10-Q 1 a07-28405_110q.htm 10-Q

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

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 1-10272

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

 

90-0042860
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

 

 

 

9200 E. Panorama Circle, Suite 400
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(303) 708-5959
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(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 for the past 90 days.

 

Yes x      No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large Accelerated filer x    Accelerated filer o    Non-accelerated filer o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Yes o      No x

 

At November 1, 2007, none of the Common Units were held by non-affiliates.

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

Item

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART I — Financial Information

 

 

 

 

1.

Financial Statements

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets — September 30, 2007 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings — Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Unitholders’ Equity, Other Common Unitholders’ Interest and Comprehensive Income — Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

 

4.

Controls and Procedures

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II — Other Information

 

 

 

 

1.

Legal Proceedings

 

 

1A.

Risk Factors

 

 

2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

 

3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

 

4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

5.

Other Information

 

 

6.

Exhibits

 

 

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(In thousands, except unit data)

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

 

$

12,706,277

 

$

12,945,862

 

Real estate — held-for-sale

 

259,711

 

241,778

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,004,186

)

(957,146

)

 

 

11,961,802

 

12,230,494

 

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities

 

562,476

 

235,323

 

Net investments

 

12,524,278

 

12,465,817

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

14,781

 

48,655

 

Restricted cash in tax-deferred exchange and bond escrow

 

317,222

 

319,312

 

Other assets

 

389,505

 

425,343

 

Total assets

 

$

13,245,786

 

$

13,259,127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND UNITHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured credit facilities

 

$

900,437

 

$

84,723

 

Unsecured loans — International

 

 

235,771

 

Long-Term Unsecured Debt

 

2,990,015

 

3,355,699

 

Mortgages payable

 

2,045,178

 

2,758,275

 

Mortgages payable — held-for-sale

 

17,813

 

17,959

 

Accounts payable

 

71,346

 

71,967

 

Accrued interest

 

49,383

 

67,135

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

308,401

 

365,260

 

Total liabilities

 

6,382,573

 

6,956,789

 

Other common unitholders’ interest, at redemption value (A-1 Common Units: 26,229,731 in 2007 and 29,514,128 in 2006)

 

1,577,456

 

1,718,017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unitholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Perpetual Preferred Units

 

50,000

 

50,000

 

Common unitholders’ equity (A-2 Common Units: 223,603,858 units in 2007 and 220,147,167 units in 2006)

 

5,224,552

 

4,530,801

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

11,205

 

3,520

 

Total unitholders’ equity

 

5,285,757

 

4,584,321

 

Total liabilities and unitholders’ equity

 

$

13,245,786

 

$

13,259,127

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings

 

(In thousands, except per unit amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenues

 

$

282,158

 

$

244,704

 

$

827,305

 

$

667,213

 

Other income

 

15,243

 

27,299

 

44,406

 

57,100

 

 

 

297,401

 

272,003

 

871,711

 

724,313

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental expenses

 

68,122

 

61,032

 

198,879

 

152,535

 

Real estate taxes

 

25,115

 

19,824

 

77,343

 

57,565

 

Depreciation on real estate investments

 

68,416

 

57,000

 

205,710

 

166,760

 

Interest expense

 

70,744

 

60,163

 

210,360

 

150,402

 

General and administrative expenses

 

21,601

 

18,497

 

60,732

 

49,794

 

Other expenses

 

5,578

 

4,734

 

12,571

 

15,923

 

 

 

259,576

 

221,250

 

765,595

 

592,979

 

Earnings from operations

 

37,825

 

50,753

 

106,116

 

131,334

 

Income/(loss) from unconsolidated entities

 

(4,542

)

2,088

 

(3,540

)

31,484

 

Other non-operating income

 

26,488

 

1,718

 

28,430

 

2,137

 

Earnings before discontinued operations

 

59,771

 

54,559

 

131,006

 

164,955

 

Earnings from discontinued operations

 

339,268

 

95,552

 

661,982

 

321,802

 

Net earnings

 

399,039

 

150,111

 

792,988

 

486,757

 

Preferred Unit distributions

 

(958

)

(957

)

(2,874

)

(2,872

)

Net earnings attributable to Common Units — Basic

 

$

398,081

 

$

149,154

 

$

790,114

 

$

483,885

 

Interest on Convertible Debt

 

6,345

 

 

19,935

 

 

Net earnings attributable to Common Units — Diluted

 

$

404,426

 

$

149,154

 

$

810,049

 

$

483,885

 

Weighted average Common Units outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

250,216

 

248,695

 

250,230

 

247,950

 

Diluted

 

260,033

 

249,643

 

260,032

 

248,810

 

Earnings per Common Unit — Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before discontinued operations

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.22

 

$

0.51

 

$

0.65

 

Discontinued operations, net

 

1.36

 

0.38

 

2.65

 

1.30

 

Net earnings

 

$

1.59

 

$

0.60

 

$

3.16

 

$

1.95

 

Earnings per Common Unit — Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before discontinued operations

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.22

 

$

0.51

 

$

0.65

 

Discontinued operations, net

 

1.33

 

0.38

 

2.61

 

1.29

 

Net earnings

 

$

1.56

 

$

0.60

 

$

3.12

 

$

1.94

 

Distributions paid per Common Unit

 

 

$

0.4350

 

$

0.9050

 

$

1.3050

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Unitholders’ Equity,
Other Common Unitholders’ Interest and Comprehensive Income

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007

 

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Perpetual
Preferred
Units at
Aggregate
Liquidation
Preference

 

Common
Unitholders’
Equity

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income /(Loss)

 

Total
Unitholders’
Equity

 

Other
Common
Unitholders’
Interest

 

Total

 

Balances at December 31, 2006

 

$

50,000

 

$

4,530,801

 

$

3,520

 

$

4,584,321

 

$

1,718,017

 

$

6,302,338

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

 

706,120

 

 

706,120

 

86,868

 

792,988

 

Change in fair value of hedges, net

 

 

 

(570

)

(570

)

 

(570

)

Reclassification adjustment for realized net gains on marketable securities

 

 

 

(1,794

)

(1,794

)

 

(1,794

)

Change in fair value of marketable securities

 

 

 

(14

)

(14

)

 

(14

)

Foreign currency exchange translation, net

 

 

 

10,063

 

10,063

 

 

10,063

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Common Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

800,673

 

Preferred Unit dividends

 

 

(2,874

)

 

(2,874

)

 

(2,874

)

Common Unit dividends

 

 

(202,471

)

 

(202,471

)

(25,397

)

(227,868

)

A-1 Common Units converted into A-2 Common Units

 

 

55,378

 

 

55,378

 

(55,378

)

 

Issuance of Common Units under Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

 

20,493

 

 

20,493

 

 

20,493

 

Exercise of options

 

 

11,489

 

 

11,489

 

 

11,489

 

Equity-classified awards under Compensation Plans

 

 

7,882

 

 

7,882

 

 

7,882

 

Adjustment to redemption value

 

 

88,641

 

 

88,641

 

(88,641

)

 

Common Unit redemptions

 

 

 

 

 

(59,080

)

(59,080

)

Issuance of A-1 Common Units in exchange for real estate

 

 

 

 

 

1,067

 

1,067

 

Other, net

 

 

9,093

 

 

9,093

 

 

9,093

 

Balances at September 30, 2007

 

$

50,000

 

$

5,224,552

 

$

11,205

 

$

5,285,757

 

$

1,577,456

 

$

6,863,213

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

$

792,988

 

$

486,757

 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flow provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

220,614

 

222,360

 

Gains on dispositions of depreciated real estate

 

(647,213

)

(314,246

)

Gains on sale of marketable equity securities

 

(1,867

)

 

Change in swap value — DeWAG derivatives

 

 

1,407

 

Provision for possible loss on investments

 

 

4,328

 

Gains on sale of International Fund shares

 

(14,044

)

 

Foreign currency gains on International investments

 

(12,387

)

 

Equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities

 

8,889

 

3,610

 

Interest accrued on Mezzanine loans

 

(2,425

)

(7,814

)

Change in other assets

 

(41,159

)

14,757

 

Change in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

(16,447

)

22,854

 

Other, net

 

5,720

 

(6,733

)

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

 

292,669

 

427,280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate investments

 

(2,034,088

)

(1,826,663

)

Purchase of DeWAG net of cash acquired of $20,364

 

 

(252,428

)

Change in investments in unconsolidated entities, net

 

(43,981

)

(67,523

)

Proceeds from disposal of International Fund shares

 

98,857

 

 

Investment in International Fund

 

(104,924

)

 

Proceeds from dispositions

 

1,766,241

 

1,190,054

 

Change in restricted cash

 

2,090

 

440,695

 

Change in notes receivable, net

 

38,288

 

(83,592

)

Other, net

 

(29,858

)

7,679

 

Net cash flow used by investing activities

 

(307,375

)

(591,778

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from Long-Term Unsecured Debt, net

 

 

859,385

 

Payments on Long-Term Unsecured Debt

 

(367,397

)

(31,250

)

Proceeds from (payments on) unsecured credit facilities, net

 

921,351

 

(368,864

)

Principal repayment of mortgages payable, including prepayment penalties

 

(76,338

)

(220,410

)

Regularly scheduled principal payments on mortgages payable

 

(9,989

)

(11,723

)

Proceeds from term loan to fund DeWAG investment

 

 

272,792

 

Proceeds from Unsecured loans — International

 

142,657

 

 

Principal repayments on Unsecured loans — International

 

(378,428

)

 

Proceeds from Common Units issued under DRIP and employee stock options

 

29,933

 

46,913

 

Cash dividends paid on Common Units

 

(227,868

)

(324,044

)

Cash dividends paid on Preferred Units

 

(2,874

)

(2,872

)

Redemption of A-1 Units

 

(59,080

)

 

Other, net

 

8,865

 

(16,987

)

Net cash flow provided (used) by financing activities

 

(19,168

)

202,940

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

(33,874

)

38,442

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

48,655

 

13,638

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

 14,781

 

$

 52,080

 

Significant non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Common Units issued in exchange for real estate

 

$

1,067

 

$

81,412

 

A-1 Common Units converted to A-2 Common Units

 

55,378

 

107,758

 

Assumption of mortgages payable upon purchase of apartment communities

 

15,000

 

728,484

 

 

In connection with the formation of the International Fund, we contributed assets and liabilities at book value. The assets consisted of real estate of approximately $1.0 billion and accounts receivable and other assets of $0.1 billion. The liabilities consisted of mortgages and unsecured credit facilities of $0.7 billion and other accounts payable and accrued expenses of $0.1 billion.

 

These Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows combine cash flows from discontinued operations with cash flows from continuing operations.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

September 30, 2007 and 2006

(Unaudited)

 

(1)                                 Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Business

 

Archstone-Smith is structured as an UPREIT under which all property ownership and business operations are conducted through Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, which we refer to herein as the “Operating Trust.” Archstone-Smith was our sole trustee and owned approximately 89.5% of the Operating Trust’s outstanding Common Units at September 30, 2007; the remaining 10.5% of the Common Units were owned by minority interest holders. As used herein, “we,” “our” and the “company” refers to the Operating Trust and Archstone-Smith, collectively, except where the context otherwise requires. Archstone-Smith is an equity REIT organized under the laws of the State of Maryland. We focus on creating value for our unitholders by acquiring, developing, redeveloping and operating apartments in markets characterized by protected locations with limited land for new housing construction, expensive single-family home prices, and a strong, diversified economic base with significant employment growth potential.

 

Consummation of Agreement to be Acquired

 

On May 29, 2007, Archstone-Smith announced it had signed a definitive Merger Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2007 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, the “Merger Agreement”), whereby both Archstone-Smith and the Operating Trust would be acquired by subsidiaries of an entity jointly controlled by affiliates of Tishman Speyer Real Estate Venture VII, L.P., and Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (the “Buyer Parties”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated on October 4 and 5, 2007. As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the sole trustee of the Operating Trust, effective as of October 5, 2007, is Tishman Speyer Archstone-Smith Multifamily Series I Trust (“Series I Trust”), which along with Tishman Speyer Archstone-Smith Multifamily Series II, L.L.C (“Series II Trust) and Tishman Speyer Archstone-Smith Multifamily Series III, L.L.C (“Series III Trust) owns 100% of the Operating Trust’s outstanding Common Units.

 

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, all outstanding Common Shares of Archstone-Smith were acquired by the Series I Trust, the Series II Trust and the Series III Trust for $60.75 in cash, without interest and less applicable withholding taxes, for each Common Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger. With respect to the outstanding Series I Preferred Shares, the Buyer Parties elected to replace them with substantially identical Series I Preferred Shares of the Series I Trust.

 

As part of the transaction, the Operating Trust merged on October 4, 2007 with River Trust Acquisition (MD), LLC, a subsidiary of the Buyer Parties (“MergerSub”). Although the Operating Trust is the surviving entity, MergerSub is viewed as the acquiror for accounting purposes. Each Class A-2 Common Unit remains outstanding. Approximately 4.5 million Class A-1 Common Units, held by more than 300 holders, were converted into the right to receive an equivalent number of newly issued Series O Preferred Units, whereas holders of approximately 21.6 million Class A-1 Common Units elected to exchange their Class A-1 Common Units for cash consideration of $60.75 without interest and less applicable withholding taxes. Each Series O Preferred Unit has a redemption price of $60.75 and bears cumulative preferential distributions payable quarterly at an annual rate of 6%. The distribution rate will increase to 8% per annum under certain circumstances, including during any period when the ratio of total debt to total assets exceeds 0.85 to 1.00. The Series O Preferred Units, which have only limited voting rights, are redeemable by the holder or the Operating Trust under certain circumstances. The Series I Preferred Units remain outstanding and unchanged. Each Series M Preferred Unit and each Series N-1 and N-2 Convertible Preferred Unit was converted into the right to receive one newly issued Series P Preferred Unit, Series Q-1 Preferred Unit and Series Q-2 Preferred Unit, respectively, of the Operating Trust.

 

Further, immediately after the effective time of the Operating Trust merger, the Buyer Parties caused the Operating Trust to make certain material asset distributions to Archstone-Smith. In connection with the transaction, the Operating Trust distributed approximately $2.9 billion of real estate, based on cost, to affiliated entities.

 

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Interim Financial Reporting

 

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Operating Trust are unaudited and certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements have been omitted. While management believes that the disclosures presented are adequate for interim reporting, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the Operating Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2006 (“2006 Form 10-K”). See the glossary in our 2006 Form 10-K for definitions of all initially-capitalized terms not defined herein.

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Operating Trust’s financial statements for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accounts of the Operating Trust and its controlled subsidiaries are consolidated in the accompanying financial statements. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. We use the equity method to account for investments that do not qualify as variable interest entities, variable interest entities where we are not the primary beneficiary and entities that we do not control, or where we do not own a majority of the economic interest, but have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee. We also use the equity method when we function as the managing member and our partner does not have substantive participating rights or we can be replaced by a partner if we are the managing member. For an investee accounted for under the equity method, our share of net earnings or losses of the investee is reflected in income as earned and dividends are credited against the investment as received.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and the related notes. Actual results could differ from management’s estimates. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and the effects of revisions are reflected in the period they are determined to be necessary.

 

Real Estate and Depreciation

 

We allocate the cost of newly acquired properties between net tangible and identifiable intangible assets. When allocating cost to an acquired property, we first allocate costs to the estimated intangible value of the existing lease agreements and then to the estimated value of the land, building and fixtures assuming the property is vacant. We estimate the intangible value of the lease agreements by determining the lost revenue associated with a hypothetical lease-up. We depreciate the building and fixtures based on the expected useful life of the asset and amortize the intangible value of the lease agreements over the average remaining life of the existing leases. This amortization expense is included in depreciation on real estate investments in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

 

Intangibles

 

Intangible assets consist of lease-related intangibles and certain intangibles associated with the DeWAG acquisition. See Note 3. The market value of above and below market leases are based on our estimate of current market rents as compared to the rent that we are receiving and is recorded in either other assets or other liabilities. These assets are charged and liabilities are credited to rental income over the estimated term of the lease. We also recognize the value of our in-place lease agreements and amortize these assets into depreciation on real estate investments over the estimated term of the lease.

 

We will perform an impairment test annually, or more frequently, if events or changes in circumstances indicate impairment of our intangible assets, which are included in other assets.

 

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Revenue and Gain Recognition

 

We generally lease our apartment units under operating leases with terms of one year or less. Communities subject to the Oakwood Master Leases entered into in 2005 have a seven-year term, expiring between July 2012 and March 2013, subject to Oakwood’s right to terminate individual leases under certain circumstances. As of September 30, 2007, none of the Oakwood Master Lease Communities has been returned to the company. The aggregate annual contractual base rent due under these leases is $74.1 million and is subject to annual adjustments on January 1st of each year equal to the percentage change in the average Same-Store NOI growth for certain other specified properties. Rental income related to leases is recognized in the period earned over the lease term in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards SFAS No.13, “Accounting for Leases.” Rent concessions are recognized as an offset to revenues collected over the term of the underlying lease. We use the full accrual method of profit recognition in accordance with SFAS No. 66 to record gains on sales of real estate. If we sell improvements and retain a lease on the underlying land that covers substantially all of the economic life of the improvements, then we defer the profit associated with the land and record the profit ratably over the life of the lease. Accordingly, we evaluate the related GAAP requirements in determining the profit to be recognized at the date of each sale transaction (i.e., the profit is determinable and the earnings process is complete). We recognize deferred gains when a property is sold to a third party. Further, during periods when our ownership interests in an investee decrease, we will recognize gains related to previously deferred proceeds to coincide with our new ownership interest in the investee.

 

Rental Expenses

 

Rental expenses shown on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings include costs associated with on-site and property management personnel, utilities, repairs and maintenance, property insurance, marketing, landscaping and other on-site and related administrative costs. Utility reimbursements from residents, which are recorded as offsets to utility expenses, aggregated $5.3 million and $5.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $18.1 million and $17.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, including amounts reclassified to discontinued operations for the respective periods.

 

Insurance Recoveries

 

We recognize insurance recovery proceeds as other income if the recovery is related to items that were originally expensed, such as legal settlements, legal expenses and repairs that did not meet capitalization guidelines. For recoveries of property damages that were eligible for capitalization, we reduce the basis of the property or if the property has subsequently been sold, we recognize the proceeds as an additional gain on sale. We recognize insurance recoveries at such time that we believe the recovery is probable and we have sufficient information to make a reasonable estimate of proceeds, except in cases where we have to pursue recovery via litigation. In this circumstance, we recognize the recovery when we have a signed, legally binding agreement with the insurance carrier.

 

Legal Fees

 

We generally recognize legal expenses as incurred; however, if such fees are related to the accrual for an estimated legal settlement, we accrue for the related incurred and anticipated legal fees at the same time we accrue the estimated cost of settlement.

 

Foreign Operations

 

Assets and liabilities of the company’s foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated at average rates in effect during the period. The resulting translation adjustment on our permanent investment is reflected as accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of unitholders’ equity on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, while the change in the exchange rate on our temporary investment is included in our other non-operating income on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The functional currency utilized for these entities is the Euro. Upon the sale of our foreign operations, the gain or loss on the sale will include the foreign currency amounts previously recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments

 

We utilize derivative financial instruments to manage our interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange risk, exposure to changes in the fair value of certain investments in equity securities and exposure to volatile energy prices. The resulting assets and liabilities associated with derivative financial instruments are carried on our financial statements at estimated fair value at the end of each reporting period. The changes in fair value of a fair value hedge and the fair value of the items hedged are generally recorded in earnings for each reporting period. The change in the fair value of effective cash flow hedges and foreign currency hedges are carried on our financial statements as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. If effective, our hedges have little or no impact on our current earnings.

 

Income Taxes

 

We have made an election to be taxed as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and we believe we qualify as a partnership and have made all required distributions of our taxable income.

 

Income taxes for our taxable REIT subsidiaries are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance for deferred income tax expense is provided if we believe that we will not realize the tax benefit.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

Comprehensive income, which is defined as net earnings and all other non-owner changes in equity, is displayed in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Unitholders’ Equity, Other Common Unitholders’ Interest and Comprehensive Income. Other comprehensive income reflects unrealized holding gains and losses on the available-for-sale investments, changes in the fair value of effective cash flow hedges and gains and losses on long-term foreign currency transactions.

 

Our accumulated other comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Net Unrealized
Gains on
Marketable
Securities

 

Cash Flow
Hedges

 

Foreign
Currency
Translation

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

$

1,822

 

$

(554

)

$

2,252

 

$

3,520

 

Change in fair value of hedges, net

 

 

(738

)

 

(738

)

Change in fair value of long-term debt hedges

 

 

168

 

 

168

 

Foreign currency exchange translation, net

 

 

 

10,063

 

10,063

 

Change in fair value of marketable securities

 

(14

)

 

 

(14

)

Reclassification adjustment for realized net gains on marketable securities

 

(1,794

)

 

 

(1,794

)

Balance at September 30, 2007

 

$

14

 

$

(1,124

)

$

12,315

 

$

11,205

 

 

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Per Unit Data

 

Following is a reconciliation of basic net earnings per Common Unit to diluted net earnings per Common Unit for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Reconciliation of numerator between basic and diluted net earnings per Common Unit(1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to Common Units — Basic

 

$

398,081

 

$

149,154

 

$

790,114

 

$

483,885

 

Interest on Convertible Debt

 

6,345

 

 

19,935

 

 

Net earnings attributable to Common Units — Diluted

 

$

404,426

 

$

149,154

 

$

810,049

 

$

483,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of denominator between basic and diluted net earnings per Common Unit(1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of Common Units outstanding — Basic

 

250,216

 

248,695

 

250,230

 

247,950

 

Assumed conversion of Convertible Debt into Common Units

 

9,039

 

 

9,039

 

 

Incremental options

 

778

 

948

 

763

 

860

 

Weighted average number of Common Units outstanding — Diluted

 

260,033

 

249,643

 

260,032

 

248,810

 

 


(1)           Excludes the impact of potentially dilutive equity securities during periods in which they are anti-dilutive.

 

To calculate net earnings per Common Unit, we allocate the interest on the Convertible Debt on a pro-rata basis between continuing and discontinued operations.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” FIN 48 defines a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The adoption of FIN 48 as of January 1, 2007 by us did not have a material effect on our financial position, net earnings or cash flows.

 

We recognize these tax positions and evaluate them using a two-step process. First, we determine whether a tax position is more likely than not (greater than 50 percent probability) to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Then, we measure to determine the amount of benefit to recognize and record the amount of the benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement.

 

We or one of our subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various states and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, we are not subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2001. As of September 30, 2007, no taxing authority had proposed any significant adjustments to our tax positions. We have no significant current tax examinations in process.

 

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits:

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2007

 

$

2,021

 

Current Period Interest

 

111

 

Balance at September 30, 2007

 

$

2,132

 

 

We are required to recognize interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in tax expense. As of the date of adoption, the company has accrued interest of approximately $228,000 and we have not recorded any penalties.

 

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In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The statement does not require new fair value measurements, but is applied to the extent other accounting pronouncements require or permit fair value measurements. The statement emphasizes fair value as a market-based measurement which should be determined based on assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. We will be required to disclose the extent to which fair value is used to measure assets and liabilities, the inputs used to develop the measurements, and the effect of certain of the measurements on earnings (or changes in net assets) for the period. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.

 

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which gives entities the option to measure eligible financial assets, financial liabilities and firm commitments at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis (i.e., the fair value option), which are otherwise not permitted to be accounted for at fair value under other accounting standards. The election to use the fair value option is available when an entity first recognizes a financial asset or financial liability or upon entering into a firm commitment. Subsequent changes in fair value must be recorded in earnings. Additionally, SFAS No. 159 allows for a one-time election for existing positions upon adoption, with the transition adjustment recorded to beginning retained earnings. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We do not anticipate the adoption of this statement will have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

(2)           Real Estate

 

Investments in Real Estate

 

Investments in real estate, at cost, were as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

 

 

Investment

 

Investment

 

Operating Trust Apartment Communities:

 

 

 

 

 

Operating communities

 

$

11,658,490

 

$

11,208,052

 

Communities under construction

 

297,316

 

406,881

 

Development communities In Planning(1)

 

141,799

 

75,538

 

Total Operating Trust apartment communities

 

12,097,605

 

11,690,471

 

Ameriton(1)

 

688,367

 

585,524

 

International

 

53,892

 

851,593

 

Other real estate assets(2)

 

126,124

 

60,052

 

Total real estate

 

$

12,965,988

 

$

13,187,640

 

 


(1)                                  Includes development communities In Planning – Owned but excludes In Planning – Under Control. Our investment as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 for development communities In Planning – Under Control was $13.3 million and $7.6 million, respectively, and is reflected in the “Other assets” caption of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

(2)                                  Includes land that is not In Planning and other non-multifamily real estate assets.

 

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The change in investments in real estate, at cost, consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

$

13,187,640

 

Acquisition-related expenditures

 

1,420,132

 

Redevelopment expenditures

 

37,328

 

Recurring capital expenditures

 

30,340

 

Development expenditures, including initial acquisition costs

 

348,793

 

Acquisition of land for development

 

213,261

 

Dispositions

 

(1,195,068

)

International Fund formation (See Note 3)

 

(1,034,524

)

Other

 

820

 

Net apartment community activity

 

(178,918

)

Change in other real estate assets

 

(42,734

)

Balance at September 30, 2007

 

$

12,965,988

 

 

At September 30, 2007, we had unfunded contractual commitments of $625.5 million related primarily to communities under construction and under redevelopment. The purchase prices of certain recent acquisitions in California and Washington were allocated to land, buildings and other assets based on preliminary estimates and are subject to change as we obtain more complete information regarding land, building and lease intangibles values.

 

(3)           DeWAG Acquisition and International Fund Formation

 

On July 27, 2006, we acquired 94% of the shares and 94% of an outstanding shareholder loan of DeWAG Deutsche WohnAnlage GmbH (“DeWAG”), a company that specializes in the acquisition, ownership, operation and re-sale of quality residential properties in the major metropolitan areas of Southern and Western Germany, as well as West Berlin. Our purchase price consisted of approximately $271 million plus the assumption of approximately $509 million in DeWAG liabilities, based on the exchange rate on the transaction date. We finalized our purchase price allocation related to the acquisition and there were no significant adjustments to the original allocation.

 

Effective June 29, 2007, we contributed our ownership in certain German real estate entities, including those in DeWAG, into a German real estate fund. In this report we refer to the combined group of entities in which we have ownership interests as the “International Fund.” The combined total assets and third-party liabilities associated with the contribution were $1.1 billion and $0.8 billion, respectively. We recognized a gain of $14.0 million on the shares that were sold, which is included in other non-operating income and we have deferred a gain of $11.2 million related to the common equity that we own at September 30, 2007. As of September 30, 2007, approximately 55% of the International Fund’s common equity was owned by third-party investors with the remainder owned by the Operating Trust. Although our economic interest is significant, we do not control the International Fund. We will recognize our proportionate share of the earnings or losses using the equity method of accounting. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2007 reflects the International Fund on the equity method as a result of deconsolidation, whereas the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2006 reflects our German real estate entities contributed to the International Fund on a consolidated basis. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings reflect operations associated with entities contributed to the International Fund on a consolidated basis through June 30, 2007 and on an equity method basis for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Please refer to Note 5 for further information.

 

As part of our DeWAG acquisition in 2006, we acquired a management company which is now known as Archstone Management Germany (“AMG”). The assets of AMG consist principally of the goodwill created in the DeWAG transaction and non-compete agreements entered into with certain key officers of DeWAG. We concluded that the goodwill was primarily attributable to the people and processes which comprise the investing and the operating platform we acquired in the DeWAG transaction, none of which were contributed to the International Fund. AMG will earn fees for acting as the manager of the International Fund, and is expected to earn additional fees and incentives by providing other services including, but not limited to asset management, acquisition, disposition, financing, accounting and administrative activities. We may also earn incentive performance fees if certain investor returns are achieved over a specified period.

 

As of September 30, 2007, the non-compete agreements had a gross carrying amount of $21.3 million and accumulated amortization of $6.7 million. We are amortizing these agreements over a three-year period.

 

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The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows (in thousands):

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

$

35,450

 

Purchase accounting and fund formation adjustments

 

6,131

 

Change in foreign currency translation

 

3,661

 

Balance at September 30, 2007

 

$

45,242

 

 

(4)           Discontinued Operations

 

The results of operations for properties sold during the period or designated as held-for-sale at the end of the period are required to be classified as discontinued operations. The property specific components of net earnings that are classified as discontinued operations include rental revenues, rental expenses, real estate taxes, depreciation expense, minority interest, income taxes, a pro-rata allocation of interest expense and the net gain or loss on the disposition of properties.

 

We had six operating apartment communities, representing 2,031 units (unaudited), classified as held-for-sale under the provisions of SFAS No. 144, at September 30, 2007. Accordingly, we have reclassified the operating earnings from these properties to discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we sold 21 REIT and five Ameriton operating properties. The operating results of these communities and the related gain on sale are also included in discontinued operations for 2007 and 2006.

 

The following is a summary of net earnings from discontinued operations (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Rental revenues

 

$

14,894

 

$

61,831

 

$

77,470

 

$

214,693

 

Rental expenses

 

(4,655

)

(17,984

)

(20,224

)

(59,694

)

Real estate taxes

 

(1,193

)

(6,360

)

(8,119

)

(25,684

)

Depreciation on real estate investments

 

(375

)

(12,659

)

(8,154

)

(45,752

)

Interest expense(1)

 

(3,301

)

(13,877

)

(16,973

)

(49,475

)

Income taxes from taxable REIT subsidiaries

 

(1,244

)

1,492

 

(4,354

)

(9,979

)

Provision for possible loss on real estate investment

 

 

 

 

(4,328

)

Debt extinguishment costs related to dispositions

 

(1,543

)

(825

)

(2,537

)

(7,588

)

Gains from the disposition of REIT real estate investments, net

 

332,536

 

79,984

 

629,444

 

258,960

 

Internal disposition costs — REIT transactions(2)

 

(387

)

(267

)

(1,462

)

(1,094

)

Gains from the disposition of taxable REIT subsidiary real estate investments, net

 

4,869

 

4,631

 

17,769

 

55,286

 

Internal disposition costs — taxable REIT subsidiary transactions(2)

 

(333

)

(414

)

(878

)

(3,543

)

Earnings from discontinued apartment communities

 

$

339,268

 

$

95,552

 

$

661,982

 

$

321,802

 

 


(1)                                  Interest expense included in discontinued operations is allocated to properties based on each asset’s cost in relation to the company’s leverage ratio and the average effective interest rate for each respective period.

 

(2)                                  Represents the direct and incremental compensation and related costs associated with the employees dedicated to our significant disposition activity.

 

The real estate and mortgage payable balances associated with operating communities classified as held-for-sale are reflected as “Real estate – held-for-sale” and “Mortgages payable – held-for-sale” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

The disposition proceeds associated with the sales of individual rental units by our foreign subsidiaries are included in continuing operations as such sales do not meet the requirements under SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” to be reflected as discontinued operations.

 

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(5)           Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Entities

 

We have investments in real estate entities that we account for using the equity method. A summary of our investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2007

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Investment

 

Number of
Ventures

 

Investment

 

Number of
Ventures

 

Operating Trust

 

$

210,974

 

12

 

$

199,705

 

13

 

Ameriton

 

62,752

 

7

 

35,618

 

5

 

Domestic

 

273,726

 

19

 

235,323

 

18

 

International Fund

 

288,750

 

1

 

 

 

Total

 

$

562,476

 

20

 

$

235,323

 

18

 

 

Our combined weighted average percentage of ownership in unconsolidated entities based on total assets at September 30, 2007 was 41.22%.

 

Combined summary balance sheet data for our investments in unconsolidated entities presented on a stand-alone basis follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

 

$

2,790,648

 

$

1,530,659

 

Other assets

 

307,969

 

213,569

 

Total assets

 

$

3,098,617

 

$

1,744,228

 

Liabilities and owners’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Inter-company debt payable to Operating Trust

 

$

113

 

$

1,519

 

Mortgages payable(1)

 

1,931,023

 

1,063,451

 

Other liabilities

 

321,199

 

126,048

 

Total liabilities

 

2,252,335

 

1,191,018

 

Owners’ equity

 

846,282

 

553,210

 

Total liabilities and owners’ equity

 

$

3,098,617

 

$

1,744,228

 

 


(1)                                  The Operating Trust guarantees $292.0 million of the outstanding debt balance of certain of our Archstone-Smith development ventures as of September 30, 2007 and is committed to guarantee another $39.9 million upon funding of additional debt.

 

Selected combined summary results of operations for our unconsolidated investees presented on a stand-alone basis follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Operating Trust Joint Venture revenues

 

$

41,847

 

$

35,662

 

$

119,117

 

$

99,634

 

Net earnings(1)

 

5,003

 

8,225

 

1,771

 

40,261

 

Ameriton Joint Venture revenues

 

$

156

 

$

53

 

$

584

 

$

276

 

Net earnings/(loss)(2)

 

(217

)

(136

)

3,626

 

18,185

 

International Fund revenues

 

$

19,688

 

$

 

$

19,688

 

$

 

Net loss(3)

 

(9,804

)

 

(9,804

)

 

Total revenues

 

$

61,691

 

$

35,715

 

$

139,389

 

$

99,910

 

Total net earnings

 

$

(5,018

)

$

8,089

 

$

(4,407

)

$

58,446

 

 

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(1)                                  Includes gains associated with the disposition of Operating Trust Joint Venture assets of $4.2 million and $9.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, and $4.2 million and $37.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

(2)                                  Includes Ameriton’s share of pre-tax gains associated with the disposition of real estate joint venture assets of $4.0 million and $19.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

(3)                                  The International Fund was formed at the end of June 2007 and the related earnings/(loss) for periods prior to formation are therefore incorporated into our consolidated results.

 

(6)           Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable

 

The change in mortgage and other notes receivable, which are included in other assets, during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

$

123,261

 

Funding of additional notes

 

13,097

 

Accrued interest

 

5,074

 

Prepayments

 

(52,128

)

Balance at September 30, 2007

 

$

89,304

 

 

We have a commitment to fund an additional $49.9 million under existing agreements. Our rights to the underlying collateral on these notes in the event of default are generally subordinate to the primary mortgage lender. We evaluate the collectibility of our mezzanine and other notes receivable on a quarterly basis. We recognized interest income associated with notes receivable of $2.9 million and $5.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $9.1 million and $13.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The weighted average contracted interest rate on these notes as of September 30, 2007 was approximately 12.2%.

 

(7)           Borrowings

 

Unsecured Credit Facilities

 

Our $600 million unsecured credit facility, which is led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., bears interest at the greater of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or, at our option, LIBOR plus 0.40%. The spread over LIBOR can vary from LIBOR plus 0.325% to LIBOR plus 1.00%, based upon the rating of our long-term unsecured senior notes. The facility contains an accordion feature that allows us to increase the size of the commitment to $1.0 billion at any time during the life of the facility, subject to lenders providing additional commitments, and enables us to borrow up to $150 million in foreign currencies. The credit facility was scheduled to mature in June 2010 and was paid off at the time of the merger.

 

On May 29, 2007, we entered into an agreement with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., that provides for a $500 million unsecured revolving line of credit. This facility bears interest at the greater of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or, at our option, LIBOR plus 0.40%. The spread over LIBOR can vary from LIBOR plus 0.325% to LIBOR plus 1.00%, based upon the rating of our long-term unsecured senior notes. The credit facility was scheduled to mature in December 2007 and was paid off in connection with the merger.

 

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The following table summarizes our revolving credit facility borrowings under our lines of credit (in thousands, except for percentages):

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Total unsecured revolving credit facilities

 

$

 1,100,000

 

$

600,000

 

Borrowings outstanding at end of period

 

871,000

 

80,000

 

Outstanding letters of credit under the JPMorgan Chase Bank facility

 

13,977

 

14,880

 

Weighted average daily borrowings

 

485,095

 

100,474

 

Maximum borrowings outstanding during the period

 

965,427

 

360,000

 

Weighted average daily nominal interest rate

 

5.5

%

5.0

%

Weighted average daily effective interest rate

 

5.8

%

6.3

%

 

We also have a short-term unsecured borrowing agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., which provides for maximum borrowings of $100 million. The borrowings under the agreement bear interest at an overnight rate agreed to at the time of borrowing and ranged from 5.6% to 6.2% during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007. There were $29.4 million of borrowings outstanding under the agreement at September 30, 2007, and $4.7 million of borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2006. The credit facility was paid off in connection with the merger.

 

Long-Term Unsecured Debt

 

A summary of our Long-Term Unsecured Debt outstanding at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Type of Debt

 

Coupon
Rate(1)

 

Effective
Interest
Rate(1)(2)

 

Balance at
September 30, 2007

 

Balance at
December 31, 2006

 

Average
Remaining
Life (Years)

 

Long-term unsecured senior notes

 

5.4

%

5.7

%

$

2,930,366

 

$

3,279,404

 

5.3

 

Unsecured tax-exempt bonds

 

4.0

%

4.9

%

59,649

 

76,295

 

14.3

 

Total/Weighted average

 

5.4

%

5.6

%

$

2,990,015

 

$

3,355,699

 

5.5

 

 


(1)                                  Represents a fixed rate for the long-term unsecured notes and a variable rate for the unsecured tax-exempt bonds.

 

(2)                                  Includes the effect of fair value hedges, loan cost amortization and other ongoing fees and expenses, where applicable.

 

Mortgages Payable

 

Our mortgages payable generally feature either monthly interest and principal payments or monthly interest-only payments with balloon payments due at maturity. Early repayment of mortgages is generally subject to prepayment penalties.

 

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A summary of mortgages payable follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Outstanding Balance at(1)

 

Effective

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Interest
Rate(2)

 

Secured floating rate debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax-exempt debt

 

$

837,238

 

$

935,536

 

5.5

%

Conventional mortgages

 

47,925

 

167,020

 

5.9

%

Total Floating

 

885,163

 

1,102,556

 

5.5

%

Secured fixed rate debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax-exempt debt

 

84

 

3,086

 

6.4

%

Conventional mortgages

 

1,159,643

 

1,651,650

 

6.1

%

Other secured debt

 

18,101

 

18,942

 

4.6

%

Total Fixed

 

1,177,828

 

1,673,678

 

6.0

%

Total mortgages payable

 

$

2,062,991

 

$

2,776,234

 

5.8

%

 


(1)                                  Includes the unamortized fair market value adjustment associated with assumption of fixed rate mortgages in connection with real estate acquisitions. The unamortized balance aggregated $33.3 million and $43.9 million at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, and is being amortized as a credit to interest expense over the life of the underlying debt.

 

(2)                                  Includes the effect of fair value hedges, credit enhancement fees, the amortization of fair market value purchase adjustment, and other related costs, where applicable.

 

The change in mortgages payable during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

$

2,776,234

 

Regularly scheduled principal amortization

 

(9,989

)

Borrowings, prepayments, final maturities and other, net

 

(78,924

)

International Fund formation (See Note 3)

 

(624,330

)

Balance at September 30, 2007

 

$

2,062,991

 

 

Other

 

The majority of our debt was paid off in connection with the merger and replaced with new debt to finance a significant portion of the transaction.

 

The book value of total assets pledged as collateral for mortgage loans and other obligations at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was $4.3 billion and $5.6 billion, respectively. Our debt instruments generally contain covenants common to the type of facility or borrowing, including financial covenants establishing minimum debt service coverage ratios and maximum leverage ratios. We were in compliance with all financial covenants pertaining to our debt instruments at September 30, 2007.

 

The total interest paid on all outstanding debt was $120.0 million and $96.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $283.6 million and $244.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. We capitalize interest incurred during the construction period as part of the cost of apartment communities under development. Capitalized interest was $12.2 million and $13.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $37.6 million and $39.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

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(8)           Distributions to Unitholders

 

The following table summarizes the quarterly cash distributions paid per unit on Common and Preferred Units during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. We will not pay any additional distributions on Common Units and will continue to pay $7,660 per year related to the Series I Perpetual Preferred Units in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Please see Note 1 for a discussion of the merger of Archstone-Smith.

 

 

 

Quarterly
Cash
Distribution
Per Unit

 

Cash Distribution Per Unit
for the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007

 

Common Units

 

 

$

0.905

 

Series I Perpetual Preferred Units(1)

 

$

1,915

 

$

5,745

 

 


(1)           Series I Preferred Units have a par value of $100,000 per unit.

 

(9)           Benefit Plans and Implementation of SFAS 123R

 

Our long-term incentive plan was approved in 1997 and was modified in connection with the Smith merger. There have been seven types of awards under the plan: (i) options with a DEU feature (only awarded prior to 2000); (ii) options without the DEU feature (generally awarded after 1999); (iii) RSU awards with a DEU feature (awarded prior to 2006); (iv) RSU awards with a cash dividend payment feature (awarded after 2005); (v) employee share purchase program with matching options without the DEU feature, granted only in 1997 and 1998; (vi) performance units, which are convertible into Common Shares upon vesting, issued to certain named executives under a Special Long-Term Incentive Program; and (vii) stock appreciation rights.

 

No more than 20.0 million share or option awards in the aggregate may be granted under the plan, and no individual may be awarded more than 1.0 million share or option awards in any one-year period. As of September 30, 2007, Archstone-Smith had approximately 9.6 million shares available for future issuance. Non-qualified options constitute an important component of compensation for officers below the level of senior vice president and for selected employees.

 

A summary of share option activity for the options and RSUs is presented below:

 

 

 

Option Awards

 

RSU Awards

 

 

 

Options

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Units

 

Weighted
Average
Grant Price

 

Balance, December 31, 2006

 

1,831,355

 

$

30.14

 

946,615

 

$

31.82

 

Granted

 

388,017

 

$

58.62

 

175,176

 

$

58.62

 

Exercised/Settled

 

(165,369

)

$

33.70

 

(99,532

)

$

28.86

 

Forfeited

 

(22,306

)

$

42.63

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2007

 

2,031,697

 

$

35.16

 

1,022,259

 

$

36.72

 

Granted

 

4,102

 

$

53.05

 

12,000

 

$

53.05

 

Exercised/Settled

 

(135,537

)

$

27.09

 

(39,248

)

$

27.77

 

Forfeited

 

(26,935

)

$

49.61

 

(23,633

)

$

48.61

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2007

 

1,873,327

 

$

35.57

 

971,378

 

$

36.99

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised/Settled

 

(28,316

)

$

22.78

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(1,570

)

$

56.19

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2007

 

1,843,441

 

$

34.92

 

971,378

 

36.99

 

 

Certain of the options and RSUs, included in the table above, have a DEU feature. The aggregate number of vested DEUs outstanding as of September 30, 2007 was approximately 240,000. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we recorded $185,000 as a charge to operating expense related to unvested DEUs and $1,620,000 of Common Share dividends related to vested DEUs.

 

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Options

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the share options granted to associates had a calculated fair value of $8.44 and $5.52 per option, respectively. The historical exercise patterns of the associate groups receiving option awards are similar, and therefore we used only one set of assumptions in calculating fair value for each period. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, the calculated fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, using a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 4.44%, a weighted average dividend yield of 3.39%, a volatility factor of 18.62% and a weighted average expected life of four years. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, the calculated fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, using a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 4.66%, a weighted average dividend yield of 4.57%, a volatility factor of 18.30% and a weighted average expected life of four years. The options vest over a three-year period and have a contractual term of 10 years. We used an estimated forfeiture rate of 10% in recording option compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, based primarily on historical experience. The unamortized compensation cost is $2.9 million, which includes all options previously granted but not yet vested. This amount will be recorded as compensation cost on the merger date.

 

The total intrinsic value of the share options exercised during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $9.9 million and $26.0 million, respectively. The intrinsic value is defined as the difference between the realized fair value of the share or the quoted fair value at the end of the period, less the exercise price of the option. We had 1.1 million fully vested options outstanding at September 30, 2007 with a weighted average exercise price of $26.86. The weighted-average contractual life of the fully vested options is 5.18 years, and they have an intrinsic value of $37.6 million. In addition, we have 657,100 options outstanding that we expect to vest with a weighted average exercise price of $51.80. The weighted-average contractual life of the unvested options is 9.23 years, and they have an intrinsic value of $5.5 million.

 

Restricted Share Units

 

Also during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, we issued RSUs to senior officers and trustees of the company with an average grant date fair value of $58.26 and $45.77, respectively per share. The units vest over a three-year period and the related unamortized compensation cost is $13.4 million, which includes all units previously granted but not yet vested. This amount will be recorded as compensation cost on the merger date.

 

We had 576,318 fully vested RSUs outstanding at September 30, 2007 with a weighted average grant date fair value of $28.53. The weighted-average contractual life for the fully vested shares is 5.12 years and the intrinsic value is $34.7 million. In addition, we have 390,685 RSUs outstanding that we expect to vest with a weighted average grant date fair value of $49.40. The weighted-average contractual life for the unvested shares is 9.04 years and the intrinsic value is $19.3 million. The total intrinsic value of the RSUs settled during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were $8.3 million and $3.5 million, respectively.

 

Special Long-Term Incentive Program

 

Effective January 1, 2006, a special long-term incentive program related to the achievement of total shareholder return performance targets was established for certain of our executive officers. We would issue approximately 300,000 performance units if all performance targets are ultimately met as of December 31, 2008. The calculated grant date fair value of approximately $4.8 million is being charged to compensation expense ratably over the three-year term of the plan. The calculated fair value was determined by an independent third party using a Monte Carlo simulation approach which yielded an estimated payout percentage of 41%. The related unamortized compensation cost at September 30, 2007 is $1.3 million and will be recorded as compensation cost on the merger date.

 

Summary

 

The compensation cost associated with all awards for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was approximately $10.0 million, of which approximately $7.9 million was charged to operating expenses, and approximately $2.1 million related to dedicated investment personnel was capitalized with respect to development and other qualifying investment activities. The compensation cost associated with all awards for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was approximately $8.9 million, of which approximately $6.7 million was charged to operating expenses, and approximately $2.2 million

 

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related to dedicated investment personnel was capitalized with respect to development and other qualifying investment activities. The unamortized compensation cost of $16.4 million will be recorded as compensation cost on the merger date.

 

(10)         Segment Data

 

We have determined that our garden communities and our High-Rise communities have similar economic characteristics and meet the other GAAP criteria, which permit the garden communities and High-Rise communities to be aggregated into two reportable segments. Additionally, we have defined the activity from Ameriton as an individual operating segment, as its primary focus is the opportunistic acquisition, development and eventual disposition of real estate with a short-term investment horizon. NOI is defined as rental revenues less rental expenses and real estate taxes. We rely on NOI for purposes of making decisions about resource allocations and assessing segment performance. We also believe NOI is a valuable means of comparing year-to-year operating performance.

 

Following are reconciliations, which exclude the amounts classified as discontinued operations, of each reportable segment’s (i) revenues to consolidated revenues; (ii) NOI to consolidated earnings from operations; and (iii) assets to consolidated assets, for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Reportable apartment communities segment revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-Store:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden communities

 

$

125,665

 

$

118,861

 

$

356,391

 

$

334,579

 

High-Rise communities

 

98,945

 

93,606

 

254,710

 

242,440

 

Non Same-Store and other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden communities

 

24,489

 

4,334

 

65,495

 

16,774

 

High-Rise communities

 

25,865

 

11,155

 

97,843

 

50,312

 

Ameriton communities(1)

 

3,042

 

348

 

6,084

 

(460

)

International and other non-reportable operating segment revenues

 

4,152

 

16,400

 

46,782

 

23,568

 

Total segment and consolidated rental revenues

 

$

282,158

 

$

244,704

 

$

827,305

 

$

667,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reportable apartment communities segment NOI:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-Store:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden communities

 

$

86,576

 

$

81,618

 

$

248,741

 

$

234,409

 

High-Rise communities

 

68,066

 

63,756

 

175,165

 

168,180

 

Non Same-Store and other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden communities

 

13,491

 

2,086

 

35,637

 

9,194

 

High-Rise communities

 

16,539

 

5,310

 

62,904

 

30,976

 

Ameriton communities(1)

 

1,391

 

136

 

2,915

 

(446

)

International and other non-reportable operating segment revenues

 

2,858

 

10,942

 

25,721

 

14,800

 

Total segment NOI

 

188,921

 

163,848

 

551,083

 

457,113

 

Reconciling items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income

 

15,243

 

27,299

 

44,406

 

57,100

 

Depreciation on real estate investments

 

(68,416

)

(57,000

)

(205,710

)

(166,760

)

Interest expense

 

(70,744

)

(60,163

)

(210,360

)

(150,402

)

General and administrative expenses

 

(21,601

)

(18,497

)

(60,732

)

(49,794

)

Other expenses

 

(5,578

)

(4,734

)

(12,571

)

(15,923

)

Consolidated earnings from operations

 

$

37,825

 

$

50,753

 

$

106,116

 

$

131,334

 

 

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(1)           While rental revenue and NOI are the primary measures we use to evaluate the performance of our assets, management also utilizes gains from the disposition of real estate when evaluating the performance of Ameriton, as its primary focus is the opportunistic acquisition, development and eventual disposition of real estate with a short-term investment horizon. Pre-tax net gains from the disposition of Ameriton operating communities were $4.5 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $16.9 million and $51.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These gains are classified within discontinued operations. Additionally, Ameriton had gains from the sale of unconsolidated joint venture assets that are classified within income from unconsolidated entities and gains from land sales that are classified within other income. Ameriton assets are excluded from our Same-Store population as they are acquired or developed to achieve short-term opportunistic gains, and therefore, the average holding period is typically much shorter than the holding period of assets operated by the Operating Trust.

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Reportable operating communities segment assets, net:

 

 

 

 

 

Same-Store:

 

 

 

 

 

Garden communities

 

$

3,580,569

 

$

3,610,111

 

High-Rise properties

 

2,993,519

 

3,028,995

 

Non Same-Store:

 

 

 

 

 

Garden communities

 

2,116,288

 

2,760,786

 

High-Rise properties

 

2,095,779

 

1,818,834

 

Ameriton

 

600,145

 

461,276

 

FHA/ADA settlement accrual

 

16,103

 

29,185

 

International

 

51,811

 

48,438

 

Other non-reportable operating segment assets

 

283,133

 

264,246

 

Total segment assets

 

11,737,347

 

12,021,871

 

Real estate held-for-sale, net

 

224,455

 

208,623

 

Total segment assets

 

11,961,802

 

12,230,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciling items:

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in and advances to unconsolidated entities

 

562,476

 

235,323

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

14,781

 

48,655

 

Restricted cash in tax-deferred exchange escrow

 

317,222

 

319,312

 

Other assets

 

389,505

 

425,343

 

Consolidated total assets

 

$

13,245,786

 

$

13,259,127

 

 

Total capital expenditures for garden communities included in continuing operations were $18.3 million and $15.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $47.0 million and $38.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Total capital expenditures for High-Rise properties included in continuing operations were $15.9 million and $15.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $33.0 million and $43.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Total capital expenditures for Ameriton properties included in continuing operations were $0.7 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $1.3 million and $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 

(11)         Litigation and Contingencies

 

On May 30, 2007, two separate purported shareholder class-action lawsuits related to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were filed naming the company and each of the company’s trustees as defendants. One of these lawsuits, Seymour Schiff v. James A. Cardwell, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1135), was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The other, Mortimer J. Cohen v. Archstone-Smith Trust, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1060), was filed in the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado. On May 31, 2007, two additional purported shareholder class-action lawsuits related to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were filed in the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado. The first, Howard Lasker v. R. Scot Sellers, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1073), names the

 

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company, each of the company’s trustees and one of the company’s senior officers as defendants. The second, Steamship Trade Association/International Longshoremen’s Association Pension Fund v. Archstone-Smith Trust, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1070), names the company, each of the company’s trustees, Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers as defendants. On June 11, 2007, an additional purported shareholder class-action lawsuit related to the Merger Agreement, Doris Staehr v. Archstone-Smith Trust, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1081), was filed in the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado, naming the company and each of the company’s trustees as defendants. All five lawsuits allege, among other things, that the company’s trustees violated their fiduciary duties to the company’s shareholders in approving the mergers.

 

On June 21, 2007, the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado entered an order consolidating the Lasker, Steamship Trade Association/International Longshoremen’s Association Pension Fund and Staehr actions into the Cohen action, under the caption In re Archstone-Smith Trust Shareholder Litigation.

 

On August 17, 2007, we and the other defendants entered into a memorandum of understanding with the plaintiffs regarding the settlement of both the Schiff and the consolidated action captioned In re Archstone-Smith Trust Shareholder Litigation. In connection with the settlement, we agreed to make certain additional disclosures to our shareholders. Subject to the completion of certain confirmatory discovery by counsel to the plaintiffs, the memorandum of understanding contemplates that the parties will enter into a stipulation of settlement. The stipulation of settlement will be subject to customary conditions, including court approval following notice to our shareholders and consummation of the merger. In the event that the parties enter into a stipulation of settlement, a hearing will be scheduled at which the court will consider the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of the settlement, which, if finally approved by the court, will resolve all of the claims that were or could have been brought in the actions being settled, including all claims relating to the merger, the merger agreement and any disclosure made in connection therewith. In addition, in connection with the settlement, the parties contemplate that plaintiffs’ counsel will petition the court for an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses to be paid by us, up to an agreed-upon limit. There can be no assurance that the parties will ultimately enter into a stipulation of settlement or that the court will approve the settlement even if the parties were to enter into such stipulation. In such event, the proposed settlement as contemplated by the memorandum of understanding may be terminated. The settlement will not affect the amount of the merger consideration that the plaintiffs are entitled to receive in the merger. We and the other defendants vigorously deny all liability with respect to the facts and claims alleged in the lawsuits, and specifically deny that any modifications to the Merger Agreement or any further supplemental disclosure was required under any applicable rule, statute, regulation or law. However, to avoid the risk of delaying or adversely affecting the merger and the related transactions, to minimize the expense of defending the lawsuits, and to provide additional information to our shareholders at a time and in a manner that would not cause any delay of the merger, we and our trustees agreed to the settlement described above. We and the other defendants further considered it desirable that the actions be settled to avoid the substantial burden, expense, risk, inconvenience and distraction of continued litigation and to fully and finally resolve the settled claims.

 

During the second quarter of 2005, we entered into a full and final settlement in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland with three national disability organizations and agreed to make capital improvements in a number of our communities in order to make them fully compliant with the FHA and ADA. The litigation, settled by this agreement, alleged lack of full compliance with certain design and construction requirements under the two federal statutes at 71 of the company’s wholly-owned and joint venture communities, of which we still own or have an interest in 40. As part of the settlement, the three disability organizations all recognized that the Operating Trust had no intention to build any of its communities in a manner inconsistent with the FHA or ADA.

 

The amount of the capital expenditures required to remediate the communities named in the settlement was estimated at $47.2 million and was accrued as an addition to real estate during the fourth quarter of 2005. The settlement agreement approved by the court allows us to remediate each of the designated communities over a three-year period, and also provides that we are not restricted from selling any of our communities during the remediation period. We agreed to pay damages totaling $1.4 million, which included legal fees and costs incurred by the plaintiffs. We had $16.1 million of the original accrual remaining on September 30, 2007.

 

We are subject to various claims filed in 2002 and 2003 in connection with moisture infiltration and resulting mold issues at certain High-Rise properties we once owned in Southeast Florida. These claims generally allege that water infiltration and resulting mold contamination resulted in the claimants having personal injuries and/or property damage. Although certain of these claims continue to be in various stages of litigation, with respect to the majority of these claims, we

 

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have either settled the claims and/or we have been dismissed from the lawsuits that had been filed. With respect to the lawsuits that have not been resolved, we continue to defend these claims in the normal course of litigation.

 

We are a party to various other claims and routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that the results of any such claims or litigation, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Trustee and Unitholders

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust:

 

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2007, and the related condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, condensed consolidated statement of unitholders’ equity, other common unitholders’ interest and comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. These condensed consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust’s management.

 

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust as of December 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, unitholders’ equity, other common unitholders’ interest and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated March 1, 2007, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2006 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Denver, Colorado

November 9, 2007

 

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Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following information should be read in conjunction with Archstone-Smith Operating Trust’s 2006 Form 10-K as well as the financial statements and notes included in Item 1 of this report.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry, markets in which Archstone-Smith operates, management’s beliefs, assumptions made by management and the transactions described in this Form 10-Q. While Archstone-Smith management believes the assumptions underlying its forward-looking statements and information are reasonable, such information is necessarily subject to uncertainties and may involve certain risks, many of which are difficult to predict and are beyond management’s control. These risks include, but are not limited to: (1) the ability to recognize the benefits of the merger; (2) the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the merger and the actual terms of certain financings that will be obtained for the merger; and (3) the impact of the substantial indebtedness incurred to finance the consummation of the merger; and other risks that are set forth under “Risk Factors” in the Operating Trust’s 2006 Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this filing or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements in this section. We undertake no obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of this Form 10-Q.

 

Consummation of Agreement to be Acquired

 

On May 29, 2007, Archstone-Smith announced it had signed the Merger Agreement, whereby both Archstone-Smith and the Operating Trust would be acquired by the Buyer Parties. The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were consummated on October 4 and 5, 2007. As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the sole trustee of the Operating Trust, effective as of October 5, 2007, is the Series I Trust, which along with Series II Trust and Series III Trust owns 100% of the Operating Trust’s outstanding Common Units.

 

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, all outstanding Common Shares of Archstone-Smith were acquired by the Series I Trust, the Series II Trust and the Series III Trust for $60.75 in cash, without interest and less applicable withholding taxes, for each Common Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger. With respect to the outstanding Series I Preferred Shares, the Buyer Parties elected to replace them with substantially identical Series I Preferred Shares of the Series I Trust.

 

As part of the transaction, the Operating Trust merged on October 4, 2007 with River Trust Acquisition (MD), LLC, a subsidiary of the Buyer Parties (“MergerSub”). Although the Operating Trust is the surviving entity, MergerSub is viewed as the acquiror for accounting purposes. Each Class A-2 Common Unit remains outstanding. Approximately 4.5 million Class A-1 Common Units, held by more than 300 holders, were converted into the right to receive an equivalent number of newly issued Series O Preferred Units, whereas holders of approximately 21.6 million Class A-1 Common Units elected to exchange their Class A-1 Common Units for cash consideration of $60.75 without interest and less applicable withholding taxes. Each Series O Preferred Unit has a redemption price of $60.75 and bears cumulative preferential distributions payable quarterly at an annual rate of 6%. The distribution rate will increase to 8% per annum under certain circumstances, including during any period when the ratio of total debt to total assets exceeds 0.85 to 1.00. The Series O Preferred Units, which have only limited voting rights, are redeemable by the holder or the Operating Trust under certain circumstances. The Series I Preferred Units remain outstanding and unchanged. Each Series M Preferred Unit and each Series N-1 and N-2 Convertible Preferred Unit was converted into the right to receive one newly issued Series P Preferred Unit, Series Q-1 Preferred Unit and Series Q-2 Preferred Unit, respectively, of the Operating Trust.

 

Further, immediately after the effective time of the Operating Trust merger, the Buyer Parties caused the Operating Trust to make certain material asset distributions to Archstone-Smith. In connection with the transaction, the Operating Trust distributed approximately $2.9 billion of real estate and the corresponding liabilities to affiliated entities.

 

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                The Company

 

We are engaged primarily in the acquisition, development, redevelopment, operation and long-term ownership of apartment communities in the United States. Archstone-Smith is structured as an UPREIT, with all property ownership and business operations conducted through the Operating Trust. Archstone-Smith was the sole trustee and owned approximately 89.5% of our Common Units at September 30, 2007. Archstone-Smith Common Shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ASN) through October 5, 2007. As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the sole trustee of the Operating Trust is now the Series I Trust, which together with Series II Trust and Series III Trust owns 100% of the Operating Trust Common Units.

 

Results of Operations

 

Executive Summary

 

The major factors that influenced our operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2006 were as follows:

 

                  NOI decreased due primarily to net dispositions and the formation of the International Fund. These decreases were partially offset by a 6.1% increase in NOI from our Same-Store communities and an increase in lease-up activity.

 

                  Other income decreased in 2007 due to Ameriton land sale gains recorded in 2006.

 

                  General and administrative expenses increased principally as a result of our international expansion, higher payroll-related costs and professional expenses.

 

                  Other expense was higher in 2007 due principally to transaction costs related to the merger that were incurred in 2007.

 

                  Earnings from unconsolidated entities were lower in 2007 primarily due to gains on sale of joint venture assets in 2006 and initial formation costs for the International Fund.

 

                  Other non-operating income increased due to foreign currency gains recognized on our international investments and a $14.0 million gain recognized on the sale of International Fund shares.

 

                  The increase in gains on disposition of real estate was driven principally by higher transaction volume and significantly larger average gains per transaction in REIT dispositions in 2007.

 

The major factors that influenced our operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006 were as follows:

 

                  NOI increased due primarily to a 5.1% increase in NOI for our Same-Store communities as well as the DeWAG transaction that occurred in July 2006. These increases were partially offset by net dispositions of operating communities and formation of the International Fund effective July 1, 2007.

 

                  Other income decreased in 2007 due to gains on the sale of land in 2006 and higher recoveries from moisture infiltration and hurricane damage claims in 2006.

 

                  Interest expense increased due to the interest charge related to our international business that began material operations in July 2006, as well as higher borrowings on our lines of credit which carry a higher effective interest rate as compared to our long-term debt and mortgages. These increases were partially offset by the impact of deconsolidation of our international operations effective July 1, 2007.

 

                  General and administrative expenses increased principally as a result of our international expansion, higher payroll-related costs and professional expenses.

 

                  Other expense was lower in 2007 due principally to higher income tax expenses in 2006 relating to Ameriton dispositions. These decreases were partially offset by a $10.1 million charge for transaction costs related to the proposed merger that were incurred in 2007.

 

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      Earnings from unconsolidated entities were lower in 2007 primarily due to gains on the sale of a joint venture asset in 2006 and initial formation costs for the International Fund.

 

      Other non-operating income increased due to foreign currency gains recognized on our international investments and gains recognized on the sale of International Fund shares.

 

      The increase in gains on disposition of real estate was driven principally by larger average gains per transaction on REIT dispositions partially offset by lower Ameriton gains in 2007.

 

Reconciliation of Quantitative Summary to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings

 

The following schedules are provided to reconcile our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings to the information presented in the “Quantitative Summary” provided in the next section (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30, 2007

 

Three Months Ended
September 30, 2006

 

 

 

Continuing
Operations

 

Discontinued
Operations

 

Total

 

Continuing
Operations

 

Discontinued
Operations

 

Total

 

Rental revenue

 

$

282,158

 

$

14,894

 

$

297,052

 

$

244,704

 

$

61,831

 

$

306,535

 

Other income

 

15,243

 

 

15,243

 

27,299

 

 

27,299

 

Property operating expenses (rental expenses and real estate taxes)

 

(93,237

)

(5,848

)

(99,085

)

(80,856

)

(24,344

)

(105,200

)

Depreciation on real estate investments

 

(68,416

)

(375

)

(68,791

)

(57,000

)

(12,659

)

(69,659

)

Interest expense

 

(70,744

)

(3,301

)

(74,045

)

(60,163

)

(13,877

)

(74,040

)

General and administrative expenses

 

(21,601

)

 

(21,601

)

(18,497

)

 

(18,497

)

Other income/(expense)

 

(5,578

)

(2,787

)

(8,365

)

(4,734

)

667

 

(4,067

)

Income/(loss) from unconsolidated entities

 

(4,542

)

 

(4,542

)

2,088

 

 

2,088

 

Other non-operating income

 

26,488

 

 

26,488

 

1,718

 

 

1,718

 

Gains, net of disposition costs

 

 

336,685

 

336,685

 

 

83,934

 

83,934

 

Net earnings

 

$

59,771

 

$

339,268

 

$

399,039

 

$

54,559

 

$

95,552

 

$

150,111

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2006

 

 

 

Continuing
Operations

 

Discontinued
Operations

 

Total

 

Continuing
Operations

 

Discontinued
Operations

 

Total

 

Rental revenue

 

$

827,305

 

$

77,470

 

$

904,775

 

$

667,213

 

$

214,693

 

$

881,906

 

Other income

 

44,406

 

 

44,406

 

57,100

 

 

57,100

 

Property operating expenses (rental expenses and real estate taxes)

 

(276,222

)

(28,343

)

(304,565

)

(210,100

)

(85,378

)

(295,478

)

Depreciation on real estate investments

 

(205,710

)

(8,154

)

(213,864

)

(166,760

)

(45,752

)

(212,512

)

Interest expense

 

(210,360

)

(16,973

)

(227,333

)

(150,402

)

(49,475

)

(199,877

)

General and administrative expenses

 

(60,732

)

 

(60,732

)

(49,794

)

 

(49,794

)

Other expense

 

(12,571

)

(6,891

)

(19,462

)

(15,923

)

(21,895

)

(37,818

)

Income/(loss) from unconsolidated entities

 

(3,540

)

 

(3,540

)

31,484

 

 

31,484

 

Other non-operating income

 

28,430

 

 

28,430

 

2,137

 

 

2,137

 

Gains, net of disposition costs

 

 

644,873

 

644,873

 

 

309,609

 

309,609

 

Net earnings

 

$

131,006

 

$

661,982

 

$

792,988

 

$

164,955

 

$

321,802

 

$

486,757

 

 

Quantitative Summary

 

This summary is provided for reference purposes and is intended to support and be read in conjunction with the narrative discussion of our results of operations. This quantitative summary includes all operating activities, including those classified as discontinued operations for GAAP reporting purposes. This information is presented to correspond with the manner in which we analyze the business. We generally reinvest disposition proceeds into new operating communities and developments and therefore believe it is most useful to analyze continuing and discontinued operations on a combined basis. The impact of communities classified as “discontinued operations” for GAAP reporting purposes is discussed separately in a later section under the caption “Discontinued Operations Analysis” (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

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Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Increase/
(Decrease)

 

2007

 

2006

 

Increase/
(Decrease)

 

Rental revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-Store(1)

 

$

232,071

 

$

219,855

 

$

12,216

 

$

633,004

 

$

598,361

 

$

34,643

 

Non Same-Store and other

 

57,535

 

65,848

 

(8,313

)

214,198

 

238,535

 

(24,337

)

Ameriton

 

3,294

 

3,293

 

1

 

9,758

 

16,959

 

(7,201

)

Non-multifamily

 

2,505

 

2,848

 

(343

)

6,025

 

9,378

 

(3,353

)

International

 

1,647

 

14,691

 

(13,044

)

41,790

 

18,673

 

23,117

 

Total rental revenues

 

297,052

 

306,535

 

(9,483

)

904,775

 

881,906

 

22,869

 

Property operating expenses (rental expenses and real estate taxes):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same-Store(1)

 

72,542

 

69,511

 

3,031

 

194,401

 

181,214

 

13,187

 

Non Same-Store and other

 

23,256

 

27,951

 

(4,695

)

84,166

 

95,612

 

(11,446

)

Ameriton

 

1,994

 

1,641

 

353

 

4,861

 

8,672

 

(3,811

)

Non-multifamily

 

257

 

1,243

 

(986

)

603

 

2,845

 

(2,242

)

International

 

1,036

 

4,854

 

(3,818

)

20,534

 

7,135

 

13,399

 

Total property operating expenses

 

99,085

 

105,200

 

(6,115

)

304,565

 

295,478

 

9,087

 

Net operating income (rental revenues less property operating expenses)

 

197,967

 

201,335

 

(3,368

)

600,210

 

586,428

 

13,782

 

Margin (NOI/rental revenues):

 

66.6

%

65.7

%

1.0

%

66.3

%

66.5

%

(0.2

)%

Average occupancy during period:(2)

 

93.0

%

95.0

%

(2.0

)%

93.0

%

94.9

%

(1.9

)%

Other income

 

15,243

 

27,299

 

(12,056

)

44,406

 

57,100

 

(12,694

)

Depreciation of real estate investments

 

68,791

 

69,659

 

(868

)

213,864

 

212,512

 

1,352

 

Interest expense

 

86,248

 

87,370

 

(1,122

)

264,908

 

239,515

 

25,393

 

Capitalized interest

 

12,203

 

13,330

 

(1,127

)

37,575

 

39,638

 

(2,063

)

Net interest expense

 

74,045

 

74,040

 

5

 

227,333

 

199,877

 

27,456

 

General and administrative expenses

 

21,601

 

18,497

 

3,104

 

60,732

 

49,794

 

10,938

 

Other expense

 

8,365

 

4,067

 

4,298

 

19,462

 

37,818

 

(18,356

)

Earnings from continuing and discontinued operations

 

40,408

 

62,371

 

(21,963

)

123,225

 

143,527

 

(20,302

)

Equity in earnings/(loss) from unconsolidated entities

 

(4,542

)

2,088

 

(6,630

)

(3,540

)

31,484

 

(35,024

)

Other non-operating income (expense).

 

26,488

 

1,718

 

24,770

 

28,430

 

2,137

 

26,293

 

Gains on disposition of real estate investments, net of disposition costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable subsidiaries

 

4,536

 

4,217

 

319

 

16,891

 

51,743

 

(34,852

)

REIT

 

332,149

 

79,717

 

252,432

 

627,982

 

257,866

 

370,116

 

Net earnings

 

$

399,039

 

$

150,111

 

$

248,928

 

$

792,988

 

$

486,757

 

$

306,231

 

 


(1)                                  Reflects revenues and operating expenses for Same-Store communities that were owned on September 30, 2007 and fully operating during both of the comparison periods.

 

(2)                                  Does not include occupancy associated with properties owned by Ameriton, located in Germany or operated under the Oakwood Master Leases.

 

Property-level operating results

 

We utilize NOI as the primary measure to evaluate our operating performance and for purposes of making decisions about resource allocations and assessing segment performance. We also believe NOI is a valuable means of comparing period-to-period operating performance. In analyzing the performance of our operating portfolio, we evaluate Same-Store communities separately from Non Same-Store communities and other properties.

 

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Same-Store Analysis

 

The following table reflects revenue, expense and NOI growth for Same-Store communities that were owned on September 30, 2007 and fully operating during each of the respective comparison periods.

 

 

 

Same-Store
Revenue Growth

 

Same-Store
Expense Growth

 

Same-Store
NOI Growth

 

 

 

Q3 2007
vs.
Q3 2006

 

YTD 2007 vs.
YTD 2006

 

Q3 2007
vs.
Q3 2006

 

YTD 2007 vs.
YTD 2006

 

Q3 2007
vs.
Q3 2006

 

YTD 2007 vs.
YTD 2006

 

Garden

 

5.5

%

6.3

%

5.0

%

7.4

%

5.7

%

5.9

%

High-Rise

 

5.7

%

5.0

%

3.6

%

7.1

%

6.7

%

4.1

%

Average

 

5.6

%

5.8

%

4.4

%

7.3

%

6.1

%

5.1

%

 

Same-Store revenues were up 5.6% for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 due primarily to an increase in average rental revenue per unit, partially offset by lower occupancy. Same-Store expenses were up 4.4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006, primarily due to higher real estate taxes and increased personnel costs. These changes in revenues and expenses resulted in an increase in Same-Store NOI of 6.1%, driven principally by strong growth in Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metropolitan Area, which collectively represent 34.0% of the company’s portfolio.

 

Same-Store revenues were up 5.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 due primarily to an increase in average rental revenue per unit. Same-Store expenses were up 7.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006, primarily due to higher insurance costs, real estate taxes and personnel costs. These changes in revenues and expenses resulted in an increase in Same-Store NOI of 5.1% driven principally by strong growth in Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California and the New York City Metropolitan Area which collectively represent 61.8% of the company’s portfolio.

 

Non Same-Store and Other Analysis

 

The $3.6 million decrease in NOI in the Non Same-Store portfolio for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 is primarily attributable to a $26.4 million decrease related to community dispositions, offset by a $15.6 million increase related to acquisitions and a $7.1 million increase related to recently stabilized development communities and communities in lease-up.

 

The $12.9 million decrease in NOI in the Non Same-Store portfolio for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 is primarily attributable to a $70.7 million decrease related to community dispositions, offset by a $39.9 million increase related to acquisitions and a $17.7 million increase related to recently stabilized development communities and communities in lease-up.

 

Ameriton

 

The decrease in NOI from Ameriton apartment communities for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the comparable period in the prior year is primarily attributable to dispositions.

 

International

 

The decrease in NOI of $9.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 is attributable to the contribution of the majority of our international operations to the International Fund on June 29, 2007. The results of those operations are now included in income from unconsolidated entities.

 

NOI for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 increased $9.7 million as compared to the same period in the prior year due to the DeWAG acquisition that occurred in July 2006. The increase was partially offset by a decrease related to the contribution of the majority of our international operations to the International Fund on June 29, 2007. The results of those operations are included in income from unconsolidated entities in the third quarter of 2007.

 

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Other Income

 

Other income was lower for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in the prior year due to a decrease of $11.8 million related to higher 2006 land sales gains and a reduction of $5.1 million in interest income that resulted from lower cash balances in 2007, offset by $5.2 million in management fee income from the German management company.

 

Other income was lower for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in the prior year due to an $11.9 million decrease related to higher 2006 land sales gains and a $7.9 million decrease in insurance recoveries offset by a $5.2 million management fee increase from the German management company.

 

Interest Expense

 

Gross interest expense for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 decreased due to the interest charge related to our international operations that is now included in our equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities, offset by higher borrowings on our line of credit which carries a higher effective interest rate, as compared to our long-term debt and mortgages.

 

Gross interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 increased due to the interest charge related to our international operations that began material operations in July 2006 as well as higher borrowings on our lines of credit which carry a higher effective interest rate as compared to our long-term debt and mortgages. These increases were partially offset by the impact of the deconsolidation of the majority of our international operations as of July 1, 2007.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses were higher for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same periods in 2006 due primarily to higher personnel-related costs associated with our international expansion that began material operations in July 2006 and higher payroll-related costs and professional fees.

 

Other Expense

 

Other expense for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 increased $4.3 million as compared to the same period in 2006 due principally to merger related costs.

 

Other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was lower as compared to the same period in 2006 due principally to $20.2 million in tax expense in 2006 related to Ameriton dispositions, $4.8 million in debt extinguishment costs related primarily to prior year dispositions and a $4.3 million impairment charge related to an asset that we sold in 2006. These decreases were partially offset by a $10.1 million charge for transaction costs related to the merger.

 

Equity in Earnings from Unconsolidated Entities

 

Earnings from unconsolidated entities were lower for the three months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 primarily due to a $1.5 million decrease in gains on the sale of joint venture assets and initial formation costs for the International Fund.

 

Earnings from unconsolidated entities were lower for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 primarily due to a $22.9 million decrease in gains on the sale of joint venture assets and initial formation costs for the International Fund.

 

Other Non-Operating Income

 

Non-operating income was higher for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2007 due to foreign currency gains on our international investments and gains recognized on the sale of International Fund shares.

 

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Gains on Real Estate Dispositions

 

See “Discontinued Operations Analysis” below for a discussion of gains.

 

Discontinued Operations Analysis

 

Included in the overall results discussed above are the following amounts associated with properties which have been sold or were classified as held-for-sale as of September 30, 2007 (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

2006

 

Rental revenues

 

$

14,894

 

$

61,831

 

$

77,470

 

$

214,693

 

Rental expenses

 

(4,655

)

(17,984

)

(20,224

)

(59,694

)

Real estate taxes

 

(1,193

)

(6,360

)

(8,119

)

(25,684

)

Depreciation on real estate investments

 

(375

)

(12,659

)

(8,154

)

(45,752

)

Interest expense(1)

 

(3,301

)

(13,877

)

(16,973

)

(49,475

)

Income taxes from taxable REIT subsidiaries

 

(1,244

)

1,492

 

(4,354

)

(9,979

)

Provision for possible loss on real estate investment

 

 

 

 

(4,328

)

Debt extinguishment costs related to dispositions

 

(1,543

)

(825

)

(2,537

)

(7,588

)

Gains on disposition of real estate investments, net of disposition costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxable subsidiaries

 

4,536

 

4,217

 

16,891

 

51,743

 

REIT

 

332,149

 

79,717

 

627,982

 

257,866

 

Total discontinued operations

 

$

339,268

 

$

95,552

 

$

661,982

 

$

321,802

 

Number of communities sold during the period

 

8

 

5

 

26

 

28

 

Number of sold communities included in discontinued operations NOI

 

8

 

43

 

26

 

67

 

Number of communities classified as held-for-sale and included in discontinued operations NOI as of September 30, 2007

 

6

 

5

 

6

 

5

 

 


(1)                                  Interest expense included in discontinued operations is allocated to properties based on each asset’s cost in relation to the company’s leverage ratio and the average effective interest rate for each respective period.

 

As a result of the execution of our strategy of managing our invested capital through the selective sale of apartment communities and redeploying the proceeds to fund investments with higher anticipated growth prospects, we had significant disposition activity in both 2007 and 2006. The resulting gains, net of disposition costs, including those from Ameriton, were the biggest drivers of overall earnings from discontinued operations. NOI related to communities sold or classified as held-for-sale was higher in 2006 as compared to 2007 as assets we sold were owned longer in 2006 than 2007. Direct operating expenses, depreciation and allocated interest expense are generally proportional to the net operating income of communities included in discontinued operations for each period. For the quarter ended September 30, 2007, the number of REIT dispositions and the relative size of the corresponding gain were significantly higher than the same period in 2006. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, although the number of REIT dispositions was lower, the relative size of the gains was significantly higher than the same period in 2006.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We generally finance a portion of our long-term investing and operating activities with long-term debt. In connection with the recent merger, we paid off most of our debt and entered into several new credit agreements to finance a significant portion of the transaction. The leverage ratios and interest rates on the new credit facilities are generally higher. As a result of the significant cash flow generated by our operations, the available capacity under new or existing credit facilities and other new term loans, available cash balances, proceeds from the disposition of real estate or from joint venture formations and our demonstrated ability to secure financing, we believe our liquidity and financial condition are sufficient to meet all of our reasonably anticipated cash flow needs during the next 12 months. Please refer to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for detailed information of our sources and uses of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.

 

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Scheduled Debt Maturities and Interest Payment Requirements

 

On October 5, 2007 we borrowed approximately $13.7 billion under various credit facilities with third party lenders to, among other things, finance a portion of the cost of the Merger and refinance a portion of our existing indebtedness.

 

One of the credit facilities, with Lehman Brothers Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., contains a $750 million revolving facility that can be used by us or certain of our affiliates, with a $75 million swing line and a letter of credit commitment with a maximum of $425 million for the first year, which decreases thereafter. The revolving credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.00% and has a maturity date of October 5, 2011.  This facility also includes a $1.75 billion term loan maturing on October 5, 2011, bearing interest at LIBOR plus 3.00% and a $3.029 billion term loan maturing on October 5, 2012, bearing interest at LIBOR plus 3.25%. The swing line bears interest at 2.00% plus the greater of (a) the prime rate or (b) the federal funds rate plus 1/2%. The credit agreement for this facility has not been finalized and is therefore subject to change. We expect that the final agreement will contain customary terms, including customary financial and other covenant requirements, including specific leverage ratios and debt service coverage ratios as well as minimum levels of tangible net worth.

 

Additionally, we have a $7.1 billion facility provided by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), which is secured by 105 of our properties. This facility is divided into 9 loan pools. Pools 1 through 3, totaling $2.5 billion, mature on November 1, 2017 and bear interest at 6.256%. Pool 4, totaling $963.5 million, matures on November 1, 2014, and bears interest at 5.883%. Pools 5 through 7, totaling $2.3 billion, matures on November 1, 2012 and bears interest at 6.193%. Pools 8 and 9, totaling $1.3 billion, matures on November 1, 2009 and bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.265%. In addition to the Fannie Mae facility, Lehman Brothers Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. (collectively, the “Fannie Mae Mezzanine Lenders”), have provided $768.9 million of mezzanine loans subordinate to each of the nine Fannie Mae pools. The anticipated interest rates on these mezzanine loans range from 7.350% to 7.860%. The Fannie Mae Mezzanine Lenders intend to distribute these mezzanine loans post-closing to various other debt providers. We also have an $847 million facility provided by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), which is secured by 13 of our properties.  This facility matures on November 1, 2012 and bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.01%. In addition to the Freddie Mac facility, Lehman Brothers Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. (collectively, the “Freddie Mac Mezzanine Lenders”), have provided $135.4 million of mezzanine loans subordinate to the Freddie Mac facility. The anticipated interest rate on this mezzanine loan is 7.75%. The Freddie Mac Mezzanine Lenders intend to distribute this mezzanine loan post-closing to various other debt providers.

 

On November 1, 2007, the revolver portion of our unsecured credit facilities was undrawn, and we had $151 million outstanding under letters of credit, leaving available borrowing capacity on the revolving portion of our unsecured credit facilities of $599 million. We also had cash invested of $158 million, which combined with our revolving credit capacity provided for $757 million in available liquidity. On November 1, 2007, we had $7.1 billion borrowed under the Fannie Mae facility and $847 million borrowed under the Freddie facility.

 

Our debt instruments generally contain covenants common to the type of facility or borrowing, including financial covenants establishing minimum debt service coverage ratios and maximum leverage ratios. We were in compliance with all financial covenants pertaining to our debt instruments as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007.

 

Unitholder Distribution Requirements

 

From January 1, 2007 to September 30, 2007, we paid distributions and dividends of $230.7 million. This amount represents distributions on our Common and Preferred Units. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we did not declare any regular dividends or distributions on Common Units after May 16, 2007.

 

Planned Investments

 

Following is a summary of planned investments as of September 30, 2007, including Ameriton, but excluding joint ventures. The amounts labeled “Discretionary” represent future investments that we plan to make, although there is not a contractual commitment to do so. The amounts labeled “Committed” represent the approximate amount that we are contractually committed to fund for communities under construction in accordance with construction contracts with general contractors.

 

 

 

Planned Investments
(in thousands)

 

 

 

Discretionary

 

Committed

 

Communities under redevelopment

 

$

1,149

 

$

2,642

 

Communities under construction

 

 

606,783

 

Communities In Planning and owned

 

1,743,240

 

 

Communities In Planning and Under Control

 

813,296

 

 

Community acquisitions under contract

 

205,500

 

 

FHA/ADA settlement capital accrual

 

 

16,103

 

Total

 

$

2,763,185

 

$

625,528

 

 

In addition to the planned investments noted above, we expect to make additional investments relating to planned expenditures on recently acquired communities as well as recurring expenditures to improve and maintain our established operating communities.

 

We anticipate completion of most of the communities that are currently under construction and the planned operating community improvements by the end of 2010. No assurances can be given that communities we do not currently own will be acquired or that planned developments will actually occur. In addition, actual costs incurred could be greater or less than our current estimates.

 

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Funding Sources

 

We anticipate financing our planned investment and operating needs primarily with cash flow from operating activities, disposition proceeds, joint venture formations and borrowings under new or existing credit facilities and term loans. At November 1, 2007, we had $750 million in available capacity on our revolving facilities. In addition, we expect the proceeds from REIT dispositions to approximate or exceed our investment in new Operating Trust operating community acquisitions in 2007. We therefore do not believe that discontinued operations will have an adverse impact on our liquidity in the foreseeable future.

 

Litigation and Contingencies

 

On May 30, 2007, two separate purported shareholder class-action lawsuits related to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were filed naming the company and each of the company’s trustees as defendants. One of these lawsuits, Seymour Schiff v. James A. Cardwell, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1135), was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The other, Mortimer J. Cohen v. Archstone-Smith Trust, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1060), was filed in the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado. On May 31, 2007, two additional purported shareholder class-action lawsuits related to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were filed in the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado. The first, Howard Lasker v. R. Scot Sellers, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1073), names the company, each of the company’s trustees and one of the company’s senior officers as defendants. The second, Steamship Trade Association/International Longshoremen’s Association Pension Fund v. Archstone-Smith Trust, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1070), names the company, each of the company’s trustees, Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers as defendants. On June 11, 2007, an additional purported shareholder class-action lawsuit related to the Merger Agreement, Doris Staehr v. Archstone-Smith Trust, et al. (Case No. 2007cv1081), was filed in the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado, naming the company and each of the company’s trustees as defendants. All five lawsuits allege, among other things, that the company’s trustees violated their fiduciary duties to the company’s shareholders in approving the mergers.

 

On June 21, 2007, the District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado entered an order consolidating the Lasker, Steamship Trade Association/International Longshoremen’s Association Pension Fund and Staehr actions into the Cohen action, under the caption In re Archstone-Smith Trust Shareholder Litigation.

 

On August 17, 2007, we and the other defendants entered into a memorandum of understanding with the plaintiffs regarding the settlement of both the Schiff and the consolidated action captioned In re Archstone-Smith Trust Shareholder Litigation. In connection with the settlement, we agreed to make certain additional disclosures to our shareholders. Subject to the completion of certain confirmatory discovery by counsel to the plaintiffs, the memorandum of understanding contemplates that the parties will enter into a stipulation of settlement. The stipulation of settlement will be subject to customary conditions, including court approval following notice to our shareholders and consummation of the merger. In the event that the parties enter into a stipulation of settlement, a hearing will be scheduled at which the court will consider the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of the settlement, which, if finally approved by the court, will resolve all of the claims that were or could have been brought in the actions being settled, including all claims relating to the merger, the merger agreement and any disclosure made in connection therewith. In addition, in connection with the settlement, the parties contemplate that plaintiffs’ counsel will petition the court for an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses to be paid by us, up to an agreed-upon limit. There can be no assurance that the parties will ultimately enter into a stipulation of settlement or that the court will approve the settlement even if the parties were to enter into such stipulation. In such event, the proposed settlement as contemplated by the memorandum of understanding may be terminated. The settlement will not affect the amount of the merger consideration that the plaintiffs are entitled to receive in the merger. We and the other defendants vigorously deny all liability with respect to the facts and claims alleged in the lawsuits, and specifically deny that any modifications to the Merger Agreement or any further supplemental disclosure was required under any applicable rule, statute, regulation or law. However, to avoid the risk of delaying or adversely affecting the merger and the related transactions, to minimize the expense of defending the lawsuits, and to provide additional information to our shareholders at a time and in a manner that would not cause any delay of the merger, we and our trustees agreed to the settlement described above. We and the other defendants further considered it desirable that the actions be settled to avoid the substantial burden, expense, risk, inconvenience and distraction of continued litigation and to fully and finally resolve the settled claims.

 

During the second quarter of 2005, we entered into a full and final settlement in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland with three national disability organizations and agreed to make capital improvements in a number of our communities in order to make them fully compliant with the FHA and ADA. The litigation, settled by this agreement, alleged lack of full compliance with certain design and construction requirements under the two federal statutes at 71 of the company’s wholly-owned and joint venture communities, of which we still own or have an interest in 40. As part of the

 

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settlement, the three disability organizations all recognized that the Operating Trust had no intention to build any of its communities in a manner inconsistent with the FHA or ADA.

 

The amount of the capital expenditures required to remediate the communities named in the settlement was estimated at $47.2 million and was accrued as an addition to real estate during the fourth quarter of 2005. The settlement agreement approved by the court allows us to remediate each of the designated communities over a three-year period, and also provides that we are not restricted from selling any of our communities during the remediation period. We agreed to pay damages totaling $1.4 million, which included legal fees and costs incurred by the plaintiffs. We had $16.1 million of the original accrual remaining on September 30, 2007.

 

We are subject to various claims filed in 2002 and 2003 in connection with moisture infiltration and resulting mold issues at certain High-Rise properties we once owned in Southeast Florida. These claims generally allege that water infiltration and resulting mold contamination resulted in the claimants having personal injuries and/or property damage. Although certain of these claims continue to be in various stages of litigation, with respect to the majority of these claims, we have either settled the claims and/or we have been dismissed from the lawsuits that had been filed. With respect to the lawsuits that have not been resolved, we continue to defend these claims in the normal course of litigation.

 

We are a party to various other claims and routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that the results of any such claims or litigation, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We define critical accounting policies as those accounting policies that require our management to exercise their most difficult, subjective and complex judgments. Our management has discussed the development and selection of all of these critical accounting policies with our audit committee, and the audit committee has reviewed the disclosure relating to these policies. Our critical accounting policies relate principally to the following key areas:

 

Internal Cost Capitalization

 

We have an investment organization that is responsible for development and redevelopment of apartment communities. Consistent with GAAP, all direct and certain indirect costs, including interest and real estate taxes, incurred during development and redevelopment activities are capitalized. Interest is capitalized on real estate assets that require a period of time to get them ready for their intended use. The amount of interest capitalized is based upon the average amount of accumulated development expenditures during the reporting period. Included in capitalized costs are management’s estimates of the direct and incremental personnel costs and indirect project costs associated with our development and redevelopment activities. Indirect project costs consist primarily of personnel costs associated with construction administration and development accounting, legal fees, and various office costs that clearly relate to projects under development. Because the estimation of capitalizable internal costs requires management’s judgment, we believe internal cost capitalization is a “critical accounting estimate.”

 

If future accounting rules limit our ability to capitalize internal costs or if our development activity decreased significantly without a proportionate decrease in internal costs, there could be an increase in our operating expenses.

 

Valuation of Real Estate

 

Long-lived assets to be held and used are carried at cost and evaluated for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate such an evaluation is warranted. We also evaluate assets for potential impairment when we deem them to be held-for-sale. Valuation of real estate is considered a “critical accounting estimate” because the evaluation of impairment and the determination of fair values involve a number of management assumptions relating to future economic events that could materially affect the determination of the ultimate value, and therefore, the carrying amounts of our real estate. Furthermore, decisions regarding when a property should be classified as held-for-sale under SFAS No. 144 requires significant management judgment. There are many phases to the disposition process ranging from the initial market research to being under contract with non-refundable earnest money to closing. Deciding when management is committed to selling an asset is therefore highly subjective.

 

When determining if there is an indication of impairment for assets intended to be held and used, we estimate the asset’s NOI over the anticipated holding period on an undiscounted cash flow basis and compare this amount to its carrying value. Estimating the expected NOI and holding period requires significant management judgment. If it is determined that

 

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there is an indication of impairment for assets to be held and used, or if an asset is deemed to be held-for-sale, we then determine the fair value of the asset.

 

The apartment industry uses capitalization rates as the primary measure of fair value. Specifically, annual NOI for a community is divided by an estimated capitalization rate to determine the fair value of the community. Determining the appropriate capitalization rate requires significant judgment and is typically based on many factors including the prevailing rate for the market or submarket, as well as the quality and location of the properties. Further, capitalization rates can fluctuate up or down due to a variety of factors in the overall economy or within local markets. If the actual capitalization rate for a community is significantly different from our estimated rate, the impairment evaluation for an individual asset could be materially affected.

 

Capital Expenditures and Depreciable Lives

 

We incur costs relating to redevelopment initiatives, revenue-enhancing and expense-reducing capital expenditures, and recurring capital expenditures that are capitalized as part of our real estate. These amounts are capitalized and depreciated over estimated useful lives determined by management. We allocate the cost of newly acquired properties between net tangible and identifiable intangible assets. The primary intangible asset associated with an apartment community acquisition is the value of the existing lease agreements. When allocating cost to an acquired property, we first allocate costs to the estimated intangible value of the existing lease agreements and then to the estimated value of the land, building and fixtures assuming the property is vacant. We estimate the intangible value of the lease agreements by determining the lost revenue associated with a hypothetical lease-up. We depreciate the building and fixtures based on the expected useful life of the asset and amortize the intangible value of the lease agreements over the average remaining life of the existing leases.

 

Determining whether expenditures meet the criteria for capitalization, the assignment of depreciable lives and determining the appropriate amounts to allocate between tangible and intangible assets for property acquisitions requires our management to exercise significant judgment and is therefore considered a “critical accounting estimate.”

 

Pursuit Costs

 

We incur costs relating to the potential acquisition of existing operating communities or land for development of new operating communities, which we refer to as pursuit costs. To the extent that these costs are identifiable with a specific property and would be capitalized if the property were already acquired, the costs are accumulated by project and capitalized in the Other Asset section of the balance sheet. If these conditions are not met, the costs are expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs include but are not limited to earnest money, option fees, environmental reports, traffic reports, surveys, photos, blueprints, direct and incremental personnel costs and legal costs. Upon acquisition, the costs are included in the basis of the acquired property. When it becomes probable that a prospective acquisition will not be acquired, the accumulated costs for the property are charged to Other Expense on the statement of earnings in the period such a determination is made.

 

Because of the inherent judgment involved in evaluating whether a prospective property will ultimately be acquired, we believe capitalizable pursuit costs are a “critical accounting estimate.”

 

Consolidation vs. Equity Method of Accounting for Ventures

 

From time to time, we make co-investments in real estate ventures with third parties and are required to determine whether to consolidate or use the equity method of accounting for the venture. FASB Interpretation No. 46R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” (as revised) and Emerging Issues Task Force issued EITF No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights,” are the two primary sources of accounting guidance in this area. Appropriate application of these relatively complex rules requires substantial management judgment, which we believe, makes the choice of the appropriate accounting method for these ventures a “critical accounting estimate.”

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Our real estate investments in entities that do not qualify as variable interest entities, variable interest entities where we are not the primary beneficiary and entities we do not control through majority economic interest are not consolidated and are reported as investments in unconsolidated entities. Our investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities at September 30, 2007 aggregated $562.5 million. Please refer to Note 5 to the financial statements included in this report, Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Entities, for additional information.

 

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Contractual Commitments

 

Please refer to “Scheduled Debt Maturities and Interest Payment Requirements” and “Planned Investments” above for further discussion of significant contractual commitments.

 

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2007, there was no material change in the qualitative or quantitative disclosures regarding our market risk. For detailed information about the qualitative and quantitative disclosures of our market risk, see Item 7A in our 2006 Form 10-K.

 

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, to the best of their knowledge, as of September 30, 2007.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There has been no change to our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2007 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

 

We are party to various claims and routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that the results of any such claims and litigation, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations. See Note 11 to the financial statements included in this report.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

See the factors discussed in Part 1, “Item 1.A. Risk Factors” in our 2006 Form 10-K.

 

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we issued 18,081 Common Units in reliance upon the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Archstone-Smith, as sole trustee of the Operating Trust and the majority Common Unitholder, approved the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by written consent.

 

Item 5.    Other Information

 

No other information is required to be disclosed for the period ended September 30, 2007 that has not been disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K. There has been no change to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our Board of Trustees.

 

Item 6.    Exhibits

 

See Exhibits.

 

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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.

 

 

ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ R. SCOT SELLERS

 

 

 

R. Scot Sellers

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ CHARLES E. MUELLER, JR.

 

 

 

Charles E. Mueller, Jr.

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ ASH K. ATWOOD

 

 

 

Ash K. Atwood

 

 

 

Group Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 9, 2007

 

 

 

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Item 6.    Exhibits

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 28, 2007, by and among Archstone-Smith Trust, Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, River Holding, LP, River Acquisition (MD), LP, and River Trust Acquisition (MD), LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Archstone-Smith Trust with the SEC on June 1, 2007)

 

 

 

2.2

 

Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 5, 2007, to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 28, 2007, by and among Archstone-Smith Trust, Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, River Holding, LP, River Acquisition (MD), LP, and River Trust Acquisition (MD), LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Archstone-Smith Trust with the SEC on August 6, 2007)

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Archstone-Smith Operating Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 5, 2007)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Archstone-Smith Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2006)

 

 

 

3.4

 

Amendment No. 1 to Bylaws of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Archstone-Smith Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2007)

 

 

 

4.1

 

Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2007, to the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1994, by and between the Archstone-Smith Operating Trust and the U.S. Bank National Association, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 2, 1994, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 2, 2004, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Archstone-Smith Operating Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 5, 2007)

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Archstone-Smith Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Archstone-Smith Trust’s Current Report of Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2006)

 

 

 

10.2

 

Restated Bylaws of Archstone-Smith Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Archstone-Smith Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2006)

 

 

 

10.3

 

Master Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2007, by and among certain subsidiaries of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, as borrowers, and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as initial lender, and assigned to the Federal National Mortgage Association.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Multifamily Note, dated as of October 5, 2007, by Tishman Speyer Archstone-Smith Woodland Park, L.P. for the benefit of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as initial lender, and assigned to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Cross-Collateralization Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2007, between Tishman Speyer Archstone-Smith Woodland Park, L.P. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as initial lender, and the trustee named therein, and assigned to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Schedule of Cross-Collateralized Agreements and Promissory Notes (pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

 

 

 

10.7

 

Mezzanine Loan A Agreement (Freddie Pool), dated as of October 5, 2007, by and among certain subsidiaries of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, as borrowers, and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as lender.

 

 

 

10.8

 

Mezzanine Loan B Agreement (Freddie Pool), dated as of October 5, 2007, by and among certain subsidiaries of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, as borrowers, and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as lender.

 

 

 

10.9

 

Mezzanine Loan A Agreement (Fannie Bucket 1), dated as of October 5, 2007, by and among certain subsidiaries of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, as borrowers, and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as lender.

 

 

 

10.10

 

Mezzanine Loan B Agreement (Fannie Bucket 1), dated as of October 5, 2007, by and among certain subsidiaries of Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, as borrowers, and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as lender.

 

 

 

10.11

 

Schedule of Additional Mezzanine Loans for the Fannie Portfolio (pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

 

 

 

12.1

 

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

 

 

12.2

 

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Unit Distributions

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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