STRATUS PROPERTIES INC - Quarter Report: 2006 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-Q
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(Mark
One)
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[X]
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006
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OR
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[
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the transition period from
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to
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Commission
File Number: 0-19989
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Stratus
Properties Inc.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
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72-1211572
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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98
San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 220
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Austin,
Texas
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78701
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(512)
478-5788
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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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. R
Yes
ÿ
No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check
one): Large accelerated filer ÿ Accelerated
filer R Non-accelerated
filer ÿ
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ÿ
Yes
R
No
On
September 30, 2006, there were issued and outstanding 7,340,394 shares of the
registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
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PROPERTIES INC.
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STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(In
Thousands)
September
30,
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December
31,
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2006
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2005
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of
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$116
and $387, respectively
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$
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5,665
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$
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1,901
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Accounts
receivable
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607
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469
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Deposits,
prepaid expenses and other
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3,832
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849
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Discontinued
operations
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-
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12,230
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Total
current assets
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10,104
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15,449
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Real
estate, commercial leasing assets and facilities, net:
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Property
held for sale - developed or under development
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96,752
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127,450
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Property
held for sale - undeveloped
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16,255
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16,071
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Property
held for use, net
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46,891
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9,452
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Investment
in Crestview
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3,800
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3,800
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Deferred
tax asset
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6,468
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-
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Other
assets
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7,423
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1,664
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Total
assets
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$
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187,693
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$
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173,886
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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$
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8,654
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$
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6,305
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Accrued
interest, property taxes and other
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5,198
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3,710
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Current
tax liability
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769
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-
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Current
portion of long-term debt
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307
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169
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Discontinued
operations
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-
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12,036
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Total
current liabilities
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14,928
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22,220
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Long-term
debt
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32,444
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50,135
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Other
liabilities
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7,634
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7,364
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Total
liabilities
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55,006
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79,719
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Stockholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock
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-
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-
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Common
stock
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76
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74
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Capital
in excess of par value of common stock
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185,500
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182,007
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Accumulated
deficit
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(47,686
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(82,943
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Unamortized
value of restricted stock units
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-
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(567
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Common
stock held in treasury
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(5,203
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(4,404
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Total
stockholders’ equity
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132,687
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94,167
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Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$
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187,693
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$
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173,886
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
3
STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
(In
Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Three
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2006
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2005
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2006
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2005
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Revenues:
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Real
estate
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$
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7,934
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$
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11,603
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$
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50,686
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$
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20,480
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Rental
income
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1,170
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364
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2,433
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983
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Commissions,
management fees and other
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746
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179
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1,296
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589
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Total
revenues
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9,850
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12,146
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54,415
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22,052
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Cost
of sales:
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Real
estate, net
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5,633
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7,074
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24,864
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13,063
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Rental
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710
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378
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1,612
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1,060
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Depreciation
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458
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193
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1,043
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572
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Total
cost of sales
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6,801
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7,645
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27,519
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14,695
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General
and administrative expenses
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1,583
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1,112
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5,205
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3,538
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Total
costs and expenses
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8,384
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8,757
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32,724
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18,233
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Operating
income
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1,466
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3,389
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21,691
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3,819
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Interest
expense, net
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(335
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)
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(129
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(805
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)
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(361
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Interest
income
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122
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34
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324
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91
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Income
from continuing operations before
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income
taxes
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1,253
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3,294
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21,210
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3,549
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Benefit
from income taxes
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12
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-
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6,431
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Income
from continuing operations
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1,265
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3,294
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27,641
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3,549
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(Loss)
income from discontinued operations
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(including
a gain on sale of $7,264 in the 2006
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nine-month
period, net of taxes of $84 in the
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third
quarter of 2006 and $2,498 in the 2006
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nine-month
period)
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(84
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25
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7,617
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178
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Net
income applicable to common stock
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$
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1,181
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$
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3,319
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$
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35,258
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$
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3,727
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Basic
net income (loss) per share of common stock:
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Continuing
operations
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$
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0.17
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$
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0.46
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$
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3.79
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$
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0.49
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Discontinued
operations
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(0.01
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)
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-
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1.05
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0.03
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Basic
net income per share of common stock
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$
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0.16
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$
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0.46
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$
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4.84
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$
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0.52
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Diluted
net income (loss) per share of common stock:
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Continuing
operations
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$
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0.17
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$
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0.44
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$
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3.61
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$
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0.47
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Discontinued
operations
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(0.01
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-
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0.99
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0.02
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Diluted
net income per share of common stock
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$
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0.16
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$
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0.44
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$
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4.60
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$
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0.49
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Average
shares of common stock outstanding:
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Basic
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7,317
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7,203
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7,288
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7,211
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Diluted
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7,617
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7,605
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7,658
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7,649
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
4
STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(In
Thousands)
Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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2006
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2005
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Cash
flow from operating activities:
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Net
income
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$
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35,258
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$
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3,727
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Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
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operating
activities:
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Income
from discontinued operations
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(7,617
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)
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(178
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)
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Depreciation
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1,043
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572
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Cost
of real estate sold
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20,112
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11,157
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Deferred
income taxes
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(6,431
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)
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-
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Stock-based
compensation
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894
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239
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Deposits
and other
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(6,746
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1,035
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(Increase)
decrease in working capital:
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Accounts
receivable and prepaid expenses
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(193
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(260
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)
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Accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and other
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2,889
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6,623
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Net
cash provided by continuing operations
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39,209
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22,915
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Net
cash provided by discontinued operations
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374
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1,111
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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39,583
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24,026
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Cash
flow from investing activities:
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Development
of real estate properties
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(12,911
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)
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(29,745
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)
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Development
of commercial leasing properties and other expenditures
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(16,668
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)
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(232
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Municipal
utility district reimbursements
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1,337
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645
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Net
cash used in continuing operations
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(28,242
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)
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(29,332
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)
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Net
cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations
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10,022
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(33
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)
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Net
cash used in investing activities
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(18,220
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)
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(29,365
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)
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Cash
flow from financing activities:
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Borrowings
from revolving credit facility
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15,000
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47,005
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Payments
on revolving credit facility
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(30,677
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)
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(45,640
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)
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Borrowings
from TIAA mortgage
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22,800
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-
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Payments
on TIAA mortgage
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(49
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)
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-
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Borrowings
from project loans
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2,236
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11,791
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Repayments
on project loans
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(26,863
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)
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(4,299
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)
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Net
proceeds from exercised stock options
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917
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747
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Purchases
of Stratus common shares
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(542
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)
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(3,307
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)
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Bank
credit facility fees
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(421
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)
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(283
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)
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Net
cash (used in) provided by continuing operations
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(17,599
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)
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6,014
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Net
cash used in discontinued operations
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-
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(146
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)
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Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(17,599
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)
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5,868
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Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
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3,764
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529
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Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
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1,901
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379
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Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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5,665
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908
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Less
cash at discontinued operations
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-
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(131
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)
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Less
cash restricted as to use
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(116
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)
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(119
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)
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Unrestricted
cash and cash equivalents at end of period
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$
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5,549
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$
|
658
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
5
STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
1. |
GENERAL
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The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for
the
year ended December 31, 2005, included in Stratus Properties Inc.’s (Stratus)
Annual Report on Form 10-K (Stratus 2005 Form 10-K) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, the accompanying
consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only
of
normal recurring items) considered necessary to present fairly the financial
position of Stratus at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, and the results
of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30,
2006 and 2005, and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30,
2006 and 2005. Operating results for the three-month and nine-month periods
ended September 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may
be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006. Certain prior year amounts
have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. A change
in
accounting principle applied during 2006 is discussed in Note 2.
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STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION
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Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation.
As of
September 30, 2006, Stratus has three stock-based employee compensation plans
and one stock-based director compensation plan. Prior to January 1, 2006,
Stratus accounted for options granted under all of its plans under the
recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB)
Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related
interpretations, as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” APB Opinion No. 25
required compensation cost for stock options to be recognized based on the
difference on the date of grant, if any, between the quoted market price of
the
stock and the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock (i.e., the
intrinsic value). Because all the plans require that the option exercise price
be at least the market price on the date of grant, Stratus recognized no
compensation cost on the grant or exercise of its employees’ options through
December 31, 2005. Other awards of restricted stock units under the plans did
result in compensation costs being recognized in earnings based on the intrinsic
value on the date of grant.
Effective
January 1, 2006, Stratus adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS
No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” or “SFAS No. 123R,” using the
modified prospective transition method. Under that transition method,
compensation cost recognized in 2006 includes: (a) compensation costs for all
stock option awards granted to employees prior to, but not yet vested as of
January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance
with
the original provisions of SFAS No. 123, and (b) compensation costs for all
stock option awards granted subsequent to January 1, 2006, based on the
grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No.
123R. In addition, other stock-based awards charged to expense under SFAS No.
123 (i.e., restricted stock units) continue to be charged to expense under
SFAS
No. 123R. Results for prior periods have not been restated. Stratus has elected
to recognize compensation costs for awards that vest over several years on
a
straight-line basis over the vesting period. Stratus’ stock option awards
provide for employees to receive the next year’s vesting after an employee
retires. For stock option awards granted after January 1, 2006, to
retirement-eligible employees, Stratus records one year of amortization of
the
awards’ value on the date of grant. In addition, prior to adoption of SFAS No.
123R, Stratus recognized forfeitures as they occurred in its SFAS No. 123 pro
forma disclosures. Beginning January 1, 2006, Stratus includes estimated
forfeitures in its compensation cost and updates the estimated forfeiture rate
through the final vesting date of the awards.
As
a
result of adopting SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006, Stratus’ net income for the
three months ended September 30, 2006, was $0.1 million ($0.02 per basic and
diluted share) lower, and Stratus’ net income for the nine months ended
September 30, 2006, was $0.6 million ($0.08 per basic and diluted share) lower
than if it had continued to account for share-based compensation under APB
Opinion No. 25.
Stock-Based
Compensation Plans.
As
discussed above, Stratus currently has four stock-based compensation plans
and
all are shareholder approved. As of September 30, 2006, only three of the plans,
which are discussed below, have awards available for grant. Stratus’ Stock
Option Plan, 1998 Stock
6
Option
Plan, 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(the Plans) provide for the issuance of stock options, restricted stock units
(see below) and stock appreciations rights (collectively stock-based
compensation awards), adjusted for the effects of the effective reverse stock
split transactions (see Note 6 of the Stratus 2005 Form 10-K), representing
1,330,000 shares of Stratus common stock at no less than market value at time
of
grant.
Generally,
stock-based compensation awards are exercisable in 25 percent annual increments
beginning one year from the date of grant and expire 10 years after the date
of
grant. Awards for approximately 3,100 shares under the 1998 Stock Option Plan,
32,500 shares under the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors and 9,800
shares under the 2002 Stock Option Plan were available for new grants as of
September 30, 2006.
Stock-Based
Compensation Cost.
Compensation cost charged against earnings for stock-based awards is shown
below
(in thousands). Stock-based compensation costs are capitalized as appropriate,
but such capitalization was not previously reflected in our pro-forma
disclosures shown below as amounts were not considered material.
Three
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
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Stock
options awarded to employees (including directors)
|
$
|
167
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
449
|
$
|
-
|
|||||
Stock
options awarded to nonemployees
|
-
|
25
|
2
|
34
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|||||||||
Restricted
stock units
|
111
|
68
|
681
|
205
|
|||||||||
Less
capitalized amounts
|
(63
|
)
|
-
|
(238
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Impact
on net income
|
$
|
215
|
$
|
93
|
$
|
894
|
$
|
239
|
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The
following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share
for
the three months ended September 30, 2005 and the nine months ended September
30, 2005, if Stratus had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS
No. 123 to stock-based awards granted under Stratus’ stock-based compensation
plans (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||
September
30, 2005
|
September
30, 2005
|
|||||
Net
income applicable to common stock, as reported
|
$
|
3,319
|
$
|
3,727
|
||
Add:
Stock-based employee compensation expense
|
||||||
included
in reported net income applicable to common
|
||||||
stock
for restricted stock units
|
68
|
205
|
||||
Deduct:
Total stock-based employee compensation
|
||||||
expense
determined under fair value-based method
|
||||||
for
all awards
|
(234
|
)
|
(700
|
)
|
||
Pro
forma net income applicable to common stock
|
$
|
3,153
|
$
|
3,232
|
||
Earnings
per share:
|
||||||
Basic
- as reported
|
$
|
0.46
|
$
|
0.52
|
||
Basic
- pro forma
|
$
|
0.44
|
$
|
0.45
|
||
Diluted
- as reported
|
$
|
0.44
|
$
|
0.49
|
||
Diluted
- pro forma
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
0.43
|
||
For
the
pro forma computations, the values of option grants were calculated on the
dates
of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and amortized to expense
on a straight-line basis over the options’ vesting periods. No other discounts
or restrictions related to vesting or the likelihood of vesting of stock options
were applied. The following table summarizes the calculated fair value and
assumptions used to determine the fair value of Stratus’ stock option grants
under SFAS No. 123 during the three-month and nine-month periods ended September
30, 2005.
Options
granted
|
7,500
|
||
Fair
value per stock option
|
$
|
11.48
|
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.33
|
%
|
|
Expected
volatility rate
|
46.2
|
%
|
|
Expected
life of options (in years)
|
10.0
|
Options.
A
summary of options outstanding as of September 30, 2006 and changes during
the
nine months ended September 30, 2006 follow:
Weighted
|
||||||||||
Average
|
Aggregate
|
|||||||||
Weighted
|
Remaining
|
Intrinsic
|
||||||||
Number
of
|
Average
|
Contractual
|
Value
|
|||||||
Options
|
Option
Price
|
Term
(years)
|
($000)
|
|||||||
Balance
at January 1
|
838,336
|
$
|
10.11
|
|||||||
Granted
|
7,500
|
26.44
|
||||||||
Exercised
|
(150,194
|
)
|
7.82
|
|||||||
Expired/Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Balance
at September 30
|
695,642
|
10.78
|
4.46
|
$
|
15,014
|
|||||
Vested
and exercisable at September 30
|
546,767
|
9.74
|
3.52
|
$
|
12,367
|
|||||
The
fair
value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a
Black-Scholes option valuation model. Expected volatility is based on the
historical volatility of Stratus’ stock. Stratus uses historical data to
estimate option exercise, forfeitures and expected life of the options. When
appropriate, employees who have similar historical exercise behavior are grouped
for valuation purposes. The risk-free interest rate is based on Federal Reserve
rates in effect for bonds with maturity dates equal to the expected term of
the
option at the date of grant. Stratus has not paid, and has no current plan
to
pay, cash dividends on its common stock. The following table summarizes the
calculated fair value and assumptions used to determine the fair value of
Stratus’ stock option awards during the nine-month period ended September 30,
2006.
Options
granted
|
7,500
|
|||
Grant-date
fair value per stock option
|
$
|
14.57
|
||
Expected
and weighted average volatility
|
48.6
|
%
|
||
Expected
life of options (in years)
|
6.7
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.7
|
%
|
The
total
intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended September
30,
2006, was $2.6 million. During the first nine months of 2006, approximately
23,900 stock options with a weighted-average grant-date fair market value of
$6.65 vested. As of September 30, 2006, there were approximately 148,900 stock
options unvested with a weighted-average grant-date fair market value of $9.38.
As of September 30, 2006, Stratus had $1.0 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to unvested stock options expected to be recognized
over a weighted average period of 1.1 years.
The
following table includes amounts related to exercises of stock options and
vesting of restricted stock units during the first nine months of 2006 (in
thousands, except Stratus shares tendered):
8
Stratus
shares tendered to pay the exercise price
|
|||
and/or
the minimum required taxesa
|
4,162
|
||
Cash
received from stock option exercises
|
$
|
1,034
|
|
Actual
tax benefit realized for the tax deductions
|
|||
from
stock option exercises
|
$
|
946
|
|
Amounts
Stratus paid for employee taxes related
|
|||
to
stock option exercises
|
$
|
117
|
|
a. |
Under
terms of the related plans, upon exercise of stock options and vesting
of
restricted stock units, employees may tender Stratus shares to Stratus
to
pay the exercise price and/or the minimum required
taxes.
|
Restricted
Stock Units.
Under
Stratus’ restricted stock program, shares of its common stock may be granted to
certain officers of Stratus at no cost. The restricted stock units are converted
into shares of Stratus common stock ratably on the anniversary of each award
over the vesting period, generally four years. The awards fully vest upon
retirement. Fair value for restricted stock unit awards is based on the average
of the high and low Stratus common stock price on the date of
grant.
Stratus
granted 49,000 restricted stock units in the first nine months of 2006. A
summary of outstanding unvested restricted stock units as of September 30,
2006,
and activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 is presented
below:
Weighted
|
|||||||
Average
|
Aggregate
|
||||||
Number
of
|
Remaining
|
Intrinsic
|
|||||
Restricted
|
Contractual
|
Value
|
|||||
Stock
Units
|
Term
(years)
|
($000)
|
|||||
Balance
at January 1
|
45,045
|
||||||
Granted
|
49,000
|
||||||
Vested
|
(4,545
|
)
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
||||||
Balance
at September 30
|
89,500
|
1.4
|
$
|
2,896
|
|||
The
grant-date fair value of restricted stock units granted during the first nine
months of 2006 was $1.2 million. The total intrinsic value of restricted stock
units vesting during the nine months ended September 30, 2006, was $0.1 million.
As of September 30, 2006, Stratus had $1.0 million of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units expected to be
recognized over a weighted average period of 1.4 years.
3. |
EARNINGS
PER SHARE
|
Stratus’
basic net income per share of common stock was calculated by dividing the income
applicable to continuing operations, income from discontinued operations and
net
income applicable to common stock by the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding during the period. The following is a reconciliation of
net
income and weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of
calculating diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per share
amounts):
9
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
$
|
1,265
|
$
|
3,294
|
$
|
27,641
|
$
|
3,549
|
||||
(Loss)
income from discontinued operations
|
(84
|
)
|
25
|
7,617
|
178
|
|||||||
Net
income applicable to common stock
|
$
|
1,181
|
$
|
3,319
|
$
|
35,258
|
$
|
3,727
|
||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
7,317
|
7,203
|
7,288
|
7,211
|
||||||||
Add:
Dilutive stock options
|
271
|
375
|
330
|
418
|
||||||||
Restricted
stock
|
29
|
27
|
40
|
20
|
||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding for
|
||||||||||||
purposes
of calculating diluted net income per share
|
7,617
|
7,605
|
7,658
|
7,649
|
||||||||
Diluted
net income (loss) per share of common stock:
|
||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.44
|
$
|
3.61
|
$
|
0.47
|
||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(0.01
|
)
|
-
|
0.99
|
0.02
|
|||||||
Diluted
net income per share of common stock
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.44
|
$
|
4.60
|
$
|
0.49
|
||||
4. |
DEBT
|
In
June
2006, Stratus entered into a 30-year, $22.8 million mortgage with a 10-year
balloon payment from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
(TIAA). Proceeds from the mortgage were used to repay outstanding amounts under
Stratus’ Escarpment Village shopping center project loan and other outstanding
debt balances. The annual interest rate on the mortgage is 5.55 percent. The
Escarpment Village shopping center and the related lease agreements are security
for the loan.
In
May
2006, Stratus entered into a modification and extension agreement to extend
the
maturity and decrease the interest rate on its Comerica revolving credit
facility. The maturity date was extended from May 30, 2007 to May 30, 2008
and
interest accrues, at Stratus’ option, at Comerica’s rate minus 0.8 percent or
one-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.95 percent, subject to a minimum
annual rate of 5.0 percent. The available commitment of $45 million and other
conditions and security remain unchanged.
5. |
RESTRICTED
CASH AND INTEREST COST
|
Restricted
Cash.
Restricted cash includes approximately $0.1 million held at September 30, 2006
and December 31, 2005, representing funds held for payment of fractional shares
resulting from the May 2001 stock split (see Note 6 of the Stratus 2005 Form
10-K). Restricted cash at December 31, 2005 also included $0.3 million from
Deerfield lot sales to be used for payment on the Deerfield loan.
Interest
Cost.
Interest
expense excludes capitalized interest of $0.3 million in the third quarter
of
2006, $0.9 million in the third quarter of 2005, $1.7 million in the first
nine
months of 2006 and $2.2 million in the first nine months of 2005.
6. |
DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
|
In
the
fourth quarter of 2005, Stratus committed to a plan to sell its office buildings
at 7000 West. On March 27, 2006, Stratus’ wholly owned subsidiary, Stratus 7000
West Joint Venture (7000 West JV), sold its two
70,000-square-foot
office buildings at 7000 West William Cannon Drive (7000 West), known as the
Lantana Corporate Center, to
CarrAmerica for
$22.3
million, resulting in a gain of $9.8 million ($7.3 million net of taxes or
$1.00
per basic share and $0.95 per diluted share) in the first nine months of 2006.
CarrAmerica
paid $10.6 million cash to Stratus at closing and assumed the $11.7 million
principal balance remaining under Stratus’ 7000 West project loan from TIAA. In
connection with CarrAmerica’s assumption of the loan, 7000 West JV entered into
a First Modification Agreement with CarrAmerica and TIAA under which TIAA
released 7000 West JV’s $3.5 million letter of credit issued by Comerica Bank
that secured certain re-tenanting obligations and released 7000 West JV from
all
future obligations under the loan. In addition, TIAA released Stratus from
all
future liabilities under its guaranty of 7000 West JV’s environmental
representations and recourse obligations under the loan.
10
Upon
completion of the sale of 7000 West, Stratus ceased all involvement with the
7000 West office buildings. The operations, assets and liabilities of 7000
West
represented a component of Stratus’ commercial leasing segment.
The
table
below provides a summary of 7000 West’s results of operations (in
thousands):
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Rental
income
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
859
|
$
|
1,057
|
$
|
2,625
|
|||||
Rental
property costs
|
-
|
(349
|
)
|
(403
|
)
|
(987
|
)
|
||||||
Depreciation
|
-
|
(229
|
)
|
-
|
(687
|
)
|
|||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
-
|
(74
|
)
|
(48
|
)
|
(225
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
expensea
|
-
|
(182
|
)
|
(168
|
)
|
(548
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
income
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale
|
-
|
-
|
9,762
|
-
|
|||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
(84
|
)b
|
-
|
(2,585
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
(Loss)
income from discontinued operations
|
$
|
(84
|
)
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
7,617
|
$
|
178
|
||||
a. |
Relates
to interest expense from 7000 West project loan (see below) and does
not
include any additional allocations of
interest.
|
b. |
Reflects
the allocation of Stratus’ third-quarter tax provision to discontinued
operations in accordance with income tax accounting
rules.
|
The
following summarizes 7000 West’s net assets (in thousands) at December 31,
2005:
Assets:
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
5
|
||
Other
current assets
|
1,136
|
|||
Property
held for sale, net of accumulated depreciation
|
||||
of
$4,577
|
11,089
|
|||
Liabilities:
|
||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
(11,795
|
)
|
||
Other
current liabilities
|
(241
|
)
|
||
Net
assets
|
$
|
194
|
||
7. |
BUSINESS
SEGMENTS
|
Stratus
has two operating segments, “Real Estate Operations” and “Commercial Leasing.”
The Real Estate Operations segment is comprised of all Stratus’ developed
properties, properties under development and undeveloped properties in Austin,
Texas, which consist of its properties in the Barton Creek community, the Circle
C community and Lantana. In addition, the Deerfield property in Plano, Texas
is
included in the Real Estate Operations segment.
The
Commercial Leasing segment includes two office buildings at 7500 Rialto
Boulevard and the Escarpment Village project. The first 75,000-square-foot
building at 7500 Rialto Boulevard is approximately 96 percent leased. The second
75,000-square-foot building opened in September 2006 and is approximately 50
percent leased. Southwest Property Services L.L.C., which Stratus formed in
2004, manages these office buildings. For the 2006 periods, the Commercial
Leasing segment also includes Escarpment Village, a 168,000-square-foot retail
project anchored by a grocery store. Rental income from Escarpment Village
totaled $0.8 million in the third quarter of 2006 and $1.3 million in the first
nine months of 2006 (including less than $0.1 million in the first quarter).
In
the fourth quarter of 2005, Stratus committed to sell the two 70,000-square-foot
office buildings at 7000 West and completed the sale on March 27, 2006. The
7000
West operating results are reported as discontinued operations in the table
below.
11
As
of
September 30, 2006, Stratus’ minimum rental income which includes scheduled rent
increases, under noncancelable long-term leases which extend to 2026, totaled
$0.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, $4.3 million in 2007, $4.4 million
in 2008, $4.2 million in 2009, $3.8 million in 2010 and $32.1 million
thereafter.
Stratus’
lease agreement with the anchor tenant of Escarpment Village and its contract
with Trammell Crow Central Texas, Ltd. (Trammell Crow), the firm managing
Escarpment Village, contain provisions requiring Stratus to share the net
profits from a sale of the project. The anchor tenant and Trammell Crow are
each
entitled to 10 percent of any net profit from a sale of Escarpment Village
after
Stratus receives a 12 percent return on its investment. Stratus is required
to
pay the anchor tenant its net profits interest upon a sale of the project,
but
no later than May 2007. Stratus is required to pay Trammell Crow its net profits
interest upon a sale of the project, but no later than May 2008. If the project
is not sold prior to either payment deadline, then the net profits calculation
will be made based upon a hypothetical sale at fair market value. As of
September 30, 2006, Stratus estimates these net profit payments will total
$0.9
million. This amount was recorded in other assets and is being amortized over
the tenant’s lease term (20 years) as a reduction of rental income. The actual
payments may vary from this amount and will be based on the actual sale price
of
Escarpment Village or the estimated fair value of Escarpment Village, as
applicable.
The
segment data presented below were prepared on the same basis as Stratus’
consolidated financial statements.
Real
Estate Operationsa
|
Commercial
Leasing
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||
(In
Thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2006
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
8,680
|
$
|
1,170
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
9,850
|
||||
Cost
of sales, excluding depreciation
|
(5,633
|
)
|
(710
|
)
|
-
|
(6,343
|
)
|
|||||
Depreciation
|
(29
|
)
|
(429
|
)
|
-
|
(458
|
)
|
|||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
(1,425
|
)
|
(158
|
)
|
-
|
(1,583
|
)
|
|||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
$
|
1,593
|
$
|
(127
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,466
|
|||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(84
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(84
|
)
|
||
Benefit
from income taxes
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
12
|
||||
Capital
expenditures
|
$
|
6,326
|
$
|
3,375
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
9,701
|
||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
124,481
|
$
|
56,744
|
$
|
6,468
|
b
|
$
|
187,693
|
|||
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
11,782
|
$
|
364
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
12,146
|
||||
Cost
of sales, excluding depreciation
|
(7,074
|
)
|
(378
|
)
|
-
|
(7,452
|
)
|
|||||
Depreciation
|
(37
|
)
|
(156
|
)
|
-
|
(193
|
)
|
|||||
General
and administrative expense
|
(970
|
)
|
(142
|
)
|
-
|
(1,112
|
)
|
|||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
$
|
3,701
|
$
|
(312
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
3,389
|
|||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
25
|
||||
Capital
expenditures
|
$
|
10,847
|
$
|
43
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
10,890
|
||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
144,266
|
$
|
25,134
|
c
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
169,400
|
|||
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2006
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
51,982
|
$
|
2,433
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
54,415
|
||||
Cost
of sales, excluding depreciation
|
(24,864
|
)
|
(1,612
|
)
|
-
|
(26,476
|
)
|
|||||
Depreciation
|
(96
|
)
|
(947
|
)
|
-
|
(1,043
|
)
|
|||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
(4,728
|
)
|
(477
|
)
|
-
|
(5,205
|
)
|
|||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
$
|
22,294
|
$
|
(603
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
21,691
|
|||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
7,617
|
d
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
7,617
|
|||
Benefit
from income taxes
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,431
|
b
|
$
|
6,431
|
|||
Capital
expenditures
|
$
|
12,911
|
$
|
16,668
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
29,579
|
||||
Real
Estate Operationsa
|
Commercial
Leasing
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||
(In
Thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
21,069
|
$
|
983
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
22,052
|
||||
Cost
of sales, excluding depreciation
|
(13,063
|
)
|
(1,060
|
)
|
-
|
(14,123
|
)
|
|||||
Depreciation
|
(112
|
)
|
(460
|
)
|
-
|
(572
|
)
|
|||||
General
and administrative expense
|
(3,074
|
)
|
(464
|
)
|
-
|
(3,538
|
)
|
|||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
$
|
4,820
|
$
|
(1,001
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
3,819
|
|||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
178
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
178
|
||||
Capital
expenditures
|
$
|
29,745
|
$
|
265
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
30,010
|
||||
a. |
Includes
sales commissions, management fees and other revenues together with
related expenses.
|
b. |
Includes
deferred tax assets resulting from the reversal of a portion of Stratus’
deferred tax asset valuation allowance which was recorded as a benefit
from income taxes (see Note 8).
|
c. |
Includes
assets from the discontinued operations of 7000 West, which Stratus
sold
on March 27, 2006, totaling $12.3 million, net of accumulated depreciation
of $4.6 million, at September 30, 2005. These buildings represented
two of
Stratus’ three commercial leasing properties as of September 30,
2005.
|
d. |
Includes
a $7.3 million gain, net of taxes of $2.5 million, on the sale of
7000
West.
|
8. |
INCOME
TAXES
|
Stratus’
deferred tax assets at December 31, 2005 totaled $17.6 million and Stratus
had
provided a 100 percent valuation allowance because realization of the deferred
tax assets was not considered likely. Realization of Stratus’ deferred tax
assets is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income within the
carryforward period available under tax law. In the first quarter of 2006,
Stratus sold 7000 West (see Note 6) and in April 2006 Stratus completed the
sale
of 58 acres at its Lantana property. These transactions generated pre-tax income
of $25.6 million and along with Stratus’ current homebuilder contract
arrangements and projected levels of future sales provide sufficient evidence
that Stratus now believes it is more likely than not that it will be able to
realize all of its deferred tax assets. As a result, first-quarter 2006 net
income from continuing operations included a $6.4 million, $0.88 per basic
share
and $0.83 per diluted share, tax benefit resulting from the reversal of a
portion of Stratus’ deferred tax asset valuation allowance and the remaining
balance of its valuation allowance is being realized in Stratus’ 2006 effective
tax rate. Stratus recorded an income tax provision of $84,000 in the third
quarter of 2006 which was allocated to discontinued operations in accordance
with income tax accounting rules.
In
May
2006, the Texas governor signed into law the Texas Revised Franchise Bill (the
Franchise Tax). The Franchise Tax replaces current taxable capital and earned
surplus components with a tax based on “taxable margin.” Taxable margin is
defined as the entity’s total revenues less either cost of goods sold or
compensation. Stratus’ income tax benefit from continuing operations for the
first nine months of 2006 includes a deferred tax credit of $45,000 related
to
the Franchise Tax.
Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.
In June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48,
“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the
accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold
a
tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial
statements. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, measurement,
classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods,
disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for the first fiscal year
beginning after December 15, 2006. Stratus is reviewing the provisions of FIN
48
and has not yet determined the impact of adoption.
The
financial information as of September 30, 2006, and for each of the three-month
and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, included in Part
I of
this Form 10-Q pursuant to Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X has been reviewed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Stratus’ independent
registered public accounting firm, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ report is included in this quarterly
report.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
does not carry out significant or additional procedures beyond those that would
have been necessary if its report had not been included in this quarterly
report. Accordingly, such report is not a “report” or “part of a registration
statement” within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act of 1933
and the liability provisions of Section 11 of such Act do not
apply.
REPORT
OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders
of
Stratus Properties Inc.:
We
have
reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Stratus
Properties Inc. and its subsidiaries as of September 30, 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of income for each of the three-month and nine-month
periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, and the consolidated statements
of
cash flows for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and
2005.
These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management.
We
conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial
information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making
inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is
substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the objective of
which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken
as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based
on
our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made
to the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements for
them
to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America.
We
have
previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet
as of
December 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, of changes
in stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for the year then ended, management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005; and in our
report dated March 16, 2006, we expressed unqualified opinions thereon. The
consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting referred to above
are
not presented herein. In our opinion, the information set forth in the
accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005,
is
fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated balance
sheet from which it has been derived.
As
discussed in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements,
effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment.
/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Austin,
Texas
November
9, 2006
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OVERVIEW
Management’s
discussion and analysis presented below should be read in conjunction with
our
discussion and analysis of financial results contained in our 2005 Annual Report
on Form 10-K (2005 Form 10-K). The operating results summarized in this report
are not necessarily indicative of our future operating results. All subsequent
references to Notes refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, unless
otherwise stated. Per share amounts are on a diluted basis unless otherwise
noted.
We
are
engaged in the acquisition, development, management and sale of commercial,
multi-family and residential real estate properties located primarily in the
Austin, Texas area. We conduct real estate operations on properties we
own.
Our
principal real estate holdings are currently in southwest Austin, Texas. As
of
September 30, 2006, our most significant holding is the 1,728 acres of
residential, multi-family and commercial property and 42 developed residential
estate lots located within the Barton Creek community. We also own approximately
384 acres of undeveloped residential, commercial and multi-family property
and
36 acres of commercial property under development within the Circle C Ranch
(Circle C) community. Our other properties in the Circle C community include
Meridian, which is an 800-lot residential development, and Escarpment Village,
which is a 168,000-square-foot retail center anchored by a grocery store. At
September 30, 2006, Meridian consisted of approximately 282 acres and 121
developed residential lots. Our remaining Austin holdings at September 30,
2006,
consisted of 223 acres of commercial property and two 75,000-square-foot office
buildings at 7500 Rialto Boulevard, one of which is approximately 96 percent
leased and the other is approximately 50 percent leased, located within Lantana.
In the fourth quarter of 2005, we decided to sell our two 70,000-square-foot
office buildings at 7000 West William Cannon Drive (7000 West), known as the
Lantana Corporate Center. On March 27, 2006, we sold 7000 West for $22.3 million
(see Note 6 and “Discontinued Operations - 7000 West”).
In
January 2004, we acquired approximately 68 acres of land in Plano, Texas, which
we refer to as Deerfield. At September 30, 2006, our Deerfield property consists
of approximately 26 acres of residential land, which is being developed, and
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developed residential lots. We also own two acres of undeveloped commercial
property in San Antonio, Texas.
In
November 2005, we formed a joint venture partnership with Trammell Crow Central
Texas Development, Inc. (Trammell Crow) to acquire an approximate 74-acre tract
at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas
for $7.7 million. We refer to the property as the Crestview Station project,
a
single-family, multi-family, retail and office development. With our joint
venture partner, we have commenced brown field remediation and permitting of
the
property. Trammell Crow is also managing Escarpment Village for us.
DEVELOPMENT
AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Lantana.
In April
2006, we sold a 58-acre tract at Lantana to Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:
AMD) for $21.2 million, recognizing a second-quarter 2006 gain of $15.6 million
to net income or $2.04 per share on the sale. Lantana is a partially developed,
mixed-use project with remaining Stratus entitlements for approximately 1.9
million square feet of office and retail use on 223 acres. Regional utility
and
road infrastructure is in place with capacity to serve Lantana at full build-out
permitted under Stratus’ existing entitlements.
In
2001,
we reached agreement with the City concerning development of a 417-acre portion
of the Lantana community. The agreement reflected a cooperative effort between
the City and us to allow development based on grandfathered entitlements, while
adhering to stringent water quality standards and other enhancements to protect
the environment. With this agreement, we completed the core entitlement process
for the entire Lantana project allowing for approximately 2.9 million square
feet of office and retail development, approximately 400 multi-family units
(previously sold to an unrelated third party), and a tract for approximately
330
residential lots which we sold in 2003.
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In September 2006, we completed a second 75,000-square-foot office building at 7500 Rialto Boulevard in response to increased demand for office space within Lantana. As of September 30, 2006, Stratus had leased approximately 50 percent of the space at the second office building and approximately 96 percent of the original office building. In the fourth quarter of 2005, we committed to a plan to sell our two office buildings at 7000 West. On March 27, 2006, we sold 7000 West for $22.3 million (see Note 6 and “Discontinued Operations - 7000 West”).
Barton
Creek Community.
We
commenced construction of a new subdivision within the Barton Creek community
during the fourth quarter of 2000. This subdivision, Mirador, was completed
in
late-2001. Mirador adjoins the Escala Drive subdivision. We developed 34 estate
lots in the Mirador subdivision, with each lot averaging approximately 3.5
acres
in size.
Since
January 2002, we have secured subdivision plat approval for three new
residential subdivisions within the Barton Creek Community, including: Versant
Place - 54 lots, Wimberly Lane Phase II - 47 lots and Calera - 155 lots. At
September 30, 2006, our remaining unsold developed lots within the Barton Creek
Community included: Calera Drive - 11 lots, Wimberly Lane Phase II - 16 lots,
Calera Court - 8 lots, Mirador - 6 lots and Escala - 1 lot. Development of
the
remaining Barton Creek property is expected to occur over several
years.
In
May
2004, we entered into a contract with a national homebuilder to sell 41 lots
within the Wimberly Lane Phase II subdivision in the Barton Creek community.
In
June 2004, the homebuilder paid us a non-refundable $0.6 million deposit for
the
right to purchase the 41 lots. The deposit was used to pay ongoing development
costs of the lots. The deposit will be applied against subsequent purchases
of
lots by the homebuilder after certain thresholds are achieved and will be
recognized as income as lots are sold. The lots are being sold on a scheduled
takedown basis, with the initial six lots sold in December 2004 following
completion of subdivision utilities, and then an average of three lots per
quarter beginning in June 2005. The average purchase price for each of the
41
lots is $150,400, subject to a six percent annual escalator commencing in
December 2004. The Wimberly Lane Phase II subdivision also included six estate
lots, each averaging approximately five acres, which we retained, marketed
and
sold in 2005 for a total of $1.8 million.
During
2004, we completed construction of four courtyard homes at Calera Court within
the Barton Creek community. Calera Court, the initial phase of the “Calera”
subdivision, will include 16 courtyard homes on 16 acres. The second phase
of
Calera, Calera Drive, consisting of 53 single-family lots, many of which adjoin
the Fazio Canyons Golf Course, received final plat and construction permit
approval in 2005. In the third quarter of 2005, development of these lots was
completed and the initial five lots were sold for $2.1 million. Development
of
the third and last phase of Calera, which will include approximately 70
single-family lots, is expected to commence by the end of 2006.
Circle
C Community. We
have
commenced development activities at the Circle C community based on the
entitlements secured in our Circle C settlement with the City. Our Circle C
settlement, as amended in 2004, permits development of 1.16 million square
feet
of commercial space, 504 multi-family units and 830 single-family residential
lots. The preliminary plan has been approved for Meridian, an 800-lot
residential development at the Circle C community. In October 2004, we received
final City plat and construction permit approvals for the first phase of
Meridian, and construction commenced in January 2005. During the first quarter
of 2005, we contracted to sell a total of 494 lots in our Meridian project
to
three national homebuilders in four phases. Sales for each of the four phases
commence upon substantial completion of development for that phase, and continue
every quarter until all of the lots have been sold. The first phase, which
includes 134 lots, was substantially completed at the end of 2005. Development
of the second phase of 134 lots commenced in the third quarter of 2005 and
was
substantially completed in March 2006. We estimate our sales from the first
two
phases of Meridian will total at least 35 lots for $2.1 million during the
fourth quarter of 2006.
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The
grand
opening of Escarpment Village, a 168,000-square-foot retail project anchored
by
a grocery store at the Circle C community, was in May 2006. As of September
30,
2006, we had leases for 156,000 square feet or 93 percent of the space at
Escarpment Village.
Deerfield.
In
January 2004, we acquired the Deerfield property in Plano, Texas, for $7.0
million. The property was zoned and subject to a preliminary subdivision plan
for 234 residential lots. In February 2004, we executed an Option Agreement
and
a Construction Agreement with a national homebuilder. Pursuant to the Option
Agreement, the homebuilder paid us $1.4 million for an option to purchase all
234 lots over 36 monthly take-downs. The net purchase price for each of the
234
lots was $61,500, subject to certain terms and conditions. The $1.4 million
option payment is non-refundable, but will be applied against subsequent
purchases of lots by the homebuilder after certain thresholds are achieved
and
will be recognized by us as income as lots are sold. The Construction Agreement
requires the homebuilder to complete development of the entire project by March
15, 2007. We agreed to pay up to $5.2 million of the homebuilder’s development
costs. The homebuilder must pay all property taxes and maintenance costs. In
February 2004, we entered into a $9.8 million three-year loan agreement with
Comerica Bank (Comerica) to finance the acquisition and development of
Deerfield. Development is proceeding on schedule and we had no amounts
outstanding under the loan at September 30, 2006. The initial lot sale occurred
in November 2004 and subsequent lot sales are on schedule. In October 2005,
we
executed a revised agreement with the homebuilder, increasing the lot sizes
and
average purchase price to $67,150 based on a new total of 224 lots. We expect
to
complete 15 lot sales for $1.0 million during the fourth quarter of
2006.
Crestview
Station.
In
November 2005, we formed a joint venture partnership with Trammell Crow to
acquire an approximate 74-acre tract at the intersection of Airport Boulevard
and Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, for $7.7 million. With our joint venture
partner, we have commenced brown field remediation and permitting of the
property, known as the Crestview Station project, which is located on the
commuter rail line recently approved by City of Austin voters. Crestview Station
is planned for single-family, multi-family, retail and office development,
with
closings on the single-family and multi-family components expected to occur
in
2007 upon completion of the remediation. At September 30, 2006, our investment
in the Crestview Station project totaled $3.8 million and the joint venture
partnership had $7.4 million of outstanding debt, of which each joint venture
partner guarantees $1.9 million.
The
Crestview Station property is divided into three distinct parcels - one
containing approximately 46 acres, a second consisting of approximately 27
acres, and a third 0.5-acre tract. Our joint venture partnership has contracted
with a nationally recognized remediation firm to demolish the existing buildings
and remediate the 27-acre and 0.5-acre tracts in preparation for residential
permitting. Under the terms of the remediation contract, the joint venture
partnership will pay the contractor approximately $4.9 million upon completion
of performance benchmarks and certification by the State of Texas that the
remediation is complete. The contractor is required to pay all costs associated
with the remediation and to secure an environmental liability policy with $10.0
million of coverage remaining in place for a 10-year term. Pursuant to the
agreement with the contractor, all environmental and legal liability was
assigned to and assumed by the contractor effective November 30,
2005.
Downtown
Austin Project.
In April
2005, the City selected our proposal to develop a mixed-use project in downtown
Austin immediately north of the new City Hall complex. The project includes
an
entire city block and is suitable for a mixture of retail, office, hotel,
residential and civic uses. We have entered into negotiations with the City
to
reach agreement on the project’s design and transaction terms and structure. As
of September 30, 2006, we had deferred $2.6 million of costs related to this
project.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
We
are
continually evaluating the development potential of our properties and will
continue to consider opportunities to enter into significant transactions
involving our properties. As a result, and because of numerous other factors
affecting our business activities as described herein, our past operating
results are not necessarily indicative of our future results.
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Summary
operating results follow (in thousands):
Third
Quarter
|
Nine
Months
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Real
estate operations
|
$
|
8,680
|
$
|
11,782
|
$
|
51,982
|
$
|
21,069
|
||||
Commercial
leasing
|
1,170
|
364
|
2,433
|
983
|
||||||||
Total
revenues
|
$
|
9,850
|
$
|
12,146
|
$
|
54,415
|
$
|
22,052
|
||||
Operating
income
|
$
|
1,466
|
$
|
3,389
|
$
|
21,691
|
$
|
3,819
|
||||
Benefit
from income taxes
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
6,431
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Net
income from
|
||||||||||||
continuing
operations
|
$
|
1,265
|
$
|
3,294
|
$
|
27,641
|
$
|
3,549
|
||||
(Loss)
income from
|
||||||||||||
discontinued
operations
|
(84
|
)
|
25
|
7,617
|
178
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
1,181
|
$
|
3,319
|
$
|
35,258
|
$
|
3,727
|
||||
Our
deferred tax assets at December 31, 2005 totaled $17.6 million and we had
provided a 100 percent valuation allowance because realization of the deferred
tax assets was not considered likely. Realization of our deferred tax assets
is
dependent on generating sufficient taxable income within the carryforward period
available under tax law. In the first quarter of 2006, we sold 7000 West (see
Note 6) and in April 2006 we completed the sale of 58 acres at our Lantana
property. These transactions generated pre-tax income of $25.6 million and
along
with our current homebuilder contract arrangements and projected levels of
future sales provide sufficient evidence that we now believe it is more likely
than not that we will be able to realize all of our deferred tax assets. As
a
result, first-quarter 2006 net income from continuing operations included a
$6.4
million, $0.88 per basic share and $0.83 per diluted share, tax benefit
resulting from the reversal of a portion of our deferred tax asset valuation
allowance and the remaining balance of our valuation allowance is being realized
in our 2006 effective tax rate. We recorded an income tax provision of $84,000
in the third quarter of 2006 which was allocated to discontinued operations
in
accordance with income tax accounting rules.
In
May
2006, the Texas governor signed into law the Texas Revised Franchise Bill (the
Franchise Tax). The Franchise Tax replaces current taxable capital and earned
surplus components with a tax based on “taxable margin.” Taxable margin is
defined as the entity’s total revenues less either cost of goods sold or
compensation. Our income tax benefit from continuing operations for the first
nine months of 2006 includes a deferred tax credit of $45,000 related to the
Franchise Tax.
We
have
two operating segments, “Real Estate Operations” and “Commercial Leasing” (see
Note 7). The following is a discussion of our operating results by
segment.
Real
Estate Operations
Summary
real estate operating results follow (in thousands):
Third
Quarter
|
Nine
Months
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Developed
property sales
|
$
|
7,934
|
$
|
6,603
|
$
|
28,441
|
$
|
15,480
|
||||
Undeveloped
property sales
|
-
|
5,000
|
22,245
|
5,000
|
||||||||
Commissions,
management fees and other
|
746
|
179
|
1,296
|
589
|
||||||||
Total
revenues
|
8,680
|
11,782
|
51,982
|
21,069
|
||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
(5,662
|
)
|
(7,111
|
)
|
(24,960
|
)
|
(13,175
|
)
|
||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
(1,425
|
)
|
(970
|
)
|
(4,728
|
)
|
(3,074
|
)
|
||||
Operating
income
|
$
|
1,593
|
$
|
3,701
|
$
|
22,294
|
$
|
4,820
|
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Developed
Property Sales. Improving
market conditions in the Austin area have resulted in increased lot sales in
the
first nine months of 2006. Property sales for the third-quarter and nine-month
periods of 2006 and 2005 included the following (revenues in
thousands):
Third
Quarter
|
||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Lots
|
Revenues
|
Lots
|
Revenues
|
|||||
Residential
Properties:
|
||||||||
Barton
Creek
|
||||||||
Calera
Drive
|
5
|
$2,065
|
5
|
$2,110
|
||||
Calera
Court Courtyard Homes
|
1
|
610
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Mirador
Estate
|
1
|
553
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Wimberly
Lane Phase II
|
||||||||
Standard
Homebuilder
|
4
|
686
|
4
|
615
|
||||
Escala
Drive Estate
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
2,218
|
||||
Circle
C
|
||||||||
Meridian
|
51
|
3,013
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Deerfield
|
15
|
1,007
|
27
|
1,660
|
||||
Total
Residential
|
77
|
$7,934
|
40
|
$6,603
|
||||
Nine
Months
|
||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Lots
|
Revenues
|
Lots
|
Revenues
|
|||||
Residential
Properties:
|
||||||||
Barton
Creek
|
||||||||
Calera
Drive
|
23
|
$9,919
|
5
|
$2,110
|
||||
Calera
Court Courtyard Homes
|
5
|
2,922
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Mirador
Estate
|
6
|
3,306
|
6
|
3,292
|
||||
Wimberly
Lane Phase II
|
||||||||
Standard
Homebuilder
|
9
|
1,469
|
7
|
1,092
|
||||
Estate
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
1,551
|
||||
Escala
Drive Estate
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
3,992
|
||||
Circle
C
|
||||||||
Meridian
|
133
|
7,804
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Deerfield
|
45
|
3,021
|
56
|
3,443
|
||||
Total
Residential
|
221
|
$28,441
|
86
|
$15,480
|
Undeveloped
Property Sales.
During
the first quarter of 2006, we sold a 7.5-acre tract in the Barton Creek
community for $1.5 million. In April 2006, we sold a 58-acre tract at Lantana
to
AMD for $21.2 million of which $0.5 million represented a reimbursement of
certain costs and we recorded this amount as a reduction of cost of sales.
During the third quarter of 2005, we sold a 38-acre tract within the Barton
Creek Community for $5.0 million.
Commissions,
Management Fees and Other.
Commissions, management fees and other revenues included sales of our
development fee credits to third parties totaling $0.5 million in the third
quarter of 2006, $0.2 million in the third quarter of 2005, $0.9 million in
the
first nine months of 2006 and $0.4 million in the first nine months of 2005.
We
received these development fee credits as part of the Circle C settlement (see
Note 8 of our 2005 Form 10-K).
Cost
of Sales and General and Administrative Expenses.
Cost of
sales totaled $5.7 million in the third quarter of 2006 and $25.0 million in
the
first nine months of 2006, compared with $7.1 million in the 2005 quarter and
$13.2 million in the 2005 nine-month period. Cost of sales for the third quarter
of 2005
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includes
the cost of a 38-acre tract sale The increase in cost of sales for the 2006
nine-month period primarily relates to the increase in lot sales and other
land
sales in 2006 compared to the 2005 nine-month period. General and administrative
expenses increased to $1.4 million in the third quarter of 2006 and $4.7 million
in the first nine months of 2006, compared to $1.0 million in the 2005 quarter
and $3.1 million in the 2005 nine-month period primarily because of higher
compensation costs (see “Other Financial Results” below).
Commercial
Leasing
Our
commercial leasing operating results primarily reflect the activities at
Escarpment Village, two office buildings at 7500 Rialto Boulevard and Southwest
Property Services L.L.C. after removing the results for 7000 West which are
now
classified as discontinued operations (see “Discontinued Operations - 7000 West”
below). Summary commercial leasing operating results follow (in
thousands):
Third
Quarter
|
Nine
Months
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Rental
income
|
$
|
1,170
|
$
|
364
|
$
|
2,433
|
$
|
983
|
||||
Rental
property costs
|
(710
|
)
|
(378
|
)
|
(1,612
|
)
|
(1,060
|
)
|
||||
Depreciation
|
(429
|
)
|
(156
|
)
|
(947
|
)
|
(460
|
)
|
||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
(158
|
)
|
(142
|
)
|
(477
|
)
|
(464
|
)
|
||||
Operating
loss
|
$
|
(127
|
)
|
$
|
(312
|
)
|
$
|
(603
|
)
|
$
|
(1,001
|
)
|
In
2006,
we began earning rental income from our Escarpment Village project that was
substantially completed in the second quarter of 2006. Rental income from our
Escarpment Village project totaled $0.8 million in the third quarter of 2006
and
$1.3 million in the first nine months of 2006. The balance of our rental income
in the 2006 periods and all of the rental income in the 2005 periods is
primarily from one of our 7500 Rialto Boulevard office buildings. As discussed
earlier, in September 2006, we completed construction of a second
75,000-square-foot office building at 7500 Rialto Boulevard which is
approximately 50 percent leased.
Our
lease
agreement with the anchor tenant of Escarpment Village and our contract with
Trammell Crow, the firm managing Escarpment Village, contain provisions
requiring that we share the net profits from a sale of the project. The anchor
tenant and Trammell Crow are each entitled to 10 percent of any net profit
from
a sale of Escarpment Village after we receive a 12 percent return on our
investment. We are required to pay the anchor tenant its net profits interest
upon a sale of the project, but no later than May 2007. We are required to
pay
Trammell Crow its net profits interest upon a sale of the project, but no later
than May 2008. If the project is not sold prior to either payment deadline,
then
the net profits calculation will be made based upon a hypothetical sale at
fair
market value. As of September 30, 2006, we estimate the net profit payments
will
total $0.9 million. This amount was recorded in other assets and is being
amortized over the tenant’s lease term (20 years) as a reduction of rental
income. The actual payment may vary from this amount and will be based on the
sale price of Escarpment Village or the estimated fair value of Escarpment
Village, as applicable.
Other
Financial Results
Consolidated
general and administrative expenses increased to $1.6 million in the third
quarter of 2006 and $5.2 million in the first nine months of 2006, from $1.1
million in the 2005 quarter and $3.5 million in the 2005 nine-month period,
primarily because of higher compensation costs, including stock-based
compensation costs. On January 1, 2006, we adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment.” Stock-based
compensation costs charged to general and administrative expenses totaled $0.1
million in the third quarter of 2006 quarter, $0.1 million in the third quarter
of 2005, $0.6 million in the first nine months of 2006 and $0.2 million in
the
first nine months of 2005.
DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS - 7000 WEST
In
the
fourth quarter of 2005, we committed to a plan to sell our office buildings
at
7000 West. On March 27, 2006, our wholly owned subsidiary, Stratus 7000 West
Joint Venture (7000 West JV), sold its two
70,000-square-foot
office buildings at 7000 West William Cannon Drive (7000 West), known as the
Lantana Corporate Center, to
CarrAmerica Lantana, LP (CarrAmerica) for
$22.3
million, resulting in a gain of $9.8 million ($7.3 million net of taxes or
$1.00
per basic share and $0.95 per diluted share) in the first nine months of 2006.
CarrAmerica
paid us $10.6 million cash at closing and assumed the $11.7 million principal
balance remaining under our 7000 West project loan from Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
In
connection with CarrAmerica’s assumption of the loan, 7000 West JV entered into
a First Modification Agreement with CarrAmerica and TIAA under which TIAA
released 7000 West JV’s $3.5 million letter of credit issued by Comerica Bank
that secured certain re-tenanting obligations and released 7000 West JV from
all
future obligations under the loan. In addition, TIAA released us from all future
liabilities under its guaranty of 7000 West JV’s environmental representations
and recourse obligations under the loan.
Upon
completion of the sale of 7000 West, Stratus ceased all involvement with the
7000 West office buildings. The operations, assets and liabilities of 7000
West
represented a component of our commercial leasing segment.
Our
discontinued operations generated net income of $8.2 million, including a $7.8
million gain net of taxes on the sale, in the first quarter of 2006, and
additional income taxes totaling $0.5 million in the second quarter of 2006
and
$0.1 million in the third quarter of 2006 that reduced the gain on the sale.
Net
income from discontinued operations totaled $25,000 in the third quarter of
2005
and $0.2 million in the first nine months of 2005. We earned rental income
of
$0.9 million in the third quarter of 2005, $1.1 million in the first nine months
of 2006 and $2.6 million in the first nine months of 2005 from the two fully
leased office buildings at 7000 West.
CAPITAL
RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
Comparison
of Nine-Months 2006 and 2005 Cash Flows
Operating
activities provided cash of $39.6 million during the first nine months of 2006
and $24.0 million during the first nine months of 2005, including cash provided
by discontinued operations totaling $0.4 million during the 2006 period and
$1.1
million during the 2005 period. Compared to the 2005 period, operating cash
flows in the first nine months of 2006 improved primarily because of the
increase in sales activities.
Cash
used
in investing activities before discontinued operations totaled $28.2 million
during the first nine months of 2006, compared with $29.3 million during the
2005 period. Real estate development expenditures for the first nine months
of
2006 and 2005 included development costs for properties in the Barton Creek,
Lantana and Circle C communities. Commercial leasing expenditures for the first
nine months of 2006 primarily related to the second building at 7500 Rialto
Boulevard, which was completed in September 2006. Expenditures in the 2006
and
2005 nine-month periods were partly offset by Barton Creek Municipal Utility
District (MUD) reimbursements of $1.3 million for the first nine months of
2006
and $0.6 million for the first nine months of 2005. The 2006 nine-month period
included $10.0 million received from the March 2006 sale of 7000 West (see
“Discontinued Operations - 7000 West”).
During
the first nine months of 2006, our financing activities included $22.8 million
received from a 30-year mortgage on Escarpment Village and net repayments of
$15.7 million on our revolving line of credit and $24.6 million on our project
construction loans, including repayments of $6.5 million on the 7500 Rialto
Boulevard project loan and $2.9 million on the Deerfield loan and net repayments
of $5.3 million on the Meridian project loan and $9.9 million on the Escarpment
Village project loan. During the first nine months of 2005, our financing
activities reflected $1.4 million of net borrowings under our revolving line
of
credit and $7.5 million of net borrowings from our project construction loans,
including borrowings of $8.6 million from the Meridian project loan and $2.8
million from the Escarpment Village project loan, net repayments of $2.5 million
on the Deerfield project loan
and
final payment of $1.2 million on the Calera Court project
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loan.
See
“Credit Facility and Other Financing Arrangements” below for a discussion of our
outstanding debt at September 30, 2006.
In
2001,
our Board of Directors approved an open market share purchase program for up
to
0.7 million shares of our common stock. During the first nine months of 2006,
we
purchased 22,051 shares for $0.5 million, a $24.59 per share average. A total
of
470,565 shares remain available under this program. During the first nine months
of 2005, we purchased 187,271 shares for $3.3 million, a $17.66 per share
average, including a privately negotiated purchase of 125,316 shares from a
former executive for $2.3 million, an $18.13 per share average. The transaction
was based on market prices of our common stock. Our loan agreement with Comerica
provides a limit of $6.5 million for common stock purchases after September
30,
2005. The timing of future purchases of our common stock is dependent on many
factors including the price of our common shares, our cash flows and financial
position, and general economic and market conditions.
Credit
Facility and Other Financing Arrangements
At
September 30, 2006, we had total debt of $32.8 million, including $0.3 million
of current debt, compared to total debt of $50.3 million, including $0.2 million
of current debt, at December 31, 2005. We used proceeds from the 7000 West
and
AMD sales to reduce debt in the first nine months of 2006. Our debt outstanding
at September 30, 2006 consisted of the following:
· |
$22.8
million of borrowings under a 30-year mortgage with a 10-year balloon
payment from TIAA; and
|
· |
$10.0
million of borrowings outstanding under two unsecured $5.0 million
term
loans, one of which will mature in January 2008 and the other in
July
2008.
|
In
June
2006, we entered into a 30-year, $22.8 million mortgage from TIAA and used
the
proceeds plus cash from operating activities to repay all of our outstanding
project loans and to reduce borrowings under our credit facility. We had
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $5.5 million at September 30,
2006.
In
May
2006, we entered into a modification and extension agreement to extend the
maturity and decrease the interest rate on our Comerica revolving credit
facility. The maturity date was extended from May 30, 2007 to May 30, 2008
and
interest accrues, at our option, at Comerica’s rate minus 0.8 percent or
one-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.95 percent, subject to a minimum
annual rate of 5.0 percent. The available commitment of $45 million and other
conditions and security remain unchanged.
Outlook
As
discussed in “Risk Factors” located in our 2005 Form 10-K, our financial
condition and results of operations are highly dependent upon market conditions
in Austin. Our future operating cash flows and, ultimately, our ability to
develop our properties and expand our business will be largely dependent on
the
level of our real estate sales. In turn, these sales will be significantly
affected by future real estate market conditions in Austin, Texas, development
costs, interest rate levels and regulatory issues including our land use and
development entitlements. From 2001 through 2004, a downturn in the technology
sector negatively affected the Austin real estate market, especially the
high-end residential and commercial leasing markets; however, beginning in
2005,
market conditions have improved.
Over
the
past several years, we have successfully worked cooperatively with the City
to
obtain approvals that allow the development of our properties to proceed in
a
timely manner while protecting the environment. We believe the desirable
location and overall quality of our properties, in combination with the land
use
and development entitlements we have obtained, will command a premium over
the
value of other Austin-area properties.
Our
long-term success will depend on our ability to maximize the value of our real
estate through obtaining required approvals that permit us to develop and sell
our properties in a timely manner at a reasonable cost. We must incur
significant development expenditures and secure additional permits prior to
the
development and sale of certain properties. In addition, we continue to pursue
additional development
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opportunities,
and believe we can obtain bank financing for developing our properties at a
reasonable cost.
NEW
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation.
As of
September 30, 2006, we had three stock-based employee compensation plans and
one
stock-based director compensation plan. Prior to January 1, 2006, we accounted
for options granted under all of our plans under the recognition and measurement
principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations, as permitted by
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123, “Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation.” APB Opinion No. 25 required compensation cost for
stock options to be recognized based on the difference on the date of grant,
if
any, between the quoted market price of the stock and the amount an employee
must pay to acquire the stock (i.e., the intrinsic value). Because all the
plans
require that the option exercise price be at least the market price on the
date
of grant, we recognized no compensation cost on the grant or exercise of our
employees’ options through December 31, 2005. Other awards of restricted stock
units under the plans did result in compensation costs being recognized in
earnings based on the intrinsic value on the date of grant.
Effective
January 1, 2006, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No.
123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” or “SFAS No. 123R,” using the modified
prospective transition method. Under that transition method, compensation cost
recognized in 2006 includes: (a) compensation costs for all stock option awards
granted to employees prior to, but not yet vested as of January 1, 2006, based
on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the original
provisions of SFAS No. 123, and (b) compensation costs for all stock option
awards granted subsequent to January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair
value
estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R. Other stock-based
awards charged to expense under SFAS No. 123 (i.e., restricted stock units)
continue to be charged to expense under SFAS No. 123R (see Note 2). Results
for
prior periods have not been restated.
As
a
result of adopting SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006, our net income for the
three months ended September 30, 2006, was $0.1 million ($0.02 per basic and
diluted share) lower, and our net income for the nine months ended September
30,
2006, was $0.6 million ($0.08 per basic and diluted share) lower than if we
had
continued to account for share-based compensation under APB Opinion No.
25.
Compensation
cost charged against earnings for stock-based awards is shown below (in
thousands). We capitalized $0.1 million of stock-based compensation costs to
fixed assets in the third quarter of 2006 and $0.2 million in the first nine
months of 2006 and none in the 2005 periods.
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
$
|
71
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
266
|
$
|
-
|
||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
144
|
93
|
628
|
239
|
||||||||
Total
stock-based compensation cost
|
$
|
215
|
$
|
93
|
$
|
894
|
$
|
239
|
||||
Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.
In June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48,
“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the
accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold
a
tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial
statements. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, measurement,
classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods,
disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for the first fiscal year
beginning after December 15, 2006. We are reviewing the provisions of FIN 48
and
have not yet determined the impact of adoption.
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CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
contains forward-looking statements regarding proposed real estate sales and
development activities at the Deerfield project, the Barton Creek community,
the
Circle C community and at Lantana; the proposed development of a mixed-use
project in downtown Austin; future events related to financing and regulatory
matters; the expected results of our business strategy; and other plans and
objectives of management for future operations and activities. Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations
include economic and business conditions, business opportunities that may be
presented to and pursued by us, changes in laws or regulations and other
factors, many of which are beyond our control, and other factors that are
described in more detail under “Risk Factors” located in our 2005 Form
10-K.
There
have been no significant changes in our market risks since the year ended
December 31, 2005. For more information, please read the consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the
year ended December 31, 2005.
Item
4.
Controls
and Procedures.
(a) Evaluation
of disclosure controls and procedures.
Our
chief executive officer and chief financial officer, with the participation
of
management, have evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q. Based on their evaluation, they have concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to
material information relating to Stratus (including our consolidated
subsidiaries) required to be disclosed in our periodic Securities and Exchange
Commission filings.
(b) Changes
in internal controls.
There
has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the third quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect our internal control over financial
reporting.
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings.
We
may
from time to time be involved in various legal proceedings of a character
normally incident to the ordinary course of our business. We believe that
potential liability from any of these pending or threatened proceedings will
not
have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of
operations. We maintain liability insurance to cover some, but not all,
potential liabilities normally incident to the ordinary course of our business
as well as other insurance coverage customary in our business, with such
coverage limits as management deems prudent.
Item
1A.
Risk
Factors.
There
have been no material changes to our risk factors since the year ended December
31, 2005. For more information, please read Item 1A included in our Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005.
The
following table sets forth shares of our common stock we repurchased during
the
three-month period ended September 30, 2006.
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Current
Programa
|
|||||||||
Period
|
Total
Shares Purchased
|
Average
Price Paid Per Share
|
Shares
Purchased
|
Shares
Available for Purchase
|
|||||
July
1 to 31, 2006
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
471,948
|
|||||
August
1 to 31, 2006
|
1,143
|
$27.00
|
1,143
|
470,805
|
|||||
September
1 to 30, 2006
|
240
|
26.91
|
240
|
470,565
|
|||||
Total
|
1,383
|
26.99
|
1,383
|
a. |
In
February 2001, our Board of Directors approved an open market share
purchase program for up to 0.7 million shares of our common stock.
The
program does not have an expiration date. Our loan agreement with
Comerica
provides a limit of $6.5 million for common stock purchases after
September 30, 2005.
|
Item
6.
Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this report are listed in the Exhibit Index beginning on page E-1
hereof.
Instruments
with respect to other long-term debt of Stratus and its consolidated
subsidiaries are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K
since
the total amount authorized under each such omitted instrument does not exceed
10 percent of the total assets of Stratus and its subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis. Stratus hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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.
STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
By:
/s/
John E. Baker
-----------------------------------
John
E.
Baker
Senior
Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
(authorized
signatory and
Principal
Financial Officer)
Date: November
9, 2006
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STRATUS
PROPERTIES INC.
Exhibit
Number
3.1
|
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Stratus. Incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Stratus
for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 (Stratus’ 2004 First Quarter Form
10-Q).
|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of
Stratus, dated May 14, 1998. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to
Stratus’ 2004 First Quarter Form 10-Q.
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of
Stratus, dated May 25, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stratus for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001 (Stratus’ 2001 Form 10-K).
|
3.4
|
By-laws
of Stratus, as amended as of February 11, 1999. Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.4 to Stratus’ 2004 First Quarter Form
10-Q.
|
4.1
|
Rights
Agreement dated as of May 16, 2002, between Stratus and Mellon Investor
Services LLP, as Rights Agent, which includes the Certificates of
Designation of Series C Participating Preferred Stock; the Forms
of Rights
Certificate Assignment, and Election to Purchase; and the Summary
of
Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
4.1 to Stratus’ Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated May 22,
2002.
|
4.2
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Rights Agreement between Stratus Properties Inc. and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of November 7, 2003.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K
of Stratus dated November 7, 2003.
|
10.1
|
Modification
and Extension Agreement by and between Stratus Properties Inc., Stratus
Properties Operating Co., L.P., Circle C Land, L.P., Austin 290
Properties, Inc., Calera Court, L.P., and Comerica Bank effective
July 19,
2006. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report
on
Form 8-K of Stratus dated July 19, 2006.
|
10.2
|
Loan
Agreement by and between Stratus Properties Inc., Stratus Properties
Operating Co., L.P., Circle C Land, L.P., Austin 290 Properties,
Inc.,
Calera Court, L.P., and Comerica Bank dated as of September 30, 2005.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on
Form
8-K of Stratus dated September 30, 2005.
|
10.3
|
Revolving
Promissory Note by and between Stratus Properties Inc., Stratus Properties
Operating Co., L.P., Circle C Land, L.P., Austin 290 Properties,
Inc.,
Calera Court, L.P., and Comerica Bank dated as of September 30, 2005.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on
Form
8-K of Stratus dated September 30, 2005.
|
10.4
|
Loan
Agreement dated December 28, 2000, by and between Stratus Properties
Inc.
and Holliday Fenoliglio Fowler, L.P., subsequently assigned to an
affiliate of First American Asset Management. Incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.20 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stratus for the
fiscal
year ended December 31, 2000.
|
10.5
|
Loan
Agreement dated June 14, 2001, by and between Stratus Properties
Inc. and
Holliday Fenoliglio Fowler, L.P., subsequently assigned to an affiliate
of
First American Asset Management. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.20 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Stratus for the quarter
ended September 30, 2001.
|
E-1
10.6
|
Construction
Loan Agreement dated June 11, 2001, between 7500 Rialto Boulevard,
L.P.
and Comerica Bank-Texas. Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 10.26
to
Stratus’ 2001 Form 10-K.
|
10.7
|
Modification
Agreement dated January 31, 2003, by and between Lantana Office Properties
I, L.P., formerly 7500 Rialto Boulevard, L.P., and Comerica Bank-Texas.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Quarterly Report
on Form
10-Q of Stratus for the quarter ended March 31,
2003.
|
10.8
|
Second
Modification Agreement dated as of December 29, 2003, to be effective
as
of January 31, 2004, by and between Lantana Office Properties I,
L.P., a
Texas limited partnership (formerly known as 7500 Rialto Boulevard,
L.P.),
as borrower, and Comerica Bank, as lender. Incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.20 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stratus for the
fiscal
year ended December 31, 2003 (Stratus’ 2003 Form 10-K).
|
10.9
|
Guaranty
Agreement dated June 11, 2001, by Stratus Properties Inc. in favor
of
Comerica Bank-Texas. Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 10.27 to
Stratus’ 2001 Form 10-K.
|
10.10
|
Loan
Agreement dated September 22, 2003, by and between Calera Court,
L.P., as
borrower, and Comerica Bank, as lender. Incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.26 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Stratus for
the
quarter ended September 30, 2003.
|
10.11
|
Development
Agreement dated August 15, 2002, between Circle C Land Corp. and
City of
Austin. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Quarterly
Report
on Form 10-Q of Stratus for the quarter ended September 30,
2002.
|
10.12
|
First
Modification Agreement dated March 27, 2006, by and between Stratus
7000
West Joint Venture, as Old Borrower, and CarrAmerica Lantana, LP,
as New
Borrower, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America,
as
Lender. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current
Report on
Form 8-K of Stratus dated March 27, 2006.
|
10.13
|
Agreement
of Sale and Purchase dated November 23, 2005, by and between Stratus
Properties Operating Co., L.P., as Seller, and Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc., as Purchaser. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to
the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Stratus for the quarter ended March
31,
2006 (Stratus’ 2006 First Quarter Form 10-Q).
|
10.14
|
First
Amendment to Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated April 26, 2006,
by and
between Stratus Properties Operating Co., L.P., as Seller, and Advanced
Micro Devices, Inc., as Purchaser. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.13 to Stratus’ 2006 First Quarter Form 10-Q.
|
10.15
|
Deed
of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and
Fixture
Filing dated as of June 30, 2006, by and among Escarpment Village,
L.P.
and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America. Incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Stratus
for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 (Stratus’ 2006 Second Quarter Form
10-Q).
|
10.16
|
Promissory
Note dated as of June 30, 2006, by and between Escarpment Village,
L.P.
and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America. Incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Stratus’ 2006 Second Quarter Form
10-Q.
|
Executive
Compensation Plans and Arrangements (Exhibits 10.17 through
10.26)
|
|
10.17
|
Stratus’
Performance Incentive Awards Program, as amended, effective February
11,
1999. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Stratus’ 2004 First
Quarter Form 10-Q.
|
10.18
|
Stratus
Stock Option Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to
Stratus’
2003 Form 10-K.
|
E-2
10.19
|
Stratus
1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Stratus
for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 (Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter Form
10-Q).
|
10.20
|
Stratus
Properties Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan. Incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.23 to Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter Form
10-Q.
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10.21
|
Form
of Notice of Grant of Nonqualified Stock Options and Limited Rights
under
the 1998 Stock Option Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.24 to
Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter Form 10-Q.
|
10.22
|
Form
of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 1998 Stock Option Plan.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter
Form 10-Q.
|
10.23
|
Stratus
Properties Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.26 to Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter Form
10-Q.
|
10.24
|
Form
of Notice of Grant of Nonqualified Stock Options and Limited Rights
under
the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.27
to Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter Form 10-Q.
|
10.25
|
Form
of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Stratus’ 2005 Second Quarter
Form 10-Q.
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10.26
|
Stratus
Director Compensation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20
to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Stratus for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005.
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Letter
from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding the unaudited interim financial
statements.
|
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
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Certification
of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
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Certification
of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
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