GETTY REALTY CORP /MD/ - Quarter Report: 2011 June (Form 10-Q)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark one)
þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011
OR
o | 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 001-13777
GETTY REALTY CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND | 11-3412575 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
125 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 103
Jericho, New York 11753
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Jericho, New York 11753
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(516) 478 5400
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Registrants 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 requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its
corporate Web site, if any, every interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or
a non-accelerated filer. See the definitions of larger accelerated filer, accelerated filer and
smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer o | Accelerated Filer þ | Non-Accelerated Filer o | Smaller Reporting Company o | |||
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
Registrant had outstanding 33,394,175 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, as of
August 9, 2011.
GETTY REALTY CORP.
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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
(unaudited)
June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Assets: |
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Real Estate: |
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Land |
$ | 353,422 | $ | 253,413 | ||||
Buildings and improvements |
247,777 | 251,174 | ||||||
601,199 | 504,587 | |||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |
(147,075 | ) | (144,217 | ) | ||||
Real estate, net |
454,124 | 360,370 | ||||||
Net investment in direct financing leases |
90,231 | 20,540 | ||||||
Deferred rent receivable (net of allowance of $7,212 as of June 30, 2011 and
$8,170 as of December 31, 2010) |
27,569 | 27,385 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
14,941 | 6,122 | ||||||
Other receivables, net |
4,210 | 4,533 | ||||||
Notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net |
31,996 | 1,525 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
13,771 | 6,669 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 636,842 | $ | 427,144 | ||||
Liabilities and Shareholders Equity: |
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Borrowings under credit line |
$ | 150,000 | $ | 41,300 | ||||
Term loan |
23,200 | 23,590 | ||||||
Environmental remediation costs |
15,000 | 14,874 | ||||||
Dividends payable |
16,111 | 14,432 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
29,780 | 18,013 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
234,091 | 112,209 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (notes 2, 3, 5, and 6) |
| | ||||||
Shareholders equity: |
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Common stock, par value $.01 per share; authorized
50,000,000 shares; issued 33,394,175 at June 30, 2011
and 29,944,155 at December 31, 2010 |
334 | 299 | ||||||
Paid-in capital |
460,355 | 368,093 | ||||||
Dividends paid in excess of earnings |
(57,938 | ) | (52,304 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
| (1,153 | ) | |||||
Total shareholders equity |
402,751 | 314,935 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 636,842 | $ | 427,144 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
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Revenues from rental properties |
$ | 27,126 | $ | 21,734 | $ | 52,151 | $ | 44,173 | ||||||||
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable |
741 | 35 | 1,146 | 67 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
27,867 | 21,769 | 53,297 | 44,240 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Rental property expenses |
3,709 | 2,314 | 7,192 | 5,527 | ||||||||||||
Impairment charges |
1,513 | | 2,507 | | ||||||||||||
Environmental expenses, net |
1,326 | 1,332 | 2,453 | 2,884 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
2,736 | 1,820 | 7,621 | 4,158 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
2,204 | 2,405 | 4,528 | 4,794 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
11,488 | 7,871 | 24,301 | 17,363 | ||||||||||||
Operating income |
16,379 | 13,898 | 28,996 | 26,877 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net |
(49 | ) | 18 | (43 | ) | 107 | ||||||||||
Interest expense |
(1,346 | ) | (1,322 | ) | (2,665 | ) | (2,816 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings from continuing operations |
14,984 | 12,594 | 26,288 | 24,168 | ||||||||||||
Discontinued operations: |
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Earnings (loss) from operating activities |
(13 | ) | 37 | 1 | 58 | |||||||||||
Gains from dispositions of real estate |
231 | 1,328 | 299 | 1,638 | ||||||||||||
Earnings from discontinued operations |
218 | 1,365 | 300 | 1,696 | ||||||||||||
Net earnings |
$ | 15,202 | $ | 13,959 | $ | 26,588 | $ | 25,864 | ||||||||
Basic and diluted earnings per common share: |
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Earnings from continuing operations |
$ | 0.45 | $ | 0.46 | $ | 0.79 | $ | 0.93 | ||||||||
Earnings from discontinued operations |
$ | 0.01 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.07 | ||||||||
Net earnings |
$ | 0.45 | $ | 0.51 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.99 | ||||||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding: |
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Basic |
33,394 | 27,150 | 32,948 | 25,958 | ||||||||||||
Stock options and restricted stock units |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Diluted |
33,395 | 27,152 | 32,950 | 25,960 | ||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Net earnings |
$ | 15,202 | $ | 13,959 | $ | 26,588 | $ | 25,864 | ||||||||
Other comprehensive income: |
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Unrealized gain on interest rate swap |
584 | 545 | 1,153 | 848 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive income |
$ | 15,786 | $ | 14,504 | $ | 27,741 | $ | 26,712 | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net earnings |
$ | 26,588 | $ | 25,864 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flow provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization expense |
4,530 | 4,804 | ||||||
Impairment charges |
2,507 | | ||||||
Gains from dispositions of real estate |
(319 | ) | (1,638 | ) | ||||
Deferred rental revenue, net of allowance |
(184 | ) | (159 | ) | ||||
Amortization of above-market and below-market leases |
(262 | ) | (343 | ) | ||||
Accretion expense |
296 | 345 | ||||||
Stock-based employee compensation expense |
311 | 231 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Other receivables, net |
220 | (329 | ) | |||||
Net investment in direct financing leases |
211 | (157 | ) | |||||
Accounts receivable |
65 | 156 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
75 | (323 | ) | |||||
Environmental remediation costs |
(330 | ) | 266 | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
(397 | ) | (136 | ) | ||||
Net cash flow provided by operating activities |
33,311 | 28,581 | ||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Property acquisitions and capital expenditures |
(166,594 | ) | (4,662 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate |
784 | 2,739 | ||||||
Decrease in cash held for property acquisitions |
60 | 2,243 | ||||||
Issuance of notes and mortgages receivable |
(30,640 | ) | | |||||
Collection of notes and mortgages receivable |
307 | 72 | ||||||
Net cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities |
(196,083 | ) | 392 | |||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Borrowings under credit agreement |
231,253 | 29,000 | ||||||
Repayments under credit agreement |
(122,553 | ) | (135,200 | ) | ||||
Repayments under term loan agreement |
(390 | ) | (390 | ) | ||||
Payments of cash dividends |
(30,543 | ) | (23,625 | ) | ||||
Payments of loan origination costs |
(175 | ) | | |||||
Security deposits received |
2,013 | 78 | ||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock |
91,986 | 108,205 | ||||||
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities |
171,591 | (21,932 | ) | |||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
8,819 | 7,041 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
6,122 | 3,050 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 14,941 | $ | 10,091 | ||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information |
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Interest paid |
$ | 2,466 | $ | 2,763 | ||||
Income taxes paid, net |
146 | 252 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. GENERAL
Basis of Presentation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Getty
Realty Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the Company). The Company is a real estate
investment trust (REIT) specializing in the ownership and leasing of retail motor fuel and
convenience store properties and petroleum distribution terminals. The accompanying consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America (GAAP). The Company manages and evaluates its operations as a
single segment. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates, Judgments and Assumptions: The financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with GAAP, which requires the Companys management to make estimates, judgments and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the
period reported. While all available information has been considered, actual results could differ
from those estimates, judgments and assumptions. Estimates, judgments and assumptions underlying
the accompanying consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, deferred rent
receivable, net investment in direct financing leases, recoveries from state underground storage
tank (UST or USTs) funds, environmental remediation costs, real estate, depreciation and
amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, litigation, accrued liabilities, income taxes and
the allocation of the purchase price of properties acquired to the assets acquired and liabilities
assumed.
Discontinued Operations: The operating results and gains from certain dispositions of real
estate sold in 2011 and 2010 are reclassified as discontinued operations. The operating results of
such properties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 has also been reclassified to
discontinued operations to conform to the 2011 presentation. Discontinued operations for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 are primarily comprised of gains or losses from
property dispositions. The revenue from rental properties and expenses related to these properties
are insignificant for the each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.
Unaudited, Interim Financial Statements: The consolidated financial statements are unaudited
but, in the Companys opinion, reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. These statements should be
read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes, which appear in
the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Earnings per Common Share: Basic earnings per common share gives effect, utilizing the
two-class method, to the potential dilution from the issuance of common shares in settlement of
restricted stock units (RSUs or RSU) which provide for non-forfeitable dividend equivalents
equal to the dividends declared per common share. Basic earnings per common share is computed by
dividing net earnings less dividend equivalents attributable to RSUs by the weighted-average number
of common shares outstanding
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during the period. Diluted earnings per common share, also gives effect to the potential
dilution from the exercise of stock options utilizing the treasury stock method.
Three months ended | Six months ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Earnings from continuing operations |
$ | 14,984 | $ | 12,594 | $ | 26,288 | $ | 24,168 | ||||||||
Less dividend equivalents attributable to restricted
stock units outstanding |
(82 | ) | (56 | ) | (164 | ) | (112 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to common
shareholders used for basic earnings per share calculation |
14,902 | 12,538 | 26,124 | 24,056 | ||||||||||||
Discontinued operations |
218 | 1,365 | 300 | 1,696 | ||||||||||||
Net earnings attributable to common shareholders used for
basic earnings per share calculation |
$ | 15,120 | $ | 13,903 | $ | 26,424 | $ | 25,752 | ||||||||
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding: |
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Basic |
33,394 | 27,150 | 32,948 | 25,958 | ||||||||||||
Stock options |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Diluted |
33,395 | 27,152 | 32,950 | 25,960 | ||||||||||||
Restricted stock units outstanding at the end of the period |
171 | 118 | 171 | 118 | ||||||||||||
2. LEASES
The Company leases or sublets its properties primarily to distributors and retailers engaged
in the sale of gasoline and other motor fuel products, convenience store products and automotive
repair services who are responsible for managing the operations conducted at these properties and
for the payment of taxes, maintenance, repair, insurance and other operating expenses related to
these properties. In those instances where the Company determines that the best use for a property
is no longer as a retail motor fuel outlet, the Company will seek an alternative tenant or buyer
for the property. The Company leases or subleases approximately twenty of its properties for uses
such as fast food restaurants, automobile sales and other retail purposes. The Companys 1,163
properties are located in 21 states across the United States with concentrations in the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic regions.
As of June 30, 2011, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (Marketing) leased 804 properties from
the Company. Seven hundred ninety-five of the properties are leased to Marketing pursuant to a
unitary master lease (the Master Lease) and nine properties are leased under supplemental leases
(collectively with the Master Lease, the Marketing Leases). The Master Lease has an initial term
of 15 years commencing December 9, 2000, and provides Marketing with options for three renewal
terms of ten years each and a final renewal option of three years and ten months extending to 2049
(or such shorter initial or renewal term as the underlying lease may provide). Marketing is
required to notify us of its election to exercise a renewal option one year in advance of the
commencement of such renewal term. The Master Lease is a unitary lease and, therefore, Marketings
exercise of any renewal option can only be for all, and not less than all, of the properties
subject of the Master Lease. The supplemental leases have initial terms of varying expiration
dates. The Marketing Leases include provisions for 2.0% annual rent escalations. (See note 9 for
additional information regarding the portion of the Companys financial results that are
attributable to Marketing. See note 3 for additional information regarding contingencies related to
Marketing and the Marketing Leases).
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The Company estimates that Marketing makes annual real estate tax payments for properties
leased under the Marketing Leases of approximately $13,000,000. Marketing also makes additional
payments for other operating expenses related to these properties, including environmental
remediation costs other than those liabilities that were retained by the Company. These costs,
which have been assumed by Marketing under the terms of the Marketing Leases, are not reflected in
the Companys consolidated financial statements.
Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the quarter and six
months ended June 30, 2011 were $27,126,000 and $52,151,000, respectively, of which $14,638,000 and
$29,809,000, respectively, were received from Marketing under the Marketing Leases and $11,721,000
and $21,353,000, respectively, were received from other tenants. Revenues from rental properties
included in continuing operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2010 were
$21,734,000 and $44,173,000, respectively, of which $15,126,000 and $30,273,000, respectively, were
received from Marketing under the Marketing Leases and $6,346,000 and $13,263,000, respectively,
were received from other tenants. Rent received and rental property expenses included $681,000 for
the quarter ended June 30, 2011, $221,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, $1,600,000 for the
six months ended June 30, 2011 and $1,033,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 for real
estate taxes paid by the Company which were reimbursed by tenants. In accordance with GAAP, the
Company recognizes rental revenue in amounts which vary from the amount of rent contractually due
or received during the periods presented. As a result, revenues from rental properties include
non-cash adjustments recorded for deferred rental revenue due to the recognition of rental income
on a straight-line (or an average) basis over the current lease term, net amortization of
above-market and below-market leases and recognition of rental income recorded under direct
financing leases using the effective interest method which produces a constant periodic rate of
return on the net investment in the leased property (the Revenue Recognition Adjustments).
Revenue Recognition Adjustments included in continuing operations increased rental revenue by
$767,000 and $989,000 for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011, and increased rental
revenue by $262,000 and $637,000 for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2010.
The components of the $90,231,000 net investment in direct financing lease as of June 30,
2011, are minimum lease payments receivable of $216,152,000 plus unguaranteed estimated residual
value of $11,721,000 less unearned income of $137,642,000.
3. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In order to minimize the Companys exposure to credit risk associated with financial
instruments, the Company places its temporary cash investments, if any, with high credit quality
institutions. Temporary cash investments, if any, are currently held in an overnight bank time
deposit with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
As of June 30, 2011, the Company leased 804, or 69% of its 1,163 properties, on a long-term
triple-net basis to Marketing. (See note 2 for additional information). The Companys financial
results are materially dependent upon the ability of Marketing to meet its rental, environmental
and other obligations under the Marketing Leases. Marketings financial results depend on retail
petroleum marketing margins from the sale of refined petroleum products and rental income from its
subtenants. Marketings subtenants either operate their gas stations, convenience stores,
automotive repair services or other businesses at the Companys properties or are petroleum
distributors who may operate the Companys properties directly
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and/or sublet the Companys properties to the operators. Since a substantial portion of the
Companys rental revenues (52% for the three months ended June 30, 2011), are derived from the
Marketing Leases, any factor that adversely affects Marketings ability to meet its obligations
under the Marketing Leases may have a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial
condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends
or stock price. (See note 9 for additional information regarding the portion of the Companys
financial results that are attributable to Marketing.)
On August 8, 2011, the Company was informed by Marketing that based on Marketings distressed
financial position, weakness in operating margins, and cash flow deficiencies, it was unlikely to
be able to pay full rent for August. Although Marketing described various contingencies which, if
resolved favorably, may allow for payment of full or partial rent for August, the Company can
provide no assurances that Marketing will meet its current or future rental or other obligations
under the Marketing Leases. The Company issued a contractual notice of default to Marketing as a
result of Marketings non-payment of rent, and the Company intends to continue discussions with Marketing while the
Company evaluates its options regarding this matter.
For
the year ended December 31, 2010, Marketings preliminary
results showed a significant loss, continuing a
trend of reporting large losses in recent years. The Company has not received any interim
financial statements from Marketing for 2011. The Company believes
that Marketing likely does not have the
ability to generate cash flows from its business operations sufficient to meet its obligations as
they come due in the ordinary course under the terms of the Marketing Leases unless Marketing shows
significant improvement in its financial results, reduces the number of properties under the
Marketing Leases, or receives additional capital or credit support. There can be no assurance that
Marketing will be successful in any of these efforts. It is possible that the deterioration of Marketings
financial condition may continue or that Marketing may file bankruptcy and seek to reorganize or
liquidate its business. It is also possible that Marketing may take other actions
including seeking to modify the terms of the Marketing Leases. During the third quarter
of 2011 or thereafter, the Company may be required to significantly increase the
deferred rent receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges related to its properties,
or accrue for environmental liabilities as a result of the potential or actual modification or
termination of the Marketing Leases.
On February 28, 2011, OAO LUKoil (Lukoil), one of the largest integrated Russian oil
companies, transferred its ownership interest in Marketing to Cambridge Petroleum Holding Inc.
(Cambridge). The Company is not privy to the terms and conditions pertaining to this transaction
between Lukoil and Cambridge and the Company does not know what type or amount of consideration, if
any, was paid or is payable by Lukoil or its subsidiaries to Cambridge or by Cambridge to Lukoil or
its subsidiaries in connection with the transfer.
The Company did not believe that while Lukoil owned Marketing Lukoil would allow Marketing to
fail to meet its obligations under the Marketing Leases. However, there can be no assurance that
Cambridge will have the capacity to provide capital or financial support to Marketing or will
provide or arrange for the provision of additional capital investment or financial support to
Marketing that Marketing may require to perform its obligations under the Marketing Leases. Without
financial support, it is possible that Marketing may file for bankruptcy protection and seek to
reorganize or liquidate its business. It is also possible that Marketing may take other actions
including seeking to modify the terms of the Marketing Leases.
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In November 2009, Marketing announced a restructuring of its business. Marketing announced
that the restructuring included the sale of all assets unrelated to the properties it leases from
the Company, the elimination of parent-guaranteed debt, and steps to reduce operating costs.
Marketing sold certain assets unrelated to the properties it leases from the Company to its
affiliates, LUKOIL Pan Americas LLC and LUKOIL North America LLC. As part of the restructuring,
Marketing paid off debt which had been guaranteed or held by Lukoil with proceeds from the sale of
assets to Lukoil affiliates. Notwithstanding Marketings statement that its restructuring included
the sale of all assets unrelated to the properties it leases from the Company, the Company has
concluded, in part based on the Marketing/Bionol contract dispute described below, that Marketing
retained certain assets, liabilities and business matters unrelated to the properties it leases
from the Company.
In July 2011, an arbitration panel that had been convened to hear a contractual dispute which
commenced in 2010 between Marketing and Bionol Clearfield LLC (Bionol) issued an award in favor
of Bionol for approximately $230.0 million. Marketing has filed a motion to vacate this award. The
contractual dispute relates to a five-year contract under which Marketing agreed to purchase, at
formula-based prices, substantially all of the ethanol production from Bionols ethanol plant in
Pennsylvania. The Company is not in a position to evaluate the strength of the positions taken by
Marketing with respect to its motion to vacate, and the Company cannot predict the actions that may
be taken by Marketing or Bionol with respect to the award, or the timing of any such actions,
including as to settlement or enforcement. Also in July 2011 Bionol announced that it, along with
its affiliates, Bioenergy Holdings LLC and Bionol Holdings LLC, filed a voluntary petition for
Chapter 7 relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The Company cannot predict what
impact Bionols Chapter 7 liquidation filing may have on its dispute with Marketing or what actions
the Trustee may take to collect on or settle the award or whether the Trustee may pursue other
possible remedies. The ultimate
resolution of this matter may materially adversely affect
Marketings financial condition and its ability to meet its
obligations to the Company as they become due under the terms of the
Marketing Leases. It is possible that Marketing may file
for bankruptcy protection and seek to reorganize or liquidate its business.
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From time to time when it was owned by Lukoil, the Company held discussions with
representatives of Marketing regarding potential modifications to the Marketing Leases. These
discussions did not result in a common understanding with Marketing that would form a basis for
modification of the Marketing Leases. After Lukoils transfer of its ownership of Marketing to
Cambridge, the Company commenced discussions with Marketings new owners and management.
Marketings new management has indicated a desire to reduce the number of properties it leases from
the Company under the Marketing Leases in an effort to improve Marketings financial results. As a
result of these recent discussions, the Company started to pursue the removal of individual
properties from the Marketing Leases on a case-by-case basis. The Company intended on focusing this
initiative on the removal from the Marketing Leases of terminal properties which are not being
operated by Marketing and approximately 165 of the Companys retail properties which have had or
are scheduled to have the gasoline tanks and related equipment removed, and which, the Company
believes, are either vacant or provide negative or marginal contribution to Marketings results.
The Company intended to remove these properties from the Marketing Leases pursuant to individual
lease modification agreements executed on a property-by-property basis which the Company expected
would allow for the sale and removal of the subject property from the Marketing Leases and a
reduction of the rent payable by Marketing by an amount calculated based upon a percentage of net
proceeds realized upon the sale of such property. While the Company had a general understanding
with Marketing allowing for increased activity intended to remove properties from the Marketing
Leases on mutually agreeable terms, there was and is no agreement in place providing for the
removal of a significant number of properties from the Marketing Leases. In view of the recent
nonpayment by Marketing of its August 2011 rent and the Companys subsequent discussion with
Marketing, the Company is reevaluating its options related to the removal of properties from the
Master Lease. Any modification of the Marketing Leases that result in the removal of a significant
number of properties from the Marketing Leases would likely significantly reduce the amount of rent
the Company receives from Marketing and increase the Companys operating expenses. The Company
cannot predict if or when the properties will be removed from Marketing Leases; what composition of
properties, if any, may be removed from the Marketing Leases; or what the terms of any agreement
for modification of the Marketing Leases or agreements for the removal of individual properties
from the Marketing Leases may be. The Company also cannot predict what actions Marketing may take,
and what the Companys recourse may be, whether the Marketing Leases are modified or not. The
Company cannot predict if or how Marketings business strategy, including as it relates to the
removal of properties from the Marketing Leases, may change in the future. During the third quarter
of 2011 or thereafter, the Company may be required to significantly increase the
deferred rent receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges related to its properties,
or accrue for environmental liabilities as a result of the potential or actual modification or
termination of the Marketing Leases.
The Company intends either to re-let or sell properties removed from the Marketing Leases,
whether such removal arises consensually by negotiation or as a result of default by Marketing, and
reinvest any realized sales proceeds in new properties. The Company intends to offer properties
removed from the Marketing Leases to replacement tenants or buyers individually, or in groups of
properties. In those instances where the Company determines that the best use for a property is no
longer as a retail motor fuel outlet, at the appropriate time the Company will seek an alternative
tenant or buyer for such property. With respect to properties that are vacant or have had
underground gasoline storage tanks and related equipment removed, it may be more difficult or
costly to re-let or sell such properties as gas stations because of capital costs or possible
zoning or permitting rights that are required and that may have lapsed during the period since
gasoline was last sold at the property. Conversely, it may be easier to re-let or sell properties
where underground gasoline storage tanks and related equipment have been removed if the property
will not be used as a retail motor fuel outlet or if environmental contamination has been or is
being remediated. Although the Company is the fee or leasehold owner of the properties subject to
the Marketing Leases and the owner of the Getty® brand and has prior
experience with tenants who operate their convenience stores, automotive repair services or other
businesses at its properties; in the event that properties are removed from the Marketing Leases,
the Company cannot predict if, when, or on what terms, such properties could be re-let or sold.
Based in part on the Companys willingness to modify and remove properties from the Marketing
Leases prior to the expiration of the current lease term, and the Companys intent to pursue the
removal of retail and terminal properties from the Marketing Leases, the Company believes that it
is probable that it will not collect all of the rent due related to properties identified from time
to time as being the most likely to be removed from the Marketing Leases. As of June 30, 2011 and
December 31, 2010, the net carrying value of the deferred rent receivable attributable to the
Marketing leases was $20,409,000 and $21,221,000, respectively, which was comprised of a gross
deferred rent receivable of $27,621,000 and $29,391,000, respectively, partially offset by a
valuation reserve of $7,212,000 and $8,170,000, respectively. The valuation reserves were estimated
as of such dates based on the deferred rent receivable attributable to properties identified by the
Company as being the most likely to be removed from the
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Marketing Leases. The Company has not provided deferred rent receivable reserves related to
the remaining properties subject to the Marketing Leases since, based on its assessments and
assumptions as of June 30, 2011, the Company continued to believe that it was probable that it will
collect the deferred rent receivable related to those remaining properties. It is possible that as
a result of the continued deterioration of Marketings financial condition, that Marketing may file
bankruptcy and seek to reorganize or liquidate its business, or seek a deferral or reduction in the rental payments owed under the Marketing Leases in
connection with a removal of properties from the Marketing Leases or otherwise. It is possible that the
Company may change its estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the
Marketing Leases, and accordingly, during the third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, the Company may
be required to significantly increase the deferred rent receivable reserve as a result of the
potential or actual modification or termination of the Marketing Leases.
The Company has performed an impairment analysis of the carrying amount of its properties
(including the properties subject to the Marketing Leases) from time to time in accordance with
GAAP when indicators of impairment exist. During the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company
reduced the carrying amount to fair value, and recorded non-cash impairment charges aggregating
$2,507,000 (of which $994,000 was attributable to certain properties leased to Marketing and
$1,513,000 was attributable to certain properties leased to other tenants) where the carrying
amount of the property exceeded the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to be received
during the assumed holding period and the estimated net sales value expected to be received at
disposition. The non-cash impairment charges related to the properties leased to Marketing were
attributable to reductions in real estate valuations primarily due to the removal or scheduled
removal of underground storage tanks by Marketing. The non-cash impairment charges related to
properties leased to other tenants resulted from reductions in real estate valuations and the
reductions in the assumed holding period used to test for impairment. The fair value of real estate
is estimated based on the price that would be received to sell the property in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date, net of disposal costs. The
valuation techniques that the Company used included discounted cash flow analysis, an income
capitalization approach on prevailing or earnings multiples applied to earnings from the property,
analysis of recent comparable sales transactions, actual sale negotiations and bona fide purchase
offers received from third parties and/or consideration of the amount that currently would be
required to replace the asset, as adjusted for obsolescence. In general, the Company considers
multiple valuation techniques when measuring the fair value of a property, all of which are based
on assumptions that are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Marketing is directly responsible to pay for (i) remediation of environmental contamination it
causes and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of the
Companys properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing
under the terms of the Marketing Leases and various other agreements with the Company relating to
Marketings business and the properties it leases from the Company (collectively the Marketing
Environmental Liabilities). However, the Company continues to have ongoing environmental
remediation obligations at 176 retail sites and for certain pre-existing conditions at six of the
terminals the Company leases to Marketing. If
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Marketing fails to pay the Marketing Environmental Liabilities, the Company may ultimately be
responsible to pay for Marketing Environmental Liabilities as the property owner. The Company does
not maintain pollution legal liability insurance to protect it from potential future claims for
Marketing Environmental Liabilities. The Company will be required to accrue for Marketing
Environmental Liabilities if the Company determines that it is probable that Marketing will not
meet its environmental obligations and the Company can reasonably estimate the amount of the
Marketing Environmental Liabilities for which it will be responsible to pay, or if the Companys
assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation methods or share of responsibility that it used to
allocate environmental liabilities changes. However, as of June 30, 2011 the Company continued to
believe that it was not probable that Marketing would not pay for substantially all of the
Marketing Environmental Liabilities. Accordingly, the Company did not accrue for the Marketing
Environmental Liabilities as of June 30, 2011. Nonetheless, the Company has determined that the
aggregate amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as estimated by the Company) would be
material to the Company if it was required to accrue for all of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities since as a result of such accrual, the Company would not be in compliance with the
existing financial covenants in its Credit Agreement and its Term Loan Agreement. Such
non-compliance would result in an event of default pursuant to each agreement which, if not waived,
would prohibit the Company from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the
acceleration of the Companys indebtedness under the Companys restated senior unsecured revolving
credit agreement expiring in March 2012 (the Credit Agreement) and the Companys $25.0 million
three-year term loan agreement expiring in September 2012 (the Term Loan Agreement or Term
Loan). It is possible that the Company may change its estimates, judgments, assumptions and
beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases, and accordingly, during the third quarter of
2011 or thereafter, the Company may be required to accrue for the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities.
The Companys estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the
Marketing Leases made effective June 30, 2011 are subject to
reevaluation and possible change based on various factors including as
the Company considers its options regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as it
develops a greater understanding of Marketings business plan and strategies and its capital
resources. It is possible that the deterioration of Marketings financial condition may continue,
that Marketing may file bankruptcy and seek to reorganize or liquidate its business or that
Marketing may continue to pursue seeking a modification of the Marketing Leases, including, removal
of either groups of or individual properties from the Marketing Leases, or a reduction in the
rental payments owed by Marketing under the Marketing Lease.
Should the Companys assessments, assumptions and beliefs made effective as of June 30, 2011
prove to be incorrect, and as the Company considers its options regarding Marketings non-payment
of August rent or as circumstances change, the conclusions reached by the Company relating to the
following may change (i) whether any or what combination of the properties subject to the Marketing
Leases are likely to be removed from the Marketing Leases, (ii) recoverability of the deferred rent
receivable for some or all of the properties subject to the Marketing Leases, (iii) potential
impairment of the properties subject to the Marketing Leases and, (iv) Marketings ability to pay
the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. The Company intends to regularly review its assumptions
that affect the accounting for deferred rent
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receivable; long-lived assets; environmental litigation accruals; environmental remediation
liabilities; and related recoveries from state underground storage tank funds. The Companys
estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made
effective June 30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and possible
change as the Company considers its
options regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as it develops a greater understanding
of Marketings business plan and strategies and its capital resources. Accordingly, it is possible
that the Company may be required to (i) increase the deferred rent receivable reserve related to
the properties subject to the Marketing Leases, (ii) record an additional impairment charge related
to the properties subject to the Marketing Leases, or (iii) accrue for Marketing Environmental
Liabilities that the Company believes are allocable to Marketing under the Marketing Leases and
various other agreements as a result of the potential or actual filing for bankruptcy protection by
Marketing or as a result of the potential or actual modification of the Marketing Leases or other
factors, which may result in material adjustments to the amounts recorded for these assets and
liabilities, and as a result of which, the Company may not be in compliance with the financial
covenants in its Credit Agreement and its Term Loan Agreement.
The Company cannot provide any assurance that Marketing will meet its rental, environmental or
other obligations under the Marketing Leases. Marketings failure to meet its rental, environmental
or other obligations under the Marketing Leases to the Company can lead to a protracted and
expensive process for retaking control of the Companys properties. In addition to the risk of
disruption in rent receipts, the Company is subject to the risk of incurring real estate taxes,
maintenance, environmental and other expenses at properties subject to the Marketing Leases. If
Marketing does not perform its rental, environmental or other obligations under the Marketing
Leases; if the Marketing Leases are modified significantly or terminated; if the Company determines
that it is probable that Marketing will not meet its rental, environmental or other obligations and
the Company accrues for certain of such liabilities; if the Company is unable to promptly re-let or
sell the properties upon recapture from the Marketing Leases; or, if the Company changes its
assumptions that affect the accounting for rental revenue or Marketing Environmental Liabilities
related to the Marketing Leases and various other agreements; the Companys business, financial
condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends
or stock price may be materially adversely affected.
The Company has also agreed to provide limited environmental indemnification to Marketing,
capped at $4,250,000, for certain pre-existing conditions at six of the terminals which are owned
by the Company and leased to Marketing. Under the agreement, Marketing is required to pay (and has
paid) the first $1,500,000 of costs and expenses incurred in connection with remediating any such
pre-existing conditions, Marketing and the Company share equally the next $8,500,000 of those costs
and expenses and Marketing is obligated to pay all additional costs and expenses over $10,000,000.
The Company has accrued $300,000 as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 in connection with this
indemnification agreement.
The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary
course of its business. In addition, the Company has retained responsibility for certain legal
proceedings and claims relating to the petroleum marketing business that were identified at the
time the Companys petroleum marketing business was spun-off to our shareholders in March 1997. As
of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had accrued $2,893,000 and $3,273,000,
respectively, for certain of these matters which it believes were appropriate based on information
then currently available. It is possible that the Companys assumptions regarding, among other
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the Companys ultimate share of responsibility for these matters may change, which may result in the Company
providing or adjusting its accruals for these matters.
In September 2003, the Company received a directive (the Directive) from the State of New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the NJDEP) notifying the Company that it is one of
approximately 66 potentially responsible parties for natural resource damages resulting from
discharges of hazardous substances into the Lower Passaic River. The Directive calls for an
assessment of the natural resources that have been injured by the discharges into the Lower Passaic
River and interim compensatory restoration for the injured natural resources. There has been no
material activity with respect to the NJDEP Directive since early after its issuance. The
responsibility for the alleged damages, the aggregate cost to remediate the Lower Passaic River,
the amount of natural resource damages and the method of allocating such amounts among the
potentially responsible parties have not been determined. Effective May 2007, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into an Administrative Settlement Agreement and
Order on Consent (AOC) with over 70 parties comprising a Cooperating Parties Group (CPG) (many
of whom also named in the Directive) who have collectively agreed to perform a Remedial
Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for the Lower Passaic River. The Company is a party
to the AOC and is a member of the CPG. The RI/FS is intended to address the investigation and
evaluation of alternative remedial actions with respect to alleged damages to the Lower Passaic
River, and is scheduled to be completed in or about 2014. The RI/FS does not resolve liability
issues for remedial work or restoration of, or compensation for, natural resource damages to the
Lower Passaic River, which are not known at this time.
In a related action, in December 2005, the State of New Jersey through various state agencies
brought suit against certain companies which the State alleges are responsible for various
categories of past and future damages resulting from discharges of hazardous substances to the
Passaic River. In February 2009, certain of these defendants filed third-party complaints against
approximately 300 additional parties, including the Company, seeking contribution for such parties
proportionate share of response costs, cleanup, and other damages, based on their relative
contribution to pollution of the Passaic River and adjacent bodies of water. The Company believes
that ChevronTexaco is contractually obligated to indemnify the Company, pursuant to an
indemnification agreement, for most if not all of the conditions at the property identified by the
NJDEP and the EPA. Accordingly, the ultimate legal and financial liability of the Company, if any,
cannot be estimated with any certainty at this time.
During 2010, the Company was defending against 53 lawsuits brought by or on behalf of private
and public water providers and governmental agencies. These cases alleged (and, as described below
with respect to one remaining case, continue to allege) various theories of liability due to
contamination of groundwater with methyl tertiary butyl ether (a fuel derived from methanol,
commonly referred to as MTBE) as the basis for claims seeking compensatory and punitive damages,
and name as defendant approximately 50 petroleum refiners, manufacturers, distributors and
retailers of MTBE, or gasoline containing MTBE. During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the
Company agreed to, and subsequently paid, $1,725,000 to settle two plaintiff classes covering 52 of
the 53 pending cases. Presently, the Company remains a defendant in one MTBE case involving
multiple locations throughout the State of New Jersey brought by various governmental agencies of
the State of New Jersey, including the NJDEP.
As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company maintained a litigation reserve
relating to the remaining MTBE case in an amount which it believes was appropriate based on
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currently available. However, the Company is unable to estimate with certainty its liability
for the case involving the State of New Jersey as there remains uncertainty as to the accuracy of
the allegations in this case as they relate to it, the Companys defenses to the claims, its rights
to indemnification or contribution from Marketing, and the aggregate possible amount of damages for
which the Company may be held liable.
The ultimate resolution of the matters related to the Lower Passaic River for which no reserve
has been provided for and the MTBE litigation discussed above for an amount above that which has
been provided for could cause a material adverse effect on the Companys business, financial
condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.
4. CREDIT AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
The Company is a party to a $175,000,000 amended and restated senior unsecured revolving
credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) with a group of domestic commercial banks led by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. (the Bank Syndicate) which was scheduled to expire in March 2011. During the
first quarter of 2011, the Company exercised its option to extend the maturity date by an
additional year to March 2012. As of June 30, 2011, borrowings under the Credit Agreement were
$150,000,000, bearing interest at a rate of 1.2688% per annum. The Company had $25,000,000
available under the terms of the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2011. The Credit Agreement does
not provide for scheduled reductions in the principal balance prior to its maturity. The Credit
Agreement permits borrowings at an interest rate equal to the sum of a base rate plus a margin of
0.0% or 0.25% or a LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.0%, 1.25% or 1.5%. The applicable margin is based
on the Companys leverage ratio at the end of the prior calendar quarter, as defined in the Credit
Agreement, and is adjusted effective mid-quarter when the Companys quarterly financial results are
reported to the Bank Syndicate. Based on the Companys leverage ratio as of June 30, 2011, the
applicable margin will remain at 0.0% for base rate borrowings and 1.00% for LIBOR rate borrowings.
The annual commitment fee on the unused Credit Agreement ranges from 0.10% to 0.20% based on
the amount of borrowings. The Credit Agreement contains customary terms and conditions, including
financial covenants such as those requiring the Company to maintain minimum tangible net worth,
leverage ratios and coverage ratios and other covenants which may limit the Companys ability to
incur debt or pay dividends. The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including
change of control, failure to maintain REIT status or a material adverse effect on the Companys
business, assets, prospects or condition. Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would
increase by 200 basis points (2.0%) the interest rate the Company pays under the Credit Agreement
and prohibit the Company from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the
acceleration of the Companys indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and could also give rise to
an event of default and consequent acceleration of the Companys indebtedness under its Term Loan
Agreement described below. The Company may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell
assets or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if it does not have access to funds under its
Credit Agreement or as a result of acceleration of its indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or
Term Loan Agreement.
The Company is a party to a $25,000,000 three-year Term Loan Agreement with TD Bank (the Term
Loan Agreement or Term Loan) which expires in September 2012. As of June 30, 2011, borrowings
under the Term Loan Agreement were $23,200,000 bearing interest at a rate of 3.5% per annum. The
Term Loan Agreement provides for annual reductions of $780,000 in the principal balance with a
$22,160,000 balloon payment due at maturity. The Term Loan Agreement bears interest at a rate equal
to a thirty day LIBOR rate (subject to a floor of 0.4%) plus a margin of 3.1%. The Term Loan
Agreement
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contains customary terms and conditions, including financial covenants such as those requiring
the Company to maintain minimum tangible net worth, leverage ratios and coverage ratios and other
covenants which may limit the Companys ability to incur debt or pay dividends. The Term Loan
Agreement contains customary events of default, including change of control, failure to maintain
REIT status or a material adverse effect on the Companys business, assets, prospects or condition.
Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would increase by 300 basis points (3.0%) the
interest rate the Company pays under the Term Loan Agreement and could result in the acceleration
of the Companys indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement and could also give rise to an event of
default and would prohibit the Company from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could
result in the acceleration of the Companys indebtedness under its Credit Agreement.
The Company may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell
assets or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if it does not have access to funds under its
Credit Agreement or as a result of acceleration of its indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or
Term Loan Agreement.
The fair value of the borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement was $147,400,000 as of
June 30, 2011. The fair value of the borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement was
$23,200,000 as of June 30, 2011. The fair value of the projected average borrowings outstanding
under the Credit Agreement and the borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement were
determined using a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates a market interest yield curve
based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company that are observable at
commonly quoted intervals and are defined by GAAP as Level 2 inputs in the Fair Value
Hierarchy, with adjustments for duration, optionality, risk profile and projected average
borrowings outstanding or borrowings outstanding, which are based on unobservable Level 3 inputs.
Marketing is directly responsible to pay for (i) remediation of environmental contamination it
causes and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of the
Companys properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing
under the terms of the Marketing Leases and various other agreements with the Company relating to
Marketings business and the properties it leases from the Company (collectively the Marketing
Environmental Liabilities). If Marketing fails to pay the Marketing Environmental Liabilities, the
Company may ultimately be responsible to pay for Marketing Environmental Liabilities as the
property owner. The Company will be required to accrue for Marketing Environmental Liabilities if
the Company determines that it is probable that Marketing will not meet its environmental
obligations and the Company can reasonably estimate the amount of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities for which it will be responsible to pay, or if the Companys assumptions regarding the
ultimate allocation methods or share of responsibility that it used to allocate environmental
liabilities changes. However, as of June 30, 2011 the Company continued to believe that it was not
probable that Marketing would not pay for substantially all of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities. Accordingly, the Company did not accrue for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities as
of June 30, 2011. Nonetheless, the Company has determined that the aggregate amount of the
Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as estimated by the Company) would be material to the Company
if it was required to accrue for all of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities since as a result
of such accrual, the Company would not be in compliance with the existing financial covenants in
its Credit Agreement and its Term Loan Agreement. Such non-compliance would result in an event of
default pursuant to each agreement which, if not waived, would prohibit the Company from drawing
funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of the Companys
indebtedness under the Companys restated senior unsecured revolving credit agreement expiring in
March 2012 (the Credit Agreement) and the Companys $25.0 million three-year term loan agreement
expiring in September 2012 (the Term Loan Agreement or Term Loan). The Companys estimates,
judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June
30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and possible change as the Company considers its options
regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as it develops a greater understanding of
Marketings business plan and strategies and its capital resources. It is possible that the Company
may change its estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing
Leases, and accordingly, during the third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, the Company may be
required to accrue for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities.
5. INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENT
The Company was a party to a $45,000,000 LIBOR based interest rate swap which expired on June
30, 2011 (the Swap Agreement). The Swap Agreement was intended to effectively fix, at 5.44%, a
portion of the LIBOR component of the interest rate determined under the Companys LIBOR based loan
agreements. The Company entered into the Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., designated
and qualifying as a cash flow hedge, to reduce its exposure to the variability in cash flows
attributable to changes in the LIBOR rate. The Companys primary objective when undertaking the
hedging transaction and derivative position was to reduce its variable interest rate risk by
effectively fixing a portion of the interest rate for existing debt and anticipated refinancing
transactions. The Company determined, as of the Swap Agreements inception and throughout its term,
that the derivative used in the hedging transaction was highly effective in offsetting changes in
cash flows associated with the hedged item and that no gain or loss was required to be recognized
in earnings representing the hedges ineffectiveness. At December 31, 2010, the Companys
consolidated balance sheet included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities $1,153,000 for the
fair value of the Swap Agreement which expired on June 30, 2011. For the six months ended June 30,
2011 and 2010, the Company has recorded, in accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Companys
consolidated balance sheets, a gain of $1,153,000, and $848,000, respectively, from the changes in
the fair value of the Swap Agreement obligation related to the effective portion of the interest
rate contract.
The fair values of the Swap Agreement obligation were determined using (i) discounted cash
flow analyses on the expected cash flows of the Swap Agreement, which were based on market data
obtained from sources independent of the Company consisting of interest rates and yield curves that
are observable at commonly quoted intervals and are defined by GAAP as Level 2 inputs in the
Fair Value Hierarchy, and (ii) credit valuation adjustments, which were based on unobservable
Level 3 inputs.
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The Company classified its valuations of the Swap Agreement entirely within Level 2 of the
Fair Value Hierarchy since the credit valuation adjustments were not significant to the overall
valuations of the Swap Agreement.
6. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENSES
The Company is subject to numerous existing federal, state and local laws and regulations,
including matters relating to the protection of the environment such as the remediation of known
contamination and the retirement and decommissioning or removal of long-lived assets including
buildings containing hazardous materials, USTs and other equipment. Environmental expenses are
principally attributable to remediation costs which include installing, operating, maintaining and
decommissioning remediation systems, monitoring contamination, and governmental agency reporting
incurred in connection with contaminated properties. The Company seeks reimbursement from state UST
remediation funds related to these environmental expenses where available.
The Company enters into leases and various other agreements which allocate responsibility for
known and unknown environmental liabilities by establishing the percentage and method of allocating
responsibility between the parties. In accordance with the leases with certain tenants, the Company
has agreed to bring the leased properties with known environmental contamination to within
applicable standards, and to either regulatory or contractual closure (Closure). Generally, upon
achieving Closure at each individual property, the Companys environmental liability under the
lease for that property will be satisfied and future remediation obligations will be the
responsibility of the Companys tenant. Generally the liability for the retirement and
decommissioning or removal of USTs and other equipment is the responsibility of the Companys
tenants. The Company is contingently liable for these obligations in the event that the tenants do
not satisfy their responsibilities. A liability has not been accrued for obligations that are the
responsibility of the Companys tenants based on the tenants history of paying such obligations
and/or the Companys assessment of their financial ability to pay their share of such costs.
However, there can be no assurance that the Companys assessments are correct or that the Companys
tenants who have paid their obligations in the past will continue to do so.
Of the 804 properties leased to Marketing as of June 30, 2011, the Company has agreed to pay
all costs relating to, and to indemnify Marketing for, certain environmental liabilities and
obligations at 176 retail properties that have not achieved Closure and are scheduled in the Master
Lease. The Company will continue to seek reimbursement from state UST remediation funds related to
these environmental expenditures where available.
It is possible that the Companys assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation method and
share of responsibility that it used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may
result in material adjustments to the amounts recorded for environmental litigation accruals,
environmental remediation liabilities and related assets. The Company is required to accrue for
environmental liabilities that the Company believes are allocable to others under various other
agreements if the Company determines that it is probable that the counter-party will not meet its
environmental obligations. The ultimate resolution of these matters could cause a material adverse
effect on the Companys business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to
pay dividends or stock price. (See note 3 for contingencies related to Marketing and the Marketing
Leases for additional information.)
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The estimated future costs for known environmental remediation requirements are accrued when
it is probable that a liability has been incurred and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be
made. The environmental remediation liability is estimated based on the level and impact of
contamination at each property. The accrued liability is the aggregate of the best estimate of the
fair value of cost for each component of the liability. Recoveries of environmental costs from
state UST remediation funds, with respect to both past and future environmental spending, are
accrued at fair value as an offset to environmental expense, net of allowance for collection risk,
based on estimated recovery rates developed from prior experience with the funds when such
recoveries are considered probable.
Environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including
the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the
property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as
well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing the Companys liability for
probable and reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs on a property by property basis,
the Company considers among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of
contamination and surrounding geology, quality of information available, currently available
technologies for treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental
accruals are based on estimates which are subject to significant change, and are adjusted as the
remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become
more clearly defined and reasonably estimable. As of June 30, 2011, the Company had regulatory
approval for remediation action plans in place for 216 (92%) of the 236 properties for which it
continues to retain environmental responsibility and the remaining 20 properties (8%) remain in the
assessment phase. In addition, the Company has nominal post-closure compliance obligations at 32
properties where it has received no further action letters.
Environmental remediation liabilities and related assets are measured at fair value based on
their expected future cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and discounted to present
value. The estimated environmental remediation cost and accretion expense included in environmental
expenses included in continuing operations in the Companys consolidated statements of operations
aggregated $1,358,000 and $1,928,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively,
which amounts were net of changes in estimated recoveries from state UST remediation funds. In
addition to estimated environmental remediation costs, environmental expenses also include project
management fees, legal fees and provisions for environmental litigation loss reserves.
As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had accrued $15,000,000,
$14,874,000 and $16,527,000, respectively, as managements best estimate of the fair value of
reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and
2009, the Company had also recorded $3,906,000, $3,966,000 and $3,882,000, respectively, as
managements best estimate for recoveries from state UST remediation funds, net of allowance,
related to environmental obligations and liabilities. The net environmental liabilities of
$10,908,000 and $12,645,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were subsequently
accreted for the change in present value due to the passage of time and, accordingly, $296,000 and
$345,000 of net accretion expense was recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010,
respectively, substantially all of which is included in environmental expenses.
In view of the uncertainties associated with environmental expenditures, contingencies related
to Marketing and the Marketing Leases and contingencies related to other parties, however, the
Company
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believes it is possible that the fair value of future actual net expenditures could be
substantially higher than amounts currently recorded by the Company. (See note 3 for contingencies
related to Marketing and the Marketing Leases for additional information.) Adjustments to accrued
liabilities for environmental remediation costs will be reflected in the Companys financial
statements as they become probable and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. Future
environmental expenses could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.
7. SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
A summary of the changes in shareholders equity for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is as
follows (in thousands, except share amounts):
DIVIDENDS | ACCUMULATED | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PAID | OTHER | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMON STOCK | PAID-IN | IN EXCESS | COMPREHENSIVE | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHARES | AMOUNT | CAPITAL | OF EARNINGS | LOSS | TOTAL | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2010 |
29,944,155 | $ | 299 | $ | 368,093 | $ | (52,304 | ) | $ | (1,153 | ) | $ | 314,935 | |||||||||||
Net earnings |
26,588 | 26,588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends |
(32,222 | ) | (32,222 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
employee compensation expense |
20 | 311 | 311 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock |
3,450,000 | 35 | 91,951 | 91,986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
unrealized gain on interest rate swap |
1,153 | 1,153 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2011 |
33,394,175 | $ | 334 | $ | 460,355 | $ | (57,938 | ) | $ | | $ | 402,751 | ||||||||||||
The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01
per share, of which none were issued as of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.
In the first quarter of 2011, the Company completed a public stock offering of 3,450,000
shares of the Companys common stock, of which 3,000,000 shares were issued in January 2011 and
450,000 shares, representing the underwriters over-allotment, were issued in February 2011.
Substantially all of the aggregate $91,986,000 net proceeds from the issuance of common stock
(after related transaction costs of $267,000) was used to repay a portion of the outstanding
balance under the Companys Credit Agreement and the remainder was used for general corporate
purposes.
8. PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS
CPD NY SALE/LEASEBACK
On January 13, 2011, the Company acquired fee or leasehold title to 59 Mobil-branded gasoline
station and convenience store properties and also took a security interest in six other
Mobil-branded gasoline stations and convenience store properties in a sale/leaseback and loan
transaction with CPD NY Energy Corp. (CPD NY), a subsidiary of Chestnut Petroleum Dist. Inc. The
Companys total investment in the transaction was $111,621,000 including acquisition costs, which
was financed entirely with borrowings under the Companys Credit Agreement.
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The properties were acquired or financed in a simultaneous transaction among ExxonMobil,
CPD NY and the Company whereby CPD NY acquired a portfolio of 65 gasoline station and convenience
stores from ExxonMobil and simultaneously completed a sale/leaseback of 59 of the acquired
properties and leasehold interests with the Company. The lease between the Company, as lessor, and
CPD NY, as lessee, governing the properties is a unitary triple-net lease agreement (the CPD
Lease), with an initial term of 15 years, and options for up to three successive renewal terms of
ten years each. The CPD Lease requires CPD NY to pay a fixed annual rent for the properties (the
Rent), plus an amount equal to all rent due to third party landlords pursuant to the terms of
third party leases. The Rent is scheduled to increase on the third anniversary of the date of the
CPD Lease and on every third anniversary thereafter. As a triple-net lessee, CPD NY is required to
pay all amounts pertaining to the properties subject to the CPD Lease, including taxes,
assessments, licenses and permit fees, charges for public utilities and all governmental charges.
Partial funding to CPD NY for the transaction was also provided by the Company under a secured,
self-amortizing loan having a 10-year term (the CPD Loan).
The Company accounted for this transaction as a business combination. As of June 30, 2011, the
Companys allocation of the purchase price among the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is
preliminary and subject to change. The purchase price has been allocated among the assets acquired
based on the initial estimates of fair value. These allocations remain preliminary and may not be
indicative of the final allocations. The Companys preliminary purchase price allocation as of June
30, 2011 differs by immaterial amounts from the preliminary purchase price allocation recorded as
of March 31, 2011. The Company continues to evaluate the assumptions used in valuing the real
estate. The Company anticipates finalizing these allocations in the third quarter of 2011. A change
in the final allocation from what is presented may result in an increase or decrease in identified
assets and liabilities and changes in revenue and expenses, including amortization and other
expenses. A change in the final allocation from what is presented may also result in changes in the
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information presented below.
The Company estimated the fair value of acquired tangible assets (consisting of land,
buildings and equipment) as if vacant and intangible assets consisting of above and below market
leases. Based on these preliminary estimates, the Company allocated $60,641,000 of the purchase
price to land, which is accounted for as an operating lease, net above and below market leases
related to leasehold interests with landlords of $953,000 which is accounted for as a deferred
asset, net above and below market leases related to leasehold interests with tenants of $2,750,000
which is accounted for as a deferred liability, $38,955,000 allocated to buildings and equipment,
which is accounted for as a direct financing lease and capital lease assets, and $18,400,000 which
is accounted for in notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net. In connection with the
acquisition of certain leasehold interests, the Company also recorded capital lease obligations
aggregating $5,768,000. The Company also incurred transaction costs of $1,190,000 directly related
to the acquisition. The future contractual minimum annual rent receivable from CPD NY on a calendar
year basis is as follows: 2011 $8,090,000, 2012 $8,826,000 2013 $8,826,000, 2014
$9,090,000, 2015 $9,090,000, 2016 $9,090,000 and $86,820,000 thereafter.
NOURIA SALE/LEASEBACK
On March 31, 2011, the Company acquired fee or leasehold title to 66 Shell-branded gasoline
station and convenience store properties in a sale/leaseback transaction with Nouria Energy
Ventures I, LLC (Nouria), a subsidiary of Nouria Energy Group. The Companys total investment in the
transaction was
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$86,167,000 including acquisition costs, which was financed entirely with
borrowings under the Companys Credit Agreement.
The properties were acquired in a simultaneous transaction among Motiva Enterprises LLC
(Shell), Nouria and the Company whereby Nouria acquired a portfolio of 66 gasoline station and
convenience stores from Shell and simultaneously completed a sale/leaseback of the 66 acquired
properties and leasehold interests with the Company. The lease between the Company, as lessor, and
Nouria, as lessee, governing the properties is a unitary triple-net lease agreement (the Nouria
Lease), with an initial term of 20 years, and options for up to two successive renewal terms of
ten years each followed by one final renewal term of five years. The Nouria Lease requires Nouria
to pay a fixed annual rent for the properties (the Rent), plus an amount equal to all rent due to
third party landlords pursuant to the terms of third party leases. The Rent is scheduled to
increase on every annual anniversary of the date of the Nouria Lease. As a triple-net lessee,
Nouria is required to pay all amounts pertaining to the properties subject to the Nouria Lease,
including taxes, assessments, licenses and permit fees, charges for public utilities and all
governmental charges.
The Company accounted for this transaction as a business combination. As of June 30, 2011, the
Companys allocation of the purchase price among the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is
preliminary and subject to change. The purchase price has been allocated among the assets acquired
based on the initial estimates of fair value. These allocations remain preliminary and may not be
indicative of the final allocations. The Companys preliminary purchase price allocation as of June
30, 2011 differs by immaterial amounts from the preliminary purchase price allocation recorded as
of March 31, 2011. The Company continues to evaluate the assumptions used in valuing the real
estate. The Company anticipates finalizing these allocations in the third quarter of 2011. A change
in the final allocation from what is presented may result in an increase or decrease in identified
assets and liabilities and changes in revenue and expenses, including amortization and other
expenses. A change in the final allocation from what is presented may also result in changes in the
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information presented below.
The Company estimated the fair value of acquired tangible assets (consisting of land,
buildings and equipment) as if vacant and intangible assets consisting of above and below market
leases. Based on these preliminary estimates, the Company allocated $39,700,000 of the purchase
price to land, which is accounted for as an operating lease, net above and below market leases
relating to the leasehold interests with landlords of $3,781,000, which is accounted for as a
deferred asset, net above and below market leases related to leasehold interests with tenants of
$3,638,000, which is accounted for as a deferred liability, $33,480,000 to buildings and equipment,
which is accounted for as a direct financing lease and $12,000,000 which is accounted for in notes,
mortgages and accounts receivable, net. The Company also incurred transaction costs of $844,000
directly related to the acquisition. The future contractual minimum annual rent receivable from
Nouria on a calendar year basis is as follows: 2011 $6,431,000, 2012 $8,675,000 2013
$8,812,000, 2014 $8,952,000, 2015 $9,095,000, 2016 $9,240,000 and $131,043,000 thereafter.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information has been
prepared utilizing the historical financial statements of the Company and the combined effect of
additional revenue and expenses from the properties acquired from both CPD NY and Nouria assuming
that the acquisitions had occurred as of the beginning of each of the periods presented, after giving effect to
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adjustments including (a) rental income adjustments resulting from the straight-lining of
scheduled rent increases (b) rental income adjustments resulting from the recognition of revenue
under direct financing leases over the lease term using the effective interest rate method which
produces a constant periodic rate of return on the net investment in the leased property (c) rental
income adjustments resulting from the amortization of above market leases with tenants and (d) rent
expense adjustments resulting from the amortization of below market leases with landlords. The
following information also gives effect to the additional interest expense resulting from the
assumed increase in borrowing outstanding drawn under the Credit Agreement to fund the acquisitions
and the elimination of acquisition costs. The unaudited pro forma condensed financial information
is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the acquisition
from CPD NY and Nouria reflected herein been consummated on the dates indicated or that will be
achieved in the future.
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Revenues |
$ | 55,084 | $ | 55,877 | ||||
Net earnings |
$ | 31,134 | $ | 35,012 | ||||
Basic and diluted net earnings
per common share |
$ | 0.94 | $ | 1.35 |
9. SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED COMBINING FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Condensed combining financial information as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 has been derived from the Companys books and
records and is provided below to illustrate, for informational purposes only, the net contribution
to the Companys financial results that are realized from the leasing operations of properties
leased to Marketing (which represents approximately 69% of the Companys properties as of June 30,
2011) and from properties leased to other tenants. The condensed combining financial information
set forth below presents the results of operations, net assets, and cash flows of the Company,
related to Marketing, the Companys other tenants and the Companys corporate functions necessary
to arrive at the information for the Company on a combined basis. The assets, liabilities, lease
agreements and other leasing operations attributable to the Marketing Leases and other tenant
leases are not segregated in legal entities. However, the Company generally maintains its books and
records in site specific detail and has classified the operating results which are clearly
applicable to each owned or leased property as attributable to Marketing or to the Companys other
tenants or to non-operating corporate functions. The condensed combining financial information has
been prepared by the Company using certain assumptions, judgments and allocations. Each of the
Companys properties were classified as attributable to Marketing, other tenants or corporate for
all periods presented based on the propertys use as of June 30, 2011 or the propertys use
immediately prior to its disposition or third party lease expiration.
Environmental remediation expenses have been attributed to Marketing or other tenants on a
site specific basis and environmental related litigation expenses and professional fees have been
attributed to Marketing or other tenants based on the pro rata share of specifically identifiable
environmental expenses
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for the period from January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011. The Company
enters into leases and various other agreements which allocate responsibility for known and unknown
environmental liabilities by establishing the percentage and method of allocating responsibility
between the parties. In accordance with the leases with certain tenants, the Company has agreed to
bring the leased properties with known environmental contamination to within applicable standards,
and to either regulatory or contractual closure (Closure). Generally, upon achieving Closure at
each individual property, the Companys environmental liability under the lease for that property
will be satisfied and future remediation obligations will be the responsibility of the Companys
tenant. Of the 804 properties leased to Marketing as of June 30, 2011, the Company has agreed to
pay all costs relating to, and to indemnify Marketing for, certain environmental liabilities and
obligations at 176 retail properties that have not achieved Closure and are scheduled in the Master
Lease. (See note 6 for additional information.)
The heading Corporate in the statements below includes assets, liabilities, income and
expenses attributed to general and administrative functions, financing activities and parent or
subsidiary level income taxes, capital taxes or franchise taxes which were not incurred on behalf
of the Companys leasing operations and are not reasonably allocable to Marketing or other tenants.
With respect to general and administrative expenses, the Company has attributed those expenses
clearly applicable to Marketing and other tenants. The Company considered various methods of
allocating to Marketing and other tenants amounts included under the heading Corporate and
determined that none of the methods resulted in a reasonable allocation of such amounts or an
allocation of such amounts that more clearly summarizes the net contribution to the Companys
financial results realized from the leasing operations of properties leased to Marketing and of
properties leased to other tenants. Moreover, the Company determined that each of the allocation
methods it considered resulted in a presentation of these amounts that would make it more difficult
to understand the clearly identifiable results from its leasing operations attributable to
Marketing and other tenants. The Company believes that the segregated presentation of assets,
liabilities, income and expenses attributed to general and administrative functions, financing
activities and parent or subsidiary level income taxes, capital taxes or franchise taxes provides
the most meaningful presentation of these amounts since changes in these amounts are not fully
correlated to changes in the Companys leasing activities.
While the Company believes these assumptions, judgments and allocations are reasonable, the
condensed combining financial information is not intended to reflect what the net results would
have been had assets, liabilities, lease agreements and other operations attributable to Marketing
or its other tenants had been conducted through stand-alone entities during any of the periods
presented.
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The condensed combining balance sheet of Getty Realty Corp. as of June 30, 2011 is as follows
(in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
ASSETS: |
||||||||||||||||
Real Estate: |
||||||||||||||||
Land |
$ | 136,203 | $ | 217,219 | $ | | $ | 353,422 | ||||||||
Buildings and improvements |
150,899 | 96,507 | 371 | 247,777 | ||||||||||||
287,102 | 313,726 | 371 | 601,199 | |||||||||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and
amortization |
(119,586 | ) | (27,276 | ) | (213 | ) | (147,075 | ) | ||||||||
Real estate, net |
167,516 | 286,450 | 158 | 454,124 | ||||||||||||
Net investment in direct financing leases |
| 90,231 | | 90,231 | ||||||||||||
Deferred rent receivable, net |
20,409 | 7,160 | | 27,569 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
| | 14,941 | 14,941 | ||||||||||||
Other receivables, net |
3,821 | 153 | 236 | 4,210 | ||||||||||||
Notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net |
34 | 30,568 | 1,394 | 31,996 | ||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| 10,547 | 3,224 | 13,771 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
191,780 | 425,109 | 19,953 | 636,842 | ||||||||||||
LIABILITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Borrowings under credit line |
| | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||||||||||
Term loan |
| | 23,200 | 23,200 | ||||||||||||
Environmental remediation costs |
13,970 | 1,030 | | 15,000 | ||||||||||||
Dividends payable |
| | 16,111 | 16,111 | ||||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
1,054 | 20,424 | 8,302 | 29,780 | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
15,024 | 21,454 | 197,613 | 234,091 | ||||||||||||
Net assets (liabilities) |
$ | 176,756 | $ | 403,655 | $ | (177,660 | ) | $ | 402,751 | |||||||
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The condensed combining balance sheet of Getty Realty Corp. as of December 31, 2010 is as
follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
ASSETS: |
||||||||||||||||
Real Estate: |
||||||||||||||||
Land |
$ | 137,151 | $ | 116,262 | $ | | $ | 253,413 | ||||||||
Buildings and improvements |
152,570 | 98,233 | 371 | 251,174 | ||||||||||||
289,721 | 214,495 | 371 | 504,587 | |||||||||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |
(118,784 | ) | (25,241 | ) | (192 | ) | (144,217 | ) | ||||||||
Real estate, net |
170,937 | 189,254 | 179 | 360,370 | ||||||||||||
Net investment in direct financing lease |
| 20,540 | | 20,540 | ||||||||||||
Deferred rent receivable, net |
21,221 | 6,164 | | 27,385 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
| | 6,122 | 6,122 | ||||||||||||
Other receivables, net |
3,874 | 363 | 296 | 4,533 | ||||||||||||
Mortgages and accounts receivable, net |
13 | 238 | 1,274 | 1,525 | ||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| 3,444 | 3,225 | 6,669 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
196,045 | 220,003 | 11,096 | 427,144 | ||||||||||||
LIABILITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Borrowings under credit line |
| | 41,300 | 41,300 | ||||||||||||
Term loan |
| | 23,590 | 23,590 | ||||||||||||
Environmental remediation costs |
13,841 | 1,033 | | 14,874 | ||||||||||||
Dividends payable |
| | 14,432 | 14,432 | ||||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
962 | 6,953 | 10,098 | 18,013 | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
14,803 | 7,986 | 89,420 | 112,209 | ||||||||||||
Net assets (liabilities) |
$ | 181,242 | $ | 212,017 | $ | (78,324 | ) | $ | 314,935 | |||||||
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The condensed combining statement of operations of Getty Realty Corp. for the three
months ended June 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues from rental properties |
$ | 14,172 | $ | 12,954 | $ | | $ | 27,126 | ||||||||
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable |
| 710 | 31 | 741 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
14,172 | 13,664 | 31 | 27,867 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Rental property expenses |
1,275 | 2,282 | 152 | 3,709 | ||||||||||||
Impairment charges |
| 1,513 | | 1,513 | ||||||||||||
Environmental expenses, net |
1,295 | 31 | | 1,326 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
31 | 1,679 | 1,026 | 2,736 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
921 | 1,272 | 11 | 2,204 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
3,522 | 6,777 | 1,189 | 11,488 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
10,650 | 6,887 | (1,158 | ) | 16,379 | |||||||||||
Other income (expense), net |
20 | | (69 | ) | (49 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense |
| | (1,346 | ) | (1,346 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
10,670 | 6,887 | (2,573 | ) | 14,984 | |||||||||||
Discontinued operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from operating activities |
(1 | ) | (12 | ) | | (13 | ) | |||||||||
Gains on dispositions of real estate |
231 | | | 231 | ||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |
230 | (12 | ) | | 218 | |||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) |
$ | 10,900 | $ | 6,875 | $ | (2,573 | ) | $ | 15,202 | |||||||
The condensed combining statement of operations of Getty Realty Corp. for the three
months ended June 30, 2010 is as follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues from rental properties |
$ | 14,817 | $ | 6,917 | $ | | $ | 21,734 | ||||||||
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable |
| | 35 | 35 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
14,817 | 6,917 | 35 | 21,769 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Rental property expenses |
1,560 | 579 | 175 | 2,314 | ||||||||||||
Environmental expenses, net |
1,301 | 31 | | 1,332 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
60 | 25 | 1,735 | 1,820 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
1,054 | 1,342 | 9 | 2,405 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
3,975 | 1,977 | 1,919 | 7,871 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
10,842 | 4,940 | (1,884 | ) | 13,898 | |||||||||||
Other income, net |
| | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense |
| | (1,322 | ) | (1,322 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
10,842 | 4,940 | (3,188 | ) | 12,594 | |||||||||||
Discontinued operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Earnings from operating activities |
4 | 33 | | 37 | ||||||||||||
Gains on dispositions of real estate |
1,328 | | | 1,328 | ||||||||||||
Earnings from discontinued operations |
1,332 | 33 | | 1,365 | ||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) |
$ | 12,174 | $ | 4,973 | $ | (3,188 | ) | $ | 13,959 | |||||||
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The condensed combining statement of operations of Getty Realty Corp. for the six months
ended June 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues from rental properties |
$ | 28,982 | $ | 23,169 | $ | | $ | 52,151 | ||||||||
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable |
| 1,083 | 63 | 1,146 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
28,982 | 24,252 | 63 | 53,297 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Rental property expenses |
2,697 | 4,204 | 291 | 7,192 | ||||||||||||
Impairment charges |
994 | 1,513 | | 2,507 | ||||||||||||
Environmental expenses, net |
2,397 | 56 | | 2,453 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
75 | 1,764 | 5,782 | 7,621 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
1,961 | 2,546 | 21 | 4,528 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
8,124 | 10,083 | 6,094 | 24,301 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
20,858 | 14,169 | (6,031 | ) | 28,996 | |||||||||||
Other income (expense), net |
20 | | (63 | ) | (43 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense |
| | (2,665 | ) | (2,665 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
20,878 | 14,169 | (8,759 | ) | 26,288 | |||||||||||
Discontinued operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from operating activities |
24 | (23 | ) | | 1 | |||||||||||
Gains on dispositions of real estate |
299 | | | 299 | ||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |
323 | (23 | ) | | 300 | |||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) |
$ | 21,201 | $ | 14,146 | $ | (8,759 | ) | $ | 26,588 | |||||||
The condensed combining statement of operations of Getty Realty Corp. for the six months
ended June 30, 2010 is as follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||
Revenues from rental properties |
$ | 29,631 | $ | 14,542 | $ | | $ | 44,173 | ||||||||
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable |
| | 67 | 67 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
29,631 | 14,542 | 67 | 44,240 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Rental property expenses |
3,460 | 1,659 | 408 | 5,527 | ||||||||||||
Environmental expenses, net |
2,818 | 66 | | 2,884 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
92 | 58 | 4,008 | 4,158 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
2,108 | 2,669 | 17 | 4,794 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
8,478 | 4,452 | 4,433 | 17,363 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
21,153 | 10,090 | (4,366 | ) | 26,877 | |||||||||||
Other income, net |
| | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense |
| | (2,816 | ) | (2,816 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
21,153 | 10,090 | (7,075 | ) | 24,168 | |||||||||||
Discontinued operations: |
||||||||||||||||
Earnings from operating activities |
58 | | | 58 | ||||||||||||
Gains on dispositions of real estate |
1,612 | 26 | | 1,638 | ||||||||||||
Earnings from discontinued operations |
1,670 | 26 | | 1,696 | ||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) |
$ | 22,823 | $ | 10,116 | $ | (7,075 | ) | $ | 25,864 | |||||||
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The condensed combining statement of cash flows of Getty Realty Corp. for the six months
ended June 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) |
$ | 21,201 | $ | 14,146 | $ | (8,759 | ) | $ | 26,588 | |||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash flow
provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
1,963 | 2,546 | 21 | 4,530 | ||||||||||||
Impairment charges |
994 | 1,513 | | 2,507 | ||||||||||||
Gain from dispositions of real estate |
(319 | ) | | | (319 | ) | ||||||||||
Deferred rental revenue |
812 | (996 | ) | | (184 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of above-market and below-market leases |
| (262 | ) | | (262 | ) | ||||||||||
Accretion expense |
290 | 6 | | 296 | ||||||||||||
Stock-based employee compensation expense |
| | 311 | 311 | ||||||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
Recoveries from state underground storage tank funds, net |
209 | 11 | | 220 | ||||||||||||
Net investment in direct financing leases |
| 211 | | 211 | ||||||||||||
Notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net |
(21 | ) | 86 | | 65 | |||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| (101 | ) | 176 | 75 | |||||||||||
Environmental remediation costs |
(317 | ) | (13 | ) | | (330 | ) | |||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
92 | 155 | (644 | ) | (397 | ) | ||||||||||
Net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities |
24,904 | 17,302 | (8,895 | ) | 33,311 | |||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Property acquisitions and capital expenditures |
| (166,594 | ) | | (166,594 | ) | ||||||||||
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate |
784 | | | 784 | ||||||||||||
Decrease in cash held for property acquisitions |
| | 60 | 60 | ||||||||||||
Issuance of notes and mortgages receivable |
| (30,400 | ) | (240 | ) | (30,640 | ) | |||||||||
Collection of notes and mortgages receivable |
| 187 | 120 | 307 | ||||||||||||
Net cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities |
784 | (196,807 | ) | (60 | ) | (196,083 | ) | |||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Borrowings under credit agreement |
| | 231,253 | 231,253 | ||||||||||||
Repayments under credit agreement |
| | (122,553 | ) | (122,553 | ) | ||||||||||
Repayments under term loan agreement |
| | (390 | ) | (390 | ) | ||||||||||
Cash dividends paid |
| | (30,543 | ) | (30,543 | ) | ||||||||||
Credit agreement origination costs |
| | (175 | ) | (175 | ) | ||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock |
| | 91,986 | 91,986 | ||||||||||||
Security deposits received |
| 2,013 | | 2,013 | ||||||||||||
Cash consolidation Corporate |
(25,688 | ) | 177,492 | (151,804 | ) | | ||||||||||
Net cash flow (used in) provided by financing activities |
(25,688 | ) | 179,505 | 17,774 | 171,591 | |||||||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
| | 8,819 | 8,819 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
| | 6,122 | 6,122 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
$ | | $ | | $ | 14,941 | $ | 14,941 | ||||||||
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The condensed combining statement of cash flows of Getty Realty Corp. for the six months
ended June 30, 2010 is as follows (in thousands):
Getty | ||||||||||||||||
Petroleum | Other | |||||||||||||||
Marketing | Tenants | Corporate | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) |
$ | 22,823 | $ | 10,116 | $ | (7,075 | ) | $ | 25,864 | |||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash flow
provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
2,117 | 2,670 | 17 | 4,804 | ||||||||||||
Gain from dispositions of real estate |
(1,612 | ) | (26 | ) | | (1,638 | ) | |||||||||
Deferred rental revenue |
620 | (779 | ) | | (159 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of above-market and below-market leases |
| (343 | ) | | (343 | ) | ||||||||||
Accretion expense |
337 | 8 | | 345 | ||||||||||||
Stock-based employee compensation expense |
| | 231 | 231 | ||||||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||
Recoveries from state underground storage tank funds, net |
(311 | ) | (18 | ) | | (329 | ) | |||||||||
Net investment in direct financing leases |
| (157 | ) | | (157 | ) | ||||||||||
Mortgages and accounts receivable, net |
(5 | ) | 161 | | 156 | |||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| (57 | ) | (266 | ) | (323 | ) | |||||||||
Environmental remediation costs |
(640 | ) | 906 | | 266 | |||||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
191 | (432 | ) | 105 | (136 | ) | ||||||||||
Net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities |
23,520 | 12,049 | (6,988 | ) | 28,581 | |||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Property acquisitions and capital expenditures |
| (4,626 | ) | (36 | ) | (4,662 | ) | |||||||||
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate |
2,515 | 224 | | 2,739 | ||||||||||||
Increase in cash held for property acquisitions |
| | 2,243 | 2,243 | ||||||||||||
Collection of mortgages receivable, net |
| | 72 | 72 | ||||||||||||
Net cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities |
2,515 | (4,402 | ) | 2,279 | 392 | |||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||||||||
Borrowings under credit agreement |
| | 29,000 | 29,000 | ||||||||||||
Repayments under credit agreement |
| | (135,200 | ) | (135,200 | ) | ||||||||||
Repayments under term loan agreement |
| | (390 | ) | (390 | ) | ||||||||||
Cash dividends paid |
| | (23,625 | ) | (23,625 | ) | ||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock |
| | 108,205 | 108,205 | ||||||||||||
Security deposits received |
| 78 | | 78 | ||||||||||||
Cash consolidation Corporate |
(26,035 | ) | (7,725 | ) | 33,760 | | ||||||||||
Net cash flow (used in) provided by financing activities |
(26,035 | ) | (7,647 | ) | 11,750 | (21,932 | ) | |||||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
| | 7,041 | 7,041 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
| | 3,050 | 3,050 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
$ | | $ | | $ | 10,091 | $ | 10,091 | ||||||||
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10. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On August 8, 2011, the Company was informed by Marketing that based on Marketings distressed
financial position, weakness in operating margins, and cash flow deficiencies, it was unlikely to
be able to pay full rent for August. Although Marketing described various contingencies which, if
resolved favorably, may allow for payment of full or partial rent for August, the Company can
provide no assurances that Marketing will meet its current or future rental or other obligations
under the Marketing Leases. The Company has issued a contractual notice of default to Marketing as
a result of its non-payment of rent, and intends to continue discussions with Marketing while it
evaluates its options regarding this matter. (See note 3 for additional information regarding
contingencies related to Marketing and the Marketing Leases).
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should
be read in conjunction with the sections entitled Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors and Part II,
Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,
which appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Part II, Item
1A. Risk Factors which appears in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2011, and Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors which
appear in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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GENERAL
Recent Development
On August 8, 2011, we were informed by Marketing that based on Marketings distressed
financial position, weakness in operating margins, and cash flow deficiencies, it was unlikely to
be able to pay full rent for August. Although Marketing described various contingencies which, if
resolved favorably, may allow for payment of full or partial rent for August, we can provide no
assurances that Marketing will meet its current or future rental or other obligations under the
Marketing Leases. We have issued a contractual notice of default to Marketing as a result of its
non-payment of rent, and we intend to continue discussions with Marketing while we evaluate our
options regarding this matter. (See General Marketing and the Marketing Leases below for
additional information.) (For information regarding factors that could adversely affect us relating
to our lessees, including our primary tenant, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., (Marketing) see
Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2010, Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2011, and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.)
Real Estate Investment Trust
We are a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in the ownership, leasing and
financing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties and petroleum distribution
terminals. We elected to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws beginning January
1, 2001. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal corporate income tax on the taxable income we
distribute to our shareholders. In order to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are
required, among other things, to distribute at least ninety percent of our ordinary taxable income
to our shareholders each year.
Retail Petroleum Marketing Business
We lease or sublet our properties primarily to distributors and retailers engaged in the sale
of gasoline and other motor fuel products, convenience store products and automotive repair
services. These tenants are responsible for managing the operations conducted at these properties
and for the payment of taxes, maintenance, repair, insurance and other operating expenses relating
to our properties. Our tenants financial results are largely dependent on the performance of the
petroleum marketing industry, which is highly competitive and subject to volatility. In those
instances where we determine that the best use for a property is no longer as a retail motor fuel
outlet, we will seek an alternative tenant or buyer for the property. We lease or sublet
approximately twenty of our properties for uses such as fast food restaurants, automobile sales and
other retail purposes. (For additional information regarding our real estate business and our
properties, see Item 1. Business Real Estate Business and Item 2. Properties which appear in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.) (For information regarding
factors that could adversely affect us relating to our lessees, including our primary tenant, Getty
Petroleum Marketing Inc., (Marketing) see Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors which
appears in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, and Part II,
Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.)
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Marketing and the Marketing Leases
As of June 30, 2011, Marketing leased 795 properties from us pursuant to a unitary master
lease (the Master Lease) and nine properties under supplemental leases (collectively with the
Master Lease, the Marketing Leases). The Master Lease has an initial term expiring in December
2015, and provides Marketing with three renewal options of ten years each and a final renewal
option of three years and ten months extending to 2049. Marketing is required to notify us of its
election to exercise a renewal option one year in advance of the commencement of such renewal term.
The Master Lease is a unitary lease and, therefore, Marketings exercise of any renewal option can
only be for all, and not less than all, of the properties subject of the Master Lease. The
supplemental leases have initial terms of varying expiration dates. The Marketing Leases are
triple-net leases, pursuant to which Marketing is responsible for the payment of taxes,
maintenance, repair, insurance and other operating expenses.
Our financial results are materially dependent upon the ability of Marketing to meet its
rental, environmental and other obligations under the Marketing Leases. Marketings financial
results depend on retail petroleum marketing margins from the sale of refined petroleum products
and rental income from its subtenants. Marketings subtenants either operate their gas stations,
convenience stores, automotive repair services or other businesses at our properties or are
petroleum distributors who may operate our properties directly and/or sublet our properties to the
operators. Since a substantial portion of our rental revenues (52% for the three months ended June
30, 2011) are derived from the Marketing Leases, any factor that adversely affects Marketings
ability to meet its rental, environmental and other obligations under the Marketing Leases may have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses,
results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. (For additional
information regarding the portion of our financial results that are attributable to Marketing, see
Note 9 in Item 1. Financial Statements Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.) (For
information regarding factors that could adversely affect us relating to our lessees, including our
primary tenant, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., (Marketing) see Item 1A. Risk Factors which
appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Part II, Item 1A.
Risk Factors which appears in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2011, and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.)
On August 8, 2011, we were informed by Marketing that based on Marketings distressed
financial position, weakness in operating margins, and cash flow deficiencies, it was unlikely to
be able to pay full rent for August. Although Marketing described various contingencies which, if
resolved favorably, may allow for payment of full or partial rent for August, we can provide no
assurances that Marketing will meet its current or future rental or other obligations under the
Marketing Leases. We have issued a contractual notice of default to Marketing as a result of its
non-payment of rent, and we intend to continue discussions with Marketing while we evaluate our
options regarding this matter.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, Marketing reported a significant loss, continuing a
trend of reporting large losses in recent years. We have not received any interim financial
statements from Marketing for 2011. We believe that Marketing likely does not have the ability to generate
cash flows from its business operations sufficient to meet its rental, environmental and other
obligations under the terms of the Marketing Leases unless Marketing shows significant improvement
in its financial results, reduces the number of properties under the Marketing Leases, or receives
additional capital or credit support. There
can be no assurance that Marketing will be successful in any of these efforts. In addition, in
view of the
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recent default by
Marketing of its August 2011 rent payment and our subsequent
discussion with Marketing, it is likely that Marketing will be
seeking temporary or
permanent relief of a portion of its rent obligation to us as we pursue the removal of terminal and
retail properties from the Marketing Leases. It is possible that the deterioration of Marketings
financial condition may continue or that Marketing may file bankruptcy and seek to reorganize or
liquidate its business. It is also possible that Marketing may take other actions including seeking to modify the
terms of the Marketing Leases. During the third quarter
of 2011 or thereafter, the Company may be required to significantly increase the
deferred rent receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges related to its properties,
or accrue for environmental liabilities as a result of the potential or actual modification or
termination of the Marketing Leases.
On February 28, 2011 OAO LUKoil (Lukoil), one of the largest integrated Russian oil
companies, transferred its ownership interest in Marketing to Cambridge Petroleum Holding Inc.
(Cambridge). We are not privy to the terms and conditions pertaining to this transaction between
Lukoil and Cambridge and we do not know what type or amount of consideration, if any, was paid or
is payable by Lukoil or its subsidiaries to Cambridge, or by Cambridge to Lukoil or its
subsidiaries in connection with the transfer.
We did not believe that while Lukoil owned Marketing it would allow Marketing to fail to meet
its obligations under the Marketing Leases. However, there can be no assurance that Cambridge will
have the capacity to provide capital or financial support to Marketing or will provide or arrange
for the provision of capital investment or financial support to Marketing that Marketing may
require to perform its obligations under the Marketing Leases. Without financial support, it is
possible that Marketing may file for bankruptcy protection and seek to reorganize or liquidate its
business. It is also possible that Marketing may take other actions including seeking to modify the
terms of the Marketing Leases.
In November 2009, Marketing announced a restructuring of its business. Marketing announced
that the restructuring included the sale of all assets unrelated to the properties it leases from
us, the elimination of parent-guaranteed debt, and steps to reduce operating costs. Marketing sold
certain assets unrelated to the properties it leases from us to its affiliates, LUKOIL Pan Americas
LLC and LUKOIL North America LLC. As part of the restructuring, Marketing paid off debt which had
been guaranteed or held by Lukoil with proceeds from the sale of assets to Lukoil affiliates.
Notwithstanding Marketings statement that its restructuring included the sale of all assets
unrelated to the properties it leases from us, we have concluded, in part based on the
Marketing/Bionol contract dispute described below, that Marketing retained certain assets,
liabilities and business matters unrelated to the properties it leases from us.
In July 2011, an arbitration panel that had been convened to hear a contractual dispute which
commenced in 2010 between Marketing and Bionol Clearfield LLC (Bionol) issued an award in favor
of Bionol for approximately $230.0 million. Marketing has filed a motion to vacate this award. The
contractual dispute relates to a five-year contract under which Marketing agreed to purchase, at
formula-based prices, substantially all of the ethanol production from Bionols ethanol plant in
Pennsylvania. We are not in a position to evaluate the strength of the positions taken by Marketing
with respect to its motion to vacate, and we cannot predict the actions that may be taken by
Marketing or Bionol with respect to the award, or the timing of any such actions, including as to settlement or enforcement. Also in
July 2011 Bionol announced that it, along with its affiliates, Bioenergy Holdings LLC and Bionol
Holdings LLC, filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 7 relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court
in Delaware. We cannot predict what impact Bionols Chapter 7 liquidation filing may have on its
dispute with Marketing or what actions the Trustee may take to collect on or settle the award or
whether the Trustee may pursue other possible remedies. The ultimate resolution of this matter may materially adversely
affect Marketings financial condition and its ability to meet its obligations to the Company as they
become due under the terms of the Marketing Leases. It is possible that Marketing may file for
bankruptcy protection and seek to reorganize or liquidate its business.
From time to time when it was owned by Lukoil, we held discussions with representatives of
Marketing regarding potential modifications to the Marketing Leases. These discussions did not
result in a common understanding with Marketing that would form a basis for modification of the
Marketing Leases. After Lukoils transfer of its ownership of Marketing to Cambridge, we commenced
discussions with Marketings new owners and management. Marketings new management has indicated a
desire to reduce the number of properties it leases from us under the Marketing Leases in an effort
to improve Marketings financial results. As a result of these recent discussions, we started to
pursue the removal of individual properties from the Marketing Leases on a case-by-case basis. We
intended to focus this initiative on the removal from the Marketing Leases of terminal properties
which are not being operated by Marketing and approximately 165 of our retail properties which have
had or are scheduled to have the gasoline tanks and related equipment removed, and which, we
believe, are either vacant or provide negative or marginal contribution to Marketings results. We
intended to remove these properties from the Marketing Leases pursuant to individual lease
modification agreements executed on a property-by-property basis which we expected would allow for
the sale and removal of the subject property from the Marketing Leases and a reduction of the rent
payable by Marketing by an amount calculated based upon a percentage of net proceeds realized upon
the sale of such property. While we had a general understanding with Marketing allowing for
increased activity intended to remove properties from the Marketing Leases on mutually agreeable
terms, there was and is no agreement in place providing for the removal of a significant number of
properties from the Marketing Leases. In view of the recent nonpayment by Marketing of its August
2011 rent and our subsequent discussion with Marketing, we are reevaluating our options related to
the removal of properties from the Master Lease. Any modification of the Marketing Leases that
results in the removal of a significant number of properties from the Marketing Leases would likely
significantly reduce the amount of rent we receive from Marketing and increase our operating
expenses. We cannot predict if or when properties will be removed from the Marketing Leases; what
composition of properties, if any, may be removed from the Marketing Leases; or what the terms of
any agreement for modification of the Marketing Leases or agreements for the removal of individual properties from the Marketing
Leases may
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be. We also cannot predict what actions Marketing may take, and what our recourse may
be, whether the Marketing Leases are modified or not. We cannot predict if or how Marketings
business strategy, including as it relates to the removal of properties from the Marketing Leases,
may change in the future. During the third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, we may be required to
significantly increase or decrease the deferred rent receivable reserve, record additional
impairment charges related to our properties, or accrue for environmental liabilities as a result
of the potential or actual modification or termination of the Marketing Leases.
As of June 30, 2011, the net carrying value of the deferred rent receivable attributable to
the Marketing Leases was $20.4 million and the aggregate Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as
defined below), net of expected recoveries from underground storage tank funds, for which we may
ultimately be responsible to pay but have not accrued range between $13 million and $20 million.
The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher than our
estimated range and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimate. Although our
financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were not significantly affected by the
transfer of Lukoils ownership interest in Marketing to Cambridge, our estimates, judgments,
assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June 30, 2011
are subject to reevaluation and possible change as we evaluate our options regarding Marketings
non-payment of August rent and as we develop a greater understanding of Marketings business plan
and strategies and its capital resources, and as we pursue removal of properties from the Marketing
Leases. It is possible that we may be required to significantly increase the deferred rent
receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges related to the properties, or accrue for
Marketing Environmental Liabilities as a result of changes in our estimates, judgments, assumptions
and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases that materially affect the amounts
reported in our financial statements. It is also possible that as a result of material adjustments
to the amounts recorded for certain of our assets and liabilities that we may not be in compliance
with the financial covenants in our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement.
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We intend either to re-let or sell properties removed from the Marketing Leases, whether such
removal arises consensually by negotiation or as a result of default by Marketing, and reinvest any
realized sales proceeds in new properties. We intend to offer properties removed from the Marketing
Leases to replacement tenants or buyers individually, or in groups of properties. In those
instances where we determine that the best use for a property is no longer as a retail motor fuel
outlet, at the appropriate time we will seek an alternative tenant or buyer for such property. With
respect to properties that are vacant or have had underground gasoline storage tanks and related
equipment removed, it may be more difficult or costly to re-let or sell such properties as gas
stations because of capital costs or possible zoning or permitting rights that are required and
that may have lapsed during the period since gasoline was last sold at the property. Conversely, it
may be easier to re-let or sell properties where underground gasoline storage tanks and related
equipment have been removed if the property will not be used as a retail motor fuel outlet or if
environmental contamination has been or is being remediated. Although we are the fee or leasehold
owner of the properties subject to the Marketing Leases and the owner of the
Getty® brand, and have prior experience with tenants who operate their gas
stations, convenience stores, automotive repair services or other businesses at our properties, in
the event that properties are removed from the Marketing Leases, we cannot predict if, when, or on
what terms such properties could be re-let or sold.
In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(GAAP), the aggregate minimum rent due over the current terms of the Marketing Leases,
substantially all of which are scheduled to expire in December 2015, is recognized on a
straight-line (or an average) basis rather than when payment contractually is due. We record the
cumulative difference between lease revenue recognized under this straight line accounting method
and the lease revenue recognized when payment is due under the contractual payment terms as
deferred rent receivable on our consolidated balance sheets. We provide reserves for a portion of
the recorded deferred rent receivable if circumstances indicate that a property may be disposed of
before the end of the current lease term or if it is not reasonable to assume that a tenant will
make all of its contractual lease payments during the current lease term. Our assessments and
assumptions regarding the recoverability of the deferred rent receivable related to the properties
subject of the Marketing Leases are reviewed on a quarterly basis and such assessments and
assumptions are subject to change.
Based in part on our willingness to modify and remove properties from the Marketing Leases
prior to the expiration of the current lease term, and our intent to pursue the removal of retail
and terminal properties from the Marketing Leases, we believe that it is probable that we will not
collect all of the rent due related to properties we identified as being the most likely to be
removed from the Marketing Leases. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the net carrying
value of the deferred rent receivable attributable to the Marketing leases was $20.4 million and
$21.2 million, respectively, which was comprised of a gross deferred rent receivable of $27.6
million and $29.4 million, respectively, partially offset by a valuation reserve of $7.2 million and $8.2 million, respectively. The valuation
reserves were
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estimated as of such dates based on the deferred rent receivable attributable to
properties identified from time to time as being the most likely to be removed from the Marketing
Leases. We have not provided deferred rent receivable reserves related to the remaining properties
subject to the Marketing Leases since, based on our assessments and assumptions as of June 30,
2011, we continued to believe that it was probable that we would collect the deferred rent
receivables related to those remaining properties. It is possible that as a result of the continued
deterioration of Marketings financial condition that Marketing may file bankruptcy and seek to
reorganize or liquidate its business, or seek a deferral or reduction in
the rental payments owed under the Marketing Leases in connection with a removal of properties from
the Marketing Leases or otherwise. Our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding
Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June 30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and
possible change as we consider our options regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as
we develop a greater understanding of Marketings business plan and strategies and its capital
resources. It is possible that we may change our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs
regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases, and accordingly, during the third quarter of 2011 or
thereafter, we may be required to significantly increase our deferred rent receivable reserve or
provide deferred rent receivable reserves related to the remaining properties subject to the
Marketing Leases.
Marketing is directly responsible to pay for (i) remediation of environmental contamination it
causes and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of our
properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing under the
terms of the Marketing Leases and various other agreements with us relating to Marketings business
and the properties it leases from us (collectively the Marketing Environmental Liabilities).
However, we continue to have ongoing environmental remediation obligations at 176 retail sites and
for certain pre-existing conditions at six of the terminals we lease to Marketing. If Marketing
fails to pay the Marketing Environmental Liabilities, we may ultimately be responsible to pay for
Marketing Environmental Liabilities as the property owner. We do not maintain pollution legal
liability insurance to protect from potential future claims for Marketing Environmental
Liabilities. We will be required to accrue for Marketing Environmental Liabilities if we determine
that it is probable that Marketing will not meet its environmental obligations and we can
reasonably estimate the amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities for which we will be
responsible to pay, or if our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation methods or share of
responsibility that we used to allocate environmental liabilities changes. However, as of June 30,
2011 we continued to believe that it was not probable that Marketing would not pay for
substantially all of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. Accordingly, we did not accrue for
the Marketing Environmental Liabilities as of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010. Nonetheless, we
have determined that the aggregate amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as estimated
by us) would be material to us if we were required to accrue for all of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities since as a result of such accrual, we would not be in compliance with the existing
financial covenants in our $175.0 million amended and restated senior unsecured revolving Credit
Agreement expiring in March 2012 (the Credit Agreement) and our $25.0 million three-year term
loan agreement expiring in September 2012 (the Term Loan Agreement). Such non-compliance would
result in an event of default under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement which, if not
waived, would prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the
acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement. Our
estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made
effective June 30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and possible change as we consider our options
regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as we develop a greater
understanding of, Marketings business plan and strategies and its capital resources. It is
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may change our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing
and the Marketing Leases, and accordingly, during the third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, we may
be required to accrue for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities.
We estimate that as of June 30, 2011, the aggregate Marketing Environmental Liabilities, net
of expected recoveries from underground storage tank funds, for which we may ultimately be
responsible to pay range between $13 million and $20 million, of which between $6 million to $9
million relate to the properties that we identified as the basis for our estimate of the deferred
rent receivable reserve. If the Marketing Leases are modified to remove any composition of
properties whether individually or in groups, it is not our intention to assume Marketings
Environmental Liabilities related to the properties that are so removed. Since we generally do not
have access to certain site specific information available to Marketing, which is the party
responsible for paying and managing its environmental remediation expenses at our properties, our
estimates were developed in large part by review of the limited publically available information
gathered through electronic databases and freedom of information requests and assumptions we made
based on that data and on our own experiences with environmental remediation matters. The actual
amounts of the ranges estimated above may be significantly higher than our estimates and we can
provide no assurance as to the accuracy of these estimates.
Should our assessments, assumptions and beliefs made effective as of June 30, 2011, prove to
be incorrect, and as we consider our options regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent or as
circumstances change, the conclusions reached by us may change relating to (i) whether any or what
combination of the properties subject to the Marketing Leases are likely to be removed from the
Marketing Leases; (ii) recoverability of the deferred rent receivable for some or all of the
properties subject to the Marketing Leases; (iii) potential impairment of the properties subject to
the Marketing Leases; and (iv) Marketings ability to pay the Marketing Environmental Liabilities.
We intend to regularly review our assumptions that affect the accounting for deferred rent
receivable; long-lived assets; environmental litigation accruals; environmental remediation
liabilities; and related recoveries from state underground storage tank funds. Our estimates,
judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June
30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and possible change as we consider our options regarding
Marketings non-payment of August rent and as we develop a greater understanding of Marketings
business plan and strategies and its capital resources. Accordingly, it is possible that during the
third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, we may be required to significantly increase the deferred rent
receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges related to the properties subject of the
Marketing Leases, or accrue for Marketing Environmental Liabilities as a result of the potential or
actual bankruptcy filing by Marketing or as a result of the potential or actual modification of the
Marketing Leases or other factors, which may result in material adjustments to the amounts recorded
for these assets and liabilities, and as a result of which, we may not be in compliance with the
financial covenants in our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement.
We cannot provide any assurance that Marketing will meet its rental, environmental or other
obligations under the Marketing Leases. Marketings failure to meet its rental, environmental or
other obligations to us can lead to a protracted and expensive process for retaking control of our
properties. In addition to the risk of disruption in rent receipts, we are subject to the risk of
incurring real estate taxes, maintenance, environmental and other expenses at properties subject to
the Marketing Leases. If Marketing does not perform its rental, environmental or other obligations
under the Marketing Leases; if the Marketing Leases are modified significantly or terminated; if we determine that it is probable that
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meet its rental, environmental or other obligations and we accrue for certain of
such liabilities; if we are unable to promptly re-let or sell the properties upon recapture from
the Marketing Leases; or, if we change our assumptions that affect the accounting for rental
revenue or Marketing Environmental Liabilities related to the Marketing Leases and various other
agreements; our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price may be materially adversely affected.
Supplemental Non-GAAP Measures
We manage our business to enhance the value of our real estate portfolio and, as a REIT, place
particular emphasis on minimizing risk and generating cash sufficient to make required
distributions to shareholders of at least ninety percent of our ordinary taxable income each year.
In addition to measurements defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America (GAAP), our management also focuses on funds from operations available to
common shareholders (FFO) and adjusted funds from operations available to common shareholders
(AFFO) to measure our performance. FFO is generally considered to be an appropriate supplemental
non-GAAP measure of the performance of REITs. FFO is defined by the National Association of Real
Estate Investment Trusts as net earnings before depreciation and amortization of real estate
assets, gains or losses on dispositions of real estate (including such non-FFO items reported in
discontinued operations), extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting change. Other
REITs may use definitions of FFO and/or AFFO that are different than ours and; accordingly, may not
be comparable. Beginning in the first quarter of 2011, we revised our definition of AFFO to exclude
direct expensed costs related to property acquisitions.
We believe that FFO and AFFO are helpful to investors in measuring our performance because
both FFO and AFFO exclude various items included in GAAP net earnings that do not relate to, or are
not indicative of, our fundamental operating performance. FFO excludes various items such as gains
or losses from property dispositions and depreciation and amortization of real estate assets. In
our case, however, GAAP net earnings and FFO typically include the impact of the Revenue
Recognition Adjustments comprised of deferred rental revenue (straight-line rental revenue), the
net amortization of above-market and below-market leases, and income recognized from direct
financing leases on our recognition of revenues from rental properties, as offset by the impact of
related collection reserves. GAAP net earnings and FFO from time to time may also include
impairment charges, property acquisition costs or income tax benefits. Deferred rental revenue
results primarily from fixed rental increases scheduled under certain leases with our tenants. In
accordance with GAAP, the aggregate minimum rent due over the current term of these leases are
recognized on a straight-line (or an average) basis rather than when payment is contractually due.
The present value of the difference between the fair market rent and the contractual rent for
in-place leases at the time properties are acquired is amortized into revenue from rental
properties over the remaining lives of the in-place leases. Income from direct financing leases is
recognized over the lease term using the effective interest method which produces a constant
periodic rate of return on the net investment in the leased property. Impairment of long-lived
assets represents charges taken to write-down real estate assets to fair value estimated when
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the property may not be
recoverable. Property acquisition costs are expensed, generally in the period when properties are
acquired. In prior periods, income tax benefits have been recognized due to the elimination of, or
a net reduction in, amounts accrued for uncertain tax positions related to being taxed as a
C-corp., rather than as a REIT, prior to 2001.
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Management pays particular attention to AFFO, a supplemental non-GAAP performance measure that
we define as FFO less Revenue Recognition Adjustments, impairment charges, property acquisition
costs and income tax benefit. In managements view, AFFO provides a more accurate depiction than
FFO of our fundamental operating performance related to: (i) the impact of scheduled rent increases
under these leases; (ii) the rental revenue earned from acquired in-place leases; (iii) the impact
of rent due from direct financing leases, (iv) our rental operating expenses (exclusive of
impairment charges); (v) our operating expenses (exclusive of direct expensed operating property
acquisition costs) and (vi) our election to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws
beginning in 2001. Neither FFO nor AFFO represent cash generated from operating activities
calculated in accordance with GAAP and therefore these measures should not be considered an
alternative for GAAP net earnings or as a measure of liquidity.
A reconciliation of net earnings to FFO and AFFO for the three and six months ended June 30,
2011 and 2010 is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Three months ended | Six months ended | |||||||||||||||
June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Net earnings |
$ | 15,202 | $ | 13,959 | $ | 26,588 | $ | 25,864 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets |
2,205 | 2,409 | 4,530 | 4,804 | ||||||||||||
Gains from dispositions of real estate |
(251 | ) | (1,328 | ) | (319 | ) | (1,638 | ) | ||||||||
Funds from operations |
17,156 | 15,040 | 30,799 | 29,030 | ||||||||||||
Revenue recognition adjustments |
(774 | ) | (275 | ) | (1,004 | ) | (659 | ) | ||||||||
Impairment charges |
1,513 | | 2,507 | | ||||||||||||
Property
acquisition costs |
48 | | 2,034 | | ||||||||||||
Adjusted funds from operations |
$ | 17,943 | $ | 14,765 | $ | 34,336 | $ | 28,371 | ||||||||
Diluted per share amounts: |
||||||||||||||||
Earnings per share |
$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.51 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 1.00 | ||||||||
Funds from operations per share |
$ | 0.51 | $ | 0.55 | $ | 0.93 | $ | 1.12 | ||||||||
Adjusted funds from operations per share |
$ | 0.54 | $ | 0.54 | $ | 1.04 | $ | 1.09 | ||||||||
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding |
33,395 | 27,152 | 32,950 | 25,960 |
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Three months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2010
Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations increased by $5.4 million to
$27.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $21.7 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2010. We received approximately $14.6 million and $15.1 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively, from properties leased to Marketing
under the Marketing Leases. We also received rent of $11.7 million for the three months ended June
30, 2011 and $6.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 from other tenants. The increase
in rent received from tenants other than Marketing for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was
primarily due to rental income from 59 properties we acquired from, and leased back to, CPD NY
Energy (CPD) in January 2011 and 66 properties we acquired from, and leased back to, Nouria
Energy Ventures I LLC (Nouria) on March 31, 2011, and, to a lesser extent, due to rent
escalations, partially offset by the effect of dispositions of real estate and lease expirations. In accordance with GAAP, we recognize
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amounts which vary from the amount of rent contractually due or received during
the periods presented. As a result, revenues from rental properties include Revenue Recognition
Adjustments comprised of non-cash adjustments recorded for deferred rental revenue due to the
recognition of rental income on a straight-line basis over the current lease term, net amortization
of above-market and below-market leases and recognition of rental income under direct financing
leases using the effective interest rate method which produces a constant periodic rate of return
on the net investment in the leased property. Revenue Recognition Adjustments included in
continuing operations increased rental revenue by $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30,
2011, and by $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable increased by $0.7 million to $0.7 million for the
three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $35 thousand for the three months ended June 30,
2010 due to the issuance of $30.4 million of notes receivable in connection with the acquisitions
completed in 2011.
Rental property expenses primarily comprised of rent expense and real estate and other state
and local taxes included in continuing operations were $3.7 million for the three months ended June
30, 2011, as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010. The increase in
rental property expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the prior year period,
is principally due to rent expense including the amortization of below-market leases related to
properties acquired in 2011.
Non-cash impairment charges of $1.5 million recorded in the quarter ended June 30, 2011
resulted from reductions in real estate valuations and the reductions in the assumed holding period
used to test for impairment. There were no impairment charges recorded in the quarter ended June
30, 2010.
Environmental expenses, net of estimated recoveries from underground storage tank funds
included in continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was $1.3 million which
is comparable to the three months ended June 30, 2010. Environmental expenses vary from period to
period and, accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the direction of
change in reported environmental expenses for one period as compared to prior periods.
General and administrative expenses increased by $0.9 million to $2.7 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to $1.8 million recorded for the three months ended June 30,
2010. The increase in general and administrative expenses was principally due to higher corporate
overhead expenses recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2011.
Depreciation and amortization expense included in continuing operations decreased by $0.2
million to $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $2.4 million for
the three months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to the effect of certain
assets becoming fully depreciated, lease terminations and property dispositions.
As a result, total operating expenses increased by $3.6 million to $11.5 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $7.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
Other income (expense), net, included in income from continuing operations was an expense of
$49 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and income of $18 thousand for the three
months ended June 30, 2010. Other income, net varies from period to period and, accordingly, undue
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should not be placed on the magnitude or the direction of change in other income reported for
one period as compared to prior periods.
Interest expense was $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 which is comparable
to the three months ended June 30, 2010. The higher borrowings outstanding for the three months
ended June 30, 2011 was offset by lower weighted average effective interest rates during the three
months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2010. Average borrowings
outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were impacted by, among other things, the
partial repayment of borrowings then outstanding under the Credit Agreement with substantially all
of the net proceeds of $108.2 million received from a 5.2 million share common stock offering. In
addition, average borrowing outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2011 were impacted by,
among other things, $113.0 million drawn under the Credit Agreement to finance the transaction with
CPD NY, $92.1 million drawn under the Credit Agreement to finance the transaction with Nouria, and
the repayment of borrowings then outstanding under the Credit Agreement with substantially all of
the net proceeds of $92.0 million received from a 3.45 million share common stock offering. The
lower weighted average effective interest rates incurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2011 was
caused by changes in the relative amounts of debt outstanding under our Credit Agreement and Term
Loan, (each described in Liquidity and Capital Resources below).
As a result, earnings from continuing operations increased by $2.4 million to $15.0 million
for the three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $12.6 million for the three months ended
June 30, 2010 and net earnings increased by $1.2 million to $15.2 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $14.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
The operating results and gains from certain dispositions of real estate sold in 2011 and 2010
are reclassified as discontinued operations. The operating results of such properties for the three
months ended June 30, 2010 has also been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform to the
2011 presentation. The results of discontinued operations, primarily comprised of gains on
dispositions of real estate, was $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared
to $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower
gains on dispositions of real estate. Gains from dispositions of real estate included in
discontinued operations was $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and $1.3 million
for the three months ended June 30, 2010. There were two property dispositions in each of the three
month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. Gains on disposition of real estate vary from period to
period and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the directions of
change in reported gains for one period as compared to prior periods.
For the three months ended June 30, 2011, FFO increased by $2.2 million to $17.2 million, as
compared to $15.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, and AFFO increased by $3.1
million to $17.9 million, as compared to $14.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
The increase in FFO for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to the changes in
net earnings but excludes a $0.2 million decrease in depreciation and amortization expense and a
$1.0 million decrease in gains on dispositions of real estate. The increase in AFFO for the three
months ended June 30, 2011 also excludes a $0.5 million increase in Rental Revenue Adjustments
which cause our reported revenues from rental properties to vary from the amount of rent payments
contractually due or received by us during the periods presented, and $1.5 million of impairment
charges recorded in the quarter ended June 30, 2011(which are included in net earnings and FFO but
are excluded from AFFO).
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The calculations of net earnings per share, FFO per share, and AFFO per share for the three
months ended June 30, 2011 were impacted by an increase in the weighted average number of shares
outstanding as a result of the issuance of shares of common stock in 2010 and 2011. The weighted
average number of shares outstanding used in our per share calculations increased by 6.2 million
shares, or 23.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the prior year period.
Accordingly, the percentage or direction of the changes in net earnings, FFO and AFFO discussed
above may differ from the changes in the related per share amounts. Diluted earnings per share was
$0.46 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $0.51 per share for the
three months ended June 30, 2010. Diluted FFO per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011
was $0.51 per share, as compared to $0.55 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
Diluted AFFO per share was $0.54 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.
Six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2010
Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations increased by $8.0 million to
$52.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $44.2 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010. We received approximately $29.8 million and $30.3 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively, from properties leased to Marketing
under the Marketing Leases. We also received rent of $21.4 million for the six months ended June
30, 2011 and $13.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from other tenants. The increase
in rent received from tenants other than Marketing for the six months ended June 30, 2011, was
primarily due to rental income from 59 properties we acquired from, and leased back to, CPD NY
Energy (CPD) in January 2011 and 66 properties we acquired from, and leased back to Nouria, on
March 31, 2011 and, to a lesser extent, due to rent escalations, partially offset by the effect of
dispositions of real estate and lease expirations. In accordance with GAAP, we recognize rental
revenue in amounts which vary from the amount of rent contractually due or received during the
periods presented. As a result, revenues from rental properties include Revenue Recognition
Adjustments comprised of non-cash adjustments recorded for deferred rental revenue due to the
recognition of rental income on a straight-line basis over the current lease term, net amortization
of above-market and below-market leases and recognition of rental income under a direct financing
leases using the effective interest rate method which produces a constant periodic rate of return
on the net investment in the leased property. Revenue Recognition Adjustments included in
continuing operations increased rental revenue by $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30,
2011, and by $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
Interest on notes and mortgages receivable increased by $1.0 million to $1.1 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010
due to the issuance of $30.4 million of notes receivable in connection with the acquisitions
completed in 2011.
Rental property expenses primarily comprised of rent expense and real estate and other state
and local taxes included in continuing operations were $7.2 million for the six months ended June
30, 2011, as compared to $5.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The increase in
rental property expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the prior year
period, is principally due to rent expense including the amortization of below-market leases
related to properties acquired in 2011.
Non-cash impairment charges of $2.5 million recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2011
resulted from reductions in real estate valuations due to a reduction in the assumed holding period
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impairment. There were no impairment charges recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2010.
Environmental expenses, net of estimated recoveries from underground storage tank funds
included in continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased by $0.4 million
to $2.5 million, as compared to $2.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease
in net environmental expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to a lower
provision for estimated environmental remediation costs which decreased by $0.6 million to $1.3
million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $1.9 million recorded for the six
months ended June 30, 2010, partially offset by a higher provision for litigation loss reserves and
legal fees which increased by $0.2 million to $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011
as compared to $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. Environmental expenses vary
from period to period and, accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the
direction of change in reported environmental expenses for one period as compared to prior periods.
General and administrative expenses increased by $3.4 million to $7.6 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to $4.2 million recorded for the six months ended June 30,
2010. The increase in general and administrative expenses was principally due to $2.0 million of
property acquisition costs and higher corporate overhead expenses recorded in the six months ended
June 30, 2011.
Depreciation and amortization expense included in continuing operations decreased by $0.3
million to $4.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $4.8 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to the effect of certain assets
becoming fully depreciated, lease terminations and property dispositions.
As a result, total operating expenses increased by $6.9 million to $24.3 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $17.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
Other income (expense), net, included in income from continuing operations was an expense of
$43 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and income of $0.1 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2010. Other income, net varies from period to period and, accordingly, undue
reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the direction of change in other income reported
for one period as compared to prior periods.
Interest expense decreased by $0.1 million to $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30,
2011, as compared to $2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease for the six
months ended June 30, 2011 was due to lower weighted average effective interest rates partially
offset by higher borrowings outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to
the six months ended June 30, 2010. Average borrowings outstanding for the six months ended June
30, 2010 were impacted by, among other things, the partial repayment of borrowings then outstanding
under the Credit Agreement with substantially all of the net proceeds of $108.2 million received
from a 5.2 million share common stock offering. In addition, average borrowing outstanding for the
six months ended June 30, 2011 were impacted by, among other things, $113.0 million drawn under the
Credit Agreement to finance the transaction with CPD NY, $92.1 million drawn under the Credit
Agreement to finance the transaction with Nouria, and the repayment of borrowings then outstanding
under the Credit Agreement with substantially all of the net proceeds of $92.0 million received
from a 3.45 million share common stock offering. The lower weighted average effective interest
rates incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2011 was
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caused by changes in the relative amounts of debt outstanding under our Credit Agreement and
Term Loan, (each described in Liquidity and Capital Resources below).
As a result, earnings from continuing operations increased by $2.1 million to $26.3 million
for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $24.2 million for the six months ended June
30, 2010 and net earnings increased by $0.7 million to $26.6 million for the six months ended June
30, 2011, as compared to $25.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
The operating results and gains from certain dispositions of real estate sold in 2011 and 2010
are reclassified as discontinued operations. The operating results of such properties for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 has also been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform to the
2011 presentation. The results of discontinued operations, primarily comprised of gains on
dispositions of real estate, was $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared
to $1.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower
gains on dispositions of real estate. Gains from dispositions of real estate included in
discontinued operations was $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and $1.6 million
for the six months ended June 30, 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, there were three
property dispositions. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, there were four property
dispositions. Gains on disposition of real estate vary from period to period and accordingly, undue
reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the directions of change in reported gains for
one period as compared to prior periods.
For the six months ended June 30, 2011, FFO increased by $1.8 million to $30.8 million, as
compared to $29.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and AFFO increased by $5.9
million to $34.3 million, as compared to $28.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The
increase in FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was primarily due to the changes in net
earnings but excludes a $0.3 million decrease in depreciation and amortization expense and a $1.3
million decrease in gains on dispositions of real estate. The increase in AFFO for the six months
ended June 30, 2011 also excludes a $0.3 million increase in Rental Revenue Adjustments which cause
our reported revenues from rental properties to vary from the amount of rent payments contractually
due or received by us during the periods presented, $2.5 million of impairment charges recorded for
the six months ended June 30, 2011 and $2.0 million of property acquisition expenses recorded for
the six months ended June 30, 2011 (which are included in net earnings and FFO but are excluded
from AFFO).
The calculations of net earnings per share, FFO per share, and AFFO per share for the six
months ended June 30, 2011 were impacted by an increase in the weighted average number of shares
outstanding as a result of the issuance of shares of common stock in 2010 and 2011. The weighted
average number of shares outstanding used in our per share calculations increased by 7.0 million
shares, or 26.9%, for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the prior year period.
Accordingly, the percentage or direction of the changes in net earnings, FFO and AFFO discussed
above may differ from the changes in the related per share amounts. Diluted earnings per share was
$0.80 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $1.00 per share for the six
months ended June 30, 2010. Diluted FFO per share for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $0.93
per share, as compared to $1.12 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2010. Diluted AFFO per
share for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $1.04 per share, as compared to $1.09 per share
for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our principal sources of liquidity are the cash flows from our operations, funds available
under our revolving Credit Agreement that expires in March 2012, described below, and available
cash and cash equivalents. Management believes that our operating cash needs for the next twelve
months can be met by cash flows from operations, borrowings under our existing Credit Agreement, or
any amendment, restatement or replacement thereto, and available cash and cash equivalents. Net
cash flow provided by operating activities reported on our consolidated statement of cash flows for
the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were $33.3 million and $28.6 million, respectively. It
is possible that our business operations or liquidity may be adversely affected by Marketing and
the Marketing Leases discussed in General Marketing and the Marketing Leases above and as a
result we may be in default of our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement which if such default
was not cured or waived would prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement. We may
be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets or issue additional equity at
unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement.
We are party to a $175.0 million amended and restated senior unsecured revolving credit
agreement (the Credit Agreement) with a group of domestic commercial banks led by JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (the Bank Syndicate) which expires in March 2012. We expect to enter into an amendment
or restatement that will extend the Credit Agreement or enter into a new credit agreement. There
can be no assurance that before or at the expiration of the Credit Agreement we will be able to
amend the existing Credit Agreement or enter into a new revolving credit agreement on favorable
terms, if at all.
We cannot predict how periods of illiquidity in the credit markets may impact our access to
capital and the costs associated with any additional borrowings. We may not be able to obtain
additional financing on favorable terms, or at all. If one or more of the financial institutions
that support our Credit Agreement fails, we may not be able to find a replacement, which would
negatively impact our ability to borrow under our Credit Agreement. In addition, we may not be able
to refinance our outstanding debt when due, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
During the first quarter of 2011, we completed a public stock offering of 3.45 million shares
of our common stock. Substantially all of the $92.0 million net proceeds from the offering was used
to repay a portion of the outstanding balance under our Credit Agreement, described below, and the
remainder was used for general corporate purposes. During the second quarter of 2010, we completed
a public stock offering of 5.2 million shares of our common stock. Substantially all of the $108.2
million net proceeds from the offering was used to repay a portion of the outstanding balance under
our Credit Agreement, and the remainder was used for general corporate purposes.
As of June 30, 2011, borrowings under the Credit Agreement were $150.0 million bearing
interest at a rate of 1.2688% per annum. We had $25.0 million available under the terms of the
Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2011. The Credit Agreement does not provide for scheduled
reductions in the principal balance prior to its maturity. The Credit Agreement permits borrowings
at an interest rate equal to the sum of a base rate plus a margin of 0.0% or 0.25% or a LIBOR rate
plus a margin of 1.0%, 1.25% or 1.5%. The applicable margin is based on our leverage ratio at the
end of the prior calendar quarter, as defined in the Credit Agreement, and is adjusted effective
mid-quarter when our quarterly financial results are reported
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to the Bank Syndicate. Based on our leverage ratio as of June 30, 2011, the applicable margin
will remain at 0.0% for base rate borrowings and 1.0% for LIBOR rate borrowings.
The annual commitment fee on the unused Credit Agreement ranges from 0.10% to 0.20% based on
the average amount of borrowings outstanding. The Credit Agreement contains customary terms and
conditions, including financial covenants such as those requiring us to maintain minimum tangible
net worth, leverage ratios and coverage ratios which may limit our ability to incur debt or pay
dividends. The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including change of control,
failure to maintain REIT status and a material adverse effect on our business, assets, prospects or
condition. Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would increase by 200 basis points (2.0%)
the interest rate we pay under the Credit Agreement and prohibit us from drawing funds against the
Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under our Credit
Agreement, an inability to draw additional funds from the Credit Agreement and could also give rise
to an event of default and consequent acceleration of our indebtedness under our Term Loan
Agreement. Additionally, in such an event, we may be required to enter into alternative loan
agreements, sell assets or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to
funds under our Credit Agreement.
We were party to a $45.0 million LIBOR based interest rate Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. as the counterparty (the Swap Agreement), which expired on June 30, 2011. The Swap
Agreement was intended to hedge our exposure to market interest rate risk by effectively fixing, at
5.44%, a portion of the LIBOR component of the interest rate determined under our existing LIBOR
based loan agreements. We are currently fully exposed to interest rate risk on our aggregate
borrowings floating at market rates.
We are party to a $25.0 million three-year Term Loan Agreement with TD Bank (the Term Loan
Agreement or Term Loan) which expires in September 2012. As of June 30, 2011, borrowings under
the Term Loan Agreement were $23.2 million bearing interest at a rate of 3.5% per annum. The Term
Loan Agreement provides for annual reductions of $0.8 million in the principal balance with a $22.2
million balloon payment due at maturity. The Term Loan Agreement bears interest at a rate equal to
a thirty day LIBOR rate (subject to a floor of 0.4%) plus a margin of 3.1%. The Term Loan Agreement
contains customary terms and conditions, including financial covenants such as those requiring us
to maintain minimum tangible net worth, leverage ratios and coverage ratios and other covenants
which may limit our ability to incur debt or pay dividends. The Term Loan Agreement contains
customary events of default, including change of control, failure to maintain REIT status or a
material adverse effect on our business, assets, prospects or condition. Any event of default, if
not cured or waived, would increase by 300 basis points (3.0%) the interest rate we pay under the
Term Loan Agreement and prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could
result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement.
Since we generally lease our properties on a triple-net basis, we do not incur significant
capital expenditures other than those related to acquisitions. As part of our overall business
strategy, we regularly review opportunities to acquire additional properties and we expect to
continue to pursue acquisitions that we believe will benefit our financial performance. Capital
expenditures, including acquisitions, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 amounted to
$166.6 million, and $4.7 million, respectively. To the extent that our current sources of liquidity
are not sufficient to fund capital expenditures and acquisitions
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we will require other sources of capital, which may or may not be available on favorable terms
or at all. We cannot predict how periods of illiquidity in the credit markets may impact our access
to capital.
We elected to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws with the year beginning
January 1, 2001. As a REIT, we are required, among other things, to distribute at least ninety
percent of our ordinary taxable income to our shareholders each year. Payment of dividends is
subject to market conditions, our financial condition and other factors, and therefore cannot be
assured. In particular, our Credit Agreement prohibits the payment of dividends during certain
events of default. Dividends paid to our shareholders aggregated $30.5 million and $23.6 million
for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We presently intend to pay common
stock dividends of $0.48 per share each quarter ($1.92 per share, or $64.4 million, on an annual
basis including dividend equivalents paid on outstanding restricted stock units), and commenced
doing so with the quarterly dividend declared in August 2010. Due to the developments related to
Marketing and the Marketing Leases discussed in General Marketing and the Marketing Leases
above, there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to pay dividends at the rate of
$0.48 per share per quarter, if at all.
Marketing is directly responsible to pay for (i) remediation of environmental contamination it
causes and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of the
Companys properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing
under the terms of the Marketing Leases and various other agreements with the Company relating to
Marketings business and the properties it leases from the Company (collectively the Marketing
Environmental Liabilities). If Marketing fails to pay the Marketing Environmental Liabilities, the
Company may ultimately be responsible to pay for Marketing Environmental Liabilities as the
property owner. The Company will be required to accrue for Marketing Environmental Liabilities if
the Company determines that it is probable that Marketing will not meet its environmental
obligations and the Company can reasonably estimate the amount of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities for which it will be responsible to pay, or if the Companys assumptions regarding the
ultimate allocation methods or share of responsibility that it used to allocate environmental
liabilities changes. However, as of June 30, 2011 the Company continued to believe that it was not
probable that Marketing would not pay for substantially all of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities. Accordingly, the Company did not accrue for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities as
of June 30, 2011. Nonetheless, the Company has determined that the aggregate amount of the
Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as estimated by the Company) would be material to the Company
if it was required to accrue for all of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities since as a result
of such accrual, the Company would not be in compliance with the existing financial covenants in
its Credit Agreement and its Term Loan Agreement. Such non-compliance would result in an event of
default pursuant to each agreement which, if not waived, would prohibit the Company from drawing
funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of the Companys
indebtedness under the Companys restated senior unsecured revolving credit agreement expiring in
March 2012 (the Credit Agreement) and the Companys $25.0 million three-year term loan agreement
expiring in September 2012 (the Term Loan Agreement or Term Loan). The Companys estimates,
judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June
30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and possible change as the Company considers its options
regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as it develops a greater understanding of
Marketings business plan and strategies and its capital resources. It is possible that the Company
may change its estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing
Leases, and accordingly, during the third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, the Company may be
required to accrue for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
The consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been
prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to
make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in its financial
statements. Although we have made estimates, judgments and assumptions regarding future
uncertainties relating to the information included in our financial statements, giving due
consideration to the accounting policies selected and materiality, actual results could differ from
these estimates, judgments and assumptions and such differences could be material.
Estimates, judgments and assumptions underlying the accompanying consolidated financial
statements include, but are not limited to, deferred rent receivable, income under direct financing
leases, recoveries from state underground storage tank funds, environmental remediation costs, real
estate, depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, litigation, accrued
liabilities, income taxes, and allocation of the purchase price of properties acquired to the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The information included in our financial statements that
is based on estimates, judgments and assumptions is subject to significant change and is adjusted
as circumstances change and as the uncertainties become more clearly defined.
Our accounting policies are described in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements that
appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. We believe that the
more critical of our accounting policies relate to revenue recognition and deferred rent receivable
and related reserves, impairment of long-lived assets, income taxes, environmental costs and
recoveries from state underground storage tank funds, allocation of the purchase price of
properties acquired to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and litigation, each of which is
discussed in Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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As of June 30, 2011, the net carrying value of the deferred rent receivable attributable to
the Marketing Leases was $20.4 million and the aggregate Marketing Environmental Liabilities, net
of expected recoveries from underground storage tank funds, for which we may ultimately be
responsible to pay but have not accrued range between $13 million and $20 million. The actual
amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may differ from our estimated range and we can
provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimate. Although our financial statements for the
six months ended June 30, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2010 were not affected by the
transfer of Lukoils ownership interest in Marketing to Cambridge, our estimates, judgments,
assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June 30, 2011
are subject to reevaluation, and possible change based on various factors, including as we consider our
options regarding Marketings non-payment of August rent and as we develop a greater understanding of
Marketings business plan and strategies
and its capital resources. It is possible that we may be required to increase the
deferred rent reserve, record additional impairment charges related to the properties, or accrue
for Marketing Environmental Liabilities as a result of changes in our estimates, judgments,
assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases that affect the amounts
reported in our financial statements. It is also possible that as a result of material adjustments
to the amounts recorded for certain of our assets and liabilities that we may not be in compliance
with the financial covenants in our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement. (See General
Marketing and the Marketing Leases above for additional information.)
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
General
We are subject to numerous existing federal, state and local laws and regulations, including
matters relating to the protection of the environment such as the remediation of known
contamination and the retirement and decommissioning or removal of long-lived assets including
buildings containing hazardous materials, USTs and other equipment. Our tenants are directly
responsible for compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operators of our
properties. Environmental expenses are principally attributable to remediation costs which include
installing, operating, maintaining and decommissioning remediation systems, monitoring
contamination, and governmental agency reporting incurred in connection with contaminated
properties. We seek reimbursement from state UST remediation funds related to these environmental
expenses where available.
We enter into leases and various other agreements which allocate responsibility for known and
unknown environmental liabilities by establishing the percentage and method of allocating
responsibility between the parties. In accordance with the leases with certain of our tenants, we
have agreed to bring the leased properties with known environmental contamination to within
applicable standards, and to either regulatory or contractual closure (Closure). Generally, upon
achieving Closure at an individual property, our environmental liability under the lease for that
property will be satisfied and future remediation obligations will be the responsibility of our
tenant. As of June 30, 2011, we have regulatory approval for remediation action plans in place at
216 (92%) of the 236 properties at which we continue to retain remediation responsibility and the
remaining 20 properties (8%) were in the assessment phase. In addition, we have nominal
post-closure compliance obligations at 32 properties where we have received no further action
letters.
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Our tenants are directly responsible to pay for (i) remediation of environmental contamination
they cause and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operators of our
properties, and (ii) environmental liabilities allocated to them under the terms of our leases and
various other agreements. Generally, the liability for the retirement and decommissioning or
removal of USTs and other equipment is the responsibility of our tenants. We are contingently
liable for these obligations in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. A
liability has not been accrued for obligations that are the responsibility of our tenants based on
our tenants past histories of paying such obligations and/or our assessment of their respective
financial abilities to pay their share of such costs. However, there can be no assurance that our
assessments are correct or that our tenants who have paid their obligations in the past will
continue to do so.
It is possible that our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation methods or share of
responsibility that we used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may result in
adjustments to the amounts recorded for environmental litigation accruals, environmental
remediation liabilities and related assets. We will be required to accrue for environmental
liabilities that we believe are allocable to others under various other agreements if we determine
that it is probable that the counter-party will not meet its environmental obligations. We may
ultimately be responsible to pay for environmental liabilities as the property owner if the
counter-party fails to pay them. The ultimate resolution of these matters could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to
pay dividends or stock price. (See General Marketing and the Marketing Leases above for
additional information.)
We have also agreed to provide limited environmental indemnification to Marketing, capped at
$4.25 million, for certain pre-existing conditions at six of the terminals we own and lease to
Marketing. Under the indemnification agreement, Marketing is required to pay (and has paid) the
first $1.5 million of costs and expenses incurred in connection with remediating any such
pre-existing conditions, Marketing shares equally with us the next $8.5 million of those costs and
expenses and Marketing is obligated to pay all additional costs and expenses over $10.0 million. We
have accrued $0.3 million as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 in connection with this
indemnification agreement. Under the Master Lease, we continue to have additional ongoing
environmental remediation obligations at 176 scheduled sites.
As the operator of our properties under the Marketing Leases, Marketing is directly
responsible to pay for the remediation of environmental contamination it causes and to comply with
various environmental laws and regulations. In addition, the Marketing Leases and various other
agreements between Marketing and us allocate responsibility for known and unknown environmental
liabilities between Marketing and us relating to the properties subject to the Marketing Leases. It
is possible that our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation methods or share of
responsibility that we used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may result in
adjustments to the amounts recorded for environmental litigation accruals, environmental
remediation liabilities and related assets. If Marketing fails to pay them, we may ultimately be
responsible to pay for environmental liabilities as the property owner. We are required to accrue
for environmental liabilities that we believe are allocable to Marketing under the Marketing Leases
and various other agreements if we determine that it is probable that Marketing will not pay its
environmental obligations and we can reasonably estimate the amount of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities for which we will be responsible to pay.
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As of June 30, 2011, we continued to believe that it was not probable that Marketing will not
pay for substantially all of the environmental liabilities allocable to it under the Marketing
Leases and various other agreements and, therefore, have not accrued for such environmental
liabilities. Our assessments and assumptions that affect the recording of environmental liabilities
related to the properties subject to the Marketing Leases are reviewed on a quarterly basis and
such assessments and assumptions are subject to change. It is possible that we may change our
estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases, and
accordingly, we may be required to accrue for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities.
We have determined that the aggregate amount of the environmental liabilities attributable to
Marketing related to our properties (as estimated by us based on our assumptions and our analysis
of information currently available to us described in more detail above) (the Marketing
Environmental Liabilities) would be material to us if we were required to accrue for all of the
Marketing Environmental Liabilities since as a result of such accrual, we would not be in
compliance with the existing financial covenants in our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan
Agreement. Such non-compliance would result in an event of default under the Credit Agreement and
our Term Loan Agreement which, if not waived, would prohibit us from drawing funds against the
Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement. (See General
Marketing and the Marketing Leases above
for additional information.)
The estimated future costs for known environmental remediation requirements are accrued when
it is probable that a liability has been incurred and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be
made. Environmental liabilities and related recoveries are measured based on their expected future
cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and discounted to present value. The
environmental remediation liability is estimated based on the level and impact of contamination at
each property and other factors described herein. The accrued liability is the aggregate of the
best estimate for the fair value of cost for each component of the liability. Recoveries of
environmental costs from state UST remediation funds, with respect to both past and future
environmental spending, are accrued at fair value as an offset to environmental expense, net of
allowance for collection risk, based on estimated recovery rates developed from our experience with
the funds when such recoveries are considered probable.
Environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including
the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the
property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as
well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing our liability for probable and
reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs on a property by property basis, we consider
among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding
geology, quality of information available, currently available technologies for treatment,
alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental accruals are based on
estimates which are subject to significant change, and are adjusted as the remediation treatment
progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become more clearly defined
and reasonably estimable.
As of June 30, 2011, we had accrued $11.1 million as managements best estimate of the net
fair value of reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs which was comprised of $15.0
million of estimated environmental obligations and liabilities offset by $3.9 million of estimated
recoveries from state UST remediation funds, net of allowance. Environmental expenditures, net of
recoveries from UST
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funds, were $1.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively, for six months ended June 30, 2011
and 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 estimated environmental remediation cost
and accretion expense included in environmental expenses in continuing operations in our
consolidated statements of operations amounted to $1.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively,
which amounts were net of probable recoveries from state UST remediation funds.
Environmental liabilities and related assets are currently measured at fair value based on
their expected future cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and discounted to present
value. We also use probability weighted alternative cash flow forecasts to determine fair value. We
assumed a 50% probability factor that the actual environmental expenses will exceed engineering
estimates for an amount assumed to equal one year of gross expenses aggregating $5.3 million before
recoveries from UST funds. Accordingly, the environmental accrual as of June 30, 2011 was increased
by $2.1 million, net of assumed recoveries and before inflation and present value discount
adjustments. The resulting net environmental accrual as of June 30, 2011 was then further increased
by $0.8 million for the assumed impact of inflation using an inflation rate of 2.75%. Assuming a
credit-adjusted risk-free discount rate of 7.0%, we then reduced the net environmental accrual, as
previously adjusted, by a $1.6 million discount to present value. Had we assumed an inflation rate
that was 0.5% higher and a discount rate that was 0.5% lower, net environmental liabilities accrued
as of June 30, 2011 would have increased by an aggregate of $0.2 million. However, the aggregate
net change in environmental estimates expense recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2011
would not have changed significantly if these changes in the assumptions were made effective
December 31, 2010.
In view of the uncertainties associated with environmental expenditures, contingencies
concerning Marketing and the Marketing Leases and contingencies related to other parties, however,
we believe it is possible that the fair value of future actual net expenditures could be
substantially higher than these estimates. (See General Marketing and the Marketing Leases
above for additional information.) Adjustments to accrued liabilities for environmental remediation
costs will be reflected in our financial statements as they become probable and a reasonable
estimate of fair value can be made. Future environmental costs could cause a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay
dividends or stock price.
We cannot predict what environmental legislation or regulations may be enacted in the future
or how existing laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted with respect to products or
activities to which they have not previously been applied. We cannot predict if state UST fund
programs will be administered and funded in the future in a manner that is consistent with past
practices and if future environmental spending will continue to be eligible for reimbursement at
historical recovery rates under these programs. Compliance with more stringent laws or regulations,
as well as more vigorous enforcement policies of the regulatory agencies or stricter interpretation
of existing laws, which may develop in the future, could have an adverse effect on our financial
position, or that of our tenants, and could require substantial additional expenditures for future
remediation.
Environmental litigation
We are subject to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of
our business. In addition, we have retained responsibility for certain legal proceedings and claims
relating to the petroleum marketing business that were identified at the time the Companys
petroleum marketing
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business was spun-off to our shareholders in March 1997. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31,
2010, we had accrued $2.9 million and $3.3 million, respectively, for certain of these matters
which we believe were appropriate based on information then currently available. It is possible
that our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation method and share of responsibility that we
used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may result in our providing an
accrual, or adjustments to the amounts recorded, for environmental litigation accruals. Matters
related to the Lower Passaic River and certain MTBE multi-district litigation cases, in particular,
could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations,
liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. See Item 3. Legal Proceedings which appears
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 for additional information
with respect to these and other pending environmental lawsuits and claims.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When we use
the words believes, expects, plans, projects, estimates, predicts and similar
expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: our primary tenant, Marketing,
and the Marketing Leases included in Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations Marketing and the Marketing Leases and elsewhere in this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q; the impact of any modification or termination of the Marketing
Leases on our business and ability to pay dividends or our stock price; the impact of Lukoils
transfer of its ownership interest in Marketing on Marketings ability or willingness to perform
its rental, environmental and other obligations under the Marketing Leases; the reasonableness of
and assumptions regarding our accounting estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs; our beliefs
regarding Marketing and its operations, including our belief that it is not probable that Marketing
will not pay for substantially all of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities; our intentions to
remove properties from the Marketing Leases pursuant to individual lease modification agreements
executed on a property-by-property basis; our ability to predict if, or when, properties will be
removed from the Marketing Leases, what composition of properties, if any, may be removed from the
Marketing Leases; what the terms of any agreement for modification of the Marketing Leases or
agreements for the removal of individual properties from the Marketing Leases may be or what our
recourse will be if the Marketing Leases are modified or terminated; our beliefs regarding the
resolution of the Bionol arbitration panels award against Marketing; our belief that it is not
probable that we will not collect all the rent due related to the properties we identified as being
most likely to be removed from the Marketing Leases; our exposure and liability due to and our
estimates and assumptions regarding our environmental liabilities and remediation costs; our
estimates and assumptions regarding the Marketing Environmental Liabilities and other environmental
remediation costs; our belief that our accruals for environmental and litigation matters were
appropriate; compliance with federal, state and local provisions enacted or adopted pertaining to
environmental matters; the probable outcome of litigation or regulatory actions and its impact on
us; our expected recoveries from underground storage tank funds; our expectations regarding the
indemnification obligations of the Company and others; future acquisitions and financing
opportunities and their impact on our financial performance; our ability to renew expired leases;
the adequacy of our current and anticipated cash flows from operations, borrowings under our Credit
Agreement and available cash and cash equivalents; our expectations regarding entering into an
amendment or restatement that will extend our Credit Agreement or entering into a new credit
agreement;
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our expectation as to our continued compliance with the financial covenants in our Credit
Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement; our ability to re-let properties at market rents or sell
properties and our ability to maintain our federal tax status as a real estate investment trust
(REIT).
These forward-looking statements are based on our current beliefs and assumptions and
information currently available to us, and involve known and unknown risks (including the risks
described herein, those described in Marketing and the Marketing Leases herein, and other risks
that we describe from time to time in this and our other filings with the SEC), uncertainties and
other factors which may cause our actual results, performance and achievements to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements.
These risks include,
but are not limited to risks associated with: material dependence on
Marketing as a tenant; the transfer of Lukoils ownership interest in Marketing; Marketings non-performance
of its rental, environmental or other obligations under the Marketing
Leases; the possibility that Marketing may file for bankruptcy protection and seek to reorganize or
liquidate its business; the impact of Marketings announced restructuring of its business; the
impact the arbitration panels $230 million award issued against Marketing will have on Marketings
ability or willingness to perform its rental, environmental and other obligations under the Master
Lease and on Marketings business; the modification or termination of the Marketing Leases; our
inability to provide access to financial information about Marketing; the uncertainty of our
estimates, judgments and assumptions associated with our accounting policies and methods; costs of
completing environmental remediation and of compliance with environmental legislation and
regulations; our ability to acquire or develop new properties; potential future acquisitions;
owning and leasing real estate generally; adverse developments in general business, economic or
political conditions; performance of our tenants of their lease obligations, tenant non-renewal and
our ability to re-let or sell vacant properties; our dependence on external sources of capital;
generalized credit market dislocations and contraction of available credit; our business operations
generating sufficient cash for distributions or debt service; changes in interest rates and our
ability to manage or mitigate this risk effectively; expenses not covered by insurance; potential
exposure related to pending lawsuits and claims; owning real estate primarily concentrated in the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States; substantially all of our tenants depending
on the same industry for their revenues; the impact of our electing to be treated as a REIT under
the federal income tax laws, including subsequent failure to qualify as a REIT; our potential
inability to pay dividends; changes to our dividend policy; changes in market conditions; adverse
affect of inflation; the loss of a member or members of our management team; and terrorist attacks
and other acts of violence and war.
As a result of these and other factors, we may experience material fluctuations in future
operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which could materially and adversely affect our
business, financial condition, operating results, ability to pay dividends or stock price. An
investment in our stock involves various risks, including those mentioned above and elsewhere in
this report and those that are described from time to time in our other filings with the SEC.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect our view only
as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly release revisions to these
forward-looking statements that reflect future events or circumstances or reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Prior to April 2006, when we entered into the swap agreement with JPMorgan Chase, N.A. (the
Swap Agreement), we had not used derivative financial or commodity instruments for trading,
speculative or any other purpose, and had not entered into any instruments to hedge our exposure to
interest rate risk. The Swap Agreement expired on June 30, 2011 and we currently do not intend to
enter into another swap agreement. We do not have any foreign operations, and are therefore not
exposed to foreign currency exchange rate.
We are exposed to interest rate risk, primarily as a result of our $175.0 million Credit
Agreement and our $25.0 million Term Loan Agreement. We use borrowings under the Credit Agreement
to finance acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. We used borrowings under the Term Loan
Agreement to partially finance an acquisition in September 2009. Total borrowings outstanding as of
June 30, 2011 under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement were $150.0 million and $23.2
million, respectively, bearing interest at a weighted-average rate of 1.6% per annum. The
weighted-average effective rate is based on (i) $150.0 million of LIBOR rate borrowings outstanding
under the Credit Agreement floating at market rates plus a margin of 1.00%, and (ii) $23.2 million
of LIBOR based borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement floating at market rates
(subject to a 30 day LIBOR floor of 0.4%) plus a margin of 3.1%. Our Credit Agreement, which
expires in March 2012, permits borrowings at an interest rate equal to the sum of a base rate plus
a margin of 0.0% or 0.25% or a LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.0%, 1.25% or 1.5%. The applicable
margin is based on our leverage ratio at the end of the prior calendar quarter, as defined in the
Credit Agreement, and is adjusted effective mid-quarter when our quarterly financial results are
reported to the Bank Syndicate. Based on our leverage ratio as of June 30, 2011, the applicable
margin will remain at 0.0% for base rate borrowings and 1.00% for LIBOR rate borrowings. It is
possible that our business operations or liquidity may be adversely affected by Marketing and the
Marketing Leases discussed in General Marketing and the Marketing Leases above and as a result
we may be in default of our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement which if such default was not
cured or waived would prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement. An event of
default if not cured or waived would increase by 2.0% the interest rate we pay under our Credit
Agreement and would increase by 300 basis points (3.0%) the interest rate we pay under the Term
Loan Agreement. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets or issue
additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit
Agreement.
We manage our exposure to interest rate risk by minimizing, to the extent feasible, our
overall borrowing and monitoring available financing alternatives. Our interest rate risk as of
June 30, 2011 has increased significantly, as compared to December 31, 2010 primarily as a result
of $113.0 million drawn under the Credit Agreement to finance the transaction with CPD NY and $92.1
million drawn under the Credit Agreement to finance the transaction with Nouria, partially offset
by the repayment of approximately $92.0 million of the borrowings then outstanding under the Credit
Agreement with funds primarily received from the proceeds of a 3.45 million share common stock
offering. Our interest rate risk may materially change in the future if we increase our borrowings
under the Credit Agreement, seek other sources of debt or equity capital or refinance our
outstanding debt.
We entered into a $45.0 million LIBOR based interest rate Swap Agreement, which expired on
June 30, 2011, to manage a portion of our interest rate risk. The Swap Agreement was intended to
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$45.0 million of our exposure to variable interest rate risk by effectively fixing, at 5.44%,
the LIBOR component of the interest rate determined under our loan agreements. As a result, we were
exposed to interest rate risk to the extent that our aggregate borrowings floating at market rates
exceeded the $45.0 million notional amount of the Swap Agreement. We have not determined if or when
we will enter into other swap agreements in the future. It is possible that we may significantly
change how we manage our interest rate risk in the near future due to, among other factors, the
acquisition of properties or seeking other sources of capital.
Based on our aggregate average outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement and the Term
Loan Agreement projected at $183.0 million for 2011, an increase in market interest rates of 0.5%
for the remainder of 2011 would decrease our 2011 net income and cash flows by $0.5 million. This
amount was determined by calculating the effect of a hypothetical interest rate change on our
aggregate borrowings floating at market rates, and assumes that the $160.0 million average
outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement during the second quarter of 2011 plus the $23.0
million average scheduled outstanding borrowings for the remainder of 2011 under the Term Loan
Agreement is indicative of our future average borrowings for 2011 before considering additional
borrowings required for future acquisitions or repayment of outstanding borrowings from proceeds of
future equity offerings. The calculation also assumes that there are no other changes in our
financial structure or the terms of our borrowings. Our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates
will increase or decrease in the future with increases or decreases in the outstanding amount under
our Credit Agreement, with decreases in the outstanding amount under our Term Loan Agreement and
with increases or decreases in amounts outstanding under borrowing agreements entered into with
interest rates floating at market rates.
In order to minimize our exposure to credit risk associated with financial instruments, we
place our temporary cash investments with high-credit-quality institutions. Temporary cash
investments, if any, are currently held in an overnight bank time deposit with JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the Companys reports filed or furnished pursuant to the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to the Companys management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and
evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and
procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its
judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
As required by the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b), the Company has carried out an evaluation,
under the supervision and with the participation of the Companys management, including the
Companys Chief Executive Officer and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness
of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of
the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on the foregoing, the Companys Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were
effective as of June 30, 2011.
There have been no changes in the Companys internal control over financial reporting during
the latest fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Please refer to Item 3. Legal Proceedings of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2010, and to note 3 to our accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for additional information.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have not been any material changes to the information previously disclosed in Part I,
Item 1A. Risk Factors which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2010 except as disclosed in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors which appear in our Quarterly
Report of Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and as follows:
Our financial results are materially dependent on the performance of Marketing. In the event
that Marketing does not perform its rental, environmental or other obligations under the Marketing
Leases, our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price could be materially adversely affected. The
financial performance of Marketing has deteriorated in recent years.
Our financial results are materially dependent upon the ability of Marketing to meet its
rental, environmental and other obligations under the Marketing Leases. A substantial portion of
our rental revenues (52% for the three months ended June 30, 2011) are derived from the Marketing
Leases. Accordingly, any factor that adversely affects Marketings ability to meet its rental,
environmental and other obligations under the Marketing Leases may have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. For additional information regarding the
portion of our financial results that are attributable to Marketing, see Note 9 in Item 1.
Financial Statements Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
On August 8, 2011, we were informed by Marketing that based on Marketings distressed
financial position, weakness in operating margins, and cash flow deficiencies, it was unlikely to
be able to pay full rent for August. Although Marketing described various contingencies which, if
resolved favorably, may allow for payment of full or partial rent for August, we can provide no
assurances that Marketing will meet its current or future rental or other obligations under the
Marketing Leases. We have issued a contractual notice of default to Marketing as a result of its
non-payment of rent, and we intend to continue discussions with Marketing while we evaluate our
options regarding this matter.
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For the year ended December 31, 2010, Marketing reported a significant loss, continuing a
trend of reporting large losses in recent years. We have not received any interim financial
statements from Marketing for 2011. We believe that Marketing likely does not have the ability to generate
cash flows from its business operations sufficient to meet its rental, environmental and other
obligations under the terms of the Marketing Leases unless Marketing shows significant improvement
in its financial results, reduces the number of properties under the Marketing Leases, or receives
additional capital or credit support. There can be no assurance that Marketing will be successful
in any of these efforts. In addition, in view of the recent default by Marketing of its August 2011
rent payment and our subsequent discussion with Marketing, it is
likely that Marketing will be seeking temporary or permanent relief of a portion of its rent obligation to us as we
pursue the removal of terminal and retail properties from the Marketing Leases. It is also possible
that the deterioration of Marketings financial condition may continue or that Marketing may file
bankruptcy and seek to reorganize or liquidate its business.
As of June 30, 2011, the net carrying value of the deferred rent receivable attributable to
the Marketing Leases was $20.4 million and the aggregate Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as
defined below), net of expected recoveries from underground storage tank funds, for which we may
ultimately be responsible to pay but have not accrued range between $13 million and $20 million.
The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher than our
estimated range and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimate. Although our
financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were not significantly affected
subsequent to the transfer of Lukoils ownership interest in Marketing to Cambridge, our estimates,
judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases made effective June
30, 2011 are subject to reevaluation and possible change as we evaluate our options regarding
Marketings non-payment of August rent and as we develop a greater understanding of Marketings
business plan and strategies and its capital resources, and as we pursue removal of properties from
the Marketing Leases. It is possible that we may be required to increase the deferred
rent receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges related to the properties, or accrue
for Marketing Environmental Liabilities as a result of changes in our estimates, judgments,
assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Marketing Leases that materially affect the
amounts reported in our financial statements. It is possible also that as a result of material
adjustments to the amounts recorded for certain of our assets and liabilities that we may not be in
compliance with the financial covenants in our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement.
If Marketing does not meet its rental, environmental and other obligations under the Marketing
Leases, our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price may be materially adversely affected.
In July 2011 a $230 million award was issued against Marketing . We cannot predict what impact
such award will have on Marketings ability or willingness to perform its rental, environmental and
other obligations under the Master Lease and on Marketings business.
In July 2011, an arbitration panel that had been convened to hear a contractual dispute which
commenced in 2010 between Marketing and Bionol issued an award in favor of Bionol for approximately
$230 million. The contractual dispute relates to a five-year contract under which Marketing agreed
to purchase, at formula-based prices, substantially all of the ethanol production from Bionols
ethanol plant in Pennsylvania. We cannot predict the actions that may be taken by
Marketing or Bionol with respect to the award, or the timing of any such actions, including as to
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July 2011 Bionol announced that it, along with its affiliates, Bioenergy Holdings LLC and
Bionol Holdings LLC, filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 7 relief in the United States
Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. We cannot predict what impact Bionols Chapter 7 liquidation filing
may have on its dispute with Marketing or what actions the Trustee may take to collect on or settle
the award or whether the Trustee may pursue other possible remedies. The
ultimate resolution of this matter may materially adversely affect Marketings financial
condition and its ability to meet its obligations to the Company as they become due under the
terms of the Marketing Leases. If Marketing does not meet its rental, environmental and other obligations under the
Marketing Leases, our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of
operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price may be materially adversely
affected. It is possible that Marketing may file for bankruptcy protection and seek to reorganize
or liquidate its business.
Lukoil transferred its ownership interest in Marketing. We cannot predict what impact such
transfer will have on Marketings ability or willingness to perform its rental, environmental and
other obligations under the Master Lease and on Marketings business.
On February 28, 2011, Lukoil, one of the largest integrated Russian oil companies, transferred
its ownership interest in Marketing to Cambridge. We are not privy to the terms and conditions
pertaining to this transaction between Lukoil and Cambridge and we do not know what type or amount
of consideration, if any, was paid or is payable by Lukoil or its subsidiaries to Cambridge, or by
Cambridge to Lukoil or its subsidiaries in connection with the transfer.
We did not believe that while Lukoil owned Marketing it would allow Marketing to fail to meet
its obligations under the Marketing Leases. However, there can be no assurance that Cambridge will
have the capacity to provide capital or financial support to Marketing or will provide or arrange
for the provision of capital investment or financial support to Marketing that Marketing may
require to perform its obligations under the Marketing Leases. It is possible that Marketing may
file for bankruptcy protection and seek to reorganize or liquidate its business or take other
actions including seeking to modify the terms of the Marketing Leases.
If the Marketing Leases are modified significantly or terminated, our business, financial
condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends
or stock price could be materially adversely affected.
From time to time when it was owned by Lukoil, we held discussions with representatives of
Marketing regarding potential modifications to the Marketing Leases. These discussions did not
result in a common understanding with Marketing that would form a basis for modification of the
Marketing Leases. After Lukoils transfer of its ownership of Marketing to Cambridge, we commenced
discussions with Marketings new owners and management. Marketings new management has indicated a
desire to reduce the number of properties it leases from us under the Marketing Leases in an effort
to improve Marketings financial results. As a result of these recent discussions, we started to
pursue the removal of individual properties from the Marketing Leases on a case-by-case basis. We
intended to focus this initiative on the removal from the Marketing Leases of terminal properties
which are not being operated by Marketing and approximately 165 of our retail properties which have
had or are scheduled to have the gasoline tanks and related equipment removed, and which, we
believe, are either vacant or provide negative or marginal contribution to Marketings results. We
intended to remove these properties from the Marketing Leases pursuant to individual lease
modification agreements executed on a property-by-property basis which we
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expected would allow for the sale and removal of the subject property from the Marketing
Leases and a reduction of the rent payable by Marketing by an amount calculated based upon a
percentage of net proceeds realized upon the sale of such property. While we had a general
understanding with Marketing allowing for increased activity intended to remove properties from the
Marketing Leases on mutually agreeable terms, there was and is no agreement in place providing for
the removal of a significant number of properties from the Marketing Leases. In view of the recent
nonpayment by Marketing of its August 2011 rent and our subsequent discussion with Marketing, we
are reevaluating our options related to the removal of properties from the Master Lease. Any
modification of the Marketing Leases that results in the removal of a significant number of
properties from the Marketing Leases would likely significantly reduce the amount of rent we
receive from Marketing and increase our operating expenses. We cannot predict if or when properties
will be removed from the Marketing Leases; what composition of properties, if any, may be removed
from the Marketing Leases; or what the terms of any agreement for modification of the Marketing
Leases or agreements for the removal of individual properties from the Marketing Leases may be. We
also cannot predict what actions Marketing may take, and what our recourse may be, whether the
Marketing Leases are modified or not. We cannot predict if or how Marketings business strategy,
including as it relates to the removal of properties from the Marketing Leases, may change in the
future. During the third quarter of 2011 or thereafter, we may be required to significantly
increase the deferred rent receivable reserve, record additional impairment charges
related to our properties, or accrue for environmental liabilities as a result of the potential or
actual modification or termination of the Marketing Leases.
As permitted under the terms of the Marketing Leases, Marketing generally can, subject to any
contrary terms under applicable third party leases, use each property for any lawful purpose, or
for no purpose whatsoever. As of June 30, 2011, Marketing was not operating any of the nine
terminals it leases from us and had removed, or has scheduled removal of, the underground gasoline
storage tanks and related equipment at approximately 165 of our retail properties and we believe
that most of these properties are either vacant or provide negative contribution to Marketings
results. We intend either to re-let or sell properties that are removed from the Marketing Leases,
whether such removal arises consensually by negotiation or as a result of default by Marketing, and
reinvest any realized sales proceeds in new properties. We intend to offer properties removed from
the Marketing Leases to replacement tenants or buyers individually, or in groups of properties. In
those instances where we determine that the best use for a property is no longer as a retail motor
fuel outlet, at the appropriate time we will seek an alternative tenant or buyer for such property.
With respect to properties that are vacant or have had underground gasoline storage tanks and
related equipment removed, it may be more difficult or costly to re-let or sell such properties as
gas stations because of capital costs or possible zoning or permitting rights that are required and
that may have lapsed during the period since gasoline was last sold at the property. Conversely, it
may be easier to re-let or sell properties where underground gasoline storage tanks and related
equipment have been removed if the property will not be used as a retail motor fuel outlet or if
environmental contamination has been or is being remediated. In the event that properties are
removed from the Marketing Leases, we cannot predict if, when, or on what terms such properties
could be re-let or sold. If the Marketing Leases are significantly modified or terminated, our
business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity,
ability to pay dividends or stock price may be materially adversely affected.
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Although we periodically receive and review the unaudited financial statements and other
financial information from Marketing, this information is not publicly available to investors. You
will not have access to financial information about Marketing provided to us by Marketing to allow
you to independently assess Marketings financial condition or its ability to satisfy its rental,
environmental and other obligations under the Marketing Leases.
We periodically receive and review Marketings unaudited financial statements and other
financial information that we receive from Marketing pursuant to the terms of the Marketing Leases.
However, the financial statements and other financial information are not publicly available to
investors and Marketing contends that the terms of the Marketing Leases prohibit us from including
the financial statements and other financial information in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or in our Annual Reports to Shareholders. The Marketing Leases
provide that Marketings financial information which is not publicly available shall be delivered
to us within one hundred fifty days after the end of each fiscal year. The financial statements and
other financial information that we receive from Marketing is unaudited and neither we, nor our
auditors, have been involved with its preparation and as a result have no assurance as to its
correctness or completeness. You will not have access to financial statements and other financial
information about Marketing provided to us by Marketing to allow you to independently assess
Marketings financial condition or its ability to satisfy its rental, environmental and other
obligations under the Marketing Leases, which may put your investment in us at greater risk of
loss.
We are dependent on external sources of capital which may not be available on favorable terms, or
at all.
We are dependent on external sources of capital to maintain our status as a REIT and must
distribute to our shareholders each year at least ninety percent of our net taxable income,
excluding any net capital gain. Because of these distribution requirements, it is not likely that
we will be able to fund all future capital needs, including acquisitions, from income from
operations. Therefore, we will have to continue to rely on third-party sources of capital, which
may or may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. As part of our overall growth strategy
we regularly review opportunities to acquire additional properties and we expect to continue to
pursue acquisitions that we believe will benefit our financial performance. To the extent that our
current sources of liquidity are not sufficient to fund such acquisitions we will require other
sources of capital, which may or many not be available on favorable terms or at all. Other sources
of capital may significantly increase our interest rate risk or adversely impact how we manage our
interest rate risk. We cannot accurately predict how periods of illiquidity in the credit markets,
or developments or contingencies related to Marketing and the Marketing Leases, will impact out
access to or cost of capital. In addition, additional equity offerings may result in substantial
dilution of shareholders interests, and additional debt financing may substantially increase our
leverage. Our access to third-party sources of capital depends upon a number of factors including
general market conditions, the markets perception of our growth potential, our current and
potential future earnings and cash distributions, covenants and
limitations imposed under our Credit
Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement and the market price of our common stock.
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If one or more of the financial institutions that supports our Credit Agreement fails, we may not
be able to find a replacement, which would negatively impact our ability to borrow under our Credit
Agreement. We may not be able to refinance our outstanding debt under the Credit Agreement when due
in March 2012 or under the Term Loan when due in September 2012, which could have a material
adverse effect on us.
Our ability to meet the financial and other covenants relating to our Credit Agreement and our Term
Loan Agreement may be dependent on the performance of our tenants, including marketing. Should our
assessments, assumptions and beliefs that affect our accounting prove to be incorrect, or if circumstances change, we may
have to materially adjust the amounts recorded in our financial statements for certain assets and
liabilities, and, as a result, we may not be in compliance with the financial covenants in our
Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement. We have determined that the aggregate amount of the
Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as estimated by us, based on our assumptions and analysis of
information currently available to us described in more detail above) would be material to us if we
were required to accrue for all of the Marketing Environmental
Liabilities since as a result of such accrual,
we would not be in compliance with the existing financial covenants in our Credit Agreement and our
Term Loan Agreement. (For additional information with respect to The Marketing Environmental
Liabilities, see Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations General Marketing and the Marketing
Leases.) If we are not in compliance with one or more of
our covenants which if not complied with could result in an event or default under our Credit
Agreement or our Term Loan Agreement, there can be no assurance that our lenders would waive such
noncompliance. An event of default if not cured or waived would increase by 2.0% the interest rate
we pay under our Credit Agreement. A default under our Credit Agreement or our term Loan Agreement,
if not cured or waived, would prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could
result in the acceleration of all of our indebtedness under such agreements. We may be unable to
fulfill our commitments to complete pending acquisitions and incur monetary losses or damage our
reputation if we cannot draw sufficient funds against the Credit Agreement. This could have a
material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operation, liquidity,
ability to pay dividends or stock price.
Item 4. Other Information
None.
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Item 5. Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |
31(i).1
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Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer | |
31(i).2
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Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer | |
32.1
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (a) | |
32.2
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Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (a) |
(a) | These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. |
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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.
Getty Realty Corp. (Registrant) |
BY: | /s/ Thomas J. Stirnweis | ||||
(Signature) | |||||
THOMAS J. STIRNWEIS Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer August 9, 2011 |
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BY: | /s/ David Driscoll | ||||
(Signature) | |||||
DAVID DRISCOLL President and Chief Executive Officer August 9, 2011 |
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