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Vornado Announces Second Quarter 2008 FFO of $1.27 per share

2008-08-05 08:24:00

Vornado Announces Second Quarter 2008 FFO of $1.27 per share

PARAMUS, N.J.–(EMWNews)–VORNADO REALTY TRUST (New York Stock Exchange: VNO) today reported:

Second Quarter 2008 Results

NET INCOME applicable to common shares for the quarter ended June 30,

2008 was $125.4 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, versus $151.6

million, or $0.96 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30,

2007. Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 includes $56.8

million for our share of net gains on sale of real estate. Net income

for the quarters ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 also include certain items

that affect comparability which are listed in the table below. The

aggregate of these items and net gains on sale of real estate, net of

minority interest, increased net income applicable to common shares for

the quarter ended June 30, 2008 by $45.9 million, or $0.29 per diluted

share and increased net income applicable to common shares for the

quarter ended June 30, 2007 by $63.1 million, or $0.38 per diluted share.

FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS applicable to common shares plus assumed

conversions (FFO)

for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 was $208.3 million, or $1.27 per

diluted share, compared to $281.7 million, or $1.72 per diluted share,

for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Adjusting FFO for certain items

that affect comparability which are listed in the table below, FFO for

the quarters ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were $212.5 million and $211.3

million, or $1.30 and $1.29 per diluted share, respectively.

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

For the Quarter
Ended June 30,

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions (1)

$

208,260

 

$

281,741

 

Per Share

$

1.27

 

$

1.72

 

 

Items that affect comparability (income) expense:

Partially owned entities non-cash

purchase price accounting adjustments:

Toys R Us

$

14,900

$

Beverly Connection

(4,100

)

Derivative positions in marketable equity securities

3,468

(72,074

)

Net gain on disposition of our 13.8% interest in GMH

(2,038

)

Costs of acquisitions not consummated

726

Reversal of Alexanders stock appreciation

rights compensation expense

(7,157

)

(1,222

)

India Real Estate Ventures organization

costs

1,677

Other net

 

(1,154

)

 

2,131

 

4,645

(69,488

)

Americolds FFO

sold on March 31, 2008

(6,348

)

GMHs FFO

 

 

 

(1,714

)

4,645

(77,550

)

Minority limited partners share of above

adjustments

 

(418

)

 

7,083

 

$

4,227

 

$

(70,467

)

Per share

$

0.03

 

$

(0.43

)

 

FFO as adjusted for comparability

$

212,487

 

$

211,274

 

Per share

$

1.30

 

$

1.29

 

(1) See page 4 for a reconciliation of net income to FFO for the

quarters ended June 30, 2008 and 2007.

First Half 2008 Results

NET INCOME applicable to common shares for the six months ended June 30,

2008 was $523.3 million, or $3.26 per diluted share, versus $304.3

million, or $1.92 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30,

2007. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2008 includes $62.8

million for our share of net gains on sale of real estate. Net income

for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 also include certain

items that affect comparability which are listed in the table below. The

aggregate of these items and net gains on sale of real estate, net of

minority interest, increased net income applicable to common shares for

the six months ended June 30, 2008 by $306.0 million, or $1.87 per

diluted share and increased net income applicable to common shares for

the six months ended June 30, 2007 by $59.7 million, or $0.36 per

diluted share.

FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $743.5 million, or $4.54

per diluted share, compared to $551.9 million, or $3.36 per diluted

share, for the six months ended June 30, 2007. Adjusting FFO for certain

items that affect comparability which are listed in the table below, FFO

for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were $488.1 million and

$477.3 million, or $2.98 and $2.91 per diluted share, respectively.

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

For the Six Months
Ended June 30,

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions (1)

$

743,471

 

$

551,906

 

Per Share

$

4.54

 

$

3.36

 

 

Items that affect comparability (income) expense:

Reversal of deferred income taxes initially recorded in connection

with H Street acquisition

$

(222,174

)

$

Net gain on sale of Americold

(112,690

)

Write-off of pre-development costs

34,200

Derivative positions in marketable equity securities

21,830

(81,454

)

Partially owned entities non-cash

purchase price accounting adjustments:

Toys R Us

14,900

Beverly Connection

(4,100

)

Reversal of MPH mezzanine loan loss accrual

(10,300

)

Marketable equity security-impairment loss

9,073

Net gain on disposition of our 13.8% interest in GMH

(2,038

)

Costs of acquisitions not consummated

3,009

8,807

Reversal of Alexanders stock

appreciation rights compensation expense

(6,952

)

(5,916

)

Prepayment penalties and write-off of unamortized financing costs

5,861

Other net

 

509

 

 

5,699

 

(274,733

)

(67,003

)

Americolds FFO

sold on March 31, 2008

(6,098

)

(12,151

)

GMHs FFO

 

 

 

(3,033

)

(280,831

)

(82,187

)

Minority limited partners share of above

adjustments

 

25,449

 

 

7,546

 

$

(255,382

)

$

(74,641

)

Per share

$

(1.56

)

$

(0.45

)

 

FFO as adjusted for comparability

$

488,089

 

$

477,265

 

Per share

$

2.98

 

$

2.91

 

(1) See page 4 for a reconciliation of net income to FFO for the six

months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007.

Supplemental Financial Information

Further details regarding the Companys

results of operations, properties and tenants can be accessed at the

Companys website www.vno.com.

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully integrated

equity real estate investment trust.

Certain statements contained herein may constitute forward-looking

statements within the meaning of the Private

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking

statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other

factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements

of the Company to be materially different from any future results,

performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking

statements. For a discussion of factors that could materially affect the

outcome of our forward-looking statements and our future results and

financial condition, see Risk Factors

in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

December 31, 2007. Such factors include, among others, risks associated

with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements,

financing commitments and general competitive factors.

(tables to follow)

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

OPERATING RESULTS FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED

JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2007

 

 

FOR THE THREE MONTHS
ENDED JUNE, 30

FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED JUNE, 30

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

2008

2007

2008

2007

 

Revenues

$

674,365

$

583,220

$

1,323,647

$

1,116,272

 

Income from continuing operations

$

98,758

$

187,113

$

446,109

$

375,893

Income from discontinued operations net of minority interest

53,005

478

154,340

624

Income before allocation to limited partners

151,763

187,591

600,449

376,517

Minority limited partners interest in the
Operating

Partnership

(7,285

)

(16,852

)

(38,955

)

(34,029

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the
Operating

Partnership

(4,818

)

(4,819

)

(9,637

Vornado Realty Trust
Joseph Macnow, 201-587-1000

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