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Entertainment Properties Trust Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

Company Release - 3/1/2005 5:48 PM ET

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2005--Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR) today announced operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004. The Company reported record fourth quarter and total year revenues, net income and funds from operations (FFO).

Total revenues increased 32% to $33.3 million for the fourth quarter as compared to $25.2 million for the same quarter in 2003. Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2004, increased 37% to $125.0 million compared to $91.2 million for the same period in 2003.

Net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter increased 54% to $13.9 million as compared to $9.1 million in the same quarter last year. Net income on a diluted per share basis increased 20% to $0.55 per share from $0.46 per share in the same quarter last year. Net income available to common shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2004, increased 50% to $48.3 million as compared to $32.1 million for the same period in 2003. Net income on a diluted per share basis increased 17% to $2.07 for the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to $1.77 for the same period in 2003.

Funds from operations (FFO) on a diluted basis increased 41% to $20.0 million from $14.2 million for the same quarter last year. On a diluted basis, FFO per share increased 16% to $0.79 per share from $0.68 per share for the same quarter last year. FFO for the year ended December 31, 2004, increased 43% to $71.6 million from $49.9 million for the same period last year. On a diluted basis, FFO per share increased 16% to $3.03 per share for the year ended December 31, 2004, compared to $2.62 per share for the same period in 2003.

Portfolio Highlights

As of December 31, 2004, our portfolio of 57 state-of-the-art megaplex theatre properties was 100% occupied with an average weighted remaining base term lease life of 13.2 years. Our theatre property portfolio consisted of approximately 5.2 million square feet with 1,191 screens and over 238,000 seats. Our non-theatre real estate portfolio consisted of 1.3 million square feet of restaurant and retail space. The Company's real estate holdings are located in 22 states and Canada. For the year ended December 2004, the Company completed real estate acquisitions and development totaling $296 million comprised of 12 theatre properties, other complimentary retail property and properties currently under development scheduled to open in 2005.

Earnings Guidance

The Company is providing 2005 FFO guidance in the range of $3.33 to $3.41 per diluted share. The 2005 guidance assumes net real estate investments of approximately $130 million. The Company intends to complete the acquisitions using proceeds available under the Company's credit facility and from long-term mortgage debt markets.

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
                            Financial Data
                 (in thousands except per share data)

                                 (Unaudited)
                              Three months ended  Twelve months ended
                                 December 31,         December 31,
                               2004       2003       2004       2003
                               ----       ----       ----       ----
Rental revenue               $33,151    $25,157   $124,423    $89,965
Other revenue                    163          -        557      1,195
                             -------    -------    -------    -------
   Total revenue              33,314     25,157    124,980     91,160

Property operating expense,
 net                             732        300      2,322        698
General and administrative
 expense, excluding
 amortization of non-vested
 shares below                  1,031        924      4,716      3,859
Costs associated with loan
 refinancing                       -          -      1,134          -
Interest expense, net          9,753      8,207     38,054     30,570
Depreciation and
 amortization                  6,329      4,729     23,365     16,359
Amortization of non-vested
 shares                          356        231      1,377        926
                             -------    -------    -------    -------
   Income before income
    from joint ventures,
    and minority interests    15,113     10,766     54,012     38,748

Equity in income from joint
 ventures                        172        102        654        401
Minority interests                29       (430)      (953)    (1,555)
                             -------    -------    -------    -------
   Net income                $15,314    $10,438    $53,713    $37,594

Preferred dividend
 requirements                 (1,366)    (1,366)    (5,463)    (5,463)
                             -------    -------    -------    -------
   Net income available to
    common shareholders      $13,948     $9,072    $48,250    $32,131
                             =======    =======    =======    =======

Basic net income per
 common share                  $0.56      $0.46      $2.12      $1.81
Diluted net income per
 common share                  $0.55      $0.46      $2.07      $1.77
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
   Reconciliation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders to
                       Funds From Operations (A)
                 (in thousands except per share data)

                              Three months ended  Twelve months ended
                                 December 31,         December 31,
FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS:         2004       2003       2004       2003
                               ----       ----       ----       ----
Net income available to
 common shareholders         $13,948     $9,072    $48,250    $32,131
Add: Real estate
 depreciation                  6,032      4,678     22,379     16,175
Add: Share of joint venture
 depreciation                     60         32        223        135
                             -------    -------    -------    -------
   Basic funds from
    operations               $20,040    $13,782    $70,852    $48,441
                             -------    -------    -------    -------

Add: minority interest in
 net income                        -        375        750      1,500
                             -------    -------    -------    -------
Diluted funds from
 operations                  $20,040    $14,157    $71,602    $49,941
                             =======    =======    =======    =======

   FFO per common share:
    Basic                      $0.81      $0.71      $3.12      $2.72
    Diluted                    $0.79      $0.68      $3.03      $2.62

Shares used for computation
 (in thousands):
  Basic                       24,876     19,532     22,721     17,780
  Diluted                     25,444     20,802     23,664     19,051

(A) The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
developed FFO as a relative non-GAAP financial measure of performance
and liquidity of an equity REIT in order to recognize that
income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the
basis determined under GAAP. FFO is a widely used measure of the
operating performance of real estate companies and is provided here as
a supplemental measure to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP) net income available to common shareholders and earnings per
share. FFO, as defined under the revised NAREIT definition and
presented by us, is net income, computed in accordance with GAAP,
excluding gains and losses from sales of depreciable operating
properties, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization,
and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures
and other affiliates. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships,
joint ventures and other affiliates are calculated to reflect FFO on
the same basis. FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure. FFO does not
represent cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP and is not
indicative that cash flows are adequate to fund all cash needs and is
not to be considered an alternative to net income or any other GAAP
measure as a measurement of the results of the Company's operations or
the Company's cash flows or liquidity as defined by GAAP.
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
                 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                            (in thousands)

                                               As of        As of
                                            December 31, December 31,
                                               2004         2003
                                               ----         ----
Assets:
Rental properties, net                     $1,121,409     $870,944
Land held for development                      23,144       29,152
Investment in joint ventures                    2,541        1,336
Cash and cash equivalents                      11,255       30,527
Restricted cash                                12,794        6,495
Intangible assets, net                         10,900          693
Deferred financing costs, net                  12,730       11,405
Other assets                                   18,675       15,366
                                            ---------    ---------
   Total assets                            $1,213,448     $965,918
                                            =========    =========

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Common dividends payable                      $14,097       $9,829
Preferred dividends payable                     1,366        1,366
Unearned rents                                  1,634          895
Other liabilities                              10,070        2,864
Long term debt                                592,892      506,555
                                            ---------    ---------
   Total liabilities                          620,059      521,509

Minority interests                              6,049       21,630
Shareholders' equity                          587,340      422,779
                                            ---------    ---------
   Total liabilities and shareholders'
    equity                                 $1,213,448     $965,918
                                            =========    =========

About Entertainment Properties Trust

Entertainment Properties Trust is the only publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the acquisition of high-quality real estate assets leased to leading location-based entertainment operators. Since November of 1997, EPR has acquired more than $1.2 billion of properties. The Company's common shares of beneficial interest trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EPR. Entertainment Properties Trust Company contact: Jon Weis, 30 Pershing Road, Suite 201, Kansas City, Missouri 64108; 888-EPR-REIT; fax: 816-472-5794. The Company website is at www.eprkc.com.

Safe Harbor Statement: This press release includes forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, identified by such words as "will be," "intend," "continue," "believe," "may," "expect," "hope," "anticipate," or other comparable terms. The Company's actual financial condition, results of operations and funds from operations may vary materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. A discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements is contained in the Company's SEC filings, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

    CONTACT: Entertainment Properties TrustJon Weis, 888-EPR-REIT
             816-472-5794 (fax)
             www.eprkc.com

    SOURCE: Entertainment Properties Trust