Exhibit

Hannon Armstrong Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. ("Hannon Armstrong," "we," "our" or the "Company") (NYSE: HASI), a capital and services provider focused on sustainable infrastructure markets that address climate change, today reported quarterly results.

Second Quarter 2018 Highlights


•	Delivered $0.32 GAAP EPS in the second quarter of 2018, compared to $0.23 in the second quarter of 2017


•	Delivered $0.39 Core EPS in the second quarter of 2018, compared to $0.34 in the second quarter of 2017


•	Confirming expected 2018 annual Core EPS growth over 2017 to be between 2% to 6%, equivalent to $1.32 at the midpoint


•	Pipeline remains over $2.5 billion


•	Closed approximately $200 million of transactions during the three months ended June 30, 2018, continue to target $1 billion for the year


•	Maintained a fixed-rate debt level of 89% as of June 30, 2018


•	An estimated 62,000 metric tons of annual carbon emissions will be offset by second quarter transactions equating to a CarbonCount^® score of 0.31 metric tons per $1,000 invested


•	Became a signatory to the UN Global Compact in July 2018, the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative

“As expected, we securitized a higher percentage of investments in the quarter, thus, generating higher core earnings,” said Jeffrey Eckel, President & CEO. “The flexibility in our business model allows us to take advantage of securitization markets, when the broader rate environment - like the one we continue to experience today - is less attractive for adding assets to our balance sheet. As a result — and as previously discussed — we expect some variability in earnings over the next several quarters," continued Eckel. "Our identified investment pipeline remains robust and our end markets continue to expand. We are pleased to announce our first stormwater remediation investment, which we made this quarter. Environmental stewardship continues to be a driving force for our investments and we look forward to the continued expansion in this particular market, among others addressing climate change impact, mitigation and resiliency."

A summary of our results is shown in the table below:



		For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018				For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
		$ in thousands		Per Share		$ in thousands		Per Share
GAAP Net Income		$	17,262	$	0.32	$	12,340	$	0.23
Core Earnings ⁽¹⁾		$	20,846	$	0.39	$	17,866	$	0.34
		For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018				For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
		$ in thousands		Per Share		$ in thousands		Per Share
GAAP Net Income		$	16,039	$	0.29	$	19,539	$	0.38
Core Earnings ⁽¹⁾		$	35,123	$	0.65	$	33,362	$	0.66

(1)	The difference between GAAP net income and core earnings is primarily the result of adjusting for a return on capital from our equity investments in renewable energy projects and adding back non-cash equity-based compensation. A reconciliation of our GAAP net income to core earnings is included in this press release.

Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Revenue grew by approximately $8 million, or 27%, for the three months, and approximately $12 million, or 22%, for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to the same periods in 2017. Increases in the quarter and year to date were primarily driven by higher gain on sale and fee income of approximately $7 million and $10 million, respectively, due to increased securitization activity. The revenue growth was offset by an approximately $4 million increase in interest expense for the three months, and an approximately $9 million increase for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to the same periods in 2017. This increase was primarily the result of higher average outstanding borrowings, a higher percentage of fixed-rate debt and an increase in interest rates.

Other expenses (compensation and benefits and general and administrative expenses) increased by $1 million for both GAAP and core for the three months, and by $2 million (GAAP) and by $3 million (core) for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017 due primarily to an increase in the size of the Company.

For the second quarter, income from equity method investments increased by approximately $2 million due in large part to one time changes in tax law recognized in the quarter. On a year to date basis, income from equity method investments decreased by approximately $4 million primarily as a result of a non-cash HLBV loss on an equity method investment recorded in the first quarter of 2018.

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, we recognized a GAAP net income of $17 million for the quarter, an increase of $5 million over the same quarter last year. On a year to date basis, GAAP net income decreased by approximately $4 million as a result of the equity method loss in the first quarter discussed above.

Core earnings grew by approximately $3 million over the same quarter last year primarily due to the increase in gain on sale income. Core earnings grew by approximately $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 over the same periods in 2017 primarily as a result of higher core earnings from our equity method investments. For additional information please see "Explanatory Notes - Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Core Earnings."

A reconciliation of our GAAP net income to core earnings is included in this press release.

The calculation of our fixed-rate debt and leverage ratios as of June 30, 2018 and 2017 are shown in the chart below:



		June 30, 2018		% of Total		June 30, 2017		% of Total
		($ in millions)				($ in millions)
Floating-rate borrowings ⁽¹⁾		$	159	11	%	$	599	46	%
Fixed-rate debt ⁽²⁾		1,290		89	%	715		54	%
Total		$	1,449	100	%	$	1,314	100	%
Leverage ⁽³⁾		2.2 to 1				2.0 to 1

(1)	Floating-rate borrowings include borrowings under our floating-rate credit facilities and approximately $56 million and $207 million of nonrecourse debt with floating rate exposure as of June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively. Approximately $32 million of the June 30, 2018 floating rate exposure is hedged beginning in 2019.
(2)	Fixed-rate debt also includes the present notional value of nonrecourse debt that is hedged using interest rate swaps. Debt excludes securitizations that are not consolidated on our balance sheet.
(3)	Leverage, as measured by our debt-to-equity ratio. This calculation excludes securitizations that are not consolidated on our balance sheet (where the collateral is typically financing receivables with U.S. government obligors).

“Increased gain on sale securitizations offset the impact of the cost of our continued high level of fixed rate debt in the quarter,” said Brendan Herron, Chief Financial Officer. “We expect our fixed-rate debt level to stay near or slightly above the high end of our 60% to 85% fixed debt target range given the continued focus of the Fed on raising short-term rates.”

Portfolio

Our Portfolio totaled approximately $2.0 billion as of June 30, 2018, and included approximately $1.0 billion of behind-the-meter assets, approximately $0.9 billion of grid-connected assets and approximately $0.1 billion of other sustainable infrastructure investments. The following is an analysis of our Portfolio as of June 30, 2018:



	Investment Grade
	Government ⁽¹⁾		Commercial ⁽²⁾		Commercial Non-Investment Grade ⁽³⁾		Subtotal, Debt and Real Estate		Equity Method Investments		Total
	($ in millions)
Equity investments in renewable energy projects	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	439	$	439
Receivables and investments	632		512		8		1,152		—		1,152
Real estate ⁽⁴⁾	—		355		—		355		22		377
Total	$	632	$	867	$	8	$	1,507	$	461	$	1,968
Average remaining balance ⁽⁵⁾	$	11	$	9	$	4	$	10	$	17	$	11

(1)

Transactions where the ultimate obligor is the U.S. federal government or state or local governments where the obligors are rated investment grade (either by an independent rating agency or based upon our internal credit analysis). This amount includes $394 million of U.S. federal government transactions and $238 million of transactions where the ultimate obligors are state or local governments. Transactions may have guaranties of energy savings from third party service providers, which typically are entities rated investment grade by an independent rating agency.

(2)

Transactions where the projects or the ultimate obligors are commercial entities that have been rated investment grade (either by an independent rating agency or based on our internal credit analysis). Of this total, $10 million of the transactions have been rated investment grade by an independent rating agency. Commercial investment grade receivables include $310 million of internally rated residential solar loans made on a non-recourse basis to special purpose subsidiaries of the SunPower Corporation, for which we rely on certain limited indemnities, warranties, and other obligations of the SunPower Corporation or its other subsidiaries.


(3)	Transactions where the projects or the ultimate obligors are commercial entities that have ratings below investment grade (either by an independent rating agency or using our internal credit analysis).


(4)	Includes the real estate and the lease intangible assets (including those held through equity method investments) from which we receive scheduled lease payments, typically under long-term triple net lease agreements.


(5)	Excludes approximately 150 transactions each with outstanding balances that are less than $1 million and that in the aggregate total $57 million.

Guidance

The Company is confirming its previously issued 2018 guidance for annual core earnings per share growth of 2% to 6% for 2018 compared to 2017 and its three-year guidance with respect to core earnings per share growth, on a compounded annual basis over the next three years, in the 2% to 6% range.

This guidance reflects the Company’s estimates of (i) yield on its existing Portfolio; (ii) yield on incremental Portfolio investments, inclusive of the Company’s existing pipeline; (iii) amount, timing, and costs of debt and equity capital to fund new investments; (iv) changes in costs and expenses reflective of the Company’s forecasted operations, and (v) the general interest rate and market environment. All guidance is based on current expectations of future economic conditions, the regulatory environment, the dynamics of the markets in which it operates and the

judgment of the Company’s management team. The Company has not provided GAAP guidance as discussed in the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section of this press release.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Hannon Armstrong will host an investor conference call today, August 2, 2018, at 5:00 pm eastern time. The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing 1-866-548-4713, or for international callers, 1-323-794-2093. A replay will be available two hours after the call and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921, or for international callers, 1-412-317-6671. The passcode for the live call and the replay is 9870331. The replay will be available until August 9, 2018.

A webcast of the conference call will also be available through the Investor Relations section of our website, at www.hannonarmstrong.com. A copy of this press release is also available on our website.

About Hannon Armstrong

Hannon Armstrong (NYSE: HASI) is a capital and services provider to the sustainable infrastructure markets, focused on reducing climate changing greenhouse gas emissions ("GHG" or carbon emissions) as well as mitigating the impact of, or increasing resiliency to, climate change. Our goal is to generate attractive returns for our stockholders by investing capital in assets that generate long-term, recurring and predictable cash flows or cost savings from proven technologies. We also provide services to the various partners and counterparties in the markets where we invest. Our management team has extensive relevant industry knowledge and experience, dating back more than 30 years. With scientific consensus that climate warming trends are linked to human activities and resulting in various extreme weather events, we believe our firm is well positioned to generate better risk-adjusted returns by investing in the assets, and providing services to the firms, that reduce carbon emissions. Further, with increasing weather-related events affecting certain areas of our markets, we see similar investment and services opportunities in infrastructure assets that mitigate the impact of, and increase the resiliency to, these weather events and climate change. We are based in Annapolis, MD.

Forward-Looking Statements:

Some of the information contained in this press release is forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that are subject to risks and uncertainties. For these statements, we claim the protections of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in such Sections. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives. When we use the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "continue," "intend," "should," "may" or similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on such statements. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements include those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 as amended by our Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (collectively, our “2017 Form 10-K”) that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as well as in other periodic reports that we file with the SEC. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking:


•	our expected returns and performance of our investments;


•	the state of government legislation, regulation and policies that support or enhance the economic feasibility of sustainable infrastructure projects, including energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and the general market demands for such projects;


•	market trends in our industry, energy markets, commodity prices, interest rates, the debt and lending markets or the general economy;


•	our business and investment strategy;


•	availability of opportunities to invest in projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or mitigate the impact of climate change including energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and our ability to complete potential new opportunities in our pipeline;


•	our relationships with originators, investors, market intermediaries and professional advisers;


•	competition from other providers of capital;


•	our or any other companies’ projected operating results;


•	actions and initiatives of the federal, state and local governments and changes to federal, state and local government policies, regulations, tax laws and rates and the execution and impact of these actions, initiatives and policies;


•	the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic regions, states or municipalities, economic trends and economic recoveries;


•	our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements on favorable terms, including securitizations;


•	general volatility of the securities markets in which we participate;


•	changes in the value of our assets, our portfolio of assets and our investment and underwriting process;


•	the impact of weather conditions, natural disasters, accidents or equipment failures or other events that disrupt the operation of our investments or negatively impact on the value our assets;


•	rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our assets;


•	interest rate and maturity mismatches between our assets and any borrowings used to fund such assets;


•	changes in interest rates, including the flattening of the yield curve, and the market value of our assets and target assets;


•	changes in commodity prices, including continued low natural gas prices;


•	effects of hedging instruments on our assets or liabilities;


•	the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from risks, such as interest rate volatility;


•	impact of and changes in accounting guidance and similar matters;


•	our ability to maintain our qualification as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “REIT”);


•	our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”);


•	availability of and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;


•	estimates relating to our ability to generate sufficient cash in the future to operate our business and to make distributions to our stockholders; and


•	our understanding of our competition.

Forward-looking statements are based on beliefs, assumptions and expectations as of the date of this press release. Any forward- looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible for us to predict those events or how they may affect us. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to, and do not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this earnings release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The confirmed guidance reflects the Company’s estimates of (i) yield on its existing Portfolio; (ii) yield on incremental Portfolio investments, inclusive of the Company’s existing pipeline; (iii) amount, timing, and costs of debt and equity capital to fund new investments; (iv) changes in costs and expenses reflective of the Company’s forecasted operations and (v) the general interest rate and market environment. All guidance is based on current expectations of future economic conditions, the regulatory environment, the dynamics of the markets in which it operates and the judgment of the Company’s management team.

The Company has not provided GAAP guidance as forecasting a comparable GAAP financial measure, such as net income, would require that the Company apply the HLBV method to these investments. In order to forecast under the HLBV method, the Company would be required to make various assumptions related to expected changes in the net asset value of the various entities and how such changes would be allocated under HLBV. GAAP HLBV earnings over a period of time are very sensitive to these assumptions especially in regard to when a partnership transactions flips and thus the liquidation scenarios change materially. The Company believes that these assumptions would require unreasonable efforts to complete and if completed, the wide variation in projected GAAP earnings based upon a range of scenarios would not be meaningful to investors. Accordingly, the Company has not included a GAAP reconciliation table related to any Core Earnings guidance.

Estimates of incremental costs due to fixed rate debt is based on the ending balance and debt rate in the current quarter compared to the average debt rate in the comparable quarter in the prior year and uses the weighted average share count used for core earnings for the current quarter. Estimated carbon savings are calculated using the estimated kilowatt hours (“kWh”), gallons of fuel oil, million British thermal units (“MMBtus”) of natural gas and gallons of water saved as appropriate, for each project. The energy savings are converted into an estimate of metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions based upon the project’s location and the corresponding emissions factor data from the U.S. Government and International Energy Agency. Portfolios of projects are represented on an aggregate basis.

The risks included here are not exhaustive. Our most recent quarterly report on Form 10‐Q, annual report on Form10‐K, or other regulatory filings may include additional factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

Investor Relations
410-571-6189
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HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)



	For the Three Months Ended June 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Revenue
Interest income, receivables	$	12,756		$	13,637		$	25,604		$	27,755
Interest income, investments	1,589			1,358			3,129			2,301
Rental income	5,967			4,863			11,909			8,972
Gain on sale of receivables and investments	14,208			7,726			20,465			11,675
Fee income	1,306			691			2,627			1,372
Total revenue	35,826			28,275			63,734			52,075
Expenses
Interest expense	19,033			15,361			37,744			29,144
Compensation and benefits	6,335			5,659			11,656			10,385
General and administrative	3,535			3,139			6,336			5,327
Total expenses	28,903			24,159			55,736			44,856
Income before equity method investments	6,923			4,116			7,998			7,219
Income (loss) from equity method investments	10,583			8,377			8,298			12,548
Income (loss) before income taxes	17,506			12,493			16,296			19,767
Income tax (expense) benefit	(153		)	(83		)	(171		)	(114		)
Net income (loss)	$	17,353		$	12,410		$	16,125		$	19,653
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest holders	91			70			86			114
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling stockholders	$	17,262		$	12,340		$	16,039		$	19,539
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.32		$	0.23		$	0.29		$	0.38
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.32		$	0.23		$	0.29		$	0.38
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic	52,051,253			50,573,996			51,882,021			49,044,051
Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted	52,051,253			50,573,996			51,882,021			49,044,051

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)



	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Assets
Equity method investments	$	461,159		$	522,615
Government receivables	511,700			519,485
Commercial receivables	468,402			473,452
Receivables held-for-sale	18,078			19,081
Real estate	355,200			340,824
Investments	153,612			151,209
Cash and cash equivalents	41,812			57,274
Other assets	208,044			166,232
Total Assets	$	2,218,007		$	2,250,172
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other	$	24,772		$	25,645
Deferred funding obligations	97,685			153,308
Credit facility	102,939			69,922
Non-recourse debt (secured by assets of $1,503 million and $1,545 million, respectively)	1,198,256			1,210,861
Convertible notes	147,959			147,655
Total Liabilities	1,571,611			1,607,391
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding	—			—
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 52,728,327 and 51,665,449 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	527			517
Additional paid in capital	789,129			770,983
Accumulated deficit	(150,624		)	(131,251		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	3,855			(1,065		)
Non-controlling interest	3,509			3,597
Total Stockholders’ Equity	646,396			642,781
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	2,218,007		$	2,250,172

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Core Earnings

We calculate core earnings as GAAP net income excluding non-cash equity compensation expense, non-cash provision for credit losses, amortization of intangibles, any one-time acquisition related costs or non-cash tax charges and the earnings attributable to our non-controlling interest of our Operating Partnership. We also make an adjustment to our equity method investments in the renewable energy projects as

described below. In the future, core earnings may also exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash charges as approved by a majority of our independent directors.

Certain of our equity method investments in renewable energy projects are structured using typical partnership “flip” structures where we, along with any other institutional investors, if any, receive a pre-negotiated preferred return consisting of priority distributions from the project cash flows, in many cases, along with tax attributes. Once this preferred return is achieved, the partnership “flips” and the renewable energy company, which operates the project, receives more of the cash flows through its equity interests while we, and any other institutional investors, retain an ongoing residual interest. We typically negotiate the purchase prices of our equity investments, which have a finite expected life, based on our assessment of the expected cash flows we will receive from these projects discounted back to the net present value, based on a target investment rate, with the expected cash flows to be received in the future reflecting both a return on the capital (at the investment rate) and a return of the capital we have committed to the project. We use a similar approach in the underwriting of our receivables.

Under GAAP, we account for these investments utilizing the HLBV method. Under this method, we recognize income or loss based on the change in the amount each partner would receive, typically based on the negotiated profit and loss allocation, if the assets were liquidated at book value, after adjusting for any distributions or contributions made during such quarter. The HLBV allocations of income or loss are also impacted by the receipt of tax attributes, as tax equity investors are allocated losses in proportion to the tax benefits received, while the sponsors of the project are allocated gains of a similar amount. In addition, the agreed upon allocations of the project’s cash flows may differ materially from the profit and loss allocation used for the HLBV calculations.

The cash distributions for our equity method investments are segregated into a return on and return of capital on our cash flow statement based on the cumulative income that has been allocated using the HLBV method. However, as a result of the application of the HLBV method, including the impact of tax allocations, the high levels of depreciation and other non-cash expenses that are common to renewable energy projects and the differences between the agreed upon profit and loss and the cash flow allocations, the distributions and thus the economic returns (i.e. return on capital) achieved from the investment are often significantly different from the income or loss that is allocated to us under the HLBV method. Thus, in calculating core earnings, we further adjust GAAP net income to take into account our calculation of the return on capital (based upon the investment rate) from our renewable energy equity method investments, as adjusted to reflect the performance of the project and the cash distributed. We believe this adjustment to our GAAP net income in calculating our core earnings measure is an important supplement to the HLBV income allocations determined under GAAP for an investor to understand the economic performance of these investments.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, we recognized income of $11 million and $8 million, respectively under GAAP for our equity investments in renewable energy projects. We reversed the GAAP income and recorded $10 million and $21 million for core earnings as discussed above to reflect our return on capital from these investments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. This compares to the collected cash distributions from these equity method investments of approximately $40 million and $70 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, with the difference between core earnings and cash collected representing a return of capital.

We believe that core earnings provides an additional measure of our core operating performance by eliminating the impact of certain non-cash expenses and facilitating a comparison of our financial results to those of other comparable companies with fewer or no non-cash charges and comparison of our own operating results from period to period. Our management uses core earnings in this way. We believe that

our investors also use core earnings, or a comparable supplemental performance measure, to evaluate and compare our performance to that of our peers, and as such, we believe that the disclosure of core earnings is useful to our investors.

However, core earnings does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) (determined in accordance with GAAP), or an indication of our cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP), or a measure of our liquidity, or an indication of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. In addition, our methodology for calculating core earnings may differ from the methodologies employed by other REITs to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and accordingly, our reported core earnings may not be comparable to similar metrics reported by other REITs.

Reconciliation of our GAAP Net Income to Core Earnings

We have calculated our core earnings and provided a reconciliation of our GAAP net income to core earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 in the tables below:



		For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018					For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
		($ in thousands, except per share data)
					Per Share					Per Share
Net income attributable to controlling stockholders		$	17,262		$	0.32	$	12,340		$	0.23
Core earnings adjustments:
Reverse GAAP income from equity method investments		(10,583		)			(8,377		)
Add back core equity method investments earnings ⁽¹⁾		9,912					10,191
Non-cash equity-based compensation charges ⁽²⁾		3,379					2,984
Other core adjustments ⁽³⁾		876					728
Core earnings ⁽⁴⁾		20,846			$	0.39	17,866			$	0.34

(1)	Reflects adjustment for equity method investments described above
(2)	Reflects adjustment for non-cash equity-based compensation.
(3)	See detail below.
(4)	Core earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, are based on 54,076,462 shares and 52,561,081 shares outstanding, respectively, which represents the weighted average number of fully-diluted shares outstanding including our restricted stock awards and restricted stock units and the non-controlling interest in our Operating Partnership. We include any potential common stock issuance in this calculation related to our convertible notes using the treasury stock method.



		For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018					For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
		($ in thousands, except per share data)
					Per Share					Per Share
Net income attributable to controlling stockholders		$	16,039		$	0.29	$	19,539		$	0.38
Core earnings adjustments:
Reverse GAAP income from equity method investments		(8,298		)			(12,548		)
Add back core equity method investments earnings ⁽¹⁾		20,504					19,539
Non-cash equity-based compensation charges ⁽²⁾		5,225					5,553
Other core adjustments ⁽³⁾		1,653					1,279
Core earnings ⁽⁴⁾		35,123			$	0.65	33,362			$	0.66

(1)	Reflects adjustment for equity method investments described above
(2)	Reflects adjustment for non-cash equity-based compensation.
(3)	See detail below.
(4)	Core earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, are based on 53,814,625 shares and 50,830,442 shares outstanding, respectively, which represents the weighted average number of fully-diluted shares outstanding including our restricted stock awards and restricted stock units and the non-controlling interest in our Operating Partnership. We include any potential common stock issuance in this calculation related to our convertible notes using the treasury stock method.

The table below provides a reconciliation of the Other core adjustments:



		For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018		2017		2018		2017
		($ in thousands)				($ in thousands)
Other core adjustments
Amortization of intangibles ⁽¹⁾		$	785	$	658	$	1,567	$	1,165
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		91		70		86		114
Other core adjustments		$	876	$	728	$	1,653	$	1,279

(1)	Adds back non-cash amortization of lease and pre-IPO intangibles

The table below provides a reconciliation of the GAAP SG&A expenses to Core SG&A expenses:



		For the Three Months Ended June 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018			2017			2018			2017
		($ in thousands)						($ in thousands)
GAAP SG&A expenses
Compensation and benefits		$	6,335		$	5,659		$	11,656		$	10,385
General and administrative		3,535			3,139			6,336			5,327
Total SG&A expenses (GAAP)		$	9,870		$	8,798		$	17,992		$	15,712
Core SG&A expenses adjustments:
Non-cash equity-based compensation charge ⁽¹⁾		$	(3,379	)	$	(2,984	)	$	(5,225	)	$	(5,553	)
Amortization of intangibles ⁽²⁾		(51		)	(51		)	(101		)	(101		)
Core SG&A expenses adjustments		(3,430		)	(3,035		)	(5,326		)	(5,654		)
Core SG&A expenses		$	6,440		$	5,763		$	12,666		$	10,058

(1)	Reflects add back of non-cash amortization of equity-based compensation. Outstanding grants related to equity-based compensation are included in core earnings per share calculation.
(2)	Adds back non-cash amortization of pre-IPO intangibles