 and beyond. The proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and expected to close in or around March 2026. This news release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The Notes and the guarantees thereof have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws nor their distribution qualified under the Securities Act (Ontario) or the securities laws of any other Canadian province or territory. The Notes may not be offered or sold (i) in the United States absent registration or applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, and (ii) in Canada, absent exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws. Fourth Quarter and Annual 2025 Conference Call & Webcast As previously announced, management will hold a conference call on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) to review DRI Healthcare's fourth quarter and annual 2025 results. Interested parties can join the call by dialing 1-888-699-1199 or 416-945-7677 approximately 15 minutes prior to the call to secure a line. A live webcast of the conference call, including a slide presentation, will be available at https://app.webinar.net/Wjkpe3rnQ4q. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. The webcast will be archived on DRI Healthcare's website at drihealthcare.com/investors following the call date. Non-GAAP Financial Measures The reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 to the most directly comparable measures calculated in accordance with IFRS are presented below. Total Cash Receipts, Normalized Total Cash Receipts and Total Cash Royalty Receipts Total Cash Receipts refers to Total Cash Royalty Receipts plus cash receipts from all products. Total Cash Receipts includes cash receipts from interest as well as non-recurring cash receipts. Total Cash Royalty Receipts refers to aggregate cash royalty receipts and milestone royalty receipts from our portfolio of royalty assets and forms part of Total Cash Receipts. Because of the lag between when we record royalty income and receive the corresponding cash payments on our royalties and milestones, we believe Total Cash Receipts and Total Cash Royalty Receipts are useful measures when evaluating our operations, as they represent actual cash generated in respect of all royalty assets held during a period. We also present Normalized Total Cash Receipts, which refers to Total Cash Receipts adjusted to remove cash receipts that are not expected to recur in the normal course of our operations. We believe that Normalized Total Cash Receipts will assist readers in evaluating the period-over-period performance of our royalty portfolio since Normalized Total Cash Receipts only includes cash receipts generated by royalties and other amounts payable pursuant to the terms of our royalty assets. There were no adjustments required to normalize cash receipts for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides meaningful information about our operating cash flows as it eliminates the effects of other noncash expenses and accruals and income and expenses not expected to recur that have been recorded on the statements of net earnings (loss) and comprehensive earnings (loss). We refer to EBITDA when reconciling our net earnings (loss) and comprehensive earnings (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA, but we do not use EBITDA as a measure of our performance. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA Margin is a useful supplemental measure to demonstrate the operating efficiency of our business on a cash basis.
Adjusted Cash Earnings per Unit We believe that Adjusted Cash Earnings per Unit provides meaningful information about our performance as it provides a measure of the cash generated by our assets on a per Unit basis, excluding cash earnings that are not expected to recur. The calculation of Adjusted Cash Earnings per Unit is presented below.
About DRI Healthcare DRI Healthcare is a pioneer in global pharmaceutical royalty monetization. Since our founding in 1989, we have deployed more than $3.0 billion, acquiring more than 75 royalties on 50-plus drugs, including Ekterly, Eylea, Keytruda, Orserdu, Remicade, Spinraza, Stelara, Vonjo and Zytiga. DRI Healthcare's units are listed and trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canadian dollars under the symbol "DHT.UN" and in U.S. dollars under the symbol "DHT.U". To learn more, visit drihealthcare.com or follow us on LinkedIn. Caution concerning forward-looking statements This news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking information can generally be identified by the use of words such as "expect", "continue", "anticipate", "intend", "aim", "plan", "believe", "budget", "estimate", "forecast", "foresee", "close to", "target" or negative versions thereof and similar expressions. Some of the specific forward-looking information in this news release may include, among other things, the expected 2026 Financial Guidance and Multi-Year Aspirations through 2030 for DRI Healthcare, including expected Adjusted EBITDA, deployment targets, and growth rates, the closing of the Debentures and receipt of all approvals of the TSX in connection therewith, the closing of the Notes and use of proceeds therefrom, statements regarding DRI Healthcare's ability to execute on its strategy, the potential and timing of royalty payments, the anticipated royalty income and anticipated sales of the products underlying such royalties, and DRI Healthcare's normal course issuer bid. Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond DRI Healthcare's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk that the internalization of DRI Healthcare's manager will not generate the levels of anticipated benefits for DRI Healthcare and its unitholders, the offering of the Notes may not ultimately be completed because of general market conditions or other factors, and those additional risks and uncertainties that are disclosed in DRI Healthcare's most recent annual information form and under "Risk Factors" in DRI Healthcare's Management's Discussion and Analysis. The anticipated royalty terms for products in our portfolio may be shorter than the period of patent protection for the applicable product, depending on many factors, including the entry of generic drugs into the marketplace and competition, all of which are outside our control. No assurance can be given that these are all the factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements in this news release. You should not put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do occur, the actual results, performance or achievements of DRI Healthcare could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. Certain assumptions underlying the forward-looking information in this news release include: DRI Healthcare's assumptions regarding demand and growth in pharmaceutical sales, R&D and opportunities for royalty investing; the competitive environment in which DRI Healthcare operates; DRI Healthcare's ability to implement its growth strategies; DRI Healthcare's ability to obtain financing and maintain its existing financing on acceptable terms; DRI Healthcare's ability to maintain good business relationships with marketers and other industry partners; timely receipt of cash royalty receipts; expectations regarding the duration of royalties; DRI Healthcare's ability to keep pace with changing consumer preferences; the absence of material adverse changes in DRI Healthcare's industry or the global economy; currency exchange and interest rates; the impact of competition; the changes and trends in DRI Healthcare's industry or the global economy; and stability in laws, rules, regulations and global standards in the pharmaceutical industry. All forward-looking information in this news release speaks as of the date of this news release. DRI Healthcare does not undertake to update any such forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law. Additional information about these assumptions and risks and uncertainties is contained in DRI Healthcare's filings with securities regulators, including its latest annual information form and Management's Discussion and Analysis. These filings are also available at DRI Healthcare's website at drihealthcare.com/investors. 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