10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark one)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from             to             

Commission file number 001-13777

 

 

GETTY REALTY CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

MARYLAND   11-3412575

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

125 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 103

Jericho, New York 11753

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(516) 478 - 5400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See the definitions of “larger accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer   ¨    Accelerated Filer   x
Non-Accelerated Filer   ¨    Smaller Reporting Company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Registrant had outstanding 33,394,835 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, as of August 1, 2012.

 

 

 


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GETTY REALTY CORP.

INDEX

 

     Page Number  

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)

     2   

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011

     2   

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

     3   

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Six months ended June  30, 2012 and 2011

     4   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

     5   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

     6   

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     29   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

     52   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     54   

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     54   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     54   

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

     71   

Item 5. Exhibits

     72   

Signatures

     73   


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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

ASSETS:

    

Real Estate:

    

Land

   $ 344,309      $ 345,473   

Buildings and improvements

     251,942        270,381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     596,251        615,854   

Less — accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (129,838     (137,117
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Real estate, net

     466,413        478,737   

Net investment in direct financing leases

     92,290        92,632   

Deferred rent receivable (net of allowance of $25,630 at December 31, 2011)

     9,459        8,080   

Cash and cash equivalents

     18,492        7,698   

Notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, (net of allowance of $26,219 at June 30, 2012 and $9,480 at December 31, 2011)

     34,303        36,083   

Other assets

     26,969        11,859   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 647,926      $ 635,089   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

    

Borrowings under credit line

   $ 151,700      $ 147,700   

Term loan

     22,420        22,810   

Environmental remediation costs

     52,263        57,700   

Dividends payable

     4,202        —     

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     38,891        34,710   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     269,476        262,920   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (notes 2, 3, 5 and 6)

     —          —     

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Common stock, par value $.01 per share; authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued 33,394,835 at June 30, 2012 and 33,394,395 at December 31, 2011

     334        334   

Paid-in capital

     461,059        460,687   

Dividends paid in excess of earnings

     (82,943     (88,852
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     378,450        372,169   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 647,926      $ 635,089   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
        2012           2011           2012           2011     

Revenues:

        

Revenues from rental properties

   $ 26,775      $ 26,893      $ 57,832      $ 51,685   

Interest on notes and mortgages receivable

     700        741        1,381        1,146   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     27,475        27,634        59,213        52,831   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

        

Rental property expenses

     7,999        3,721        14,600        7,209   

Impairment charges

     2,511        1,263        2,871        2,257   

Environmental expenses, net

     (564     1,325        9        2,452   

General and administrative expenses

     10,547        2,736        23,680        7,621   

Depreciation and amortization expense

     3,487        2,158        7,474        4,476   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     23,980        11,203        48,634        24,015   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     3,495        16,431        10,579        28,816   

Other income (expense), net

     (1     (49     332        (43

Interest expense

     (2,692     (1,346     (4,175     (2,665
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings from continuing operations

     802        15,036        6,736        26,108   

Discontinued operations:

        

Earnings (loss) from operating activities

     116        (65     172        181   

Gains from dispositions of real estate

     2,708        231        3,203        299   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings from discontinued operations

     2,824        166        3,375        480   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings

   $ 3,626      $ 15,202      $ 10,111      $ 26,588   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per common share:

        

Earnings from continuing operations

   $ 0.02      $ 0.45      $ 0.20      $ 0.79   

Earnings from discontinued operations

   $ 0.08      $ —        $ 0.10      $ 0.01   

Net earnings

   $ 0.11      $ 0.45      $ 0.30      $ 0.80   

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     33,395        33,394        33,395        32,948   

Stock options

     —          1        —          2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     33,395        33,395        33,395        32,950   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Three months ended June 30,      Six months ended June 30,  
        2012            2011            2012            2011     

Net earnings

   $ 3,626       $ 15,202       $ 10,111       $ 26,588   

Other comprehensive gain:

           

Net unrealized gain on interest rate swap

     —           584         —           1,153   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

   $ 3,626       $ 15,786       $ 10,111       $ 27,741   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Six months ended June 30,  
     2012     2011  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net earnings

   $ 10,111      $ 26,588   

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flow provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization expense

     7,474        4,530   

Impairment charges

     3,146        2,507   

Gains from dispositions of real estate

     (3,241     (319

Deferred rental revenue, net of allowance

     (1,379     (184

Allowance for deferred rent and accounts receivable

     16,739        215   

Amortization of above-market and below-market leases

     (211     (262

Accretion expense

     1,584        296   

Stock-based employee compensation expense

     372        311   

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Net investment in direct financing leases

     342        211   

Accounts receivable, net

     (14,876     (150

Other assets

     (3,334     75   

Environmental remediation costs

     (3,811     (110

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (2,480     1,616   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

     10,436        35,324   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Property acquisitions and capital expenditures

     (2,465     (166,594

Proceeds from dispositions of real estate

     5,013        784   

(Increase) decrease in cash held for property acquisitions

     (2,016 )      60   

Collection of notes and mortgages receivable

     928        307   

Issuance of notes and mortgages receivable

     (1,011     (30,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities

     449        (196,083
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Borrowings under credit agreement

     4,000        231,253   

Repayments under credit agreement

     —          (122,553

Repayments under term loan agreement

     (390     (390

Payments of cash dividends

     —          (30,543

Payments of loan origination costs

     (3,701     (175

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

     —          91,986   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities

     (91     169,578   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     10,794        8,819   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     7,698        6,122   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 18,492      $ 14,941   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

    

Cash paid (refunded) during the period for:

    

Interest paid

   $ 2,730      $ 2,466   

Income taxes paid, net

     178        146   

Environmental remediation costs

     1,162        1,161   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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GETTY REALTY CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

1. GENERAL

Basis of Presentation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Getty Realty Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. We are a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) specializing in the ownership and leasing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties and petroleum distribution terminals. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal corporate income tax on the taxable income we distribute to our shareholders. In order to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are required, among other things, to distribute at least 90% of our ordinary taxable income to our shareholders each year. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). We manage and evaluate our operations as a single segment. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates, Judgments and Assumptions: The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, which requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the period reported. Our estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements are subject to change. Actual results could differ from those estimates, judgments and assumptions. Estimates, judgments and assumptions underlying the accompanying consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, accounts receivable and related reserves, deferred rent receivable, net investment in direct financing leases, asset retirement obligations including environmental remediation costs, real estate, depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, litigation, accrued liabilities, income taxes and the allocation of the purchase price of properties acquired to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

Fair Value Hierarchy: The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates of fair value that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the period reported using a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows: Level 1-inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date; Level 2-inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including inputs in markets that are not considered to be active; and Level 3-inputs that are unobservable.

Discontinued Operations: The operating results and gains from certain dispositions of real estate sold in 2012 and 2011 are reclassified as discontinued operations. The operating results of such properties for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011 has also been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform to the 2012 presentation. Discontinued operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 are primarily comprised of gains or losses from property dispositions. The revenue from rental properties and expenses related to these properties are insignificant for each of the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

 

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of: Assets are written down to fair value (determined on a nonrecurring basis using a discounted cash flow method and significant unobservable inputs) when events and circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired and the projected undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amount of those assets. We review and adjust as necessary our depreciation estimates and method when long-lived assets are tested for recoverability. Assets held for disposal are written down to fair value less disposition costs.

During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, we reduced the carrying amount to fair value, and recorded in continuing operations and in discontinued operations non-cash impairment charges aggregating $2,783,000 and $3,146,000, respectively, where the carrying amount of the property exceeded the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to be received during the assumed holding period and the estimated sales value expected to be received at disposition. The non-cash impairment charges recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2012 were primarily attributable to the accumulation of asset retirement costs as a result of an increase in estimated environmental liabilities which increased the carrying value of certain properties in excess of their fair value and reductions in our estimates of proceeds for properties marketed for sale. Impairment charges recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2011 were attributable to reductions in real estate valuations and reductions in the assumed holding period used to test for impairment. The estimated fair value of real estate is based on the price that would be received to sell the property in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques that we used included discounted cash flow analysis, an income capitalization approach on prevailing or earnings multiples applied to earnings from the property, analysis of recent comparable lease and sales transactions, actual leasing or sale negotiations, bona fide purchase offers received from third parties and/or consideration of the amount that currently would be required to replace the asset, as adjusted for obsolescence. In general, we consider multiple valuation techniques when measuring the fair value of a property, all of which are based on unobservable inputs and assumptions that are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Unaudited, Interim Financial Statements: The consolidated financial statements are unaudited but, in our opinion, reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes, which appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Earnings per Common Share: Basic earnings per common share gives effect, utilizing the two-class method, to the potential dilution from the issuance of common shares in settlement of restricted stock units (“RSUs” or “RSU”) which provide for non-forfeitable dividend equivalents equal to the dividends declared per common share. Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net earnings less dividend equivalents attributable to RSUs by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share, also gives effect, if dilutive, to the potential dilution from the exercise of stock options utilizing the treasury stock method.

 

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     Three months ended
June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 

(in thousands)

   2012     2011     2012     2011  

Earnings from continuing operations

   $ 802      $ 15,036      $ 6,736      $ 26,108   

Less dividend equivalents attributable to restricted stock units outstanding

     (27     (82     (27     (164
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders used for basic earnings per share calculation

     775        14,954        6,709        25,944   

Discontinued operations

     2,824        166        3,375        480   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to common shareholders used for basic earnings per share calculation

   $ 3,599      $ 15,120      $ 10,084      $ 26,424   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     33,395        33,394        33,395        32,948   

Stock options

     —          1        —          2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     33,395        33,395        33,395        32,950   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Restricted stock units outstanding at the end of the period

     219        171        219        171   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reclassifications: Certain amounts related to 2011 have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation.

 

2. LEASES

Our business model is to lease our properties on a triple-net basis primarily to petroleum distributors, and to a lesser extent to individual operators. Our tenants operate our properties directly or sublet our properties to operators who operate their gas stations, convenience stores, automotive repair service facilities or other businesses at our properties. These tenants are responsible for the operations conducted at these properties. Our tenants are generally responsible for the payment of all taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance and other operating expenses relating to our properties. Substantially all of our tenants’ financial results depend on the sale of refined petroleum products and rental income from their subtenants. As a result, our tenants’ financial results are largely dependent on the performance of the petroleum marketing industry, which is highly competitive and subject to volatility. In those instances where we determine that the best use for a property is no longer as a gas station, we will seek an alternative tenant or buyer for the property. Approximately 20 of our properties are leased for uses such as fast food restaurants, automobile sales and other retail purposes, excluding approximately 134 properties described below which are currently marketed for sale and which have temporary occupancies. Our 1,128 properties are located in 21 states across the United States with concentrations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

We previously leased approximately 775 properties to Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (“Marketing”) comprising a unitary premises pursuant to a master lease (the “Master Lease”) and we derived a majority of our revenues from the leasing of these properties under the Master Lease. Marketing rejected the Master Lease pursuant to an Order issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”), effective April 30, 2012 and possession of the properties subject to the Master Lease was returned to us. In accordance with GAAP, we recognize in revenue from rental properties in our consolidated statement of

 

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operations the full contractual rent and real estate obligations due to us by Marketing during the term of the Master Lease and provide bad debt reserves included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statement of operations for our estimate of uncollectible amounts due from Marketing. As a result, we provided bad debt reserves related to uncollected rent and real estate taxes due from Marketing of $8,802,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, $10,016,000 in the first quarter of 2012 and $6,205,000 in the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. We have provided bad debt reserves aggregating $25,023,000 for all outstanding rent and real estate tax obligations due from Marketing as of June 30, 2012 which remain unpaid as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. (See note 3 for additional information regarding Marketing and the Master Lease.)

As a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing and in anticipation of Marketing’s rejection of the Master Lease, we had commenced a process to enable a repositioning of the portfolio of properties that were subject to the Master Lease to be effective as soon as possible after the properties became available to us free of Marketing’s tenancy. As a result of that process, we have entered into long-term triple-net leases with petroleum distributors for six separate property portfolios comprising 282 properties in the aggregate and month-to-month license agreements with occupants of approximately 330 properties (substantially all of whom were Marketing’s former sub-tenants) allowing such occupants to continue to occupy and use these properties for gas stations, convenience stores, automotive repair service facilities or other businesses. The month-to-month license agreements require the operators to sell fuel provided exclusively by petroleum distributors with whom we have contracted for interim fuel supply and from whom we receive a fee based on gallons sold. We have also entered into additional month-to-month license agreements at approximately 70 properties which have had their underground storage tanks removed and are being used for various retail uses other than as a gas station. These properties are currently marketed for sale. Our month-to-month license agreements differ from our typical triple-net lease agreements in that we are responsible for the payment of certain environmental costs and property operating expenses including real estate taxes. The remaining approximately 90 properties previously subject to the Master Lease, the majority of which have had their underground storage tanks removed, are currently vacant and are marketed for sale.

The long-term triple-net leases with petroleum distributors for six separate property portfolios comprising 282 properties in the aggregate are unitary triple-net lease agreements generally with an initial term of 15 years, and options for successive renewal terms of up to 20 years. Rent is scheduled to increase at varying intervals of up to three years on the anniversary of the commencement date of the leases. The majority of the leases provide for additional rent based on the volume of petroleum products sold. As triple-net lessees, the tenants are required to pay all amounts pertaining to the properties subject to the leases, including taxes, assessments, licenses and permit fees, charges for public utilities and all other governmental charges. In addition, the majority of the leases require the tenants to make capital expenditures at our properties substantially all of which is related to the replacement of underground storage tanks which are the property our tenants. In certain leases we have agreed to reimburse the tenant for a portion of such capital expenditures. As part of the six new triple-net leases we have entered into to date, we transferred title of the USTs to our tenants and the obligation to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted at the 282 sites was fully or partially transferred to our new tenants. We remain contingently liable for this obligation in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. Accordingly, during the second quarter of 2012, we removed $6,875,000 of asset retirement obligations and $6,203,000 of net asset costs related to USTs from our balance sheet. The net amount of $672,000 is recorded

 

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as deferred rental revenue and will be recognized as additional revenues from rental properties over the terms of the various leases. Future contractual minimum annual rentals receivable from these tenants are as follows: 2012 — $7,691,000, 2013 — $13,694,000, 2014 — $14,568,000, 2015 — $14,960,000, 2016 — $15,106,000 and thereafter — $162,858,000.

Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 were $26,775,000 and $57,832,000, respectively, of which $6,156,000 and $23,950,000, respectively, were contractually due or received from Marketing under the Master Lease through its rejection on April 30, 2012 and $18,132,000 and $30,761,000, respectively, were contractually due or received from other tenants including rent for May 2012 and June 2012 related to properties repositioned from the Master Lease. Revenues from rental properties and rental property expenses included $2,997,000 and $7,444,000, respectively, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 and $681,000 and $1,600,000, respectively for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011 for real estate taxes paid by us which were reimbursable by tenants (which includes amounts related to properties previously subject to the Master Lease discussed in the following paragraph). Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 also include $1,586,000 for amounts realized under interim fuel supply agreements.

We estimate that Marketing made annual real estate tax payments to us and directly to municipalities for properties leased under the Master Lease aggregating approximately $12,000,000. As a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, beginning in the first quarter of 2012, we began paying past due real estate taxes for 2011 and 2012, which taxes Marketing historically paid directly. Real estate taxes that we pay and were due from Marketing through April 30, 2012, the date the Master Lease was rejected, and from certain other tenants who are contractually obligated to reimburse us for the payment of real estate taxes pursuant to the terms of triple-net lease agreements are included in revenues from rental properties and in rental property expense in our consolidated statement of operations. Revenues from rental properties and rental property expense included $1,246,000 and $4,272,000 for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, as compared to $148,000 and $308,000 for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, for real estate taxes paid by us related to the portfolio of properties previously leased to Marketing which were due from Marketing and other tenants. Marketing also made additional direct payments for other operating expenses related to these properties, including environmental remediation costs other than those liabilities that were retained by us. Costs paid directly by Marketing under the terms of the Master Lease are not reflected in revenues from rental properties or rental property expense in our consolidated financial statements. We continue to incur costs associated with the Marketing bankruptcy and we anticipate paying directly other Property Expenditures (as defined below) historically paid by Marketing under the terms of the Master Lease for the foreseeable future.

In accordance with GAAP, we recognize rental revenue in amounts which vary from the amount of rent contractually due or received during the periods presented. As a result, revenues from rental properties include non-cash adjustments recorded for deferred rental revenue due to the recognition of rental income on a straight-line (or average) basis over the current lease term, net amortization of above-market and below-market leases and recognition of rental income recorded under direct financing leases using the effective interest method which produces a constant periodic rate of return on the net investments in the leased properties (the “Revenue Recognition Adjustments”). Revenue Recognition Adjustments included in continuing operations increased rental revenue by $901,000 and $1,535,000 for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 and $760,000 and $975,000, respectively, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011.

 

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We provide reserves for a portion of the recorded deferred rent receivable if circumstances indicate that a property may be disposed of before the end of the current lease term or if it is not reasonable to assume that a tenant will make all of its contractual lease payments during the current lease term. Our assessments and assumptions regarding the recoverability of the deferred rent receivable are reviewed on an ongoing basis and such assessments and assumptions are subject to change. As of December 31, 2011, the gross deferred rent receivable attributable to the Master Lease of $25,630,000 was fully reserved. As a result of the developments described above, we previously concluded that it was probable that we would not receive from Marketing the entire amount of the contractual lease payments owed to us under the Master Lease. Accordingly, during the third and fourth quarters of 2011, we recorded non-cash allowances for deferred rental revenue aggregating $19,758,000 fully reserving for the deferred rent receivable relating to the Master Lease. These non-cash allowances reduced our net earnings for the year ended December 31, 2011, but did not impact our cash flow from operating activities. The gross deferred rent receivable and the reserve relating to the Master Lease were derecognized in the second quarter of 2012 upon termination of the Master Lease.

The components of the $92,290,000 net investment in direct financing leases as of June 30, 2012, are minimum lease payments receivable of $209,304,000 plus unguaranteed estimated residual value of $11,991,000 less unearned income of $129,005,000.

 

3. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In order to minimize our exposure to credit risk associated with financial instruments, we place our temporary cash investments, if any, with high credit quality institutions. Temporary cash investments, if any, are currently held in an overnight bank time deposit with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

MARKETING AND THE MASTER LEASE

Subsequent to Marketing’s rejection of the Master Lease, as described above, Marketing filed an amended plan of liquidation and disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court. The amended disclosure statement was approved and made an Order of the Bankruptcy Court on May 31, 2012. The plan of liquidation (the “Plan of Liquidation”), which is subject to confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court following solicitation and tabulation of votes of Marketing’s creditors to accept or reject the Plan of Liquidation, calls for an orderly liquidation of Marketing’s assets over time. We maintain significant pre-petition and post-petition claims against Marketing as described in more detail below. Certain of our claims are considered administrative claims which have priority over other creditors’ claims. We cannot provide any assurance that the Plan of Liquidation will be accepted by Marketing’s creditors and confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and that we will collect any of the unpaid amounts due from Marketing pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation, or otherwise.

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Creditors in the Bankruptcy proceedings (the “Creditors Committee”), which was approved and made an Order by the Bankruptcy Court on April 2, 2012 (the “Stipulation”). Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, we are entitled to at least an administrative claim for the payment of all fixed rent and performance of other obligations due from Marketing under the Master Lease from December 5, 2011 until April 30, 2012 when possession of the properties subject to the Master Lease was returned to us. For the period from December 5, 2011 (the date of the bankruptcy filing) through April 30, 2012, we have agreed to cap our aggregate priority administrative claims at the amount of $10,500,000, together with interest from May 1, 2012 until paid at the rate provided in the Master Lease (plus any transfer taxes paid by us). We cannot predict how much of these unpaid obligations we will ultimately collect, if any. The Plan of Liquidation, described above, incorporates the terms of the Stipulation.

In connection with Marketing’s bankruptcy proceedings, on December 29, 2011, Marketing filed a lawsuit against Lukoil Americas Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lukoil North America LLC (collectively, “Lukoil Americas”) asserting, among other claims, that Lukoil fraudulently transferred substantially all of Marketing’s assets with value and positive cash flow from Marketing to Lukoil Americas (the “Lukoil Complaint”). Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, the Liquidating Trustee will pursue the Lukoil Complaint for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate and its creditors. It is possible that the bankruptcy estate may be successful in its claims against Lukoil Americas and therefore it is possible that we may ultimately recover a portion of our claims against Marketing including our post-petition administrative claims, which have priority over other creditors’ claims, and our pre-petition claims. We expect to incur costs associated with pursuing the Lukoil Complaint, which would be reimbursed by the bankruptcy estate to the extent the claims against Lukoil Americas are successful. The actual amount of our pre-petition and post-petition claims against Marketing that may be recovered by us is uncertain and we can provide no assurance that we will collect any such amounts or that we will be reimbursed any costs we incur to pursue the claims against Lukoil Americas.

Since the Master Lease was structured as a “triple-net” lease, Marketing (as the lessee) had the responsibility for all operating expenses including maintenance, repairs, real estate taxes, insurance and general upkeep of these properties (“Property Expenditures”) during the term of the Master Lease and for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. Marketing failed to meet many of its obligations to undertake or pay for these Property Expenditures. Due to Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, in 2012, we commenced paying for Property Expenditures, and dependent on factors related to each site we expect to directly pay for varying types of costs over a period of years for deferred maintenance, required renovations, replacement of underground storage tanks and related equipment and zoning and permitting costs (“Capital Improvements”). In addition, as a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, we accrued for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities in the fourth quarter of 2011 and commenced funding remediation activities during the second quarter of 2012 related to such accrued Marketing Environmental Liabilities. We do not expect to be reimbursed for such Marketing Environmental Liabilities unless we ultimately recover a portion of our claims as a result of the Lukoil Complaint described above. We expect to continue to incur and fund costs associated with the Marketing bankruptcy proceedings and associated eviction proceedings and we anticipate incurring significant Property Expenditures and Capital Improvement costs. It is also possible that our estimates for environmental remediation and tank removal expenses relating to these properties will be higher than the Marketing Environmental Liabilities we have accrued and that issues involved in re-letting or repositioning these

 

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properties may require significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to other segments of our ongoing business. These and other actions are expected to significantly increase our operating expenses for the foreseeable future. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have not determined the total amounts of any such additional expenses. The incurrence of these various expenses may materially negatively impact or negatively impact to a greater extent than we have experienced our cash flow and ability to pay dividends.

Our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Master Lease affect the amounts reported in our financial statements and are subject to change. Actual results could differ from these estimates, judgments and assumptions and such differences could be material. If the Marketing Environmental Liabilities are greater than our accruals; if we incur significant Property Expenditures, Capital Improvement costs and operating expenses relating to these properties; if the repositioning of the properties previously subject to the Master Lease leads to a protracted and expensive process for taking control and or re-letting our properties; if re-letting these properties requires significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to our ongoing business; if the Bankruptcy Court takes actions that are detrimental to our interests; if we are unable to re-let or sell a portion of the properties previously subject to the Master Lease at all or upon terms that are favorable to us; or if we change our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs related to the properties previously subject to the Master Lease; our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends and stock price may continue to be materially adversely affected or adversely affected to a greater extent than we have experienced. (For additional information regarding the historical portion of our financial results that are attributable to Marketing, see note 9 and note 12 in “Item 8. Financial Statements & Supplementary Data — Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.”, which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.) (For information regarding factors that could adversely affect us relating to our lessees, including Marketing, see “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.)

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are subject to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of our business. As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had accrued $3,771,000 and $4,242,000, respectively, for certain of these matters which we believe were appropriate based on information then currently available. It is possible that our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation method and share of responsibility that we used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may result in our providing an accrual, or adjustments to the amounts recorded, for environmental litigation accruals. Matters related to our Newark, New Jersey Terminal and the Lower Passaic River and the MTBE multi-district litigation case, in particular, could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Matters related to our Newark, New Jersey Terminal and the Lower Passaic River

In September 2003, we received a directive (the “Directive”) from the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the “NJDEP”) notifying us that we are one of approximately 66 potentially responsible parties for natural resource damages resulting from discharges of hazardous substances into the

 

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Lower Passaic River. The Directive calls for an assessment of the natural resources that have been injured by the discharges into the Lower Passaic River and interim compensatory restoration for the injured natural resources. There has been no material activity with respect to the NJDEP Directive since early after its issuance. The responsibility for the alleged damages, the aggregate cost to remediate the Lower Passaic River, the amount of natural resource damages and the method of allocating such amounts among the potentially responsible parties have not been determined. Effective May 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (“AOC”) with over 70 parties comprising a Cooperating Parties Group (“CPG”) (many of whom are also named in the Directive) who have collectively agreed to perform a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”) for the Lower Passaic River. We are a party to the AOC and are a member of the CPG. The RI/FS is intended to address the investigation and evaluation of alternative remedial actions with respect to alleged damages to the Lower Passaic River, and is scheduled to be completed in or about 2015. The RI/FS does not resolve liability issues for remedial work or restoration of, or compensation for, natural resource damages to the Lower Passaic River, which are not known at this time.

In a related action, in December 2005, the State of New Jersey through various state agencies brought suit against certain companies which the State alleges are responsible for various categories of past and future damages resulting from discharges of hazardous substances to the Passaic River. In February 2009, certain of these defendants filed third-party complaints against approximately 300 additional parties, including us, seeking contribution for such parties’ proportionate share of response costs, cleanup and other damages, based on their relative contribution to pollution of the Passaic River and adjacent bodies of water. We believe that ChevronTexaco is contractually obligated to indemnify us, pursuant to an indemnification agreement, for most if not all of the conditions at the property identified by the NJDEP and the EPA. Accordingly, our ultimate legal and financial liability, if any, cannot be estimated with any certainty at this time.

MTBE Litigation

We are defending against one remaining lawsuit of many brought by or on behalf of private and public water providers and governmental agencies. These cases alleged (and, as described below with respect to one remaining case, continue to allege) various theories of liability due to contamination of groundwater with methyl tertiary butyl ether (a fuel derived from methanol, commonly referred to as “MTBE”) as the basis for claims seeking compensatory and punitive damages, and name as defendant approximately 50 petroleum refiners, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of MTBE, or gasoline containing MTBE. During 2010, we agreed to, and subsequently paid, $1,725,000 to settle two plaintiff classes covering 52 pending cases. Presently, we remain a defendant in one MTBE case involving multiple locations throughout the State of New Jersey brought by various governmental agencies of the State of New Jersey, including the NJDEP.

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we maintained a litigation reserve relating to the remaining MTBE case in an amount which we believe was appropriate based on information then currently available. However, we are unable to estimate with certainty our liability for the case involving the State of New Jersey as there remains uncertainty as to the accuracy of the allegations in this case as they relate to us, our defenses to the claims, our rights to indemnification and the aggregate possible amount of damages for which we may be held liable.

 

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DIVIDENDS

To qualify for taxation as a REIT, we, among other requirements, must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income, including taxable income that is accrued by us without a corresponding receipt of cash. We cannot provide any assurance that our cash flows will permit us to continue paying cash dividends. The Internal Revenue Service has allowed the use of a procedure, as a result of which we could satisfy the REIT income distribution requirement by making a distribution on our common stock comprised of (i) shares of our common stock having a value of up to 90% of the total distribution and (ii) cash in the remaining amount of the total distribution, in lieu of paying the distribution entirely in cash. The procedure will only apply to distributions made after 2011 to the extent that we properly elect under applicable law to treat such distributions as made out of taxable income that arose in 2011. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to satisfy our REIT income distribution requirement with respect to taxable income arising in 2012 and thereafter by making distributions payable in whole or in part in shares of our common stock. Should the Internal Revenue Service successfully assert that our earnings and profits were greater than the amounts distributed, we may fail to qualify as a REIT; however, we may avoid losing our REIT status by paying a deficiency dividend to eliminate any remaining earnings and profits. We may have to issue a dividend payable in a combination of stock and cash, borrow money or sell assets to pay such a deficiency dividend.

 

4. CREDIT AGREEMENT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

We are a party to a $175,000,000 amended and restated senior secured revolving credit agreement entered into on March 9, 2012 (the “Credit Agreement”) with a group of commercial banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Bank Syndicate”) which matures on March 9, 2013. As of June 30, 2012, borrowings under the Credit Agreement were $151,700,000 bearing interest at a rate of 3.25% per annum. The Credit Agreement permits borrowings at an interest rate equal to the sum of a base rate plus a margin of 2.00% or a LIBOR rate plus a margin of 3.00%. The annual commitment fee on the undrawn funds under the Credit Agreement is 0.40%.

The Credit Agreement provides for security in the form of, among other items, mortgage liens on several portfolios of our properties with an aggregate value of not less than $220,000,000 based on a percentage of loan outstanding to property value. The Credit Agreement allocates $125,000,000 of the total Bank Syndicate commitment to a term loan and $50,000,000 of the total Bank Syndicate commitment to a revolving facility. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, any proceeds from the issuance of debt are required to be used to pay down and permanently reduce the aggregate amount of Bank Syndicate commitments. Additionally, 50% of the net proceeds from any equity issuance by us will be used to pay down and permanently reduce the aggregate amount of Bank Syndicate commitments with the remaining proceeds used to pay down the revolving facility. Such repayments under the revolving facility can be redrawn assuming we meet the terms and conditions discussed below whereas amounts used to permanently reduce Bank Syndicate commitments cannot be redrawn. Under the Credit Agreement, we are unable to access undrawn funds until we meet certain criteria including achieving pro forma revenue targets, the resolution of material litigation with our tenants and

 

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conditioned upon having no tenant upon whom our financial results are materially dependent subject to bankruptcy or any such similar proceedings. The Credit Agreement does not provide for scheduled reductions in the principal balance prior to its maturity.

The Credit Agreement contains restrictive terms and conditions, including restricting our use of proceeds from the issuance of debt or equity or the sale of properties, weekly financial reporting, financial covenants such as those requiring us to maintain minimum cash balances, minimum liquidity, minimum EBITDA, coverage ratios and other covenants which may limit our ability to incur debt or pay dividends. The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including default under the Term Loan Agreement, change of control, failure to maintain REIT status or a material adverse effect on our business, assets, prospects or condition. Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would increase by 200 basis points (2.00%) the interest rate we pay under the Credit Agreement and prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and could also give rise to an event of default and consequent acceleration of our indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement described below. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement or as a result of acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we may be able to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity.

We are a party to a $25,000,000 amended term loan agreement with TD Bank (the “Term Loan Agreement” or “Term Loan”). On March 9, 2012, we entered into an agreement with TD Bank amending significant terms of the Term Loan Agreement and extending the maturity date by approximately six months to March 2013. As of June 30, 2012, borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement were $22,420,000 bearing interest at a rate of 3.50% per annum. The Term Loan Agreement bears interest at a rate equal to a 30 day LIBOR rate (subject to a floor of 0.40%) plus a margin of 3.10%. The Term Loan Agreement provides for annual reductions of $780,000 in the principal balance with a balloon payment due at maturity. A balloon payment of $21,900,000 is due in March 2013 pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement. The Term Loan Agreement contains restrictive terms and conditions including financial covenants such as those requiring us to maintain minimum cash balances, minimum liquidity, minimum EBITDA, coverage ratios and other covenants which may limit our ability to incur debt or pay dividends. The Term Loan Agreement contains customary events of default, including default under the Credit Agreement, change of control, failure to maintain REIT status or a material adverse effect on our business, assets, prospects or condition. Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would increase by 300 basis points (3.00%) the interest rate we pay under the Term Loan Agreement and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement and could also give rise to an event of default and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under our Credit Agreement. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement or as a result of acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we may be able to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity.

 

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The fair value of the borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement was $151,700,000 as of June 30, 2012. The fair value of the borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement was $22,400,000 as of June 30, 2012. The fair value of the projected average borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement were determined using a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates a market interest yield curve based on market data obtained from sources independent of us that are observable at commonly quoted intervals and are defined by GAAP as “Level 2” inputs in the “Fair Value Hierarchy” with adjustments for duration, optionality, risk profile and projected average borrowings outstanding or borrowings outstanding, which are based on unobservable “Level 3” inputs. We classified our valuations of the borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement entirely within Level 3 of the Fair Value Hierarchy.

In order to continue to meet liquidity needs (including the repayment of the balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement when due in March 2013), we must extend the maturity of or refinance the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement or obtain additional sources of financing. Additional sources of financing may be more expensive or contain more onerous terms than exist under our current Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement, or simply may not be available. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not extend the term of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement beyond March 2013. There can be no assurance that at or prior to expiration of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement we will be able to further amend the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement or enter into new credit agreements on favorable terms, if at all. We believe that our operating cash needs for the next twelve months can be met by cash flows from operations and available cash and cash equivalents. If we fail to comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement, obtain additional sources of financing or refinance our existing debt, this could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operation, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

 

5. INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENT

We were a party to a $45,000,000 LIBOR based interest rate swap, effective through June 30, 2011 (the “Swap Agreement”). The Swap Agreement was intended to effectively fix, at 5.44%, the LIBOR component of the interest rate determined under our LIBOR based loan agreements. We entered into the Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., designated and qualifying as a cash flow hedge, to reduce our exposure to the variability in future cash flows attributable to changes in the LIBOR rate. Our primary objective when undertaking the hedging transaction and derivative position was to reduce our variable interest rate risk by effectively fixing a portion of the interest rate for existing debt and anticipated refinancing transactions. We determined that the derivative used in the hedging transaction was highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows associated with the hedged item and that no gain or loss was required to be recognized in earnings during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011 representing the hedge’s ineffectiveness. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded, in accumulated other comprehensive loss in our consolidated balance sheets, a gain of $1,153,000 from the change in the fair value of the Swap Agreement obligation related to the effective portion of the interest rate contract.

 

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The fair values of the Swap Agreement obligation were determined using (i) discounted cash flow analyses on the expected cash flows of the Swap Agreement, which were based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company consisting of interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals and are defined by GAAP as “Level 2” inputs in the “Fair Value Hierarchy”, and (ii) credit valuation adjustments, which were based on unobservable “Level 3” inputs. We classified our valuations of the Swap Agreement entirely within Level 2 of the Fair Value Hierarchy since the credit valuation adjustments were not significant to the overall valuations of the Swap Agreement.

 

6. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

We are subject to numerous existing federal, state and local laws and regulations, including matters relating to the protection of the environment such as the remediation of known contamination and the retirement and decommissioning or removal of long-lived assets including buildings containing hazardous materials, USTs and other equipment. Environmental costs are principally attributable to remediation costs which include installing, operating, maintaining and decommissioning remediation systems, monitoring contamination and governmental agency reporting incurred in connection with contaminated properties. We seek reimbursement from state UST remediation funds related to these environmental costs where available. In July 2012 we purchased for approximately $3,000,000 a ten-year pollution legal liability insurance policy covering all of our properties for pre-existing unknown environmental liabilities and new environmental events. The policy has a $50,000,000 aggregate limit and is subject to various self-insured retentions and other conditions and limitations. Our intention in purchasing this policy is to obtain protection predominantly for significant events. No assurances can be given that we will obtain a net financial benefit from this investment. Historically we did not maintain pollution legal liability insurance to protect from potential future claims related to known and unknown environmental liabilities.

We enter into leases and various other agreements which allocate responsibility for known and unknown environmental liabilities by establishing the percentage and method of allocating responsibility between the parties. In accordance with the leases with certain tenants, we have agreed to bring the leased properties with known environmental contamination to within applicable standards, and to either regulatory or contractual closure (“Closure”). Generally, upon achieving Closure at each individual property, our environmental liability under the lease for that property will be satisfied and future remediation obligations will be the responsibility of our tenant.

Generally, our tenants are directly responsible to pay for (i) the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs and other equipment, (ii) remediation of environmental contamination they cause and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operators of our properties, and (iii) environmental liabilities allocated to them under the terms of our leases and various other agreements. We are contingently liable for these obligations in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. Under the Master Lease, Marketing was responsible to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted as well as all environmental liabilities discovered during the term of the Master Lease, including: (i) remediation of environmental contamination Marketing caused and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of our properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing under the terms of the Master Lease and various other agreements with us relating to Marketing’s business and the properties it leased from us (collectively the “Marketing Environmental Liabilities”). A liability has not been accrued for obligations that are the responsibility of our tenants (other than the Marketing Environmental Liabilities accrued in the fourth quarter of 2011) based on our tenants’ history of paying such obligations and/or our assessment of their financial ability and intent to pay their share of such costs. However, there can be no assurance that our assessments are correct or that our tenants who have paid their obligations in the past will continue to do so.

 

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In the fourth quarter of 2011, since we could no longer assume that Marketing would be able to meet its environmental remediation obligations at 246 properties and its obligations to remove all underground storage tanks at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warrant, we accrued $47,874,000 as the aggregate Marketing Environmental Liabilities. The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimates. In conjunction with recording the Marketing Environmental Liabilities, we increased the carrying value for each of the properties by the amount of the related estimated environmental obligation and simultaneously recorded impairment charges aggregating $17,017,000 where the accumulation of asset retirement costs increased the carrying value of the property above its estimated fair value.

As part of the six new triple-net leases we have entered into to date, we transferred title of the USTs to our tenants and the obligation to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted at the 282 sites was fully or partially transferred to our new tenants. Accordingly, during the second quarter of 2012, we removed $6,875,000 of asset retirement obligations and $6,203,000 of net asset costs related to USTs from our balance sheet. The net amount of $672,000 is recorded as deferred rental revenue and will be recognized as additional revenues from rental properties over the terms of the various leases. (See note 2 for additional information.)

It is possible that our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation method and share of responsibility that we used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may result in material adjustments to the amounts recorded for environmental litigation accruals and environmental remediation liabilities. We are required to accrue for environmental liabilities that we believe are allocable to others under various other agreements if we determine that it is probable that the counterparty will not meet its environmental obligations. The ultimate resolution of these matters could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

The estimated future costs for known environmental remediation requirements are accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The accrued liability is the aggregate of the best estimate of the fair value of cost for each component of the liability net of estimated recoveries from state UST remediation funds considering estimated recovery rates developed from prior experience with the funds.

Environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing our liability for estimated environmental remediation costs on a property by property basis, we consider among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding geology, quality of information available, currently available technologies for treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental accruals are based on estimates which are subject to significant change, and are adjusted as the remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become more clearly defined and reasonably estimable.

 

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Environmental obligations are initially measured at fair value based on their expected future net cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and discounted to present value. As of June 30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had accrued $52,263,000, $57,700,000 and $14,874,000, respectively, as our best estimate of the fair value of reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs net of estimated recoveries and obligations to remove USTs. The environmental liabilities were subsequently accreted for the change in present value due to the passage of time and, accordingly, $1,584,000 and $296,000 of net accretion expense was recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, substantially all of which is included in environmental expenses. In addition, during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 we recorded credits to environmental expenses aggregating $2,136,000 and $2,648,000, respectively, where decreases in estimated remediation costs exceeded the depreciated carrying value of previously capitalized asset retirement costs. Environmental expenses also include project management fees, legal fees and provisions for environmental litigation loss reserves.

During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012, we increased the carrying value of certain of our properties by $2,232,000 and $3,691,000, respectively, due to increases in estimated remediation costs and simultaneously recorded impairment charges aggregating $1,718,000 and $2,010,000, respectively, where the accumulation of asset retirement costs increased the carrying value of the property above its estimated fair value. The recognition, and subsequent changes in estimates, in environmental liabilities and the increase or decrease in carrying value of the properties are non-cash transactions which do not appear on the face of the consolidated statements of cash flows. Capitalized asset retirement costs are being depreciated over the estimated remaining life of the underground storage tank, a ten year period if the increase in carrying value related to environmental remediation obligations or such shorter period if circumstances warrant, such as the remaining lease term for properties we lease from others. Depreciation and amortization expense included in continuing operations in our consolidated statements of operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 includes $1,359,000 and $3,168,000, respectively, of depreciation related to $30,473,000 of capitalized asset retirement costs.

We cannot predict what environmental legislation or regulations may be enacted in the future or how existing laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted with respect to products or activities to which they have not previously been applied. We cannot predict if state UST fund programs will be administered and funded in the future in a manner that is consistent with past practices and if future environmental spending will continue to be eligible for reimbursement at historical recovery rates under these programs. Compliance with more stringent laws or regulations, as well as more vigorous enforcement policies of the regulatory agencies or stricter interpretation of existing laws, which may develop in the future, could have an adverse effect on our financial position, or that of our tenants, and could require substantial additional expenditures for future remediation.

In view of the uncertainties associated with environmental expenditures contingencies related to our tenants and other parties, however, we believe it is possible that the fair value of future actual net expenditures could be substantially higher than amounts currently recorded by us. Adjustments to accrued liabilities for environmental

 

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remediation costs will be reflected in our financial statements as they become probable and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. Future environmental expenses could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

 

7. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

A summary of the changes in shareholders’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2012 is as follows (in thousands, except share amounts):

 

                   PAID-IN
CAPITAL
     DIVIDENDS
PAID

IN EXCESS
OF EARNINGS
    TOTAL  
     COMMON STOCK          
     SHARES      AMOUNT          

Balance, December 31, 2011

     33,394,395       $ 334       $ 460,687       $ (88,852   $ 372,169   

Net earnings

              10,111        10,111   

Dividends

              (4,202     (4,202

Stock-based employee compensation expense

     440            372           372   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2012

     33,394,835       $ 334       $ 461,059       $ (82,943   $ 378,450   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

We are authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of which none were issued as of June 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011.

In the first quarter of 2011, we completed a public stock offering of 3,450,000 shares of our common stock, of which 3,000,000 shares were issued in January 2011 and 450,000 shares, representing the underwriter’s over-allotment, were issued in February 2011. Substantially all of the aggregate $91,986,000 net proceeds from the issuance of common stock (after related transaction costs of $267,000) was used to repay a portion of the outstanding balance under our Credit Agreement and the remainder was used for general corporate purposes.

 

8. PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS

CPD NY SALE/LEASEBACK

On January 13, 2011, we acquired fee or leasehold title to 59 Mobil-branded gasoline station and convenience store properties and also took a security interest in six other Mobil-branded gasoline stations and convenience store properties in a sale/leaseback and loan transaction with CPD NY Energy Corp. (“CPD NY”), a subsidiary of Chestnut Petroleum Dist. Inc. Our total investment in the transaction was $111,621,000 including acquisition costs, which was financed entirely with borrowings under our Credit Agreement.

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simultaneously completed a sale/leaseback of 59 of the acquired properties and leasehold interests with us. The lease between us, as lessor, and CPD NY, as lessee, governing the properties is a unitary triple-net lease agreement (the “CPD Lease”), with an initial term of 15 years, and options for up to three successive renewal terms of ten years each. The CPD Lease requires CPD NY to pay a fixed annual rent for the properties (the “Rent”), plus an amount equal to all rent due to third-party landlords pursuant to the terms of third-party leases. The Rent is scheduled to increase on the third anniversary of the date of the CPD Lease and on every third anniversary thereafter. As a triple-net lessee, CPD NY is required to pay all amounts pertaining to the properties subject to the CPD Lease, including taxes, assessments, licenses and permit fees, charges for public utilities and all other governmental charges. Partial funding to CPD NY for the transaction was also provided by us under a secured, self-amortizing loan having a 10-year term (the “CPD Loan”).

We accounted for this transaction as a business combination. We estimated the fair value of acquired tangible assets (consisting of land, buildings and equipment) “as if vacant” and intangible assets consisting of above-market and below-market leases. Based on these estimates, we allocated $60,610,000 of the purchase price to land, net above-market and below-market leases related to leasehold interests as lessee of $953,000 which is accounted for as a deferred asset, net above-market and below-market leases related to leasehold interests as lessor of $2,516,000 which is accounted for as a deferred liability, $38,752,000 allocated to direct financing leases and capital lease assets, and $18,400,000 which is accounted for in notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net. In connection with the acquisition of certain leasehold interests, we also recorded capital lease obligations aggregating $5,768,000. We also incurred transaction costs of $1,190,000 directly related to the acquisition which are included in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

 

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The selected unaudited financial data of CPD NY which has been prepared by CPD NY’s management, is provided below.

 

(in thousands)              

Operating Data (a):

     
     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2012      2011  

Total revenue

   $ 222,150       $ 223,049   

Gross profit

     18,047         17,631   

Net income

     2,468         3,440   

Balance Sheet Data:

     
     June 30,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Current assets

   $ 6,018       $ 6,166   

Noncurrent assets

     21,449         20,138   

Current liabilities

     4,048         1,039   

Noncurrent liabilities

     14,720         19,033   

 

(a) Operating data for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is from inception on January 13, 2011 through June 30, 2011.

NOURIA SALE/LEASEBACK

On March 31, 2011, we acquired fee or leasehold title to 66 Shell-branded gasoline station and convenience store properties in a sale/leaseback transaction with Nouria Energy Ventures I, LLC (“Nouria”), a subsidiary of Nouria Energy Group. Our total investment in the transaction was $87,047,000 including acquisition costs, which was financed entirely with borrowings under our Credit Agreement.

The properties were acquired in a simultaneous transaction among Motiva Enterprises LLC (“Shell”), Nouria and us whereby Nouria acquired a portfolio of 66 gasoline station and convenience stores from Shell and simultaneously completed a sale/leaseback of the 66 acquired properties and leasehold interests with us. The lease between us, as lessor, and Nouria, as lessee, governing the properties is a unitary triple-net lease agreement (the “Nouria Lease”), with an initial term of 20 years, and options for up to two successive renewal terms of ten years each followed by one final renewal term of five years. The Nouria Lease requires Nouria to pay a fixed annual rent for the properties (the “Rent”), plus an amount equal to all rent due to third-party landlords pursuant to the terms of third-party leases. The Rent is scheduled to increase on every annual anniversary of the date of the Nouria Lease. As a triple-net lessee, Nouria is required to pay all amounts pertaining to the properties subject to the Nouria Lease, including taxes, assessments, licenses and permit fees, charges for public utilities and all other governmental charges.

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above-market and below-market leases. Based on these estimates, we allocated $37,875,000 of the purchase price to land, net above-market and below-market leases relating to leasehold interests as lessee of $3,895,000, which is accounted for as a deferred asset, net above-market and below-market leases related to leasehold interests as lessor of $3,768,000, which is accounted for as a deferred liability, $37,315,000 allocated to direct financing leases and capital lease assets and $12,000,000 which is accounted for in notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net. In connection with the acquisition of certain leasehold interests, we also recorded capital lease obligations aggregating $1,114,000. We also incurred transaction costs of $844,000 directly related to the acquisition which is included in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information for the six months ended June 30, 2011 has been prepared utilizing the historical financial statements of Getty Realty Corp. and the combined effect of additional revenue and expenses from the properties acquired from both CPD NY and Nouria assuming that the acquisitions had occurred as of the beginning of the period presented, after giving effect to certain adjustments including: (a) rental income adjustments resulting from the straight-lining of scheduled rent increases; (b) rental income adjustments resulting from the recognition of revenue under direct financing leases over the lease term using the effective interest rate method which produces a constant periodic rate of return on the net investment in the leased properties; (c) rental income adjustments resulting from the amortization of above-market leases with tenants; and (d) rent expense adjustments resulting from the amortization of below-market leases with landlords. The following information also gives effect to the additional interest expense resulting from the assumed increase in borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement to fund the acquisitions and the elimination of acquisition costs. The unaudited pro forma condensed financial information is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the acquisition from CPD NY and Nouria reflected herein been consummated on the date indicated or that will be achieved in the future.

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

   Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2011  

Revenues

   $ 55,084   

Net earnings

     31,134   

Basic and diluted net earnings per common share

     0.94   

 

9. SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED COMBINING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Condensed combining financial information as of December 31, 2011 and for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011 has been derived from our books and records and is provided below to illustrate, for

 

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informational purposes only, the net contribution to our financial results that were realized from the Master Lease with Marketing (which represented approximately 69% of our properties as of December 31, 2011) and from properties leased to other tenants. As a result of the rejection of the Master Lease on April 30, 2012, our financial results are no longer materially dependent on the performance of Marketing to meet its obligations to us under the Master Lease.

The condensed combining financial information set forth below presents the results of operations, net assets and cash flows related to Marketing and the Master Lease, our other tenants and our corporate functions necessary to arrive at the information for us on a combined basis. The assets, liabilities, lease agreements and other leasing operations attributable to the Master Lease and other tenant leases are not segregated in legal entities. However, we generally maintain our books and records in site specific detail and have classified the operating results which are clearly applicable to each owned or leased property as attributable to Marketing or our other tenants or to non-operating corporate functions. The condensed combining financial information has been prepared by us using certain assumptions, judgments and allocations. In our prior filings, each of our properties were classified as attributable to Marketing, other tenants or corporate for all periods presented based on the property’s use as of the latest balance sheet date included in such filing or the property’s use immediately prior to its disposition or third-party lease expiration.

As a result of the rejection of the Master Lease on April 30, 2012, we have omitted the condensed combining financial information as of June 30, 2012 and for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 since our financial results are no longer materially dependent on the performance of Marketing to meet its obligations to us under the Master Lease. For the historical condensed combining financial information set forth below, each of the properties were classified based on the property’s use as of December 31, 2011. (See note 12 in “Item 8. Financial Statements & Supplementary Data — Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.”, which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 for the condensed combining financial information as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the three year period ended December 31, 2011.)

Environmental remediation expenses have been attributed to Marketing or other tenants on a site specific basis and environmental related litigation expenses and professional fees have been attributed to Marketing or other tenants based on the pro rata share of specifically identifiable environmental expenses for the period from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2011.

The heading “Corporate” in the statements below includes assets, liabilities, income and expenses attributed to general and administrative functions, financing activities and parent or subsidiary level income taxes, capital taxes or franchise taxes which were not incurred on behalf of our leasing operations and are not reasonably allocable to Marketing or other tenants. With respect to general and administrative expenses, we have attributed those expenses clearly applicable to Marketing and other tenants. We considered various methods of allocating to Marketing and other tenants amounts included under the heading “Corporate” and determined that none of the methods resulted in a reasonable allocation of such amounts or an allocation of such amounts that more clearly summarizes the net contribution to our financial results realized from the leasing operations of properties previously leased to Marketing and of properties leased to other tenants. Moreover, we determined that each of the allocation methods we considered resulted in a presentation of these amounts that would make it more difficult to understand the clearly identifiable results from our leasing operations attributable to Marketing and

 

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other tenants. We believe that the segregated presentation of assets, liabilities, income and expenses attributed to general and administrative functions, financing activities and parent or subsidiary level income taxes, capital taxes or franchise taxes provides the most meaningful presentation of these amounts since changes in these amounts are not fully correlated to changes in our leasing activities.

While we believe these assumptions, judgments and allocations are reasonable, the condensed combining financial information is not intended to reflect what the net results would have been had assets, liabilities, lease agreements and other operations attributable to Marketing or our other tenants been conducted through stand-alone entities during any of the periods presented.

The condensed combining balance sheet of Getty Realty Corp. as of December 31, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Getty
Petroleum
Marketing
    Other
Tenants
    Corporate     Consolidated  

ASSETS:

        

Real Estate:

        

Land

   $ 131,077      $ 214,396      $ —        $ 345,473   

Buildings and improvements

     170,553        99,479        349        270,381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     301,630        313,875        349        615,854   

Less — accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (107,478     (29,448     (191     (137,117
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Real estate, net

     194,152        284,427        158        478,737   

Net investment in direct financing leases

     —          92,632        —          92,632   

Deferred rent receivable, net

     —          8,080        —          8,080   

Cash and cash equivalents

     —          —          7,698        7,698   

Notes, mortgages and accounts receivable, net

     5,743        28,262        2,078        36,083   

Other assets

     —          7,611        4,248        11,859   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     199,895        421,012        14,182        635,089   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

        

Borrowings under credit line

     —          —          147,700        147,700   

Term loan

     —          —          22,810        22,810   

Environmental remediation costs

     57,416        284        —          57,700   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     4,002        19,564        11,144        34,710   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     61,418        19,848        181,654        262,920   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets (liabilities)

   $ 138,477      $ 401,164      $ (167,472   $ 372,169   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The condensed combining statement of operations of Getty Realty Corp. for the three months ended June 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Getty
Petroleum
Marketing
     Other
Tenants
    Corporate     Consolidated  

Revenues from rental properties

   $ 13,990       $ 12,903      $ —        $ 26,893   

Interest on notes and mortgages receivable

     —           710        31        741   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     13,990         13,613        31        27,634   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

         

Rental property expenses

     1,275         2,294        152        3,721   

Impairment charges

     —           1,263        —          1,263   

Environmental expenses, net

     1,294         31        —          1,325   

General and administrative expenses

     31         1,679        1,026        2,736   

Depreciation and amortization expense

     905         1,242        11        2,158   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     3,505         6,509        1,189        11,203   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     10,485         7,104        (1,158     16,431   

Other income (expense), net

     20         —          (69     (49

Interest expense

     —           —          (1,346     (1,346
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations

     10,505         7,104        (2,573     15,036   

Discontinued operations:

         

Income (loss) from operating activities

     164         (229     —          (65

Gains on dispositions of real estate

     231         —          —          231   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations

     395         (229     —          166   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss)

   $ 10,900       $ 6,875      $ (2,573   $ 15,202   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The condensed combining statement of operations of Getty Realty Corp. for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Getty
Petroleum
Marketing
     Other
Tenants
    Corporate     Consolidated  

Revenues:

         

Revenues from rental properties

   $ 28,619       $ 23,066      $ —        $ 51,685   

Interest on notes and mortgages receivable

     —           1,083        63        1,146   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     28,619         24,149        63        52,831   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

         

Rental property expenses

     2,697         4,221        291        7,209   

Impairment charges

     994         1,263        —          2,257   

Environmental expenses, net

     2,396         56        —          2,452   

General and administrative expenses

     75         1,764        5,782        7,621   

Depreciation and amortization expense

     1,940         2,515        21        4,476   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     8,102         9,819        6,094        24,015   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     20,517         14,330        (6,031     28,816   

Other income (expense), net

     20         —          (63     (43

Interest expense

     —           —          (2,665     (2,665
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations

     20,537         14,330        (8,759     26,108   

Discontinued operations:

         

Earnings (loss) from operating activities

     365         (184     —          181   

Gains on dispositions of real estate

     299         —          —          299   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations

     664         (184     —          480   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss)

   $ 21,201       $ 14,146      $ (8,759   $ 26,588   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The condensed combining statement of cash flows of Getty Realty Corp. for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Getty
Petroleum
Marketing
    Other
Tenants
    Corporate     Consolidated  

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

        

Net earnings (loss)

   $ 21,201      $ 14,146      $ (8,759   $ 26,588   

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization expense

     1,963        2,546        21        4,530   

Impairment charges

     994        1,513        —          2,507   

Gain from dispositions of real estate

     (319     —          —          (319

Deferred rental revenue

     812        (996     —          (184

Allowance for deferred rent and accounts receivable

     —          215        —          215   

Amortization of above-market and below-market leases

     —          (262     —          (262

Accretion expense

     290        6        —          296   

Stock-based employee compensation expense

     —          —          311        311   

Changes in assets and liabilities:

        

Net investment in direct financing leases

     —          211        —          211   

Accounts receivable, net

     (236     86        —          (150

Other assets

     —          (100     175        75   

Environmental remediation costs

     (108     (2     —          (110

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     92        2,168        (644     1,616   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities

     24,689        19,531        (8,896     35,324   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

        

Property acquisitions and capital expenditures

     —          (166,594     —          (166,594

Proceeds from dispositions of real estate

     784        —          —          784   

Decrease in cash held for property acquisitions

     —          —          60        60   

Collection of notes and mortgages receivable

     —          187        120        307   

Issuance of notes and mortgages receivable

     —          (30,400     (240     (30,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities

     784        (196,807     (60     (196,083
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

        

Borrowings under credit agreement

     —          —          231,253        231,253   

Repayments under credit agreement

     —          —          (122,553     (122,553

Repayments under term loan agreement

     —          —          (390     (390

Cash dividends paid

     —          —          (30,543     (30,543

Credit agreement origination costs

     —          —          (175     (175

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

     —          —          91,986        91,986   

Cash consolidation – Corporate

     (25,473     177,276        (151,803     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flow (used in) provided by financing activities

     (25,473     177,276        17,775        169,578   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     —          —          8,819        8,819   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     —          —          6,122        6,122   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

   $ —        $ —        $ 14,941      $ 14,941   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the sections entitled “Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and “Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements” and “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” which appear in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

GENERAL

Real Estate Investment Trust

We are a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) specializing in the ownership, leasing and financing of gas stations, convenience stores, automotive repair service facilities and petroleum distribution terminals. As of June 30, 2012, we owned 982 properties and leased 146 properties. We elected to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws beginning January 1, 2001. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal corporate income tax on the taxable income we distribute to our shareholders. In order to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are required, among other things, to distribute at least 90% of our ordinary taxable income to our shareholders each year.

Retail Petroleum Marketing Business

Our business model is to lease our properties on a triple-net basis primarily to petroleum distributors, and to a lesser extent to individual operators. Our tenants operate our properties directly or sublet our properties to operators who operate their gas stations, convenience stores, automotive repair service facilities or other businesses at our properties. These tenants are responsible for the operations conducted at these properties. Our tenants are generally responsible for the payment of all taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance and other operating expenses relating to our properties. Substantially all of our tenants’ financial results depend on the sale of refined petroleum products and rental income from their subtenants. As a result, our tenants’ financial results are largely dependent on the performance of the petroleum marketing industry, which is highly competitive and subject to volatility. In those instances where we determine that the best use for a property is no longer as a gas station, we will seek an alternative tenant or buyer for the property. Approximately 20 of our properties are leased for uses such as fast food restaurants, automobile sales and other retail purposes, excluding approximately 70 properties described below which are currently marketed for sale and which have temporary occupancies. (For additional information regarding our real estate business and our properties, see “Item 1. Business — Real Estate Business” and “Item 2. Properties” which appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.) (For information regarding factors that could adversely affect us relating to our lessees, including Marketing, see “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.)

 

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Repositioning the Marketing Portfolio

We previously leased approximately 775 properties to Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (“Marketing”) comprising a unitary premises pursuant to a master lease (the “Master Lease”) and we derived a majority of our revenues from the leasing of these properties under the Master Lease. Marketing rejected the Master Lease pursuant to an Order issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) effective April 30, 2012. As a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing and in anticipation of Marketing’s rejection of the Master Lease, we had commenced a process to enable a repositioning of the portfolio of properties that were subject to the Master Lease to be effective as soon as possible after the properties became available to us free of Marketing’s tenancy. As a result of that process, we have entered into long-term triple-net leases with petroleum distributors for six separate property portfolios comprising 282 properties in the aggregate and month-to-month license agreements with occupants of approximately 330 properties (substantially all of whom were Marketing’s former sub-tenants) allowing such occupants to continue to occupy and use these properties for gas stations, convenience stores, automotive repair service facilities or other businesses. The month-to-month license agreements require the operators to sell fuel provided exclusively by petroleum distributors with whom we have contracted for interim fuel supply and from whom we receive a fee based on gallons sold. We have also entered into additional month-to-month license agreements at approximately 70 properties which have had their underground storage tanks removed and are being used for various retail uses other than as a gas station. These properties are currently marketed for sale. Our month-to-month license agreements differ from our typical triple-net lease agreements in that we are responsible for the payment of certain environmental costs and property operating expenses including real estate taxes. The remaining approximately 90 properties previously subject to the Master Lease, the majority of which have had their underground storage tanks removed, are currently vacant and are marketed for sale. In the coming months we intend to enter into additional long-term triple-net leases with petroleum distributors covering a significant portion of the properties currently subject to month-to-month license agreements and to seek to maximize the value of the remaining former Master Lease properties by leasing or selling them after evaluation of relevant factors including those relating to Property Expenditures and Capital Improvements (as these terms are defined below) as well as possible alternative uses. We are currently generating less net revenue from the leasing of properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease than the contractual rent historically due from Marketing under the Master Lease. We expect that following the completion of the repositioning process, we will continue to generate less net revenue from these properties than the contractual rent historically due from Marketing under the Master Lease.

In 2012 we commenced paying Property Expenditures and Marketing Environmental Liabilities, and dependent on factors related to each site we expect to continue to directly pay for varying types of Property Expenditures, Capital Improvements and Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as these terms are defined below) over a period of years relating to the properties previously subject to the Master Lease. Among other things, issues involved in re-letting or repositioning these properties and pursuit of our claims in connection with Marketing’s bankruptcy are expected to significantly increase our operating expenses for the foreseeable future. We have also incurred and are continuing to incur significant costs associated with Marketing’s bankruptcy, including $1.7 million primarily in legal and litigation expenses incurred in the first half of 2012, which we expect to diminish during the remainder of 2012.

 

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Our efforts to reposition the Master Lease portfolio to date include:

 

   

Entering into long-term triple-net leases comprising in the aggregate 282 properties with affiliates of Lehigh Gas, Chestnut Petroleum Distributors, Ramoco Fuels and Sam’s Food Stores, as well as adding properties to an existing lease with MWS Enterprises (Arrowmart). The properties are located in New England, Southern New Jersey, Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania and upstate New York (Buffalo). The leases generally have 15 year initial terms with provisions for renewal terms and rent escalations during each term. In addition, the majority of the leases contain provisions requiring our tenants to invest capital in our properties and provisions for additional rent based on incremental fuel volume.

 

   

Entering into month-to-month license agreements covering approximately 330 properties formerly subject to the Master Lease. These month-to-month license agreements allow the licensees thereunder to occupy and use the properties as gas stations, convenience stores or automotive repair service facilities, and require the licensee-operators to sell fuel provided exclusively by petroleum distributors with whom we have contracted for interim fuel supply. We receive monthly payments directly from the licensee-operators while remaining responsible for certain costs associated with the properties including certain operating expenses including real estate taxes and certain environmental costs.

The majority of these month-to-month license agreements are accompanied by an interim fuel supply and services agreement with Global Partners, LP to provide gasoline supply and certain oversight services with respect to approximately 285 of the licensee sites located primarily in the New York City metro area and New Jersey. Under our agreement with Global, Global is the exclusive supplier of fuel to these licensee operators and is required to pay us a fee based in part on gallons sold, and we pay to Global a monthly oversight service fee. We also entered into additional fuel supply agreements with other existing tenants who are petroleum distributors to supply the remaining approximately 45 locations under terms similar to the agreement with Global Partners.

 

   

Entering into additional month-to-month license agreements at approximately 70 properties that have had their underground storage tanks removed and are currently marketed for sale.

 

   

Engaging engineering, maintenance and compliance-related service providers, at our expense, to perform various functions which were previously performed by Marketing for the licensee sites subject to our month-to-month license agreements and interim fuel supply arrangements, which functions we expect will be taken over by any new petroleum distributor with whom we sign a triple-net lease with respect to such sites.

All of our direct relationships with operators of sites formerly subject to the Master Lease are structured on a month-to-month basis which we believe provides greater flexibility to transition these sites to either portfolio-based long-term triple-net leases with petroleum distributors or other gross or triple-net leases with individual or other tenants, or to sell properties. We intend to maximize the value of these locations in a deliberate manner to maintain flexibility considering our short, intermediate and long-term alternatives and opportunities.

 

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We have commenced eviction proceedings involving approximately 40 properties in various jurisdictions against Marketing’s former subtenants (or sub-subtenants) who have not vacated our properties and who have not accepted license agreements with us or have not entered into new agreements with our distributor tenants and therefore occupy our properties without right. We are incurring costs in connection with such proceedings.

We are continuing our efforts to sell approximately 134 properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease and have had their underground storage tanks removed, and to sell or relet nine petroleum distribution terminals. Through August 1, 2012, we have completed the sale of 18 properties and we have signed contracts to sell another four properties. While we have dedicated considerable effort designed to increase sales and leasing activity, we cannot predict the timing or the terms of any future dispositions or leases.

Marketing and the Master Lease

Subsequent to Marketing’s rejection of the Master Lease, as described above, Marketing filed an amended plan of liquidation and disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court. The amended disclosure statement was approved and made an Order of the Bankruptcy Court on May 31, 2012. The plan of liquidation (the “Plan of Liquidation”), which is subject to confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court following solicitation and tabulation of votes of Marketing’s creditors to accept or reject the Plan of Liquidation, calls for an orderly liquidation of Marketing’s assets over time. We maintain significant pre-petition and post-petition claims against Marketing as described in more detail below. Certain of our claims are considered administrative claims which have priority over other creditors’ claims. We cannot provide any assurance that the Plan of Liquidation will be accepted by Marketing’s creditors and confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and that we will collect any of the unpaid amounts due from Marketing pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation, or otherwise.

On December 5, 2011, Marketing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Bankruptcy Court. On March 7, 2012, we entered into a stipulation with Marketing and with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Bankruptcy proceedings (the “Creditors Committee”), which was approved and made an Order by the Bankruptcy Court on April 2, 2012 (the “Stipulation”). Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, we are entitled to at least an administrative claim for the payment of all fixed rent and performance of other obligations due from Marketing under the Master Lease from December 5, 2011 until possession of the properties subject to the Master Lease was returned to us. For the period from December 5, 2011 (the date of the bankruptcy filing) through April 30, 2012, we have agreed to cap our aggregate priority administrative claims at the amount of $10.5 million, together with interest from May 1, 2012 until paid at the rate provided in the Master Lease (plus any transfer taxes paid by us). We cannot predict how much of these unpaid obligations we will ultimately collect, if any. The Plan of Liquidation, described above, incorporates the terms of the Stipulation.

Of the $13.7 million post-petition payments received from Marketing through the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, $5.7 million was applied to receivables outstanding as of December 31, 2011 and the remaining $8.0 million was applied to Marketing’s $18.0 million contractual rent and real estate tax obligations to us for the first quarter of 2012. Since Marketing did not fully satisfy its rent and real estate obligations due to us for the first quarter of 2012, there were no funds available to be allocated to Marketing’s rent and real estate obligations due to us for the period in the second quarter of 2012 prior to the rejection of the Master Lease.

 

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Accordingly, we provided $6.2 million and $16.2 million of reserves for bad debts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 for Marketing’s contractual rent and real estate tax obligations to us for 2012 which remain unpaid as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We have provided bad debt reserves for all outstanding rent and real estate obligations due to us from Marketing of $25.0 million as of June 30, 2012 which remain unpaid as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We cannot provide any assurance that we will collect any of the unpaid amounts due from Marketing pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation, or otherwise.

In connection with Marketing’s bankruptcy proceedings, on December 29, 2011, Marketing filed a lawsuit against Lukoil Americas Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lukoil North America LLC (collectively, “Lukoil Americas”) asserting, among other claims, that Lukoil fraudulently transferred substantially all of Marketing’s assets with value and positive cash flow from Marketing to Lukoil Americas (the “Lukoil Complaint”). Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, the Liquidating Trustee will pursue the Lukoil Complaint for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate and its creditors. It is possible that the bankruptcy estate may be successful in its claims against Lukoil Americas and therefore it is possible that we may ultimately recover a portion of our claims against Marketing including our post-petition administrative claims, which have priority over other creditors’ claims, and our pre-petition claims. We expect to incur costs associated with pursuing the Lukoil Complaint, which would be reimbursed by the bankruptcy estate to the extent the claims against Lukoil Americas are successful. The actual amount of our pre-petition and post-petition claims against Marketing that may be recovered by us is uncertain and we can provide no assurance that we will collect any such amounts or that we will be reimbursed any costs we incur to pursue the claims against Lukoil Americas.

Under the Master Lease, Marketing was responsible to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted as well as all environmental liabilities discovered during the term of the Master Lease, including: (i) remediation of environmental contamination Marketing caused and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of our properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing under the terms of the Master Lease and various other agreements with us relating to Marketing’s business and the properties it leased from us (collectively the “Marketing Environmental Liabilities”). In connection with our repositioning of the properties previously subject to the Master Lease, we have and anticipate that in the future, as between us and any new tenant or transferee of a property or group of properties, we will in almost all cases retain environmental remediation liabilities that are known to exist with respect to that property or group of properties prior to the date of re-letting or sale, to the extent there is no third-party responsible therefor. As part of the six new triple-net leases we have entered into to date, we transferred title of the USTs to our tenants and the obligation to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted at the 282 sites were fully or partially transferred to our new tenants. We remain contingently liable for this obligation in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. Accordingly, during the second quarter of 2012, we removed $6.9 million of asset retirement obligations and $6.2 million of net asset costs related to USTs from our balance sheet. The net amount of $0.7 million is recorded as deferred rental revenue and will be recognized as additional revenues from rental properties over the terms of the various leases.

 

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Since the Master Lease was structured as a “triple-net” lease, Marketing (as the lessee) had the responsibility for all operating expenses including maintenance, repairs, real estate taxes, insurance and general upkeep of these properties (“Property Expenditures”) during the term of the Master Lease and for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. Marketing failed to meet many of its obligations to undertake or pay for these Property Expenditures. Due to Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, in 2012, we commenced paying for Property Expenditures, and dependent on factors related to each site we expect to directly pay for varying types of costs over a period of years for deferred maintenance, required renovations, replacement of underground storage tanks and related equipment and zoning and permitting costs (“Capital Improvements”). In addition, as a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, we accrued for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities in the fourth quarter of 2011 and commenced funding remediation activities during the second quarter of 2012 related to such accrued Marketing Environmental Liabilities. We do not expect to be reimbursed for any such Marketing Environmental Liabilities unless we ultimately recover a portion of our claims as a result of the Lukoil Complaint described above. We expect to continue to incur and fund costs associated with the Marketing bankruptcy proceedings and associated eviction proceedings and we anticipate incurring significant Property Expenditures and Capital Improvement costs. It is also possible that our estimates for environmental remediation and tank removal expenses relating to these properties will be higher than the Marketing Environmental Liabilities we have accrued and that issues involved in re-letting or repositioning these properties may require significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to other segments of our ongoing business. These and other actions are expected to significantly increase our operating expenses for the foreseeable future. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have not determined the total amounts of any such additional expenses. The incurrence of these various expenses may materially negatively impact or negatively impact to a greater extent than we have experienced our cash flow and ability to pay dividends.

Our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Master Lease affect the amounts reported in our financial statements and are subject to change. Actual results could differ from these estimates, judgments and assumptions and such differences could be material. If the Marketing Environmental Liabilities are greater than our accruals; if we incur significant Property Expenditures, Capital Improvement costs and operating expenses relating to these properties; if the repositioning of the properties previously subject to the Master Lease leads to a protracted and expensive process for taking control and or re-letting our properties; if re-letting these properties requires significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to our ongoing business; if the Bankruptcy Court takes actions that are detrimental to our interests; if we are unable to re-let or sell a portion of the properties previously subject to the Master Lease at all or upon terms that are favorable to us; or if we change our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs related to the properties previously subject to the Master Lease; our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends and stock price may continue to be materially adversely affected or adversely affected to a greater extent than we have experienced. (For additional information regarding the historical portion of our financial results that are attributable to Marketing, see note 12 in “Item 8. Financial Statements & Supplementary Data — Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.”, which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and note 9 in “Item 1. Financial Statements— Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.”) (For information regarding factors that could adversely affect us relating to our lessees, including Marketing, see “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.)

 

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Supplemental Non-GAAP Measures

We manage our business to enhance the value of our real estate portfolio and, as a REIT, place particular emphasis on minimizing risk and generating cash sufficient to make required distributions to shareholders of at least 90% of our ordinary taxable income each year. In addition to measurements defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), we also focus on funds from operations available to common shareholders (“FFO”) and adjusted funds from operations available to common shareholders (“AFFO”) to measure our performance. FFO is generally considered to be an appropriate supplemental non-GAAP measure of the performance of REITs. In accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts’ modified guidance for reporting FFO, we have restated reporting of FFO for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011 to exclude non-cash impairment charges. FFO is defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts as net earnings before depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, gains or losses on dispositions of real estate (including such non-FFO items reported in discontinued operations), non-cash impairment charges, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting change. Other REITs may use definitions of FFO and/or AFFO that are different than ours and; accordingly, may not be comparable.

We believe that FFO and AFFO are helpful to investors in measuring our performance because both FFO and AFFO exclude various items included in GAAP net earnings that do not relate to, or are not indicative of, our fundamental operating performance. FFO excludes various items such as gains or losses from property dispositions, depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and non-cash impairment charges. In our case, however, GAAP net earnings and FFO typically include the impact of the “Revenue Recognition Adjustments” comprised of deferred rental revenue (straight-line rental revenue), the net amortization of above-market and below-market leases and income recognized from direct financing leases on our recognition of revenues from rental properties, as offset by the impact of related collection reserves. GAAP net earnings and FFO from time to time may also include property acquisition costs or other unusual or infrequently recurring items. Deferred rental revenue results primarily from fixed rental increases scheduled under certain leases with our tenants. In accordance with GAAP, the aggregate minimum rent due over the current term of these leases are recognized on a straight-line (or average) basis rather than when payment is contractually due. The present value of the difference between the fair market rent and the contractual rent for in-place leases at the time properties are acquired is amortized into revenue from rental properties over the remaining lives of the in-place leases. Income from direct financing leases is recognized over the lease terms using the effective interest method which produces a constant periodic rate of return on the net investments in the leased properties. Property acquisition costs are expensed, generally in the period when properties are acquired, and are not reflective of normal operations. Other unusual or infrequently occurring items are not reflective of normal operations.

We pay particular attention to AFFO, a supplemental non-GAAP performance measure that we define as FFO less Revenue Recognition Adjustments, property acquisition costs and other unusual or infrequently occurring items. In our view, AFFO provides a more accurate depiction than FFO of our fundamental operating performance related to: (i) the impact of scheduled rent increases from operating leases, net of related collection reserves; (ii) the rental revenue earned from acquired in-place leases; (iii) the impact of rent due from direct financing leases; (iv) our operating expenses (exclusive of direct expensed operating property acquisition costs);

 

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and (v) other unusual or infrequently occurring items. Neither FFO nor AFFO represent cash generated from operating activities calculated in accordance with GAAP and therefore these measures should not be considered an alternative for GAAP net earnings or as a measure of liquidity.

A reconciliation of net earnings to FFO and AFFO for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Net earnings

   $ 3,626      $ 15,202      $ 10,111      $ 26,588   

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

     3,487        2,205        7,474        4,530   

Gains from dispositions of real estate

     (2,708     (251     (3,241     (319

Impairment charges

     2,783        1,513        3,146        2,507   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Funds from operations

     7,188        18,669        17,490        33,306   

Revenue recognition adjustments

     (901     (774     (1,535     (1,004

Property acquisition costs

     —          48        —          2,034   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted funds from operations

   $ 6,287      $ 17,943      $ 15,955      $ 34,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted per share amounts:

        

Earnings per share

   $ 0.11      $ 0.45      $ 0.30      $ 0.80   

Funds from operations per share

   $ 0.21      $ 0.56      $ 0.52      $ 1.01   

Adjusted funds from operations per share

   $ 0.19      $ 0.54      $ 0.48      $ 1.04   

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

     33,395        33,395        33,395        32,950   

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011

Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations decreased by $0.1 million to $26.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $26.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Revenues from rental properties include approximately $18.1 million and $11.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, in rent contractually due or received from tenants other than Marketing including rent for May 2012 and June 2012 related to properties repositioned from the Master Lease. Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012 include approximately $6.2 million for the period prior to the rejection of the Master Lease (for which bad debt reserves were fully provided and are included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statement of operations) and, for the three months ended June 30, 2011, $14.4 million in rent contractually due or received from Marketing under the Master Lease. Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012 also include $1.6 million for amounts realized under interim fuel supply agreements. The decrease in revenues from rental properties reflects the fact that we are generating less net revenue from the leasing of properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease than the contractual rent historically due from Marketing under the Master Lease. The decrease in revenues from rental properties was partially offset by an increase in the real estate taxes we paid and billed to Marketing

 

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through April 30, 2012, the date the Master Lease was rejected as well as from other tenants who are contractually obligated to reimburse us for the payment of real estate taxes pursuant to the terms of triple-net lease agreements. As a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, beginning in the first quarter of 2012, we began paying past due real estate taxes for 2011 and 2012, which taxes Marketing historically paid directly. Revenues from rental properties and rental property expense include $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011, for real estate taxes paid by us which were due from Marketing through the date the Master Lease was rejected as well as from other tenants who are contractually obligated to reimburse us for the payment of real estate taxes pursuant to the terms of triple-net lease agreements. The decrease in rent contractually due or received for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was also due, to a lesser extent, to the effect of dispositions of real estate and lease expirations.

In accordance with GAAP, we recognize rental revenue in amounts which vary from the amount of rent contractually due or received during the periods presented. As a result, revenues from rental properties include Revenue Recognition Adjustments comprised of non-cash adjustments recorded for deferred rental revenue due to the recognition of rental income on a straight-line basis over the current lease term, net amortization of above-market and below-market leases and recognition of rental income under direct financing leases using the effective interest rate method which produces a constant periodic rate of return on the net investments in the leased properties. Rental revenue includes Revenue Recognition Adjustments which increased rental revenue by $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Interest income from notes and mortgages was $0.7 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

Rental property expenses included in continuing operations, which are primarily comprised of rent expense and real estate taxes, were $8.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to $3.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Certain of these increased expenses are reimbursable by our tenants and are related to properties and leasehold interests acquired in 2011. The remaining increase results from real estate taxes historically paid by Marketing directly, which taxes we began paying in the first quarter of 2012. Any reimbursement of such expenses from our tenants is included in revenues from rental properties in our consolidated statement of operations. As described below, we provided a bad debt reserve for the unpaid taxes reimbursable from Marketing since we do not expect to receive payment from Marketing.

Non-cash impairment charges of $2.5 million are included in continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $1.3 million recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2011. During the three months ended June 30, 2012, we reduced the carrying amount of certain of our properties to fair value, and recorded in continuing operations and in discontinued operations non-cash impairment charges aggregating $2.8 million. The non-cash impairment charges recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2012 were primarily attributable to the accumulation of asset retirement costs as a result of an increase in estimated environmental liabilities which increased the carrying value of certain properties above their fair value and reductions in our estimates of proceeds for properties marketed for sale. The non-cash impairment charges recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2011 resulted from reductions in real estate valuations and the reductions in the assumed holding period used to test for impairment.

 

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Environmental expenses included in continuing operations for the three months ended June 30, 2012 decreased by $1.9 million, to a credit of $0.6 million, as compared to a charge of $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net environmental expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily due to a lower estimated environmental remediation costs. Environmental expenses vary from period to period and, accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the direction of change in reported environmental expenses for one period as compared to prior periods.

General and administrative expenses increased by $7.8 million to $10.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $2.7 million recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in general and administrative expenses was principally due to $6.2 million additional bad debt reserves provided primarily attributable to nonpayment of rent and real estate taxes due from Marketing that we do not expect to collect, $0.7 million of legal fees and litigation costs incurred related to Marketing’s defaults of its obligations under the Master Lease and bankruptcy filing and higher employee related expenses and legal fees recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2012.

Depreciation and amortization expense included in continuing operations was $3.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The increase was primarily due to depreciation charges related to capitalized asset retirement costs associated with environmental obligations assumed from Marketing after the rejection of the Master Lease and properties acquired in 2011, partially offset by the effect of certain assets becoming fully depreciated, lease terminations and dispositions of real estate.

As a result, total operating expenses increased by approximately $12.8 million to $24.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $11.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Other income (expense), net, included in income from continuing operations was comparable for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011. Gains from dispositions of real estate included in discontinued operations were $2.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, there were thirteen property dispositions. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, there were two property dispositions. Other income (expense), net including gains on disposition of real estate vary from period to period and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the directions of change in reported gains for one period as compared to prior periods.

Interest expense was $2.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The increase was due to an increase in the weighted-average interest rate on borrowings outstanding due to changes in the relative amounts of debt outstanding under our Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement, (each described in “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below) partially offset by lower average borrowings outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011, and the expiration of the Swap Agreement on June 30, 2011.

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2011 have also been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform to the 2012 presentation. Earnings from discontinued operations increased by $2.6 million to $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The increase was primarily due to higher gains on dispositions of real estate. Gains on disposition of real estate vary from period to period and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the directions of change in reported gains for one period as compared to prior periods.

Earnings from continuing operations were $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $15.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and net earnings decreased by $11.6 million to $3.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $15.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 as a result of the items discussed above.

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, FFO decreased by $11.5 million to $7.2 million, as compared to $18.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011, and AFFO decreased by $11.6 million to $6.3 million, as compared to $17.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in FFO for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily due to the changes in net earnings but excludes a $1.3 million increase in impairment charges, a $1.3 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense and a $2.4 million increase in gains on dispositions of real estate. The decrease in AFFO for the three months ended June 30, 2012 also excludes a $0.1 million increase in Rental Revenue Adjustments which cause our reported revenues from rental properties to vary from the amount of rent payments contractually due or received by us during the periods presented (which are included in net earnings and FFO but are excluded from AFFO).

Diluted earnings per share was $0.11 per share for the three months June 30, 2012, as compared to $0.45 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Diluted FFO per share for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $0.21 per share, as compared to $0.56 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Diluted AFFO per share for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $0.19 per share, as compared to $0.54 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011

Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations increased by $6.1 million to $57.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $51.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Revenues from rental properties include approximately $30.7 million and $21.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively, in rent contractually due or received from tenants other than Marketing including rent for May 2012 and June 2012 related to properties repositioned from the Master Lease. Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 include approximately $24.0 million (for which bad debt reserves of $16.2 million were provided and are included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statement of operations) and, for the six months ended June 30, 2011, $29.4 million in rent contractually due or received from Marketing under the Master Lease. Revenues from rental properties included in continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 also include $1.6 million for amounts realized under interim fuel supply agreements. The increase in revenues from rental properties for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily due to rental income from properties we acquired from, and leased back to, Nouria Energy Ventures I, LLC (“Nouria”) in March 2011

 

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offset by the fact that we are generating less net revenue from the leasing of properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease than the contractual rent historically due from Marketing under the Master Lease. The increase in revenues from rental properties was also partially due to an increase in the real estate taxes we paid and billed to Marketing through April 30, 2012, the date the Master Lease was rejected, and from other tenants pursuant to triple-net leases thereafter. As a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, beginning in the first quarter of 2012, we began paying past due real estate taxes for 2011 and 2012, which taxes Marketing historically paid directly. Revenues from rental properties and rental property expense included $4.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 for real estate taxes paid by us which were due from Marketing through the date the Master Lease was rejected as well as from other tenants who are contractually obligated to reimburse us for the payment of real estate taxes pursuant to the terms of triple-net lease agreements. The increase in rent contractually due or received from Marketing and other tenants for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was also due, to a lesser extent, to rent escalations, partially offset by the effect of dispositions of real estate and lease expirations.

In accordance with GAAP, we recognize rental revenue in amounts which vary from the amount of rent contractually due or received during the periods presented. As a result, revenues from rental properties include Revenue Recognition Adjustments comprised of non-cash adjustments recorded for deferred rental revenue due to the recognition of rental income on a straight-line basis over the current lease term, net amortization of above-market and below-market leases and recognition of rental income under direct financing leases using the effective interest rate method which produces a constant periodic rate of return on the net investments in the leased properties. Rental revenue includes Revenue Recognition Adjustments which increased rental revenue by $1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Interest income from notes and mortgages receivable was $1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in interest income is principally due to the full effect in the current period from the issuance of notes receivable in connection with the acquisitions completed in 2011.

Rental property expenses included in continuing operations, which are primarily comprised of rent expense and real estate taxes, were $14.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to $7.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Certain of these increased expenses are paid by us and reimbursable by our tenants and are related to properties and leasehold interests acquired in 2011. The remaining increase results from and real estate taxes historically paid by Marketing directly, which taxes we began paying in the first quarter of 2012. Any reimbursement of such expenses from our tenants is included in revenues from rental properties in our consolidated statement of operations. As described below, we provided a bad debt reserve for the unpaid taxes reimbursable from Marketing since we do not expect to receive payment from Marketing.

Non-cash impairment charges of $2.9 million are included in continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $2.3 million recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2011. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we reduced the carrying amount of certain of our properties to fair value, and recorded in continuing operations and in discontinued operations non-cash impairment charges aggregating $3.1 million. The non-cash impairment charges recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2012 were primarily attributable to accumulation of asset retirement costs as a result of an increase in estimated environmental

 

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liabilities which increased the carrying value of certain properties above their fair value and reductions in our estimates of proceeds for properties marketed for sale. The non-cash impairment charges recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2011 resulted from reductions in real estate valuations and the reductions in the assumed holding period used to test for impairment.

Environmental expenses included in continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 decreased by $2.5 million, to $0.009 million, as compared to $2.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net environmental expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily due to a lower provision for estimated environmental remediation costs which decreased by $2.1 million to a credit of $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and a lower provision for litigation loss reserves and legal fees. Environmental expenses vary from period to period and, accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the direction of change in reported environmental expenses for one period as compared to prior periods.

General and administrative expenses increased by $16.1 million to $23.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $7.6 million recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in general and administrative expenses was principally due to $16.2 million additional bad debt reserves provided primarily attributable to nonpayment of rent and real estate taxes due from Marketing that we do not expect to collect, $1.7 million of legal fees and litigation costs incurred related to Marketing’s defaults of its obligations under the Master Lease and bankruptcy filing and higher employee related expenses and legal fees recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2012. The increase in general and administrative expenses was partially offset by $2.0 million of property acquisition costs incurred in 2011.

Depreciation and amortization expense included in continuing operations was $7.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $4.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase was primarily due to depreciation charges related to capitalized asset retirement costs associated with environmental obligations assumed from Marketing after the rejection of the Master Lease and properties acquired in 2011, partially offset by the effect of certain assets becoming fully depreciated, lease terminations and dispositions of real estate.

As a result, total operating expenses increased by approximately $24.6 million to $48.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $24.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Other income, net, included in income from continuing operations was $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012. Gains from dispositions of real estate included in discontinued operations were $3.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, there were fifteen property dispositions. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, there were three property dispositions. Other income (expense), net including gains on disposition of real estate vary from period to period and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the directions of change in reported gains for one period as compared to prior periods.

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on borrowings outstanding due to changes in the relative amounts of debt outstanding under our Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement, (each described in “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below) and higher average borrowings outstanding for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011, partially offset by the expiration of the Swap Agreement on June 30, 2011.

The operating results and gains from certain dispositions of real estate sold in 2012 and 2011 have been reclassified as discontinued operations. The operating results of such properties for the six months ended June 30, 2011 have also been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform to the 2012 presentation. Earnings from discontinued operations increased by $2.9 million to $3.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase was primarily due to higher gains on dispositions of real estate. Gains on disposition of real estate vary from period to period and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on the magnitude or the directions of change in reported gains for one period as compared to prior periods.

Earnings from continuing operations were $6.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $26.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and net earnings decreased by $16.5 million to $10.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $26.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 as a result of the items discussed above.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, FFO decreased by $15.8 million to $17.5 million, as compared to $33.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, and AFFO decreased by $18.3 million to $16.0 million, as compared to $34.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was primarily due to the changes in net earnings but excludes a $0.6 million increase in impairment charges, a $3.0 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense and a $2.9 million increase in gains on dispositions of real estate. The decrease in AFFO for the six months ended June 30, 2012 also excludes a $0.5 million increase in Rental Revenue Adjustments which cause our reported revenues from rental properties to vary from the amount of rent payments contractually due or received by us during the periods presented and $2.0 million of acquisition costs incurred in 2011 (which are included in net earnings and FFO but are excluded from AFFO).

The calculations of net earnings per share, FFO per share and AFFO per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012 were impacted by an increase in the weighted-average number of shares outstanding as a result of the issuance of shares of common stock in 2011. The weighted-average number of shares outstanding used in our per share calculations increased by 0.4 million shares, or 1.3%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the prior year period. Accordingly, the percentage or direction of the changes in net earnings, FFO and AFFO discussed above may differ from the changes in the related per share amounts. Diluted earnings per share was $0.30 per share for the six months June 30, 2012, as compared to $0.80 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Diluted FFO per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $0.52 per share, as compared to $1.01 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Diluted AFFO per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $0.48 per share, as compared to $1.04 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash flows from operations and available cash and cash equivalents. Historically, we have also utilized our Credit Agreement that expires in March 2013 as a source of liquidity. However, under the terms of the Credit Agreement, we are unable to borrow additional funds until we meet certain criteria as described below. Net cash flow provided by operating activities reported on our consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were $10.4 million and $35.3 million, respectively. Our business operations and liquidity are dependent on our ability to reposition the portfolio and generate cash flow from the properties previously subject to the Master Lease discussed in “General — Marketing and the Master Lease” above. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we may be able to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity.

In order to continue to meet liquidity needs (including the repayment of the balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement when due in March 2013), we must extend the maturity of or refinance the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement or obtain additional sources of financing. Additional sources of financing may be more expensive or contain more onerous terms than exist under our current Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement, or simply may not be available. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not extend the term of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement beyond March 2013. There can be no assurance that at or prior to expiration of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement we will be able to further amend the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement or enter into new credit agreements on favorable terms, if at all. We believe that our operating cash needs for the next twelve months can be met by cash flows from operations and available cash and cash equivalents. If we fail to comply with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement, obtain additional sources of financing or refinance our existing debt, this could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operation, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Credit Agreement

We are a party to a $175.0 million amended and restated senior secured revolving credit agreement entered into on March 9, 2012 (the “Credit Agreement”) with a group of commercial banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Bank Syndicate”) which expires on March 9, 2013. As of June 30, 2012, borrowings under the Credit Agreement were $151.7 million, bearing interest at a rate of 3.25% per annum. The Credit Agreement permits borrowings at an interest rate equal to the sum of a base rate plus a margin of 2.00% or a LIBOR rate plus a margin of 3.00%. The annual commitment fee on the undrawn funds under the Credit Agreement is 0.40%.

The Credit Agreement provides for security in the form of, among other items, mortgage liens on several portfolios of our properties with an aggregate value of not less than $220.0 million based on a percentage of loan outstanding to property value. The Credit Agreement allocates $125.0 million of the total Bank Syndicate

 

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commitment to a term loan and $50.0 million of the total Bank Syndicate commitment to a revolving facility. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, any proceeds from the issuance of debt are required to be used to pay down and permanently reduce the aggregate amount of Bank Syndicate commitments. Additionally, 50% of the net proceeds from any equity issuance by us will be used to pay down and permanently reduce the aggregate amount of Bank Syndicate commitments with the remaining proceeds used to pay down the revolving facility. Such repayments under the revolving facility can be redrawn assuming we meet the terms and conditions discussed below whereas amounts used to permanently reduce Bank Syndicate commitments cannot be redrawn. Under the Credit Agreement, we are unable to access undrawn funds until we meet certain criteria including achieving pro forma revenue targets, the resolution of material litigation with our tenants and conditioned upon having no tenant upon whom our financial results are materially dependent subject to bankruptcy or any such similar proceedings. The Credit Agreement does not provide for scheduled reductions in the principal balance prior to its maturity.

The Credit Agreement contains restrictive terms and conditions including restricting our use of proceeds from the issuance of debt or equity or the sale of properties; weekly financial reporting; and financial covenants such as those requiring us to maintain minimum cash balances, minimum liquidity, minimum EBITDA, coverage ratios and other covenants which may limit our ability to incur debt or pay dividends. The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including default under the Term Loan Agreement, change of control, failure to maintain REIT status or a material adverse effect on our business, assets, prospects or condition. Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would increase by 200 basis points (2.00%) the interest rate we pay under the Credit Agreement and prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and could also give rise to an event of default and consequent acceleration of our indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement described below. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement or as a result of acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we may be able to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity.

Term Loan Agreement

We are a party to a $25.0 million amended term loan agreement with TD Bank (the “Term Loan Agreement” or “Term Loan”). On March 9, 2012, we entered into an agreement with TD Bank amending significant terms of the Term Loan Agreement and extending the maturity date by approximately six months to March 2013. As of June 30, 2012, borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement were $22.4 million bearing interest at a rate of 3.50% per annum. The Term Loan Agreement bears interest at a rate equal to a 30 day LIBOR rate (subject to a floor of 0.40%) plus a margin of 3.10%. The Term Loan Agreement provides for annual reductions of $0.8 million in the principal balance with a balloon payment due at maturity. A balloon payment of $21.9 million is due in March 2013 pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement. The Term Loan Agreement contains restrictive terms and conditions including financial covenants such as those requiring us to maintain minimum cash balances, minimum liquidity, minimum EBITDA, coverage ratios and other covenants which may limit our ability to incur debt or pay dividends. The Term Loan Agreement contains customary events of default, including default under the Credit Agreement, change of control, failure to maintain REIT

 

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status or a material adverse effect on our business, assets, prospects or condition. Any event of default, if not cured or waived, would increase by 300 basis points (3.00%) the interest rate we pay under the Term Loan Agreement and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement and could also give rise to an event of default and could result in the acceleration of our indebtedness under our Credit Agreement. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement or as a result of acceleration of our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement.

Swap Agreement

We were party to a $45.0 million LIBOR based interest rate swap agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the counterparty (the “Swap Agreement”), which expired June 30, 2011. The Swap Agreement was intended to hedge our current exposure to market interest rate risk by effectively fixing, at 5.44%, the LIBOR component of the interest rate determined under our existing LIBOR based loan agreements. We are currently fully exposed to interest rate risk on our aggregate borrowings floating at market rates and are prohibited from entering into another swap agreement under the terms of our Credit Agreement.

Capital Expenditures

Since our business model is to lease our properties on a triple-net basis primarily to petroleum distributors, and to a lesser extent to individual operators, we have not historically incurred significant capital expenditures other than those related to acquisitions. As part of our overall business strategy, we regularly review opportunities to acquire additional properties and we expect to pursue acquisitions that we believe will benefit our financial performance. Our property acquisitions and capital expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 amounted to $2.5 million and $166.6 million, respectively, which for 2011 was primarily due to properties we acquired from, and leased back to, CPD NY in January 2011 and Nouria in March 2011. As part of the repositioning of the properties previously subject to the Master Lease, we are evaluating potential capital expenditures and funding sources. We have no current plans to make material improvements to any of our properties other than the properties previously subject to the Master Lease. However, our tenants may make improvements to the properties leased from us at their expense. In certain leases we have agreed to reimburse the tenant for a portion of such capital expenditures. (For additional information regarding capital expenditures related to the properties previously subject to the Master Lease, see “Item 2. Properties” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011).

To the extent that our current sources of liquidity are not sufficient to fund capital expenditures, we will require other sources of capital, which may or may not be available on favorable terms or at all.

Dividends

We elected to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws with the year beginning January 1, 2001. To qualify for taxation as a REIT, we, among other requirements, must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income, including taxable income that is accrued by us without a

 

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corresponding receipt of cash. We cannot provide any assurance that our cash flows will permit us to continue paying cash dividends. The Internal Revenue Service has allowed the use of a procedure, as a result of which we could satisfy the REIT income distribution requirement by making a distribution on our common stock comprised of (i) shares of our common stock having a value of up to 90% of the total distribution and (ii) cash in the remaining amount of the total distribution, in lieu of paying the distribution entirely in cash. The procedure will only apply to distributions made after 2011 to the extent that we properly elect under applicable law to treat such distributions as made out of taxable income that arose in 2011. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to satisfy our REIT income distribution requirement with respect to taxable income arising in 2012 and thereafter by making distributions payable in whole or in part in shares of our common stock. It is also possible that instead of distributing 100% of our taxable income on an annual basis, we may decide to retain a portion of our taxable income and to pay taxes on such amounts as permitted by the Internal Revenue Service. Payment of dividends is subject to market conditions, our financial condition, including but not limited to, our continued compliance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement and other factors, and therefore is not assured. In particular, our Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement prohibit the payment of dividends during certain events of default.

We re-initiated a cash dividend to holders of our common stock of $0.125 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, as compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2011 where we paid a cash dividend to holders of our common stock of $0.48 per share. We continue to evaluate our dividend policy in consideration of our revenues and expenses related to our efforts to reposition the portfolio of properties previously leased to Marketing and the restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement discussed above. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to continue to pay dividends.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements. Although we have made estimates, judgments and assumptions regarding future uncertainties relating to the information included in our financial statements, giving due consideration to the accounting policies selected and materiality, actual results could differ from these estimates, judgments and assumptions and such differences could be material.

Estimates, judgments and assumptions underlying the accompanying consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, accounts receivable and related reserves, deferred rent receivable, income under direct financing leases, asset retirement obligations including environmental remediation costs, real estate, depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, litigation, accrued liabilities, income taxes and allocation of the purchase price of properties acquired to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The information included in our financial statements that is based on estimates, judgments and assumptions is subject to significant change and is adjusted as circumstances change and as the uncertainties become more clearly defined.

 

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Our accounting policies are described in note 1 of “Item 1. Financial Statements—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” that appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. We believe that the more critical of our accounting policies relate to revenue recognition and deferred rent receivable and related reserves, impairment of long-lived assets, income taxes, environmental costs, allocation of the purchase price of properties acquired to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and litigation, each of which is discussed in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

As of December 30, 2011, the deferred rent receivable attributable to the Master Lease was fully reserved. Upon rejection of the Master Lease by Marketing on April 30, 2012, we de-recognized the deferred rent receivable and the related reserve. In addition, as of June 30, 2012, all pre-petition and post-petition claims for unpaid fixed rent and real estate taxes due from Marketing included in accounts receivable are fully reserved. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011, since we could no longer assume that Marketing would be able to meet its environmental remediation obligations and its obligations to remove all underground storage tanks at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warrant, we accrued the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. Our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Master Lease made effective June 30, 2012 that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are subject to possible change. It is possible that we may be required to record impairment charges related to the portfolio of properties or adjust our accrual for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities as a result of changes in our estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs regarding Marketing and the Master Lease that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

General

We are subject to numerous existing federal, state and local laws and regulations, including matters relating to the protection of the environment such as the remediation of known contamination and the retirement and decommissioning or removal of long-lived assets including buildings containing hazardous materials, USTs and other equipment. Environmental costs are principally attributable to remediation costs which include installing, operating, maintaining and decommissioning remediation systems, monitoring contamination and governmental agency reporting incurred in connection with contaminated properties. We seek reimbursement from state UST remediation funds related to these environmental costs where available. In July 2012 we purchased for approximately $3.0 million a ten-year pollution legal liability insurance policy covering all of our properties for pre-existing unknown environmental liabilities and new environmental events. The policy has a $50.0 million aggregate limit and is subject to various self-insured retentions and other conditions and limitations. Our intention in purchasing this policy is to obtain protection predominantly for significant events. No assurances can be given that we will obtain a net financial benefit from this investment. Historically we did not maintain pollution legal liability insurance to protect from potential future claims related to known and unknown environmental liabilities.

We enter into leases and various other agreements which allocate responsibility for known and unknown environmental liabilities by establishing the percentage and method of allocating responsibility between the parties. In accordance with the leases with certain tenants, we have agreed to bring the leased properties with known environmental contamination to within applicable standards, and to either regulatory or contractual closure (“Closure”). Generally, upon achieving Closure at each individual property, our environmental liability under the lease for that property will be satisfied and future remediation obligations will be the responsibility of our tenant.

 

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Generally, our tenants are directly responsible to pay for (i) the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs and other equipment, (ii) remediation of environmental contamination they cause and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operators of our properties, and (iii) environmental liabilities allocated to them under the terms of our leases and various other agreements. We are contingently liable for these obligations in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. Under the Master Lease, Marketing was responsible to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted as well as all environmental liabilities discovered during the term of the Master Lease, including: (i) remediation of environmental contamination Marketing caused and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of our properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing under the terms of the Master Lease and various other agreements with us relating to Marketing’s business and the properties it leased from us (collectively the “Marketing Environmental Liabilities”). A liability has not been accrued for obligations that are the responsibility of our tenants (other than the Marketing Environmental Liabilities accrued in the fourth quarter of 2011) based on our tenants’ history of paying such obligations and/or our assessment of their financial ability and intent to pay their share of such costs. However, there can be no assurance that our assessments are correct or that our tenants who have paid their obligations in the past will continue to do so.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, since we could no longer assume that Marketing would be able to meet its environmental remediation obligations at 246 properties and its obligations to remove all underground storage tanks at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warrant, we accrued $47.9 million as the aggregate Marketing Environmental Liabilities. The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimates. In conjunction with recording the Marketing Environmental Liabilities, we increased the carrying value for each of the related properties by the amount of the related estimated environmental obligation and simultaneously recorded impairment charges aggregating $17.0 million where the accumulation of asset retirement costs increased the carrying value of the property above its estimated fair value.

As part of the six new triple-net leases we have entered into to date, we transferred title of the USTs to our tenants and the obligation to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted at the 282 sites was fully or partially transferred to our new tenants. We remain contingently liable for this obligation in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. Accordingly, during the second quarter of 2012, we removed $6.9 million of asset retirement obligations and $6.2 million of net asset costs related to USTs from our balance sheet. The net amount of $0.7 million is recorded as deferred rental revenue and will be recognized as additional revenues from rental properties over the terms of the various leases.

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required to accrue for environmental liabilities that we believe are allocable to others under various other agreements if we determine that it is probable that the counterparty will not meet its environmental obligations. The ultimate resolution of these matters could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

The estimated future costs for known environmental remediation requirements are accrued when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The environmental remediation liability is estimated based on the level and impact of contamination at each property. The accrued liability is the aggregate of the best estimate of the fair value of cost for each component of the liability net of estimated recoveries from state UST remediation funds considering estimated recovery rates developed from prior experience with the funds.

Environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing our liability for estimated environmental remediation costs on a property by property basis, we consider among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding geology, quality of information available, currently available technologies for treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental accruals are based on estimates which are subject to significant change, and are adjusted as the remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become more clearly defined and reasonably estimable.

Environmental obligations are initially measured at fair value based on their expected future net cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and discounted to present value. As of June 30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had accrued $52.3 million, $57.7 million and $14.9 million, respectively, as our best estimate of the fair value of reasonably estimable environmental remediation costs and obligations to remove USTs. The accrued environmental liabilities are accreted for the change in present value due to the passage of time and, accordingly, $1.6 million and $0.3 million of accretion expense was recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, substantially all of which is included in environmental expenses and the remainder of which is included in discontinued operations. In addition, during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 we recorded credits to environmental expenses aggregating $2.1 million and $2.6 million, respectively, where decreases in estimated remediation costs exceeded the depreciated carrying value of previously capitalized asset retirement costs. Environmental expenses also include project management fees, legal fees and provisions for environmental litigation loss reserves.

During the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012, we increased carrying value of certain of our properties by $2.2 million and $3.7 million, respectively, due to increases in estimated remediation costs and simultaneously recorded impairment charges aggregating $1.7 million and $2.0 million, respectively, where the accumulation of asset retirement costs increased the carrying value of the property above its estimated fair value. Capitalized asset retirement costs are being depreciated over the estimated remaining life of the underground storage tank, a ten year period if the increase in carrying value related to environmental remediation obligations or such shorter period if circumstances warrant, such as the remaining lease term for properties we lease from others. Depreciation and amortization expense included in continuing operations in our consolidated statements of operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 includes $1.4 million and $3.2 million, respectively, of depreciation related to $30.5 million of capitalized asset retirement costs.

 

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Environmental liabilities are initially measured at fair value based on their expected future net cash flows which have been adjusted for inflation and discounted to present value. We also use probability weighted alternative cash flow forecasts to determine fair value. We assumed a 50% probability factor that the actual environmental expenses will exceed engineering estimates for an amount assumed to equal one year of net expenses. Accordingly, the environmental accrual as of June 30, 2012 was increased by $4.6 million before inflation and present value discount adjustments. The resulting environmental accrual as of June 30, 2012 was then further increased by $2.8 million for the assumed impact of inflation using an inflation rate of 2.75%. Assuming a credit-adjusted risk-free discount rate of 7.00%, we then reduced the net environmental accrual, as previously adjusted, by a $5.7 million discount to present value. Had we assumed an inflation rate that was 0.50% higher and a discount rate that was 0.50% lower, net environmental liabilities accrued as of June 30, 2012 would have increased by an aggregate of $0.7 million. However, the aggregate net change in environmental estimates recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2012 would not have changed significantly if these changes in the assumptions were made effective December 31, 2011.

We cannot predict what environmental legislation or regulations may be enacted in the future or how existing laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted with respect to products or activities to which they have not previously been applied. We cannot predict if state UST fund programs will be administered and funded in the future in a manner that is consistent with past practices and if future environmental spending will continue to be eligible for reimbursement at historical recovery rates under these programs. Compliance with more stringent laws or regulations, as well as more vigorous enforcement policies of the regulatory agencies or stricter interpretation of existing laws, which may develop in the future, could have an adverse effect on our financial position, or that of our tenants, and could require substantial additional expenditures for future remediation.

In view of the uncertainties associated with environmental expenditures contingencies related to our tenants and other parties, however, we believe it is possible that the fair value of future actual net expenditures could be substantially higher than amounts currently recorded by us. Adjustments to accrued liabilities for environmental remediation costs will be reflected in our financial statements as they become probable and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. Future environmental expenses could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Environmental litigation

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Terminal and the Lower Passaic River and the MTBE multi-district litigation case, in particular, could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. (See “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” which appears in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 for additional information with respect to these and other pending environmental lawsuits and claims.)

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When we use the words “believes,” “expects,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “predicts” and similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements.

Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: our largest tenant, Marketing included in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — General – Marketing and the Master Lease” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q; our expectations about Marketing meeting its pre-petition and post-petition obligations under the Master Lease or any related court orders; our ability to reposition our properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease; our expectations regarding entering into short and long-term arrangements with respect to the properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease; our beliefs regarding the amount of revenue we expect to realize from the properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease; our expectations regarding incurring costs associated with repositioning the properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease; our expectations about Marketing’s accrued obligations to us; our expectations regarding incurring costs associated with the Marketing bankruptcy proceeding and the process of taking control of our properties, including, but not limited to, the Property Expenditures and the Capital Improvements; our estimates regarding any eviction proceedings we may have to initiate to take control of our properties; the impact of the developments related to Marketing on our business and ability to pay dividends or our stock price; the reasonableness of and assumptions used regarding our accounting estimates, judgments, assumptions and beliefs; our exposure and liability due to and our estimates and assumptions regarding our environmental liabilities and remediation costs; our estimates and assumptions regarding the Marketing Environmental Liabilities and other environmental remediation costs; our belief that our accruals for environmental and litigation matters were appropriate; compliance with federal, state and local provisions enacted or adopted pertaining to environmental matters; the probable outcome of litigation or regulatory actions and its impact on us; our expected recoveries from underground storage tank funds; our expectations regarding the indemnification obligations of the Company and others; future acquisitions and financing opportunities and their impact on our financial performance; the adequacy of our current and anticipated cash flows from operations, borrowings under our Credit Agreement and available cash and cash equivalents; our expectation as to our continued compliance with the financial covenants in our Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement; and our ability to maintain our federal tax status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”).

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to time in this and our other filings with the SEC), uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance and achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

These risks include, but are not limited to risks associated with: repositioning our properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease and the adverse impact such repositioning may have on our financial results; our estimates and assumptions regarding expenses and accruals relating to Marketing’s bankruptcy, the process of taking control of our properties previously subject to the Master Lease and repositioning such properties; the liquidation of Marketing’s business; the performance of our tenants of their lease obligations, renewal of existing leases and re-letting or selling our vacant properties and properties being repositioned that were previously subject to the Master Lease; our ability to obtain favorable terms on any properties that we sell; the uncertainty of our estimates, judgments and assumptions associated with our accounting policies and methods; our dependence on external sources of capital; our business operations generating sufficient cash for distributions or debt service; potential future acquisitions; our ability to acquire new properties; owning and leasing real estate generally; substantially all of our tenants depending on the same industry for their revenues; property taxes; costs of completing environmental remediation and of compliance with environmental legislation and regulations; potential exposure related to pending lawsuits and claims; owning real estate primarily concentrated in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States; counterparty risk; expenses not covered by insurance; the impact of our electing to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws, including subsequent failure to qualify as a REIT; changes in interest rates and our ability to manage or mitigate this risk effectively; our dividend policy and ability to pay dividends; changes in market conditions; Maryland law discouraging a third-party takeover; adverse effect of inflation; the loss of a member or members of our management team; and terrorist attacks and other acts of violence and war.

As a result of these and other factors, we may experience material fluctuations in future operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results, ability to pay dividends or stock price. An investment in our stock involves various risks, including those mentioned above and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those that are described from time to time in our other filings with the SEC.

You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect our view only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly release revisions to these forward-looking statements that reflect future events or circumstances or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Prior to April 2006, when we entered into a swap agreement with JPMorgan Chase, N.A. (the “Swap Agreement”), we had not used derivative financial or commodity instruments for trading, speculative or any other purpose, and had not entered into any instruments to hedge our exposure to interest rate risk. The Swap Agreement expired on June 30, 2011 and we currently do not intend to enter into another swap agreement. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, we are not permitted to enter into another swap agreement. We do not have any foreign operations, and are therefore not exposed to foreign currency exchange rate.

 

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We are exposed to interest rate risk, primarily as a result of our $175.0 million Credit Agreement as amended on March 9, 2012 and our $25.0 million Term Loan Agreement as amended on March 9, 2012. We use borrowings under the Credit Agreement to finance acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. We used borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement to partially finance an acquisition in September 2009. Total borrowings outstanding as of June 30, 2012 under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement were $151.7 million and $22.4 million, respectively, bearing interest at a weighted-average rate of 3.28% per annum. The weighted-average effective rate is based on (i) $151.7 million of LIBOR rate borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement floating at market rates plus a margin of 3.00%, and (ii) $22.4 million of LIBOR based borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement floating at market rates (subject to a 30 day LIBOR floor of 0.40%) plus a margin of 3.10%. Our Credit Agreement permits borrowings at an interest rate equal to the sum of a base rate plus a margin of 2.00% or a LIBOR rate plus a margin of 3.00%. It is possible that our business operations or liquidity may be further adversely affected by our ability to reposition the portfolio and generate cash flow from the properties previously subject to the Master Lease as discussed in “General—Marketing and the Master Lease” above and as a result we may be in default of our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement which if such default was not cured or waived would further prohibit us from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement. An event of default if not cured or waived would increase by 200 basis points (2.00%) the interest rate we pay under our Credit Agreement and would increase by 300 basis points (3.00%) the interest rate we pay under the Term Loan Agreement. We may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not have access to funds under our Credit Agreement or our Term Loan Agreement.

We manage our exposure to interest rate risk by minimizing, to the extent feasible, our overall borrowing and monitoring available financing alternatives. Our interest rate risk as of June 30, 2012 has not changed significantly, as compared to December 31, 2011. Our interest rate risk may materially change in the future if we seek other sources of debt or equity capital or refinance our outstanding debt.

Based on our aggregate average borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement projected at $173.9 million for the remainder of 2012, an increase in market interest rates of 0.50% for the remainder of 2012 would decrease our 2012 net income and cash flows by $0.4 million. This amount was determined by calculating the effect of a hypothetical interest rate change on our aggregate borrowings outstanding floating at market rates, and assumes that the $151.7 million borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2012 and the $22.2 million average scheduled borrowings outstanding for 2012 under the Term Loan Agreement is indicative of our future average borrowings outstanding for 2012 before considering additional borrowings required for future acquisitions or repayment of borrowings outstanding from proceeds of future equity offerings. The calculation also assumes that there are no other changes in our financial structure or the terms of our borrowings. Our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates will increase or decrease in the future with increases or decreases in the borrowings outstanding amount under our Credit Agreement, with decreases in the borrowings outstanding amount under our Term Loan Agreement and with increases or decreases in borrowings outstanding under agreements entered into with interest rates floating at market rates.

 

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In order to minimize our exposure to credit risk associated with financial instruments, we place our temporary cash investments with high-credit-quality institutions. Temporary cash investments, if any, are currently held in an overnight bank time deposit with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As required by the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b), we have carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2012.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the latest fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Please refer to “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and to note 3 to our accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements which appears in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for additional information.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

We are subject to various risks, many of which are beyond our control. As a result of these and other factors, we may experience material fluctuations in our future operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. An investment in our stock involves various risks, including those mentioned below and elsewhere this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those that are described from time to time in our other filings with the SEC.

 

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We are repositioning our properties that were subject to the Master Lease. We expect to incur significant costs associated with repositioning these properties to generate cash flow over a period of years and we expect to generate less net revenue from leasing these properties. The incurrence of these costs and receipt of less net revenue may materially negatively impact our cash flow and ability to pay dividends.

We previously leased approximately 775 properties to Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (“Marketing”) comprising a unitary premises pursuant to a master lease (the “Master Lease”) and we derived a majority of our revenues from the leasing of these properties under the Master Lease. Marketing rejected the Master Lease pursuant to an Order issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) effective April 30, 2012 and possession of the properties subject to the Master Lease was returned to us. As a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing and in anticipation of Marketing’s rejection of the Master Lease, we had commenced a process to enable a repositioning of the portfolio of properties that were subject to the Master Lease to be effective as soon as possible after the properties became available to us free of Marketing’s tenancy. As a result of that process, we have started repositioning the portfolio of properties that were subject to the Master Lease. The repositioning process will create multiple tenancies with respect to this portfolio of properties. We have entered into long-term term triple-net leases and month-to-month license agreements with respect to a large portion of these properties. Our month-to-month license agreements allow the licensee to occupy and to use the properties for gas stations, convenience stores, automotive repair service facilities or other businesses. We receive monthly payments from the licensee-operators while remaining responsible for all operating expenses, including maintenance, repairs, real estate taxes, insurance and general upkeep (“Property Expenditures”) and environmental costs. We expect to enter into additional long-term triple-net leases for groups of these properties with tenants who are actively engaged in the business of retail petroleum marketing.

We have commenced eviction proceedings involving approximately 40 properties in various jurisdictions against Marketing’s former subtenants (or sub-subtenants) who have not vacated our properties and who have not accepted license agreements with us or have not entered into new agreements with our distributor tenants and therefore occupy our properties without right. We are incurring costs in connection with such proceedings.

We are currently generating less net revenue from the leasing of properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease than the contractual rent historically due from Marketing under the Master Lease. We expect that following the completion of the repositioning process, we will continue to generate less net revenue from these properties than the contractual rent historically due from Marketing under the Master Lease. In addition, we expect to incur Property Expenditures and Capital Expenditures (as defined below) during and after the repositioning process.

Since the Master Lease was structured as a “triple-net” lease, Marketing had the responsibility for all Property Expenditures during the term of the Master Lease and for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities (as defined below). Marketing failed to meet many of its obligations to undertake or pay for these Property Expenditures. Due to Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, in 2012, we commenced paying for Property Expenditures

 

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and Marketing Environmental Liabilities, and dependent on factors related to each site we expect to directly pay for varying types of costs over a period of years for deferred maintenance, required renovations, replacement of underground storage tanks and related equipment and zoning and permitting costs (“Capital Improvements”)

We expect to continue to incur costs associated with the Marketing bankruptcy proceedings and associated eviction proceedings and we anticipate incurring significant Property Expenditures and Capital Improvement costs over a period of years. It is also possible that our estimates for environmental remediation and tank removal expenses relating to these properties will be higher than the Marketing Environmental Liabilities we have accrued and that issues involved in re-letting or repositioning these properties may require significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to other segments of our ongoing business. The incurrence of these costs and receipt of less net revenue from our properties that were subject to the Master Lease may materially negatively impact or negatively impact to a greater extent than we have experienced our cash flow and ability to pay dividends.

As a result of the developments with Marketing, we have recognized certain expenses and accrued certain other expenses. We cannot provide any assurances that the amounts that we have recognized or accrued will not change significantly. Changes to our estimates may negatively impact our cash flows and ability to pay dividends.

We have provided a reserve for bad debts, primarily attributable to nonpayment of rent and real estate taxes due from Marketing. We have also accrued the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. Among other items, our estimate of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities is based, in part, upon our belief that we will recover a portion of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities from state agencies. We cannot provide any assurance that the programs under which we are reimbursed from state UST remediation funds will continue to be available to us. In addition, as a result of Marketing’s bankruptcy filing, we accrued for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities in the fourth quarter of 2011 and commenced funding remediation activities during the second quarter of 2012 related to such accrued Marketing Environmental Liabilities. We do not expect to be reimbursed for such Marketing Environmental Liabilities unless we ultimately recover a portion of our claims as a result of the Lukoil Complaint described herein.

In connection with our repositioning of the properties that were subject to the Master Lease, we have and anticipate that in the future, as between us and any new tenant or transferee of a property or group of properties, we will in almost all cases retain environmental remediation liabilities that exist with respect to that property or group of properties prior to the date of re-letting or sale, to the extent there is no third-party responsible therefor. These and other actions are expected to significantly increase our overhead expenses for the foreseeable future. As we continue to reposition our properties that were subject to the Master Lease, we may have to adjust the carrying value of these properties, which may cause us to recognize additional impairment charges. The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher than the amounts we have accrued and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimates. We do not maintain pollution legal liability insurance in amounts sufficient to protect us from all potential future claims related to known and unknown environmental liabilities. Changes to our estimates may materially negatively impact our cash flow and ability to pay dividends.

 

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Our future cash flow is dependent on the performance of our tenants of their lease obligations, renewal of existing leases and either re-letting or selling our vacant properties including properties being repositioned that were previously subject to the Master Lease.

We are subject to risks that financial distress, default or bankruptcy of our other tenants may lead to vacancy at our properties or disruption in rent receipts as a result of partial payment or nonpayment of rent or that expiring leases may not be renewed. Under unfavorable general economic conditions, there can be no assurance that our tenants’ level of sales and financial performance generally will not be adversely affected, which in turn, could impact the reliability of our rent receipts. We are subject to risks that the terms governing (i) the properties previously subject to the Master Lease that are being repositioned and (ii) renewal or re-letting of our other properties (including the cost of required renovations, replacement of underground storage tanks and related equipment or environmental remediation) may be less favorable than current lease terms. We are also subject to the risk that the values of our properties that we sell may be adversely affected by unfavorable general economic conditions. Unfavorable general economic conditions may also negatively impact our ability to re-let or sell our properties. Numerous properties compete with our properties in attracting tenants to lease space. The number of available or competitive properties in a particular area could have a material adverse effect on our ability to lease or sell our properties and on the rents we are able to charge. In addition to the risk of disruption in rent receipts, we are subject to the risk of incurring real estate taxes, maintenance, environmental and other expenses at vacant properties.

The financial distress, default or bankruptcy of our tenants may also lead to protracted and expensive processes for retaking control of our properties than would otherwise be the case, including, eviction or other legal proceedings related to or resulting from the tenant’s default. These risks are greater with respect to certain of our tenants who lease multiple properties from us. If a tenant files for bankruptcy protection it is possible that we would recover substantially less than the full value of our claims against the tenant. If our tenants do not perform their lease obligations; or we are unable to renew existing leases and promptly recapture and re-let or sell vacant locations; or if lease terms upon renewal or re-letting are less favorable than current lease terms; or if the values of properties that we sell are adversely affected by market conditions; or if we incur significant costs or disruption related to or resulting from tenant financial distress, default or bankruptcy; then our cash flow could be significantly adversely affected.

As part of our efforts to reposition our properties that were subject to the Master Lease, we are continuing our efforts to sell some of our properties. We cannot predict the terms or timing of any such dispositions. If we do not obtain favorable terms on such dispositions, our operations and financial performance will be negatively impacted.

We are continuing our efforts to sell approximately 134 properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease and have had their underground storage tanks removed, and to sell or relet nine petroleum distribution terminals. While we have dedicated considerable effort designed to increase sales and leasing activity, we cannot predict if or when property dispositions will close and whether the terms of any such disposition will be favorable to us. It is likely that we will in almost all cases retain environmental liabilities that exist with respect to that property or group of properties prior to the date of sale, to the extent there is no third-party responsible therefor. If we do not obtain favorable terms on such dispositions, our operations and financial performance will be negatively impacted.

 

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We have entered into a stipulation with Marketing and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Bankruptcy proceedings. We maintain significant pre-petition and post-petition claims against Marketing. We cannot provide any assurance that our claims will be accepted or paid.

On December 5, 2011, Marketing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Bankruptcy Court. On March 7, 2012, we entered into a stipulation with Marketing and with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Bankruptcy proceedings, which was approved and made an Order by the Bankruptcy Court on April 2, 2012 (the “Stipulation”). Pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation, we are entitled to at least an administrative claim for the payment of all fixed rent and performance of other obligations due from Marketing under the Master Lease from December 5, 2011 until possession of the properties subject to the Master Lease was returned to us. For the period from December 5, 2011 (the date of the bankruptcy filing) through April 30, 2012, we have agreed to cap our aggregate priority administrative claims at the amount of $10.5 million, together with interest from May 1, 2012 until paid at the rate provided in the Master Lease (plus any transfer taxes paid by us). We cannot predict how much of these unpaid obligations we will ultimately collect, if any. The Plan of Liquidation, described above, incorporates the terms of the Stipulation.

Subsequent to Marketing’s rejection of the Master Lease, as described above, Marketing filed an amended plan of liquidation and disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court. The amended disclosure statement was approved and made an Order of the Bankruptcy Court on May 31, 2012. The plan of liquidation (the “Plan of Liquidation”), which is subject to confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court following solicitation and tabulation of votes of Marketing’s creditors to accept or reject the Plan of Liquidation, calls for an orderly liquidation of Marketing’s assets over time. We maintain significant pre-petition and post-petition claims against Marketing. Certain of our claims are considered administrative claims which have priority over other creditors’ claims. We cannot provide any assurance that the Plan of Liquidation will be accepted by Marketing’s creditors and confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and that we will collect any of the unpaid amounts due from Marketing pursuant to the Plan of Liquidation, or otherwise.

Our accounting policies and methods are fundamental to how we record and report our financial position and results of operations, and they require management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions about matters that are inherently uncertain.

Our accounting policies and methods are fundamental to how we record and report our financial position and results of operations. We have identified several accounting policies as being critical to the presentation of our financial position and results of operations because they require management to make particularly subjective or complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be recorded under different conditions or using different assumptions. Because of the inherent uncertainty of the estimates, judgments and assumptions associated with these critical accounting policies, we cannot provide any assurance that we will not make subsequent significant adjustments to our consolidated financial statements. Estimates, judgments and assumptions underlying our consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, accounts receivable and related reserves, deferred rent

 

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receivable, income under direct financing leases, asset retirement obligations including environmental remediation costs, real estate, depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, litigation, accrued liabilities, income taxes and allocation of the purchase price of properties acquired to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

We have provided a reserve for bad debts, primarily attributable to nonpayment of rent and real estate taxes due from Marketing. In the fourth quarter of 2011, since we could no longer assume that Marketing would be able to meet its environmental remediation obligations and its obligations to remove all underground storage tanks at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warrant, we accrued the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimates. As we continue to reposition our properties that were subject to the Master Lease, we may have to adjust the carrying value of these properties, which may cause us to recognize additional impairment charges.

If our judgments, assumptions and allocations prove to be incorrect, or if circumstances change, our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expense, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price may be materially adversely affected. (For information regarding our critical accounting policies, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies” in our Annual Report of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Annual Report”) and “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies” herein.)

We are dependent on external sources of capital which may not be available on favorable terms, or at all.

We are dependent on external sources of capital to maintain our status as a REIT and must distribute to our shareholders each year at least 90% of our net taxable income, excluding any net capital gain. Because of these distribution requirements, it is not likely that we will be able to fund all future capital needs, including acquisitions, from income from operations. Therefore, we will have to continue to rely on third-party sources of capital, which may or may not be available on favorable terms, or at all.

Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash flows from operations and available cash and cash equivalents. Historically, we have also utilized our Credit Agreement which was amended on March 9, 2012 and the maturity date extended by one year to March 2013 (the “Credit Agreement”). See note 4 in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for a description of the terms of the Credit Agreement and the terms of the amendment to the three year term loan agreement with TD Bank (the “Term Loan Agreement”). However, our access to funds under the Credit Agreement has been severely limited and, in the short-term, it is unlikely that we will be able to access any additional funds under the Credit Agreement. Under the Credit Agreement, we are unable to access undrawn funds until we meet certain criteria including achieving pro forma revenue targets, the resolution of material litigation with our tenants and conditioned upon having no tenant upon whom our financial results are materially dependent subject to bankruptcy or any such similar proceedings. In order to continue to meet our liquidity needs (including the repayment of the balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement when due in March 2013), we must extend the maturity of or refinance the Credit Agreement and the Term

 

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Loan Agreement or obtain additional sources of financing. Additional sources of financing may be more expensive or contain more onerous terms than exist under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement, or simply may not be available. As a result, we may be required to enter into alternative loan agreements, sell assets, reduce or eliminate our dividend or issue additional equity at unfavorable terms if we do not extend the term of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement beyond March 2013. There can be no assurance that at or prior to expiration of the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement we will be able to amend these agreements or enter into a new revolving credit agreement on favorable terms, if at all.

Our ability to meet the financial and other covenants relating to our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement is dependent on our continued ability to meet certain criteria as further described in note 4 in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” and the performance of our tenants. If we are not in compliance with one or more of our covenants which if not complied with could result in an event of default under our Credit Agreement or our Term Loan Agreement, there can be no assurance that our lenders would waive such non-compliance. In such an event, we would be prohibited from drawing funds against the Credit Agreement and our indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Agreement could be accelerated. An event of default if not cured or waived would increase by 200 basis points (2.00%) the interest rate we pay under our Credit Agreement and would increase by 300 basis points (3.00%) the interest rate we pay under the Term Loan Agreement. We may be unable to fulfill commitments relating to completion of future acquisitions, if any, and incur monetary losses or damage our reputation if we cannot draw sufficient funds against the Credit Agreement. This could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operation, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Our access to third-party sources of capital depends upon a number of factors including the successful resolution of the proceedings related to Marketing as described above, general market conditions, the market’s perception of our growth potential, financial stability, our current and potential future earnings and cash distributions, covenants and limitations imposed under our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement and the market price of our common stock.

Our business operations may not generate sufficient cash for distributions or debt service.

There is no assurance that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay dividends on our common stock, to pay our indebtedness, or to fund our other liquidity needs. We may not be able to repay or refinance existing indebtedness on favorable terms, which could force us to dispose of properties on disadvantageous terms (which may also result in losses) or accept financing on unfavorable terms.

We may acquire new properties, and this may create risks.

We expect that during the period in which we are repositioning the properties subject to the Master Lease, our acquisition activities will primarily be focused on reinvesting proceeds we generate from the disposition of properties. Historically, we have acquired properties when we believe that an acquisition matches our business strategies. These properties may have characteristics or deficiencies currently unknown to us that affect their value or revenue potential. It is possible that the operating performance of these properties may decline after we

 

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acquire them, they may not perform as expected and, if financed using debt or new equity issuances, may result in shareholder dilution. Our acquisition of properties will expose us to the liabilities of those properties, some of which we may not be aware of at the time of acquisition. We face competition in pursuing these acquisitions and we may not succeed in leasing acquired properties at rents sufficient to cover their costs of acquisition and operations. Newly acquired properties may require significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to our ongoing business. We may not succeed in consummating desired acquisitions. Consequences arising from or in connection with any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

While we seek to grow through accretive acquisitions, acquisitions of properties may be dilutive and may not produce the returns that we expect and we may not be able to successfully integrate acquired properties into our portfolio or manage our growth effectively, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects.

Acquisitions of properties may initially be dilutive to our net income, and such properties may not perform as we expect or produce the returns that we anticipate (including, without limitation, as a result of tenant bankruptcies, tenant concessions, our inability to collect rents and higher than anticipated operating expenses). Further, we may not successfully integrate one or more of these property acquisitions into our existing portfolio without operating disruptions or unanticipated costs. Additionally, to the extent we increase the size of our portfolio, we may not be able to adapt our management, administrative, accounting and operational systems, or hire and retain sufficient operational staff to integrate acquired properties into our portfolio or manage any future acquisitions of properties without operating disruptions or unanticipated costs. Moreover, our continued growth, including the repositioning of our properties subject to the Master Lease, will require increased investment in management personnel, professional fees, other personnel, financial and management systems and controls and facilities, which will result in additional operating expenses. Under the circumstances described above, our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

We are subject to risks inherent in owning and leasing real estate.

We are subject to varying degrees of risk generally related to leasing and owning real estate many of which are beyond our control. In addition to general risks applicable to us, our risks include, among others:

 

   

our liability as a lessee for long-term lease obligations regardless of our revenues,

 

   

deterioration in national, regional and local economic and real estate market conditions,

 

   

potential changes in supply of, or demand for, rental properties similar to ours,

 

   

competition for tenants and declining rental rates,

 

   

difficulty in selling or re-letting properties on favorable terms or at all,

 

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impairments in our ability to collect rent payments when due,

 

   

increases in interest rates and adverse changes in the availability, cost and terms of financing,

 

   

the potential for uninsured casualty and other losses due to natural disasters or other causes,

 

   

the impact of present or future environmental legislation and compliance with environmental laws,

 

   

adverse changes in zoning laws and other regulations, and

 

   

acts of terrorism and war.

Each of these factors could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. In addition, real estate investments are relatively illiquid, which means that our ability to vary our portfolio of properties in response to changes in economic and other conditions may be limited.

Adverse developments in general business, economic, or political conditions could have a material adverse effect on us.

Adverse developments in general business and economic conditions, including through recession, downturn or otherwise, either in the economy generally or in those regions in which a large portion of our business is conducted, could have a material adverse effect on us and significantly increase certain of the risks we are subject to. The general economic conditions in the United States are, and for an extended period of time may be, significantly less favorable than that of prior years. Among other effects, adverse economic conditions could depress real estate values, impact our ability to re-let or sell our properties and have an adverse effect on our tenants’ level of sales and financial performance generally. Our revenues are dependent on the economic success of our tenants and any factors that adversely impact our tenants could also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Substantially all of our tenants depend on the same industry for their revenues.

We derive substantially all of our revenues from leasing, primarily on a triple-net basis, retail motor fuel and convenience store properties and petroleum distribution terminals to tenants in the petroleum marketing industry. Accordingly, our revenues are substantially dependent on the economic success of the petroleum marketing industry, and any factors that adversely affect that industry, such as disruption in the supply of petroleum or a decrease in the demand for conventional motor fuels due to conservation, technological advancements in petroleum-fueled motor vehicles, or an increase in the use of alternative fuel vehicles, or “green technology” could also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. The success of participants in the petroleum marketing industry depends upon the sale of refined petroleum products at margins in excess of fixed and variable expenses. The petroleum marketing industry is highly competitive and volatile. Petroleum products are

 

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commodities, the prices of which depend on numerous factors that affect supply and demand. The prices paid by our tenants and other petroleum marketers for products are affected by global, national and regional factors. A large, rapid increase in wholesale petroleum prices would adversely affect the profitability and cash flows of our tenants if the increased cost of petroleum products could not be passed on to their customers or if automobile consumption of gasoline was to decline significantly. We cannot be certain how these factors will affect petroleum product prices or supply in the future, or how in particular they will affect our tenants.

Property taxes on our properties may increase without notice.

Each of the properties we own or lease is subject to real property taxes. The leases for certain of the properties that we lease from third parties obligate us to pay real property taxes with regard to those properties. The real property taxes on our properties and any other properties that we acquire or lease in the future may increase as property tax rates change and as those properties are assessed or reassessed by tax authorities. To the extent that our tenants are unable or unwilling to pay such increase in accordance with their leases, our net operating expenses may increase.

We incur significant operating costs as a result of environmental laws and regulations which costs could significantly rise and reduce our profitability.

We are subject to numerous existing federal, state and local laws and regulations, including matters relating to the protection of the environment. Under certain environmental laws, a current or previous owner or operator of real estate may be liable for contamination resulting from the presence or discharge of hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum products at, on, or under, such property, and may be required to investigate and clean-up such contamination. Such laws typically impose liability and clean-up responsibility without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of or caused the presence of the contaminants, or the timing or cause of the contamination, and the liability under such laws has been interpreted to be joint and several unless the harm is divisible and there is a reasonable basis for allocation of responsibility. For example, liability may arise as a result of the historical use of a property or from the migration of contamination from adjacent or nearby properties. Any such contamination or liability may also reduce the value of the property. In addition, the owner or operator of a property may be subject to claims by third parties based on injury, damage and/or costs, including investigation and clean-up costs, resulting from environmental contamination present at or emanating from a property. The properties owned or controlled by us are leased primarily as retail motor fuel and convenience store properties, and therefore may contain, or may have contained, USTs for the storage of petroleum products and other hazardous or toxic substances, which creates a potential for the release of such products or substances. Some of our properties may be subject to regulations regarding the retirement and decommissioning or removal of long-lived assets including buildings containing hazardous materials, USTs and other equipment. Some of the properties may be adjacent to or near properties that have contained or currently contain USTs used to store petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances. In addition, certain of the properties are on, adjacent to, or near properties upon which others have engaged or may in the future engage in activities that may release petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances. There may be other environmental problems associated with our properties of which we are unaware. These problems may make it more difficult for us to re-let or sell our properties on favorable terms, or at all.

 

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For additional information with respect to pending environmental lawsuits and claims, environmental remediation costs and estimates, and Marketing and the Master Lease see “Item 3. Legal Proceedings”, “Environmental Matters” in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and notes 3 and 6 in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” each as filed with the Annual Report, which are incorporated by reference herein.

We enter into leases and various other agreements which allocate responsibility for known and unknown environmental liabilities by establishing the percentage and method of allocating responsibility between the parties. Except as described above with respect to certain properties that were previously subject to the Master Lease, our tenants are directly responsible to pay for (i) remediation of environmental contamination they cause and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operators of our properties, and (ii) environmental liabilities allocated to them under the terms of our leases and various other agreements. Generally, the liability for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs and other equipment is the responsibility of our tenants. We are contingently liable for these obligations in the event that our tenants do not satisfy their responsibilities. Under the Master Lease, Marketing was responsible to pay for the retirement and decommissioning or removal of USTs at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warranted as well as all environmental liabilities discovered during the term of the Master Lease, including: (i) remediation of environmental contamination Marketing caused and compliance with various environmental laws and regulations as the operator of our properties, and (ii) known and unknown environmental liabilities allocated to Marketing under the terms of the Master Lease and various other agreements with us relating to Marketing’s business and the properties it leased from us (collectively the “Marketing Environmental Liabilities”). A liability has not been accrued for obligations that are the responsibility of our tenants (other than amounts accrued for the Marketing Environmental Liabilities accrued in the fourth quarter of 2011) based on our tenants’ past histories of paying such obligations and/or our assessment of their respective financial abilities to pay their share of such costs. However, there can be no assurance that our assessments are correct or that our tenants who have paid their obligations in the past will continue to do so.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, since we could no longer assume that Marketing would be able to meet its environmental remediation obligations and its obligations to remove all underground storage tanks at the end of their useful life or earlier if circumstances warrant, we accrued the Marketing Environmental Liabilities. The actual amount of the Marketing Environmental Liabilities may be significantly higher and we can provide no assurance as to the accuracy of our estimates.

We cannot provide any assurance that the programs under which we are reimbursed from state UST remediation funds will continue to be available to us. Environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing our liability for estimated environmental remediation costs on a property by property basis, we consider among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding geology, quality of information available, currently available technologies for treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental accruals are based on estimates which are subject to significant change, and are adjusted as the

 

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remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become more clearly defined and reasonably estimable. Adjustments to accrued liabilities for environmental remediation costs will be reflected in our financial statements as they become probable and a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made.

It is possible that our assumptions regarding the ultimate allocation methods and share of responsibility that we used to allocate environmental liabilities may change, which may result in adjustments to the amounts recorded for environmental litigation accruals and environmental remediation liabilities. We will be required to accrue for environmental liabilities that we believe are allocable to others under various other agreements if we determine that it is probable that the counterparty will not meet its environmental obligations. We may ultimately be responsible to pay for environmental liabilities as the property owner if the counterparty fails to pay them.

We cannot predict what environmental legislation or regulations may be enacted in the future, or if or how existing laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted with respect to products or activities to which they have not previously been applied. We cannot predict whether state UST fund programs will be administered and funded in the future in a manner that is consistent with past practices and if future environmental spending will continue to be eligible for reimbursement at historical recovery rates under these programs. Compliance with more stringent laws or regulations, as well as more vigorous enforcement policies of the regulatory agencies or stricter interpretation of existing laws which may develop in the future, could have an adverse effect on our financial position, or that of our tenants, and could require substantial additional expenditures for future remediation.

As a result of the factors discussed above, or others, compliance with environmental laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

We are defending pending lawsuits and claims and are subject to material losses.

We are subject to various lawsuits and claims, including litigation related to environmental matters, such as those arising from leaking USTs and releases of motor fuel into the environment, and toxic tort claims. The ultimate resolution of certain matters cannot be predicted because considerable uncertainty exists both in terms of the probability of loss and the estimate of such loss. Our ultimate liabilities resulting from such lawsuits and claims, if any, could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. For additional information with respect to pending environmental lawsuits and claims and environmental remediation costs and estimates see “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” and “Environmental Matters” in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and notes 3 and 6 in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” each as filed with the Annual Report, which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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A significant portion of our properties are concentrated in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, and adverse conditions in those regions, in particular, could negatively impact our operations.

A significant portion of the properties we own and lease are located in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Because of the concentration of our properties in those regions, in the event of adverse economic conditions in those regions, we would likely experience higher risk of default on payment of rent to us than if our properties were more geographically diversified. Additionally, the rents on our properties may be subject to a greater risk of default than other properties in the event of adverse economic, political, or business developments or natural hazards that may affect the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic United States and the ability of our lessees to make rent payments. This lack of geographical diversification could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

We are in a competitive business.

The real estate industry is highly competitive. Where we own properties, we compete for tenants with a large number of real estate property owners and other companies that sublet properties. Our principal means of competition are rents we are able to charge in relation to the income producing potential of the location. In addition, we expect other major real estate investors, some with much greater financial resources or more experienced personnel than we have, will compete with us for attractive acquisition opportunities. These competitors include petroleum manufacturing, distributing and marketing companies, other REITs, investment banking firms and private institutional investors. This competition has increased prices for properties we seek to acquire and may impair our ability to make suitable property acquisitions on favorable terms in the future.

We are exposed to counterparty risk and there can be no assurances that we will effectively manage or mitigate this risk.

We regularly interact with counterparties in various industries. The types of counterparties most common to our transactions and agreements include, but are not limited to, landlords, tenants, vendors and lenders. Our most significant counterparties include, but are not limited to the members of the Bank Syndicate that are counterparties to our Amended Credit Agreement and the lender that is the counterparty to the Amended Term Loan Agreement. The default, insolvency or other inability of a significant counterparty to perform its obligations under an agreement or transaction, including, without limitation, as a result of the rejection of an agreement or transaction in bankruptcy proceedings, could have a material adverse effect on us. (For additional information, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks,” as filed with the Annual Report.)

 

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We are subject to losses that may not be covered by insurance.

Our tenants, as the lessees of our properties, are required to provide insurance for such properties, including casualty, liability, fire and extended coverage in amounts and on other terms as set forth in our leases. We do not maintain pollution legal liability insurance in amounts sufficient to protect us from all potential future claims for known and unknown environmental contamination, including the environmental liabilities that are the responsibility of our tenants. We carry insurance against certain risks and in such amounts as we believe are customary for businesses of our kind. However, as the costs and availability of insurance change, we may decide not to be covered against certain losses (such as certain environmental liabilities, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and civil disorder) where, in the judgment of management, the insurance is not warranted due to cost or availability of coverage or the remoteness of perceived risk. There is no assurance that our insurance coverages are or will be sufficient to cover actual losses incurred. The destruction of, or significant damage to, or significant liabilities arising out of conditions at, our properties due to an uninsured cause would result in an economic loss and could result in us losing both our investment in, and anticipated profits from, such properties. When a loss is insured, the coverage may be insufficient in amount or duration, or a lessee’s customers may be lost, such that the lessee cannot resume its business after the loss at prior levels or at all, resulting in reduced rent or a default under its lease. Any such loss relating to a large number of properties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Failure to qualify as a REIT under the federal income tax laws would have adverse consequences to our shareholders.

We elected to be treated as a REIT under the federal income tax laws beginning January 1, 2001. We cannot, however, guarantee that we will continue to qualify in the future as a REIT. We cannot give any assurance that new legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions will not significantly change the requirements relating to our qualification. If we fail to qualify as a REIT, we would not be allowed a deduction for distributions to shareholders in computing our taxable income and will again be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates, we could be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax, we could be required to pay significant income taxes and we would have less money available for our operations and distributions to shareholders. This would likely have a significant adverse effect on the value of our securities. We could also be precluded from treatment as a REIT for four taxable years following the year in which we lost the qualification, and all distributions to shareholders would be taxable as regular corporate dividends to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. Loss of our REIT status would result in an event of default that, if not cured or waived, would prohibit us from drawing funds against the Amended Credit Agreement and could result in the acceleration of all of our indebtedness under our Amended Credit Agreement and Amended Term Loan Agreement which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

 

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We are exposed to interest rate risk and there can be no assurances that we will manage or mitigate this risk effectively.

We are exposed to interest rate risk, primarily as a result of our Credit Agreement which expires in March 2013 and our Term Loan Agreement which also expires in March 2013. Borrowings under our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement bear interest at a floating rate. Accordingly, an increase in interest rates will increase the amount of interest we must pay under our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement. Our interest rate risk may materially change in the future if we increase our borrowings under the Credit Agreement, further amend our Credit Agreement or Term Loan Agreement, seek other sources of debt or equity capital or refinance our outstanding debt. A significant increase in interest rates could also make it more difficult to find alternative financing on desirable terms. (For additional information with respect to interest rate risk, see “Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks,” as filed with the Annual Report.)

We may change our dividend policy and the dividends we pay may be subject to significant volatility.

The decision to declare and pay dividends on our common stock in the future, as well as the timing, amount and composition of any such future dividends, will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on such factors as the Board of Directors deems relevant. In addition, our Credit Agreement and our Term Loan Agreement prohibit the payments of dividends during certain events of default. No assurance can be given that our financial performance in the future will permit our payment of any dividends or that the amount of dividends we pay, if any, will not fluctuate significantly.

Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, our ability to pay dividends would be restricted if, after payment of the dividend, (1) we would not be able to pay indebtedness as it becomes due in the usual course of business or (2) our total assets would be less than the sum of our liabilities plus the amount that would be needed, if we were to be dissolved, to satisfy the rights of any shareholders with liquidation preferences. There currently are no shareholders with liquidation preferences.

To qualify for taxation as a REIT, we, among other requirements, must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income, including taxable income that is accrued by us without a corresponding receipt of cash. We cannot provide any assurance that our cash flows will permit us to continue paying cash dividends. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has allowed the use of a procedure, as a result of which we could satisfy the REIT income distribution requirement by making a distribution on our common stock comprised of (i) shares of our common stock having a value of up to 90% of the total distribution and (ii) cash in the remaining amount of the total distribution, in lieu of paying the distribution entirely in cash. The procedure will only apply to distributions made after 2011 to the extent that we properly elect under applicable law to treat such distributions as made out of taxable income that arose in 2011. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to satisfy our REIT income distribution requirement with respect to taxable income arising in 2012 and thereafter by making distributions payable in whole or in part in shares of our common stock. It is also possible that instead of distributing 100% of our taxable income on an annual basis, we

 

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may decide to retain a portion of our taxable income and to pay taxes on such amounts as permitted by the IRS. In the event that we pay a portion of a dividend in shares of our common stock, taxable U.S. shareholders would be required to pay tax on the entire amount of the dividend, including the portion paid in shares of common stock, in which case such shareholders might have to pay the tax using cash from other sources. If a U.S. shareholder sells the stock it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our common stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to non-U. S. shareholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividend, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock. In addition, if a significant number of our shareholders sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividends, such sales would put downward pressure on the market price of our common stock.

As a result of the factors described above, we may experience material fluctuations in future operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, revenues, operating expenses, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or our stock price.

Changes in market conditions could adversely affect the market price of our publicly traded common stock.

As with other publicly traded securities, the market price of our publicly traded common stock depends on various market conditions, which may change from time-to-time. Among the market conditions that may affect the market price of our publicly traded common stock are the following:

 

   

our financial condition and performance and that of our significant tenants,

 

   

the market’s perception of our growth potential and potential future earnings,

 

   

the reputation of REITs generally and the reputation of REITs with portfolios similar to us,

 

   

the attractiveness of the securities of REITs in comparison to securities issued by other entities (including securities issued by other real estate companies),

 

   

an increase in market interest rates, which may lead prospective investors to demand a higher distribution rate in relation to the price paid for publicly traded securities,

 

   

the extent of institutional investor interest in us, and

 

   

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In order to preserve our REIT status, our charter limits the number of shares a person may own, which may discourage a takeover that could result in a premium price for our common stock or otherwise benefit our stockholders.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Unless exempted by our Board of Directors, no person may actually or constructively own more than 5% (by value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of our common stock or the outstanding shares of any class or series of our preferred stock, which may inhibit large investors from desiring to purchase our stock. This restriction may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a change in control, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.

Maryland law may discourage a third-party from acquiring us.

We are subject to the provisions of Maryland Business Combination Act (the “Business Combination Act”) which prohibits transactions between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder for 5 (five) years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Generally, pursuant to the Business Combination Act, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of a Maryland corporation’s voting stock. These provisions could have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of our company or reducing the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our capital stock. Additionally, the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act may deny voting rights to shares involved in an acquisition of one-tenth or more of the voting stock of a Maryland corporation. In our charter and bylaws, we have elected not to have the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of our company. However, in the case of the control share acquisition statute, our Board of Directors may opt to make this statute applicable to us at any time by amending our bylaws, and may do so on a retroactive basis. Finally, the “unsolicited takeovers” provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law permit our Board of Directors, without stockholder approval and regardless of what is currently provided in our charter or bylaws, to implement certain provisions that may have the effect of inhibiting a third-party from making an acquisition proposal for our Company or of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our Company under circumstances that otherwise could provide the holders of our common stocks with the opportunity to realize a premium over the then current market price or that stockholders may otherwise believe is in their best interests.

Inflation may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Although inflation has not materially impacted our results of operations in the recent past, increased inflation could have a more pronounced negative impact on any variable rate debt we incur in the future and on our results of operations. During times when inflation is greater than increases in rent, as provided for in our leases, rent increases may not keep up with the rate of inflation. Likewise, even though our triple-net leases reduce our exposure to rising property expenses due to inflation, substantial inflationary pressures and increased costs may have an adverse impact on our tenants if increases in their operating expenses exceed increases in revenue, which may adversely affect the tenants’ ability to pay rent.

 

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The loss of certain members of our management team could adversely affect our business.

We depend upon the skills and experience of our executive officers. Loss of the services of any of them could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price. Except for the employment agreement with our President and Chief Executive Officer, David Driscoll, we do not have employment agreements with any of our executives.

Amendments to the Accounting Standards Codification made by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) or changes in accounting standards issued by other standard-setting bodies may adversely affect our reported revenues, profitability or financial position.

Our financial statements are subject to the application of GAAP in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification, which is periodically amended by the FASB. The application of GAAP is also subject to varying interpretations over time. Accordingly, we are required to adopt amendments to the Accounting Standards Codification or comply with revised interpretations that are issued from time-to-time by recognized authoritative bodies, including the FASB and the SEC. Those changes could adversely affect our reported revenues, profitability or financial position.

Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence or war may affect the market on which our common stock trades, the markets in which we operate, our operations and our results of operations.

Terrorist attacks or other acts of violence or war could affect our business or the businesses of our tenants. The consequences of armed conflicts are unpredictable, and we may not be able to foresee events that could have a material adverse effect on us. More generally, any of these events could cause consumer confidence and spending to decrease or result in increased volatility in the United States and worldwide financial markets and economy. Terrorist attacks also could be a factor resulting in, or a continuation of, an economic recession in the United States or abroad. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, ability to pay dividends or stock price.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

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Item 5. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

31(i).1   Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
31(i).2   Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (a)
32.2   Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (a)

 

(a) These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Getty Realty Corp.
(Registrant)
BY:  

/s/ Thomas J. Stirnweis

  (Signature)
  THOMAS J. STIRNWEIS
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
      August 1, 2012
BY:  

/s/ David Driscoll

  (Signature)
  DAVID DRISCOLL
    President and Chief Executive Officer
      August 1, 2012

 

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