EQUITY OF AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC.

Stockholders' Equity

On May 27, 2015, we entered into an at-the-market ("ATM") equity program with five sales agents in which we may, from time to time, offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $250.0 million. The sales of shares of our common stock made through the ATM equity program are made in "at-the-market" offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the following shares of common stock were sold through the ATM equity programs (in thousands, except per share data and share amounts):



	Three Months Ended September 30, 2016			Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Number of shares of common stock issued through ATM programs	219,480			219,480
Weighted average price per share	$45.50			$45.50

Proceeds, gross	$	9,986		$	9,986
Sales agent compensation	(100		)	(100		)
Offering costs	(221		)	(221		)
Proceeds, net	$	9,665		$	9,665

We intend to use the net proceeds from the ATM equity program to fund our development or redevelopment activities, repay amounts outstanding from time to time under our revolving line of credit or other debt financing obligations, fund potential acquisition opportunities and/or for general corporate purposes. As of September 30, 2016, we had the capacity to issue up to an additional $206.6 million in shares of our common stock under our ATM equity program. Actual future sales will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, market conditions, the trading price of our common stock and our capital needs. We have no obligation to sell the remaining shares available for sale under the ATM equity program.

Dividends

The following table lists the dividends declared and paid on our shares of common stock and noncontrolling common units during the nine months ended September 30, 2016:



Period	Amount per Share/Unit		Period Covered	Dividend Paid Date
First Quarter 2016	$	0.25	January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016	March 25, 2016
Second Quarter 2016	$	0.25	April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016	June 24, 2016
Third Quarter 2016	$	0.25	July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016	September 29, 2016

Taxability of Dividends

Earnings and profits, which determine the taxability of distributions to stockholders and holders of common units, may differ from income reported for financial reporting purposes due to the differences for federal income tax purposes in the treatment of revenue recognition and compensation expense and in the basis of depreciable assets and estimated useful lives used to compute depreciation.

Stock-Based Compensation

We follow the FASB guidance related to stock compensation which establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for stock-based employee compensation plans, including all arrangements by which employees receive shares of stock or other equity instruments of the employer, or the employer incurs liabilities to employees in amounts based on the price of the employer's stock. The guidance also defines a fair value-based method of accounting for an employee stock option or similar equity instrument.

In addition, on the date of each annual meeting of our stockholders, each non-employee director who continues to serve on our board of directors (the "Board") following such annual meeting will be granted restricted shares of our common stock pursuant to the 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the "2011 Plan"). On June 14, 2016, we awarded a total of 4,900 shares of restricted common stock pursuant to our 2011 Plan to our non-employee directors. These awards of restricted stock will vest subject to the director's continued service on the Board on the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the date of grant or (ii) the date of the next annual meeting of our stockholders, if such non-employee director continues his or her service on the Board until the next annual meeting of stockholders, but not thereafter, pursuant to our independent director compensation policy.

For the performance-based stock awards, the fair value of the awards was estimated using a Monte Carlo Simulation model. Our stock price, along with the stock prices of a group of peer REITs, is assumed to follow the Multivariate Geometric Brownian Motion Process. Multivariate Geometric Brownian Motion is a common assumption when modeling in financial markets, as it allows the modeled quantity (in this case, the stock price) to vary randomly from its current value and take any value greater than zero. The volatilities of the returns on the stock price of the Company and the group of REITs were estimated based on a three year look-back period. The expected growth rate of the stock prices over the “derived service period” of the employee is determined with consideration of the risk free rate as of the grant date.

The following table summarizes the activity of restricted stock awards during the nine months ended September 30, 2016:



	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2016	174,744		$27.11
Granted	4,900		$40.81
Vested	(8,185	)	$35.13
Forfeited	(1,496	)	$28.68
Nonvested at September 30, 2016	169,963		$28.19

We recognize noncash compensation expense ratably over the vesting period, and accordingly, we recognized $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in noncash compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, which is included in general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. We recognized $1.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively, in noncash compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. Unrecognized compensation expense was $1.8 million at September 30, 2016.

Earnings Per Share

We have calculated earnings per share (“EPS”) under the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation methodology whereby EPS for each class of common stock and participating security is calculated according to dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The weighted average unvested shares outstanding, which are considered participating securities, were 169,963 and 168,529 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and 171,760 and 196,927 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Therefore, we have allocated our earnings for basic and diluted EPS between common shares and unvested shares as these unvested shares have nonforfeitable dividend equivalent rights.

Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing the net income applicable to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of common and dilutive instruments outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, diluted shares exclude incentive restricted stock as these awards are considered contingently issuable. Additionally, the unvested restricted stock awards subject to time vesting are anti-dilutive for all periods presented, and accordingly, have been excluded from the weighted average common shares used to compute diluted EPS.

The computation of basic and diluted EPS is presented below (dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts):



	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
NUMERATOR
Net income from operations	$	11,858		$	19,026		$	33,229		$	42,689
Less: Net income attributable to restricted shares	(42		)	(32		)	(128		)	(115		)
Less: Income from operations attributable to unitholders in the Operating Partnership	(3,342		)	(5,432		)	(9,377		)	(12,277		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders—basic	$	8,474		$	13,562		$	23,724		$	30,297
Income from operations attributable to American Assets Trust, Inc. common stockholders—basic	$	8,474		$	13,562		$	23,724		$	30,297
Plus: Income from operations attributable to unitholders in the Operating Partnership	3,342			5,432			9,377			12,277
Net income attributable to common stockholders—diluted	$	11,816		$	18,994		$	33,101		$	42,574
DENOMINATOR
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic	45,377,719			44,998,281			45,282,643			44,176,007
Effect of dilutive securities—conversion of Operating Partnership units	17,894,983			17,899,516			17,897,994			17,900,231
Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted	63,272,702			62,897,797			63,180,637			62,076,238

Earnings per common share, basic	$	0.19		$	0.30		$	0.52		$	0.69
Earnings per common share, diluted	$	0.19		$	0.30		$	0.52		$	0.69