Vornado Announces its Share of Toys ''R'' Us Second Quarter Financial Results
PARAMUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) announced today that it will record its 32.8% share of Toys "R" Us' second quarter financial results in its third quarter ending September 30, 2007. Vornado's results will include a net loss of $20,289,000, or $.11 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $40,699,000 or $.24 per diluted share recorded in the quarter ended September 30, 2006.
Vornado's share of negative Funds From Operations ("FFO") before income taxes for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 is $19,906,000 or $.11 per share as compared to negative FFO before income taxes of $32,488,000 or $.19 per share in the prior year's quarter. In the quarter ended September 30, 2007, Vornado's results will include negative FFO of $8,622,000, or $.05 per share as compared to negative FFO of $32,750,000, or $.19 per share in the quarter ended September 30, 2006.
The business of Toys is highly seasonal; historically, Toys' fourth quarter net income accounts for more than 80% of its fiscal year net income.
Attached is a summary of Toys' financial results and Vornado's 32.8% share of its equity in Toys' net loss, as well as reconciliations of net loss to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") and FFO.
Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust.
Certain statements contained herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments and general competitive factors.
Toys "R" Us, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited For the Quarter Ended ---------------------------------- July 29, August 4, 2007 2006 ---------------------- ---------- Results on Results on Vornado's Vornado's Results Purchase Purchase on a Price Price Historical Accounting Accounting (Amounts in thousands) Basis Basis Basis ---------- ---------- ---------- Net sales $2,605,000 $2,605,000 $2,413,000 Cost of sales 1,669,000 1,669,000 1,584,000 --------- --------- --------- Gross margin 936,000 936,000 829,000 --------- --------- --------- Selling, general and administrative expenses 820,000 834,800 734,000 Depreciation and amortization 101,000 109,500 109,000 Net gains on sales of properties (12,000) (1,600) -- Restructuring and other charges (1,000) (1,000) -- --------- --------- --------- Total operating expenses 908,000 941,700 843,000 --------- --------- --------- Operating income (loss) 28,000 (5,700) (14,000) Interest expense (120,000) (125,400) (133,000) Interest income 4,000 4,000 5,000 --------- --------- --------- Loss before income tax benefit (88,000) (127,100) (142,000) Income tax benefit 45,000 55,400 15,000 Minority interest 1,000 1,000 -- --------- --------- --------- Net loss $ (42,000) $ (70,700) $ (127,000) ========= ========= ========= Vornado's 32.8% equity in Toys' net loss $ (23,199) $ (41,720) Adjustment to eliminate Vornado's share of the after-tax net loss on the stores previously sold to Vornado 1,202 -- Management fee from Toys, net 987 155 Interest income on credit facility 721 866 --------- --------- Total Vornado net loss from its investment in Toys $ (20,289) $ (40,699) ========= ========= See page 3 for a reconciliation of net loss to FFO. Reconciliation of Vornado's net loss from its investment in Toys to EBITDA (1): Net loss $ (20,289) $ (40,699) Interest and debt expense 40,875 43,348 Depreciation and amortization 34,495 34,951 Income tax benefit (18,213) (4,756) --------- --------- Vornado's 32.8% share of Toys' EBITDA (1) $ 36,868 $ 32,844 ========= =========
(1) EBITDA represents "Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization." Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the un-levered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets as opposed to the levered return on equity. As properties are bought and sold based on a multiple of EBITDA, management utilizes this measure to make investment decisions as well as to compare the performance of its assets to that of its peers. EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for net income. EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.
Toys "R" Us, Inc. Funds From Operations - Unaudited For the Quarter (Amounts in thousands) Ended -------------------- August 4, July 29, 2007 2006 --------- --------- Reconciliation of Vornado's net loss from its investment in Toys to FFO (1): Net loss $ (20,289) $ (40,699) Depreciation and amortization of real property 17,949 13,469 Net gain on sale of real estate -- (329) Income tax effect of above adjustments (6,282) (5,191) -------- -------- Vornado's share of FFO (1) $ (8,622) $ (32,750) ======== ========
(1) FFO is computed in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). NAREIT defines FFO as net income or loss determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), excluding extraordinary items as defined under GAAP and gains or losses from sales of previously depreciated operating real estate assets, plus specified non-cash items, such as real estate asset depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO is used by management, investors and industry analysts as supplemental measures of operating performance of equity REITs. FFO should be evaluated along with GAAP net income and income per diluted share (the most directly comparable GAAP measures), as well as cash flow from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, in evaluating the operating performance of equity REITs. Management believes that FFO is helpful to investors as supplemental performance measures because these measures exclude the effect of depreciation, amortization and gains or losses from sales of real estate, all of which are based on historical costs which implicitly assumes that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, these non-GAAP measures can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other equity REITs. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs as disclosed in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of the Company's operating performance or as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.
Source: Vornado Realty Trust
Contact: Vornado Realty Trust Joseph Macnow, 201-587-1000