-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, E5+wCTDWaLwiN8VROh1fZbwAAe9k1ktDY0/BG8KVA+PeLUlUP8kTwx5/sjtNAvba OR7nDPiE3+sghAWT3tFIuw== 0000950123-09-044367.txt : 20090921 0000950123-09-044367.hdr.sgml : 20090921 20090921085146 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-044367 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090921 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090921 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090921 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000790816 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 232413352 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09106 FILM NUMBER: 091077944 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 555 EAST LANCASTER AVE. STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 BUSINESS PHONE: 6103255600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 555 EAST LANCASTER AVE. STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LINPRO SPECIFIED PROPERTIES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BRANDYWINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP /PA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060386 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 232862640 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24407 FILM NUMBER: 091077945 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 14 CAMPUS BOULEVARD STREET 2: 610-325-5600 CITY: NEWTOWN SQUARE STATE: PA ZIP: 19073 BUSINESS PHONE: 6103255600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BRANDYWINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP STREET 2: 16 CAMPUS BOULEVARD CITY: NEWTRON SQUARE STATE: PA ZIP: 19073 8-K 1 x75709ke8vk.htm 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 21, 2009
Brandywine Realty Trust
Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
         
MARYLAND   001-9106   23-2413352
(Brandywine Realty Trust)        
         
DELAWARE   000-24407   23-2862640
(Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.)        
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or   (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Organization)       Identification Number)
555 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087

(Address of principal executive offices)
(610) 325-5600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 8.01 – Other Events
We are currently redeveloping the 30th Street Post Office in Philadelphia and related Cira South Garage. In connection with our redevelopment, we have agreed to provide US Bancorp with the tax credits available on these projects. In exchange, US Bancorp has agreed to pay approximately $67.9 million toward our historic rehabilitation of the 30th Street Post Office and $13.3 million toward our redevelopment of the related Cira South Garage. We believe that, upon completion of the 30th Street Post Office project, estimated to occur in fiscal 2010, the payments made by US Bancorp related to this project should be recognized as revenue, and related costs expensed, in our consolidated financial statements over a five-year tax credit recapture period beginning in fiscal 2011. We also believe that, upon completion of the Cira South Garage project, estimated to occur in fiscal 2010, the payments made by US Bancorp related to this project should be recognized as revenue, and related costs expensed, in our consolidated financial statements when the tax credit recapture period expires in fiscal 2017. We currently believe we have accounted for these transactions in an appropriate manner. Our financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 were audited by our independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
We have received comment letters from the SEC staff relating to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and it is possible that, following completion of the SEC staff review, we could be required to make changes to our financial statements included in our reports under the Exchange Act. The comment letters request that we provide support and our basis for conclusions related to two separate transactions that we entered into with US Bancorp during 2008. The review by the SEC staff is ongoing.
We have provided the SEC staff with our analysis regarding the appropriateness of our accounting presentation relating to the transaction with US Bancorp. Following the SEC staff’s review, it is possible that we could be required to make changes to our financial statements. We believe that any such changes would primarily result in the exclusion of the cash payments from US Bancorp from revenues during the five-year period beginning in fiscal 2011 (with respect to the 30th Street Post Office) and in fiscal 2017 (with respect to the Cira South Garage). We have not included any of the cash received in our revenues during 2008 or through June 30, 2009. Accordingly, we do not expect that changes, if any, resulting from the final resolution of the SEC’s review would have a material impact on previously reported net income. The cash received from the sale of the tax credits and related tax attributes are currently included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009 and related costs are deferred within other assets.

 


 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
We are filing as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporating herein by reference, the figures used to calculate the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.
For the purpose of calculating Brandywine Realty Trust’s ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred share distributions, earnings have been calculated by adding fixed charges, distributed income of equity investees, and amortization of capitalized interest to income from continuing operations before non-controlling interest and equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate ventures, less capitalized interest and preferred distributions of consolidated subsidiaries. Fixed charges consist of interest costs (whether expensed or capitalized), amortization of deferred financing costs, amortization of discounts or premiums related to indebtedness, the interest portion of rent expense and preferred distributions of consolidated subsidiaries. Preferred distributions include income allocated to holders of Preferred Shares.
For the purpose of calculating Brandywine Operating Partnership’s ratios of earnings to fixed charges, earnings have been calculated by adding fixed charges, distributed income of equity investees, and amortization of capitalized interest to income from continuing operations before non-controlling interest and equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate ventures, less capitalized interest. Fixed charges consist of interest costs (whether expensed or capitalized), amortization of deferred financing costs, amortization of discounts or premiums related to indebtedness and the interest portion of rent expense.

 


 

Signatures
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Brandywine Realty Trust
         
     
  By:   /s/ Howard M. Sipzner    
    Howard M. Sipzner   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Brandywine Operating Partnership, its sole General Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ Howard M. Sipzner    
    Howard M. Sipzner   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: September 21, 2009

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
No.   Description
 
   
12.1
  Statement re Computation of Ratios of Brandywine Realty Trust
 
   
12.2
  Statement re Computation of Ratios of Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.

 

EX-12.1 2 x75709kexv12w1.htm EX-12.1 exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
Brandywine Realty Trust
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Share Distributions
(in thousands)
                                                         
    For the six months ended June 30,     For the years ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004  
Earnings before fixed charges:
                                                       
Add:
                                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate ventures (a)
  $ 7,184     $ (557 )   $ (1,800 )   $ 11,995     $ (28,845 )   $ 25,615     $ 46,790  
Distributed income of equity investees
    1,093       2,210       7,639       6,900       2,150       2,403       1,730  
Amortization of capitalized interest
    1,454       1,400       2,801       2,170       1,508       1,183       887  
Fixed charges — per below
    77,968       87,038       170,997       185,716       182,012       82,521       58,037  
Less:
                                                       
Capitalized interest
    (3,429 )     (9,673 )     (17,154 )     (18,293 )     (9,537 )     (9,603 )     (3,030 )
Preferred Distributions of consolidated subsidiaries
                                        (832 )
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Earnings before fixed charges
  $ 84,270     $ 80,418     $ 162,483     $ 188,488     $ 147,288     $ 102,119     $ 103,582  
 
                                         
 
Fixed charges and Preferred Distributions:
                                                       
Interest expense from continuing operations (including amortization)
  $ 73,736     $ 76,491     $ 152,096     $ 165,647     $ 171,164     $ 72,017     $ 53,570  
Capitalized interest
    3,429       9,673       17,154       18,293       9,537       9,603       3,030  
Ground leases and other
    803       874       1,747       1,776       1,311       901       605  
Distributions to preferred unitholders in Operating Partnership
                                        832  
 
                                         
Total Fixed Charges
    77,968       87,038       170,997       185,716       182,012       82,521       58,037  
 
                                                       
Income allocated to preferred shareholders
    3,996       3,996       7,992       7,992       7,992       7,992       9,720  
 
                                         
Total Preferred Distributions
    3,996       3,996       7,992       7,992       7,992       7,992       9,720  
 
                                         
Total combined fixed charges and preferred distributions
  $ 81,964     $ 91,034     $ 178,989     $ 193,708     $ 190,004     $ 90,513     $ 67,757  
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred distributions
    1.03       (b)     (b)     (b)     (b)     1.13       1.53  
 
                                         
 
(a)   Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004 reflect a retrospective adoption of FSP APB 14-1 and discontinued operations through June, 30, 2009. With respect to the discontinued operations, operations have been reclassified from continuing operations for all sales through June 30, 2009.
 
(b)   Due to the registrant’s loss in the period, the coverage ratio was less than 1:1. The registrant must generate additional earnings of $10,616 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and $16,506 for the year ended December 31, 2008, $5,220 for the year ended December 31, 2007 and $42,716 for the year ended December 31, 2006 to achieve a coverage ratio of 1:1.

 

EX-12.2 3 x75709kexv12w2.htm EX-12.2 exv12w2
Exhibit 12.2
Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
(in thousands)
                                                         
    For the six months ended June 30,     For the years ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004  
Earnings before fixed charges:
                                                       
Add:
                                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before equity in earnings from unconsolidated real estate ventures (a)
  $ 7,184     $ (557 )   $ (1,800 )   $ 11,995     $ (28,845 )   $ 25,615     $ 46,790  
Distributed income of equity investees
    1,093       2,210       7,639       6,900       2,150       2,403       1,730  
Amortization of capitalized interest
    1,454       1,400       2,801       2,170       1,508       1,183       887  
Fixed charges — per below
    77,968       87,038       170,997       185,716       182,012       82,521       57,205  
Less:
                                                       
Capitalized interest
    (3,429 )     (9,673 )     (17,154 )     (18,293 )     (9,537 )     (9,603 )     (3,030 )
 
                                         
 
Earnings before fixed charges
  $ 84,270     $ 80,418     $ 162,483     $ 188,488     $ 147,288     $ 102,119     $ 103,582  
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Fixed charges:
                                                       
Interest expense from continuing operations (including amortization)
  $ 73,736     $ 76,491     $ 152,096     $ 165,647     $ 171,164     $ 72,017     $ 53,570  
Ground leases and other
    803       874       1,747       1,776       1,311       901       605  
Capitalized interest
    3,429       9,673       17,154       18,293       9,537       9,603       3,030  
 
                                         
Total Fixed Charges
    77,968       87,038       170,997       185,716       182,012       82,521       57,205  
 
                                                       
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges
    1.08         (b)       (b)     1.01         (b)     1.24       1.81  
 
                                         
 
(a)   Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006 2005 and 2004 reflect a retrospective adoption of FSP APB 14-1 and discontinued operations through June, 30, 2009. With respect to the discontinued operations, operations have been reclassified from continuing operations for all sales through June 30, 2009.
 
(b)   Due to the registrant’s loss in the period, the coverage ratio was less than 1:1. The registrant must generate additional earnings of $6,620 for the six months ended June 30, 2008, $8,514 for the year ended December 31, 2008 and $34,724 for the year ended December 31, 2006 to achieve a coverage ratio of 1:1.

 

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