Archstone Acquisition

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Archstone Acquisition

Archstone Acquisition

On February 27, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated November 26, 2012, by and among the Company, Equity Residential and its operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership (together, “Equity Residential”), Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“Lehman,” which term is sometimes used in this report to refer to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., and/or its relevant subsidiary or subsidiaries), and Archstone Enterprise LP (“Archstone,” which has since changed its name to Jupiter Enterprise LP), the Company, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of Archstone’s assets, including all of the ownership interests in joint ventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone’s liabilities, both known and unknown, with certain limited exceptions.

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired approximately 40% of Archstone’s assets and liabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60% of Archstone’s assets and liabilities (the “Archstone Acquisition”). The Company accounted for the acquisition as a business combination and recorded the purchase price to acquired tangible assets consisting primarily of direct and indirect interests in land and related improvements, buildings and improvements and construction in progress and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting primarily of the value of above and below market leases, the value of in-places leases, and acquired management fees, at their fair values.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company recognized $82,544,000 in acquisition related expenses associated with the Archstone Acquisition, with $37,295,000 reported as a component of equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated real estate entities, and the balance in expensed acquisition, development, and other pursuit costs on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

Consideration

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and separate arrangements between the Company and Equity Residential governing the allocation of liabilities assumed under the Purchase Agreement, the Company’s portion of consideration under the Purchase Agreement consisted of the following:

• the issuance of 14,889,706 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $1,875,210,000 as of the market’s close on the closing date, February 27, 2013;

• cash payment of approximately $760,000,000;

• the assumption of consolidated indebtedness with a fair value of approximately $3,732,980,000, as of February 27, 2013, consisting of $3,512,202,000 principal amount of consolidated indebtedness and $220,777,000 representing the amount by which fair value of the aforementioned debt exceeded the principal face value, $70,479,000 of which excess related to debt the Company repaid concurrent with the Archstone Acquisition;

• the acquisition with Equity Residential of interests in entities that have preferred units outstanding, some of which may be presented for redemption from time to time. The Company’s 40% share of the fair value of the collective obligations, including accrued dividends on these outstanding Archstone preferred units as of February 27, 2013, was approximately $67,500,000; and

• the assumption with Equity Residential of all other liabilities, known or unknown, of Archstone, other than certain excluded liabilities. The Company shares 40% of the responsibility for these liabilities.

The following table presents information for assets acquired in the Archstone Acquisition that are included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income from the closing date of the acquisition, February 27, 2013, through September 30, 2013 (in thousands):

	For the period including February 28, 2013 through September 30, 2013
Revenues	$	246,969
Loss attributable to common shareholders (1)	$	(128,542	)

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(1) Amounts exclude acquisition costs for the Archstone Acquisition.

Pro Forma Information

The following table presents the Company’s supplemental consolidated pro forma information for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012 (unaudited) (in thousands):

	For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
Revenues	$	1,152,418
Income from continuing operations	$	242,647
Earnings per common share - diluted (from continuing operations)	$	1.87

The pro forma consolidated results are prepared for informational purposes only, and are based on assumptions and estimates considered appropriate by the Company’s management.  However, they are not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations actually would have been assuming the Archstone Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012, nor do they purport to represent the consolidated financial position or results of operations for future periods.