INTEREST RATE RISK MANAGEMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

INTEREST RATE RISK MANAGEMENT

9. INTEREST RATE RISK MANAGEMENT

At December 31, 2011, the Company had no outstanding interest rate swap agreements. However, a joint venture of the Company, TA/Petro, has an interest rate swap agreement with respect to $18,716,000 of its long-term debt to manage interest rate risk by converting floating interest rate debt to fixed-rate debt. This swap agreement matures in August 2012 and is a contract to exchange variable-rate for fixed-rate interest payments periodically over the life of the agreement. The interest rate swap fixed rate is 6.05%. The joint venture accounts for the swap as a cash flow hedge with changes in the fair value of the swap recorded in other comprehensive income. The Company accounts for its share of the change in the interest rate swap in other comprehensive income and investments in unconsolidated joint ventures. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company’s portion of the fair market value of the interest rate swap was a loss of $93,000 and $223,000, respectively.