FCE-4.30.2013-10Q
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________________________________________________
Form 10-Q
_____________________________________________________________
(Mark One)
ý
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2013
¨
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 1-4372 
_____________________________________________________________
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
_____________________________________________________________
Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
 
 
34-0863886
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
Terminal Tower
Suite 1100
 
50 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio
 
44113
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
216-621-6060
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  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Date 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  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
ý
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ý
Indicate the number of shares outstanding, including unvested restricted stock, of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
Outstanding at May 29, 2013
Class A Common Stock, $.33 1/3 par value
175,558,517 shares
Class B Common Stock, $.33 1/3 par value
20,202,160 shares

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
 
April 30, 2013
 
 
(Unaudited)
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Assets
 
 
Real Estate
 
 
Completed rental properties
$
8,721,388

$
8,631,542

Projects under construction and development
1,331,899

1,326,703

Land held for development and sale
68,139

65,059

Total Real Estate
10,121,426

10,023,304

Less accumulated depreciation
(1,702,143
)
(1,654,632
)
Real Estate, net – (variable interest entities $1,366.7 million and $1,416.9 million, respectively)
8,419,283

8,368,672

Cash and equivalents – (variable interest entities $13.3 million and $14.2 million, respectively)
260,961

333,220

Restricted cash and escrowed funds – (variable interest entities $162.2 million and $114.9 million, respectively)
412,519

410,414

Notes and accounts receivable, net
454,527

426,200

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities
428,701

456,628

Other assets – (variable interest entities $86.6 million and $92.5 million, respectively)
603,544

614,592

Land held for divestiture
3,651

2,706

Total Assets
$
10,583,186

$
10,612,432

Liabilities and Equity
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
Mortgage debt and notes payable, nonrecourse – (variable interest entities $594.1 million and $624.1 million, respectively)
$
5,732,268

$
5,738,960

Bank revolving credit facility
45,000

—

Senior and subordinated debt – (variable interest entities $29.0 million as of each period)
841,335

1,032,969

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities – (variable interest entities $83.1 million and $76.2 million, respectively)
1,091,433

1,093,963

Cash distributions and losses in excess of investments in unconsolidated entities
295,529

292,727

Deferred income taxes
464,816

474,406

Mortgage debt and notes payable, nonrecourse of land held for divestiture
1,577

1,700

Total Liabilities
8,471,958

8,634,725

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
238,942

239,136

Commitments and Contingencies
—

—

Equity
 
 
Shareholders’ Equity
 
 
Preferred stock – 7.0% Series A cumulative perpetual convertible, without par value, $50 liquidation preference; 6,400,000 shares authorized; 0 and 211,038 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
—

10,552

Preferred stock – without par value; 13,600,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
—

—

Common stock – $.33 1/3 par value
 
 
Class A, 371,000,000 shares authorized, 174,323,829 and 163,729,240 shares issued and 173,373,837 and 163,722,658 shares outstanding, respectively
58,108

54,576

Class B, convertible, 56,000,000 shares authorized, 20,216,683 and 20,235,273 shares issued and outstanding, respectively; 26,257,961 issuable
6,739

6,745

Total common stock
64,847

61,321

Additional paid-in capital
1,060,382

932,045

Retained earnings
556,732

576,285

Less treasury stock, at cost; 949,992 and 6,582 Class A shares, respectively
(16,116
)
(108
)
Shareholders’ equity before accumulated other comprehensive loss
1,665,845

1,580,095

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(102,808
)
(103,203
)
Total Shareholders’ Equity
1,563,037

1,476,892

Noncontrolling interest
309,249

261,679

Total Equity
1,872,286

1,738,571

Total Liabilities and Equity
$
10,583,186

$
10,612,432








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

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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues from real estate operations
$
305,615

$
287,295

Expenses
 
 
Operating expenses
207,804

162,986

Depreciation and amortization
69,495

50,474

 
277,299

213,460

Interest expense
(87,418
)
(56,068
)
Amortization of mortgage procurement costs
(2,688
)
(2,756
)
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(5,238
)
(719
)
Interest and other income
11,017

10,669

Net gain on land held for divestiture activity
452

—

Earnings (loss) before income taxes
(55,559
)
24,961

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
 
Current
(352
)
276

Deferred
(14,870
)
9,572

 
(15,222
)
9,848

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities
5,850

3,773

Net loss on land held for divestiture activity of unconsolidated entities
(147
)
—

 
5,703

3,773

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
(34,634
)
18,886

Discontinued operations, net of tax:
 
 
Operating earnings (loss) from rental properties
(2
)
362

Impairment of real estate
—

(845
)
Gain on disposition of rental properties
15,562

5,370

 
15,560

4,887

Net earnings (loss)
(19,074
)
23,773

Noncontrolling interests
 
 
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests
5,544

20

Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests
(5,838
)
(1,041
)
 
(294
)
(1,021
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
(19,368
)
22,752

Preferred dividends
(185
)
(3,850
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
(19,553
)
$
18,902

Basic earnings (loss) per common share
 
 
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
(0.16
)
$
0.09

Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
0.05

0.02

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
(0.11
)
$
0.11

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share
 
 
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
(0.16
)
$
0.09

Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
0.05

0.02

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
(0.11
)
$
0.11









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

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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Net earnings (loss)
$
(19,074
)
$
23,773

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
Unrealized net gains (losses) on investment securities (net of tax of $(84) and $2, respectively)
132

(5
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax of $100 and $(89), respectively)
(158
)
142

Unrealized net gains on interest rate derivative contracts (net of tax of $(266) and $(3,786), respectively)
425

5,988

Total other comprehensive income, net of tax
399

6,125

Comprehensive income (loss)
(18,675
)
29,898

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(290
)
(1,025
)
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
(18,965
)
$
28,873























































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


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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Equity
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
Preferred Stock
 
Common Stock
Additional
 
 
 
Other
 
 
 
Series A
 
Class A
Class B
Paid-In
Retained
Treasury Stock
Comprehensive
Noncontrolling
 
 
Shares
Amount
 
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Earnings
Shares
Amount
(Loss) Income
Interest
Total
 
(in thousands)
Balances at January 31, 2012
4,400

$
220,000

 
148,336

$
49,445

20,935

$
6,978

$
740,988

$
571,989

108

$
(1,874
)
$
(120,460
)
$
284,806

$
1,751,872

Net earnings, net of $9,785 attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36,425

 
 
 
9,631

46,056

Other comprehensive income, net of tax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,257

(27
)
17,230

Purchase of treasury stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
129

(1,963
)
 
 
(1,963
)
Conversion of Class B to Class A shares
 
 
 
700

233

(700
)
(233
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
—

Issuance of Class A shares in exchange for Series A preferred stock
(4,189
)
(209,448
)
 
13,852

4,617

 
 
201,530

(19,069
)
 
 
 
 
(22,370
)
Restricted stock vested
 
 
 
519

173

 
 
(173
)
 
 
 
 
 
—

Exercise of stock options
 
 
 
322

108

 
 
4,531

 
(230
)
3,729

 
 
8,368

Preferred stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(13,060
)
 
 
 
 
(13,060
)
Stock-based compensation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14,751

 
 
 
 
 
14,751

Excess income tax deficiency from stock-based compensation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(961
)
 
 
 
 
 
(961
)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(8,424
)
 
 
 
 
 
(8,424
)
Acquisition of partners’ noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(20,197
)
 
 
 
 
(7,138
)
(27,335
)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,886

1,886

Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(27,680
)
(27,680
)
Change to equity method of accounting for subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(724
)
(724
)
Other changes in noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
925

925

Balances at January 31, 2013
211

$
10,552

 
163,729

$
54,576

20,235

$
6,745

$
932,045

$
576,285

7

$
(108
)
$
(103,203
)
$
261,679

$
1,738,571

Net loss, net of $6,499 attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(19,368
)
 
 
 
6,793

(12,575
)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
395

4

399

Purchase of treasury stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
180

(3,167
)
 
 
(3,167
)
Conversion of Class B to Class A shares
 
 
 
19

6

(19
)
(6
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
—

Issuance of Class A shares in exchange for Series A preferred stock
(110
)
(5,489
)
 
363

121

 
 
5,368

 
 
 
 
 
—

Redemption of Series A preferred stock
(101
)
(5,063
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,063
)
Proceeds from settlement of equity call hedge related to issuance of preferred stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23,099

 
765

(12,868
)
 
 
10,231

Issuance of Class A shares in exchange for Puttable Equity-Linked Senior Notes due 2014
 
 
 
9,550

3,183

 
 
132,258

 
 
 
 
 
135,441

Restricted stock vested
 
 
 
597

200

 
 
(200
)
 
 
 
 
 
—

Exercise of stock options
 
 
 
66

22

 
 
993

 
(2
)
27

 
 
1,042

Preferred stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(185
)
 
 
 
 
(185
)
Stock-based compensation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,252

 
 
 
 
 
5,252

Excess income tax deficiency from stock-based compensation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(128
)
 
 
 
 
 
(128
)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(6,305
)
 
 
 
 
 
(6,305
)
Acquisition of partner's noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(6,000
)
 
 
 
 
 
(6,000
)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21,000

21,000

Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,128
)
(5,128
)
Change to equity method of accounting for subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,518
)
(1,518
)
Adjustment due to change in ownership of consolidated subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(26,000
)
 
 
 
 
26,000

—

Other changes in noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
419

419

Balances at April 30, 2013
—

$
—

 
174,324

$
58,108

20,216

$
6,739

$
1,060,382

$
556,732

950

$
(16,116
)
$
(102,808
)
$
309,249

$
1,872,286





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

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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaires
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Net earnings (loss)
$
(19,074
)
$
23,773

Depreciation and amortization
69,495

50,474

Amortization of mortgage procurement costs
2,688

2,756

Write-offs of abandoned development projects
81

447

Loss on extinguishment of debt
5,238

719

Net gain on land held for divestiture activity
(452
)
—

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
(14,870
)
9,572

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities
(5,850
)
(3,773
)
Net loss on land held for divestiture activity of unconsolidated entities
147

—

Stock-based compensation expense
3,434

2,528

Amortization and mark-to-market adjustments of derivative instruments
2,801

(3,133
)
Non-cash interest expense related to Senior Notes
133

81

Cash distributions from operations of unconsolidated entities
11,407

16,014

Discontinued operations:
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
118

2,359

Amortization of mortgage procurement costs
—

113

Loss on extinguishment of debt
40

—

Impairment of real estate
—

1,381

Deferred income tax expense
4,904

1,891

Gain on disposition of rental properties
(21,882
)
(8,879
)
Cost of sales of land included in projects under construction and development and completed rental properties
4,974

2,825

Increase in land held for development and sale
(5,694
)
(5,337
)
Increase in land held for divestiture
(188
)
—

(Increase) decrease in notes and accounts receivable
(15,482
)
22,527

Decrease in other assets
6,968

4,098

Increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
(12,606
)
(42,338
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
16,330

78,098

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
 
 
Capital expenditures
(120,390
)
(196,354
)
Payment of lease procurement costs
(2,350
)
(2,049
)
(Increase) decrease in other assets
(8,686
)
4,662

(Increase) decrease in restricted cash and escrowed funds used for investing purposes
(2,105
)
157,402

Proceeds from disposition of rental properties
22,399

8,642

Decrease (increase) in investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities
23,539

(21,645
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(87,593
)
(49,342
)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
 
 
Proceeds from nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable
70,450

210,957

Principal payments on nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable
(63,320
)
(157,733
)
Borrowings on bank revolving credit facility
88,450

75,000

Payments on bank revolving credit facility
(43,450
)
(75,000
)
Payment of inducements related to exchange of Senior Notes due 2014 for Class A common stock
(4,762
)
—

Payment of transaction costs related to exchange of Senior Notes due 2014 for Class A common stock
(2,300
)
—

Payment of Senior Notes due 2015
(53,253
)
—

Payment of deferred financing costs
(5,541
)
(4,132
)
Purchase of treasury stock
(3,167
)
(1,182
)
Exercise of stock options
1,042

6

Redemption of Series A preferred stock
(5,063
)
—

Proceeds from equity call hedge related to the issuance of Series A preferred stock
10,231

—

Dividends paid to preferred shareholders
(185
)
(3,850
)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
21,000

64

Distributions to noncontrolling interests
(5,128
)
(2,694
)
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests
(6,000
)
—

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(996
)
41,436

Net (decrease) increase in cash and equivalents
(72,259
)
70,192

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period
333,220

217,486

Cash and equivalents at end of period
$
260,961

$
287,678







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

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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaires
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)

Supplemental Non-Cash Disclosures:
The following table represents a summary of non-cash transactions including, but not limited to, acquisitions of partners' noncontrolling interests, dispositions of properties whereby the nonrecourse mortgage debt is assumed by the buyer, exchange of senior and subordinated debt for Class A common stock, conversion of Series A preferred stock to Class A common stock, changes in consolidation methods due to the occurrence of certain triggering events, change in construction payables, reclassification prior to sale of outlot land parcels from projects under construction and development or completed rental properties to land held for sale and the capitalization of stock-based compensation granted to employees directly involved with the development and construction of real estate.
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Operating Activities
 
Increase in land held for development and sale
$
(2,671
)
$
(1,350
)
(Increase) decrease in notes and accounts receivable
(5,039
)
2,535

Decrease in other assets
18

1,869

Increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
6,013

7,533

Total effect on operating activities
$
(1,679
)
$
10,587

Investing Activities
 
 
Decrease (increase) in projects under construction and development
$
1,846

$
(14,713
)
Decrease in completed rental properties
9,450

26,995

Decrease in restricted cash and escrowed funds
—

49

Decrease (increase) in investments in and advances to affiliates
207

(809
)
Total effect on investing activities
$
11,503

$
11,522

Financing Activities
 
 
Decrease in nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable
$
(9,645
)
$
(22,871
)
Decrease in senior and subordinated debt
(138,514
)
—

Increase in treasury stock
(12,868
)
—

Decrease in preferred stock
(5,489
)
—

Increase in Class A common stock
3,304

—

Increase (decrease) in additional paid-in capital
122,178

(1,116
)
Increase in redeemable noncontrolling interest
6,305

2,980

Increase (decrease) in noncontrolling interest
24,905

(1,102
)
Total effect on financing activities
$
(9,824
)
$
(22,109
)


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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)


A. Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2013, as amended on Form 10-K/A on April 30, 2013. The results of interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year or any subsequent period. In management's opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of financial position, results of operations and cash flows at the dates and for the periods presented have been included.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes. Some of the critical estimates made by the Company include, but are not limited to, determination of the primary beneficiary of variable interest entities (“VIEs”), estimates of useful lives for long-lived assets, reserves for collection on accounts and notes receivable and other investments, impairment of real estate and other-than-temporary impairments on its equity method investments. As a result of the nature of estimates made by the Company, actual results could differ.
In April 2013, management approved a plan to demolish Ten MetroTech Center, an office building in Brooklyn, New York, to clear the land for a residential project at that site. Due to the new development plan, the estimated useful life of Ten MetroTech Center was adjusted to expire at the anticipated scheduled demolition date in September 2013, which resulted in $2,025,000 of accelerated depreciation expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended April 30, 2013.
Reclassifications
During the year ended January 31, 2013, the Company determined that Barclays Center (the "Arena"), a sports and entertainment arena located in Brooklyn, New York, met the criteria for a reportable operating segment. Therefore, the segment reporting disclosures related to Barclays Center as of and for the three months ended April 30, 2012 have been reclassified from the Commercial Group segment to the Arena segment (see Note O – Segment Information). Certain other prior year amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
Variable Interest Entities
The Company’s VIEs consist of joint ventures that are engaged in the ownership, development and management of office buildings, regional malls, specialty retail centers, apartment communities, military housing, a hotel and The Nets, a member of the National Basketball Association (“NBA”). As of April 30, 2013, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary of 31 VIEs representing 23 properties, which are consolidated. The creditors of the consolidated VIEs do not have recourse to the Company’s general credit. As of April 30, 2013, the Company held variable interests in 59 VIEs for which it is not the primary beneficiary, which are unconsolidated. The maximum exposure to loss as a result of the ownership of these unconsolidated VIEs is limited to the Company’s applicable investment balances, which approximates $65,000,000 at April 30, 2013. In addition, as of April 30, 2013, the Company consolidates a VIE which holds collateralized borrowings of $29,000,000, which the Company has guaranteed.

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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following table summarizes the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“accumulated OCI”):
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Unrealized losses on securities
$
124

$
340

Unrealized (gains) losses on foreign currency translation
189

(69
)
Unrealized losses on interest rate contracts (1)
167,806

168,497

 
168,119

168,768

Income tax benefit
(65,132
)
(65,382
)
Noncontrolling interest
(179
)
(183
)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
$
102,808

$
103,203

(1)
Included in the amounts as of April 30 and January 31, 2013 are $126,171 and $126,506, respectively, of unrealized losses on an interest rate swap associated with New York Times, an office building in Manhattan, New York, on its nonrecourse mortgage debt with a notional amount of $640,000. This swap effectively fixes the mortgage at an all-in lender interest rate of 6.40% (5.50% swap rate plus 0.90% lender spread) and expires in September 2017.
The following table summarizes the changes, net of tax and noncontrolling interest, of accumulated OCI by component for the three months ended April 30, 2013:
 
Securities
Foreign Currency Translation
Interest Rate Contracts
Total
 
(in thousands)
Balance, February 1, 2013
$
(208
)
$
42

$
(103,037
)
$
(103,203
)
OCI before reclassifications
132

(158
)
(190
)
(216
)
Loss reclassified from accumulated OCI
—

—

611

611

Total other comprehensive income
132

(158
)
421

395

Balance, April 30, 2013
$
(76
)
$
(116
)
$
(102,616
)
$
(102,808
)
The following table summarizes losses reclassified from accumulated OCI and their location on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended April 30, 2013:
Accumulated OCI Components
Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI
 
Location on Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
(in thousands)
 
 
Interest rate contracts
$
954

 
Interest Expense
Interest rate contracts
45

 
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities
 
999

 
Total before income tax and noncontrolling interest
 
(384
)
 
Income tax benefit
 
(4
)
 
Noncontrolling interest
 
$
611

 
Loss reclassified from accumulated OCI
Noncontrolling Interest
Interests held by partners in consolidated entities are reflected in noncontrolling interest, which represents the noncontrolling interests’ share of the underlying net assets of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries. Noncontrolling interest that is not redeemable is reported in the equity section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Noncontrolling interests where the Company may be required to repurchase the noncontrolling interest at fair value under a put option or other contractual redemption requirement are reported in the mezzanine section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets between liabilities and equity, as redeemable noncontrolling interest. The Company adjusts the redeemable noncontrolling interest to redemption value (which approximates fair value) at each balance sheet date with changes recognized as an adjustment to additional paid-in capital (see Note F – Fair Value Measurements).

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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

New Accounting Guidance
The following accounting pronouncements were adopted during the three months ended April 30, 2013:
In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an amendment to the accounting guidance for the reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated OCI. The amendments do not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements. However, the amendments require an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated OCI by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated OCI by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. This guidance is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The required disclosures upon adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In July 2012, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance on testing indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. This guidance provides an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. If an entity concludes that it is not more likely than not that the asset is impaired, then the entity is not required to take further action. If an entity concludes otherwise, it is required to determine the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative test by comparing the fair value with the carrying amount. This guidance is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance on derecognition of in substance real estate. This guidance specifies that when a parent company (reporting entity) ceases to have a controlling financial interest (as described in the accounting guidance on consolidation) in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate as a result of a default on the subsidiary’s nonrecourse debt, the reporting entity should apply the guidance on property, plant and equipment to determine whether it should derecognize the in substance real estate. Generally, a reporting entity would not satisfy the requirements to derecognize the in substance real estate before the legal transfer of the real estate to the lender and the extinguishment of the related nonrecourse indebtedness. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim reporting periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements or their comparability to previously issued financial statements as the guidance in this amendment is consistent with the Company's previous accounting policies.
In December 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance that requires entities to disclose both gross and net information on financial instruments and transactions eligible for offset on the balance sheets and financial instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. In January 2013, the FASB issued guidance clarifying that the scope of disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities should apply only to derivatives and hedging instruments. This guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

B. Mortgage Debt and Notes Payable, Nonrecourse
The following table summarizes the mortgage debt and notes payable, nonrecourse maturities, including balances associated with land held for divestiture, as of April 30, 2013:
Fiscal Years Ending January 31,
Total
Maturities
 
(in thousands)
2014
$
759,801

2015
983,656

2016
478,938

2017
366,470

2018
1,203,220

Thereafter
1,941,760

Total
$
5,733,845



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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

C. Bank Revolving Credit Facility
In February 2013, the Company entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and a Fourth Amended and Restated Guaranty of Payment of Debt (collectively, the “Credit Facility”) which provides total available borrowings of $465,000,000, subject to certain reserve commitments to be established, as applicable, on certain dates to be used to retire certain of the Company's Senior Notes that become due during the term of the amendment, and provides an accordion provision allowing the Company to increase its total borrowings to $500,000,000 upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility matures on February 21, 2016 and provides for one, 12-month extension option, subject to certain conditions. Borrowings bear interest at London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus 3.50%. Up to $100,000,000 of the available borrowings may be used, in the aggregate, for letters of credit and/or surety bonds. The Credit Facility has a number of restrictive covenants, including a prohibition on certain consolidations and mergers, limitations on the amount of debt, guarantees and property liens that the Company may incur and restrictions on the pledging of ownership interests in subsidiaries. In addition, the amendment permits the Company to repurchase up to $100,000,000 of Class A Common Stock and to declare or pay dividends in an amount not to exceed $24,000,000 in the aggregate in any four fiscal quarter period to Class A or B common shareholders, subject to certain conditions. Additionally, the Credit Facility contains certain development limitations and financial covenants, including the maintenance of minimum liquidity, certain debt service and cash flow coverage ratios, and specified levels of shareholders’ equity (all as specified in the Credit Facility). At April 30, 2013, the Company was in compliance with all of these financial covenants.
The Company also has a Second Amended Pledge Agreement (“Pledge Agreement”) with the banks party to the Credit Facility. The Pledge Agreement secures the Company’s obligations under the Credit Facility by granting a security interest to the bank group in its right, title and interest as a member, partner, shareholder or other equity holder of certain direct subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, its right to receive profits, proceeds, accounts, income, dividends, distributions or return of capital from such subsidiaries, to the extent the granting of such security interest would not result in a default under project level financing or the organizational documents of such subsidiary.
The following table summarizes the available credit on the Credit Facility:
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Maximum borrowings
$
465,000

$
450,000

Less outstanding balances:
 
 
Borrowings
45,000

—

Letters of credit
66,756

67,456

Surety bonds
—

—

Available credit
$
353,244

$
382,544


D. Senior and Subordinated Debt
The following table summarizes the Company’s senior and subordinated debt:
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Senior Notes:
 
 
3.625% Puttable Equity-Linked Senior Notes due 2014, net of discount
$
61,006

$
199,457

7.625% Senior Notes due 2015
—

53,253

5.000% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016
50,000

50,000

6.500% Senior Notes due 2017
132,144

132,144

4.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018
350,000

350,000

7.375% Senior Notes due 2034, net of discount
219,185

219,115

Total Senior Notes
812,335

1,003,969

Subordinated Debt:
 
 
Subordinate Tax Revenue Bonds due 2013
29,000

29,000

Total Senior and Subordinated Debt
$
841,335

$
1,032,969


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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

On April 16, 2013, the Company entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements with certain holders of the 3.625% Puttable Equity-Linked Senior Notes due 2014 ("2014 Senior Notes") to exchange such notes for Class A common stock. Under the terms of the agreements, holders agreed to exchange $138,853,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2014 Senior Notes for a total of 9,549,721 shares of Class A common stock and a cash payment of $4,860,000 for additional exchange consideration, accrued interest and in lieu of fractional shares. The number of shares of Class A common stock issued in exchange for the 2014 Senior Notes equaled the number of shares into which the 2014 Senior Notes were currently convertible. Under the accounting guidance for induced conversions of convertible debt, the additional amounts paid to induce the holders to exchange their 2014 Senior Notes was expensed, resulting in a non-tax deductible loss of $4,762,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2013, which is recorded as extinguishment of debt.
On May 31, 2013, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture governing the 2014 Senior Notes, the Company issued notice that the put rights associated with the 2014 Senior Notes will terminate on June 20, 2013. Holders electing to put their 2014 Senior Notes between May 31, 2013 and June 20, 2013 will receive 68.7758 shares of the Company's Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2014 Senior Notes and a coupon make-whole interest payment to, but excluding, October 15, 2013. The Company intends to make the coupon make-whole payment in cash. At the time of the notice, there was $61,147,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Senior Notes outstanding.
On March 29, 2013, in accordance with the terms of the indenture dated as of May 19, 2003, the Company redeemed all of the remaining $53,253,000 principal amount of its outstanding 7.625% Senior Notes due 2015 at par value.
All of the Company’s senior notes are unsecured senior obligations and rank equally with all existing and future unsecured indebtedness; however, they are effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such other debt, including the Credit Facility. The indentures governing the senior notes contain covenants providing, among other things, limitations on incurring additional debt and payment of dividends. At April 30, 2013, the Company was in compliance with these financial covenants.

E. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives
The Company maintains an overall interest rate risk management strategy that incorporates the use of derivative instruments to minimize significant unplanned impact on earnings and cash flows that may be caused by interest rate volatility. The Company’s strategy includes the use of interest rate swaps and option contracts that have indices related to the pricing of specific balance sheet liabilities. The Company enters into interest rate swaps to convert certain floating-rate debt to fixed-rate long-term debt, and vice-versa, depending on market conditions, or forward starting swaps to hedge the changes in benchmark interest rates on forecasted financings. The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements for hedging purposes for periods that are generally one to ten years. Option products utilized include interest rate caps, floors and Treasury options. The use of these option products is consistent with the Company’s risk management objective to reduce or eliminate exposure to variability in future cash flows primarily attributable to changes in benchmark rates relating to forecasted financings, and the variability in cash flows attributable to increases relating to interest payments on its floating-rate debt. The caps and floors have typical durations ranging from one to three years while the Treasury options are for periods of five to ten years. The Company does not have any forward starting swaps or Treasury options outstanding at April 30, 2013.
Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage exposure to interest rate movements. The Company primarily uses interest rate caps and swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate caps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty if interest rates rise above the strike rate on the contract in exchange for an upfront premium. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated OCI and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. The amount of ineffectiveness charged to earnings was insignificant for each period presented. As of April 30, 2013, the Company expects that within the next twelve months it will reclassify amounts recorded in accumulated OCI into earnings as an increase in interest expense of approximately $26,434,000, net of tax. However, the actual amount reclassified could vary due to future changes in fair value of these derivatives.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Fair Value Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
From time to time, the Company and/or certain of its joint ventures (the “Joint Ventures”) enter into total rate of return swaps (“TRS”) on various tax-exempt fixed-rate borrowings generally held by the Company and/or within the Joint Ventures. The TRS convert these borrowings from a fixed rate to a variable rate and provide an efficient financing product to lower the cost of capital. In exchange for a fixed rate, the TRS require the Company and/or the Joint Ventures to pay a variable rate, generally equivalent to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ("SIFMA") rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2013, the SIFMA rate was 0.22%. Additionally, the Company and/or the Joint Ventures have guaranteed the fair value of the underlying borrowings. Any fluctuation in the value of the TRS is offset by the fluctuation in the value of the underlying borrowings, resulting in minimal financial impact to the Company and/or the Joint Ventures. At April 30, 2013, the aggregate notional amount of TRS that are designated as fair value hedging instruments is $257,365,000. The underlying TRS borrowings are subject to a fair value adjustment (see Note F – Fair Value Measurements).
Nondesignated Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
The Company entered into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain interest rate risk, even though the contracts do not qualify for or the Company has elected not to apply hedge accounting. In situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, or not elected, and the derivative remains outstanding, the Company records the derivative at its fair value and recognizes changes in the fair value in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
In instances where the Company enters into separate derivative instruments effectively hedging the same debt for consecutive annual periods, the amount of notional is excluded from the following disclosure in an effort to provide information that enables the financial statement user to understand the Company’s volume of derivative activity. The following table presents the fair values and location in the Consolidated Balance Sheets of all derivative instruments.
  
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
 
April 30, 2013
  
Asset Derivatives
(included in Other Assets)
 
Liability Derivatives
(included in Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities)
 
Current
Notional
Fair Value
 
Current
Notional
Fair Value
 
(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate caps
$
—

$
—

 
$
—

$
—

Interest rate swap agreements
—

—

 
1,019,650

128,552

TRS
18,970

946

 
238,395

10,990

Total
$
18,970

$
946

 
$
1,258,045

$
139,542

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate caps
$
478,024

$
18

 
$
—

$
—

Interest rate swap agreements
—

—

 
—

—

TRS
140,800

19,359

 
39,452

16,151

Total
$
618,824

$
19,377

 
$
39,452

$
16,151

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate caps
$
—

$
—

 
$
—

$
—

Interest rate swap agreements
—

—

 
1,019,920

129,522

TRS
28,000

965

 
238,395

10,915

Total
$
28,000

$
965

 
$
1,258,315

$
140,437

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate caps
$
479,085

$
7

 
$
—

$
—

Interest rate swap agreements
18,877

241

 
—

—

TRS
140,800

20,101

 
39,562

15,287

Total
$
638,762

$
20,349

 
$
39,562

$
15,287


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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The following tables present the impact of gains and losses related to derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges included in the accumulated OCI section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets and in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities and interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
 
 
Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
Derivatives Designated as
Cash Flow Hedging Instruments
Gain (Loss)
Recognized
in OCI
(Effective Portion)
 
Location on Consolidated Statements
of Operations
Effective
Amount
Ineffective
Amount
 
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate caps, interest rate swaps and Treasury options
$
(312
)
 
Interest expense
$
(954
)
$
—

Interest rate caps, interest rate swaps and Treasury options
—

 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities
(47
)
2

Total
$
(312
)
 
 
$
(1,001
)
$
2

Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate caps, interest rate swaps and Treasury options
$
8,725

 
Interest expense
$
(967
)
$
—


Interest rate caps and Treasury options
—

 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities
(88
)
2

Total
$
8,725

 
 
$
(1,055
)
$
2

The following table presents the impact of gains and losses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to derivative instruments:
 
Net Gain (Loss) Recognized
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Fair Value Hedging Instruments
 
 
TRS (1)
$
(94
)
$
(145
)
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
Interest rate caps and interest rate swaps
$
(242
)
$
(205
)
TRS
(1,606
)
4,303

Total
$
(1,848
)
$
4,098

(1)
The net gain (loss) recognized in interest expense from the change in fair value of the underlying TRS borrowings was $94 and $145 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, offsetting the gain (loss) recognized on the TRS (see Note F – Fair Value Measurements).
Credit-risk-related Contingent Features
The principal credit risk to the Company through its interest rate risk management strategy is the potential inability of the financial institution from which the derivative financial instruments were purchased to cover its obligations. If a counterparty fails to fulfill its obligation under a derivative contract, the Company’s risk of loss approximates the fair value of the derivative. To mitigate this exposure, the Company generally purchases its derivative financial instruments from the financial institution that issues the related debt, from financial institutions with which the Company has other lending relationships, or from financial institutions with a minimum credit rating of AA at the time the Company enters into the transaction.
The Company has agreements with its derivative counterparties that contain a provision under which the derivative counterparty could terminate the derivative obligations if the Company defaults on its obligations under the Credit Facility and designated conditions are fulfilled. In instances where the Company’s subsidiaries have derivative obligations that are secured by a mortgage, the derivative obligations could be terminated if the indebtedness between the two parties is terminated, either by loan payoff or default of the indebtedness. In addition, the Company has certain derivative contracts which provide that if the Company’s credit rating falls below certain levels, it may trigger additional collateral to be posted with the counterparty up to the full amount of the liability position of the derivative contracts. Also, certain subsidiaries have agreements that contain provisions whereby the subsidiaries must maintain certain minimum financial ratios.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

As of April 30, 2013, the aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments in a liability position, prior to the adjustment for nonperformance risk of $11,557,000, is $167,250,000. The Company had posted collateral consisting primarily of cash and notes receivable of $87,849,000 related to all derivative instruments. If all credit risk contingent features underlying these agreements had been triggered on April 30, 2013, the Company would have been required to post collateral of the full amount of the liability position.

F. Fair Value Measurements
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements are interest rate caps, interest rate swap agreements, TRS and borrowings subject to TRS (see Note E – Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities). The Company’s impairment of real estate and unconsolidated entities is also subject to fair value measurements (see Note K – Impairment of Real Estate, Impairment of Unconsolidated Entities and Write-Off of Abandoned Development Projects and Note M – Discontinued Operations and Gain on Disposition of Rental Properties).
Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The Company’s financial assets consist of interest rate caps, interest rate swap agreements and TRS with positive fair values that are included in other assets. The Company’s financial liabilities consist of interest rate swap agreements and TRS with negative fair values that are included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities and borrowings subject to TRS included in mortgage debt and notes payable, nonrecourse. The Company records the redeemable noncontrolling interest related to Brooklyn Arena, LLC at redemption value, which approximates fair value.
The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities and redeemable noncontrolling interest that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized to determine such fair value.
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
April 30, 2013
 
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
 
(in thousands)
Interest rate caps
$
—

$
18

$
—

$
18

Interest rate swap agreements (negative fair value)
—

(2,381
)
(126,171
)
(128,552
)
TRS (positive fair value)
—

—

20,305

20,305

TRS (negative fair value)
—

—

(27,141
)
(27,141
)
Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TRS
—

—

10,044

10,044

Redeemable noncontrolling interest
—

—

(238,942
)
(238,942
)
Total
$
—

$
(2,363
)
$
(361,905
)
$
(364,268
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Interest rate caps
$
—

$
7

$
—

$
7

Interest rate swap agreements (positive fair value)
—

241

—

241

Interest rate swap agreements (negative fair value)
—

(3,016
)
(126,506
)
(129,522
)
TRS (positive fair value)
—

—

21,066

21,066

TRS (negative fair value)
—

—

(26,202
)
(26,202
)
Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TRS
—

—

9,950

9,950

Redeemable noncontrolling interest
—

—

(239,136
)
(239,136
)
Total
$
—

$
(2,768
)
$
(360,828
)
$
(363,596
)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The following table presents a reconciliation of all financial assets and liabilities and redeemable noncontrolling interest measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
Redeemable
Noncontrolling
Interest
 
Interest Rate
Swaps
 
Net
TRS
Fair value
adjustment
to the borrowings
subject to TRS
Total TRS
Related
 
Total
 
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, February 1, 2013
$
(239,136
)
 
$
(126,506
)
 
$
(5,136
)
$
9,950

$
4,814

 
$
(360,828
)
Loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
6,499

 
—

 
—

—

—

 
6,499

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Included in earnings
—

 
—

 
(1,700
)
94

(1,606
)
 
(1,606
)
Included in other comprehensive income
—

 
335

 
—

—

—

 
335

Included in additional paid-in capital
(6,305
)
 
—

 
—

—

—

 
(6,305
)
Balance, April 30, 2013
$
(238,942
)
 
$
(126,171
)
 
$
(6,836
)
$
10,044

$
3,208

 
$
(361,905
)
Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, February 1, 2012
$
(229,149
)
 
$
(143,303
)
 
$
(15,013
)
$
9,180

$
(5,833
)
 
$
(378,285
)
Loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
1,691

 
—

 
—

—

—

 
1,691

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Included in earnings
—

 
—

 
4,158

145

4,303

 
4,303

Included in other comprehensive income
—

 
6,786

 
—

—

—

 
6,786

Included in additional paid-in capital
(2,980
)
 
—

 
—

—

—

 
(2,980
)
Balance, April 30, 2012
$
(230,438
)
 
$
(136,517
)
 
$
(10,855
)
$
9,325

$
(1,530
)
 
$
(368,485
)
The following table presents quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments measured on a recurring basis as of April 30, 2013.
 
Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
 
Fair Value April 30, 2013
Valuation
Technique
Unobservable
Input
Input Values
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
Credit valuation adjustment of interest rate swap
$
11,517

Potential future exposure
Credit spread
4.25%
TRS
$
(6,837
)
Bond quote
Discount rate
N/A(1)
 
 
 
Capitalization rate
N/A(1)
Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TRS
$
10,044

Bond quote
Discount rate
N/A(1)
 
 
 
Capitalization rate
N/A(1)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest
$
(238,942
)
Discounted cash flows
Discount rate
9.3%
(1)
The Company does not have access to certain significant unobservable inputs used by these third parties to determine these fair values.
Third party service providers involved in fair value measurements are evaluated for competency and qualifications on an ongoing basis. Fair value measurements, including unobservable inputs, are evaluated for reasonableness based on current transactions and experience in the real estate and capital markets.
The Company does not deem the impact of changes in unobservable inputs used to determine the fair market value of the credit valuation adjustment, TRS and fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TRS to be significant; however, changes in the discount rate used to determine the fair market value of the redeemable noncontrolling interest could have a significant impact on its fair market value.
Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments
The carrying amount of notes and accounts receivable and accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities approximates fair value based upon the short-term nature of the instruments. The Company estimates the fair value of its debt instruments by discounting future cash payments at interest rates that the Company believes approximate the current market. Estimated fair value is based upon market prices of public debt, available industry financing data, current treasury rates, recent financing transactions and loan to value ratios. The fair value of the Company’s debt instruments is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The following table summarizes the fair value of nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable exclusive of the fair value of derivatives, bank revolving facility, senior and subordinated debt and nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable of land held for divestiture:
 
April 30, 2013
 
January 31, 2013
 
Carrying Value
Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
Fair Value
 
(in thousands)
Fixed Rate Debt
$
4,559,358

$
5,029,752

 
$
4,791,113

$
5,147,849

Variable Rate Debt
2,060,822

1,997,302

 
1,982,516

1,940,374

Total
$
6,620,180

$
7,027,054

 
$
6,773,629

$
7,088,223


G. Stock-Based Compensation
During the three months ended April 30, 2013, the Company granted 241,860 stock options, 653,447 shares of restricted stock and 299,460 performance shares under the Company’s 1994 Stock Plan. The stock options had a grant-date fair value of $10.97, which was computed using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: expected term of 5.5 years, expected volatility of 74.1%, risk-free interest rate of 0.8%, and expected dividend yield of 0%. The exercise price of the options is $17.60, which was the closing price of the underlying Class A common stock on the date of grant. The restricted stock had a grant-date fair value of $17.60 per share, which was the closing price of the Class A common stock on the date of grant. The performance shares had a grant-date fair value of $17.78 per share, which was computed using a Monte Carlo simulation.
At April 30, 2013, there was $5,524,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.71 years, $25,584,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.97 years, and $9,205,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to performance shares that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.21 years.
The amount of stock-based compensation costs and related deferred income tax benefit recognized in the financial statements are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Stock option costs
$
1,335

$
1,602

Restricted stock costs
3,406

2,830

Performance share costs
511

99

Total stock-based compensation costs
5,252

4,531

Less amount capitalized into qualifying real estate projects
(1,818
)
(2,003
)
Amount charged to operating expenses
3,434

2,528

Depreciation expense on capitalized stock-based compensation
240

207

Total stock-based compensation expense
$
3,674

$
2,735

Deferred income tax benefit
$
1,354

$
991

The amount of grant-date fair value expensed immediately for awards granted to retirement-eligible grantees during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 was $973,000 and $726,000, respectively.
In connection with the vesting of restricted stock during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company repurchased into treasury 179,907 shares and 78,844 shares, respectively, of Class A common stock to satisfy the employees’ related minimum statutory tax withholding requirements. These shares were placed in treasury with an aggregate cost basis of $3,167,000 and $1,182,000, respectively.

H. Commercial Group Land Sale
On January 31, 2011, the Company closed on the sale of an approximate 10 acre land parcel and air rights to Rock Ohio Caesars Cleveland, LLC for development of a casino in downtown Cleveland for a sales price of $40,000,000. As of January 31, 2012, the Company received total cash deposits of $7,000,000 of the purchase price. The minimum initial investment still had not been met and accordingly, the cash deposits were recorded as a deposit liability under the deposit method in accordance with accounting guidance for sales of real estate and included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities at January 31, 2012.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

During the three months ended April 30, 2012, the Company received the remaining cash proceeds of $33,000,000. With receipt of this payment, the buyer’s initial and continuing investment on the sale of this parcel was adequate for gain recognition under the full accrual method in accordance with accounting guidance for sales of real estate. As such, the entire sales price is included in revenues from real estate operations and the related cost of land is included in operating expenses, resulting in a gain on sale of $36,484,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2012.

I. Land Held for Divestiture
On January 31, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a strategic decision by senior management to reposition portions of the Company's investment in the Land Development Group as part of a greater focus on core rental properties in core markets. Accordingly, the consolidated land assets associated with the land divestiture effort and related nonrecourse mortgage debt have been reclassified as land held for divestiture on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 30 and January 31, 2013.
During the three months ended April 30, 2012, the Company established an execution strategy relating to the land divestiture effort. For land projects that are not wholly-owned, the initial strategy was to negotiate with current partners to sell the Company's partnership interests to them, or acquire theirs, which would enable the Company to go to market with 100% ownership of the land development opportunity. The Company began preliminary discussions with numerous potential buyers ranging from large national investment funds to regional land developers as part of the divestiture strategy. During the remainder of 2012, the Company closed on the divestiture of the majority of land projects.
During the three months ended April 30, 2013, the Company continued to divest its remaining land held for divestiture. As of April 30, 2013, the Company has $3,651,000 of remaining carrying value in land held for divestiture. Ongoing negotiations continue on the few remaining land projects.
The Company recorded the land held for divestiture activity for fully consolidated land projects and those accounted for on the equity method of accounting on their own separate financial statement line items in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. These activities primarily represent sales of bulk land projects held for divestiture and the associated cost of sales.
The following table summarizes the net gain on land held for divestiture activity of consolidated entities:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Sales of land held for divestiture
$
712

$
—

Cost of sales of land held for divestiture
(260
)
—

Net gain on land held for divestiture activity
$
452

$
—

The Company's strategic decision to divest a portion of its Land Development Group included certain land development projects accounted for on the equity method. The following table summarizes the net loss on investments in unconsolidated entities which are part of the land divestiture strategy:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Net loss on sales of land held for divestiture of unconsolidated entities
$
(147
)
$
—

Net loss on land held for divestiture activity of unconsolidated entities
$
(147
)
$
—


J. Income Taxes
Income tax expense (benefit) for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 was $(15,222,000) and $9,848,000, respectively. The difference in the recorded income tax expense/benefit versus the income tax expense/benefit computed at the statutory federal income tax rate is primarily attributable to state income taxes, changes in state net operating losses, additional general business credits, changes to the valuation allowances associated with certain deferred tax assets, and various permanent differences between pre-tax GAAP income and taxable income.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The Company applies an estimated annual effective tax rate to its year-to-date earnings from operations to derive its tax provision for the quarter. Certain circumstances may arise which make it difficult for the Company to determine a reasonable estimate of its annual effective tax rate for the year. The Company’s projected marginal operating results, which include the gain related to the Commercial Group’s land sales as described in Note H – Commercial Group Land Sale, result in an effective tax rate that changes significantly with small variations in projected income or loss from operations or permanent differences and thus does not provide for a reliable estimate of the estimated annual effective tax rate. Therefore, in computing the Company’s income tax provision for the three months ended April 30, 2012, the Company has excluded the gain on the Commercial Group’s land sales from its estimated annual effective tax rate calculation and has recognized the actual income tax expense related to the gain during the three months ended April 30, 2012.
At January 31, 2013, the Company had a federal net operating loss carryforward for tax purposes of $212,271,000 that will expire in the years ending January 31, 2026 through January 31, 2033, a charitable contribution deduction carryforward of $27,326,000 that will expire in the years ending January 31, 2014 through January 31, 2018, general business credit carryovers of $21,159,000 that will expire in the years ending January 31, 2019 through January 31, 2033, and an alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit carryforward of $27,452,000 that is available until used to reduce federal tax to the AMT amount.
The Company’s policy is to consider a variety of tax-deferral strategies, including tax deferred exchanges, when evaluating its future tax position. The Company has a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset associated with its charitable contributions. The Company has a valuation allowance against its general business credits, other than those general business credits which are eligible to be utilized to reduce future AMT liabilities. The Company has a valuation allowance against certain of its state net operating losses and state bonus depreciation deferred assets. These valuation allowances exist because management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize these benefits.
The Company applies the “with-and-without” methodology for recognizing excess tax benefits from the deduction of stock-based compensation. The net operating loss available for the tax return, as is noted in the paragraph above, is greater than the net operating loss available for the tax provision due to excess deductions from stock-based compensation reported on the return, as well as the impact of adjustments to the net operating loss under accounting guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. As of January 31, 2013, the Company has not recorded a net deferred tax asset of approximately $17,299,000 from excess stock-based compensation deductions taken on the tax return for which a benefit has not yet been recognized in the Company’s tax provision.

K. Impairment of Real Estate, Impairment of Unconsolidated Entities and Write-Off of Abandoned Development Projects
Impairment of Real Estate
The Company reviews its real estate portfolio, including land held for development and sale, for impairment whenever events or changes indicate that its carrying value may not be recoverable. In cases where the Company does not expect to recover its carrying costs, an impairment charge is recorded. No impairments were recorded for the three months ended April 30, 2013. During the three months ended April 30, 2012, the Company recorded an impairment of $1,381,000 related to an investment in a triple net lease property in Portage, Michigan, which is included in discontinued operations. This impairment represents a write-down to estimated fair value due to a bona fide third-party purchase offer.
The following table presents quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used to determine the fair value of the non-recurring impairment of real estate for the three months ended April 30, 2012:
 
Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
 
Fair Value April 30, 2012
Valuation
Technique
Unobservable
Input
Range
of Input Values
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
Impairment of real estate
$
4,400

Indicative Bid
Indicative Bid
N/A (1)
(1)
This fair value measurement was developed by a third party source, subject to the Company's corroboration for reasonableness.
Impairment of Unconsolidated Entities
The Company reviews its portfolio of unconsolidated entities for other-than-temporary impairments whenever events or changes indicate that its carrying value in the investments may be in excess of fair value. An equity method investment’s value is impaired if management’s estimate of its fair value is less than the carrying value and the difference is deemed to be other-than-temporary. In order to arrive at the estimates of fair value, the Company uses varying assumptions that may include comparable sale prices, market discount rates, market capitalization rates and estimated future discounted cash flows specific to the geographic region and property type, all of which are considered to be Level 3 inputs. For newly opened properties, assumptions also include the timing of initial lease up at the property. In the event the initial lease up assumptions differ from actual results, estimated future discounted cash flows may vary resulting in impairment charges in future periods. The Company recorded no impairments of unconsolidated entities during both the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Write-Off of Abandoned Development Projects
On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews each project under development to determine whether it is probable that the project will be developed. If management determines that the project will not be developed, project costs are written off as an abandoned development project cost. The Company abandons projects under development for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, changes in local market conditions, increases in construction or financing costs or third party challenges related to entitlements or public financing. The Company wrote off abandoned development projects of $81,000 and $447,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

L. Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
For the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded $5,238,000 and $719,000, respectively, as loss on extinguishment of debt. The amount for 2013 primarily relates to a non-tax deductible loss of $4,762,000 on the exchange of the 2014 Senior Notes for Class A common stock (See Note D – Senior and Subordinated Debt).

M. Discontinued Operations and Gain on Disposition of Rental Properties
The following table lists rental properties included in discontinued operations:
Property
Location
Square Feet/ Number of Units
Period Disposed
Three Months Ended 4/30/13
Three Months Ended 4/30/12
Commercial Group:
 
 
 
 
 
Fairmont Plaza
San Jose, California
335,000 square feet
Q4-2012
—
Yes
White Oak Village
Richmond, Virginia
843,000 square feet
Q3-2012
—
Yes
Quebec Square
Denver, Colorado
739,000 square feet
Q1-2012
—
Yes
Six triple net lease properties
Various
287,000 square feet
Various (1)
Yes
Yes
Residential Group:
 
 
 
 
 
Millender Center
Detroit, Michigan
339 units
Q1-2013
Yes
Yes
Emerald Palms
Miami, Florida
505 units
Q4-2012
—
Yes
Southfield
Whitemarsh, Maryland
212 units
Q3-2012
—
Yes
(1)
Includes one triple net lease property disposed of during Q1-2013, three triple net lease properties disposed of during Q3-2012 and two triple net lease properties disposed of during Q2-2012.
The following table summarizes the operating results related to discontinued operations:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Revenues from real estate operations
$
1,068

$
9,681

Expenses
 
 
Operating expenses
831

4,019

Depreciation and amortization
118

2,359

Impairment of real estate
—

1,381

 
949

7,759

 
 
 
Interest expense
(87
)
(2,556
)
Amortization of mortgage procurement costs
—

(113
)
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(40
)
—

Interest income
2

10

Gain on disposition of rental properties
21,882

8,879

Earnings before income taxes
21,876

8,142

Income tax expense
6,316

3,255

Earnings from discontinued operations
15,560

4,887

Noncontrolling interest
 
 
Gain on disposition of rental properties
5,835

965

Operating earnings from rental properties
3

76

 
5,838

1,041

Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
9,722

$
3,846


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The following table summarizes the pre-tax gain on disposition of rental properties:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Millender Center (Apartment Community)
$
21,660

$
—

Triple net lease property
222

—

Quebec Square (Specialty Retail Center)
—

8,879

 
$
21,882

$
8,879


N. Earnings Per Share
The Company’s restricted stock is considered a participating security pursuant to the two-class method for computing basic earnings per share (“EPS”). The Class A Common Units, which are reflected as noncontrolling interests in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are considered convertible participating securities as they are entitled to participate in any dividends paid to the Company’s common shareholders. The Class A Common Units are included in the computation of basic EPS using the two-class method and are included in the computation of diluted EPS using the if-converted method. The Class A common stock issuable in connection with a put or conversion of the 2014 Senior Notes, 2016 Senior Notes, 2018 Senior Notes and Series A preferred stock is included in the computation of diluted EPS using the if-converted method. The loss from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was allocated solely to holders of common stock as the participating security holders do not share in the losses.
The reconciliation of the basic and diluted EPS computations is shown in the following table.
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
Numerators (in thousands)
 
 
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
(29,090
)
$
18,906

Preferred dividends
(185
)
(3,850
)
Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities
—

(487
)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Basic
(29,275
)
14,569

Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities
—

487

Interest on convertible debt
—

1,110

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Diluted
$
(29,275
)
$
16,166

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
(19,368
)
$
22,752

Preferred dividends
(185
)
(3,850
)
Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities
—

(611
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Basic
(19,553
)
18,291

Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities
—

611

Interest on convertible debt
—

1,110

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Diluted
$
(19,553
)
$
20,012

Denominators
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding ‑ Basic
184,821,775

169,206,594

Effect of stock options and restricted stock
—

937,272

Effect of convertible debt
—

13,755,158

Effect of convertible Class A Common Units
—

3,646,755

Weighted average shares outstanding ‑ Diluted (1) 
184,821,775

187,545,779

Earnings Per Share
 
 
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Basic
$
(0.16
)
$
0.09

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Diluted
$
(0.16
)
$
0.09

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Basic
$
(0.11
)
$
0.11

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders ‑ Diluted
$
(0.11
)
$
0.11

(1)
Incremental shares from dilutive options, restricted stock, performance shares and convertible securities aggregating 37,714,161 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because their effect is anti-dilutive due to the loss from continuing operations. Weighted-average shares issuable upon the conversion of preferred stock and 2018 and 2016 Senior Notes aggregating 34,294,602 for the three months ended April 30, 2012 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because their effect is anti-dilutive under the if-converted method. Weighted‑average options, restricted stock and performance shares of 4,145,971 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 4,485,328 for the three months ended April 30, 2012 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because their effect is anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

O. Segment Information
The Company operates through three strategic business units and has six reportable operating segments. The three strategic business units, which represent four reportable operating segments, are the Commercial Group, Residential Group and Land Development Group (collectively, the “Real Estate Groups”). The Commercial Group, the Company’s largest strategic business unit, owns, develops, acquires and operates regional malls, specialty/urban retail centers, office and life science buildings, hotels and mixed-use projects. Additionally, it recently constructed and currently operates the Arena, which opened in September 2012 and is being reported as a separate reportable operating segment. The Residential Group owns, develops, acquires and operates residential rental properties, including upscale and middle-market apartments and adaptive re-use developments. Additionally, the Residential Group owns interests in entities that develop and manage military family housing. The Land Development Group acquires and sells both land and developed lots to residential, commercial and industrial customers. It also owns and develops land into master-planned communities and mixed-use projects. The remaining two reportable segments are Corporate Activities and The Nets, a member of the NBA in which the Company accounts for its investment on the equity method of accounting. The following tables summarize financial data for the Company’s six reportable operating segments. All amounts in the following tables are presented in thousands.
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
 
 
 
Identifiable Assets
 
 
Commercial Group
$
6,953,658

$
7,127,228

 
 
Residential Group
2,220,798

2,060,892

 
 
Arena
998,820

980,321

 
 
Land Development Group
258,724

246,873

 
 
The Nets(1)
(1,870
)
1,111

 
 
Corporate Activities
153,056

196,007

 
 
 
$
10,583,186

$
10,612,432

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
2013
2012
 
Revenues from Real Estate Operations
Operating Expenses
Commercial Group
$
181,472

$
173,283

$
100,804

$
87,609

Commercial Group Land Sales
25,600

40,000

15,363

3,516

Residential Group
63,919

61,740

48,578

43,165

Arena
28,697

116

23,951

4,288

Land Development Group
5,927

12,156

5,693

11,677

The Nets
—

—

—

—

Corporate Activities
—

—

13,415

12,731

 
$
305,615

$
287,295

$
207,804

$
162,986

 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and Amortization
Interest Expense
Commercial Group
$
45,629

$
38,094

$
53,952

$
41,127

Residential Group
13,609

11,944

8,796

3,722

Arena
9,405

—

9,013

(4,127
)
Land Development Group
98

107

(102
)
1,751

The Nets
—

—

—

—

Corporate Activities
754

329

15,759

13,595

 
$
69,495

$
50,474

$
87,418

$
56,068

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and Other Income
Capital Expenditures
Commercial Group
$
2,004

$
3,790

$
56,593

$
88,552

Residential Group
6,147

4,474

48,869

25,937

Arena
—

—

13,886

81,587

Land Development Group
2,820

2,360

813

42

The Nets
—

—

—

—

Corporate Activities
46

45

229

236

 
$
11,017

$
10,669

$
120,390

$
196,354

(1)
The identifiable assets of $(1,870) at April 30, 2013 represent losses in excess of the Company's investment basis in The Nets.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The Company uses Funds From Operations (“FFO”) to report its operating results. FFO is a non-GAAP measure as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") and is a measure of performance used by publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"). Although the Company is not a REIT, management believes it is important to publish this measure to allow for easier comparison of its performance to its peers. FFO is defined by NAREIT as net earnings excluding the following items at the Company’s proportional share: i) gain (loss) on disposition of rental properties, divisions and other investments (net of tax); ii) non-cash charges for real estate depreciation and amortization; iii) impairment of depreciable real estate (net of tax); iv) extraordinary items (net of tax); and v) cumulative or retrospective effect of change in accounting principle (net of tax).
The Company believes that, although its business has many facets such as development, acquisitions, disposals, and property management, the core of its business is the recurring operations of its portfolio of real estate assets. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the chief operating decision maker, uses FFO, as presented, to assess performance of its portfolio of real estate assets by reportable operating segment because it provides information on the financial performance of the core real estate portfolio operations. FFO measures the profitability of a real estate segment’s operations of collecting rent, paying operating expenses and servicing its debt.
During 2012 and previous years, the chief operating decision maker used a non-GAAP measure defined as Earnings Before Depreciation, Amortization and Deferred Taxes (“EBDT”). EBDT was similar, but not identical, to FFO. The treatment of deferred taxes is the single biggest difference between EBDT and FFO. The reconciliation for the three months ended April 30, 2012 has been changed to be consistent with the current year's presentation of FFO.
All amounts in the following tables are presented in thousands.
Reconciliation of Net Earnings (Loss) to FFO by Segment:
Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
Commercial
Group
Residential
Group
Arena
Land
Development
Group
The Nets
Corporate
Activities
Total
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
(4,149
)
$
18,457

$
(7,511
)
$
2,818

$
(2,981
)
$
(26,187
)
$
(19,553
)
Preferred dividends
—

—

—

—

—

185

185

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
(4,149
)
$
18,457

$
(7,511
)
$
2,818

$
(2,981
)
$
(26,002
)
$
(19,368
)
Depreciation and amortization – Real Estate Groups
54,693

21,105

5,497

38

—

—

81,333

Loss on disposition of unconsolidated entities
1,510

—

—

—

—

—

1,510

Discontinued operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization – Real Estate Groups
—

107

—

—

—

—

107

Gain on disposition of rental properties
(222
)
(15,825
)
—

—

—

—

(16,047
)
Income tax benefit (expense) on non-FFO:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on disposition of rental properties
—

—

—

—

—

5,608

5,608

FFO
$
51,832

$
23,844

$
(2,014
)
$
2,856

$
(2,981
)
$
(20,394
)
$
53,143

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
Commercial
Group
Residential
Group
Arena
Land
Development
Group
The Nets
Corporate
Activities
Total
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
$
55,910

$
10,808

$
1,749

$
956

$
(6,958
)
$
(43,563
)
$
18,902

Preferred dividends
—

—

—

—

—

3,850

3,850

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
55,910

$
10,808

$
1,749

$
956

$
(6,958
)
$
(39,713
)
$
22,752

Depreciation and amortization – Real Estate Groups
47,687

20,226

—

108

—

—

68,021

Discontinued operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization – Real Estate Groups
1,491

905

—

—

—

—

2,396

Gain on disposition of rental properties
(7,914
)
—

—

—

—

—

(7,914
)
Impairment of consolidated depreciable real estate
1,381

—

—

—

—

—

1,381

Income tax benefit (expense) on non-FFO:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on disposition of rental properties
—

—

—

—

—

3,052

3,052

Impairment of depreciable real estate
—

—

—

—

—

(536
)
(536
)
FFO
$
98,555

$
31,939

$
1,749

$
1,064

$
(6,958
)
$
(37,197
)
$
89,152



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Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

P. Capital Stock
On October 16, 2012 and December 13, 2012, the Company entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements with certain holders of its Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series A preferred stock") to exchange such stock for shares of the Company's Class A common stock. Under the terms of the agreements, holders exchanged $209,447,600 in aggregate amount of liquidation preference consisting of 4,188,952 shares, of Series A Preferred Stock, for 13,852,435 shares of Class A common stock. The amount of common shares issued was equivalent to the initial conversion price of $15.12 per share of Class A common stock. The Company made aggregate cash payments of $19,069,000 to the holders for additional exchange consideration, including dividends that would have been payable on December 17, 2012 and March 15, 2013. Under the accounting guidance for induced conversions of convertible preferred stock, the cash inducement payments were recorded as a reduction to retained earnings.
From January 31, 2013 to March 14, 2013, 109,768 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into 362,990 shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the original terms of the Series A Preferred Stock. On March 15, 2013, the Company redeemed the remaining 101,270 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for approximately $5,100,000, the aggregate amount of liquidation preference plus the dividend that was due and payable on March 15, 2013.
On March 13, 2013, the Company and the counterparties settled an equity call hedge transaction that was entered into in connection with the original issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock. As a result, the Company received 765,134 shares of Class A common stock valued at $16.82 per share for a total of $12,868,000 and cash payments of $10,231,000. In accordance with accounting guidance on equity hedge transactions, amounts received upon settlement of equity call hedge transactions in which the Company has the choice of net share settlement or net cash settlement are reflected as an increase to additional paid-in capital.
The Company declared and paid Series A Preferred Stock dividends of $185,000 and $3,850,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
On April 16, 2013, the Company entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements with certain holders of the 2014 Senior Notes to exchange such notes for Class A common stock. Under the terms of the agreements, holders agreed to exchange $138,853,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2014 Senior Notes for a total of 9,549,721 shares of Class A common stock and a cash payment of $4,860,000 for additional exchange consideration, accrued interest and in lieu of fractional shares.

Q. Subsequent Event
On June 3, 2013, the Company signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Queensland Investment Corporation (“QIC”) to create joint ventures at each of eight regional malls (“Retail assets”) currently owned in whole or in part by the Company (collectively, the “JV”). At closing, the Company will contribute all of its ownership interests in each of the Retail assets into the JV for a 51% ownership interest in the JV and QIC will contribute cash for its 49% ownership interest in the JV. The resulting Company ownership percentages of the individual Retail assets will vary depending on existing partnerships at three of the Retail assets.
As of April 30, 2013, the Retail assets have a historical net real estate basis approximating $894,000,000 and nonrecourse mortgage debt of approximately $953,000,000.
Cash liquidity generated from the transaction is expected to be approximately $330,000,000, after transaction costs. The Company expects to continue to serve as the asset and property manager for the Retail assets. Upon final closing of the JV, the Company will assess the applicable consolidation method of the JV and applicable gain recognition, if any. The Company continues to negotiate the final agreements with QIC, and cannot assure the transaction will close at the terms described above, or at all.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the footnotes thereto contained in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2013, as amended on Form 10-K/A on April 30, 2013.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Corporate Description
We principally engage in the ownership, development, management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate and land throughout the United States. We operate through three strategic business units and have six reportable operating segments. The Commercial Group, our largest strategic business unit, owns, develops, acquires and operates regional malls, specialty/urban retail centers, office and life science buildings, hotels and mixed-use projects. Additionally, it recently constructed and currently operates Barclays Center, a sports and entertainment arena located in Brooklyn, New York. The Arena, which opened in September 2012, is being reported as a separate reportable operating segment. The Residential Group owns, develops, acquires and operates residential rental properties, including upscale and middle-market apartments and adaptive re-use developments. Additionally, the Residential Group owns interests in entities that develop and manage military family housing. The Land Development Group acquires and sells both land and developed lots to residential, commercial and industrial customers. It also owns and develops land into master-planned communities and mixed-use projects.
Corporate Activities and The Nets, a member of the National Basketball Association in which we account for our investment on the equity method of accounting, are the other reportable operating segments.
We have approximately $10.6 billion of consolidated assets in 26 states and the District of Columbia at April 30, 2013. Our core markets include Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, the Greater San Francisco metropolitan area and the Greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have offices in Albuquerque, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and our corporate headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio.
Significant milestones occurring during the first quarter of 2013 include:
•
The closing of our Amended Credit Facility, which extended the maturity date to February 2016, subject to a one year extension upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, reduced the interest rate spread on the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") option by 25 basis points to 3.50% and removed the prior LIBOR floor of 100 basis points. The amendment also increased available borrowings to $465,000,000 and provides an accordion provision allowing us to increase our total available borrowings to $500,000,000 upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Amended Credit Facility;
•
The privately negotiated exchanges of $138,853,000 aggregate principal amount of our 3.625% Puttable Equity-Linked Senior Notes due 2014 ("2014 Senior Notes") for 9,549,721 shares of our Class A common stock and cash payments of $4,860,00 for additional exchange consideration, accrued interest and in lieu of fractional shares;
•
The redemption of the remaining $53,253,000 principal amount of our outstanding 7.625% Senior Notes due 2015 ("2015 Senior Notes") at par;
•
The conversion or redemption of the remaining 211,038 shares ($10,551,900 of aggregate amount of liquidation preference) of our Series A preferred stock;
•
The opening of The Continental, a 203 unit apartment community located in Dallas, Texas;
•
The sale of Millender Center, a 339 unit apartment community in Detroit, Michigan. The sale generated net cash proceeds of $15,627,000, net of distributions to noncontrolling interests. This disposition is part of our strategy to sell operating assets in non-core markets;
•
The completion of a transaction with our partner in two Pittsburgh-area retail centers, in which we acquired a 100% interest in the Mall at Robinson, a regional mall, and sold our 50% interest in Plaza at Robinson Town Center, an unconsolidated specialty retail center. Prior to the transaction, we held an approximate 72% interest in the Mall at Robinson and a 50% interest in Plaza at Robinson Town Center. The sale generated net cash proceeds of $8,500,000;
•
Commencing construction on the second of our two multi-family assets within our strategic capital partnership with the Arizona State Retirement System, 2175 Market Street, an 88 unit apartment community in San Francisco, California, which joins our first asset, Atlantic Yards - B2 BKLYN, a 363 unit modular apartment community at our Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Phase I mixed-use project, at which construction commenced in December 2012; and
•
Closing $76,600,000 of nonrecourse mortgage financing transactions.

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In addition, subsequent to April 30, 2013, we achieved the following significant milestones:
•
The closing of a strategic capital partnership with AIG Global Real Estate for the development of 3700M (West Village), a 381 unit apartment community in Dallas, Texas; and
•
Addressing $71,831,000 of the remaining $759,801,000 of nonrecourse mortgage debt financings that would have matured during the year ending January 31, 2014, through closed transactions, commitments and/or automatic extensions.
Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. – Net loss attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. for the three months ended April 30, 2013 was $19,368,000 versus net earnings of $22,752,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2012. Although we have substantial recurring revenue sources from our properties, we also enter into significant transactions, which create substantial variances in net earnings (loss) between periods. This variance to the prior year period is primarily attributable to the following decreases, which are net of noncontrolling interest:
•
$36,484,000 related to the 2012 sale of an approximate 10 acre land parcel and air rights for development of a casino in downtown Cleveland, Ohio;
•
$15,738,000 related to an increase in interest expense due to reduced capitalized interest on our projects under construction and development as we reduce our construction pipeline;
•
$11,633,000 related to an increase in depreciation and amortization expense primarily due to several large property openings in 2012 and 2011, and accelerated depreciation expense at Ten MetroTech Center, an office building in Brooklyn, New York, due to a change in the estimated useful life of the building;
•
$6,123,000 related to the change in fair market value of certain derivatives between the comparable periods, which was marked to market through interest expense as a result of the derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting;
•
$5,963,000 related to increased interest expense due to several large property openings in 2011 and 2012; and
•
$4,743,000 related to increased losses on extinguishment of debt in 2013 compared with 2012.
These decreases were partially offset by the following increases, net of noncontrolling interest:
•
$10,237,000 related to increased commercial outlot land sales in 2013 compared with 2012;
•
$6,623,000 related to 2013 gains on disposition of rental properties and unconsolidated investments exceeding 2012 gains;
•
$3,977,000 related to a 2013 decrease in allocated losses from our equity investment in The Nets;
•
$1,381,000 related to a 2013 decrease in impairment charges of consolidated (including discontinued operations) entities; and
•
$22,009,000 due to decreased income tax expense attributable to both continuing and discontinued operations primarily related to the fluctuations in pre-tax earnings, including gains included in discontinued operations. These fluctuations are primarily due to the various transactions discussed herein.

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Net Operating Income
We define Net Operating Income (“NOI”) as revenues (excluding straight-line rent adjustments) less operating expenses (including depreciation and amortization for non-real estate groups) plus interest income plus equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities (excluding gain (loss) on disposition and impairment of unconsolidated entities) plus interest expense, gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt, depreciation and amortization of unconsolidated entities. We believe NOI provides us, as well as our investors, additional information about our core business operations and, along with earnings, is necessary to understand our business and operating results. A reconciliation between NOI and Net Earnings (Loss), the most comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), is presented below. Although NOI is not presented in accordance with GAAP, investors can use this non‑GAAP measure as supplementary information to evaluate our business. NOI is not intended to be a performance measure that should be regarded as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, our GAAP measures and may not be directly comparable to similarly-titled measures reported by other companies.
Reconciliation of Net Operating Income (non-GAAP) to Net Earnings (Loss) (GAAP) (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
Revenues from real estate operations
 
$
305,615

 
 
$
287,295

Exclude straight-line rent adjustment
 
(3,037
)
 
 
(5,571
)
Adjusted revenues
 
302,578

 
 
281,724

Add interest and other income
 
11,017

 
 
10,669

Add equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities
$
5,703

 
 
$
3,773

 
Exclude net loss on land held for divestiture of unconsolidated entities
147

 
 
—

 
Exclude loss on disposition of unconsolidated entities
1,510

 
 
—

 
Exclude depreciation and amortization of unconsolidated entities
18,609

 
 
19,998

 
Exclude interest expense of unconsolidated entities
25,054

 
 
26,332

 
Total NOI from unconsolidated entities
$
51,023

51,023

 
$
50,103

50,103

Total adjusted revenues and NOI from unconsolidated entities
 
364,618

 
 
342,496

Operating expenses
 
207,804

 
 
162,986

Add back non-Real Estate depreciation and amortization
 
1,230

 
 
620

Exclude straight-line rent adjustment
 
(738
)
 
 
(795
)
Adjusted operating expenses
 
208,296

 
 
162,811

Net operating income
 
156,322

 
 
179,685

Interest expense
 
(87,418
)
 
 
(56,068
)
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
(5,238
)
 
 
(719
)
Net gain on land held for divestiture activity
 
452

 
 
—

Total NOI of unconsolidated entities
 
(51,023
)
 
 
(50,103
)
Depreciation and amortization—Real Estate Groups
 
(68,265
)
 
 
(49,854
)
Amortization of mortgage procurement costs
 
(2,688
)
 
 
(2,756
)
Straight-line rent adjustment
 
2,299

 
 
4,776

Earnings (loss) before income taxes
 
(55,559
)
 
 
24,961

Income tax benefit (expense)
 
15,222

 
 
(9,848
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities
 
5,850

 
 
3,773

Net loss on land held for divestiture activity of unconsolidated entities
 
(147
)
 
 
—

 
 
5,703

 
 
3,773

Earnings (loss) from continuing operations
 
(34,634
)
 
 
18,886

Discontinued operations, net of tax
 
15,560

 
 
4,887

Net earnings (loss)
 
(19,074
)
 
 
23,773

Noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
5,544

 
 
20

Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(5,838
)
 
 
(1,041
)
Noncontrolling interests
 
(294
)
 
 
(1,021
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
 
$
(19,368
)
 
 
$
22,752

Preferred dividends
 
(185
)
 
 
(3,850
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. common shareholders
 
$
(19,553
)
 
 
$
18,902


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Comparable NOI
In addition to NOI, we use comparable NOI as a metric to evaluate performance of our operating rental property portfolio, specifically for multi-family, office and retail properties. This measure provides a same-store comparison of operating results of all stabilized properties that are open and operating in both periods presented. Write-offs of abandoned development projects, non‑capitalizable development costs and unallocated management and service company overhead, net of tax credit income, are not directly attributable to an operating property and are considered non-comparable NOI. In addition, certain non-recurring income and expense items at the property level and NOI impacts of changes in ownership percentages are removed from comparable NOI and are included in non-comparable NOI. Other properties and activities such as Arena, hotels, subsidized senior housing, military housing, the Nets, corporate activities and land are not evaluated on a same-store basis and the NOI from these properties and activities are considered non-comparable NOI.
The following is a reconciliation of comparable NOI to total NOI. See the reconciliation of NOI to Net Earnings (Loss), included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
 
Net Operating Income (in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
Full Consolidation
Comparable
 
Non-Comparable
 
Total
 
Comparable
 
Non-Comparable
 
Total
Commercial Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail
$
55,036

 
$
7,008

 
$
62,044

 
$
54,904

 
$
4,589

 
$
59,493

Office
58,059

 
663

 
58,722

 
61,671

 
1,833

 
63,504

Hotels
—

 
1,278

 
1,278

 
—

 
1,096

 
1,096

Land Sales
—

 
10,237

 
10,237

 
—

 
36,484

 
36,484

Other
—

 
(10,018
)
 
(10,018
)
 
—

 
(5,709
)
 
(5,709
)
Total Commercial Group
$
113,095

 
$
9,168

 
$
122,263

 
$
116,575

 
$
38,293

 
$
154,868

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arena
$
—

 
$
4,746

 
$
4,746

 
$
—

 
$
(4,211
)
 
$
(4,211
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Apartments
$
34,873

 
$
2,507

 
$
37,380

 
$
34,294

 
$
2,877

 
$
37,171

Subsidized Senior Housing
—

 
3,895

 
3,895

 
—

 
4,400

 
4,400

Military Housing
—

 
5,862

 
5,862

 
—

 
7,542

 
7,542

Other
—

 
(3,615
)
 
(3,615
)
 
—

 
(3,187
)
 
(3,187
)
Total Residential Group
$
34,873

 
$
8,649

 
$
43,522

 
$
34,294

 
$
11,632

 
$
45,926

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Rental Properties
$
147,968

 
$
22,563

 
$
170,531

 
$
150,869

 
$
45,714

 
$
196,583

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Land Development Group
$
—

 
$
2,895

 
$
2,895

 
$
—

 
$
3,075

 
$
3,075

The Nets
$
—

 
$
(2,981
)
 
$
(2,981
)
 
$
—

 
$
(6,958
)
 
$
(6,958
)
Corporate Activities
$
—

 
$
(14,123
)
 
$
(14,123
)
 
$
—

 
$
(13,015
)
 
$
(13,015
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand Total
$
147,968

 
$
8,354

 
$
156,322

 
$
150,869

 
$
28,816

 
$
179,685

 
 Three Months Ended April 30,
 
 
 
Comparable NOI
2013
 
2012
 
 % Change
 
 
 (in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail Comparable NOI
$
55,036

 
$
54,904

 
 
 
NOI attributable to noncontrolling interests
(1,641
)
 
(1,773
)
 
 
 
Subtotal Retail
53,395

 
53,131

 
0.5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Office Comparable NOI
58,059

 
61,671

 
 
 
NOI attributable to noncontrolling interests
(2,213
)
 
(2,246
)
 
 
 
Subtotal Office
55,846

 
59,425

 
(6.0
)%
(1) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Apartments Comparable NOI
34,873

 
34,294

 
 
 
NOI attributable to noncontrolling interests
(620
)
 
(601
)
 
 
 
Subtotal Apartments
34,253

 
33,693

 
1.7
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand Total Comparable NOI
$
143,494

 
$
146,249

 
(1.9
)%
 
(1)
Primarily due to decreased occupancy at One Pierrepont Plaza and increased real estate tax expense at New York Times due to a decrease in tax abatements.

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Net Operating Income by Product Type
Full Consolidation (dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended April 30, 2013
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
 
NOI by Product Type
$
173,386

 
NOI by Product Type
$
176,281

 
Non-recurring land sales
8,927

 
Non-recurring land sales
36,484

 
Arena
4,746

 
Arena
(4,211
)
 
The Nets
(2,981
)
 
The Nets
(6,958
)
 
Corporate Activities
(14,123
)
 
Corporate Activities
(13,015
)
 
Other (2)
(13,633
)
 
Other (2)
(8,896
)
 
Grand Total NOI
$
156,322

 
Grand Total NOI
$
179,685

 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Includes limited-distribution subsidized senior housing.
(2) Includes write-offs of abandoned development projects, non-capitalizable development costs and unallocated management and service company overhead, net of tax credit income.

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FFO
We believe that Funds From Operations ("FFO"), along with net earnings, provides additional information about our core operations. While property dispositions, acquisitions or other factors can affect net earnings in the short-term, we believe FFO presents a more consistent view of the overall financial performance of our business from period-to-period since the core of our business is the recurring operations of our portfolio of real estate assets. FFO is used by the chief operating decision maker and management to assess performance and resource allocations by strategic business unit and on a consolidated basis.
The majority of our peers in the publicly traded real estate industry are Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs") and report operations using FFO as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). Although we are not a REIT, management believes it is important to publish this measure to allow for easier comparison of our performance to our peers. The major difference between us and our REIT peers is that we are a taxable entity and any taxable income we generate could result in payment of federal or state income taxes. Our REIT peers typically do not pay federal or state income taxes, but must distribute a significant portion of their taxable income to shareholders. Due to our effective tax management policies, historically we have not been a significant payer of income taxes. This has allowed us to retain our internally generated cash flows but has also resulted in large expenses for deferred taxes as required by GAAP.
FFO is defined by NAREIT as net earnings excluding the following items at our proportional share: i) gain (loss) on disposition of rental properties, divisions and other investments (net of tax); ii) non-cash charges for real estate depreciation and amortization; iii) impairment of depreciable real estate (net of tax); iv) extraordinary items (net of tax); and v) cumulative or retrospective effect of change in accounting principle (net of tax).

The table below reconciles net earnings (loss), the most comparable GAAP measure, to FFO, a non-GAAP measure.
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
$
(19,368
)
$
22,752

Depreciation and Amortization—Real Estate Groups (1)
81,440

70,417

Impairment of depreciable rental properties
—

1,381

Gain on disposition of rental properties
(14,537
)
(7,914
)
Income tax expense (benefit) adjustments — current and deferred (2)
 
 
Gain on disposition of rental properties
5,608

3,052

Impairment of depreciable rental properties
—

(536
)
FFO
$
53,143

$
89,152

FFO Per Share - Diluted
 
 
Numerator (in thousands):
 
 
FFO
$
53,143

$
89,152

If-Converted Method (adjustments for interest, net of tax):
 
 
3.625% Puttable Senior Notes due 2014
1,032

1,110

5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016
382

382

4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018
2,277

2,277

FFO for per share data
$
56,834

$
92,921

Denominator
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding—Basic
184,821,775

169,206,594

Effect of stock options, restricted stock and performance shares
1,208,603

937,272

Effect of convertible preferred stock
325,002

14,550,257

Effect of convertible debt
32,533,801

33,499,503

Effect of convertible Class A Common Units
3,646,755

3,646,755

Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted
222,535,936

221,840,381

FFO Per Share
$
0.26

$
0.42


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(1) The following table provides detail of depreciation and amortization.
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Full Consolidation
$
69,495

$
50,474

Non-Real Estate
(1,230
)
(620
)
Real Estate Groups Full Consolidation
68,265

49,854

Real Estate Groups related to noncontrolling interest
(4,748
)
(994
)
Real Estate Groups Unconsolidated
17,816

19,161

Real Estate Groups Discontinued Operations
107

2,396

Real Estate Groups at our proportional share
$
81,440

$
70,417

(2) The following table provides detail of income tax expense (benefit):
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Current taxes
 
 
Operating earnings
$
(8,038
)
$
(3,975
)
Gain on disposition of rental properties
7,686

4,251

Subtotal
(352
)
276

Discontinued operations
 
 
Operating earnings
(14
)
70

Gain on disposition of rental properties
1,426

1,294

Subtotal
1,412

1,364

Total Current taxes
1,060

1,640

Deferred taxes
 
 
Operating earnings
(6,472
)
14,341

Gain on disposition of rental properties
(8,398
)
(4,769
)
Subtotal
(14,870
)
9,572

Discontinued operations
 
 
Operating earnings
10

151

Gain on disposition of rental properties
4,894

2,276

Impairment of real estate
—

(536
)
Subtotal
4,904

1,891

Total Deferred taxes
(9,966
)
11,463

Grand Total
$
(8,906
)
$
13,103



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Summary of Segment Operating Results – The following tables present a summary of revenues from real estate operations, operating expenses, interest expense, and equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities by segment. See discussion of these amounts by segment in the narratives following the tables.
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
Variance
 
(in thousands)
Revenues from Real Estate Operations
 
 
 
Commercial Group
$
181,472

$
173,283

$
8,189

Commercial Group Land Sales
25,600

40,000

(14,400
)
Residential Group
63,919

61,740

2,179

Arena
28,697

116

28,581

Land Development Group
5,927

12,156

(6,229
)
The Nets
—

—

—

Corporate Activities
—

—

—

Total Revenues from Real Estate Operations
$
305,615

$
287,295

$
18,320

Operating Expenses
 
 
 
Commercial Group
$
100,804

$
87,609

$
13,195

Cost of Commercial Group Land Sales
15,363

3,516

11,847

Residential Group
48,578

43,165

5,413

Arena
23,951

4,288

19,663

Land Development Group
5,693

11,677

(5,984
)
The Nets
—

—

—

Corporate Activities
13,415

12,731

684

Total Operating Expenses
$
207,804

$
162,986

$
44,818

Interest Expense
 
 
 
Commercial Group
$
53,952

$
41,127

$
12,825

Residential Group
8,796

3,722

5,074

Arena
9,013

(4,127
)
13,140

Land Development Group
(102
)
1,751

(1,853
)
The Nets
—

—

—

Corporate Activities
15,759

13,595

2,164

Total Interest Expense
$
87,418

$
56,068

$
31,350

Equity in Earnings (Loss) of Unconsolidated Entities
 
 
 
Commercial Group
$
5,831

$
6,398

$
(567
)
Loss on disposition of Commercial Group unconsolidated entities
(1,510
)
—

(1,510
)
Residential Group
4,706

4,170

536

Arena
—

—

—

Land Development Group
(196
)
163

(359
)
The Nets
(2,981
)
(6,958
)
3,977

Corporate Activities
—

—

—

Total Equity in Earnings (Loss) of Unconsolidated Entities
$
5,850

$
3,773

$
2,077


Commercial Group
Revenues from real estate operations—Revenues from real estate operations for the Commercial Group, including the group’s land sales, decreased by $6,211,000, or 2.9%, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The variance from the prior year period is primarily attributable to the following decreases:
•
$40,000,000 related to the 2012 sale of an approximate 10 acre land parcel and air rights for development of a casino in downtown Cleveland, Ohio; and
•
$4,971,000 primarily related to decreased occupancy at Ten MetroTech Center, which is anticipated to be demolished in September 2013, and One Pierrepont Plaza, an office building in Brooklyn, New York.
These decreases were partially offset by the following increases:
•
$25,600,000 related to commercial outlot land sales at an undeveloped project in Brooklyn, New York and Orchard Town Center, a regional mall in Westminster, Colorado;
•
$4,749,000 related to new property openings as noted in the table below;

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•
$3,337,000 due to an increase in tenant reimbursable revenue that is also included in operating expenses at multiple properties in the New York metropolitan area;
•
$2,551,000 related to third party management and consulting fee income; and
•
$1,223,000 related to the change from the equity method of accounting to full consolidation due to the acquisition of a partner's interest in three office buildings in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July 2012.
Operating and Interest Expenses—Operating expenses increased by $25,042,000, or 27.5%, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The variance from the prior year period is primarily attributable to the following increases:
•
$15,363,000 related to commercial outlot land sales at an undeveloped project in Brooklyn, New York and Orchard Town Center;
•
$3,667,000 due to increase in tenant reimbursable expenses that is also included in revenues from real estate operations at multiple properties in the New York metropolitan area;
•
$1,328,000 related to increased real estate tax expense at New York Times, an office building in Manhattan, New York, due to a decrease in tax abatements; and
•
$573,000 related to new property openings as noted in the table below.
These increases were partially offset by the following decrease:
•
$3,516,000 related to the 2012 sale of an approximate 10 acre land parcel and air rights for development of a casino in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
Interest expense for the Commercial Group increased by $12,825,000, or 31.2%, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. This increase is primarily attributable to the opening of new properties, as noted in the table below, and a reduction of capitalized interest on certain development projects.
The following table presents the increases in revenues, operating expenses and interest expense for newly-opened properties for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year:
 
 
 
 
Variances Related to
 
 
 
 
April 30, 2013 vs. 2012
Newly-Opened Properties
Location
Quarter-Year Opened
Square feet
Revenues from Real Estate Operations
Operating Expenses
Interest Expense
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Retail Centers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Westchester's Ridge Hill
Yonkers, New York
Q2-2011/12
1,336,000
$
3,983

$
338

$
5,683

The Yards - Boilermaker Shops
Washington, D.C.
Q4-12
39,000
39

127

128

Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johns Hopkins Parking Garage
Baltimore, Maryland
Q4-12
492,000
727

108

38

Total
$
4,749

$
573

$
5,849

Comparable occupancy for the Commercial Group is 91.7% and 91.0% for retail and office, respectively, as of April 30, 2013 compared with 91.8% and 91.9%, respectively, as of April 30, 2012. Retail and office occupancy as of April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012 is based on square feet leased at the end of the fiscal quarter. Comparable occupancy relates to properties opened and operated in both the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012.
As of April 30, 2013, the average base rent per square feet expiring for retail and office leases is $38.78 and $37.86, respectively. Square feet of expiring leases and average base rent per square feet are operating statistics that represent 100% of the square footage and base rental income per square foot from expiring leases.
We monitor retail and office leases expiring in the short to mid-term. Management’s plan to obtain lease renewals for expiring retail and office leases includes signing of lease extensions, if available, and active marketing for available or soon to be available space to new or existing tenants in the normal course of business.

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Retail Centers
The following tables represent those new leases and gross leasable area (“GLA”) signed on the same space in which there was a former tenant and existing tenant renewals.
Regional Malls
 
 
 
 
 
Quarter
Number
of Leases
Signed
GLA
Signed
Contractual
Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Prior Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Cash Basis %
Change over
Prior Rent
2nd Quarter 2012
28

81,774

$
55.68

$
50.06

11.2
%
3rd Quarter 2012
37

128,204

$
46.09

$
40.19

14.7
%
4th Quarter 2012
23

63,551

$
55.17

$
49.44

11.6
%
1st Quarter 2013
38

115,625

$
54.92

$
46.15

19.0
%
Total
126

389,154

$
52.21

$
45.53

14.7
%
Specialty Retail Centers
 
 
 
 
Quarter
Number
of Leases
Signed
GLA
Signed
Contractual
Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Prior Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Cash Basis %
Change over
Prior Rent
2nd Quarter 2012
8

35,234

$
23.74

$
23.95

(0.9
)%
3rd Quarter 2012
5

37,129

$
30.61

$
31.00

(1.3
)%
4th Quarter 2012
4

7,281

$
43.90

$
48.20

(8.9
)%
1st Quarter 2013
9

51,398

$
42.58

$
35.44

20.1
 %
Total
26

131,042

$
34.19

$
31.81

7.5
 %

Office Buildings
The following table represents all new leases compared with terms of all expired leases in our office portfolio over the past 12 months. Changes in rent per square foot between all new and all expired leases are influenced by various factors, including but not limited to non-comparable markets, non-comparable buildings and space within those buildings being compared. Depending on the mix of new and expired leases, the percentage change in rent per square foot will vary accordingly.
Office Buildings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quarter
Number
of Leases
Signed
Number
of Leases
Expired
GLA
Signed
GLA
Expired
Contractual
Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Expiring Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Cash Basis %
Change over
Prior Rent
2nd Quarter 2012
28

20

132,835

96,046

$
22.02

$
18.87

16.7
%
3rd Quarter 2012
30

35

195,197

195,523

$
42.76

$
41.15

3.9
%
4th Quarter 2012
17

27

76,889

124,062

$
26.10

$
24.62

6.0
%
1st Quarter 2013
32

31

417,154

530,109

$
52.33

$
44.37

17.9
%
Total
107

113

822,075

945,740

$
42.71

$
38.51

10.9
%
Office Buildings by Product in Core and Non-Core Markets
 
Number
of Leases Signed
Number
of Leases Expired
GLA Signed
GLA Expired
Contractual
Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Expiring Rent Per
Square Foot (1)(2)
Cash Basis %
Change over Prior Rent
Products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life Science Office
17

13

305,906

278,188

$
64.57

$
56.72

13.8
 %
Other Office
53

49

351,623

424,573

$
34.23

$
37.85

(9.6
)%
Total Office in Core Markets
70

62

657,529

702,761

$
48.35

$
45.35

6.6
 %
Office in Non-Core Markets
37

51

164,546

242,979

$
20.18

$
18.82

7.2
 %
Total
107

113

822,075

945,740

$
42.71

$
38.51

10.9
 %
(1)
Retail and Office contractual rent per square foot includes base rent and fixed additional charges for common area maintenance and real estate taxes. Retail contractual rent per square foot also includes fixed additional marketing/promotional charges. Beginning in the first quarter of 2013, we included real estate taxes in the rental rate comparisons. Prior rent comparisons were adjusted for comparability purposes.
(2)
For all new leases, contractual rent per square foot is the new base rent as of rental commencement. For all expiring leases, contractual rent per square foot is the base rent at the time of expiration, plus any applicable escalations.

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Comparable NOI is an operating statistic defined as NOI from properties opened and operated in all periods presented net of noncontrolling interests. Comparable NOI is useful because it measures the performance of the same properties on a period-to-period basis and is used to assess operating performance and resource allocation of the operating properties within our strategic business units. While property dispositions, acquisitions or other factors can impact net earnings in the short term, we believe comparable NOI gives a more consistent view of the overall performance of our operating portfolio from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year. The percentage change of comparable NOI over the same period in the prior year is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
Retail
0.5%
3.0%
Office (1)
(6.0)%
3.2%
(1)
Primarily due to decreased occupancy at One Pierrepont Plaza and increased real estate tax expense at New York Times due to a decrease in tax abatements.

Residential Group
Revenues from real estate operations—Included in revenues from real estate operations is fee income related to the development and construction management related to our military housing projects. Military housing fee income and related operating expenses may vary significantly from period to period based on the timing of development and construction activity at each applicable project. Revenues from real estate operations for the Residential Group increased by $2,179,000, or 3.5%, during the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The variance is primarily attributable to the following increases:
•
$1,490,000 related to third party management fees and other income; and
•
$1,194,000 related to new property openings as noted in the table below.
These increases were partially offset by the following decrease:
•
$1,623,000 related to military housing fee income from the management and development of units in our military housing portfolio.
Operating and Interest Expenses—Operating expenses for the Residential Group increased by $5,413,000, or 12.5%, during the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. This variance is primarily attributable to the following increase:
•
$1,410,000 related to expenditures associated with third party management and consulting fee arrangements.
The remainder of the increase is primarily due to miscellaneous fluctuations at our mature properties and general operating activities.
Interest expense for the Residential Group increased by $5,074,000, or 136.3%, during the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The increase is primarily a result of mark-to-market adjustments on non-designated interest rate swaps.
The following table presents the increases in revenues and operating expenses for newly-opened properties for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year:
 
 
 
 
Variances Related to
 
 
 
 
April 30, 2013 vs. 2012
Newly-Opened Properties
Location
Quarter-Year Opened
Units
Revenues from Real Estate Operations
Operating Expenses
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Continental Building
Dallas, Texas
Q1-2013
203
$
13

$
134

Botanica Eastbridge
Denver, Colorado
Q3-2012
118
233

180

Aster Town Center
Denver, Colorado
Q1-2012/Q2-2012
85
308

54

Foundry Lofts
Washington, D.C.
Q4-2011
170
640

(176
)
Total
$
1,194

$
192


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Comparable average occupancy for the Residential Group is 94.5% and 94.2% for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Economic residential occupancy for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012 is calculated by dividing gross potential rent less vacancy by gross potential rent. Gross potential rent (“GPR”) is calculated based on actual rents per lease agreements for occupied apartment units and at market rents for vacant apartment units. Market rental rates are determined using a variety of factors which include availability of specific apartment unit types (one bedroom, two bedroom, etc.), seasonality factors and rents offered by competitive properties for similar apartment types in the same geographic market. Comparable average occupancy relates to properties opened and operated in both the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012.
The percentage change of comparable NOI over the same period in the prior year is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
Residential
1.7%
11.0%
The following tables present leasing information of our Apartment Communities for the various periods presented. Prior period amounts may differ from data as reported in previous quarters because the properties that qualify as comparable change from period to period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year-to-Date Comparison
 
 
Monthly Average Residential Rental Rates (2)
 
Economic Residential Occupancy
 
Leasable Units at Pro-Rata %(3)
 
Three Months Ended
April 30,
 
 
Year-to-Date
April 30,
 
Comparable Apartment Communities (1)
 
2013
2012
% Change
 
2013
2012
% Change
Core Markets
7,709

 
$
1,673

$
1,590

5.2
%
 
94.8
%
95.2
%
(0.4
)%
Non-Core Markets
9,252

 
$
948

$
924

2.6
%
 
93.9
%
92.8
%
1.1
%
Total Comparable Apartments
16,961

 
$
1,284

$
1,233

4.1
%
 
94.5
%
94.2
%
0.3
%
Sequential Quarter Comparison
 
 
Monthly Average Residential Rental Rates (2)
 
Economic Residential Occupancy
 
Leasable Units at Pro-Rata %(3)
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
Quarter-to-Date
 
Comparable Apartment Communities (1)
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
% Change
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
% Change
Core Markets
7,956

 
$
1,683

$
1,676

0.4
 %
 
94.9
%
95.1
%
(0.2
)%
Non-Core Markets
9,252

 
$
948

$
956

(0.8
)%
 
93.9
%
93.8
%
0.1
%
Total Comparable Apartments
17,208

 
$
1,294

$
1,295

(0.1
)%
 
94.5
%
94.5
%
—

(1)
Includes apartment communities completely opened and operated in the periods presented. These apartment communities include units leased at affordable apartment rates which provide a discount from average market rental rates. For the three months ended April 30, 2013, 19.6% of leasable units in core markets and 4.2% of leasable units in non-core markets were affordable housing units. Excludes all military and limited-distribution subsidized senior housing units.
(2)
Represents GPR less concessions.
(3)
Leasable units at pro-rata represent our share of total leasable units at the apartment community.

Arena
Revenues from Real Estate Operations – Revenues from real estate operations for the Arena increased by $28,581,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. This increase is attributable to the grand opening of the Arena which occurred on September 28, 2012.
Operating and Interest Expenses – Operating expenses for the Arena increased by $19,663,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. This increase is attributable to the grand opening of the Arena.
Interest expense for the Arena increased by $13,140,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The increase is due to the cessation of capitalized interest upon the completion of construction and the grand opening of the Arena.

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Land Development Group
Activity reported in the Land Development Group in 2013 solely relates to our Stapleton project in Denver, Colorado. The Stapleton project is one of the nation's largest urban redevelopments and is a true mixed-use project with substantial future entitlements, including apartments, retail and office space as well as single family neighborhoods, where we sell residential lots to builders. We control the future development opportunity at Stapleton through an option agreement that requires us to maintain an ownership position. This requirement together with the continued strong performance at Stapleton will allow us to maximize the potential of this project as a great example of a sustainable urban redevelopment focused on walkable neighborhoods, abundant amenities and open space. Land development, infrastructure, financing and residential and commercial land sales at Stapleton are reported in the Land Development Group segment. Apartments, office and retail we develop at Stapleton are included in the Residential Group or Commercial Group depending on product type.
Revenues from real estate operations—Revenues from real estate operations for the Land Development Group decreased by $6,229,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. This variance is attributable to lower land sales at Stapleton and at various land development projects previously reported as Land Development Group revenues.
Operating and Interest Expenses—Operating expenses for the Land Development Group decreased by $5,984,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. This variance is attributable to lower land sales at Stapleton and at various land development projects previously reported as Land Development Group operating expenses.
Interest expense for the Land Development Group decreased by $1,853,000 during the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to reduced interest allocations from the Corporate Activities segment.
Net Gain on Land Held for Divestiture Activity
The following table summarizes the net gain on land held for divestiture activities of consolidated entities:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Sales of land held for divestiture
$
712

$
—

Cost of sales of land held for divestiture
(260
)
—

Net gain on land held for divestiture activity
$
452

$
—

See Note I – Land Held for Divestiture in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for detailed information.
Net Loss on Land Held for Divestiture Activity of Unconsolidated Entities
The following table summarizes the net loss on investments in unconsolidated entities which are part of the land divestiture strategy:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
2013
2012
 
(in thousands)
Net loss on sales of land held for divestiture of unconsolidated entities
$
(147
)
$
—

Net loss on land held for divestiture activity of unconsolidated entities
$
(147
)
$
—

See Note I – Land Held for Divestiture in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for detailed information.
The Nets
Our ownership of The Nets is through Nets Sports and Entertainment LLC (“NS&E”). NS&E also owns Brooklyn Arena, LLC (“Arena LLC”), an entity that through its subsidiaries oversaw the construction of and has a long-term lease in the Barclays Center, the home of The Nets. NS&E consolidates Arena LLC and accounts for its investment in The Nets on the equity method of accounting. As a result of consolidating NS&E, we record the entire net loss of The Nets allocated to NS&E in equity in loss of unconsolidated entities and allocate, based on an analysis of each respective members’ claims on the net book equity assuming a liquidation at book value, NS&E’s noncontrolling partners’ share of its losses, if any, through noncontrolling interests in our Statement of Operations.
On May 12, 2010, entities controlled by Mikhail Prokhorov (“MP Entities”) invested $223,000,000 and made certain funding commitments (“Funding Commitments”) to acquire 80% of The Nets, 45% of Arena LLC and the right to purchase up to 20% of Atlantic Yards Development Company, LLC, which will develop non-arena real estate. In accordance with the Funding Commitments, the MP Entities agreed to fund The Nets operating needs up to $60,000,000.

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The MP Entities met the $60,000,000 funding commitment during the three months ended July 31, 2011. As a result, NS&E was required to fund 100% of the operating needs, as defined, until the Barclays Center arena was complete and open, which occurred on September 28, 2012. Thereafter, members’ capital contributions are made in accordance with the operating agreements.
The amount of equity in loss, net of noncontrolling interests, was $2,981,000 and $6,958,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, representing a decrease in our allocated losses of $3,977,000 compared with the same period in the prior year. The decrease is due to the waterfall impacts of the funding commitments among our partners as discussed above.
Corporate Activities
Operating and Interest Expenses—Operating expenses increased by $684,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year. The increase was due to general corporate expenses.
Interest expense increased by $2,164,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to reduced interest allocations to the Land Development Group.

Other Activity
The following items are discussed on a consolidated basis.
Depreciation and Amortization
We recorded depreciation and amortization expense of $69,495,000 and $50,474,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which is an increase of $19,021,000, or 37.7%, compared with the same period in the prior year. The increase for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the prior year is primarily attributable to new property openings, primarily Barclays Center arena of $9,406,000 and Westchester's Ridge Hill, a mixed-use retail project in Yonkers, New York of $4,400,000. In addition, in April 2013, management approved a plan to demolish Ten MetroTech Center to clear the land for a residential project at that site. Due to the new development plan, the estimated useful life of Ten MetroTech Center was adjusted to expire at the anticipated scheduled demolition date in September 2013, which resulted in $2,025,000 of accelerated depreciation expense during the three months ended April 30, 2013.
Amortization of Mortgage Procurement Costs
For the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded amortization of mortgage procurement costs of $2,688,000 and $2,756,000, respectively. Amortization of mortgage procurement costs decreased $68,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with the same period in the prior year.
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
See Note L – Loss on Extinguishment of Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for detailed information.
Interest and Other Income
Interest and other income was $11,017,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013, compared with $10,669,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2012, respectively. The increase of $348,000 is primarily due to an increase of $646,000 related to the income recognition on the sale of state and federal historic preservation and new market tax credits.
Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Entities
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities was $5,850,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 compared with $3,773,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2012, representing an increase of $2,077,000. This variance is primarily attributable to the following increase:
-
The Nets
•
$3,977,000 related to a 2013 decrease in allocated losses from our equity investment in The Nets.
This increase was partially offset by the following decrease:
-
Commercial Group
•
$1,510,000 related to the 2013 loss on disposition of our unconsolidated investment in Plaza at Robinson Town Center.

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Discontinued Operations
See Note M – Discontinued Operations and Gain on Disposition of Rental Properties in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for detailed information.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY
Multi-family rental properties continue to perform well throughout the majority of the United States. Although recently improved, ongoing economic conditions such as job growth, unemployment and consumer confidence among other things continue to put pressure on occupancy rates, rent levels and property values of other types of commercial real estate. Access to bank credit and capital have continued to improve with banks and permanent lenders indicating an increased interest in originating new loans for real estate projects, particularly as their existing portfolio loans get paid off. Originations of new loans for commercial mortgage backed securities have continued to improve as well. Although underwriting standards have begun to loosen, lenders continue favoring high quality operating assets in strong markets. While banks continue to originate construction loans for multifamily projects, construction loans for office or retail projects remain difficult to obtain, unless the project has substantial pre-leasing in place or higher than historical equity commitments from the company.
Our principal sources of funds are cash provided by operations including land sales, our bank revolving credit facility, nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable, dispositions of operating properties or development projects through sales or equity joint ventures, proceeds from the issuance of senior notes, proceeds from the issuance of common or preferred equity and other financing arrangements. We have consistently disposed of properties in an effort to recycle capital and reposition our portfolio. Over the last ten years, we have generated cash proceeds from sales and/or disposition of partial interests in rental properties that averaged in excess of $100,000,000 per year. Given the diversity of our portfolio by market and product type, we believe that the market for property dispositions at some level will continue to be available. The current market should allow us to continue our ongoing strategy to recycle capital and reposition the portfolio through property sales or equity joint ventures.
Our strategic plan drives our capital strategy and business focus on core products and markets. In order to achieve our strategic goals, we have a detailed process of evaluating each individual asset in our operating and development portfolio to identify those having the best opportunity to provide capital through full or partial sale in conjunction with our strategy of focusing on our core products and markets. This process may result in reductions to estimated holding periods and the total estimated undiscounted cash flows used for impairment calculations on our individual consolidated real estate assets. In some cases, this may result in estimated undiscounted cash flows being less than the carrying value of the consolidated asset and necessitating an impairment charge to write down the asset to its estimated fair value.
In addition, our capital strategy includes potentially entering into equity joint ventures that can provide capital through the sales of partial interests of operating properties or reduce our equity requirements and development risk on our development opportunities. Entering into these joint ventures could result in us granting joint control or losing control of the asset and, accordingly, the asset would no longer be consolidated. Upon deconsolidation, our investment in the joint venture would be recorded at fair value and evaluated for other than temporary impairment on a quarterly basis thereafter. This could result in future impairments, some of which could be significant, that would not otherwise be required if the real estate asset remained consolidated.
Our principal uses of funds are the financing of our real estate operating and development projects, capital expenditures for our existing operating portfolio, and principal and interest payments on our nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable, bank revolving credit facility and senior notes.
Our primary capital strategy seeks to isolate the operating and financial risk at the property level to maximize returns and reduce risk on and of our equity capital. As such, substantially all of our operating and development properties are separately encumbered with nonrecourse mortgage debt or notes payable. We do not cross-collateralize our mortgage debt and notes payable outside of a single identifiable project. We operate as a C-corporation and retain substantially all of our internally generated cash flows. This cash flow, together with refinancing and property sale proceeds, has historically provided us with the necessary liquidity to take advantage of investment opportunities. The economic downturn and its impact on the lending and capital markets reduced our ability to finance development and acquisition opportunities and also modified the required rates of return to make new investment opportunities appealing. As a result of these market changes, we have established limitations on entering into new development activities.
We continue to make progress on certain other pre-development projects, primarily multifamily projects located in core markets. The cash that we believe is required to fund our equity in projects under construction and development plus any cash necessary to extend or pay down the remaining 2013 debt maturities is anticipated to exceed our cash flow from operations. As a result, we intend to extend maturing debt or repay it with net proceeds from property sales, equity joint ventures or future debt or equity financing.

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During the three months ended April 30, 2013, we closed several transactions which strengthened our balance sheet by increasing liquidity, converting preferred equity to common equity, reducing certain future fixed charges for interest and preferred dividends and addressing certain near term maturities.
•
In February 2013, we entered into a fourth amendment to the bank revolving credit facility ("Amended Credit Facility"). The amendment extended the maturity date to February 2016, subject to a one year extension upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, reduced the interest rate spread on the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") option by 25 basis points to 3.50% and removed the prior LIBOR floor of 100 basis points. The amendment also increased available borrowings to $465,000,000, subject to certain reserve commitments to be established, as applicable, on certain dates to be used to retire certain of our senior notes that come due during the term of the amendment and provides an accordion provision allowing us to increase our total available borrowings to $500,000,000 upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Amended Credit Facility.
•
In February 2013, we announced our intention to redeem all of our outstanding shares of Series A preferred stock on March 15, 2013. From January 31, 2013 to March 14, 2013, 109,768 shares of Series A preferred stock were converted into 362,990 shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the original terms of the Series A preferred stock. On March 15, 2013, we redeemed the remaining 101,270 shares of Series A preferred stock for approximately $5,100,000, the aggregate amount of liquidation preference plus the dividend that was due and payable on March 15, 2013.
•
In March 2013, we redeemed the remaining $53,253,000 principal amount of our outstanding 7.625% Senior Notes due 2015 at par.
•
In April 2013, we entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements whereby we exchanged $138,853,000 in aggregate principal of our 2014 Senior Notes for 9,549,721 shares of Class A common stock and a cash payment of $4,860,000 for additional exchange consideration, accrued interest and in lieu of fractional shares.
•
We generated net cash proceeds through the sale of a non-core operating asset of $15,627,000, net of distributions to noncontrolling interests, related to the sale of Millender Center, a 339 unit apartment community in Detroit, Michigan.
We continue to explore various options to strengthen our balance sheet and enhance our liquidity, but can give no assurance that we can accomplish any of these other options on terms favorable to us or at all. If we cannot enhance our liquidity, it could adversely impact our growth and result in further curtailment of development activities.
As of April 30, 2013, we had one nonrecourse mortgage, at Ten MetroTech Center, with a balance of $40,000,000 that technically remains in default. During August 2012, we closed a transaction that effectively restructured the defaulted nonrecourse mortgage which includes a forbearance agreement. Although the mortgage is still technically in default, the new lender has agreed to not continue to prosecute the pending foreclosure proceedings for two years from the restructuring date, as long as we comply with the terms of this forbearance agreement. The transaction results in the property being secured by a $40,000,000 nonrecourse mortgage.
We have no additional nonrecourse mortgages that are in default as of April 30, 2013.
As of April 30, 2013, we had $759,801,000 of nonrecourse mortgage financings with scheduled maturities during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2014, of which $52,333,000 represents regularly scheduled amortization payments. Subsequent to April 30, 2013, we have addressed $71,831,000 of these maturities, through closed transactions, commitments and/or automatic extensions. We also have extension options available on $10,505,000 of these 2013 maturities, all of which require some predefined condition in order to qualify for the extension, such as meeting or exceeding leasing hurdles, loan to value ratios or debt service coverage requirements. We cannot give assurance that the defined hurdles or milestones will be achieved to qualify for these extensions. We are currently in negotiations to refinance and/or extend the remaining $625,132,000 of nonrecourse debt scheduled to mature during the year ending January 31, 2014. We cannot give assurance as to the ultimate result of these negotiations. As with all nonrecourse mortgages, if we are unable to negotiate an extension or otherwise refinance the mortgage, we could go into default and the lender could commence foreclosure proceedings on the single collateralized asset.
As of April 30, 2013, we had three nonrecourse mortgages greater than five percent of our total nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable. The mortgages, encumbering New York Times, an office building in Manhattan, New York, Westchester’s Ridge Hill, a mixed-use retail project in Yonkers, New York, and Barclays Center, a sports and entertainment arena in Brooklyn, New York, have outstanding balances of $640,000,000, $469,000,000 and $373,622,000 respectively, at April 30, 2013.
As of April 30, 2013, our share of nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable recorded on our unconsolidated subsidiaries amounted to $2,043,955,000 of which $176,344,000 ($18,124,000 represents scheduled principal payments) was scheduled to mature during the year ending January 31, 2014. Negotiations are ongoing on the remaining 2013 maturities, but we cannot give assurance that we will obtain these financings on favorable terms or at all.

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Financial Covenants
Our Amended Credit Facility and indenture dated May 19, 2003 (“2003 Indenture”) contain certain restrictive financial covenants. A summary of the key financial covenants as defined in each agreement, all of which we are compliant with at April 30, 2013, follows:
 
Requirement
As of
 
Per Agreement
April 30, 2013
 
(dollars in thousands)
Credit Facility Financial Covenants
 
 
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
1.40x

1.71x

Debt Yield Ratio
>9%

11.29
%
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
2.75x

3.19x

Total Development Ratio
<17%

8.53
%
Minimum Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity, as defined
$
2,320,175

$
3,812,603

2003 Indenture Financial Covenants (1)
 
 
Ratio of Consolidated EBITDA(2) to Interest
>1.30x

1.57x

Minimum Net Worth, as defined
$
971,863

$
4,471,106

(1)
Violation of these financial covenants alone would not automatically cause the notes issued under the 2003 Indenture to become due and payable, but would prevent us from incurring or permitting a subsidiary from incurring additional debt, as defined, unless otherwise permitted by the 2003 Indenture.
(2)
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA").
Bank Revolving Credit Facility
The following table summarizes the available credit on the bank revolving credit facility:
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Maximum borrowings
$
465,000

$
450,000

Less outstanding balances:
 
 
Borrowings
45,000

—

Letters of credit
66,756

67,456

Surety bonds
—

—

Available credit
$
353,244

$
382,544

See Note C – Bank Revolving Credit Facility in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional information.
Senior and Subordinated Debt
The following table summarizes our senior and subordinated debt:
 
April 30, 2013
January 31, 2013
 
(in thousands)
Senior Notes:
 
 
3.625% Puttable Equity-Linked Senior Notes due 2014, net of discount
$
61,006

$
199,457

7.625% Senior Notes due 2015
—

53,253

5.000% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016
50,000

50,000

6.500% Senior Notes due 2017
132,144

132,144

4.250% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018
350,000

350,000

7.375% Senior Notes due 2034, net of discount
219,185

219,115

Total Senior Notes
812,335

1,003,969

Subordinated Debt:
 
 
Subordinate Tax Revenue Bonds due 2013
29,000

29,000

Total Senior and Subordinated Debt
$
841,335

$
1,032,969

See Note D – Senior and Subordinated Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional information.

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Nonrecourse Debt Financings
We use taxable and tax-exempt nonrecourse debt for our real estate projects. Substantially all of our operating and development properties are separately encumbered with nonrecourse mortgage debt, which in some limited circumstances is supplemented by nonrecourse notes payable (collectively “nonrecourse debt”). For real estate projects financed with tax-exempt debt, we generally utilize variable-rate debt. For construction loans, we generally pursue variable-rate financings with maturities ranging from two to five years. For those real estate projects financed with taxable debt, we generally seek long-term, fixed-rate financing for those operating projects whose loans mature or are projected to open and achieve stabilized operations.
We are actively working to refinance and/or extend the maturities of the nonrecourse debt that is coming due in the next 24 months. During the three months ended April 30, 2013, we completed the following financings:
Purpose of Financing
Amount
 
(in thousands)
Refinancings
$
46,100

Construction and development projects (1)
26,000

Loan extensions/acquisitions
4,500

 
$
76,600

(1)
Represents the full amount available to be drawn on the loans.

Cash Flows
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $16,330,000 and $78,098,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The net decrease in cash provided by operating activities of $61,768,000 is primarily the result of increased interest payments due to the cessation of capitalizing interest on several large development properties that were recently opened, timing of cash distributions from operations of unconsolidated entities and changes in notes and accounts receivable, partially offset by changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities.

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Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $(87,593,000) and $(49,342,000) for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and consisted of the following:
 
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
April 30, 2013
April 30, 2012
 
(in thousands)
Capital expenditures:
 
 
Construction and development costs:
 
 
Barclays Center, a sports and entertainment arena in Brooklyn, New York
$
(13,886
)
$
(81,587
)
Atlantic Yards, a mixed-use development project in Brooklyn, New York
(12,467
)
(27,872
)
The Yards - Twelve12, an apartment community in Washington, D.C.
(9,509
)
—

Atlantic Yards - B2, a modular apartment community in Brooklyn, New York
(9,426
)
—

Westchester’s Ridge Hill, a mixed-use retail project in Yonkers, New York
(7,472
)
(30,590
)
Other
(36,358
)
(37,403
)
Total projects under construction or development (1)
(89,118
)
(177,452
)
Acquisition of a building at Antelope Valley Mall in Palmdale, California
(8,514
)
—

Operating properties:
 
 
Commercial Segment
(3,603
)
(3,241
)
Residential Segment
(3,023
)
(2,674
)
Other
(1,042
)
(278
)
Total operating properties
(7,668
)
(6,193
)
Tenant improvements:
 
 
Commercial Segment
(15,090
)
(12,709
)
Total capital expenditures
$
(120,390
)
$
(196,354
)
Payment of lease procurement costs (2)
(2,350
)
(2,049
)
(Increase) decrease in other assets
(8,686
)
4,662

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash and escrowed funds used for investing purposes:
 
 
The Yards - Twelve12
$
9,408

$
—

Barclays Center
(5,953
)
(3,278
)
One MetroTech Center, an office building in Brooklyn, New York
(3,318
)
(2,199
)
Atlantic Yards
(2,236
)
154,500

John Hopkins Parking Garage in East Baltimore, Maryland
—

6,536

Other
(6
)
1,843

Total (increase) decrease in restricted cash and escrowed funds used for investing purposes
$
(2,105
)
$
157,402

Proceeds from disposition of full or partial interests in rental properties:
 
 
Millender Center, an apartment community in Detroit, Michigan
$
21,388

$
—

Quebec Square, a specialty retail center in Denver, Colorado
—

8,642

Other
1,011

—

Total proceeds from disposition of full or partial interests in rental properties
$
22,399

$
8,642

Change in investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities—(investment in) or return of investment:
 
 
Dispositions:
 
 
Plaza at Robinson Town Center, a specialty retail center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$
8,500

$
—

Commercial Projects:
 
 
Court Street, Gun Hill Road and Bruckner Boulevard, primarily refinancing proceeds at three specialty retail centers in the New York City metropolitan area
13,163

—

Jackson Building, primarily refinancing proceeds at an office building in Cambridge, Massachusetts
4,898

—

Residential Projects:
 
 
8 Spruce Street, a mixed-use residential project in Manhattan, New York
—

(6,728
)
Pine Ridge Valley, an apartment community in Willoughby Hills, Ohio
—

(2,203
)
The Nets, a National Basketball Association member
—

(5,000
)
Other
(3,022
)
(7,714
)
Total change in investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities
$
23,539

$
(21,645
)
Net cash used in investing activities
$
(87,593
)
$
(49,342
)
(1)
We capitalized internal costs related to projects under construction and development of $10,617 and $16,172, including compensation related costs of $8,447 and $13,377, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Total capitalized internal costs represent approximately 8.82% and 8.24% of total capital expenditures for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
(2)
We capitalized internal costs related to leasing activities of $1,161 and $1,221, including compensation related costs of $971 and $979, for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

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Financing Activities
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities was $(996,000) and $41,436,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2013 and 2012. The net decrease in cash provided by financing activities of $42,432,000 relates to decreased net proceeds from nonrecourse mortgage debt and notes payable, the payment of the 2015 Senior Notes and related inducements and transaction costs related to the exchange of the 2014 Senior Notes, offset by net borrowings on the bank revolving credit facility and increased contributions from noncontrolling interests. The decrease in net cash provided by financing activities is consistent with our ongoing goal of deleveraging the balance sheet.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are involved in various claims and lawsuits incidental to our business, and management and legal counsel believe that these claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements.
NEW ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE
The following accounting pronouncements were adopted during the three months ended April 30, 2013:
In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an amendment to the accounting guidance for the reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income ("accumulated OCI"). The amendments do not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements. However, the amendments require an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated OCI by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated OCI by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. This guidance is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The required disclosures upon adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 are included in our consolidated financial statements.
In July 2012, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance on testing indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. This guidance provides an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. If an entity concludes that it is not more likely than not that the asset is impaired, then the entity is not required to take further action. If an entity concludes otherwise, it is required to determine the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative test by comparing the fair value with the carrying amount. This guidance is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance on derecognition of in substance real estate. This guidance specifies that when a parent company (reporting entity) ceases to have a controlling financial interest (as described in the accounting guidance on consolidation) in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate as a result of a default on the subsidiary’s nonrecourse debt, the reporting entity should apply the guidance on property, plant and equipment to determine whether it should derecognize the in substance real estate. Generally, a reporting entity would not satisfy the requirements to derecognize the in substance real estate before the legal transfer of the real estate to the lender and the extinguishment of the related nonrecourse indebtedness. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim reporting periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 did not impact our consolidated financial statements or their comparability to previously issued financial statements as the guidance in this amendment is consistent with our previous accounting policies.
In December 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance that requires entities to disclose both gross and net information on financial instruments and transactions eligible for offset on the balance sheets and financial instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. In January 2013, the FASB issued guidance clarifying that the scope of disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities should apply only to derivatives and hedging instruments. This guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The adoption of this guidance on February 1, 2013 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On June 3, 2013, we signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Queensland Investment Corporation (“QIC”) to create joint ventures at each of eight regional malls (“Retail assets”) currently owned in whole or in part by us (collectively, the “JV”). At closing, we will contribute all of our ownership interests in each of the Retail assets into the JV for a 51% ownership interest in the JV and QIC will contribute cash for its 49% ownership interest in the JV. Our resulting ownership percentages of the individual Retail assets will vary depending on existing partnerships at three of the Retail assets.
As of April 30, 2013, the Retail assets have a historical net real estate basis approximating $894,000,000 and nonrecourse mortgage debt of approximately $953,000,000.
Cash liquidity generated from the transaction is expected to be approximately $330,000,000, after transaction costs. We expect to continue to serve as the asset and property manager for the Retail assets. Upon final closing of the JV, we will assess the applicable consolidation method of the JV and applicable gain recognition, if any. We continue to negotiate the final agreements with QIC, and cannot assure the transaction will close at the terms described above, or at all.
INFORMATION RELATED TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Form 10-Q, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by us, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements reflect management’s current views with respect to financial results related to future events and are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, financial or otherwise, may differ from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Risk factors discussed in Item 1A of our Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2013 and other factors that might cause differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to, the impact of current lending and capital market conditions on our liquidity, ability to finance or refinance projects and repay our debt, the impact of the current economic environment on the ownership, development and management of our commercial real estate portfolio, general real estate investment and development risks, using modular construction as a new construction methodology and investing in a facility to produce modular units, vacancies in our properties, further downturns in the housing market, competition, illiquidity of real estate investments, bankruptcy or defaults of tenants, anchor store consolidations or closings, international activities, the impact of terrorist acts, risks of owning and operating an arena, risks associated with an investment in a professional sports team, our substantial debt leverage and the ability to obtain and service debt, the impact of restrictions imposed by our credit facility and senior debt, exposure to hedging agreements, the level and volatility of interest rates, the continued availability of tax-exempt government financing, the impact of credit rating downgrades, effects of uninsured or underinsured losses, effects of a downgrade or failure of our insurance carriers, environmental liabilities, conflicts of interest, risks associated with the sale of tax credits, risks associated with developing and managing properties in partnership with others, the ability to maintain effective internal controls, compliance with governmental regulations, increased legislative and regulatory scrutiny of the financial services industry, changes in federal, state or local tax laws, volatility in the market price of our publicly traded securities, inflation risks, litigation risks, cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents, as well as other risks listed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, other than imposed by law, as a result of future events or new information. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our market risk includes the increased difficulty or inability to obtain construction loans, refinance existing construction loans into long-term fixed-rate nonrecourse financing, refinance existing nonrecourse financing at maturity, obtain renewals or replacement of credit enhancement devices, such as letters of credit, or otherwise obtain funds by selling real estate assets or by raising equity. We also have interest-rate exposure on our current variable-rate debt portfolio. During the construction period, we have historically used variable-rate debt to finance developmental projects. At April 30, 2013, our outstanding variable-rate debt, including bank revolving credit facility, consisted of $1,598,273,000 of taxable debt and $462,549,000 of tax-exempt debt. Upon opening and achieving stabilized operations, we have historically procured long-term fixed-rate financing for our rental properties. We may not be able to procure long-term fixed rate financing and accordingly pursue extending maturities with existing lenders. Additionally, we are exposed to interest rate risk upon maturity of our long-term fixed-rate financings.

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Interest Rate Exposure
At April 30, 2013, the composition of nonrecourse debt was as follows:
 
Operating
Properties
Development
Projects
Land
Projects
Total
 
Total
Weighted
Average Rate
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
Fixed Rate
$
3,433,392

$
283,054

$
1,577

$
3,718,023

 
5.49
%
Variable Rate
 
 
 
 
 
 
Taxable
1,496,579

56,694

—

1,553,273

 
4.87
%
Tax-Exempt
399,693

53,555

9,301

462,549

 
1.75
%
 
$
5,329,664

$
393,303

$
10,878

$
5,733,845

 
5.02
%
Total gross commitment from lenders
$
611,726

$
10,878

 
 
 
To mitigate short-term variable interest rate risk, we have purchased interest rate hedges for our variable-rate debt as follows:
Taxable (Priced off of LIBOR Index)
 
Caps
 
Swaps
 
Notional
Average Base
 
Notional
Average Base
Period Covered
Amount
Rate
 
Amount
Rate
 
(dollars in thousands)
05/01/13 - 02/01/14
$
292,233

3.28%
 
$
1,019,650

3.95%
02/01/14 - 02/01/15
63,914

3.69%
 
873,815

4.18%
02/01/15 - 02/01/16
—

—%
 
651,810

5.45%
02/01/16 - 09/01/17
—

—%
 
640,000

5.50%
Tax-Exempt (Priced off of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ("SIFMA") Index)
 
Caps
  
Notional
Average Base
Period Covered
Amount
Rate
 
(dollars in thousands)
05/01/13 - 02/01/14
$
169,160

5.67%
02/01/14 - 02/01/15
169,160

5.67%
02/01/15 - 03/24/16
9,695

6.96%
The tax-exempt caps generally were purchased in conjunction with lender hedging requirements that require the borrower to protect against significant fluctuations in interest rates. Except for those requirements, we generally do not hedge tax-exempt debt because, since 1990, the base rate of this type of financing has averaged 2.60% and has never exceeded 8.00%.
Sensitivity Analysis to Changes in Interest Rates
Including the effect of the protection provided by the interest rate swaps, caps and long-term contracts in place as of April 30, 2013, a 100 basis point increase in taxable interest rates (including properties accounted for under the equity method, corporate debt and the effect of interest rate floors) would increase the annual pre-tax interest cost for the next 12 months of our variable-rate debt by approximately $7,621,000 at April 30, 2013. Although tax-exempt rates generally move in an amount that is smaller than corresponding changes in taxable interest rates, a 100 basis point increase in tax-exempt rates (including properties accounted for under the equity method) would increase the annual pre-tax interest cost for the next 12 months of our tax-exempt variable-rate debt by approximately $5,922,000 at April 30, 2013. This analysis includes a portion of our taxable and tax-exempt variable-rate debt related to construction loans for which the interest expense is capitalized.

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From time to time, we and/or certain of our joint ventures (the “Joint Ventures”) enter into total rate of return swaps (“TRS”) on various tax-exempt fixed-rate borrowings generally held by us and/or within the Joint Ventures. The TRS convert these borrowings from a fixed rate to a variable rate and provide an efficient financing product to lower the cost of capital. In exchange for a fixed rate, the TRS require that we and/or the Joint Ventures pay a variable rate, generally equivalent to the SIFMA rate plus a spread. At April 30, 2013, the SIFMA rate was 0.22%. Additionally, we and/or the Joint Ventures have guaranteed the fair value of the underlying borrowings. Any fluctuation in the value of the TRS would be offset by the fluctuation in the value of the underlying borrowings, resulting in minimal financial impact to us and/or the Joint Ventures. At April 30, 2013, the aggregate notional amount of TRS that are designated as fair value hedging instruments is $257,365,000. The underlying TRS borrowings are subject to a fair value adjustment. In addition, we have TRS with a notional amount of $180,252,000 that is not designated as fair value hedging instruments, but is subject to interest rate risk.
We estimate the fair value of our hedging instruments based on interest rate market and bond pricing models. At April 30 and January 31, 2013, we recorded interest rate caps at fair value of $18,000 and $7,000, respectively, in other assets. We also recorded interest rate swap agreements and TRS with positive fair values of approximately $20,305,000 and $21,307,000 at April 30 and January 31, 2013, respectively, in other assets. At April 30 and January 31, 2013, we recorded interest rate swap agreements and TRS that had a negative fair value of approximately $155,693,000 and $155,724,000, respectively, in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities.
We estimate the fair value of our long-term debt instruments by market rates, if available, or by discounting future cash payments at interest rates that approximate the current market. Estimated fair value is based upon market prices of public debt, available industry financing data, current treasury rates and recent financing transactions. Based on these parameters, the table below contains the estimated fair value of our long-term debt at April 30, 2013.
 
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
 
Fair Value
with 100 bp Decrease
in Market Rates
 
(in thousands)
Fixed
$
4,559,358

 
$
5,029,752

 
$
5,267,692

Variable
 
 
 
 
 
Taxable
1,598,273

 
1,545,200

 
1,548,413

Tax-Exempt
462,549

 
452,102

 
449,149

Total Variable
$
2,060,822

 
$
1,997,302

 
$
1,997,562

Total Long-Term Debt
$
6,620,180

 
$
7,027,054

 
$
7,265,254

The following tables provide information about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates.


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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk (continued)
April 30, 2013
 
Expected Maturity Date
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ending January 31,
 
 
 
 
Long-Term Debt
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
Period
Thereafter
 
Total
Outstanding
 
Fair Market
Value
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
Fixed:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed-rate debt
$
590,659

 
$
296,132

 
$
350,521

 
$
366,281

 
$
558,540

 
$
1,555,890

 
$
3,718,023

 
$
4,128,432

Weighted average interest rate
6.19
%
 
6.01
%
 
5.54
%
 
5.70
%
 
4.26
%
 
5.51
%
 
5.49
%
 
 
Senior and subordinated debt (1)
29,000

(3) 
61,006

 
—

 
50,000

 
132,144

 
569,185

 
841,335

 
901,320

Weighted average interest rate
7.88
%
 
3.63
%
 
—
%
 
5.00
%
 
6.50
%
 
5.45
%
 
5.54
%
 
 
Total Fixed-Rate Debt
619,659

 
357,138

 
350,521

 
416,281

 
690,684

 
2,125,075

 
4,559,358

 
5,029,752

Variable:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Variable-rate debt
169,141

 
596,714

 
83,407

 
179

 
644,670

 
59,162

 
1,553,273

 
1,500,202

Weighted average interest rate (2)
4.28
%
 
3.53
%
 
3.21
%
 
3.20
%
 
6.38
%
 
6.04
%
 
4.87
%
 
 
Tax-exempt
1

 
90,810

 
45,010

 
10

 
10

 
326,708

 
462,549

 
452,102

Weighted average interest rate (2)
3.20
%
 
2.82
%
 
2.13
%
 
3.20
%
 
3.20
%
 
1.39
%
 
1.75
%
 
 
Bank revolving credit facility (1)
—

 
—

 
—

 
45,000

 
—

 
—

 
45,000

 
44,998

Weighted average interest rate
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
3.70
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
3.70
%
 
 
Total Variable-Rate Debt
169,142

 
687,524

 
128,417

 
45,189

 
644,680

 
385,870

 
2,060,822

 
1,997,302

Total Long-Term Debt
$
788,801

 
$
1,044,662

 
$
478,938

 
$
461,470

 
$
1,335,364

 
$
2,510,945

 
$
6,620,180

 
$
7,027,054

Weighted average interest rate
5.84
%
 
4.18
%
 
4.82
%
 
5.43
%
 
5.50
%
 
4.98
%
 
5.08
%
 
 
(1)
Represents recourse debt.
(2)
Weighted average interest rate is based on current market rates as of April 30, 2013.
(3)
The mandatory tender date of the custodial receipts, which represent ownership in the bonds, was used for the expected maturity date in lieu of the maturity date on the face of the bonds.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk (continued)
January 31, 2013
 
Expected Maturity Date
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ending January 31,
 
 
 
 
Long-Term Debt
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
Period
Thereafter
 
Total
Outstanding
 
Fair
Market
Value
 
(dollars in thousands)
Fixed:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed-rate debt
$
646,225

 
$
296,354

 
$
350,543

 
$
366,205

 
$
555,014

 
$
1,543,803

 
$
3,758,144

 
$
4,086,909

Weighted average interest rate
6.18
%
 
6.01
%
 
5.55
%
 
5.71
%
 
4.26
%
 
5.53
%
 
5.51
%
 
 
Senior and subordinated debt (1) 
29,000

(3) 
199,457

 
53,253

 
50,000

 
132,144

 
569,115

 
1,032,969

 
1,060,940

Weighted average interest rate
7.88
%
 
3.63
%
 
7.63
%
 
5.00
%
 
6.50
%
 
5.45
%
 
5.39
%
 
 
Total Fixed-Rate Debt
675,225

 
495,811

 
403,796

 
416,205

 
687,158

 
2,112,918

 
4,791,113

 
5,147,849

Variable:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Variable-rate debt
160,412

 
607,113

 
34,560

 
179

 
644,670

 
63,996

 
1,510,930

 
1,477,374

Weighted average interest rate(2)
4.31
%
 
3.53
%
 
3.48
%
 
3.21
%
 
6.38
%
 
5.90
%
 
4.93
%
 
 
Tax-exempt
1

 
90,810

 
45,010

 
10

 
10

 
335,745

 
471,586

 
463,000

Weighted average interest rate(2)
3.06
%
 
2.71
%
 
2.12
%
 
3.06
%
 
3.06
%
 
1.28
%
 
1.64
%
 
 
Bank revolving credit facility (1) 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Weighted average interest rate
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
—
%
 
 
Total Variable-Rate Debt
160,413

 
697,923

 
79,570

 
189

 
644,680

 
399,741

 
1,982,516

 
1,940,374

Total Long-Term Debt
$
835,638

 
$
1,193,734

 
$
483,366

 
$
416,394

 
$
1,331,838

 
$
2,512,659

 
$
6,773,629

 
$
7,088,223

Weighted average interest rate
5.88
%
 
4.10
%
 
5.31
%
 
5.62
%
 
5.51
%
 
4.95
%
 
5.09
%
 
 
(1)
Represents recourse debt.
(2)
Weighted average interest rate is based on current market rates as of January 31, 2013.
(3)
The mandatory tender date of the custodial receipts, which represent ownership in the bonds, was used for the expected maturity date in lieu of the maturity date on the face of the bonds.


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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or furnishes under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Securities Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act, was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, which includes the CEO and CFO. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of April 30, 2013.
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
In connection with the rules, the Company continues to review and document its disclosure controls and procedures, including the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, and may from time to time make changes aimed at enhancing their effectiveness and ensuring that the Company’s systems evolve with the business.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved in various claims and lawsuits incidental to its business, and management and legal counsel believe that these claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
(a) and (b) – Not applicable.
(c) – Repurchase of equity securities during the quarter.
 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased (1)
 
Average
Price Paid
Per Share
 
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
 
Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
Class A Common Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
February 1 through February 28, 2013
8,325

 
$
17.09

 
—

 
—

March 1 through March 31, 2013
—

 
$
—

 
—

 
—

April 1 through April 30, 2013
171,582

 
$
17.63

 
—

 
—

Total
179,907

 
$
17.61

 
—

 
—

(1)
Class A common stock was repurchased to satisfy the minimum tax withholding requirements relating to restricted stock vesting.

For information regarding redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, see Note P – Capital Stock in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.


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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Document
 
 
 
10.1

-
Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2013, by and among Forest City Rental Properties Corporation, as Borrower, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, PNC Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent and the banks named therein, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2013 (File No. 1-4372).
 
 
 
10.2

-
Fourth Amended and Restated Guaranty of Payment of Debt, dated as of February 21, 2013, by and among Forest City Enterprises, Inc., as Guarantor, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, PNC Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent and the banks named therein, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2013 (File No. 1-4372).
 
 
 
10.3

-
Second Amendment to Pledge Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2013, by Forest City Rental Properties Corporation to KeyBank National Association, as Agent for itself and the other banks, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2013 (File No. 1-4372).
 
 
 
10.4

-
Form of Exchange Agreement, pertaining to 3.625% Puttable Equity-Linked Senior Notes due 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on April 17, 2013 (File No. 1-4372).
 
 
 
+10.5

-
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2013, by and among James A. Ratner and Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
 
 
 
+10.6

-
Second Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2013, by and among Ronald A. Ratner and Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
 
 
 
*31.1

-
Principal Executive Officer’s Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
*31.2

-
Principal Financial Officer’s Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
**32.1

-
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
*101

-
The following financial information from Forest City Enterprises, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2013, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited); (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited); (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited); (iv) Consolidated Statements of Equity (unaudited); (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited), and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
+
Management contract or compensatory arrangement filed herewith.
*
Filed herewith.
**
Furnished herewith.


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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.
 
 
 
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Date:
June 4, 2013
 
/s/ ROBERT G. O’BRIEN
 
 
 
Name: Robert G. O’Brien
 
 
 
Title: Executive Vice President and
         Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
Date:
June 4, 2013
 
/s/ CHARLES D. OBERT
 
 
 
Name: Charles D. Obert
 
 
 
Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

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