UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark one)
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended MARCH 31, 2004
OR
[ ] 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 001-13777
GETTY REALTY CORP.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND 11-3412575
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
125 JERICHO TURNPIKE, SUITE 103
JERICHO, NEW YORK 11753
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(516) 478 - 5400
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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(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 [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes [X] No [ ]
Registrant had outstanding 24,679,662 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, as of March 31, 2004.
GETTY REALTY CORP.
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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2004 and
December 31, 2003 1
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three
months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 2
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 3
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 4 - 9
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations 10 - 15
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 16
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 16
Part II.OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Equity Repurchases 17
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 17
Signatures 18
Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
(unaudited)
March 31, December 31,
2004 2003
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Assets:
Real Estate:
Land $ 143,354 $ 142,724
Buildings and improvements 175,482 175,498
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318,836 318,222
Less - accumulated depreciation (101,606) (100,488)
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Real estate, net 217,230 217,734
Cash and equivalents 18,703 19,905
Deferred rent receivable 21,769 20,653
Recoveries from state underground storage
tank funds, net 7,247 7,454
Mortgages and accounts receivable, net 4,973 5,565
Prepaid expenses and other assets 484 692
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Total assets $ 270,406 $ 272,003
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Environmental remediation costs $ 23,385 $ 23,551
Dividends payable 10,489 10,483
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 8,887 9,100
Mortgages payable 823 844
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Total liabilities 43,584 43,978
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Commitments and contingencies (Notes 6 and 7)
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $.01 per share;
authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued
24,679,662 at March 31, 2004
and 24,664,384 at December 31, 2003 247 247
Paid-in capital 257,335 257,206
Dividends paid in excess of earnings (30,760) (29,428)
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Total shareholders' equity 226,822 228,025
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 270,406 $ 272,003
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three months ended March 31,
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2004 2003
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Revenues:
Revenues from rental properties $ 16,511 $ 16,677
Other income, net 133 354
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Total revenues 16,644 17,031
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Expenses:
Rental property expenses 2,521 2,912
Environmental expenses, net 1,732 1,547
General and administrative expenses 1,377 1,293
Depreciation expense 1,836 2,139
Interest expense 21 33
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Total expenses 7,487 7,924
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Net earnings before cumulative effect of accounting change 9,157 9,107
Cumulative effect of accounting change - (550)
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Net earnings 9,157 8,557
Preferred stock dividends - 1,272
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Net earnings applicable to common shareholders $ 9,157 $ 7,285
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Net earnings per common share:
Basic $ .37 $ .34
Diluted $ .37 $ .34
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 24,671 21,442
Diluted 24,689 21,456
Dividends declared per share:
Preferred - $ .44375
Common $ .4250 $ .41250
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three months ended
March 31,
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2004 2003
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings $ 9,157 $ 8,557
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation expense 1,836 2,139
Deferred rental revenue (1,116) (1,408)
Gain on dispositions of real estate - (126)
Accretion expense 215 248
Cumulative effect of accounting change - 550
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Recoveries from state underground storage
tank funds, net 335 1,620
Mortgages and accounts receivable, net 386 328
Prepaid expenses and other assets 208 68
Environmental remediation costs (509) (1,443)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (213) (554)
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Net cash provided by operating activities 10,299 9,979
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Collections of mortgages receivable, net 206 187
Property acquisitions and capital expenditures (1,332) (939)
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate - 391
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Net cash used in investing activities (1,126) (361)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash dividends paid (10,483) (10,379)
Repayment of mortgages payable (21) (18)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 129 1
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Net cash used in financing activities (10,375) (10,396)
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Net decrease in cash and equivalents (1,202) (778)
Cash and equivalents at beginning of period 19,905 33,726
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Cash and equivalents at end of period $ 18,703 $ 32,948
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid (refunded) during the period for:
Interest $ 21 $ 33
Income taxes, net 95 396
Recoveries from state underground
storage tank funds (188) (454)
Environmental remediation costs 1,181 1,217
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. General:
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America ("GAAP"). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of Getty Realty Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Company"). The
Company is a real estate investment trust ("REIT") specializing in the ownership
and leasing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties as well as
petroleum distribution terminals. The Company manages and evaluates its
operations as a single segment. All significant intercompany accounts and
transactions have been eliminated.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP,
which requires management to make its best estimates, judgments and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
revenues and expenses during the period reported. While all available
information has been considered, actual results could differ from those
estimates, judgments and assumptions. Estimates, judgments and assumptions
underlying the accompanying consolidated financial statements include, but are
not limited to, deferred rent receivable, recoveries from state underground
storage tank funds, net, environmental remediation costs, depreciation,
impairment of long-lived assets, litigation, accrued expenses and income taxes.
The consolidated financial statements are unaudited but, in the opinion
of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
necessary for a fair presentation. These statements should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes, which
appear in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003.
2. Earnings per Common Share:
Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net earnings
less preferred dividends by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share also gives
effect to the potential dilution from the exercise of stock options in the
amount of 18,000 and 14,000 shares for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and
2003, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2003, conversion of the
Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred stock into common stock
utilizing the two class method would have been antidilutive and therefore
conversion was not assumed for purposes of computing either basic or diluted
earnings per common share. There were no preferred shares outstanding during the
three months ended March 31, 2004 (see note 5).
3. Stock-Based Compensation:
In December 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB")
issued Statement of Financial Standard No. ("SFAS") 148, "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation -- Transition
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and Disclosure -- an amendment of SFAS 123." SFAS 148 provides alternative
transition methods for a voluntary change to the fair value basis of accounting
for stock-based employee compensation. SFAS 148 requires disclosures in both
annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for
stock-based employee compensation, a description of the transition method
utilized and the effect of the method used on reported results. The Company
adopted SFAS 148 effective December 31, 2002. The Company voluntarily changed to
the fair value basis of accounting for stock-based employee compensation for
options granted subsequent to January 1, 2003 under its stock option plan. The
Company will continue to account for options granted under its stock option plan
prior to January 1, 2003 using the intrinsic value method. Had compensation cost
for the Company's stock option plan been accounted for using the fair value
method for all grants, the Company's total stock-based employee compensation
expense using the fair value method, pro-forma net earnings and pro-forma net
earnings per share on a basic and diluted basis would have been as follows (in
thousands, except per share amounts):
Three months ended March 31,
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2004 2003
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Net earnings, as reported $9,157 $8,557
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net
earnings (*) - -
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense using the fair
value method 23 33
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Pro-forma net earnings $9,134 $8,524
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Net earnings per common share
As reported $ .37 $ .34
Pro-forma $ .37 $ .34
(*) There were no stock options granted during the three months ended March 31,
2004 or 2003.
4. Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change:
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 143, "Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations." SFAS 143 requires that obligations associated with the
retirement of tangible long-lived assets be recognized at their fair value in
the period when incurred if the asset retirement obligation results from the
normal operation of those assets and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be
made. Due to the adoption of SFAS 143 effective January 1, 2003, accrued
environmental remediation costs and recoveries from state underground storage
tank funds were adjusted to their estimated fair value resulting in a one-time
cumulative effect of change in accounting charge of $550,000 in 2003.
Environmental liabilities and related assets are currently measured based on
their expected future cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and
discounted to present value. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 143 generally
accepted accounting principles required that if the best estimate of cost for a
component of the liability could only be identified as a range, and no amount
within the range was a better estimate than any other amount, the minimum of the
range was accrued for that cost component. Historically, such accruals were not
adjusted for inflation or discounted to present value.
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5. Shareholders' Equity:
A summary of the changes in shareholders' equity for the three months
ended March 31, 2004 is as follows (in thousands):
Dividends
Common Stock Paid In
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Shares Amount Capital Earnings Total
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Balance, December 31, 2003 24,664 $247 $257,206 $(29,428) $228,025
Net earnings 9,157 9,157
Common dividends (10,489) (10,489)
Common stock issued 15 129 129
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Balance, March 31, 2004 24,679 $247 $257,335 $(30,760) $226,822
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In August 2003, the Company notified holders of its Series A
Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock that the preferred stock
would be redeemed on September 24, 2003 for $25.00 per share plus a mandatory
redemption dividend of $0.27118 per share. Prior to the redemption date,
shareholders with 98% of the preferred stock exercised their right to convert
2,816,919 shares of preferred stock into 3,186,355 shares of common stock at the
conversion rate of 1.1312 shares of common stock for each share of preferred
stock so converted, and received cash in lieu of fractional shares of common
stock. The remaining 48,849 shares of the outstanding preferred stock were
redeemed for an aggregate amount, including accrued dividends through the call
date, of approximately $1,234,000. The preferred stock has ceased accruing
dividends and trading on the NYSE.
6. Commitments and Contingencies:
In order to qualify as a REIT, among other items, the Company paid a
special one-time "earnings and profits" (as defined in the Internal Revenue
Code) cash distribution to shareholders aggregating $64.2 million in August
2001. Determination of accumulated earnings and profits for federal income tax
purposes is extremely complex. Should the Internal Revenue Service successfully
assert that the Company's accumulated earnings and profits were greater than the
amount distributed, the Company may fail to qualify as a REIT; however, the
Company may avoid losing its REIT status by paying a deficiency dividend to
eliminate any remaining accumulated earnings and profits. The Company may have
to borrow money or sell assets to pay such a deficiency dividend.
In order to minimize the Company's exposure to credit risk associated
with financial instruments, the Company places its temporary cash investments
with high credit quality institutions. Temporary cash investments are held in an
institutional money market fund and federal agency discount notes.
The Company leases substantially all of its properties on a long-term
net basis to Marketing under a Master Lease. Marketing operated substantially
all of the Company's petroleum marketing businesses when it was spun-off to the
Company's shareholders as a separate publicly
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held company in March 1997. In December 2000, Marketing was acquired by a
subsidiary of OAO Lukoil, one of Russia's largest oil companies. The Company's
financial results depend largely on rental income from Marketing, and to a
lesser extent on rental income from other tenants, and are therefore materially
dependent upon the ability of Marketing to meet its obligations under the Master
Lease. Marketing's financial results depend largely on retail petroleum
marketing margins and rental income from its dealers. The petroleum marketing
industry has been and continues to be volatile and highly competitive. Marketing
has made all required monthly rental payments under the Master Lease when due.
The Master Lease is a "triple-net" lease, with Marketing directly
responsible for the cost of all taxes, maintenance, repair, insurance,
environmental remediation and other operating expenses. The Company has agreed
to reimburse Marketing for one-half of certain capital expenditures for work
required to comply with local zoning requirements up to a maximum amount
designated for each property and an aggregate maximum reimbursement of $875,000,
of which $147,000 was reimbursed to Marketing and capitalized in the three
months ended March 31, 2004. The Company expects to reimburse Marketing and
capitalize the balance of these costs during 2004 and 2005.
The Company has also agreed to provide limited environmental
indemnification, capped at $4.25 million and expiring in 2010, to Marketing for
certain pre-existing conditions at the six terminals owned by the Company. Under
the indemnification agreement, Marketing will pay the first $1.5 million of
costs and expenses incurred in connection with remediating any such pre-existing
conditions, Marketing and the Company will share equally the next $8.5 million
of those costs and expenses and Marketing will pay all additional costs and
expenses over $10.0 million. The Company has not accrued a liability in
connection with this indemnification agreement since it is uncertain that any
significant amounts will be required to be paid under the agreement.
The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims which
arise in the ordinary course of its business. In addition, the Company has
retained responsibility for all pre-spin-off legal proceedings and claims
relating to the petroleum marketing business. These matters are not expected to
have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition or results
of operations.
In September 2003, the Company was notified by the State of New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection that the Company is one of approximately
60 potentially responsible parties for natural resource damages resulting from
discharges of hazardous substances into the Lower Passaic River. The definitive
list of potentially responsible parties and their actual responsibility for the
alleged damages, the aggregate cost to remediate the Lower Passaic River, the
amount of natural resource damages and the method of allocating such amounts
among the potentially responsible parties have not been determined.
Additionally, the Company believes that ChevronTexaco is contractually obligated
to indemnify the Company for most of the conditions at the property identified
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Accordingly, the
ultimate legal and financial liability of the Company, if any, cannot be
estimated with any certainty at this time.
From October 2003 through April 2004, the Company was notified that it
had been made
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party to 36 cases in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia brought by
local water providers or governmental agencies. These cases allege various
theories of liability due to contamination of groundwater with MTBE as the basis
for claims seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Each case names as
defendants approximately 50 petroleum refiners, manufacturers, distributors and
retailers of MTBE, or gasoline containing MTBE. The accuracy of the allegations
as they relate to the Company, its defenses to such claims, the aggregate amount
of damages, the definitive list of defendants and the method of allocating such
amounts among the defendants have not been determined. Accordingly, the ultimate
legal and financial liability of the Company, if any, cannot be estimated with
any certainty at this time.
Prior to the spin-off of the Marketing business, the Company was
self-insured for workers' compensation, general liability and vehicle liability
up to predetermined amounts above which third-party insurance applies. As of
March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company's consolidated balance sheets
included, in accounts payable and accrued expenses, $832,000 and $833,000,
respectively, relating to insurance obligations that may be deemed to have
arisen prior to the spin-off. Since the spin-off, the Company has maintained
insurance coverage subject to certain deductibles.
7. Environmental Remediation Costs:
The Company is subject to numerous existing federal, state and local
laws and regulations, including matters relating to the protection of the
environment. In recent years, environmental expenses were principally
attributable to remediation, monitoring, and governmental agency reporting
incurred in connection with contaminated properties. In prior periods a larger
portion of the expenses also included soil disposal and the replacement or
upgrading of USTs to meet federal, state and local environmental standards. For
the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, net environmental expenses
included in the Company's consolidated statements of operations were $1,732,000
and $1,547,000, respectively, which amounts were net of estimated recoveries
from state UST remediation funds.
Under the Master Lease with Marketing, and in accordance with leases
with other tenants, the Company agreed to bring the leased properties with known
environmental contamination to within applicable standards and to regulatory or
contractual closure ("Closure") in an efficient and economical manner.
Generally, upon achieving Closure at each individual property, the Company's
environmental liability under the lease for that property will be satisfied and
future remediation obligations will be the responsibility of the tenant. The
Company has agreed to pay all costs relating to, and to indemnify Marketing for,
environmental liabilities and obligations scheduled in the Master Lease. The
Company will continue to seek reimbursement from state UST remediation funds
related to these environmental expenditures where available.
The estimated future costs for known environmental remediation
requirements are accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred
and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The environmental
remediation liability is estimated based on the level and impact of
contamination at each property. The accrued liability is the aggregate of the
best estimate of the fair value of cost for each component of the liability.
Recoveries of environmental costs from state UST remediation funds, with respect
to both past and future environmental spending, are accrued at fair value as
income, net of allowance for collection risk, based on
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estimated recovery rates developed from prior experience with the funds when
such recoveries are considered probable. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 143,
effective January 1, 2003, if the best estimate of cost for a component of the
liability could only be identified as a range, and no amount within the range
was a better estimate than any other amount, the minimum of the range had been
accrued for that cost component rather than the estimated fair value currently
required under SFAS 143.
Environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for
numerous reasons, including the extent of contamination, alternative treatment
methods that may be applied, location of the property which subjects it to
differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as well as the
time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing the Company's liability
for probable and reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs, on a
property by property basis, the Company considers among other things, enacted
laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding geology,
quality of information available, currently available technologies for
treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. These
accrual estimates are subject to significant change, and are adjusted as the
remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as these
contingencies become more clearly defined and reasonably estimable. As of March
31, 2004, the Company has remediation action plans in place for 336 (91%) of the
369 properties for which it retained environmental responsibility and the
remaining 33 properties (9%) remain in the assessment phase.
As of March 31, 2004, December 31, 2003 and January 1, 2003, the
Company had accrued $23,385,000, $23,551,000, and $29,426,000, respectively, as
management's best estimate of the fair value of reasonably estimable
environmental remediation costs. As of March 31, 2004, December 31, 2003 and
January 1, 2003, the Company had also recorded $7,247,000, $7,454,000 and
$14,348,000, respectively, as management's best estimate for recoveries from
state UST remediation funds, net of allowance, related to environmental
obligations and liabilities. The net environmental liabilities of $16,097,000
and $15,078,000 as of December 31, 2003 and January 1, 2003, respectively, have
been accreted for the change in present value due to the passage of time and,
accordingly, $215,000 and $248,000 of accretion expense is included in
environmental expenses for the quarters ended March 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. Environmental expenditures were $1,181,000 and $1,217,000 and
recoveries from underground storage tank funds were $188,000 and $454,000 for
the quarters ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
In view of the uncertainties associated with environmental
expenditures, however, the Company believes it is possible that the fair value
of future actual net expenditures could be substantially higher than these
estimates. Adjustments to accrued liabilities for environmental remediation
costs will be reflected in the Company's financial statements as they become
probable and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. Although future
environmental expenses may have a significant impact on results of operations
for any single fiscal year or interim period, the Company currently believes
that such costs will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's
long-term financial position.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
General
We are a real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership and
leasing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties as well as
petroleum distribution terminals. We lease 958 of our 1,028 properties on a
long-term net basis under a master lease (the "Master Lease") to Getty Petroleum
Marketing Inc. ("Marketing") which was spun-off to our shareholders as a
separate publicly held company in March 1997. In December 2000, Marketing was
acquired by a subsidiary of OAO Lukoil ("Lukoil"), one of Russia's largest
integrated oil companies. Our financial results are materially dependent upon
the ability of Marketing to meet its obligations under the Master Lease.
Marketing has made all required monthly rental payments under the Master Lease
when due.
We manage our business to enhance the value of our real estate
portfolio and, as a REIT, place particular emphasis on minimizing risk and
generating cash sufficient to make required distributions to shareholders of at
least 90% of our taxable income each year. In addition to measurements defined
by generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), our management also
focuses on funds from operations ("FFO") and adjusted funds from operations
("AFFO") to measure our performance. FFO is generally considered to be an
appropriate supplemental non-GAAP measure of performance of REITs. FFO is
defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts as net
earnings applicable to common shareholders before depreciation and amortization,
gains or losses on sales of real estate, discontinued operations, extraordinary,
items and cumulative effect of accounting change. In our case, however, net
earnings and FFO include the significant impact of straight-line rent on our
recognition of revenues from rental properties, which largely results from 2%
annual rental increases scheduled under the Master Lease. In accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, the aggregate minimum rent due over
the initial 15-year term of the Master Lease is recognized on a straight-line
basis rather than when due. As a result, management pays particular attention to
AFFO, a supplemental non-GAAP performance measure that we define as FFO less
straight line rent. In management's view, AFFO provides a more accurate
depiction of the impact of the scheduled rent increases under the Master Lease
than FFO. Neither FFO nor AFFO represent cash generated from operating
activities in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
therefore should not be considered an alternative for net earnings or as a
measure of liquidity.
Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with Management's Discussion and
Analysis which appears in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003 and the accompanying consolidated financial statements
and related notes which appears in this Form 10-Q.
Results of Operations - Quarter ended March 31, 2004 compared with the quarter
ended March 31, 2003
Revenues from rental properties for the three months ended March 31,
2004 and 2003 were $16.5 million and $16.7 million, respectively. Approximately
$14.8 million and $14.7 million of
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these rentals received in the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively, were from properties leased to Marketing under the Master Lease.
Revenues from rental properties include $1.1 million and $1.4 million of
deferred rental revenue recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2004 and
2003, respectively.
Other income was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31,
2004, a decrease of $0.2 million compared to the three months ended March 31,
2003. The decrease was due to lower gains on dispositions of properties and
lower interest income.
As a result, total revenues declined by approximately $0.4 million in
the three months ended March 31, 2004 as compared to the three months ended
March 31, 2003.
Rental property expenses, which are principally comprised of rent
expense and real estate and other state and local taxes, were $2.5 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2004, a decrease of $0.4 million from the three
months ended March 31, 2003. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in
annual rent expense of $1.3 million as a result of the exercise of lease
purchase options, including the purchase of 41 properties in May 2003 for an
aggregate purchase price of $13.0 million.
Environmental expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2004 were
$1.7 million, an increase of $0.2 million from the three months ended March 31,
2003. The increase was primarily due to $0.3 million of higher legal fees
incurred in the current period, partially offset by a decrease in net change in
estimated environmental costs of $0.2 million.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March
31, 2004 were $1.4 million, an increase of $0.1 million as compared to the three
months ended March 31, 2003.
Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2004
was $1.8 million, a decrease of $0.3 million from the three months ended March
31, 2003, as a result of certain assets becoming fully depreciated and
dispositions of properties.
As a result, total expenses declined by approximately $0.4 million in
the three months ended March 31, 2004 as compared to the three months ended
March 31, 2003.
The cumulative effect of accounting change recorded in the three months
ended March 31, 2003 is due to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standard No. ("SFAS") 143, effective January 1, 2003. Accrued environmental
remediation costs and the related recoveries from state underground storage tank
funds were adjusted to their estimated fair value resulting in a one-time
cumulative effect of change in accounting charge of $0.6 million (see
"Environmental Matters").
Our net earnings of $9.2 million for the three months ended March 31,
2004 increased $0.6 million, or 7.0%, over the comparable period in 2003
principally due to the impact of the $0.6 million one-time accounting charge
recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2003. FFO increased $1.2 million,
or 11.6%, to $11.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004,
principally due to the elimination of $1.3 million in quarterly preferred stock
dividends as a result of the conversion of 98% of our then outstanding
convertible preferred stock into 3.2
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million common shares and the redemption of the remaining preferred shares in
September 2003. AFFO increased $1.4 million, or 17%, to $9.9 million in the
three months ended March 31, 2004. AFFO increased more than FFO on both a dollar
and percentage basis due to $0.3 million in lower deferred rental revenues
(which are included in FFO, but excluded from AFFO) recorded for the three
months ended March 31, 2004 as compared to March 31, 2003.
Diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended March 31,
2004 increased 8.8% to $0.37 per share, as compared to $0.34 per share for the
three months ended March 31, 2003. Diluted FFO per common share remained flat at
$0.45 in both periods, while diluted AFFO per common share increased 2.6% to
$0.40 per share compared to $0.39 per share in the 2003 period. All diluted per
common share amounts reflect the impact of the conversion and redemption of our
outstanding preferred stock in the quarter ended September 30, 2003, except for
diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2003,
where the impact of the conversion was anti-dilutive.
A reconciliation of net earnings to FFO and AFFO for the three months
ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 is as follows (in thousands, except per share
amounts):
Three months ended March 31,
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2004 2003
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Net earnings $ 9,157 $ 8,557
Preferred stock dividends - (1,272)
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Net earnings applicable to common
shareholders 9,157 7,285
Depreciation expense 1,836 2,139
Gains on sales of real estate - (126)
Cumulative effect of accounting change - 550
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Funds from operations 10,993 9,848
Straight-line rent (1,116) (1,408)
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Adjusted funds from operations $ 9,877 $ 8,440
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Diluted per common share amounts (a):
Earnings per share $ .37 $ .34
FFO per share $ .45 $ .45
AFFO per share $ .40 $ .39
Diluted weighted average number of common
share equivalents outstanding:
Used to calculate net earnings per
share 24,689 21,456
Assumed conversion of preferred shares - 3,242
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Used to calculate FFO and AFFO per
share 24,689 24,698
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(a) Diluted earnings, FFO and AFFO per common share are computed by dividing net
earnings applicable to common shareholders, FFO and AFFO, respectively, by the
diluted weighted average number of common share equivalents outstanding during
the period. Diluted FFO and AFFO per share give effect, for the quarter ended
March 31, 2003, to the dilution from the conversion of Series A Participating
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock into common stock utilizing the two class
method. Accordingly, for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, preferred stock
dividends are added back to FFO and AFFO, which sums are then divided by the
diluted weighted average number of common share equivalents outstanding for the
period. There were no preferred shares outstanding during the quarter ended
March 31, 2004.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity are available cash and equivalents,
the cash flows from our business and a short-term uncommitted line of credit
with a bank. Management believes that dividend payments and cash requirements
for our business, including environmental remediation expenditures, capital
expenditures and debt service, can be met by cash flows from operations,
available cash and equivalents and the credit line. As of March 31, 2004, we had
a line of credit amounting to $25.0 million, of which $0.2 million was utilized
for outstanding letters of credit. Borrowings under the line of credit are
unsecured and bear interest at the prime rate or, at our option, LIBOR plus
1.25%. There were no borrowings under the line of credit during the three months
ended March 31, 2004 or 2003. We expect that the bank will renew the line of
credit in June 2004.
We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the federal income tax laws with
the year beginning January 1, 2001. As a REIT, we are required, among other
things, to distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to shareholders each
year. We presently intend to pay common stock dividends of $0.4250 per quarter
($1.70 per share on an annual basis), and commenced doing so with the quarterly
dividend declared in the quarter ended September 30, 2003. Payment of dividends
is subject to market conditions, our financial condition and other factors, and
therefore cannot be assured. Dividends paid to our common shareholders were
$10.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared to an aggregate
amount of $10.4 million paid to our common and preferred shareholders during the
prior year period.
In August 2003, we called for redemption our outstanding preferred
stock. Prior to the September 24, 2003 redemption date, shareholders with 98% of
the preferred stock exercised their right to convert their shares of preferred
stock into approximately 3.2 million shares of common stock. The remaining
shares of outstanding preferred stock were redeemed for approximately $1.2
million.
Property acquisitions and capital expenditures for the three months
ended March 2004 include $1.2 million for the acquisition of three properties as
well as reimbursements of $147,000 to Marketing for one-half of certain capital
expenditures for work required to comply with local zoning requirements.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of Getty Realty Corp. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries. The preparation of
financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make
estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect amounts reported in its
financial statements. We have made our best estimates, judgments and assumptions
relating to certain amounts that are included in our financial statements,
giving due consideration to the accounting policies selected and materiality. We
do not believe that there is a great likelihood that materially different
amounts would be reported related to the application of the accounting policies
described below. Application of these accounting policies, however, involves the
exercise of judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a
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result, actual results could differ from these estimates, judgments and
assumptions. Our accounting policies are described in note 1 to the consolidated
financial statements which appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003. Estimates, judgments and assumptions underlying the
accompanying consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to,
deferred rent receivable, recoveries from state underground storage tank funds,
environmental remediation costs, depreciation, impairment of long-lived assets,
litigation, accrued expenses and income taxes. We believe that the more critical
of our accounting policies relate to revenue recognition, impairment of
long-lived assets, income taxes, environmental costs and recoveries from state
underground storage tank funds and litigation, each of which is discussed in
Management's Discussion and Analysis in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003.
Environmental Matters
We are subject to numerous existing federal, state and local laws and
regulations, including matters relating to the protection of the environment.
Under the Master Lease with Marketing, and in accordance with leases with other
tenants, we agreed to bring the leased properties with known environmental
contamination to within applicable standards and to regulatory or contractual
closure ("Closure") in an efficient and economical manner. Generally, upon
achieving Closure at an individual property, our environmental liability under
the lease for that property will be satisfied and future remediation obligations
will be the responsibility of our tenant. As of March 31, 2004, we have
remediation action plans in place for 336 (91%) of the 369 properties for which
we retained environmental responsibility and the remaining 33 properties (9%)
remain in the assessment phase.
As of March 31, 2004, December 31, 2003 and January 1, 2003, we had
accrued $23.4 million, $23.6 million, and $29.4 million respectively, as
management's best estimate of the fair value of reasonably estimable
environmental remediation costs. As of March 31, 2004, December 31, 2003 and
January 1, 2003, we had also recorded $7.2 million, $7.5 million and $14.3
million respectively, as management's best estimate for recoveries from state
UST remediation funds, net of allowance, related to environmental obligations
and liabilities. The net environmental liabilities of $16.1 million and $15.1
million as of December 31, 2003 and January 1, 2003, respectively, have been
accreted for the change in present value due to the passage of time and,
accordingly, $0.2 million of accretion expense is included in environmental
expenses for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2004 and 2003. Environmental
expenditures were $1.2 million during each of the quarters ended March 31, 2004
and 2003 and recoveries from underground storage tank funds were $0.2 million
and $0.5 million for the respective periods. During 2004, we estimate that our
net environmental remediation spending will be approximately $6.0 million. Our
business plan for 2004 reflects a net change in estimated remediation costs and
accretion expense of approximately $5.0 million.
In view of the uncertainties associated with environmental
expenditures, however, we believe it is possible that the fair value of future
actual net expenditures could be substantially higher than these estimates.
Adjustments to accrued liabilities for environmental remediation costs will be
reflected in our financial statements as they become probable and a reasonable
estimate of fair value can be made. For the quarter ended March 31, 2004 and
2003, net environmental expenses
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included in our consolidated statements of operations amounted to $1.7 million
and $1.5 million, respectively, which amounts were net of probable recoveries
from state UST remediation funds. Although future environmental costs may have a
significant impact on results of operations for any single fiscal year or
interim period, we believe that such costs will not have a material adverse
effect on our long-term financial position.
Our discussion of environmental matters should be read in conjunction
with Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations which appear in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003 and the accompanying consolidated financial statements
and related notes which appear in this Form 10-Q (including notes 4, 6 and 7).
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Quarterly Report may constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When we use the words "believes", "expects",
"plans", "projects", "estimates" and similar expressions, we intend to identify
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual
results, performance and achievements of to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. These factors are more fully detailed in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and include, but are
not limited to: risks associated with owning and leasing real estate generally;
dependence on Marketing as a tenant and on rentals from companies engaged in the
petroleum marketing and convenience store businesses; competition for properties
and tenants; risk of tenant non-renewal; the effects of regulation; potential
environmental litigation exposure; our expectations as to the cost of completing
environmental remediation; and the impact of our electing to be taxed as a REIT,
including subsequent failure to qualify as a REIT and future dependence on
external sources of capital.
As a result of these and other factors, we may experience material
fluctuations in future operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which
could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition,
operating results and stock price. An investment in our stock involves various
risks, including those mentioned above and elsewhere in this report and those
which are detailed from time to time in our other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements,
which reflect our view only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to
publicly release revisions to these forward-looking statements that reflect
future events or circumstances or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Information in response to this item is incorporated by reference from
Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's
Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms, and that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management,
including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In
designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management
recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and
operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control
objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in
evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
As required by Rule 13a-15(b), the Company carries out regular
quarterly evaluations, under the supervision and with the participation of the
Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the
Company's Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and
operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of
the quarter covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, the Company's Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance
level as of March 31, 2004.
There has been no change in the Company's internal controls over
financial reporting during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's
internal controls over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Equity Repurchases
None.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits:
Designation of Exhibit
in this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q Description of Exhibit
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31 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section
302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350 (*)
(*) These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany the
Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of
the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless
of any general incorporation language in such filing.
(b) Reports filed on Form 8-K:
On April 22, 2004, the Company reported that it has implemented a
Dividend Reinvestment/Stock Purchase Plan for Shareholders which was
furnished under Item 5 "Other Matters" on Form 8-K.
On April 27, 2004, the Company announced its earnings for the three
months ended March 31, 2004, which was furnished under Item 12 "Results
of Operations and Financial Condition" on Form 8-K.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
GETTY REALTY CORP.
(Registrant)
Dated: April 28, 2004 BY: /s/ Thomas J. Stirnweis
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(Signature)
THOMAS J. STIRNWEIS
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: April 28, 2004 BY: /s/ Leo Liebowitz
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(Signature)
LEO LIEBOWITZ
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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