1 Exhibit 10.32 Forest City Enterprises, Inc. 10800 Brookpark Road Cleveland, OH 44130 Attention: Thomas G. Smith Re: Split-Dollar Insurance Agreement -------------------------------- Dear Tom: This letter supplements the Split-Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life Insurance as Collateral (the "Agreement") dated November 2, 1996, between Forest City Enterprises, Inc. ("FCE") and the undersigned as Trustees under the Charles Ratner 1992 Irrevocable Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1992, with respect to a certain second-to-die Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Policy (the "Policy") identified in such Agreement, insuring the lives of Charles Ratner and Ilana Ratner. Pursuant to Section 2 of the Agreement, FCE is obligated to pay a portion of the annual premiums on the Policy each year the Agreement is in effect, and Policy dividends are to be applied to purchase paid-up additions (unless otherwise applied at the direction of the undersigned pursuant to Section 3 of the Agreement). If the financial performance of the Policy meets or exceeds the projections attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the "Projections") during any period on or after the date when 8 annual premium payments have been made under the Agreement on the Policy, then it has been (and is hereby) agreed between FCE and the undersigned that, only during such period on or after such date that the Policy meets or exceeds the Projections, (i) the undersigned shall waive premium payments by FCE under the Agreement, and (ii) the undersigned shall elect to apply Policy dividends when and as necessary to reduce premiums to keep the Policy in force without premium payments by FCE during such period. The terms of this letter are effective, along with the Agreement, as of November 2, 1996. Sincerely yours, /s/ James Ratner 12/6/96 ----------------------------- James Ratner, Trustee Date /s/ Albert Ratner 12/6/96 ----------------------------- Albert Ratner, Trustee Date Acknowledged and Agreed: FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. By: /s/ Thomas G. Smith ---------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary 2 Page 1 of 3 POLICY NUMBER 12110582 POLICY DATE 02/02/92 APPROXIMATION - BILLING AND ANNUAL POLICY STATEMENTS CONTAIN ACTUAL VALUES EXHIBIT 1 $5,000,000 JOINT COMPLIFE PLAN - INSURANCE PAYABLE ON SECOND DEATH FOR ILANA H RATNER AGE 42 FEMALE. BASIC AMOUNT.............. $1,429,000 CHARLES A RATNER AGE 50 MALE. ADDITIONAL PROTECTION..... $3,571,000** CURRENT ANNUAL PREMIUM $33,270.98 (INCLUDES $13,768.00 ADDITIONAL PREMIUM) QUIK PAY PLUS ----DIVIDENDS PURCHASE ADDITIONS FOR 12 YEARS AND THEN REDUCE PREMIUMS WITH ANY EXCESS TO ADDITIONS---- CORP CORP EXEC EXEC NET CORP NET EXEC NET NET CORP AFTER NET CASH NET EXEC EXEC EXEC AFTER CASH POLICY EXEC TAX DEATH SURR DEATH TAXABLE TAX POLICY TAX SURR YEAR OUTLAY BONUS OUTLAY BENEFIT VALUE BENEFIT INCOME DUE OUTLAY OUTLAY VALUE - ---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 5 N/A 750 33271 0 0 5000000 N/A N/A N/A N/A 148674 6 32774 828 33271 32774 32774 4967226 828 331 497 0 156880 7 32679 937 33271 65453 65453 4934547 987 395 592 0 167818 8 32555 1144 33271 98038 98038 4901962 1144 458 686 0 182615 9 32443 1380 33271 130481 130148 4869319 1380 552 828 0 201250 10 32382 1532 33271 162833 162833 4837167 1532 613 919 0 223926 11 32166 1842 33271 194999 194999 4805002 1842 737 1105 0 250994 12 31982 2148 33271 226981 224981 4773019 2148 859 1280 0 284851 13 31754 2529 33271 258735 258735 4741265 2529 1011 1517 0 323862 14 0 1201 721 258735 258735 4741265 3030 1201 0 0 344395 ------- ----- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- 259735 14340 300160 16391 7137 8433 N/A 15 0 1391 834 258735 258735 4741265 3477 1391 0 0 411364 16 0 1644 986 258735 258735 4741265 4109 1644 0 0 459540 17 0 1960 1176 258735 258735 4741265 4899 1960 0 0 510356 18 0 2307 1384 258735 258735 4741265 5769 2307 0 0 564084 19 0 2718 1631 258735 258735 4741265 6796 2718 0 0 620757 20 0 3224 1934 258735 258735 4741265 8060 3224 0 0 680360 21 0 3825 2295 258735 258735 4741265 9562 3825 0 0 742949 22 0 4520 2712 258735 258735 4741265 11300 4520 0 0 801474 23 0 5342 3205 258735 258735 4741265 13355 5342 0 0 877378 24 0 6322 3779 258735 258735 4741265 13804 6322 0 0 930565 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 259735 47592 320111 99521 40409 8433 N/A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSUMES THAT BOTH INSUREDS REMAIN ALIVE. ** THE PREMIUM FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION PORTION OF THE TOTAL INSURANCE IS NOT GUARANTEED. INCREASED PREMIUM MAY BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE. * ILLUSTRATED VALUES AND BENEFITS INCLUDE DIVIDENDS. ILLUSTRATED DIVIDENDS REFLECT CURRENT (1996 SCALE) CLAIM, EXPENSE AND INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE AND ARE NOT ESTIMATES OR GUARANTEES OF FUTURE RESULTS. DIVIDENDS ACTUALLY PAID MAY BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN THOSE ILLUSTRATED. THIS ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT THAT MONEY IS PAID AND RECEIVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 7.39% VARIABLE LOAN RATE PROVISION. ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT ANY POLICY ACTIVITY AFTER 10/10/96. LUMP SUMS AND UNSCHEDULED INCREASES IN ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS ARE SUBJECT TO NEW UNDERWRITING AND SERVICE FEES. NM SELECT/CLASS 3 1 OH 10/29/96 PRESENTED BY STEVEN A. KALIN, CLU ILLUSTRATION NO. 102996-135105 THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY - MILWAUKEE 3 Page 2 of 3 POLICY NUMBER 12110582 POLICY DATE 02/02/92 APPROXIMATION - BILLING AND ANNUAL POLICY STATEMENTS CONTAIN ACTUAL VALUES EXHIBIT 1 $5,000,000 JOINT COMPLIFE PLAN - INSURANCE PAYABLE ON SECOND DEATH FOR ILANA H RATNER AGE 42 FEMALE. BASIC AMOUNT.............. $1,429,000 CHARLES A RATNER AGE 50 MALE. ADDITIONAL PROTECTION..... $3,571,000** CURRENT ANNUAL PREMIUM $33,270.98 (INCLUDES $13,768.00 ADDITIONAL PREMIUM) QUIK PAY PLUS ----DIVIDENDS PURCHASE ADDITIONS FOR 12 YEARS AND THEN REDUCE PREMIUMS WITH ANY EXCESS TO ADDITIONS---- 1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL END ANNUAL PAYMENTS* ----- CASH VALUES ----- OF TOTAL CASH FROM YEAR INSURANCE* OUTLAY* 02/02/97* TOTAL* GUAR. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 5000000 N/A N/A 154416 65662 6 5000000 33271 33271 196738 83539 7 5000000 33271 66542 242414 102016 8 5000000 33271 99813 291684 121107 9 5000000 33271 133084 344785 140813 10 5000000 33271 166333 402009 161148 11 5000000 33271 199686 445640 182083 12 5000000 33271 232897 534104 203632 13 5000000 33271 265168 588246 225767 14 5000000 0 266168 632235 248460 15 5000000 0 266168 678947 271710 16 5000000 0 266168 762433 299531 17 5000000 0 266168 780760 319924 18 5000000 0 266168 835983 344903 19 5000000 0 266168 896139 370453 20 5000000 0 266168 953292 396547 21 5000000 0 266168 1019691 432141 22 5000000 0 266168 1087317 450135 23 5000000 0 266168 1139031 477471 24 5000000 0 266168 1234765 505094 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSUMES THAT BOTH INSUREDS REMAIN ALIVE. ** THE PREMIUM FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION PORTION OF THE TOTAL INSURANCE IS NOT GUARANTEED. INCREASED PREMIUM MAY BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE. * ILLUSTRATED VALUES AND BENEFITS INCLUDE DIVIDENDS. ILLUSTRATED DIVIDENDS REFLECT CURRENT (1996 SCALE) CLAIM, EXPENSE AND INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE AND ARE NOT ESTIMATES OR GUARANTEES OF FUTURE RESULTS. DIVIDENDS ACTUALLY PAID MAY BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN THOSE ILLUSTRATED. THIS ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT THAT MONEY IS PAID AND RECEIVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 7.39% VARIABLE LOAN RATE PROVISION. ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT ANY POLICY ACTIVITY AFTER 10/10/96. LUMP SUMS AND UNSCHEDULED INCREASES IN ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS ARE SUBJECT TO NEW UNDERWRITING AND SERVICE FEES. NM SELECT/CLASS 3 1 OH 10/29/96 PRESENTED BY STEVEN A. KALIN, CLU ILLUSTRATION NO. 102996-161559 THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY - MILWAUKEE 4 Page 3 of 3 POLICY NUMBER 12110582 POLICY DATE 02/02/92 APPROXIMATION - BILLING AND ANNUAL POLICY STATEMENTS CONTAIN ACTUAL VALUES EXHIBIT 1 $5,000,000 JOINT COMPLIFE PLAN - INSURANCE PAYABLE ON SECOND DEATH FOR ILANA H RATNER AGE 42 FEMALE. BASIC AMOUNT.............. $1,429,000 CHARLES A RATNER AGE 50 MALE. ADDITIONAL PROTECTION..... $3,571,000** CURRENT ANNUAL PREMIUM $33,270.98 (INCLUDES $13,768.00 ADDITIONAL PREMIUM) QUIK PAY PLUS ----DIVIDENDS PURCHASE ADDITIONS FOR 12 YEARS AND THEN REDUCE PREMIUMS WITH ANY EXCESS TO ADDITIONS---- 1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL END ANNUAL PAYMENTS ----- CASH VALUES ----- OF TOTAL CASH FROM YEAR INSURANCE* OUTLAY* 02/02/97* TOTAL* GUAR. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 5000000 0 266168 1314624 532988 26 5000000 0 266168 1398758 561154 27 5000000 0 266168 1487292 589648 28 5000000 0 266168 1580352 618456 29 5000000 0 266168 1678044 647931 35 5000000 0 266168 2372738 823418 45 5140804 0 266168 4050984 1073375 55 8389936 0 266168 7698136 1287943 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSUMES THAT BOTH INSUREDS REMAIN ALIVE. ** THE PREMIUM FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION PORTION OF THE TOTAL INSURANCE IS NOT GUARANTEED. INCREASED PREMIUM MAY BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE. * ILLUSTRATED VALUES AND BENEFITS INCLUDE DIVIDENDS. ILLUSTRATED DIVIDENDS REFLECT CURRENT (1996 SCALE) CLAIM, EXPENSE AND INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE AND ARE NOT ESTIMATES OR GUARANTEES OF FUTURE RESULTS. DIVIDENDS ACTUALLY PAID MAY BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN THOSE ILLUSTRATED. THIS ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT THAT MONEY IS PAID AND RECEIVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 7.39% VARIABLE LOAN RATE PROVISION. ILLUSTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT ANY POLICY ACTIVITY AFTER 10/10/96. LUMP SUMS AND UNSCHEDULED INCREASES IN ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS ARE SUBJECT TO NEW UNDERWRITING AND SERVICE FEES. NM SELECT/CLASS 3 1 OH 10/29/96 PRESENTED BY STEVEN A. KALIN, CLU ILLUSTRATION NO. 102996-161559 THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY - MILWAUKEE