UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One) |
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x | Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities |
For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2006 | |
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o | Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For the Transition Period from to
Commission file number: 001-31297
HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland |
| 04-3474810 |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
| (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) |
| Identification No.) |
131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA |
| 02116 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
(617) 247-2200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name, former address and former
fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filed. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Yes o No x.
As of May 1, 2006, there were 47,814,393 shares of the Company’s $0.001 par value common stock outstanding.
HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
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| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results |
| 27 |
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
| 47 |
| 48 | |
| 49 | |
| 49 | |
| 49 | |
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
| 49 |
| 49 | |
| 49 | |
| 49 | |
| 50 | |
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CERTIFICATIONS |
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
(Unaudited and in thousands of dollars, except for share amounts)
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| March 31, |
| December 31, |
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Assets |
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Real estate investments, net |
| $ | 2,212,862 |
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| $ | 2,305,402 |
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Real estate held for sale, net |
| 72,481 |
|
| — |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
| 6,772 |
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| — |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $11,117 in 2006 and $10,585 in 2005 |
| 55,590 |
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| 54,077 |
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Prepaids and other assets |
| 32,666 |
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| 30,219 |
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Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures |
| 5,395 |
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| 5,211 |
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Deferred financing and leasing costs |
| 59,555 |
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| 63,320 |
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Total assets |
| $ | 2,445,321 |
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| $ | 2,458,229 |
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Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
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Liabilities: |
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Mortgage loans payable |
| $ | 612,637 |
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| $ | 630,819 |
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Mortgage loan payable associated with real estate held for sale |
| 9,674 |
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| — |
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Unsecured notes payable |
| 448,524 |
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| 449,964 |
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Line of credit facility |
| 294,000 |
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| 328,000 |
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Bridge loan payable |
| 100,000 |
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| 50,000 |
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Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
| 88,192 |
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| 96,286 |
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Accrued distributions |
| 25,425 |
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| 25,224 |
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Total liabilities |
| 1,578,452 |
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| 1,580,293 |
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Minority interests: |
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Exchangeable limited partnership units |
| 15,785 |
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| 17,125 |
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Shareholders’ equity: |
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Common stock, $.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 47,814,393 and 47,385,995 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively |
| 48 |
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| 47 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
| 1,177,784 |
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| 1,174,855 |
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Cumulative distributions in excess of net income |
| (330,696 | ) |
| (309,219 | ) |
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Unearned compensation |
| — |
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| (3,672 | ) |
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Other comprehensive income (loss) |
| 3,948 |
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| (1,200 | ) |
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Total shareholders’ equity |
| 851,084 |
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| 860,811 |
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Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
| $ | 2,445,321 |
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| $ | 2,458,229 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Three Months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited and in thousands, except per-share data)
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| Three months ended |
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| 2006 |
| 2005 |
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Revenue: |
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Rentals and recoveries |
| $ | 87,271 |
| $ | 83,815 |
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Interest, other, and joint venture fee income |
| 955 |
| 1,379 |
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Total revenue |
| 88,226 |
| 85,194 |
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Expenses: |
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Property operating expenses |
| 12,293 |
| 13,834 |
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Real estate taxes |
| 13,472 |
| 11,947 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 27,805 |
| 23,199 |
| ||
Interest |
| 23,035 |
| 20,624 |
| ||
General and administrative |
| 7,598 |
| 3,264 |
| ||
Impairment loss |
| 2,085 |
| — |
| ||
Total expenses |
| 86,288 |
| 72,868 |
| ||
Income before gain on land sales and minority interests |
| 1,938 |
| 12,326 |
| ||
Gains on land sales |
| 171 |
| — |
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Income before minority interests |
| 2,109 |
| 12,326 |
| ||
Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
| 209 |
| 104 |
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Income allocated to exchangeable limited partnership units |
| (40 | ) | (158 | ) | ||
Income before discontinued operations |
| 2,278 |
| 12,272 |
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Discontinued Operations: |
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Income from discontinued operations |
| 1,354 |
| 930 |
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Net income attributable to common shareholders |
| $ | 3,632 |
| $ | 13,202 |
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Basic per-share data: |
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Income before discontinued operations |
| $ | 0.05 |
| $ | 0.26 |
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Income from discontinued operations |
| 0.03 |
| 0.02 |
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Income attributable to common shareholders |
| $ | 0.08 |
| $ | 0.28 |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding |
| 47,331 |
| 46,701 |
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Diluted per-share data: |
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Income before discontinued operations |
| $ | 0.05 |
| $ | 0.26 |
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Income from discontinued operations |
| 0.03 |
| 0.02 |
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Income attributable to common shareholders |
| $ | 0.08 |
| $ | 0.28 |
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Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding |
| 48,092 |
| 47,202 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(Unaudited and in thousands)
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| Three months ended |
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| 2006 |
| 2005 |
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Net income attributable to common shareholders |
| $ | 3,632 |
| $ | 13,202 |
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Other comprehensive income: |
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Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges |
| 5,065 |
| — |
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Reclassification adjustments for amortization of realized loss of cash flow hedges, net |
| 54 |
| 54 |
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Unrealized holding gains on marketable securities |
| 29 |
| — |
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Total other comprehensive income |
| 5,148 |
| 54 |
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Comprehensive income |
| $ | 8,780 |
| $ | 13,256 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(unaudited and in thousands of dollars)
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| Three months ended |
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| 2006 |
| 2005 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
| $ | 3,632 |
| $ | 13,202 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 28,220 |
| 23,977 |
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Amortization of deferred debt financing costs |
| 472 |
| 689 |
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Amortization of debt premiums and discounts |
| (686 | ) | (559 | ) | ||
Amortization of effective portion of interest rate swaps |
| 54 |
| 54 |
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Compensation expense (income) associated with stock plans |
| 2,145 |
| (24 | ) | ||
Earnings from unconsolidated investment in joint ventures |
| (209 | ) | (104 | ) | ||
Income allocated to exchangeable limited partnership units |
| 40 |
| 158 |
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Gains on land sales |
| (171 | ) | — |
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Impairment loss |
| 2,085 |
| — |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
| (7,806 | ) | (15,038 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
| 27,776 |
| 22,355 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Acquisitions of and additions to real estate investments and in-place lease value |
| (4,631 | ) | (9,853 | ) | ||
Proceeds from sale of real estate |
| 285 |
| — |
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Expenditures for investment in joint ventures |
| (19 | ) | — |
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Expenditures for capitalized leasing commissions |
| (1,292 | ) | (1,839 | ) | ||
Redemption of exchangeable limited partnership units |
| (1,056 | ) | — |
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Expenditures for furniture, fixtures and equipment |
| (196 | ) | (34 | ) | ||
Net cash used for investing activities |
| (6,909 | ) | (11,726 | ) | ||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Proceeds from the issuance of common stock due to exercise of options |
| 4,446 |
| 456 |
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Repayments of mortgage loans payable |
| (7,772 | ) | (3,032 | ) | ||
Proceeds from prior line of credit facility |
| — |
| 26,000 |
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Proceeds from new line of credit facility |
| 15,000 |
| 211,000 |
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Repayments under prior line of credit facility |
| — |
| (11,000 | ) | ||
Repayment of prior line of credit facility |
| — |
| (211,000 | ) | ||
Repayments under new line of credit facility |
| (49,000 | ) | — |
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Proceeds from bridge loan |
| 50,000 |
| — |
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Repayment of unsecured notes payable |
| (1,490 | ) |
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Distributions paid to exchangeable limited partnership unit holders |
| (343 | ) | (275 | ) | ||
Common stock distributions paid |
| (24,878 | ) | (24,642 | ) | ||
Expenditures for deferred debt financing costs |
| (58 | ) | (2,159 | ) | ||
Net cash used for financing activities |
| (14,095 | ) | (14,652 | ) | ||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
| 6,772 |
| (4,023 | ) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents: |
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Beginning of period |
| — |
| 6,720 |
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End of period |
| $ | 6,772 |
| $ | 2,697 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements of Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. (“Heritage” or the “Company”) contained in this report were prepared from the books and records of the Company without audit in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) necessary to present a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. However, amounts presented in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005 are derived from the audited financial statements of the Company at that date. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. Certain reclassifications of 2005 amounts, consisting primarily of discontinued operations, have been made to conform to the 2006 presentation.
The condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts and operations of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2006.
The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and believes it is operating so as to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, the Company must, among other things, distribute to shareholders at least 90% of its taxable income. It is the Company’s policy to distribute at least 100% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal income taxes.
Overview
The Company’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) authorizes options and other stock-based compensation awards to be granted to employees and directors for up to 5,700,000 shares of common stock.
Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for its share-based compensation using the intrinsic value method of accounting provided under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, (“APB Opinion No. 25”), and related interpretations, as permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, Accounting for Share-Based Compensation (“SFAS No. 123”). Except with respect to options that were previously subject to variable accounting (see below), in applying the intrinsic value method, the Company did not record share-based compensation cost related to stock options in net earnings because the exercise price of its stock options equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Accordingly, share-based compensation related to stock options was included as a pro forma disclosure in the financial statement footnotes and continues to be provided for periods prior to January 1, 2006.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
3. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, (“SFAS No. 123R”), using the modified-prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation cost recognized in fiscal 2006 includes: (a) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted through January 1, 2006, but for which the requisite service period had not been completed as of January 1, 2006, based on the grant date fair value as previously estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123, and (b) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to January 1, 2006, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R. The adoption of SFAS No. 123R impacted the Company’s accounting for stock options by requiring the Company to expense the estimated fair value of stock options as they vest. In addition, as a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, the Company eliminated the unearned compensation balance related to restricted stock and deferred stock units on the accompanying March 31, 2006 balance sheet. Results for prior periods have not been restated to reflect the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.
The total stock-based compensation expense (income) included in general and administrative expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $2.1 million and $(24,000), respectively.
Stock Options
Pursuant to the Plan, the Company periodically grants options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the per-share fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The options vest over periods ranging from three to five years and expire ten years from the grant date. Upon completion of the Company’s initial public offering in April 2002, the vesting of all stock options previously granted to employees (other than 430,000 options granted in April 2002) accelerated.
For the Company’s stock option plan, the fair value of each grant was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Black-Scholes utilizes assumptions related to the dividend yield, expected life, the risk-free interest rate, and volatility. The dividend yield is based on the Company’s historical dividend rate. The expected life of the grants is derived from expected employee duration, which is based on Company history, industry information and other factors. The risk-free interest rate is derived from the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. Expected volatilities utilized in the model are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock price and other factors. Based on an analysis of the Company’s historical data, assumption of zero forfeitures has been incorporated into the Company’s model as historical forfeitures have been and are expected to continue to be insignificant.
The Company did not grant any stock options during the three-month period ended March 31, 2006. The following summary presents the weighted average assumptions used for grants in fiscal year 2005:
Expected Dividend |
| $ | 2.10 |
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Expected term of option |
| 6 years |
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Risk-free interest rate |
| 3.87 | % | |
Expected stock price volatility |
| 20 | % |
The Company recognized share-based compensation expense related to stock options of $0.1 million, or less than $0.01 per diluted share, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
3. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
As of March 31, 2006, there was $0.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding unvested stock option awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.80 years.
The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share as if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (in thousands):
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| Three months ended |
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Net income, attributable to common shareholders as reported |
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| $ | 13,202 |
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Add: Total stock based compensation as reported in net income |
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| (24 | ) |
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Less: Stock based compensation expense determined under fair-value based method for all awards |
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| (123 | ) |
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Pro forma net income |
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| $ | 13,055 |
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Earnings per share: |
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Basic—as reported |
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| $ | 0.28 |
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Basic—pro forma |
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| $ | 0.28 |
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Diluted—as reported |
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| $ | 0.28 |
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Diluted pro forma |
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| $ | 0.28 |
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Due to a tax-offset payment provision contained in one employment agreement, 920,000 of the Company’s stock options were subject to variable accounting under APB Opinion No. 25 at March 31, 2005. The Company’s additional income related to these stock option awards subject to variable accounting was $3.3 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005. These stock options ceased to be subject to variable accounting on December 30, 2005 upon the amendment of that employment agreement.
A summary of option activity under the Plan as of March 31, 2006, and changes during the three-months then ended, is presented below:
Options |
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| Shares |
| Weighted-Average |
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Outstanding at January 1, 2006 |
| 2,356,998 |
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| $ | 25.90 |
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Granted |
| — |
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| — |
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Exercised |
| (174,648 | ) |
| 26.04 |
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Forfeited |
| (3,332 | ) |
| 25.18 |
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Outstanding at March 31, 2006 |
| 2,179,018 |
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| $ | 25.89 |
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Exercisable at March 31, 2006 |
| 1,849,801 |
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| $ | 24.81 |
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The per-share grant date fair value of the 117,500 options issued during the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 was $2.75. The Company did not grant any stock options during the three-month period ended March 31, 2006.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
3. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $2.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value and weighted-average remaining contractual term of the 2,179,018 options outstanding at March 31, 2006 were $29.9 million and 6.14 years, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value and weighted-average remaining contractual term of the 1,849,801 options exercisable at March 31, 2006 were $26.1 million and 5.90 years, respectively.
The Company issues new shares upon the exercise of stock options.
Non-vested Shares
In addition to stock option grants, the Plan also authorizes the grant of stock-based compensation awards in the form of restricted shares. These restricted shares vest over a period ranging from one to three years. In addition, the Company pays dividends on non-vested shares which are charged directly to Cumulative Distributions in Excess of Net Income.
The following summary presents all restricted stock activity as of March 31, 2006 and changes during the three-months then ended:
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| Restricted |
| Weighted Average |
| |||
Unvested shares outstanding at January 1, 2006 |
| 381,299 |
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| $ | 29.88 |
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Shares issued |
| 253,750 |
|
| 38.90 |
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| |
Shares forfeited |
| — |
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| — |
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Shares vested |
| (249,767 | ) |
| 29.70 |
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Unvested shares outstanding at March 31, 2006 |
| 385,282 |
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| $ | 34.96 |
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As of March 31, 2006, there was $10.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted shares granted under the Plan, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.95 years. The total fair value of shares vested during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $7.4 million and $5.8 million, respectively.
Special Stock Grants
In July 2002, the Board of Directors approved the issuance over five years of an aggregate of up to 775,000 shares of restricted stock with no exercise price to members of senior management of the Company. The Company issued the first installment of 155,000 shares in July 2002 based on a grant date fair market value of $23.65 per share. These shares were subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which terminated on March 1, 2003, based on the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
On March 3, 2003, the Company issued the second installment of 155,000 shares based on a grant date fair market value of $24.36 per share. These shares were subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which terminated on March 3, 2004, based on the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
3. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
On March 1, 2004, the Company issued the third installment of 135,000 shares (reduced from 155,000 to reflect the termination of employment of one of the participants) based on a grant date fair market value of $29.76 per share. These shares were subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which terminated on March 1, 2005, based on the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, the Company recognized $0.7 million of compensation expense related to these shares.
On March 4, 2005, the Company issued the fourth installment of 134,000 shares (reduced from 155,000 to reflect the termination of employment of two of the participants) based on a grant date fair market value of $30.90 per share. These shares were subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which terminated on March 4, 2006, based on the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recognized $0.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to these shares.
On March 9, 2006, the Company issued the fifth and final installment of 134,000 shares based on a grant date fair market value of $38.90 per share. These shares are subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which will terminate on March 8, 2007, assuming the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, the Company recognized $0.4 million of compensation expense related to these shares. Deferred compensation of $4.8 million related to these shares will be recognized ratably through March 8, 2007.
Annual Performance Shares
The Company recognizes compensation expense with respect to performance-based stock grants ratably over the one-year performance period and three-year vesting period.
In March 2003, the Company issued 119,500 shares of restricted stock related to 2002 performance based on an issuance date fair market value of $24.36 per share. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, the Company recognized $0.2 million of compensation expense related to these shares, including the reimbursement of the taxes to be paid by one employee related to the shares. These shares were subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which terminated in March 2006, based on the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
In February 2004, the Company issued 108,000 shares of restricted stock related to 2003 performance based on an issuance date fair market value of $28.47 per share. During each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recognized $0.3 million of compensation expense related to these shares, including the reimbursement of the taxes to be paid by one employee related to the shares. Deferred compensation of $0.6 million related to these shares will be recognized ratably through the remaining vesting period. These shares are subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which will terminate in February 2007, assuming the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
In March 2005, the Company issued 143,800 shares of restricted stock related to 2004 performance based on an issuance date fair market value of $30.90 per share. During each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recognized $0.4 million of compensation expense related to these shares, including the reimbursement of taxes to be paid by one employee related to the shares.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
3. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
Deferred compensation of $1.9 million related to these shares will be recognized ratably through the remaining vesting period.
These shares are subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which will terminate completely in March 2008, assuming the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
In March 2006, the Company issued 106,750 shares of restricted stock related to 2005 performance based on an issuance date fair market value of $38.90 per share. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recognized $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to these shares, including the reimbursement of taxes to be paid by one employee related to the shares. Deferred compensation of $3.0 million related to these shares will be recognized ratably through the remaining vesting period. These shares are subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which will terminate completely in March 2009, assuming the continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
In addition, in March 2006, the Company issued 13,000 shares of restricted stock in lieu of stock options based on an issuance date fair market value of $38.90 per share. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, the Company recognized $42,000 of compensation expense related to these shares. The Company recognizes compensation expense with respect to these shares over the three-year vesting period. Deferred compensation of $0.5 million related to these shares will be recognized ratably through the remaining vesting period. These shares are subject to risk of forfeiture and transfer restrictions, which will terminate completely in March 2009, assuming continued employment of these individuals with the Company through that date.
Deferred Stock Units
The Company maintains a compensation plan relating to the payment of fees and other compensation to directors who are neither employed by the Company nor trustees of the Company’s largest stockholder, Net Realty Holding Trust (“Outside directors”). Outside directors receive an annual retainer, fees for Board meetings attended, Board committee chair retainers and fees for Board committee meetings attended. Except as described below, these fees are typically paid in cash.
Under the plan, on January 1st of each year, the Company credits each Outside director with an annual grant of 1,000 “deferred stock units” for his or her service on the Board during the prior year. On January 1st of each service year (“Service Year”), the Company begins to accrue compensation expense for deferred stock units expected to be credited for service on the Board during that Service Year. The value of the deferred stock units, based on the grant date fair market value of the Company’s common stock, is amortized to compensation expense over the Service Year.
In addition, beginning on the date on which deferred stock units are credited to a director for the prior Service Year, the number of deferred stock units credited is increased by additional deferred stock units in an amount equal to the relationship of dividends declared to the value of the common stock of the Company. The deferred stock units credited to a director are not settled until he or she ceases to be on the Board of Directors, at which time an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Company will be issued.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
3. Share-Based Compensation (Continued)
Deferred stock units may also be credited to directors in lieu of the payment of cash compensation. Under the plan, directors may elect to receive their compensation, which is paid every six months, in the form of cash, shares of common stock or additional deferred stock units. Deferred stock units credited to a director in lieu of cash compensation have the same terms as deferred stock units credited for annual service, except that these expected deferred stock units are credited in January and July of each year.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, the Company incurred $0.2 million of compensation expense related to director compensation, of which $0.1 million related to deferred stock units credited to directors for the 2005 Service Year. On January 1, 2006, an aggregate of 6,000 deferred stock units were credited to Outside directors for the 2005 Service Year based on a grant date fair value of $33.40. In addition, three directors elected to receive all or a portion of their cash compensation for the 2005 Service Year in the form of deferred stock units. The Company credited these directors an aggregate of 2,112 deferred stock units on July 1, 2005, and 2,971 additional deferred stock units on January 1, 2006, based on grant date fair values of $35.02 and $33.40, respectively.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2006, the Company accrued $0.2 million of compensation expense relating to director compensation, of which $0.1 million related to deferred stock units expected to be credited to directors for the 2006 Service Year and as cash compensation with respect to those directors electing to receive deferred stock units in lieu of cash compensation.
Earnings per common share (“EPS”) has been computed pursuant to SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share (“SFAS No. 128”). The following table reconciles both net income and the number of common shares used in the computation of basic EPS, which utilizes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding without regard to the dilutive potential common shares, and diluted EPS, which includes all shares, as applicable (in thousands, except per-share data):
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| $ | 3,632 |
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| 96 |
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| $ | 3,632 |
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| 48,092 |
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| $ | 0.08 |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
4. Earnings Per Share (Continued)
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Shares of common stock reported as issued and outstanding on the accompanying March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 balance sheets include non-vested shares of 385,282 and 381,299, respectively. However, these shares are excluded from the denominator used to calculate basic earnings per share pursuant to SFAS No. 128.
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, operating partnership units exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their impact was anti-dilutive.
5. Supplemental Cash Flow Information
During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, interest paid was $20.9 million and $18.9 million, respectively. State income and franchise tax payments, net of refunds, during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 were $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively.
Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are accrued expenditures for real estate investments of $1.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively.
Only the cash portion of the above transactions is reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
A summary of real estate investments follows (in thousands of dollars):
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| $ | 2,285,343 |
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| $ | 2,305,402 |
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Dispositions
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, the Company disposed of two parcels of land in separate transactions for a total purchase price of $0.3 million, resulting in a total gain of $0.2 million.
Real Estate Assets Held for Sale
In January 2006, the Company finalized a purchase and sale agreement to sell eight of its shopping centers, consisting of 0.8 million square feet of GLA owned by the Company. The shopping centers were sold as a portfolio to a single buyer and constituted all of the Company’s shopping centers in Nebraska and South Dakota. The sale was completed on April 18, 2006 for a purchase price of $69.4 million and an expected gain on sale of approximately $17.0 million which will be recorded in the three-month period ending June 30, 2006. The results of operations were reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying statements of operations and the properties were classified as held for sale as of January 31, 2006 on the accompanying balance sheet as of March 31, 2006.
In March 2006, the Company finalized a purchase and sale agreement to sell one of its shopping centers in Trotwood, Ohio, consisting of 0.3 million square feet of GLA owned by the Company. The sale was completed on April 26, 2006 for a purchase price of $23.1 million and an expected gain on sale of approximately $1.3 million which will be recorded in the three-month period ending June 30, 2006. In connection with the sale, the Company incurred a loss of approximately $1.3 million from a prepayment penalty related to the early extinguishment of the mortgage loan on the shopping center which will be recorded in the three-month period ending June 30, 2006. The results of operations were reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying statements of operations and the properties and related mortgage loans payable were classified as held for sale as of March 31, 2006 on the accompanying balance sheet as of March 31, 2006.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
6. Real Estate Investments (Continued)
Impairment Loss on Real Estate Investments
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, the Company recorded a loss of $2.1 million in connection with the impairment of two shopping centers located in Alabama and one shopping center located in Wisconsin. The Company has been working with brokers to explore the possible sales of these properties and, as a result of negotiations with potential acquirers, the Company has concluded, in connection with the preparation of its financial statements for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, that the carrying value of these assets exceeded their fair value as of March 31, 2006. The fair value of the properties is determined based on the Company’s estimate of the amount for which the properties could be sold in a transaction between willing parties.
In October 2005, a hurricane damaged four of the Company’s shopping centers in the Southeast. This damage did not significantly interrupt the business of these shopping centers. The Company has comprehensive insurance coverage for property damage, including for these shopping centers, which provides for an aggregate of $50 million in coverage. The Company’s damage assessment teams, working with the insurance provider adjusters, inspected the properties and have implemented a restoration plan.
The recovery effort is expected to include the replacement of roofs at three of the shopping centers and a facade at one of the shopping centers. As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the net book value of the damaged property was estimated to be $1.4 million. Changes to this estimate, if any, will be recorded in the periods in which they are determined.
The Company has incurred costs of $0.4 million and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, primarily for temporary repairs and clean-up. As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company has recorded a write-off of real estate investments, net and a corresponding insurance claim recovery receivable for $1.4 million and has recorded an additional $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of insurance claim recovery receivable related to the temporary repairs and clean-up. Insurance recovery receivable is included with Prepaid and Other Assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005. The Company has recorded these amounts because it believes that it is probable that the insurance recovery, net of deductibles, will exceed the net book value of the damaged portion of the assets and costs incurred to date. The cost recovery is recorded on the expense line item to which it relates and therefore, there is no net impact to any line item on the Company’s statement of operations for the three-months ended March 31, 2006.
While the Company expects the insurance proceeds will be sufficient to cover the replacement cost of the restoration of the property, the receipt of insurance proceeds is subject to certain deductibles and limitations. As a result, the Company is unable to determine the timing of receipt or total amount of such insurance proceeds or whether those insurance payments will be sufficient to cover the costs of the entire restoration. To the extent that insurance proceeds, which are on a replacement cost basis, ultimately exceed the net book value of the damaged property, a gain will be recorded in the period when all contingencies related to the insurance claim have been resolved.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
7. Insurance Recovery (Continued)
The following summarizes hurricane-related activity recorded (in thousands):
Probable recovery of real estate investments, net |
| $ | 1,420 |
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Probable recovery of other costs incurred |
| 405 |
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Payments received as of March 31, 2006 |
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| $ | 1,825 |
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8. Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
Lakes Crossing Shopping Center
In May 2004, the Company acquired a 50% interest in a joint venture for the development and construction of a 303,000 square foot shopping center, of which the joint venture will own approximately 215,000 square feet, located in a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Company accounts for the joint venture under the equity method of accounting and made an initial equity investment of $3.3 million and subsequently increased that investment with an additional $0.7 million anticipated contribution in the three-month period ended June 30, 2005. The Company is not the record-keeper of the joint venture, and otherwise does not have immediate access to such records. Therefore, the operations of the joint venture, primarily consisting of incidental activity related to operating restaurants located on out-parcels, are being reported on a three-month lag basis. As a result, the operations for the periods from October 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005, and from October 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004, are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and are classified as Equity in Income from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures.
The Company has fully guaranteed the repayment of a $22 million construction loan obtained by the joint venture from Key Bank, National Association. The Key Bank loan matures in November 2006 (subject to a one-year extension). As of March 31, 2006, $18.0 million was outstanding under the construction loan and recorded on the books and records of the joint venture. In the event the Company is obligated to repay all or a portion of the construction loan pursuant to the guarantee, the Company (i) may remove the manager of the joint venture for cause and terminate all agreements with the manager, (ii) would receive a promissory note from the joint venture for the amount paid by the Company together with a first priority mortgage on the property, and (iii) may prohibit all distributions from the joint venture or payment of fees by the joint venture until the principal and accrued interest on the loan is repaid. Because the estimated fair value of the guarantee as of March 31, 2006 is not material to the Company’s financial position, no liability or additional investment has been recorded related to the guarantee’s fair value.
Skillman Abrams Shopping Center
In April 2005, the Company, through its joint venture with Intercontinental Real Estate Investment Fund III, LLC, a fund sponsored and managed by Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, acquired the Skillman Abrams Shopping Center (“Skillman Abrams”), a 133,000 square foot shopping center located in Dallas, Texas, for a total purchase price of approximately $19 million, including assumed mortgage debt. The Company has a 25% interest in the joint venture and is the property manager of Skillman Abrams pursuant to a property management agreement. The Company accounts for the joint venture under the equity method of accounting and is the record-keeper of the joint venture. Therefore, there is no lag in
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
8. Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Continued)
reporting the operations of the joint venture, and the operations for the period from January 1, 2006 through March 31, 2006 are included in the accompanying 2006 consolidated statement of operations and are classified as Equity in Income from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures.
Line of Credit
On March 29, 2005, the Company refinanced its prior line of credit, entering into a new three-year $400 million unsecured line of credit with a group of lenders and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent, expiring March 28, 2008, subject to a one-year extension. At Heritage’s request, subject to the agent’s consent, this new line of credit may be increased to $500 million. Heritage is the borrower under this new line of credit and Heritage’s two operating partnerships, Bradley Operating Limited Partnership (“Bradley OP”) and Heritage Property Investment Limited Partnership (“Heritage OP”), and certain of the Company’s other subsidiaries have guaranteed the new line of credit. The new line of credit is being used principally to fund growth opportunities and for working capital purposes.
The Company’s ability to borrow under the new line of credit is subject to the Company’s ongoing compliance with a number of financial and other covenants. This new line of credit, except under some circumstances, limits the Company’s ability to make distributions in excess of 95% of the Company’s annual funds from operations. In addition, this new line of credit bears interest at either the lender’s base rate or a floating rate based on a spread over LIBOR ranging from 62.5 basis points to 115 basis points, depending upon the Company’s debt rating. The new credit facility also includes a competitive bid option program that allows the Company to hold auctions among the participating lenders in the facility for up to fifty percent of the facility amount. The variable rate in effect at March 31, 2006 was 5.34%. This new line of credit also has a facility fee based on the amount committed ranging from 15 to 25 basis points, depending upon the Company’s debt rating, and requires quarterly payments.
Heritage loaned all of the proceeds from the new line of credit to Bradley OP, establishing a related party line of credit facility. Bradley OP used these funds to repay the entire outstanding balance of the prior line of credit. As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, $294 million and $328 million, respectively, was outstanding under the new line of credit facility.
Bridge Loan Payable
On November 28, 2005, the Company entered into a $100 million term loan or “bridge loan” with Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as arranger, Wachovia Investment Holdings, LLC, as agent, and certain other financial institutions, expiring August 28, 2006, subject to a two-year extension. The Company’s ability to borrow under the bridge loan is subject to its ongoing compliance with a number of financial and other covenants. This bridge loan, except under some circumstances, limits the Company’s ability to make distributions in excess of 95% of its annual funds from operations. In addition, amounts borrowed under this bridge loan bear interest at either the lender’s base rate or a floating rate based on a spread over LIBOR ranging from 55 basis points to 115 basis points, depending upon the Company’s debt rating. The variable rate in effect at March 31, 2006 was 5.43%. This bridge loan also has a facility fee based on the amount committed ranging from 12.5 to 25 basis points, depending upon the Company’s debt rating, and requires quarterly payments. The Company is the borrower under this bridge loan, and Bradley OP and Heritage OP have guaranteed this bridge loan. This bridge loan is being used principally to fund growth
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
9. Debt (Continued)
opportunities and for working capital purposes. As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, $100 million and $50 million, respectively, had been drawn under the bridge loan.
Unsecured Notes Payable
On April 1, 2004, the Company completed the issuance and sale of $200 million principal amount of unsecured 5.125% notes due April 15, 2014. These notes were issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture the Company entered into with LaSalle Bank National Association as trustee. The notes are shown net of an original issue discount of $1.7 million that is being accreted on a basis that approximates the effective interest method over the term of the notes. The notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued interest on the notes to the redemption date and (2) a make-whole amount, if any, with respect to the notes that is designed to provide yield maintenance protection to the holders of these notes.
On October 15, 2004, the Company completed the issuance and sale of $150 million principal amount of unsecured 4.5% notes due October 15, 2009. These notes were issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture the Company entered into with LaSalle Bank National Association as trustee. The notes are shown net of an original issue discount of $0.1 million that is being accreted on a basis that approximates the effective interest method over the term of the notes. The notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued interest on the notes to the redemption date and (2) a make-whole amount, if any, with respect to the notes that is designed to provide yield maintenance protection to the holders of these notes.
In addition, all notes described above have been guaranteed by Heritage OP and Bradley OP. The indentures contain various covenants, including covenants restricting the amount of indebtedness that may be incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company is in compliance with all applicable covenants as of March 31, 2006.
In its acquisition of Bradley OP in September 2000, Heritage assumed unsecured notes payable consisting of a $100 million 7.0% fixed-rate issue maturing on November 15, 2004; $100 million 7.2% fixed-rate issue maturing on January 15, 2008; and $1.5 million of other debt. These notes were all held directly by Bradley OP. On November 15, 2004, the Company repaid all of the $100 million 7% fixed-rate issue maturing on that date. On March 15, 2006, the Company repaid the $1.5 million of other debt maturing on that date. The amount of unsecured Bradley OP notes payable outstanding at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 was $100 million and $101.5 million, respectively.
Exchangeable Limited Partnership Units
Outstanding exchangeable limited partnership units consist of 618,087 and 659,051 Bradley OP Units (“OP Units”) at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, not owned by the Company. The holders of these OP Units may present such OP Units to Bradley OP for redemption at any time (subject to certain restrictions with particular holders). Upon presentation of an OP Unit, Bradley OP must redeem such OP Unit for cash equal to the then value of a share of common stock of the Company (“Common
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
10. Minority Interest (Continued)
Stock”), except that the Company may, at its election, in lieu of a cash redemption, acquire such OP Unit for one share of Common Stock. One share of Common Stock is generally the economic equivalent of the OP Unit, and the quarterly distribution that may be paid to the holder of an OP Unit equals the quarterly dividend that may be paid to the holder of a share of Common Stock. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, 40,964 exchangeable limited partnership units were redeemed for $1.5 million of cash.
Other Minority Interest
In July 2005, the Company, through its joint venture with WDG La Vista LLC (“Westwood”), contributed $15.4 million for a 50% interest in a parcel of land in La Vista, Nebraska (“La Vista Joint Venture”), which is to be developed into a 550,000 square foot lifestyle shopping center. The La Vista Joint Venture was deemed to be a variable interest entity and the Company was deemed to be the primary beneficiary, in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. Therefore, the financial position of the La Vista Joint Venture is consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company as of March 31, 2006. The 50% minority interest owned by Westwood was issued in consideration for locating the site and other development work, and has a carrying value of $0 at March 31, 2006, as Westwood made no equity investment in the La Vista Joint Venture. Therefore, there is no balance in Other Minority Interest at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
The La Vista Joint Venture has also committed to purchase two additional parcels of land in La Vista, Nebraska. The purchase of the remaining two parcels may occur any time up through November 30, 2007 for a purchase price of $11 million, resulting in a total purchase price for all three parcels of $26 million.
11. Related Party Transactions
Transactions with NETT
In connection with the formation of the Company, in July 1999, environmental studies were not completed for all of the properties contributed by the Company’s largest stockholder, Net Realty Holding Trust (“NETT”). NETT has agreed to indemnify the Company for environmental costs of up to $50 million with respect to those contributed properties. The environmental costs include completing environmental studies and any required remediation. Since its formation, the Company has been reimbursed by NETT for approximately $2.0 million of environmental costs pursuant to this indemnity. As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company was due $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, under this indemnity.
In November 1999, the Company entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of NETT for the acquisition and development of a 365,000 square foot commercial office building at 131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts. This joint venture is owned 94% by the affiliate of NETT and 6% by the Company. The Company was issued this interest as part of a management arrangement with the joint venture pursuant to which the Company manages the building. The Company has no ongoing capital contribution requirements with respect to this office building, which was completed in 2003. The Company accounts for its interest in this joint venture using the cost method and has not expended any amounts on the office building through March 31, 2006.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
11. Related Party Transactions (Continued)
In February 2004, the Company entered into an eleven-year lease with this joint venture for approximately 31,000 square feet of space and moved its corporate headquarters to this space during the first quarter of 2004. Under the terms of this lease, which were negotiated on an arms-length basis, the Company began paying rent during the three-month period ended March 31, 2005. The Company pays an average of $1.2 million per year in minimum rent annually.
The TJX Companies
In July 1999, Bernard Cammarata became a member of the Company’s board of directors. Until September 2005, Mr. Cammarata was Chairman of the Board of TJX Companies, Inc. (“TJX”), the Company’s largest tenant. In September 2005, Mr. Cammarata became the Chief Executive Officer of TJX, a position he previously held. Annualized base rent from TJX was $14.5 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, representing approximately 5.5% of the Company’s total annualized base rent for all leases in which tenants were in occupancy at March 31, 2006. In addition, accounts receivable for contractual and straight-line rent of $1.6 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2006. TJX pays the Company rent in accordance with 52 leases at the Company’s properties.
Ahold USA
In July 1999, William M. Vaughn, III became a member of the Company’s board of directors. Since January 1, 2006, Mr. Vaughn has been a consultant to Ahold USA, Inc. (“Ahold”), the parent company of The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company (“Stop & Shop”), a grocery chain headquartered in Massachusetts. From January 2003 to December 2005, Mr. Vaughn was Senior Vice President, Labor Relations of Ahold. Prior to that time, Mr. Vaughn was Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Stop & Shop, with whom he had been employed since 1974. Mr. Vaughn is a co-trustee of NETT and Net Realty Holding Trust, the Company’s largest stockholder. Annualized base rent from Ahold and its subsidiaries was $1.5 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, representing approximately 0.6% of the Company’s total annualized base rent for all leases in which tenants were in occupancy at March 31, 2006. In addition, accounts receivable for contractual and straight-line rent of $0.4 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2006. Ahold and its subsidiaries pay the Company rent in accordance with 3 leases at the Company’s properties.
A.C. Moore
In June 2004, Michael J. Joyce became a member of the Company’s board of directors. In July 2004, Mr. Joyce became a member of the board of director’s of A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (“A.C. Moore”). Annualized base rent from A.C. Moore and its subsidiaries was $0.3 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, representing approximately 0.1% of the Company’s total annualized base rent for all leases in which tenants were in occupancy at March 31, 2006. In addition, accounts receivable for contractual and straight-line rent of $0.1 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2006. A.C. Moore pays the Company rent in accordance with 3 leases at the Company’s properties.
12. Derivatives and Hedging Instruments
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS No. 133”), as amended and interpreted, establishes accounting and reporting
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
12. Derivatives and Hedging Instruments (Continued)
standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities. As required by SFAS No. 133, the Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.
The Company’s objective in using derivatives is to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements or other identified risks. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its cash flow hedging strategy to hedge the variable cash flows associated with floating-rate debt and forecasted interest payments on forecasted issuances of debt. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts in exchange for fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying principal amount. To date, such derivatives were used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with floating-rate debt and forecasted interest payments on forecasted issuances of debt.
For derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is initially reported in Other Comprehensive Income (outside of earnings) and subsequently reclassified to earnings when the hedged transactions affect earnings, and the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized directly in earnings. As of March 31, 2006, the Company was party to three hedging agreements designated as cash flow hedges. As of March 31, 2006, no derivatives were designated as fair value hedges or hedges of net investments in foreign operations. Additionally, the Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and currently does not have any derivatives that are not designated as hedges.
During 2004, the Company terminated the then existing forward-starting swaps at their fair value of ($0.5) million upon issuance of the relevant hedged debt. This amount was deferred in Other Comprehensive Income and is being reclassified to interest expense as scheduled interest payments are made on the hedged debt.
During 2005, the Company entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps to mitigate the risk of changes in forecasted interest payments on $150 million of forecasted issuances of long-term debt. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, the net other comprehensive income for derivatives designated as cash flow hedges was $5.1 million and is separately disclosed in the accompanying consolidated statement of comprehensive income and is included as Prepaids and Other Assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2006. This change is comprised of increases in the fair value of cash flow hedges of $5.1 million and net reclassification adjustments of $0.1 million as an increase in interest expense.
No hedge ineffectiveness on cash flow hedges was recognized during the three-month periods ending March 31, 2006 and 2005. Amounts reported in Other Comprehensive Income related to these swaps will be reclassified to interest expense as scheduled interest payments are made on the Company’s notes issued in the Company’s debt offerings. Excluding the effects of the derivatives designated as cash flow hedges as of March 31, 2006, the Company estimates that $0.3 million will be reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income as an increase in interest expense during the next 12 months. As of March 31, 2006, the Company is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions over a maximum period of four months (excluding forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments).
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
13. Segment Reporting (Continued)
The Company predominantly operates in one industry segment—real estate ownership and management of retail properties. As of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company owned 171 community and neighborhood shopping centers. Management reviews operating and financial data for each property separately and independently from all other properties when making resource allocation decisions and measuring performance. The Company defines operating segments as individual properties with no segment representing more than 10% of rental revenue.
14. Guarantor of Notes Payable
During 2004, the Company issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of its unsecured notes in two separate transactions to certain initial purchasers, who then sold those notes to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). These notes were guaranteed by Bradley OP and Heritage OP (the “Guarantors”). Each of the guarantees is full and unconditional and joint and several.
Because these notes were sold pursuant to exemptions from registration under the Securities Act, the notes and guarantees were subject to transfer restrictions. In connection with the issuance of the notes and guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors entered into registration rights agreements with the initial purchasers in which the Company and the Guarantors agreed to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act new notes (“Registered Notes”) and new guarantees (“Registered Guarantees”) to be exchanged for the original notes and guarantees. Each of the Registered Guarantees is full and unconditional and joint and several.
The Company and the Guarantors have registered the Registered Notes and Registered Guarantees under the Securities Act. The Registered Notes and Registered Guarantees were subsequently exchanged for the original notes and guarantees. Rule 3-10(a) of Regulation S-X requires the Company to file separate financial statements for guarantors of registered securities. In lieu of providing such separate financial statements with respect to a wholly owned guarantor, Rule 3-10(f) of Regulation S-X permits the Company to include a footnote with respect to its guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries in its financial statements.
As a result of the foregoing, this footnote is being provided pursuant to Rule 3-10(f) of Regulation S-X in lieu of providing separate annual financial statements with respect to Heritage OP, a wholly-owned Guarantor. Financial statements with respect to Bradley OP, a non-wholly owned Guarantor, are filed separately with the SEC.
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
14. Guarantor of Notes Payable (Continued)
The following represents summarized condensed consolidating financial information as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, with respect to the financial position of the Company and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, and 2005, with respect to the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries. The “Parent Company” column presents the financial information of the Company, the primary obligor of the Registered Notes, under the equity method of accounting. The Guarantors’ columns are segregated between Bradley OP, which is 98% owned by the Company, and Heritage OP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries” column presents the financial information of all non-guarantor subsidiaries, which consists primarily of subsidiaries of the Guarantors.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (in thousands):
|
|
|
| Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2006 |
|
|
| Parent |
| Bradley |
| Heritage |
| Non- |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated |
| ||||||||||||||
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Real estate investments, net |
| $ | — |
| $ | 958,649 |
|
| $ | 236,685 |
|
|
| $ | 1,017,528 |
|
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 2,212,862 |
|
| ||
Real estate held for sale, net |
| — |
| 72,481 |
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 72,481 |
|
| ||||||||
Other assets |
| 783,169 |
| 127,876 |
|
| 20,403 |
|
|
| 96,049 |
|
|
| (867,519 | ) |
|
| 159,978 |
|
| ||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries |
| 845,542 |
| 306,651 |
|
| 320,816 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (1,473,009 | ) |
|
| — |
|
| ||||||||
Total assets |
| $ | 1,628,711 |
| $ | 1,465,657 |
|
| $ | 577,904 |
|
|
| $ | 1,113,577 |
|
|
| $ | (2,340,528 | ) |
|
| $ | 2,445,321 |
|
| ||
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity/Partners’ Capital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Indebtedness |
| 742,524 |
| 873,800 |
|
| 209,976 |
|
|
| 461,309 |
|
|
| (832,448 | ) |
|
| 1,455,161 |
|
| ||||||||
Indebtedness associated with real estate held for sale |
| — |
| 9,674 |
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 9,674 |
|
| ||||||||
Other liabilities |
| 35,103 |
| 62,640 |
|
| 26,144 |
|
|
| 24,801 |
|
|
| (35,071 | ) |
|
| 113,617 |
|
| ||||||||
Total liabilities |
| 777,627 |
| 946,114 |
|
| 236,120 |
|
|
| 486,110 |
|
|
| (867,519 | ) |
|
| 1,578,452 |
|
| ||||||||
Minority interests |
| — |
| 24,470 |
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (8,685 | ) |
|
| 15,785 |
|
| ||||||||
Shareholders’ equity/partners’ capital |
| 851,084 |
| 495,073 |
|
| 341,784 |
|
|
| 627,467 |
|
|
| (1,464,324 | ) |
|
| 851,084 |
|
| ||||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity/partners’ capital |
| $ | 1,628,711 |
| $ | 1,465,657 |
|
| $ | 577,904 |
|
|
| $ | 1,113,577 |
|
|
| $ | (2,340,528 | ) |
|
| $ | 2,445,321 |
|
| ||
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
14. Guarantor of Notes Payable (Continued)
|
|
|
| Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2005 |
|
|
| Parent |
| Bradley |
| Heritage |
| Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated |
| ||||||||||||||||
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Real estate investments, net |
| $ | — |
|
| $ | 1,040,373 |
|
|
| $ | 239,337 |
|
|
| $ | 1,025,692 |
|
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 2,305,402 |
|
| ||
Other assets |
| 762,371 |
|
| 117,677 |
|
|
| 13,544 |
|
|
| 96,766 |
|
|
| (837,531 | ) |
|
| 152,827 |
|
| ||||||||
Investment in subsidiaries |
| 854,923 |
|
| 309,762 |
|
|
| 322,661 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (1,487,346 | ) |
|
| — |
|
| ||||||||
Total assets |
| $ | 1,617,294 |
|
| $ | 1,467,812 |
|
|
| $ | 575,542 |
|
|
| $ | 1,122,458 |
|
|
| $ | (2,324,877 | ) |
|
| $ | 2,458,229 |
|
| ||
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity/Partners’ Capital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Indebtedness |
| 726,474 |
|
| 869,434 |
|
|
| 205,512 |
|
|
| 463,665 |
|
|
| (806,302 | ) |
|
| 1,458,783 |
|
| ||||||||
Other liabilities |
| 30,009 |
|
| 58,863 |
|
|
| 37,497 |
|
|
| 26,370 |
|
|
| (31,229 | ) |
|
| 121,510 |
|
| ||||||||
Total liabilities |
| 756,483 |
|
| 928,297 |
|
|
| 243,009 |
|
|
| 490,035 |
|
|
| (837,531 | ) |
|
| 1,580,293 |
|
| ||||||||
Minority interests |
| — |
|
| 22,012 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (4,887 | ) |
|
| 17,125 |
|
| ||||||||
Shareholders’ equity/partners’ capital |
| 860,811 |
|
| 517,503 |
|
|
| 332,533 |
|
|
| 632,423 |
|
|
| (1,482,459 | ) |
|
| 860,811 |
|
| ||||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity/partners’ capital |
| $ | 1,617,294 |
|
| $ | 1,467,812 |
|
|
| $ | 575,542 |
|
|
| $ | 1,122,458 |
|
|
| $ | (2,324,877 | ) |
|
| $ | 2,458,229 |
|
| ||
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
14. Guarantor of Notes Payable (Continued)
Condensed Consolidating Income Statements (in thousands):
|
|
|
| Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
|
|
| Parent |
| Bradley |
| Heritage |
| Non- |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Rentals and recoveries |
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 37,710 |
|
|
| $ | 9,256 |
|
|
| $ | 40,305 |
|
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 87,271 |
|
| ||
Interest, other, and joint venture fee income |
|
| 9,664 |
|
|
| 532 |
|
|
| 328 |
|
|
| 95 |
|
|
| (9,664 | ) |
|
| 955 |
|
| ||||||||
Total revenue |
|
| 9,664 |
|
|
| 38,242 |
|
|
| 9,584 |
|
|
| 40,400 |
|
|
| (9,664 | ) |
|
| 88,226 |
|
| ||||||||
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Property operating expenses |
|
| — |
|
|
| 5,316 |
|
|
| 1,396 |
|
|
| 5,581 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 12,293 |
|
| ||||||||
Real estate taxes |
|
| — |
|
|
| 6,642 |
|
|
| 1,070 |
|
|
| 5,760 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 13,472 |
|
| ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
| — |
|
|
| 11,304 |
|
|
| 2,912 |
|
|
| 13,589 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 27,805 |
|
| ||||||||
Interest |
|
| 10,085 |
|
|
| 11,787 |
|
|
| 2,506 |
|
|
| 8,321 |
|
|
| (9,664 | ) |
|
| 23,035 |
|
| ||||||||
General and administrative |
|
| — |
|
|
| 4,813 |
|
|
| 1,542 |
|
|
| 1,243 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 7,598 |
|
| ||||||||
Impairment loss |
|
| — |
|
|
| 1,455 |
|
|
| 630 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 2,085 |
|
| ||||||||
Total expenses |
|
| 10,085 |
|
|
| 41,317 |
|
|
| 10,056 |
|
|
| 34,494 |
|
|
| (9,664 | ) |
|
| 86,288 |
|
| ||||||||
(Loss) Income before gains on land sales |
|
| (421 | ) |
|
| (3,075 | ) |
|
| (472 | ) |
|
| 5,906 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 1,938 |
|
| ||||||||
Gains on land sales |
|
| — |
|
|
| 171 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 171 |
|
| ||||||||
(Loss) Income minority interests |
|
| (421 | ) |
|
| (2,904 | ) |
|
| (472 | ) |
|
| 5,906 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 2,109 |
|
| ||||||||
Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
| — |
|
|
| 209 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 209 |
|
| ||||||||
Income allocated to exchangeable partnership units |
|
| (40 | ) |
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (40 | ) |
| ||||||||
Subsidiary earnings |
|
| 4,093 |
|
|
| 1,619 |
|
|
| 4,287 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (9,999 | ) |
|
| — |
|
| ||||||||
Income (loss) before discontinued operations |
|
| 3,632 |
|
|
| (1,076 | ) |
|
| 3,815 |
|
|
| 5,906 |
|
|
| (9,999 | ) |
|
| 2,278 |
|
| ||||||||
Income from discontinued |
|
| — |
|
|
| 1,354 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 1,354 |
|
| ||||||||
Net income |
|
| $ | 3,632 |
|
|
| $ | 278 |
|
|
| $ | 3,815 |
|
|
| $ | 5,906 |
|
|
| $ | (9,999 | ) |
|
| $ | 3,632 |
|
| ||
24
HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
14. Guarantor of Notes Payable (Continued)
|
|
|
| Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
|
|
| Parent |
| Bradley |
| Heritage |
| Non- |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Rentals and recoveries |
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 36,181 |
|
|
| $ | 11,245 |
|
|
| $ | 36,389 |
|
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 83,815 |
|
| ||
Interest, other, and joint venture fee income |
|
| 4,319 |
|
|
| 1,140 |
|
|
| 220 |
|
|
| 19 |
|
|
| (4,319 | ) |
|
| 1,379 |
|
| ||||||||
Total revenue |
|
| 4,319 |
|
|
| 37,321 |
|
|
| 11,465 |
|
|
| 36,408 |
|
|
| (4,319 | ) |
|
| 85,194 |
|
| ||||||||
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Property operating expenses |
|
| — |
|
|
| 6,005 |
|
|
| 1,645 |
|
|
| 6,184 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 13,834 |
|
| ||||||||
Real estate taxes |
|
| — |
|
|
| 6,120 |
|
|
| 1,202 |
|
|
| 4,625 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 11,947 |
|
| ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
| — |
|
|
| 9,849 |
|
|
| 3,123 |
|
|
| 10,227 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 23,199 |
|
| ||||||||
Interest |
|
| 4,548 |
|
|
| 9,161 |
|
|
| 3,028 |
|
|
| 8,206 |
|
|
| (4,319 | ) |
|
| 20,624 |
|
| ||||||||
General and administrative |
|
| — |
|
|
| 1,738 |
|
|
| 1,050 |
|
|
| 476 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 3,264 |
|
| ||||||||
Total expenses |
|
| 4,548 |
|
|
| 32,873 |
|
|
| 10,048 |
|
|
| 29,718 |
|
|
| (4,319 | ) |
|
| 72,868 |
|
| ||||||||
(Loss) Income before allocation to minority interests |
|
| (229 | ) |
|
| 4,448 |
|
|
| 1,417 |
|
|
| 6,690 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 12,326 |
|
| ||||||||
Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
|
|
|
|
| 104 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 104 |
|
| ||||||||
Income allocated to exchangeable partnership units |
|
| (158 | ) |
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (158 | ) |
| ||||||||
Subsidiary earnings |
|
| 13,589 |
|
|
| 2,986 |
|
|
| 3,704 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| (20,279 | ) |
|
| — |
|
| ||||||||
Income before discontinued operations |
|
| 13,202 |
|
|
| 7,538 |
|
|
| 5,121 |
|
|
| 6,690 |
|
|
| (20,279 | ) |
|
| 12,272 |
|
| ||||||||
Income from discontinued |
|
| — |
|
|
| 930 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 930 |
|
| ||||||||
Net income |
|
| $ | 13,202 |
|
|
| $ | 8,468 |
|
|
| $ | 5,121 |
|
|
| $ | 6,690 |
|
|
| $ | (20,279 | ) |
|
| $ | 13,202 |
|
| ||
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands)
|
|
|
| Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
|
|
| Parent |
| Bradley |
| Heritage |
| Non- |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating |
|
| $ | 20,490 |
|
|
| $ | 22,414 |
|
|
| $ | 3,953 |
|
|
| $ | 25,292 |
|
|
| $ | (44,373 | ) |
|
| $ | 27,776 |
|
| ||
Cash flows from investing |
|
| — |
|
|
| (3,625 | ) |
|
| (944 | ) |
|
| (842 | ) |
|
| (1,498 | ) |
|
| (6,909 | ) |
| ||||||||
Cash flows from financing |
|
| (20,490 | ) |
|
| (16,775 | ) |
|
| (1,445 | ) |
|
| (21,256 | ) |
|
| 45,871 |
|
|
| (14,095 | ) |
| ||||||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents |
|
| — |
|
|
| 2,014 |
|
|
| 1,564 |
|
|
| 3,194 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 6,772 |
|
| ||||||||
Beginning of period |
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
| ||||||||
End of period |
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 2,014 |
|
|
| $ | 1,564 |
|
|
| $ | 3,194 |
|
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 6,772 |
|
| ||
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HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
14. Guarantor of Notes Payable (Continued)
|
|
|
| Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended |
|
|
| Parent |
| Bradley |
| Heritage |
| Non- |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
| $ | 26,345 |
|
|
| $ | 16,219 |
|
|
| $ | 3,981 |
|
|
| $ | 16,819 |
|
|
| $ | (41,009 | ) |
|
| $ | 22,355 |
|
| ||
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
| — |
|
|
| (5,829 | ) |
|
| (3,324 | ) |
|
| (2,573 | ) |
|
| — |
|
|
| (11,726 | ) |
| ||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
| (26,345 | ) |
|
| (13,913 | ) |
|
| (873 | ) |
|
| (14,530 | ) |
|
| 41,009 |
|
|
| (14,652 | ) |
| ||||||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents |
|
| — |
|
|
| (3,523 | ) |
|
| (216 | ) |
|
| (284 | ) |
|
| — |
|
|
| (4,023 | ) |
| ||||||||
Beginning of period |
|
| — |
|
|
| 3,725 |
|
|
| 959 |
|
|
| 2,036 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 6,720 |
|
| ||||||||
End of period |
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 202 |
|
|
| $ | 743 |
|
|
| $ | 1,752 |
|
|
| $ | — |
|
|
| $ | 2,697 |
|
| ||
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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the historical consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto. Some of the statements contained in this discussion constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current views about future events. The forward-looking statements made herein are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and that could materially affect actual results.
Factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements made herein include: financial performance and operations of the Company’s shopping centers, including the Company’s tenants, real estate conditions, current and future bankruptcies of the Company’s tenants; execution of shopping center redevelopment programs; the Company’s ability to finance the Company’s operations, such as the inability to obtain debt or equity financing on favorable terms; possible future downgrades in our credit rating; completion of pending acquisitions; risks of development, including the failure of pending developments and redevelopments to be completed on time and within budget and the failure of newly acquired or developed properties to perform as expected; the availability of additional acquisitions, and the execution of joint venture opportunities; difficulties assimilating acquisitions made through future joint ventures; our inability to exercise voting control over the joint ventures through which we own or develop some of our properties; the level and volatility of interest rates and changes in the capitalization rates with respect to the acquisition and disposition of properties; financial stability of tenants, including the ability of tenants to pay rent, the decision of tenants to close stores and the effect of bankruptcy laws; the ability to maintain our status as a REIT for federal income tax purpose; governmental approvals, actions and initiatives; environmental/safety requirements and costs; risks of disposition strategies, including the failure to complete sales on a timely basis and the failure to reinvest sale proceeds in a manner that generates favorable returns; changes in economic, business, competitive market and regulatory conditions; acts of terrorism or war; the effects of hurricanes and other natural disasters; and other risks detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and from time to time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained herein represent the Company’s judgment as of the date of this report, and the Company cautions readers not to unduly rely on such statements.
Overview
We are a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or “REIT.” We are one of the nation’s largest owners of neighborhood and community shopping centers. As of March 31, 2006, we had a shopping center portfolio consisting of 171 shopping centers, located in 30 states and totaling approximately 35.0 million square feet of GLA, of which approximately 28.7 million square feet was Company-owned GLA. Our shopping center portfolio was approximately 92.0% leased as of March 31, 2006.
Our operating strategy is to own (directly or indirectly through joint ventures) and manage a quality portfolio of community and neighborhood shopping centers that will provide stable cash flow and investment returns. Our focus is to own primarily grocer- and multi-anchored centers with a diverse tenant base in attractive geographic locations with strong demographics and growth prospects. We derive substantially all of our revenues from rentals and recoveries received from tenants under existing leases on our properties. Our operating results therefore depend primarily on our tenants’ ability to pay rent.
Generally, we do not expect our net operating income to deviate significantly in the short-term. This is because our leases with our tenants provide us a stable cash flow over the long-term. In addition, other
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than in circumstances such as higher than anticipated snow removal costs, utility expenses or real estate taxes, our operating expenses generally remain predictable.
However, as an owner of community and neighborhood shopping centers, our performance is linked to economic conditions in the retail industry in those markets where our centers are located. The retail sector continues to change as a result of industry consolidation. This consolidation has created an excess of available retail space and increased competition for that space. We believe the nature of the properties that we own and invest in, primarily grocer- and multi-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers in attractive markets with strong economic and demographic characteristics and growth prospects, provides a relatively stable revenue flow in uncertain economic times, as these properties are more resistant to economic down cycles. This resistance is due to the fact that consumers still need to purchase food and other goods found at grocers and other retailers, even in difficult economic times.
In the face of these challenging market conditions, we follow a dual growth strategy. The first part of our growth strategy is to focus on increasing our internal growth by leveraging our existing tenant relationships to improve the performance of our existing shopping center portfolio. In 2006, we anticipate that we will experience lower growth in net operating income within our existing portfolio than in the past two years as a result of higher vacancy and lower rental growth rates at certain properties located primarily in the Midwest.
We believe that some of these properties continue to meet our long-term ownership criteria. We expect significant leasing activity to occur at these properties in 2006, although this activity is not likely to have a positive impact on our performance until late 2006 or early 2007. We also may incur higher revenue enhancing capital expenditures, such as tenant improvements and leasing commissions, than in prior periods, as we re-let vacant space at these centers.
In other instances, we have concluded that some properties do not meet our long-term ownership criteria as a result of their location, size or tenant mix. In the near future, we intend to dispose of these properties, allowing us to improve the overall quality of our portfolio and take advantage of favorable market conditions. Pursuant to this capital recycling program, early in the second quarter of 2006, we disposed of nine shopping centers located in Nebraska, South Dakota and Ohio and entered into agreements to sell five other properties located in Alabama, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.
The disposition of shopping center properties pursuant to our capital recycling program may lead to short-term decreases in our net income. However, we intend to offset any such decreases by re-investing the cash proceeds received in connection with such sales. We may use these cash proceeds to grow our existing portfolio either by direct acquisition or through future joint ventures or to fund development or redevelopment commitments. We may also use those proceeds to improve the quality of our balance sheet, such as by reducing our outstanding indebtedness, or to buyback shares of our common stock pursuant to our stock buyback program.
In connection with our capital recycling program, we may sell a property at a price that is less than the net book value of that property in our financial statements. In connection with a sale of a property, we may also prepay existing mortgage indebtedness on a property and incur a prepayment penalty in connection with that prepayment, as was the case with our sale in April 2006 of a shopping center in Trotwood, Ohio. In certain of those circumstances, we may incur significant losses and expenses that could negatively and materially impact our financial results.
The second part of our growth strategy is to focus on achieving external growth through the expansion of our portfolio. We continue to pursue targeted acquisitions of primarily grocer- and multi-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers in attractive markets with strong economic and demographic characteristics. In recent years, the market for acquisitions has been particularly competitive with a greater number of potential buyers pursuing properties. The low cap rate environment and reduced
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costs of funds have further served to dramatically increase prices paid for shopping center properties, which has adversely affected our ability to acquire new properties. We expect these conditions to persist for the foreseeable future.
To increase access to potential acquisitions and alternative sources of capital to fund future acquisitions, we have been pursuing, and will continue to pursue, joint venture arrangements with institutional investors and third party developers. These joint ventures will enable us to increase our sources of capital and our ability to pursue high quality acquisitions. We expect that a substantial amount of our future acquisition activity will be completed through joint ventures.
During the past few years, as reflected below, our general and administrative expenses have been higher than anticipated as a result of increased staffing, various business initiatives aimed at future growth, the increased costs associated with being a public company, severance costs, compensation expense associated with a tax-offset provision previously included in the employment agreement of our Chief Executive Officer and the costs associated with the restatement of our historical financial statements in connection with this tax-offset provision. In particular, we have incurred higher costs associated with our review of our internal controls to ensure compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
As of March 31, 2006, we had $1.5 billion of indebtedness, of which approximately $842.5 million was unsecured indebtedness. Although we expect to assume additional secured debt in connection with acquisitions, particularly acquisitions made through joint ventures, we intend to finance our operations and growth in the future primarily through borrowings under our line of credit facility, unsecured private or public debt offerings, or by additional equity offerings.
Critical Accounting Policies
We have identified the following critical accounting policies that affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. As a result, these estimates are subject to a degree of uncertainty.
On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition and the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, real estate investments and asset impairment, and derivatives used to hedge interest-rate and credit rate risks. We state these critical accounting policies in the notes to our consolidated financial statements and at relevant sections in this discussion and analysis. Our estimates are based on information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those estimates could be different under varying assumptions or conditions.
Revenue Recognition
Rental income with scheduled rent increases is recognized using the straight-line method over the term of the leases commencing when the tenant takes possession of the space. The aggregate excess of rental revenue recognized on a straight-line basis over cash received under applicable lease provisions is included in accounts receivable. In addition, leases for both retail and office space generally contain provisions under which the tenants reimburse us for a portion of property operating expenses and real estate taxes incurred by us, requiring us to estimate the amount of revenue from these recoveries. Such recoveries revenue is recorded based on management’s estimate of its recovery of certain operating expenses and real estate tax expenses, pursuant to the terms contained in related leases. In addition, certain of our operating leases for retail space contain contingent rent provisions under which tenants are required to pay a percentage of their sales in excess of a specified amount as additional rent. We do not
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recognize this contingent rental income until those tenants meet their specified sales targets, thereby triggering the additional rent obligations.
We must estimate the uncollectibility of our accounts receivable related to minimum rent, deferred rent, expense reimbursements and other revenue or income. We specifically analyze accounts receivable and historical bad debts, tenant concentrations, tenant creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in our tenant payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable. These estimates have a direct impact on our net income, because a higher bad debt allowance would result in lower net income.
Real Estate Investments
When we formed in July 1999, contributed real estate investments were recorded at the carry-over basis of our predecessor, which was the fair market value of the assets in conformity with GAAP applicable to pension funds. Subsequent acquisitions of real estate investments, including those acquired in connection with our acquisition of Bradley Real Estate, Inc. in September 2000 and other acquisitions since our formation, have been, and will continue to be, recorded at cost. Expenditures that substantially extend the useful life of a real estate investment are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and betterments that do not materially extend the useful life of a real estate investment are expensed as incurred. Thus, we must make judgments as to whether an expenditure will materially extend the useful life of a real estate investment and be capitalized, or rather, immediately expensed as a repair.
The provision for depreciation and amortization has been calculated using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
Land improvements |
| 10-15 years |
Buildings and improvements |
| 20-39 years |
Tenant improvements |
| Shorter of useful life or term of related lease |
We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to reflect on an annual basis with respect to our properties. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because if we were to shorten the expected useful life of our properties or improvements, we would depreciate them over fewer years, resulting in higher depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis during these periods.
We apply Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, to recognize and measure impairment of long-lived assets. We review each real estate investment for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a real estate investment may not be recoverable. Unless the Company has specific information available related to the recoverability of a real estate investment, the review of recoverability is generally based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the real estate investment’s use and eventual disposition. These cash flows consider factors such as expected future operating income, trends and prospects, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a real estate investment, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds estimated fair market value, resulting in a lower net income. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, we recorded an impairment loss of $2.1 million related to two shopping centers located in Alabama and one shopping center located in Wisconsin.
Real estate investments held for sale are carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value, less cost to sell. Depreciation and amortization are suspended during the period held for sale.
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We apply SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, to property acquisitions. Accordingly, the fair value of the real estate acquired is allocated to the acquired tangible assets, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, other value of in-place leases and value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.
The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property is determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, and the “as-if-vacant” value is then allocated based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of these assets. Management determines the as-if-vacant fair value of a property using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers. Factors considered by management in performing these analyses include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods considering current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, management includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related costs. The “as-if-vacant” value is then allocated among land, land improvements, building, and building improvements based on the Company’s estimate of replacement costs.
In allocating the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of an acquired property, above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease values are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases. The capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to rental income over the initial term and any fixed rate renewal periods in the respective leases.
The aggregate value of other acquired intangible assets, consisting of in-place leases and tenant relationships, is measured by the excess of (i) the purchase price paid for a property after adjusting existing in-place leases to market rental rates over (ii) the estimated fair value of the property as if vacant, determined as set forth above. This aggregate value is allocated between in-place lease values and tenant relationships, if any, based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease. However, the value of tenant relationships has not been separated from in-place lease value for the additional interests in real estate entities because such value and its impact on amortization expense is estimated to be immaterial for these particular acquisitions. Should future acquisitions of properties result in allocating material amounts to the value of tenant relationships, an amount would be separately allocated and amortized over the estimated life of the relationship. The value of in-place leases exclusive of the value of above-market and below-market in-place leases is amortized to expense over the remaining non-cancelable periods of the respective leases. If a lease were to be terminated prior to its stated expiration, all unamortized amounts relating to that lease would be written off.
Investments in Joint Ventures
Upon entering into a joint venture agreement, the Company assesses whether or not the joint venture is considered a variable interest entity in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (“FIN No. 46R”). As of March 31, 2006, the Company had one investment in a joint venture that is a variable interest entity of which the Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary, as defined by FIN No. 46R. This investment is therefore consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company included in Item 1 of this Part of this Quarterly Report.
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The Company accounts for its investments in joint ventures that are not deemed to be variable interest entities pursuant to Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock and Statement of Position No. 78-9, Accounting for Investments in Real Estate Ventures (“SOP No. 78-9”). As of March 31, 2006, the Company accounted for its two unconsolidated joint ventures under the equity method of accounting, because the Company does not control these entities, despite having the ability to exercise significant influence over them. These investments were recorded initially at cost, as Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures, and subsequently adjusted for an allocation of equity in earnings, plus cash contributions, and less cash distributions. Under the equity method of accounting, the net equity investment of the Company is reflected on the consolidated balance sheet, and the Company’s allocation of net income or loss from the joint ventures is included on the consolidated statements of operations as Equity in Income From Unconsolidated Joint Ventures. The Company’s allocation of joint venture income or loss follows the joint venture’s distribution priorities. In accordance with the provisions of SOP No. 78-9, the Company recognizes fees received from joint ventures relating solely to the extent of the outside partner’s interest. Such fees are classified on the consolidated statements of operations as Interest, Other, and Joint Venture Fee Income.
Hedging Activities
From time to time, we use derivative financial instruments to limit our exposure to changes in interest rates. During 2005, we entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps to mitigate the risk of changes in forecasted interest payments on $150 million of forecasted issuance of long-term debt expected to be issued during the second or third quarter of 2006. These swap agreements were designated as cash flow hedges. We occasionally use derivative financial instruments to manage, or hedge, interest rate risks related to our borrowings, from lines of credit to medium and long-term financings. We require that hedging derivative instruments effectively reduce the interest rate risk exposure that they are designed to hedge. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and only enter into contracts with major financial institutions based on their credit rating and other factors.
If interest rate assumptions and other factors used to estimate a derivative’s fair value or methodologies used to determine hedge effectiveness were different, amounts reported in earnings and other comprehensive income and losses expected to be reclassified into earnings in the future could be affected.
Between January 1, 2005 and March 31, 2006, we increased our total portfolio of properties (“Total Portfolio”) from 167 properties to 174 properties and from 28.2 million Company-owned GLA to 29.0 million Company-owned GLA. As a result of this growth of our Total Portfolio, the financial data presented below show significant changes in revenues and expenses from period-to-period attributable to these acquisitions. To provide an additional meaningful comparison of results for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, we present below changes in operating results with respect to those properties that we owned for each period compared (we refer to this comparison as our “Same Property Portfolio” for the applicable period) as well as with respect to our Total Portfolio.
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During the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, the Company classified nine properties as held for sale after purchase and sale agreements were finalized. None of these properties were disposed of as of March 31, 2006. As a result, in both the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the Total Portfolio column, the results associated with these nine properties are classified as discontinued operations. However, the results associated with these nine properties are segregated in a single line item in the Same Property Portfolio in the table below.
Comparison of the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 to the three-month period ended March 31, 2005.
The table below shows selected operating information for our Total Portfolio and the 167 properties acquired prior to January 1, 2005 that remained in the Total Portfolio through March 31, 2006, which constitute the Same Property Portfolio for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):
|
| Same Property Portfolio |
| Total Portfolio |
|
|
| 2006 |
| 2005 |
| Increase/ |
| % |
| 2006 |
| 2005 |
| Increase/ |
| % |
| ||||||||||||||
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Rentals |
| $ | 61,176 |
| $ | 61,443 |
|
| $ | (267 | ) |
|
| (0.4 | )% |
| $ | 63,819 |
| $ | 61,443 |
|
| $ | 2,376 |
|
|
| 3.9 | % |
|
Percentage rent |
| 1,403 |
| 1,566 |
|
| (163 | ) |
|
| (10.4 | )% |
| 1,405 |
| 1,566 |
|
| (161 | ) |
|
| (10.3 | )% |
| ||||||
Recoveries |
| 21,248 |
| 20,586 |
|
| 662 |
|
|
| 3.2 | % |
| 21,930 |
| 20,586 |
|
| 1,344 |
|
|
| 6.5 | % |
| ||||||
Other property |
| 101 |
| 220 |
|
| (119 | ) |
|
| (54.1 | )% |
| 117 |
| 220 |
|
| (103 | ) |
|
| (46.8 | )% |
| ||||||
Total revenue |
| 83,928 |
| 83,815 |
|
| 113 |
|
|
| 0.1 | % |
| 87,271 |
| 83,815 |
|
| 3,456 |
|
|
| 4.1 | % |
| ||||||
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Property operating expenses |
| 12,008 |
| 13,834 |
|
| (1,826 | ) |
|
| (13.2 | )% |
| 12,293 |
| 13,834 |
|
| (1,541 | ) |
|
| (11.1 | )% |
| ||||||
Real estate taxes |
| 12,939 |
| 11,947 |
|
| 992 |
|
|
| 8.3 | % |
| 13,472 |
| 11,947 |
|
| 1,525 |
|
|
| 12.8 | % |
| ||||||
Net operating income, excluding real estate held for sale |
| 58,981 |
| 58,034 |
|
| 947 |
|
|
| 1.6 | % |
| 61,506 |
| 58,034 |
|
| 3,472 |
|
|
| 6.0 | % |
| ||||||
Net operating income—held for sale assets |
| 2,015 |
| 1,982 |
|
| 33 |
|
|
| 1.7 | % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Total net operating income (*) |
| $ | 60,996 |
| $ | 60,016 |
|
| $ | 982 |
|
|
| 1.6 | % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Add: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Interest, other, and joint venture fee income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 955 |
| 1,379 |
|
| (424 | ) |
|
| (30.7 | )% |
| ||||||
Gains on land sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 171 |
| — |
|
| 171 |
|
|
| 100.0 | % |
| ||||||
Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 209 |
| 104 |
|
| 105 |
|
|
| 101.0 | % |
| ||||||
Income from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,354 |
| 930 |
|
| 424 |
|
|
| 45.6 | % |
| ||||||
Deduct: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 27,805 |
| 23,199 |
|
| 4,606 |
|
|
| 19.9 | % |
| ||||||
Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 23,035 |
| 20,624 |
|
| 2,411 |
|
|
| 11.7 | % |
| ||||||
General and administrative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7,598 |
| 3,264 |
|
| 4,334 |
|
|
| 132.8 | % |
| ||||||
Impairment loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2,085 |
| — |
|
| 2,085 |
|
|
| 100.0 | % |
| ||||||
Income allocated to exchangeable limited partnership units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 40 |
| 158 |
|
| (118 | ) |
|
| (74.7 | )% |
| ||||||
Net income attributable to common shareholders |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 3,632 |
| $ | 13,202 |
|
| $ | (9,570 | ) |
|
| (72.5 | )% |
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* For a detailed discussion of net operating income (“NOI”), including the reasons management believes NOI is useful to investors, and a reconciliation of NOI to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, see page 47.
The following discussion of our results of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 relate to the Total Portfolio, except where otherwise noted.
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Revenue
Rental Revenue. Rental revenue, including termination fee income, increased primarily due to the following:
· an increase of $2.6 million due to seven properties acquired after January 1, 2005, partially offset by:
· on a Same Property Portfolio basis, rental revenue decreased by $0.3 million, excluding the effects of the discontinued operations with respect to those properties held for sale, primarily as a result of an increase in bad debt/vacancy expense due to increased reserves associated with higher outstanding accounts receivable balances.
Percentage Rent. Percentage rent decreased $0.2 million primarily due to timing of notification and payments by tenants as well as lower sales volume and higher sales breakpoints for leases with significant percentage rent provisions.
Recoveries Revenue. Recoveries revenue increased primarily due to the following:
· an increase of $0.7 million due to seven properties acquired after January 1, 2005; and
· on a Same Property Portfolio basis, an increase of $0.7 million, excluding the effects of the discontinued operations with respect to those properties held for sale, primarily as a result of an increase in real estate tax recovery income of $1.1 million due to an increase in tax recovery rates for the first quarter of 2006 compared to the first quarter of 2005. In addition, other reimbursements increased $0.3 million due to utility reconciliations activity. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $0.7 million in common area maintenance income which was primarily due to a decrease in common area maintenance expenses.
Other Property Income. Other property income decreased $0.1 million, excluding the effects of the discontinued operations with respect to those properties held for sale, primarily due to an insurance settlement in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 for $0.1 million due to lost rent.
Expenses
Property Operating Expenses. Property operating expenses decreased primarily due to the following:
· an increase of $0.3 million due to seven properties acquired after January 1, 2005, offset by:
· on a Same Property Portfolio basis, a decrease of $1.8 million, excluding the effects of the discontinued operations with respect to those properties held for sale, primarily due to a decrease of $1.9 million in snow removal costs and $0.1 million in maintenance and supervision expense, partially offset by an increase in utility expenses of $0.2 million.
Real Estate Taxes. Real estate taxes increased primarily due to the following:
· an increase of $0.5 million related to seven properties acquired after January 1, 2005; and
· on a Same Property Portfolio basis, an increase of $1.0 million, excluding the effects of the discontinued operations with respect to those properties held for sale, primarily related to increased assessments for certain properties which had been previously redeveloped.
Other
Interest, Other, and Joint Venture Fee Income. Interest, other, and joint venture fee income decreased primarily due to a decrease of $0.7 million of tax incentive financing income received at our shopping centers during the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2005. This decrease was partially offset by increased fees from the Company’s unconsolidated
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joint ventures. During the three-months ended March 31, 2006, the Company had an interest in two unconsolidated joint ventures compared to having had only one such interest during the three-month period ended March 31, 2005.
Gains on Land Sales. Gains on land sales increased as the result of the Company having disposed of two parcels of land during the three-month period ended March 31, 2006.
Equity in Income from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures. Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures increased due to the increased occupancy of a shopping center owned by a joint venture that is in the development phase and an interest acquired in a joint venture in April 2005.
Income from Discontinued Operations. Income from discontinued operations increased as a result of increased income at the held for sale properties during the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 compared with the three-month period ended March 31, 2005.
Depreciation and Amortization. Expenses attributable to depreciation and amortization rose due to depreciation attributable to new properties acquired and depreciation of new capital and tenant improvements implemented within the Same Property Portfolio.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $2.4 million primarily as a result of an increase in overall indebtedness of $158.6 million from March 31, 2005 to March 31, 2006. This increase was primarily due to indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of properties. In addition, the weighted average interest rate on our indebtedness increased from 6.16% at March 31, 2005 to 6.27% at March 31, 2006.
General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses, consisting primarily of salaries, bonuses, employee benefits, insurance and other corporate-level expenses, increased $4.3 million, primarily as a result of the fact that general and administrative expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 were reduced by $3.3 million as a result of the impact of the Company’s variable accounting of certain stock options. These stock options were subject to a tax-offset payment provision contained in one employment agreement in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005. The expense associate with these stock options decreased during the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 because of a decrease in the Company’s stock price during that same period. Those stock options ceased to be subject to variable accounting on December 30, 2005 upon the amendment of that employment agreement.
After exclusion of the effect of the provision discussed above, the net $1.0 million increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily due to:
· an increase of $1.2 million related to higher payroll and staffing costs and professional fees and other expenses associated with various Company business initiatives; and
· an increase of $0.3 million of stock compensation expense primarily due to the expense associated with unvested options required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share-Based Payment (“SFAS No. 123R”) as well as an overall increase in the Company’s stock price. SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recorded as an expense based on their fair values beginning January 1, 2006.
This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the 2006 bonus accrual of $0.3 million and a decrease in office expenses of $0.1 million. Office expenses decreased due to lower recruiting costs and placement fees.
Impairment loss. Impairment loss increased as a result of the Company having recorded impairment charges against three of its real estate assets during the three-month period ended March 31, 2006.
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Income allocated to exchangeable limited partnerships units. Income allocated to exchangeable limited partnership units decreased primarily as a result of lower income allocations due to the overall decrease in the Company’s net income partially offset by an increase in the number of outstanding exchangeable limited partnership units outstanding at March 31, 2006 compared to March 31, 2005.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At March 31, 2006, we had $6.8 million in available cash and cash equivalents. We generally do not maintain significant cash or cash equivalent balances. As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to our shareholders on an annual basis. Therefore, as a general matter, we meet our liquidity needs from cash generated from operations and external sources of capital.
At March 31, 2006, we had $1.5 billion of indebtedness. This indebtedness has a weighted average interest rate of 6.27% with an average maturity of 3.8 years. As of March 31, 2006, our market capitalization was $3.4 billion, resulting in a debt-to-total market capitalization ratio of approximately 43.3%.
Short-Term Liquidity Requirements
Our short-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary to pay for operating expenses and other expenditures directly associated with our properties, including:
· Recurring maintenance capital expenditures necessary to properly maintain our properties;
· Interest expense and scheduled principal payments on outstanding indebtedness;
· Capital expenditures incurred to facilitate the leasing of space at our properties, including tenant improvements and leasing commissions; and
· Future distributions paid to our stockholders.
We incur maintenance capital expenditures at our properties, which include such expenses as parking lot improvements, roof repairs and replacements and other non-revenue enhancing capital expenditures. Maintenance capital expenditures were approximately $0.3 million, or $0.10 per square foot, for the three-months ended March 31, 2006. We have also incurred and expect to continue to incur revenue enhancing capital expenditures such as tenant improvements and leasing commissions in connection with the leasing or re-leasing of retail space.
We believe that we qualify and we intend to continue to qualify as a REIT under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As a REIT, we are allowed to reduce taxable income by all or a portion of our distributions paid to stockholders. We believe that our existing working capital and cash provided by operations will be sufficient to allow us to pay distributions necessary to enable us to continue to qualify as a REIT.
However, under some circumstances, we may be required to pay distributions in excess of cash available for those distributions to meet these distribution requirements, and we may need to borrow funds, most likely under our line of credit, to pay distributions in the future.
Historically, we have satisfied our short-term liquidity requirements through our existing working capital and cash provided by our operations as well as with borrowings under our line of credit. We believe that our existing working capital and cash provided by operations should be sufficient to meet our short-term liquidity requirements. Cash flows provided by operating activities increased to $27.8 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 from $22.4 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005.
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There are a number of factors that could adversely affect our cash flow. The continuation of an economic downturn in one or more of our markets may impede the ability of our tenants to make lease payments and may impact our ability to renew leases or re-let space as leases expire. In addition, an economic downturn or recession could also lead to an increase in tenant bankruptcies, increases in our overall vacancy rates or declines in rents we can charge to re-let properties upon expiration of current leases. In all of these cases, our cash flow would be adversely affected.
Long-Term Liquidity Requirements
Our long-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary to pay for scheduled debt maturities, renovations, redevelopment, expansions and other non-recurring capital expenditures that are required periodically to our properties, and the costs associated with acquisitions of properties and third party developer joint venture opportunities that we pursue.
Historically, we have satisfied our long-term liquidity requirements through various sources of capital, including our existing working capital, cash provided by operations, our line of credit, bridge financing, the issuance of additional debt and equity securities and long-term property mortgage indebtedness. We believe these sources of capital will continue to be available to us in the future to fund our long-term liquidity requirements. In addition, we also intend to pursue additional capital for acquisitions through strategic joint ventures with institutional investors.
There are certain factors that may have a material adverse effect on our access to capital resources, including our degree of leverage, the value of our unencumbered assets, our credit rating and borrowing restrictions imposed on us by existing lenders. Currently, we have a credit rating from three major rating agencies—Standard & Poor’s, which has given us a rating of BBB-, Moody’s Investor Service, which has given us a rating of Baa3, and Fitch Ratings, which has given us a rating of BBB-. All three of these rating agencies have currently stated our company’s outlook is stable. A downgrade in outlook or rating by a rating agency could occur at any time if the agency perceives adverse change in our financial condition, results of operations or ability to service our debt.
Based on our internal valuation of our properties, we believe the estimated value of our properties exceeds the outstanding amount of mortgage debt encumbering those properties as of March 31, 2006. Therefore, at this time, we believe that we could obtain additional funds, either in the form of additional unsecured borrowings or mortgage debt, without violating the financial covenants contained in our line of credit, bridge loan, or unsecured public notes.
Our ability to raise funds through the issuance of equity securities is dependent upon, among other things, general market conditions for REITs and the market’s perceptions regarding the Company and its prospects. We will continue to analyze which source of capital is most advantageous to us at any particular point in time, but raising funds through the equity markets may not be consistently available to us on terms that are attractive or at all.
Environmental Matters
We currently have fifteen properties in our portfolio that are undergoing, or have been identified as requiring, some form of remediation (including monitoring for compliance) to clean up contamination. In these cases, contamination has resulted from on-site uses by current or former owners or tenants, such as gas stations or dry cleaners, which have released pollutants such as gasoline or dry-cleaning solvents into soil and/or groundwater. We also currently have twelve properties in our portfolio that we are monitoring for compliance as a result of contamination on adjacent properties.
Of the fifteen properties cited above, nine of those properties were contributed to us by Net Realty Holding Trust, our largest stockholder, upon our formation in July 1999. All of these contributed
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properties (together with fourteen other contributed properties for which no remediation is currently taking place) are the subject of an indemnity arrangement under which Net Realty Holding Trust has agreed to indemnify us against environmental liabilities up to $50 million in the aggregate. Since our formation, we have been reimbursed by Net Realty Holding Trust for approximately $2.0 million of environmental costs pursuant to this indemnity. As of March 31, 2006, we were due $0.7 million under this indemnity. Although we do not believe that the aggregate indemnity amount will be needed, we believe that Net Realty Holding Trust has the ability to perform under its indemnity up to the aggregate amount. In addition, each of the properties for which we are actively pursuing remediation to clean up contamination is covered by this indemnity.
With respect to the remaining properties cited above not covered by the Net Realty Holding Trust indemnity, no clean-up activities are currently taking place and our requisite on-going responsibilities are to monitor those properties for compliance and to determine if any remediation or other action may be required in the future. We believe that the costs of monitoring these properties are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to our financial condition and we have established reserves for such costs. Any failure to remediate the contamination at our properties properly may result in liability to federal, state or local governments for damages to natural resources or liability to third parties for property damage or personal injury and may adversely affect our ability to operate, lease or sell the contaminated property. Further, no assurance can be given that any environmental studies performed have identified or will identify all material environmental conditions, that any prior owner of the properties did not create a material environmental condition not known to us or that a material environmental condition does not otherwise exist with respect to any of our properties.
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Contractual Obligations and Contingent Liabilities
The following table summarizes our repayment obligations under our indebtedness outstanding as of March 31, 2006 (in thousands):
Property |
|
|
| 2006(1) |
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| Thereafter |
| Total |
|
|
Mortgage loans payable: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Spring Mall(5) |
| $ | 7,989 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| $ | 7,989 |
|
|
Elk Park Center(6) |
| 7,869 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 7,869 |
|
| ||
Southport Centre |
| 130 |
| 9,593 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 9,723 |
|
| ||
Long Meadow Commons(2)(3) |
| 260 |
| 8,717 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 8,977 |
|
| ||
Innes Street Market |
| 287 |
| 12,098 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 12,385 |
|
| ||
Southgate Shopping Center |
| 90 |
| 2,166 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 2,256 |
|
| ||
Hale Road & Northern Hills |
| — |
| 14,600 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 14,600 |
|
| ||
Salem Consumer Square(7) |
| 383 |
| 563 |
| 8,728 |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 9,674 |
|
| ||
St. Francis Plaza |
| 157 |
| 225 |
| 243 |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 625 |
|
| ||
Burlington Square(2) |
| 155 |
| 227 |
| 243 |
| 12,724 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 13,349 |
|
| ||
Crossroads III & Slater Street(2) |
| 136 |
| 201 |
| 214 |
| 13,295 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 13,846 |
|
| ||
Buckingham Place(2) |
| 50 |
| 74 |
| 79 |
| 5,054 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 5,257 |
|
| ||
County Line Plaza(2) |
| 164 |
| 240 |
| 256 |
| 16,002 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 16,662 |
|
| ||
Trinity Commons(2) |
| 136 |
| 200 |
| 214 |
| 13,776 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 14,326 |
|
| ||
8 shopping centers, cross collateralized |
| 1,395 |
| 1,993 |
| 2,154 |
| 72,132 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 77,674 |
|
| ||
Montgomery Commons(2) |
| 64 |
| 94 |
| 100 |
| 102 |
| 7,334 |
|
| — |
|
| 7,694 |
|
| ||
Warminster Towne Center(2) |
| 209 |
| 307 |
| 329 |
| 362 |
| 18,294 |
|
| — |
|
| 19,501 |
|
| ||
Clocktower Place(2) |
| 96 |
| 144 |
| 154 |
| 171 |
| 11,838 |
|
| — |
|
| 12,403 |
|
| ||
545 Boylston Street and William J. McCarthy Building |
| 540 |
| 772 |
| 838 |
| 910 |
| 30,896 |
|
| — |
|
| 33,956 |
|
| ||
29 shopping centers, cross collateralized |
| 2,003 |
| 2,955 |
| 3,147 |
| 3,461 |
| 220,654 |
|
| — |
|
| 232,220 |
|
| ||
The Market of Wolf Creek III(2) |
| 73 |
| 106 |
| 113 |
| 125 |
| 135 |
|
| 8,042 |
|
| 8,594 |
|
| ||
Spradlin Farm(2) |
| 149 |
| 219 |
| 232 |
| 253 |
| 272 |
|
| 15,915 |
|
| 17,040 |
|
| ||
The Market of Wolf Creek I(2) |
| 121 |
| 176 |
| 188 |
| 206 |
| 222 |
|
| 9,105 |
|
| 10,018 |
|
| ||
Berkshire Crossing |
| 342 |
| 488 |
| 519 |
| 557 |
| 596 |
|
| 11,412 |
|
| 13,914 |
|
| ||
Grand Traverse Crossing |
| 297 |
| 424 |
| 457 |
| 492 |
| 530 |
|
| 10,621 |
|
| 12,821 |
|
| ||
Salmon Run Plaza(2) |
| 288 |
| 458 |
| 500 |
| 547 |
| 598 |
|
| 1,864 |
|
| 4,255 |
|
| ||
Grand Traverse Crossing — Wal-Mart |
| 136 |
| 193 |
| 208 |
| 225 |
| 156 |
|
| 4,034 |
|
| 4,952 |
|
| ||
The Market of Wolf Creek II(2) |
| 78 |
| 111 |
| 120 |
| 129 |
| 140 |
|
| 1,288 |
|
| 1,866 |
|
| ||
Montgomery Towne Center |
| 292 |
| 307 |
| 335 |
| 364 |
| 396 |
|
| 4,866 |
|
| 6,560 |
|
| ||
Bedford Grove—Wal-Mart |
| 124 |
| 178 |
| 191 |
| 207 |
| 223 |
|
| 2,952 |
|
| 3,875 |
|
| ||
Berkshire Crossing—Home Depot/Wal-Mart |
| 195 |
| 278 |
| 300 |
| 324 |
| 349 |
|
| 4,869 |
|
| 6,315 |
|
| ||
Total mortgage loans payable |
| $ | 24,208 |
| 58,107 |
| 19,862 |
| 141,418 |
| 292,633 |
|
| 74,968 |
|
| $ | 611,196 |
|
|
Unsecured notes payable(4) |
| — |
| — |
| 100,000 |
| 150,000 |
| — |
|
| 200,000 |
|
| 450,000 |
|
| ||
Line of credit facility |
| — |
| — |
| 294,000 |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 294,000 |
|
| ||
Bridge loan payable |
| 100,000 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 100,000 |
|
| ||
Total indebtedness |
| $ | 124,208 |
| 58,107 |
| 413,862 |
| 291,418 |
| 292,633 |
|
| 274,968 |
|
| $ | 1,455,196 |
|
|
(1) Represents the period from April 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
(2) The aggregate repayment amount for mortgage loans payable of $611,196 does not reflect the unamortized mortgage loan premiums totaling $11,115 related to the assumption of fifteen mortgage loans with above-market contractual interest rates.
(3) Property is encumbered by two mortgage loans maturing in July 2007.
(4) The aggregate repayment amount of $450,000 does not reflect the unamortized original discounts of $1,476 related to the April and October 2004 bond issuances.
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(5) Mortgage balance was repaid on April 10, 2006 without penalty.
(6) Borrower has provided the lender with notice of intention to repay the mortgage balance outstanding as of August 1, 2006.
(7) Mortgage balance is classified as held for sale in the accompanying balance sheet as of March 31, 2006. The balance was repaid on April 26, 2006 with a prepayment penalty of $1.3 million, in connection with the sale of the property.
As of March 31, 2006, the indebtedness described in the table above requires principal amortization and balloon payments of $124.2 million for the remainder of 2006. It is likely that we will not have sufficient funds on hand to repay the remaining balloon amounts at maturity. We currently expect to refinance these and other future balloon payments through borrowings under our line of credit. We may also refinance this debt through unsecured private or public debt offerings, through additional debt financings secured by individual properties or groups of properties or through additional equity offerings.
As of March 31, 2006, in addition to the repayment obligations under the indebtedness described above, we have future contractual payment obligations relating to construction contracts, ground leases, and leases for the rental of office space as follows (in thousands):
|
| 2006(1) |
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| Thereafter |
| Total |
| ||||
Construction contracts and tenant improvement obligations |
| $ | 12,594 |
| 22 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| $ | 12,616 |
|
Ground leases and subleases |
| 1,295 |
| 1,817 |
| 1,826 |
| 1,819 |
| 1,812 |
|
| 68,570 |
|
| 77,139 |
| ||
Office leases |
| 888 |
| 1,188 |
| 1,191 |
| 1,301 |
| 1,274 |
|
| 4,971 |
|
| 10,813 |
| ||
Total |
| $ | 14,777 |
| 3,027 |
| 3,017 |
| 3,120 |
| 3,086 |
|
| 73,541 |
|
| $ | 100,568 |
|
(1) Represents the period from April 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
In addition to the contractual payment obligations included above, we have various existing utility and service contracts with vendors related to our property management. We enter into these contracts in the ordinary course of business, which vary based on usage and may extend beyond one year. These contracts are generally for one year or less and include terms that provide for termination with insignificant or no cancellation penalties.
The future contractual payment obligations in the above table do not reflect the matters described below under “Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.” Additionally, the repayment obligations reflected in the above table do not reflect interest payments on debt. Further, we have obligations under a retirement benefit plan, which are more fully described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, that are not included in the above table. Funding requirements for retirement benefits after 2006 cannot be estimated due to the significant variability in the assumptions required to project the timing of future cash payments.
La Vista
Through a joint venture with Westwood Development Group, our joint venture has committed to purchase two parcels of land in La Vista, Nebraska adjoining a site our joint venture already owns. The purchase is expected to occur prior to November 30, 2007, at a purchase price of $11 million, resulting in a total purchase price for all three parcels of $26 million. These parcels of land will be developed into a new 550,000 square foot shopping center expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2008.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not believe that we currently have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
However, in a few cases, we have committed to provide funds to our existing unconsolidated joint ventures (discussed below) under certain circumstances, and these commitments are not reflected as liabilities on our consolidated financial statements. These existing unconsolidated joint ventures are not variable interest entities and we do not have control of these partnerships and, therefore, we account for them using the equity method of accounting.
In May 2004, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with a third party developer for the development and construction of Lakes Crossing Shopping Center in Muskegon, Michigan. As of March 31, 2006, the Company does not consolidate the operations of the Lakes Crossing joint venture in its financial statements. Under the terms of the Lakes Crossing joint venture, we have a 50% interest in the venture and we have agreed to contribute any capital that might be required by the joint venture. Under the joint venture agreement, at any time subsequent to the second anniversary of the completion of Lakes Crossing, which is estimated to occur in late 2006, the Company may be required to purchase the third party’s joint venture interest. The purchase price for this interest would be at the agreed-upon fair market value.
We have also fully guaranteed the repayment of a $22 million construction loan obtained by the Lakes Crossing joint venture from Key Bank, National Association, which is an off-balance sheet arrangement. The Key Bank loan matures in November 2006 (subject to a one-year extension). As of March 31, 2006, $18.0 million is outstanding under the construction loan and recorded on the books and records of the joint venture. In the event we are obligated to repay all or a portion of the construction loan pursuant to the guarantee, we (i) may remove the manager of the joint venture for cause and terminate all agreements with the manager, (ii) would receive a promissory note from the joint venture for the amount paid by us together with a first priority mortgage on the shopping center, and (iii) may prohibit all distributions from the joint venture or payment of fees by the joint venture until the principal and accrued interest on the loan is repaid. The estimated fair value of the guarantee as of March 31, 2006 is not material to our financial position. Accordingly, no liability or additional investment has been recorded related to the fair value of the guarantee.
In April 2005, we formed a joint venture with a fund managed by Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation for the specific purpose of acquiring Skillman Abrams Shopping Center, a 133,000 square foot shopping center in Dallas, Texas. Under the terms of the Skillman Abrams joint venture, we have a 25% interest in the venture and we have agreed to contribute our pro rata share of any capital that might be required by the joint venture. The joint venture had a contractual obligation related to a mortgage loan outstanding of approximately $14.7 million as of March 31, 2006. We have agreed to indemnify the mortgage lender against bad acts and environmental liabilities with respect to the Skillman Abrams loan. As of March 31, 2006, the carrying value of our investment in the joint venture was approximately $1.0 million.
We have entered into additional joint venture arrangements with third party developers for the development of sites under contract in which the underlying projects are still in the approval and entitlement process. In some cases, we have paid deposits in connection with our joint venture entering into purchase and sale agreements with respect to such sites. In the case of projects still in the due diligence or investigative period, these deposits are either fully or partially refundable by the seller or by our joint venture partner.
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Financings
Bridge Loan
On November 28, 2005, we entered into a $100 million term loan, or “bridge loan,” with Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as arranger, Wachovia Investment Holdings, LLC, as agent, and certain other financial institutions, expiring August 28, 2006, subject to a two year extension. Our ability to borrow under the bridge loan is subject to our ongoing compliance with a number of financial and other covenants. This bridge loan, except under some circumstances, limits our ability to make distributions in excess of 95% of our annual funds from operations. In addition, amounts borrowed under this bridge loan bear interest at either the lender’s base rate or a floating rate based on a spread over LIBOR ranging from 55 basis points to 115 basis points, depending upon our debt rating. The variable rate in effect at December 31, 2005 was 5.09%. This bridge loan also has a facility fee based on the amount committed ranging from 12.5 to 25 basis points, depending upon our debt rating, and requires quarterly payments. We are the borrower under this bridge loan, and our two operating partnerships, Bradley Operating Limited Partnership (“Bradley OP”) and Heritage Property Investment Limited Partnership (“Heritage OP”), have guaranteed this bridge loan. This bridge loan is being used principally to fund growth opportunities and for working capital purposes. As of March 31, 2006, $100 million had been drawn under the bridge loan. We anticipate fully repaying the bridge loan in the third quarter of 2006 with the proceeds of an unsecured financing.
Line of Credit
On March 29, 2005, we refinanced our then existing line of credit, entering into a new three-year $400 million unsecured line of credit with a group of lenders and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent, expiring March 28, 2008, subject to a one-year extension. At our request, subject to the agent’s consent, this line of credit may be increased to $500 million. Our ability to borrow under this line of credit is subject to our ongoing compliance with a number of financial and other covenants. This line of credit, except under some circumstances, limits our ability to make distributions in excess of 95% of our annual funds from operations. In addition, this line of credit bears interest at either the lender’s base rate or a floating rate based on a spread over LIBOR ranging from 62.5 basis points to 115 basis points, depending upon our debt rating. This new credit facility also includes a competitive bid option that allows the Company to hold auctions among the participating lenders in the facility for up to fifty percent of the facility amount. The variable rate in effect at March 31, 2006 was 5.34%. This line of credit also has a facility fee based on the amount committed ranging from 15 to 25 basis points, depending upon our debt rating, and requires quarterly payments.
We are the borrower under this line of credit and Bradley OP, Heritage OP and certain of our other subsidiaries have guaranteed this line of credit. This line of credit is being used principally to fund growth opportunities and for working capital purposes. As of March 31, 2006, $294 million was outstanding under this line of credit.
We believe that we are in compliance with all of the financial covenants under the bridge loan and the line of credit as of the date of this Form 10-Q. However, if our properties do not perform as expected, or if unexpected events occur that require us to borrow additional funds, compliance with these covenants may become difficult and may restrict our ability to pursue some of our business initiatives. In addition, these financial covenants may restrict our ability to pursue particular acquisitions, including for example, acquiring a portfolio of highly leveraged properties. These constraints on acquisitions could significantly impede our growth. Furthermore, because the interest rate on the line of credit is variable and based upon LIBOR rates, as LIBOR rates increase so will the interest rate on the bridge loan and the line of credit.
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Debt Offerings
Heritage Notes
The Company has outstanding two series of unsecured notes. These notes were issued pursuant to the terms of two separate but substantially identical indentures that the Company entered into with LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee. These indentures contain various covenants, including covenants that restrict the amount of indebtedness that may be incurred by us and our subsidiaries. Specifically, for as long as the debt securities issued under these indentures are outstanding:
· The Company is not permitted to incur any additional indebtedness if the aggregate principal amount of all indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries would be greater than 60% of the total assets, as defined, of the Company and its subsidiaries.
· The Company is not permitted to incur any additional indebtedness if the ratio of the Company’s consolidated income available for debt service to the annual debt service charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date the additional indebtedness is to be incurred would be less than 1.5:1 on a pro forma basis.
· The Company is not permitted to incur any additional indebtedness if, after giving effect to such additional indebtedness, the total secured indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the total assets, as defined, of the Company and its subsidiaries.
· The Company and its subsidiaries may not at any time own total unencumbered assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of unsecured indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Notes due 2009. On October 15, 2004, the Company completed the issuance and sale of $150 million principal amount of unsecured 4.50% notes due 2009 (the “2009 Notes”). The 2009 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.50% and mature on October 15, 2009. The 2009 Notes may be redeemed at any time at our option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued interest on the notes to the redemption date and (2) a make-whole amount, if any, with respect to the notes that is designed to provide yield maintenance protection to the holders of these notes.
Notes due 2014. On April 1, 2004, the Company completed the issuance and sale of $200 million principal amount of unsecured 5.125% notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”). The 2014 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.125% and mature on April 15, 2014. The 2014 Notes may be redeemed at any time at our option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued interest on the notes to the redemption date and (2) a make-whole amount, if any, with respect to the notes that is designed to provide yield maintenance protection to the holders of these notes.
Our two series of outstanding unsecured notes have been guaranteed by Heritage OP and Bradley OP.
We believe we are in compliance with all applicable covenants under these indentures as of March 31, 2006.
Bradley Notes
Prior to our acquisition of Bradley Real Estate, Inc., Bradley OP completed the sale of three series of senior, unsecured debt securities. We repaid in full one of these series of Bradley OP debt securities upon maturity in November 2004 and the second one upon maturity in March 2006. These debt securities were issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture and two supplemental indentures entered into by Bradley OP
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with LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, beginning in 1997. The indenture and two supplemental indentures contain various covenants, including covenants that restrict the amount of indebtedness that may be incurred by Bradley OP and those of our subsidiaries that are owned directly or indirectly by Bradley OP. Specifically, for as long as these debt securities are outstanding, Bradley OP is not permitted to:
· incur any additional indebtedness if the aggregate principal amount of all indebtedness of Bradley OP and its subsidiaries would be greater than 60% of the total assets of Bradley OP and its subsidiaries.
· incur any additional indebtedness if the ratio of Bradley OP’s consolidated income available for debt service to the annual debt service charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date the additional indebtedness is to be incurred would be less than 1.5:1 on a pro forma basis.
· incur any additional indebtedness if, after giving effect to any additional indebtedness, the total secured indebtedness of Bradley OP and its subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the total assets, as defined, of Bradley OP and its subsidiaries.
· own, along with its subsidiaries, total unencumbered assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of unsecured indebtedness of Bradley OP and its subsidiaries.
For purposes of these covenants, any indebtedness incurred by Heritage, Heritage OP or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that are owned directly or indirectly by Heritage OP is not included as indebtedness of Bradley OP.
Notes due 2008. In January 1998, Bradley OP completed the offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.2% Notes due 2008 (the “2008 Notes”). The 2008 Notes bear interest at 7.2% per year and mature on January 15, 2008. The 2008 Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of Bradley OP, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (1) the principal amount of the 2008 Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest on the 2008 Notes to the redemption date and (2) a make-whole amount, if any, with respect to the 2008 Notes that is designed to provide yield maintenance protection to the holders of these notes.
We believe Bradley OP is in compliance with all applicable covenants under these indentures as of March 31, 2006.
We calculate Funds from Operations in accordance with the best practices described in the April 2001 National Policy Bulletin of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, referred to as NAREIT, and NAREIT’s 1995 White Paper on Funds from Operations, as supplemented in November 1999. The White Paper defines Funds From Operations as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary items and sales of property, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Funds from Operations should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of our financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make distributions. We believe that Funds from Operations is helpful to investors as a measure of our performance as an equity REIT because, along with cash flows from operating activities, financing activities and investing activities, it provides investors with an understanding of our ability to incur and service debt and make capital expenditures. Our computation of Funds from Operations may, however, differ from the methodology for calculating Funds from Operations utilized by other equity REITs and, therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs.
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The following reconciles our Funds from Operations to our net income (in thousands).
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| Three months ended |
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| 2006 |
| 2005 |
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Net income |
| $ | 3,632 |
| $ | 13,202 |
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Add : |
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Depreciation and amortization (real-estate related): |
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Continuing operating |
| 27,650 |
| 23,023 |
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Discontinued Operations (*) |
| 415 |
| 778 |
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Pro rata share of unconsolidated joint venture |
| 68 |
| 8 |
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Funds from Operations |
| $ | 31,765 |
| $ | 37,011 |
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* Depreciation with respect to eight of nine held for sale properties as of March 31, 2006 ceased as of January 1, 2006.
The TJX Companies
In July 1999, Bernard Cammarata became a member of our board of directors. Until September 2005, Mr. Cammarata was Chairman of the Board of TJX Companies, Inc. (“TJX”), our largest tenant. In September 2005, Mr. Cammarata became the Chief Executive Officer of TJX, a position he previously held. Annualized base rent from TJX was $14.5 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, representing approximately 5.5% of our total annualized base rent for all leases in which tenants were in occupancy at March 31, 2006. In addition, accounts receivable for contractual and straight-line rent of $1.6 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2006. TJX pays us rent in accordance with 52 leases at our properties.
Ahold USA
In July 1999, William M. Vaughn, III became a member of our board of directors. Since January 1, 2006, Mr. Vaughn has been a consultant to Ahold USA, Inc. (“Ahold”), the parent company of The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company (“Stop & Shop”), a grocery chain headquartered in Massachusetts. From January 2003 to December 2005, Mr. Vaughn was Senior Vice President, Labor Relations of Ahold. Prior to that time, Mr. Vaughn was Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Stop & Shop, with whom he had been employed since 1974. Mr. Vaughn is a co-trustee of NETT and Net Realty Holding Trust, our largest stockholder. Annualized base rent from Ahold and its subsidiaries was $1.5 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, representing approximately 0.6% of our total annualized base rent for all leases in which tenants were in occupancy at March 31, 2006. In addition, accounts receivable for contractual and straight-line rent of $0.4 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2006. Ahold and its subsidiaries pay us rent in accordance with 3 leases at our properties.
A.C. Moore
In June 2004, Michael J. Joyce became a member of our board of directors. In July 2004, Mr. Joyce became a member of the board of directors of A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (“A.C. Moore”). Annualized base rent from A.C. Moore and its subsidiaries was $0.3 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, representing approximately 0.1% of our total annualized base rent for all leases in which tenants were in occupancy at March 31, 2006. In addition, accounts receivable for contractual and straight-line rent of $0.1 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2006. A.C. Moore pays us rent in accordance with 3 leases at our properties.
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131 Dartmouth Street Joint Venture and Lease
In November 1999, we entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of NETT for the acquisition and development of a 365,000 square foot commercial office building at 131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts. This joint venture is owned 94% by the affiliate of NETT and 6% by us. We were issued this interest as part of a management arrangement with the joint venture pursuant to which we manage the building. We have no ongoing capital contribution requirements with respect to this office building, which was completed in January 2003. We account for our interest in this joint venture using the cost method and we have not expended any amounts on the office building through March 31, 2006.
In February 2004, we entered into an eleven-year lease with our joint venture with NETT for the lease of approximately 31,000 square feet of space at 131 Dartmouth Street and we moved our corporate headquarters to this space during the first quarter of 2004. Under the terms of this lease, we began paying rent to the joint venture in February 2005. The Company pays an average of $1.2 million annually in minimum rent. We believe that the rent payable under this lease is consistent with market rates.
Legal and Other Claims
We are subject to legal and other claims incurred in the normal course of business. Based on our review and consultation with counsel of those matters known to exist, including those matters described on page 49, we do not believe that the ultimate outcome of these claims would materially affect our financial position or results of operations.
Recourse Loan Guarantees
In addition to our unsecured line of credit and unsecured debt securities we and Bradley OP have issued, we have fully guaranteed the repayment of a $22 million construction loan obtained by our Lakes Crossing joint venture from Key Bank, National Association. The Key Bank loan matures in November 2006 (subject to a one-year extension).
Non-Recourse Loan Guarantees
In connection with the Bradley acquisition, we entered into a special securitized facility with Prudential Mortgage Capital Corporation (“PMCC”) pursuant to which $244 million of collateralized mortgage-backed securities were issued by a trust created by PMCC. The trust consists of a single mortgage loan due from a subsidiary we created, Heritage SPE LLC, to which we contributed 29 of our properties. This loan is secured by all 29 properties.
In connection with the securitized financing with PMCC, we entered into several indemnification and guaranty agreements with PMCC pursuant to which we indemnified PMCC against various bad acts of Heritage SPE LLC, and against certain specified environmental liabilities with respect to the properties contributed by us to Heritage SPE LLC.
We also have agreed to indemnify other mortgage lenders against bad acts and environmental liabilities in connection with other mortgage loans that we have assumed.
Inflation has had a minimal impact on the operating performance of our properties. However, many of our leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation. These provisions include clauses enabling us to receive payment of additional rent calculated as a percentage of tenants’ gross sales above pre-determined thresholds, which generally increase as prices rise, and/or escalation clauses, which generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases. These escalation clauses often are at fixed rent increases or indexed escalations (based on the consumer price index or other measures).
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Many of our leases are also for terms of fewer than ten years, which permits us to seek to increase rents to market rates upon renewal. In addition, most of our leases require tenants to pay an allocable share of operating expenses, including common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. We believe this reduces our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.
Net operating income, or “NOI,” is a non-GAAP financial measure equal to net income available to common shareholders (the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure), plus income allocated to minority interests in Bradley OP, general and administrative expense, depreciation and amortization, and interest expense, less income from discontinued operations, and interest, other, and joint venture fee income.
We use NOI internally, and believe NOI provides useful information to investors as a performance measure in evaluating the operating performance of our real estate assets. This is because NOI reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level and excludes certain components from net income to provide results that more closely relate to a property’s results of operations. Our presentation of NOI may not be comparable to NOI reported by other REITs that define NOI differently. We believe that, to obtain a clear understanding of our operating results, NOI should be examined in conjunction with net income as presented in our consolidated financial statements. NOI should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indication of our performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions.
The following reconciles NOI to net income available to common shareholders (in thousands):
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| 2006 |
| 2005 |
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Net operating income—Same Property Portfolio |
| $ | 60,996 |
| $ | 60,016 |
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Net operating income—acquisitions |
| 2,525 |
| — |
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Deduct: |
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Net operating income—held for sale assets |
| 2,015 |
| 1,982 |
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Net operating income—Total Portfolio |
| 61,506 |
| 58,034 |
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Add: |
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Interest, other, and joint venture fee income |
| 955 |
| 1,379 |
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Income from discontinued operations |
| 1,354 |
| 930 |
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Gains on land sales |
| 171 |
| — |
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Equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
| 209 |
| 104 |
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Deduct: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 27,805 |
| 23,199 |
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Interest |
| 23,035 |
| 20,624 |
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General and administrative |
| 7,598 |
| 3,264 |
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Impairment loss |
| 2,085 |
| — |
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Income allocated to exchangeable limited partnership units |
| 40 |
| 158 |
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Net income attributable to common shareholders |
| $ | 3,632 |
| $ | 13,202 |
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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the exposure to loss resulting from adverse changes in market prices, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and equity prices. The primary market risk to which we are exposed is interest rate risk, which is itself subject to many factors, including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations and other factors beyond our control. Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent upon prevalent market interest rates.
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The following table presents our contractual fixed rate debt obligations as of March 31, 2006, sorted by maturity date, and our contractual variable rate debt obligations sorted by maturity date (in thousands):
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| 2006(1) |
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| 2011+ |
| Total(2) |
| Weighted |
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Secured Debt: |
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Fixed rate |
| $ | 23,866 |
| $ | 57,619 |
| $ | 19,343 |
| $ | 140,861 |
| $ | 292,037 |
| $ | 63,556 |
| $ | 597,282 |
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| 7.31 | % |
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Variable rate |
| 342 |
| 488 |
| 519 |
| 557 |
| 596 |
| 11,412 |
| 13,914 |
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| 6.63 | % |
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Unsecured Debt: |
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Fixed rate |
| — |
| — |
| 100,000 |
| 150,000 |
| — |
| 200,000 |
| 450,000 |
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| 5.65 | % |
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Variable rate |
| 100,000 |
| — |
| 294,000 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 394,000 |
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| 5.36 | % |
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Total |
| $ | 124,208 |
| $ | 58,107 |
| $ | 413,862 |
| $ | 291,418 |
| $ | 292,633 |
| $ | 274,968 |
| $ | 1,455,196 |
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| 6.27 | % |
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(1) Represents the period from April 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
(2) The aggregate repayment amount of $1,455,196 does not reflect the unamortized mortgage loan premiums totaling $11,115 related to the assumption of fifteen mortgage loans with above-market contractual interest rates and the unamortized original issue discount of $1,476 on the 2004 bond issuances.
If market rates of interest on our variable rate debt outstanding at March 31, 2006 increase by 10%, or 50 basis points, we would expect the interest expense on our existing variable rate debt would decrease future earnings and cash flows by $2.2 million annually.
During 2005, we entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps to mitigate the risk of changes in forecasted interest payments on $150 million of forecasted issuances of long-term debt, expected to be issued during 2006. We occasionally use derivative financial instruments to manage, or hedge, interest rate risks related to our borrowings, from lines of credit to medium- and long-term financings. We require that hedging derivative instruments effectively reduce the interest rate risk exposure that they are designed to hedge. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and only enter into contracts with major financial institutions based on their credit rating and other factors. We do not believe that the interest rate risk represented by our floating rate debt is material as of March 31, 2006 in relation to total assets and our total market capitalization.
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and other members of senior management have evaluated the design and operations of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures effectively ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s filings and submissions with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, is accumulated and communicated to our management (including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer) and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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On October 31, 2001, a complaint was filed against us in the Superior Court of Suffolk County of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Weston Associates and its president, Paul Donahue, alleging that we owe Mr. Donahue and his firm a fee in connection with services he claims he performed on our behalf in connection with our acquisition of Bradley. On September 18, 2000, we acquired Bradley, a publicly traded REIT based in Illinois with nearly 100 shopping center properties located primarily in the Midwest, at an aggregate cost of approximately $1.2 billion. Through his personal relationships with the parties involved, at our request, Mr. Donahue introduced us to Bradley and its senior management team. Mr. Donahue alleges, however, that he played an instrumental role in the negotiation and completion of our acquisition of Bradley beyond merely introducing the parties. For these alleged efforts, Mr. Donahue demands that he receive a fee equal to 2% of the aggregate consideration we paid to acquire Bradley, or a fee of approximately $24 million. In addition, Mr. Donahue also seeks treble damages based on alleged unfair or deceptive business practices under Massachusetts’s law.
On November 29, 2002, the court granted our motion to dismiss Mr. Donahue’s claims. Mr. Donahue subsequently filed an appeal of the court’s decision and on March 4, 2004, an oral argument was heard with respect to Mr. Donahue’s appeal. On July 14, 2004, the Massachusetts Appellate Court reversed the lower court’s decision dismissing Mr. Donahue’s claims. The Appellate Court’s decision reverts the case back to the Superior Court for discovery and additional proceedings. It is not possible at this time to predict the outcome of this litigation and we intend to vigorously defend against these claims.
Except as set forth above, we are not involved in any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against us, other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, which is generally expected to be covered by insurance. In the opinion of our management, based upon currently available information, this litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
ITEM 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
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31.1 |
| Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 |
31.2 |
| Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 |
32.1 |
| Chief Executive Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
32.2 |
| Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused the report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | |
Dated: May 10, 2006 |
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| /s/ THOMAS C. PRENDERGAST |
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| Thomas C. Prendergast |
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| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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| /s/ DAVID G. GAW |
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| David G. Gaw |
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| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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