UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________
Commission File Number: 001-13545 (Prologis, Inc.) 001-14245 (Prologis, L.P.)
Prologis, Inc.
Prologis, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (Prologis, Inc.)
Delaware (Prologis, L.P.)
94-3281941 (Prologis, Inc.)
94-3285362 (Prologis, L.P.)
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco, California
94111
(Address or principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(415) 394-9000
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Yes
No
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Prologis, L.P.:
Large accelerated filer ☐
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
The number of shares of Prologis, Inc.’s common stock outstanding at April 21, 2017, was approximately 530,315,000.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2017, of Prologis, Inc. and Prologis, L.P. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “Prologis, Inc.” or the “Parent” mean Prologis, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries; and references to “Prologis, L.P.” or the “Operating Partnership” mean Prologis, L.P., and its consolidated subsidiaries. The terms “the Company,” “Prologis,” “we,” “our” or “us” means the Parent and the Operating Partnership collectively.
The Parent is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the general partner of the Operating Partnership. At March 31, 2017, the Parent owned an approximate 97.31% common general partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and 100% of the preferred units in the Operating Partnership. The remaining approximate 2.69% common limited partnership interests are owned by nonaffiliated investors and certain current and former directors and officers of the Parent. As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Parent has complete responsibility and discretion in the day-to-day management and control of the Operating Partnership.
We operate the Parent and the Operating Partnership as one enterprise. The management of the Parent consists of the same members as the management of the Operating Partnership. These members are officers of the Parent and employees of the Operating Partnership or one of its subsidiaries. As general partner with control of the Operating Partnership, the Parent consolidates the Operating Partnership for financial reporting purposes. Because the only significant asset of the Parent is its investment in the Operating Partnership, the assets and liabilities of the Parent and the Operating Partnership are the same on their respective financial statements.
We believe combining the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Parent and the Operating Partnership into this single report results in the following benefits:
•
enhances investors’ understanding of the Parent and the Operating Partnership by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business;
eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation as a substantial portion of the Company’s disclosure applies to both the Parent and the Operating Partnership; and
creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.
It is important to understand the few differences between the Parent and the Operating Partnership in the context of how we operate the Company. The Parent does not conduct business itself, other than acting as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and issuing public equity from time to time. The Parent itself does not incur any indebtedness, but it guarantees the unsecured debt of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds substantially all the assets of the business, directly or indirectly, and holds the ownership interests in the Company’s investment in certain entities. The Operating Partnership conducts the operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with no publicly traded equity. Except for net proceeds from equity issuances by the Parent, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for partnership units, the Operating Partnership generates capital required by the business through the Operating Partnership’s operations, incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of partnership units to third parties.
The presentation of noncontrolling interests, stockholders’ equity and partners’ capital are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of the Parent and those of the Operating Partnership. The preferred stock, common stock, additional paid-in capital, accumulated other comprehensive loss and distributions in excess of net earnings of the Parent are presented as stockholders’ equity in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements. These items represent the common and preferred general partnership interests held by the Parent in the Operating Partnership and are presented as general partner’s capital within partners’ capital in the Operating Partnership’s consolidated financial statements. The common limited partnership interests held by the limited partners in the Operating Partnership are presented as noncontrolling interest within equity in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements and as limited partners’ capital within partners’ capital in the Operating Partnership’s consolidated financial statements. The differences in the presentations between stockholders’ equity and partners’ capital result from the differences in the equity and capital issuances at the Parent and Operating Partnership levels.
To highlight the differences between the Parent and the Operating Partnership, separate sections in this report, as applicable, individually discuss the Parent and the Operating Partnership, including separate financial statements and separate Exhibit 31 and 32 certifications. In the sections that combine disclosure of the Parent and the Operating Partnership, this report refers to actions or holdings as being actions or holdings of Prologis.
PROLOGIS
INDEX
Page
Number
PART I.
Financial Information
Item 1.
Financial Statements
1
Consolidated Balance Sheets – March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016
Consolidated Statements of Income – Three Months Ended March 31, 2017, and 2016
2
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three Months Ended March 31, 2017, and 2016
3
Consolidated Statement of Equity – Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Three Months Ended March 31, 2017, and 2016
4
5
6
7
Consolidated Statement of Capital – Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
8
Prologis, Inc. and Prologis, L.P.:
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
9
Note 1. General
Note 2. Real Estate
11
Note 3. Unconsolidated Entities
Note 4. Assets Held for Sale or Contribution
15
Note 5. Debt
Note 6. Noncontrolling Interests
16
Note 7. Long-Term Compensation
17
Note 8. Earnings Per Common Share or Unit
18
Note 9. Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
19
Note 10. Business Segments
23
Note 11. Supplemental Cash Flow Information
25
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
26
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
28
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
45
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
46
PART II.
Other Information
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
47
Item 5.
Item 6.
Exhibits
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Financial Statements
PROLOGIS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data)
March 31, 2017
December 31,
(Unaudited)
2016
ASSETS
Investments in real estate properties
$
27,131,229
27,119,330
Less accumulated depreciation
3,914,817
3,758,372
Net investments in real estate properties
23,216,412
23,360,958
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities
4,305,881
4,230,429
Assets held for sale or contribution
439,743
322,139
Notes receivable backed by real estate
17,006
32,100
Net investments in real estate
27,979,042
27,945,626
Cash and cash equivalents
395,829
807,316
Other assets
1,440,087
1,496,990
Total assets
29,814,958
30,249,932
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Debt
10,966,932
10,608,294
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
549,836
556,179
Other liabilities
629,769
627,319
Total liabilities
12,146,537
11,791,792
Equity:
Prologis, Inc. stockholders’ equity:
Series Q preferred stock at stated liquidation preference of $50 per share: $0.01 par value; 1,565 shares
issued and outstanding and 100,000 preferred shares authorized at March 31, 2017, and
December 31, 2016
78,235
Common stock: $0.01 par value; 530,213 shares and 528,671 shares issued and outstanding at
March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively
5,302
5,287
Additional paid-in capital
19,246,762
19,455,039
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(943,282
)
(937,473
Distributions in excess of net earnings
(3,640,150
(3,610,007
Total Prologis, Inc. stockholders’ equity
14,746,867
14,991,081
Noncontrolling interests
2,921,554
3,467,059
Total equity
17,668,421
18,458,140
Total liabilities and equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017
Revenues:
Rental
439,884
437,104
Rental recoveries
127,049
117,012
Strategic capital
57,045
51,003
Development management and other
5,177
1,181
Total revenues
629,155
606,300
Expenses:
152,656
146,581
31,799
25,293
General and administrative
53,617
50,543
Depreciation and amortization
226,591
250,000
Other
2,606
4,685
Total expenses
467,269
477,102
Operating income
161,886
129,198
Other income (expense):
Earnings from unconsolidated entities, net
48,605
58,311
Interest expense
(72,912
(80,812
Interest and other income, net
2,785
2,591
Gains on dispositions of investments in real estate, net
97,325
144,317
Foreign currency and derivative losses, net
(7,400
(14,211
Losses on early extinguishment of debt, net
-
(1,052
Total other income
68,403
109,144
Earnings before income taxes
230,289
238,342
Total income tax expense
9,600
15,537
Consolidated net earnings
220,689
222,805
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
15,760
13,075
Net earnings attributable to controlling interests
204,929
209,730
Less preferred stock dividends
1,674
1,689
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders
203,255
208,041
Weighted average common shares outstanding – Basic
528,721
524,205
Weighted average common shares outstanding – Diluted
550,010
543,562
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders – Basic
0.38
0.40
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders – Diluted
0.39
Dividends per common share
0.44
0.42
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation gains, net
39,667
1,461
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative contracts, net
2,631
(15,892
Comprehensive income
262,987
208,374
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
(15,760
(13,075
Other comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(48,107
(8,040
Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders
199,120
187,259
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Common Stock
Accumulated
Distributions
Additional
in Excess of
Non-
Preferred
of
Par
Paid-in
Comprehensive
Net
controlling
Total
Stock
Shares
Value
Capital
Loss
Earnings
Interests
Equity
Balance at January 1, 2017
528,671
Effect of equity compensation
plans
930
(1,239
8,286
7,056
Settlement of noncontrolling
interests
(201,797
(588,006
(789,803
Conversion of noncontrolling
612
17,229
(17,235
Foreign currency translation
gains (losses), net
(8,369
48,036
Unrealized gains on derivative
contracts, net
2,560
71
Reallocation of equity
(22,457
22,457
Distributions and other
(13
(235,072
(34,874
(269,959
Balance at March 31, 2017
530,213
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Straight-lined rents and amortization of above and below market leases
(25,497
(20,283
Equity-based compensation awards
18,380
12,465
(48,605
(58,311
Distributions from unconsolidated entities
77,347
80,088
Net changes in operating receivables from unconsolidated entities
3,880
30,599
Amortization of debt premiums, net of debt issuance costs
(2,905
(5,391
(97,325
(144,317
Unrealized foreign currency and derivative losses, net
12,078
15,079
1,052
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
2,439
(619
Increase in accounts receivable and other assets
33,470
11,455
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities
(67,748
(110,746
Net cash provided by operating activities
352,794
283,876
Investing activities:
Real estate development
(320,986
(343,955
Real estate acquisitions
(132,358
(67,346
Tenant improvements and lease commissions on previously leased space
(40,278
(41,569
Nondevelopment capital expenditures
(10,851
(10,721
Proceeds from dispositions and contributions of real estate properties
542,192
603,387
(106,658
(117,017
Return of investment from unconsolidated entities
108,543
111,141
Proceeds from repayment of notes receivable backed by real estate
15,094
197,500
Proceeds from the settlement of net investment hedges
1,789
869
Net cash provided by investing activities
56,487
332,289
Financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
1,899
1,192
Dividends paid on common and preferred stock
(222,559
Noncontrolling interests contributions
256
Noncontrolling interests distributions
(35,989
(78,888
Purchase of noncontrolling interests
(2,128
Tax paid for shares withheld
(19,179
(7,268
Debt and equity issuance costs paid
(735
(315
Net proceeds from (payments on) credit facilities
(33,745
302,983
Repurchase and payments of debt
(201,800
(809,309
Proceeds from issuance of debt
485,496
299,497
Net cash used in financing activities
(828,928
(516,539
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash
8,160
6,031
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(411,487
105,657
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
264,080
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
369,737
See Note 11 for information on noncash investing and financing activities and other information.
PROLOGIS, L.P.
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
Capital:
Partners’ capital:
General partner – preferred
General partner – common
14,668,632
14,912,846
Limited partners – common
166,902
150,173
Limited partners – Class A common
238,637
244,417
Total partners’ capital
15,152,406
15,385,671
2,516,015
3,072,469
Total capital
Total liabilities and capital
(In thousands, except per unit amounts)
10,137
6,841
210,552
215,964
Less preferred unit distributions
Net earnings attributable to common unitholders
208,878
214,275
Weighted average common units outstanding – Basic
534,685
531,070
Weighted average common units outstanding – Diluted
Net earnings per unit attributable to common unitholders – Basic
Net earnings per unit attributable to common unitholders – Diluted
Distributions per common unit
(10,137
(6,841
(48,267
(8,726
Comprehensive income attributable to common unitholders
204,583
192,807
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CAPITAL
General Partner
Limited Partners
Common
Class A Common
Units
Amount
1,565
5,323
8,894
2,292
3,331
(1,230
1,281
Conversion of limited partners
units
17,235
(572
(15,832
(1,403
(95
(136
48,267
Unrealized gains on
derivative contracts, net
29
42
Reallocation of capital
25,721
(3,264
(235,085
(3,672
(5,753
(25,449
6,032
Proceeds from issuance of common partnership units in exchange for contributions from Prologis, Inc.
Distributions paid on common and preferred units
(244,497
(231,967
(26,564
(69,480
Debt and capital issuance costs paid
PROLOGIS, INC. AND PROLOGIS, L.P.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1. GENERAL
Business. Prologis, Inc. (or the “Parent”) commenced operations as a fully integrated real estate company in 1997, elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), and believes the current organization and method of operation will enable it to maintain its status as a REIT. The Parent is the general partner of Prologis, L.P. (or the “Operating Partnership”). Through the Operating Partnership, we are engaged in the ownership, acquisition, development and management of logistics properties in the world’s primary population centers and in those supported by extensive transportation infrastructure. Our current business strategy consists of two operating business segments: Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital. Our Real Estate Operations segment represents the ownership and development of logistics properties. Our Strategic Capital segment represents the management of co-investment ventures and other unconsolidated entities. See Note 10 for further discussion of our business segments. Unless otherwise indicated, the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements apply to both the Parent and the Operating Partnership. The terms “the Company,” “Prologis,” “we,” “our” or “us” means the Parent and Operating Partnership collectively.
For each share of common stock or preferred stock the Parent issues, the Operating Partnership issues a corresponding common or preferred partnership unit, as applicable, to the Parent in exchange for the contribution of the proceeds from the stock issuance. At March 31, 2017, the Parent owned an approximate 97.31% common general partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and 100% of the preferred units in the Operating Partnership. The remaining approximate 2.69% common limited partnership interests, which include 8.9 million Class A common limited partnership units (“Class A Units”) in the Operating Partnership, are owned by unaffiliated investors and certain current and former directors and officers of the Parent. Each partner’s percentage interest in the Operating Partnership is determined based on the number of Operating Partnership units held, including the number of Operating Partnership units into which Class A Units are convertible, compared to total Operating Partnership units outstanding at each period end and is used as the basis for the allocation of net income or loss to each partner. At the end of each reporting period, a capital adjustment is made in the Operating Partnership to reflect the appropriate ownership interest for each of the common unitholders. These adjustments are reflected in the line items Reallocation of Equity in the Consolidated Statement of Equity and Reallocation of Capital in the Consolidated Statement of Capital.
As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Parent has complete responsibility and discretion in the day-to-day management and control of the Operating Partnership and we operate the Parent and the Operating Partnership as one enterprise. The management of the Parent consists of the same members as the management of the Operating Partnership. These members are officers of the Parent and employees of the Operating Partnership or one of its subsidiaries. As general partner with control of the Operating Partnership, the Parent consolidates the Operating Partnership. Because the Parent’s only significant asset is its investment in the Operating Partnership, the assets and liabilities of the Parent and the Operating Partnership are the same on their respective financial statements.
Basis of Presentation. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and are presented in our reporting currency, the U.S. dollar. All material intercompany transactions with consolidated entities have been eliminated.
The accompanying unaudited interim financial information has been prepared according to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in our annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such rules and regulations. Our management believes that the disclosures presented in these financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In our opinion, all adjustments and eliminations, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations for both the Parent and the Operating Partnership for the reported periods have been included. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The accompanying unaudited interim financial information should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the SEC, and other public information.
Certain amounts included in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements for 2016 have been reclassified to conform to the 2017 financial statement presentation. This included two reclassifications made in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The first was a reclassification of distributions from our unconsolidated entities from investing activities to operating activities due to the adoption of the accounting standard update that provided guidance for areas in which there was diversity in how certain cash receipts and payments were presented and classified. The second was the reclassification of payments from operating activities to financing activities due to the accounting standard update that amended the stock compensation requirements in existing GAAP.
New Accounting Pronouncements.
New Accounting Standards Adopted
In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standard update that clarifies the definition of a business. The update adds further guidance that assists preparers in evaluating whether a transaction will be accounted for as an
acquisition of an asset or a business. We expect most of our acquisitions of operating properties and portfolios of operating properties to qualify as asset acquisitions under the standard that permits the capitalization of acquisition costs to the basis of the acquired buildings. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2017, on a prospective basis, and the adoption did not have a significant impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
New Accounting Standards Issued but not yet Adopted
Revenue Recognition. In May 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standard that requires companies to use a five-step model to determine when to recognize revenue from customer contracts in an effort to increase consistency and comparability throughout global capital markets and across industries. We are evaluating each of our revenue streams and related accounting policy under the standard. Rental revenues and recoveries earned from leasing our operating properties will be evaluated with the adoption of the lease accounting standard (discussed below). Our evaluation under the revenue recognition standard also includes sales to third parties and unconsolidated co-investment ventures as well as recurring fees and promotes earned from our co-investment ventures. While we do not expect changes in the recognition of recurring fees earned from the co-investment ventures, we are evaluating both the timing and measurement of promotes earned from co-investment ventures that may result in recognizing such fees when they are probable of being earned. For sales to third parties, primarily a disposition of real estate in exchange for cash with few contingencies, we do not expect the standard to significantly impact the recognition of or accounting for these sales. In February 2017, in connection with the revenue recognition standard, the FASB issued a standard that provides the accounting treatment for gains and losses from the derecognition of non-financial assets, including the accounting for partial sales. Upon adoption of the standard, we will recognize the entire gain attributed to sales to unconsolidated co-investment ventures rather than the third party share we recognize today. Both the revenue recognition and derecognition of non-financial assets standards are effective for us on January 1, 2018. In addition to the recognition changes discussed above, expanded quantitative and qualitative disclosures regarding revenue recognition will be required for contracts that are subject to the standard. We expect to adopt the standards on a modified retrospective basis.
Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard that provides the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases.
The accounting for lessors will remain largely unchanged from current GAAP; however, the standard requires that lessors expense, on an as-incurred basis, certain initial direct costs that are not incremental in negotiating a lease. Under existing standards, certain of these costs are capitalizable and therefore this new standard may result in certain of these costs being expensed as incurred after adoption. This standard may also impact the timing, recognition and disclosures related to our rental recoveries from tenants earned from leasing our operating properties.
Under the standard, lessees apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases. A lessee is required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months, regardless of their lease classification. We are a lessee on ground leases in certain markets and office space leases. At December 31, 2016, we had approximately 90 ground and office space leases that will require us to measure and record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability upon adoption of the standard. There have been no significant changes to our ground and office space leases since December 31, 2016.
The standard is effective for us on January 1, 2019. We are assessing the practical expedients available for implementation under the standard. If the practical expedients are elected, we would not be required to reassess (i) whether an expired or existing contract meets the definition of a lease, (ii) the lease classification at the adoption date for expired or existing leases, and (iii) whether costs previously capitalized as initial direct costs would continue to be amortized. The standard will also require new disclosures within the notes accompanying our Consolidated Financial Statements. We will continue to assess the method of adoption and the overall impact the adoption will have on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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NOTE 2. REAL ESTATE
Investments in real estate properties consisted of the following (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Square Feet
Number of Buildings
Operating properties
Buildings and improvements
329,743
331,210
1,762
1,776
17,911,386
17,905,914
Improved land
6,038,816
6,037,543
Development portfolio, including land
costs:
Prestabilized
7,784
8,256
725,949
798,233
Properties under development
19,133
19,539
54
60
761,509
633,849
Land (1)
1,162,427
1,218,904
Other real estate investments (2)
531,142
524,887
Total investments in real estate
properties
(1)
Included in our investments in real estate at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, were 5,665 and 5,892 acres of land, respectively.
(2)
Included in other real estate investments are: (i) non-logistics real estate; (ii) land parcels that are ground leased to third parties; (iii) our corporate office buildings; (iv) costs related to future development projects, including purchase options on land; (v) infrastructure costs related to projects we are developing on behalf of others; and (vi) earnest money deposits associated with potential acquisitions.
Dispositions
The following table summarizes our real estate disposition activity for the three months ended March 31 (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Contributions to unconsolidated co-investment ventures
Number of properties
Square feet
2,769
2,711
Net proceeds (1)
397,489
397,895
Net gains on contributions (1)
88,366
93,139
Dispositions to third parties
27
2,318
2,244
Net proceeds (1) (2)
243,389
280,579
Net gains on dispositions (1) (2)
8,959
51,178
Total gains on dispositions of investments in real estate, net
Includes the contribution and disposition of land parcels.
Includes the sale of our investment in European Logistics Venture 1 (“ELV”) in 2017. See Note 3 for more information on this transaction.
NOTE 3. UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES
Summary of Investments
We have investments in entities through a variety of ventures. We co-invest in entities that own multiple properties with partners and investors and provide asset and property management services to these entities, which we refer to as co-investment ventures. These entities may be consolidated or unconsolidated, depending on the structure, our partner’s participation and other rights and our level of control of the entity. This note details our investments in unconsolidated co-investment ventures, which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. See Note 6 for more detail regarding our consolidated investments.
We also have other ventures, generally with one partner and that we do not manage, which we account for using the equity method. We refer to our investments in all entities accounted for using the equity method, both unconsolidated co-investment ventures and other ventures, collectively, as unconsolidated entities.
The following table summarizes our investments in and advances to our unconsolidated entities (in thousands):
Unconsolidated co-investment ventures
4,096,173
4,057,524
Other ventures
209,708
172,905
Totals
Unconsolidated Co-Investment Ventures
The amounts recognized in Strategic Capital Revenues and Earnings from Unconsolidated Entities, Net depend on the size and operations of the co-investment ventures, the timing of revenues earned through promotes during the life of a venture or upon liquidation, as well as fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We recognized Strategic Capital Expenses for direct costs associated with the asset management of these ventures and allocated property-level management costs for the properties owned by the ventures. Our ownership interest in these ventures also impacts the earnings we recognize.
The following table summarizes the amounts we recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income related to the unconsolidated co-investment ventures (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
Strategic capital revenues from unconsolidated co-investment ventures, net:
U.S.
11,058
8,995
Other Americas
6,051
5,386
Europe
26,170
22,333
Asia
12,655
13,601
Total strategic capital revenues from unconsolidated co-investment ventures, net
55,934
50,315
Earnings from unconsolidated co-investment ventures, net:
4,946
6,659
6,570
5,299
29,905
31,579
4,029
3,655
Total earnings from unconsolidated co-investment ventures, net
45,450
47,192
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The following tables summarize the operating information and financial position of our unconsolidated co-investment ventures (not our proportionate share), as presented at our adjusted basis derived from the ventures’ U.S. GAAP information:
(dollars and square feet in millions)
U.S.:
Number of ventures
Number of operating properties owned
381
369
51
50
4,293
4,238
4,382
Third-party debt
1,340
1,414
1,447
1,424
1,540
1,528
Our investment balance (1)
430
435
688
Our weighted average ownership (2)
14.2
%
14.9
22.5
Other Americas:
214
213
206
43
39
2,836
2,793
2,600
737
739
659
812
814
756
849
845
817
43.9
43.7
Europe:
Number of ventures (3) (4)
702
700
165
163
159
11,596
10,853
11,538
2,546
2,446
2,511
3,463
3,283
3,448
2,353
2,327
2,759
33.2
35.1
38.5
Asia:
85
73
37
36
32
5,361
5,173
4,911
2,055
1,947
1,779
2,347
2,239
2,023
464
451
448
15.1
15.0
Total:
1,382
1,367
1,348
296
291
280
24,086
23,057
23,431
6,678
6,546
6,396
8,046
7,876
7,755
4,096
4,058
4,712
26.9
27.9
31.1
13
(in millions)
104
98
64
57
244
88
76
500
475
Net earnings:
30
14
24
22
Total net earnings
150
139
The difference between our ownership interest of a venture’s equity and our investment balance at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, results principally from three types of transactions: (i) deferring a portion of the gains we recognize from a contribution of a property to a venture ($465.3 million and $469.9 million, respectively); (ii) recording additional costs associated with our investment in a venture ($124.4 million and $124.1 million, respectively); and (iii) advances to a venture ($155.1 million and $166.1 million, respectively). Included in the advances to our ventures at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, were receivables from Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. (“NPR”) of $102.3 million and $96.9 million, respectively, related to customer security deposits that originated through a leasing company owned by us that pertain to properties owned by NPR. We have a corresponding payable to NPR’s customers in Other Liabilities.
Represents our weighted average ownership interest in all co-investment ventures based on each entity’s contribution of total assets, before depreciation, net of other liabilities.
(3)
In January 2017, we sold our investment in ELV to our fund partner for $84.3 million and ELV contributed its properties to Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund (“PTELF”) in exchange for equity interests.
(4)
In February 2017, we formed the Prologis United Kingdom Logistics Venture (“UKLV”), an unconsolidated co-investment venture in which we have a 15.0% ownership interest. UKLV will acquire land, develop buildings and operate and hold logistics real estate assets in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”). Upon formation, we, along with our venture partner, committed £380.0 million ($474.9 million at March 31, 2017), of which our share is £57.0 million ($71.2 million at March 31, 2017). In February 2017, we contributed a portfolio of 3.9 million square feet of stabilized properties, properties under development and land for approximately £202.9 million ($252.1 million). We expect to continue to contribute properties into UKLV as they become stabilized, along with land.
Equity Commitments Related to Certain Unconsolidated Co-Investment Ventures
The following table summarizes the remaining equity commitments at March 31, 2017 (in millions):
Equity Commitments
Expiration Date
for Remaining Commitments
Prologis
Venture Partners
Prologis Targeted U.S. Logistics Fund
2017-2018
Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund (1)
388
Prologis United Kingdom Logistics Venture (2)
204
240
2021
Prologis China Logistics Venture
294
1,665
1,959
330
2,263
2,593
Equity commitments are denominated in euro and reported in U.S. dollars based on an exchange rate of $1.07 U.S. dollars to the euro.
As discussed above, this co-investment venture was formed in February 2017. Equity commitments are denominated in British pounds sterling and reported in U.S. dollars based on an exchange rate of $1.25 U.S. dollars to the British pound sterling.
NOTE 4. ASSETS HELD FOR SALE OR CONTRIBUTION
We have investments in certain real estate properties that met the criteria to be classified as held for sale or contribution at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016. These properties are expected to be sold to third parties or contributed to unconsolidated co-investment ventures within twelve months. The amounts included in Assets Held for Sale or Contribution represented real estate investment balances and the related assets and liabilities for each property.
Assets held for sale or contribution consisted of the following (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Number of operating properties
21
5,292
4,167
Total assets held for sale or contribution
Total liabilities associated with assets held for sale or contribution – included in Other Liabilities
5,709
4,984
NOTE 5. DEBT
All debt is incurred by the Operating Partnership. The Parent does not have any indebtedness, but guarantees the unsecured debt of the Operating Partnership.
The following table summarizes our debt (dollars in thousands):
Weighted Average Interest Rate (1)
Amount Outstanding (2)
Amount Outstanding
Credit facilities
1.0
35,023
Senior notes
3.3
6,471,112
6,417,492
Term loans
1.4
1,825,796
1,484,523
Unsecured other
6.1
14,604
14,478
Secured mortgages (3)
4.1
1,945,201
4.9
979,585
Secured mortgages of consolidated entities (3)
2.7
710,219
3.0
1,677,193
3.1
3.2
The interest rates presented represent the effective interest rates (including amortization of debt issuance costs and the noncash premiums or discounts) at the end of the period for the debt outstanding.
Included in the outstanding balances are borrowings denominated in non-U.S. dollars, principally: euro ($3.4 billion), Japanese yen ($1.4 billion), Canadian dollars ($0.4 billion) and British pounds sterling ($37.5 million).
As discussed in Note 6, we acquired all of our partner’s interest in Prologis North American Industrial Fund, therefore, the related secured mortgage debt of $958.9 million is now wholly-owned and reported as secured mortgages.
Credit Facilities
We have a global senior credit facility (the “Global Facility”), under which we may draw in British pounds sterling, Canadian dollars, euro, Japanese yen and U.S. dollars on a revolving basis up to $3.0 billion (subject to currency fluctuations). We have the ability to increase the Global Facility to $3.8 billion, subject to currency fluctuations and obtaining additional lender commitments. Pricing under the Global Facility, including the spread over LIBOR, facility fees and letter of credit fees, varies based on the public debt ratings of the Operating Partnership. The Global Facility is scheduled to mature in April 2020; however, we may extend the maturity date for six months on two occasions, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and payment of extension fees.
We also have a Japanese yen revolver (the “Revolver”). In February 2017, we renewed and amended the Revolver to increase our availability from ¥45.0 billion to ¥50.0 billion ($447.1 million at March 31, 2017). We have the ability to increase the Revolver to ¥65.0 billion ($581.3 million at March 31, 2017), subject to obtaining additional lender commitments. Pricing under the Revolver, including the spread over LIBOR, facility fees and letter of credit fees, varies based on the public debt ratings of the Operating Partnership. The Revolver is scheduled to mature in February 2021; however, we may extend the maturity date for one year, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and payment of extension fees.
We refer to the Global Facility and the Revolver, collectively, as our “Credit Facilities.”
The following table summarizes information about our Credit Facilities at March 31, 2017 (in millions):
Aggregate lender commitments
3,398
Less:
Borrowings outstanding
Outstanding letters of credit
Current availability
3,362
Term Loans
In March 2017, we entered into an unsecured senior term loan agreement (the “2017 Yen Term Loan”) under which we can draw in Japanese yen, of which ¥7.2 billion ($64.4 million at March 31, 2017) matures in March 2027 and bears interest of 0.92% and ¥4.8 billion ($42.9 million at March 31, 2017) matures in March 2028 and bears interest of 1.01%. In the first quarter of 2017, we borrowed ¥12.0 billion ($107.3 million), causing the 2017 Yen Term Loan to be fully drawn at March 31, 2017.
Long-Term Debt Maturities
Principal payments due on our debt, for the remainder of 2017 and for each of the years in the period ending December 31, 2026, and thereafter were as follows at March 31, 2017 (in thousands):
Unsecured
Senior
Secured
Maturity
Notes
and Other
Mortgage Debt
2017 (1) (2)
378,334
424,476
802,810
2018
175,000
961
570,107
746,068
2019
618,294
1,084
446,360
1,065,738
2020
844,077
1,190
436,736
1,282,003
1,248,370
1,012
141,573
1,390,955
2022
748,370
447,914
163,197
1,359,481
2023
850,000
905,517
174,416
1,929,933
2024
911
133,333
882,614
2025
750,000
976
135,895
886,871
2026
534,550
696
1,223
536,469
Thereafter
112,679
1,161
113,840
Subtotal
6,517,031
1,851,274
2,628,477
10,996,782
Premiums (discounts), net
(19,003
36,098
17,095
Debt issuance costs, net
(26,916
(10,874
(9,155
(46,945
1,840,400
2,655,420
We expect to repay the amounts maturing in 2017 with cash generated from operations, proceeds from the dispositions of wholly owned real estate properties or, as necessary, with borrowings on our Credit Facilities.
Included in the 2017 maturities is a term loan that can be extended until 2019.
Debt Covenants
We have approximately $6.5 billion of senior notes and $1.8 billion of term loans outstanding at March 31, 2017, under three separate indentures, as supplemented, and are subject to certain financial covenants. We are also subject to financial covenants under our Credit Facilities and certain secured mortgage debt. At March 31, 2017, we were in compliance with all financial covenants.
NOTE 6. NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
We report noncontrolling interests related to several entities we consolidate but of which we do not own 100% of the equity. These entities include two real estate partnerships that have issued limited partnership units to third parties. Depending on the specific partnership agreements, these limited partnership units are redeemable for cash or, at our option, shares of the Parent’s common stock, generally at a rate of one share of common stock to one unit. We also consolidate several entities in which we do not own 100% of the equity and the units of the entity are not convertible or redeemable.
The noncontrolling interests of the Parent include the noncontrolling interests presented in the Operating Partnership, as well as the common limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership that are not owned by the Parent.
The following table summarizes our ownership percentages and noncontrolling interests and the consolidated entities’ total assets and liabilities at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016 (dollars in thousands):
Our Ownership Percentage
Noncontrolling Interests
Total Assets
Total Liabilities
Prologis U.S. Logistics Venture
55.0
2,419,744
2,424,800
6,180,047
6,201,278
810,769
797,593
Prologis North American Industrial
Fund (1)
100.0
66.1
486,648
2,479,072
1,038,708
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners
Fund I (2)
50.0
61,836
131,581
720
Other consolidated entities (3)
various
96,271
99,185
1,494,171
866,821
139,357
34,073
Prologis, L.P. noncontrolling
7,674,218
9,678,752
950,126
1,871,094
Limited partners in Prologis, L.P.
(4) (5)
405,539
394,590
Prologis, Inc. noncontrolling
In March 2017, we acquired all of our partner’s interest for $710.2 million. The difference between the amount we paid and the noncontrolling interest balance was adjusted through Additional Paid-in Capital with no gain or loss recognized.
In March 2017, we acquired all of our partner’s interest for $79.8 million. The difference between the amount we paid and the noncontrolling interest balance was adjusted through Additional Paid-in Capital with no gain or loss recognized. At December 31, 2016, the assets of the Brazil Fund were primarily investments in unconsolidated entities of $113.1 million. For additional information on our unconsolidated investments, see Note 3.
This line item includes our two partnerships that have issued limited partnership units to third parties, as discussed above, along with various other consolidated entities. At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, limited partnership units were redeemable for cash or, at our option, 1.8 million shares of the Parent’s common stock. In 2017, limited partnership units were redeemed for 40 thousand shares of the Parent’s common stock.
We had 8.9 million Class A Units that were convertible into 8.6 million and 8.7 million common limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively.
(5)
At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, excluding the Class A Units, there were common limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership outstanding that were redeemable for cash or, at our option, 4.1 million shares and 4.6 million shares of the Parent’s common stock with a fair value of $214.3 million and $241.8 million, respectively, based on the closing stock price of the Parent’s common stock. During 2017, unitholders redeemed 0.6 million common limited partnership units for an equal number of shares of the Parent’s common stock with a value of $15.8 million. At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, there were 3.6 million and 2.2 million LTIP Units (as defined in Note 7) outstanding, respectively, associated with our long-term compensation plan that are convertible into common units of the Operating Partnership after they vest and other applicable conditions are met.
NOTE 7. LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
Prologis Outperformance Plan (“POP”)
We granted participation points for the 2017 – 2019 performance period in January 2017, with a fair value of $20.4 million using a Monte Carlo valuation model that assumed a risk-free interest rate of 1.49% and an expected volatility of 22.2%. Participation points represent a portion of a compensation pool that can be earned if and when certain performance criterion is met under the POP for the applicable performance period.
The POP performance criterion was met for the 2014 – 2016 performance period, which resulted in awards for this performance period being earned. An aggregate performance pool of $62.2 million was awarded in January 2017 in the form of common stock or vested POP LTIP Units.
Prologis Outperformance Plan Operating Partnership Long-Term Incentive Plan Units (“POP LTIP Units”)
The following table summarizes the activity for the unvested POP LTIP Units for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (units in thousands):
Number of Unvested
POP LTIP Units
3,490
Granted
38
Vested POP LTIP Units (1)
(685
Forfeited
(589
2,254
Vested units are based on the POP performance criteria being met for the 2014 – 2016 performance period and represents the earned award amount. Vested units are included in LTIP Units in the table below. Any excess outstanding unvested POP LTIP Units for the 2014 – 2016 performance period were forfeited to the extent not earned.
Operating Partnership Long-Term Incentive Plan Units (“LTIP Units”)
The following table summarizes the activity for LTIP Units for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (units in thousands):
Number of
Weighted Average
LTIP Units
Grant-Date Fair Value
LTIP Units Vested
2,219
40.81
743
841
Vested POP LTIP Units
685
Conversion to common limited partnership units
(122
3,623
45.07
1,902
Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)
The following table summarizes the activity for RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (units in thousands):
RSUs
RSUs Vested
1,617
40.58
125
642
Vested and distributed
(731
(21
1,507
44.43
121
Stock Options
We have $1.7 million stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2017, with a weighted average exercise price of $32.08. The aggregate intrinsic value of exercised options was $2.6 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively. No stock options were granted in 2017 or 2016.
NOTE 8. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE OR UNIT
We determine basic earnings per share or unit based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock or units outstanding during the period. We compute diluted earnings per share or unit based on the weighted average number of shares or units outstanding combined with the incremental weighted average effect from all outstanding potentially dilutive instruments.
The computation of our basic and diluted earnings per share and unit (in thousands, except per share and unit amounts) is as follows:
Net earnings attributable to common stockholders – Basic
Net earnings attributable to redeemable limited partnership unitholders (1)
5,967
6,609
Adjusted net earnings attributable to common stockholders – Diluted
209,222
214,650
Incremental weighted average effect on redemption of limited partnership units (1)
16,455
17,543
Incremental weighted average effect of equity awards
4,834
1,814
Weighted average common shares outstanding – Diluted (2)
Net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic
Diluted
Net earnings attributable to Class A common unitholders
(3,331
(3,510
Net earnings attributable to common unitholders – Basic
205,547
210,765
3,510
Net earnings attributable to limited partnership unitholders
344
375
Adjusted net earnings attributable to common unitholders – Diluted
Weighted average common partnership units outstanding – Basic
Incremental weighted average effect on conversion of Class A Units
8,664
8,844
Incremental weighted average effect on redemption of limited partnership units into common stock
of Prologis, Inc.
1,827
1,834
Incremental weighted average effect of equity awards of Prologis, Inc.
Weighted average common partnership units outstanding – Diluted (2)
Net earnings per unit attributable to common unitholders:
Earnings allocated to the redeemable Operating Partnership units not held by the Parent has been included in the numerator and redeemable Operating Partnership units have been included in the denominator for the purpose of computing diluted earnings per share for all periods as the per share and unit amount is the same.
Our total potentially dilutive shares and units outstanding consisted of the following:
Total weighted average potentially dilutive limited partnership units
10,491
10,678
Total potentially dilutive stock awards
8,278
6,565
Total Prologis, L.P.
18,769
17,243
5,964
6,865
Total Prologis, Inc.
24,733
24,108
NOTE 9. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Derivative Financial Instruments
In the normal course of business, our operations are exposed to market risks, including the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. To manage these risks, we may enter into derivative contracts, such as foreign currency contracts to
manage foreign currency exposure, and interest rate swaps to manage the effect of interest rate fluctuations. We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. Our derivative financial instruments are customized transactions and are not exchange-traded. Management reviews our hedging program, derivative positions and overall risk management strategy on a regular basis. We enter into only those transactions we believe will be highly effective at offsetting the underlying risk. There have been no significant changes in our policy or strategy from what was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
The following table presents the fair value and classification of our derivative instruments (in thousands):
Asset
Liability
Net investment hedges
British pound sterling denominated
6,877
1,296
7,439
Canadian dollar denominated
1,595
1,245
Forwards and options (1)
13,320
547
16,985
230
831
197
Euro denominated
8,174
10,933
Yen denominated
5,596
2,306
9,246
1,071
Interest rate hedges
Total fair value of derivatives
34,292
5,974
47,114
1,268
As discussed below, these foreign currency options are not designated as hedges. We recognized unrealized losses of $13.7 million and $16.8 million in Foreign Currency and Derivative Losses, Net from the change in value of our outstanding foreign currency options for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively.
Foreign Currency
We primarily manage our foreign currency exposure by borrowing in the currencies in which we invest. We may issue debt in a currency that is not the same functional currency of the borrowing entity to offset the translation and economic exposures related to our net investment in international subsidiaries. To mitigate the impact of the translation from the fluctuations in exchange rates, we may designate this debt as a nonderivative financial instrument hedge. We also hedge our investments in certain international subsidiaries using foreign currency derivative contracts (net investment hedges) to offset the translation and economic exposures related to our investments in these subsidiaries by locking in a forward exchange rate at the inception of the hedge. To the extent we have an effective hedging relationship, we report all changes in fair value of the hedged portion of the nonderivative financial instruments and net investment hedges in equity in the foreign currency translation component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCI”) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. These amounts offset the translation adjustments on the underlying net assets of our foreign investments, which we also record in AOCI. The changes in fair value of the portion of the nonderivative financial instruments that are not designated as hedges are recorded in Foreign Currency and Derivative Losses, Net in the Consolidated Statements of Income. We recognize ineffectiveness, if any, in earnings at the time the ineffectiveness occurred.
We may use foreign currency option contracts, including puts, calls and collars to mitigate foreign currency exchange rate risk associated with the translation of our projected net operating income of our international subsidiaries. These are not designated as hedges as they do not meet hedge accounting requirements. Changes in the fair value of non-hedge designated derivatives are recorded in Foreign Currency and Derivative Losses, Net.
20
The following tables summarize the activity in our foreign currency contracts for the three months ended March 31 (in millions, except for weighted average forward rates and number of active contracts):
Foreign Currency Contracts
Local Currency
Net Investment Hedges
Forwards and Options
CAD
GBP
EUR
JPY
Notional amounts at January 1
133
£
31
€
174
48
¥
15,500
New contracts
100
63
2,000
Matured, expired or settled contracts
(133
(7
(26
(15
(1,750
Notional amounts at March 31
131
180
96
15,750
U.S. Dollar
78
144
99
127
80
(100
(6
(30
(22
(16
173
203
136
147
Weighted average forward
rate at March 31
1.33
1.32
1.13
1.37
107.19
Active contracts at March 31
238
275
97
12,840
11,189
4,000
(11,189
(45
(12
(1,460
290
15,380
Forwards and Options (1)
386
310
148
109
68
(99
(51
(18
(8
327
130
132
During the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, we exercised 11 and 8 option contracts and realized gains of $5.3 million and $1.7 million, respectively, in Foreign Currency and Derivative Losses, Net.
Interest Rate
We may enter into interest rate swap agreements that allow us to receive variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for us making fixed-rate payments over the life of our agreements without the exchange of the underlying notional amount.
We report the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative as a component of AOCI and reclassify it to Interest Expense over the corresponding period of the hedged item. We recognize any hedge ineffectiveness in Interest Expense at the time the ineffectiveness occurred. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, we did not have losses due to hedge ineffectiveness.
At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, we had three interest rate swaps outstanding with a notional amount of $271.2 million. We did not enter into or settle any interest rate swaps during the three months ended March 31, 2017, or 2016.
Other Comprehensive Income
The change in Other Comprehensive Income in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income during the periods presented is due to the translation of the financial statements into U.S. dollars of our consolidated subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar for which we recorded gains of $81.9 million and $154.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively. It also includes the change in fair value for the effective portion of our derivative and nonderivative instruments that have been designated as hedges.
The following table presents the gains and (losses) associated with the change in fair value for the effective portion of our derivative and nonderivative hedging instruments included in Other Comprehensive Income (in thousands):
Derivative net investment hedges (1)
2,294
7,908
Interest rate and cash flow hedges (2)
429
(11,121
Our share of derivatives from unconsolidated co-investment ventures
2,202
(4,771
Total derivative instruments
4,925
(7,984
Nonderivative net investment hedges (3)
(44,526
(161,189
Total derivative and nonderivative hedging instruments
(39,601
(169,173
We received $1.8 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively, upon the settlement of net investment hedges.
The amounts reclassified to interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, were $1.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively. For the next 12 months from March 31, 2017, we estimate an additional expense of $5.5 million will be reclassified to Interest Expense.
At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, we had €3.2 billion ($3.4 billion) of debt, net of accrued interest, respectively, designated as nonderivative financial instrument hedges of our net investment in international subsidiaries. We recognized unrealized losses of $4.1 million in Foreign Currency and Derivative Losses, Net on the unhedged portion of our debt for the three months ended March 31, 2017. We did not recognize any gains or losses for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
Fair Value Measurements
There have been no significant changes in our policy from what was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis
At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, other than the derivatives discussed previously, we did not have any significant financial assets or financial liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the Consolidated Financial Statements. All of our derivatives held at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, were classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Fair Value Measurements on Nonrecurring Basis
No assets met the criteria to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2017, or December 31, 2016.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
At March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, the carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts and notes receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses were representative of their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.
The differences in the fair value of our debt from the carrying value in the table below are the result of differences in interest rates or borrowing spreads that were available to us at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, as compared with those in effect when the debt was issued or assumed. The senior notes and many of the issues of secured mortgage debt contain pre-payment penalties or yield maintenance provisions that could make the cost of refinancing the debt at lower rates exceed the benefit that would be derived from doing so.
The following table reflects the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our debt (in thousands):
Carrying Value
Fair Value
35,061
6,967,522
6,935,485
Term loans and unsecured other
1,857,013
1,499,001
1,510,661
Secured mortgages
2,025,183
1,055,020
Secured mortgages of consolidated entities
709,741
1,683,489
Total debt
11,559,459
11,219,716
NOTE 10. BUSINESS SEGMENTS
Our current business strategy consists of two operating segments: Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital. We generate revenues, earnings, net operating income and cash flows through our segments, as follows:
Real Estate Operations. This operating segment represents the ownership and development of operating properties and is the largest component of our revenues and earnings. We collect rent from our customers through operating leases, including reimbursements for the majority of our property operating costs. Each operating property is considered to be an individual operating segment with similar economic characteristics; these properties are combined within the reportable segment based on geographic location. Our Real Estate Operations segment also includes development activities that lead to rental operations, including land held for development and properties currently under development. Within this line of business, we utilize the following: (i) our land bank; (ii) the development expertise of our local teams; (iii) our customer relationships; and (iv) our in-depth knowledge in connection with our development activities. Land we own and lease to customers under ground leases is also included in this segment.
Strategic Capital. This operating segment represents the management of unconsolidated co-investment ventures. We generate strategic capital revenues from our unconsolidated co-investment ventures through asset management and property management services and we earn additional revenues by providing leasing, acquisition, construction, development, financing and disposition services. Depending on the structure of the venture and the returns provided to our partners, we also earn revenues through promotes periodically during the life of a venture or upon liquidation. Each unconsolidated co-investment venture we manage is considered to be an individual operating segment with similar economic characteristics; these ventures are combined within the reportable segment based on geographic location.
Reconciliations are presented below for: (i) each reportable business segment’s revenues from external customers to Total Revenues; (ii) each reportable business segment’s net operating income from external customers to Operating Income and Earnings Before Income Taxes; and (iii) each reportable business segment’s assets to Total Assets. Our chief operating decision makers rely primarily on net operating income and similar measures to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing segment performance. The applicable components of Total Revenues, Operating Income, Earnings Before Income Taxes and Total Assets are allocated to each reportable business segment’s revenues, net operating income and assets. Items that are not directly assignable to a segment, such as certain corporate income and expenses, are not allocated but reflected as reconciling items. The following reconciliations are presented in thousands:
Real estate operations segment:
524,147
511,157
15,089
13,935
18,231
16,475
14,643
13,730
Total real estate operations segment
572,110
555,297
Strategic capital segment:
11,908
9,356
26,262
22,583
12,824
13,678
Total strategic capital segment
Segment net operating income:
384,100
375,717
9,982
8,193
12,858
11,305
9,908
8,816
416,848
404,031
1,939
1,710
3,145
3,136
16,390
15,620
3,772
5,244
25,246
25,710
Total segment net operating income
442,094
429,741
Reconciling items:
General and administrative expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses
Assets:
21,276,254
21,286,422
1,005,827
978,476
1,119,860
1,346,589
980,665
936,462
24,382,606
24,547,949
17,772
18,090
43,781
47,635
1,301
62,714
67,026
Total segment assets
24,445,320
24,614,975
211,179
242,973
Total reconciling items
5,369,638
5,634,957
NOTE 11. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Our significant noncash investing and financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016 included the following:
We capitalized $7.0 million and $6.2 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively, of equity-based compensation expense resulting from our development and leasing activities.
We issued 0.6 million shares of the Parent’s common stock upon redemption of an equal number of common limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership in 2017, as disclosed in Note 6.
We received $10.2 million of ownership interests in certain unconsolidated co-investment ventures as a portion of our proceeds from the contribution of properties to these entities during 2017, as disclosed in Note 3.
We paid $111.5 million and $117.2 million for interest, net of amounts capitalized, for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively.
We paid $15.2 million for income taxes, net of refunds, for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The amounts paid for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were not significant.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and StockholdersPrologis, Inc.:
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Prologis, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of March 31, 2017, the related consolidated statements of income, and consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statement of equity for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements, the Company has changed its method for classifying distributions received from equity method investees in the statements of cash flows for all periods presented at March 31, 2017, on a retrospective basis, due to the early adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-15.
We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Prologis, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 14, 2017, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Denver, ColoradoApril 25, 2017
The PartnersPrologis, L.P.:
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Prologis, L.P. and subsidiaries (the Operating Partnership) as of March 31, 2017, the related consolidated statements of income, and consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statement of capital for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Operating Partnership’s management.
As discussed in Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements, the Operating Partnership has changed its method for classifying distributions received from equity method investees in the statements of cash flows for all periods presented at March 31, 2017, on a retrospective basis, due to the early adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-15.
We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Prologis, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, capital and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 14, 2017, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in Item 1 of this report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
The statements in this report that are not historical facts are 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. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate as well as management’s beliefs and assumptions. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact our financial results. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” and “estimates” including variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, development activity and contribution or disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt, capital structure and financial position, our ability to form new co-investment ventures and the availability of capital in existing or new co-investment ventures — are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained, and therefore actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic and political climates, (ii) changes in global financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties, (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, (v) maintenance of REIT status, tax structuring and changes in income tax rates, (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings, (vii) risks related to our investments in our co-investment ventures, including our ability to establish new co-investment ventures, (viii) risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks, (ix) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters, and (x) those additional factors discussed under Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this report except as may be required by law.
Prologis, Inc. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) and is the sole general partner of Prologis, L.P. We operate Prologis, Inc. and Prologs L.P. as one enterprise and, therefore, our discussion and analysis refers to Prologis, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Prologis, L.P., collectively.
MANAGEMENT’S OVERVIEW
We are the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. We own, manage and develop high-quality logistics facilities in the world’s most active centers of commerce. An investment in Prologis taps into key drivers of economic growth, including consumption, supply chain modernization, e-commerce and urbanization.
Customers turn to us because they know an efficient supply chain will make their businesses run better, and that a strategic relationship with Prologis will create a competitive advantage. We lease modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,200 customers. These facilities assist the efficient distribution of goods for the world’s best businesses and brands.
We invest in Class-A logistics facilities in the world’s primary population centers with high barriers to entry and supported by extensive transportation infrastructure (major airports, seaports, rail systems and highway systems). We believe our portfolio is the highest-quality logistics property portfolio in the industry because it is focused in those key markets. Our local teams actively manage the portfolio, which encompasses leasing and property management, new capital deployment activities and an opportunistic disposition program. The majority of our consolidated properties are in the United States (or “U.S.”); while our properties outside the U.S. are generally held in co-investment ventures, which reduces our exposure to movements in foreign currency. Therefore, we are principally an owner-operator in the U.S. and a manager-developer outside the U.S.
We manage our business on an owned and managed basis, including properties wholly owned by us or owned by one of our co-investment ventures, which allows us to make decisions based on the property operations versus our ownership. We believe the operating fundamentals of our owned and managed portfolio are consistent with those of our consolidated portfolio, and therefore we generally look at operating metrics on an owned and managed basis.
At March 31, 2017, we owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects, once stabilized, totaling $53.2 billion in gross total investment across 678 million square feet (63 million square meters) in 19 countries spanning 4 continents. Our investment was $31.8 billion, which consisted of our wholly-owned properties and our pro rata (or ownership) share of the properties owned by our co-investment ventures.
Our business comprises two operating segments: Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital. See below for information on our segments for the three months ended March 31, 2017:
REAL ESTATE –
RENTAL OPERATIONS
Grow revenues, net operating income (“NOI”) and cash flows by maintaining high occupancy rates and increasing rents
DEVELOPMENT
Contributes significant earnings growth as projects lease up and generate income
STRATEGIC CAPITAL
Access third-party capital to grow our business and earn recurring fees and promotes through long-term co-investment ventures
•3.0% increase in consolidated revenues and 3.2% increase in NOI from the same period in 2016
•96.0% average occupancy in our consolidated portfolio
•24.3% estimated weighted average margins on $479 million total estimated investment of stabilized development projects in our owned and managed portfolio
•$116 million of value created by development stabilizations (of which $89 million is our share)
•$37.8 billion in third-party assets under management
•11.8% increase in consolidated Strategic Capital revenues from the same period in 2016
Real Estate Operations
Rental Operations. Rental operations comprise the largest component of our operating segments and contributes approximately 90% of our consolidated revenues, earnings and funds from operations (see below for more information on funds from operations, a non-GAAP measure). We collect rent from our customers through operating leases, including reimbursements for the majority of our property operating costs. We expect to generate long-term internal growth by increasing rents, maintaining high occupancy rates and controlling expenses. We believe our active portfolio management, coupled with the skills of our property, leasing, maintenance, capital, energy and risk management teams, will allow us to maximize rental revenues across our portfolio. In the first three months of 2017, over 90% of our consolidated revenues and NOI in this segment were generated in the U.S. NOI from this segment is calculated directly from our financial statements as rental revenues, rental recoveries and development management and other revenues less rental expenses and other expenses.
Development. We utilize (i) our land bank, (ii) the development expertise of our local teams, (iii) our customer relationships and (iv) our in-depth local knowledge in connection with our development value-creation activities. Successful development and redevelopment efforts increase both the rental revenues and the net asset value of our Real Estate Operations segment. We measure the value we created based on the increase in estimated fair value of a stabilized development property, as compared to the costs incurred. Generally, we develop properties in the U.S. for long-term hold and outside the U.S. for contribution to our co-investment ventures. Occasionally, we develop for sale to third parties.
Strategic Capital
Real estate is a capital-intensive business that requires growth capital. Our strategic capital business gives us access to third-party capital, both private and public, allowing us to diversify our sources of capital and have a broader range of options to fund our growth. We co-invest with some of the world’s largest institutional partners to grow our business and provide incremental revenues. We also access alternative sources of equity through two publicly traded vehicles: Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. in Japan and FIBRA Prologis in Mexico. We tailor logistics portfolios to meet our partners’ specific needs, with a focus on long-term ventures and open-ended funds. We hold significant ownership interests in these ventures, aligning our interests with those of our partners.
We generate strategic capital revenues from our unconsolidated ventures principally through asset management and property management services, and we earn additional revenues by providing leasing, acquisition, construction, development, financing and disposition services. Depending on the structure of the venture and the returns provided to our partners, we also earn revenues through incentive fees (“promotes”) periodically during the life of a venture or upon liquidation. Approximately 40% of promote revenues are paid to our employees as a combination of cash and stock awards pursuant to the terms of the Prologis Promote Plan and expensed through Strategic Capital Expenses. This segment contributes approximately 10% of our consolidated revenues, earnings and funds from operations. We plan to profitably grow this business through increasing our assets under management in our existing ventures. During the first quarter, we formed a new co-investment venture that will acquire land, develop buildings and own and hold logistics real estate assets in the U.K. Approximately 80% of the consolidated revenues and over 90% of the consolidated NOI in this segment were
generated outside the U.S. NOI in this segment is calculated directly from our financial statements as strategic capital revenues less strategic capital expenses and does not include property related NOI.
Growth Strategies
We believe the quality and scale of our global operating portfolio, the expertise of our team and the strength of our balance sheet give us unique competitive advantages. Our plan to grow revenues, earnings, NOI, cash flows and funds from operations is based on the following:
Rent Growth. We expect market rents to continue to grow over the next few years, albeit at a more modest pace, driven by demand for the location and quality of our properties. Because of the strong market rent growth in the last several years, even if market rents remain flat, our in-place leases have considerable room to rise back to market levels. We estimate that on an aggregate basis our leases are more than 10% below market, which when the lease is renewed, translates into increased future earnings, NOI and cash flow, both on a consolidated basis and through the amounts we recognize from our unconsolidated co-investment ventures based on our ownership. This is reflected in the positive rent change on rollovers (when comparing the net effective rent of the new lease to the prior lease for the same space) on our owned and managed operating portfolio. We have experienced positive rent change on rollover for every quarter since the beginning of 2013 and we expect this to continue for several more years.
Value Creation from Development. We believe a successful development and redevelopment program involves maintaining control of well-positioned land. On the basis of our current estimates, our owned and managed land bank has the potential to support the development of $8.3 billion of total expected investment (“TEI”) of logistics space. We believe the carrying value of our land bank is below its current fair value, and we expect to realize this value going forward primarily through development. During the first quarter of 2017, in our owned and managed portfolio, we stabilized development projects with a TEI of $479 million. Post stabilization, we estimate the value of these buildings to be 24.3% above their book value or the cost to develop (defined as estimated margin and calculated using estimated yield and capitalization rates from our underwriting models). In addition, these properties will generate NOI as they are leased up and become occupied.
Economies of Scale from Growth in Assets Under Management. Over the last several years, we have invested in a variety of technologies that have allowed us to achieve efficiencies and increase our investments in real estate with minimal increases to general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. We have increased our owned and managed real estate assets by 86 million square feet (or approximately 16%) over the last two years primarily through acquisitions and integrated the assets with only minimal increases in overhead related to property management and leasing functions. We will continue to leverage these technologies in order to further streamline our operations and reduce our costs as a percentage of assets under management, along with advanced data analytics to enhance decision making.
Summary of 2017
During the three months ended March 31, 2017, operating fundamentals remained strong for our owned and managed portfolio and we ended the quarter with occupancy of 96.6%. See below for details of the operating and development activity of our Owned and Managed Portfolio. During 2017, we completed the following significant activities as further described in the footnotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements:
We generated net proceeds of $557 million and recorded net gains of $97 million from the contribution and disposition of real estate assets, primarily from property contributions in Europe.
In January, we sold our investment in Europe Logistics Venture 1 (“ELV”) to our fund partner for $84 million and ELV contributed its properties to Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund (“PTELF”) in exchange for equity interests.
In February, we formed the Prologis United Kingdom Logistics Venture (“UKLV”), an unconsolidated co-investment venture in which we have a 15.0% ownership interest. We contributed a portfolio of 4 million square feet of stabilized properties, properties under development and land for approximately £203 million ($252 million). We expect to continue to contribute properties and land into UKLV.
In February, we amended our Japanese yen revolver and increased the total borrowing capacity to ¥50.0 billion ($447 million at March 31, 2017).
In March, we acquired our partner’s interest in Prologis North American Industrial Fund (“NAIF”), a consolidated co-investment venture, for $710 million and now own 100% of the venture.
In March, we purchased our venture partner’s interest in the Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund I (“Brazil Fund”) for $80 million and now own 100% of the venture. The Brazil Fund continues to hold a 50.0% ownership interest in several entities that we account for on the equity method.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2016
We evaluate our business operations based on the NOI of our two business reporting segments, Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital. NOI by segment is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated using revenues and expenses directly from our financial statements. We consider NOI by segment to be an appropriate supplemental measure of our performance because it helps both management and investors to understand the core operations of our business.
Below is a reconciliation of our NOI by segment to Operating Income per the Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31 (in millions). Each segment’s NOI is reconciled to a line item in the Consolidated Financial Statements in the respective segment discussion below.
Real Estate Operations segment – NOI
417
404
Strategic Capital segment – NOI
(54
(226
(250
162
129
See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of each reportable business segment’s NOI to Operating Income and Earnings Before Income Taxes.
This operating segment principally includes rental revenues, rental recoveries and rental expenses recognized from our consolidated properties. We allocate the costs of our property management functions to the Real Estate Operations segment through Rental Expenses and to the Strategic Capital segment through Strategic Capital Expenses based on the size of the relative portfolios as compared to our total owned and managed portfolio. The operating fundamentals in the markets in which we operate continue to improve, which has positively affected both the rental rates and occupancy and also has fueled development activity.
Below are the components of Real Estate Operations revenues, expenses and NOI for the three months ended March 31 (in millions), derived directly from line items in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Rental revenues
440
437
117
Development management and other revenues
Rental expenses
(153
(146
Other expenses
(2
(5
Real Estate Operations – NOI
Real Estate Operations revenues, expenses and NOI are impacted by capital deployment activities, occupancy and changes in rental rates. The following items highlight the key changes in NOI for the three months ended March 31, 2017, from the same period in 2016 (in millions):
Rent rate and occupancy growth (1)
Development activity
Contributions and dispositions
(27
Total change in Real Estate Operations – NOI
Rent rate growth is a combination of the turnover (or rollover) of existing leases and increases in rental rates from contractual rent increases on existing leases. If a lease has a contractual rent increase that is not known at the time the lease is signed, such as the consumer price index or a similar metric, the rent increase is not included in rent leveling and therefore, would impact the rental revenues we recognize. We have experienced positive rent change on rollover for every quarter since the beginning of 2013 that has resulted in higher average rental rates in our portfolio and increased rental revenues and NOI as those leases commenced.
Below are the key operating metrics of our consolidated operating portfolio:
This operating segment includes revenues from asset management and other fees as well as promotes earned for services performed for our unconsolidated co-investment ventures. Revenues associated with the Strategic Capital segment fluctuate because of the size of co-investment ventures under management, the transactional activity in the ventures and the timing of promotes. These revenues are reduced generally by the direct costs associated with the asset management and property-level management for the properties owned by these ventures. We allocate the costs of our property management functions to the Strategic Capital segment through Strategic Capital Expenses and to the Real Estate Operations segment through Rental Expenses based on the size of the relative portfolios as compared to our total owned and managed portfolio.
Below are the components of Strategic Capital revenues, expenses and NOI for the three months ended March 31, derived directly from the line items in the Consolidated Financial Statements (in millions):
Strategic capital revenues
Strategic capital expenses
(32
(25
Strategic Capital – NOI
Below is additional detail of our Strategic Capital revenues, expenses and NOI for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
Asset management and other fees
Leasing commissions, acquisition, development and other transaction fees
Strategic Capital expenses (1)
(10
Subtotal U.S.
Strategic Capital expenses
(3
Subtotal Other Americas
Promotes (2)
Subtotal Europe
(9
Subtotal Asia
This includes compensation and personnel costs for employees who are located in the U.S. but also support other regions.
The promotes represent the third parties’ share based on the venture’s cumulative returns to the investors over the last three years. Approximately 40% of promote revenues are paid to our employees as a combination of cash and stock awards pursuant to the terms of the Prologis Promote Plan and expensed through Strategic Capital Expenses.
The following real estate investments were held through our unconsolidated co-investment ventures (dollars and square feet in millions):
Europe (1):
As discussed above, ELV contributed its properties to PTELF in January 2017 and we formed the co-investment venture UKLV in February 2017.
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about the contribution of the ELV properties to PTELF and the formation of UKLV, along with our other unconsolidated co-investment ventures.
G&A Expenses
G&A expenses increased $3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to the same time period in 2016, primarily due to additional compensation expense based on the company’s performance.
We capitalize certain costs directly related to our development and leasing activities. Capitalized G&A expenses include salaries and related costs, as well as certain other G&A costs. The following table summarizes capitalized G&A amounts for the three months ended March 31 (dollars in millions):
Building and land development activities
Leasing activities
Operating building improvements and other
Total capitalized G&A expenses
Capitalized salaries and related costs as a percent of total salaries and related costs
26.1
26.6
33
Depreciation and Amortization Expenses
The following table highlights the key changes in depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2017, from the same period in 2016 (in millions):
Acquisition of properties
Development properties placed into service
Disposition and contribution of properties
(11
Total change in depreciation and amortization expenses
(23
Our Owned and Managed Portfolio
We manage our business on an owned and managed basis, which includes properties wholly owned by us or owned by one of our co-investment ventures. We review our operating fundamentals on an owned and managed basis. We believe reviewing these fundamentals this way allows management to understand the entire impact to the financial statements, as it will affect both the Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital segments, as well as the net earnings we recognize from our unconsolidated co-investment ventures based on our ownership share. We do not control the unconsolidated co-investment ventures for purposes of GAAP and the presentation of the ventures’ operating information does not represent a legal claim to such items.
Our owned and managed portfolio includes operating properties and does not include properties under development or held for sale to third parties (square feet in millions):
March 31, 2016
Number of Properties
Square
Feet
Percentage Occupied
Consolidated
1,773
333
96.3
1,777
332
97.0
1,838
96.1
Unconsolidated
1,374
96.9
1,359
97.2
1,332
276
96.2
3,147
627
96.6
622
97.1
3,170
609
Our operating portfolio excludes value-added properties, which are defined as properties that are expected to be repurposed or redeveloped to a higher and better use and recently acquired properties that present opportunities to create greater value. We had six consolidated value-added properties totaling one million square feet and eight unconsolidated value-added properties totaling two million square feet at March 31, 2017.
Operating Activity
Below is information summarizing the leasing activity of our owned and managed operating portfolio:
We retained at least 74% of our customers, based on the total square feet of leases signed, for each quarter in 2016 and 2017.
Turnover costs represent the obligations incurred in connection with the signing of a lease, including leasing commissions and tenant improvements.
34
Capital Expenditures
We capitalize costs incurred in developing, renovating, rehabilitating and improving our properties as part of the investment basis. The following table summarizes our capital expenditures on previously leased buildings within our owned and managed portfolio for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
Property improvements
Tenant improvements
Leasing commissions
Total turnover costs
59
58
Total capital expenditures
79
77
Our proportionate share of capital expenditures based on ownership (1)
49
52
We calculated our proportionate share of capital expenditures by applying our ownership percentage of each co-investment venture on an entity-by-entity basis to the capital expenditures each period.
Development Start Activity
The following table summarizes our development starts for the three months ended March 31 (dollars and square feet in millions):
2017 (1)
Number of new development projects during the period
TEI
312
193
Our proportionate share of TEI (2)
Percentage of build-to-suits based on TEI
77.0
41.5
We expect all of our properties under development at March 31, 2017, to be completed before August 2018.
We calculate our proportionate share of TEI by applying our ownership percentage of each co-investment venture on an entity-by-entity basis to the TEI of each co-investment venture for the period.
Development Stabilization Activity
The following table summarizes our development stabilization activity for the three months ended March 31 (dollars and square feet in millions):
Number of development projects stabilized during the period
479
511
Our proportionate share of TEI (1)
405
468
Weighted average expected yield on TEI (2)
7.1
6.9
Estimated value at completion
595
648
Our proportionate share of estimated value at completion (1)
494
594
Estimated weighted average margin
24.3
26.7
We calculate our proportionate share of TEI and estimated value by applying our ownership percentage of each co-investment venture on an entity-by-entity basis to the TEI of each co-investment venture for the period.
We calculate the weighted average expected yield on TEI as estimated NOI assuming stabilized occupancy divided by TEI.
Same Store Analysis
We evaluate the operating performance of the operating properties we own and manage using a “same store” analysis because the population of properties in this analysis is consistent from period to period, which eliminates the effects of changes in the composition of the portfolio. We have defined the same store portfolio, for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as those owned and managed properties that were in operation at January 1, 2016 and have been in operation throughout the same three-month periods in both 2017 and 2016 (including development properties that have been completed and available for lease). We have removed all properties that were disposed of to a third party or were classified as held for sale to a third party from the population for both periods. We believe the factors that affect rental revenues, rental expenses and NOI in the same store portfolio are generally the same as for the total operating portfolio. To derive an appropriate measure of period-to-period operating performance, we remove the effects of foreign currency
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exchange rate movements by using the recent period end exchange rate to translate from local currency into the U.S. dollar, for both periods.
Same store is a commonly used measure in the real estate industry. Our same store measures are non-GAAP financial measures that are calculated beginning with rental revenues, rental recoveries and rental expenses from the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. As our same store measures are non-GAAP financial measures, they have certain limitations as analytical tools and may vary among real estate companies. As a result, we provide a reconciliation from our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP to same store property NOI with explanations of how these metrics are calculated.
The following is a reconciliation of our consolidated rental revenues, rental recoveries, rental expenses and property NOI, as included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, to the respective amounts in our same store portfolio analysis for the three months ended March 31 (dollars in millions):
Percentage
Change
Rental Revenues (1) (2)
Consolidated:
Rental revenues per the Consolidated Statements of Income
Rental recoveries per the Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated adjustments to derive same store results:
Rental revenues and recoveries of properties not in the same store portfolio –
properties developed, acquired and sold to third parties during the period
and land subject to ground leases
(46
(44
Effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and other
(1
Unconsolidated co-investment ventures – rental revenues
461
445
Same store portfolio – rental revenues (2)
981
940
4.4
Rental Expenses (1) (3)
Rental expenses per the Consolidated Statements of Income
153
146
Rental expenses of properties not in the same store portfolio – properties
developed, acquired and sold to third parties during the period and
land subject to ground leases
(14
Unconsolidated co-investment ventures – rental expenses
102
101
Same store portfolio – rental expenses (3)
251
242
3.6
NOI (1)
Property NOI (calculated as rental revenues and rental recoveries less rental expenses
per the Consolidated Statements of Income)
414
408
Property NOI of properties not in the same store portfolio – properties developed,
acquired and sold to third parties during the period and land subject to ground
leases
(31
Unconsolidated co-investment ventures – property NOI
359
Same store portfolio – NOI
730
698
4.6
We include 100% of the same store NOI from the properties in our same store portfolio. During the periods presented, certain properties owned by us were contributed to a co-investment venture and are included in the same store portfolio. Neither our consolidated results nor those of the co-investment ventures, when viewed individually, would be comparable on a same store basis because of the changes in composition of the respective portfolios from period to period (e.g. the results of a contributed property are included in our consolidated results through the contribution date and in the results of the unconsolidated entities subsequent to the contribution date).
We exclude the net termination and renegotiation fees from our same store rental revenues to allow us to evaluate the growth or decline in each property’s rental revenues without regard to one-time items that are not indicative of the property’s recurring operating performance. Net termination and renegotiation fees represent the gross fee negotiated to allow a customer to terminate or renegotiate their lease, offset by the write-off of the asset recorded due to the adjustment to straight-line rents over the lease term. The adjustments to remove these items are included in “effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and other” in this table.
Rental expenses include the direct operating expenses of the property such as property taxes, insurance and utilities. In addition, we include an allocation of the property management expenses for our direct-owned properties based on the property management services provided to each property (generally, based on a percentage of revenues). On consolidation, these amounts are eliminated and the actual costs of providing property management services are recognized as part of our consolidated rental expenses. These expenses fluctuate based on the level of properties included in the same store portfolio and any adjustment is included as “effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and other” in this table.
Other Components of Income (Expense)
Earnings from Unconsolidated Entities, Net
We recognized net earnings from unconsolidated entities, which are accounted for using the equity method of $49 million and $58 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, respectively. The earnings we recognize can be impacted by: (i) variances in revenues and expenses of each venture; (ii) the size and occupancy rate of the portfolio of properties owned by each venture; (iii) gains or losses from the dispositions of properties; (iv) our ownership interest in each venture; and (v) fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates used to translate our share of net earnings to U.S. dollars.
See the discussion of our co-investment ventures above in the Strategic Capital segment discussion and in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further breakdown of our share of net earnings recognized.
Interest Expense
The following table details our net interest expense for the three months ended March 31 (dollars in millions):
Gross interest expense
90
Amortization of premiums, net and debt issuance costs
Capitalized amounts
Net interest expense
81
Weighted average effective interest rate
Gross interest expense decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, due to secured debt pay downs and less borrowings on our credit facilities. Our overall debt increased by $359 million from December 31, 2016, to March 31, 2017, primarily from increased borrowings on our tern loans related to the buyout of our partner in NAIF.
See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below, for further discussion of our debt and borrowing costs.
Gains on Dispositions of Investments in Real Estate, Net
The following table details our gains on dispositions of investments in real estate, net for the three months ended March 31 (dollars in millions):
Contributions to unconsolidated co-investment ventures (1)
Net gains on contributions
93
Dispositions to third parties (2) (3)
Net gains on dispositions
Contributions to unconsolidated co-investment ventures were primarily in Europe in 2017 and in Japan in 2016.
Dispositions to third parties were primarily in the U.S.
In January 2017, we sold our investment in ELV to our fund partner and ELV contributed its properties to PTELF in exchange for equity interests.
See Notes 2 and 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the gains we recognized and our unconsolidated co-investment ventures.
Foreign Currency and Derivative Losses, Net
The following table details our foreign currency and derivative losses, net for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
Realized foreign currency and derivative gains (losses):
Gains on the settlement of unhedged derivative transactions
Losses on the settlement of transactions with third parties
Total realized foreign currency and derivative gains
Unrealized foreign currency and derivative gains (losses), net:
Losses on the change in fair value of unhedged derivative transactions
Gains on remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities (1)
Total unrealized foreign currency and derivative losses, net
Total foreign currency and derivative losses, net
These gains or losses are from the remeasurement of assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entity, such as short-term intercompany loans between the U.S. parent and certain consolidated subsidiaries, debt and tax receivables and payables.
See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our derivative transactions.
Income Tax Expense
We recognize current income tax expense for income taxes incurred by our taxable REIT subsidiaries, state and local income taxes and taxes incurred in the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate. Our current income tax expense fluctuates from period to period based predominantly from the dispositions of real estate. Deferred income tax expense (benefit) is generally a function of the period’s temporary differences and the utilization of net operating losses generated in prior years that had been previously recognized as deferred income tax assets in taxable subsidiaries operating in the U.S. or in foreign jurisdictions.
The following table summarizes our income tax expense for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
Current income tax expense (benefit):
Income tax expense
Income tax expense (benefit) on dispositions
Income tax benefit related to acquired tax assets
Total current income tax expense
Deferred income tax expense:
Income tax expense related to acquired tax assets
Total deferred income tax expense
Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
This amount represents the third-party investors’ share of the earnings generated in consolidated entities in which we do not own 100% of the equity, reduced by the third party share of fees or promotes payable to us and earned during the period.
The following table summarizes net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
Prologis North American Industrial Fund (1)
Other consolidated entities (1)
Prologis, L.P. net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
Prologis, Inc. net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
In March 2017, we acquired all of our partner’s interest in NAIF and the Brazil Fund and now own 100% of these ventures.
See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our consolidated co-investment ventures.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we recorded net gains in the Statements of Comprehensive Income related to foreign currency translations of our foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars upon consolidation. These gains were principally due to the strengthening of all currencies to the U.S. dollar. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we recorded net gains, principally due to the strengthening of the euro and Japanese yen offset by the weakening of the British pound sterling and Brazilian real to the U.S. dollar.
During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we recorded unrealized gains and during the three months ended March 31, 2016, we recorded unrealized losses in the Statements of Comprehensive Income, related to the change in fair value of our cash flow hedges and our share of derivatives in our unconsolidated co-investment ventures.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Overview
We consider our ability to generate cash from operating activities, distributions from our co-investment ventures, dispositions of properties and from available financing sources to be adequate to meet our anticipated future development, acquisition, operating, debt service, dividend and distribution requirements.
Near-Term Principal Cash Sources and Uses
In addition to dividends to the common and preferred stockholders of Prologis, Inc. and distributions to the holders of limited partnership units of Prologis, L.P. and our partner in our consolidated co-investment venture, we expect our primary cash needs will consist of the following:
completion of the development and leasing of the properties in our consolidated development portfolio (at March 31, 2017, 80 properties in our development portfolio were 63.3% leased with a current investment of $1.5 billion and a TEI of $2.3 billion when completed and leased, leaving $0.8 billion remaining to be spent);
development of new properties for long-term investment, including the acquisition of land in certain markets;
capital expenditures and leasing costs on properties in our operating portfolio;
repayment of debt and scheduled principal payments of $803 million in 2017;
additional investments in current unconsolidated entities or new investments in future unconsolidated co-investment ventures;
acquisition of operating properties or portfolios of operating properties (depending on market and other conditions) for direct, long-term investment in our consolidated portfolio (this might include acquisitions from our co-investment ventures); and
repurchase of our outstanding debt or equity securities (depending on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors) through cash purchases, open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers or otherwise.
We expect to fund our cash needs principally from the following sources (subject to market conditions):
available unrestricted cash balances ($396 million at March 31, 2017);
property operations;
fees earned for services performed on behalf of the co-investment ventures, including promotes;
distributions received from the co-investment ventures;
proceeds from the disposition of properties, land parcels or other investments to third parties;
proceeds from the contributions of properties to current or future co-investment ventures;
proceeds from the sale of a portion of our investments in co-investment ventures;
borrowing capacity under our current credit facility arrangements discussed in the following section, other facilities or borrowing arrangements ($3.4 billion at March 31, 2017); and
proceeds from the issuance of debt.
We may also generate proceeds from the issuance of equity securities, subject to market conditions.
The following table summarizes information about our debt (dollars in millions):
Debt outstanding
10,967
10,608
Weighted average interest rate
Weighted average maturity in months
In February 2017, we renewed and amended our Japanese yen revolver (the “Revolver”) and increased our availability under the Revolver to ¥50.0 billion ($447 million at March 31, 2017).
In March 2017, we entered into an unsecured senior term loan agreement (the “2017 Yen Term Loan”) under which we can draw in Japanese yen, of which ¥7.2 billion ($64 million at March 31, 2017) matures in March 2027 and bears interest at 0.92% and ¥4.8 billion ($43 million at March 31, 2017) matures in March 2028 and bears interest of 1.01%. In the first quarter of 2017, we borrowed ¥12.0 billion ($107 million), causing the 2017 Yen Term Loan to be fully drawn at March 31, 2017.
At March 31, 2017, we had credit facilities with an aggregate borrowing capacity of $3.4 billion, all of which was available for borrowing.
At March 31, 2017, we were in compliance with all of our debt covenants. These covenants include customary financial covenants for total debt, encumbered debt and fixed charge coverage ratios.
See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on our debt.
Equity Commitments Related to Certain Co-Investment Ventures
Certain co-investment ventures have equity commitments from us and our venture partners. Our venture partners fulfill their equity commitment with cash. We may fulfill our equity commitment through contributions of properties or cash. For more information on equity commitments for our unconsolidated co-investment ventures, see Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Cash Flow Summary
The following table summarizes our cash flow activity for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
353
284
56
(829
(517
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Cash provided by operating activities, exclusive of changes in receivables and payables, is impacted by the following significant activity:
Real estate operations. We receive the majority of our operating cash through net revenues of our Real Estate Operations segment. See our Results of Operations section above for further explanation of our Real Estate Operations segment. The revenues from this segment include noncash adjustments for straight-lined rent and amortization of above and below market leases of $25 million and $20 million for 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Strategic capital. We also generate operating cash through our Strategic Capital segment by providing management services to our unconsolidated co-investment ventures, including promotes. See our Strategic Capital Results of Operations section above for the key drivers of our strategic capital revenues and expenses. Included in the cash provided by operating activities for 2016 is $25 million of cash received, which represented the third-parties’ share of promotes earned in 2015.
G&A expenses. We incurred $54 million and $51 million of G&A costs in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
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Distributions from unconsolidated entities. We recognized $77 million and $80 million of distributions from our unconsolidated entities in Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities in 2017 and 2016, respectively. Included in 2016 are distributions of $27 million that represented our share of promotes earned in 2015. In the third quarter of 2016, we adopted an accounting standard update that clarifies the classification methodology within the statement of cash flows for distributions received from equity method investments. As a result, for the three months ended March 31, 2016, we reclassified $10 million of distributions from our unconsolidated entities into operating activities that were previously reported as investing activities.
Equity-based compensation awards. We record equity-based compensation expenses in Rental Expenses in the Real Estate Operations segment, Strategic Capital Expenses in the Strategic Capital segment and G&A expenses. The total amounts expensed were $18 million and $12 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Cash paid for interest and income taxes. As disclosed in Note 11, we paid combined amounts for interest and income taxes of $127 million and $117 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Cash Provided by Investing Activities
Real estate development. We invested $321 million and $344 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively, in real estate development and leasing costs for first generation leases. We had 54 properties under development and 26 properties that were completed but not stabilized at March 31, 2017, and we expect to continue to develop new properties as the opportunities arise.
Real estate acquisitions. In 2017, we acquired total real estate of $132 million, which included 192 acres of land and one operating property. In 2016, we acquired total real estate of $67 million, which included 99 acres of land and four operating properties.
Capital expenditures. We invested $51 million and $52 million in our operating properties during 2017 and 2016, respectively; which included recurring capital expenditures, tenant improvements and leasing commissions on existing operating properties that were previously leased.
Proceeds from contributions and dispositions. We generated cash from contributions and dispositions of real estate properties of $542 million and $603 million during 2017 and 2016, respectively. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more detail about our contributions and dispositions.
Investments in and advances to. We invest cash in our unconsolidated co-investment ventures and other ventures, which represents our proportionate share. The ventures primarily use the funds for the acquisition of operating properties, development and repayment of debt. The following table summarizes our investments in our unconsolidated co-investment ventures for the three months ended March 31 (in millions):
Unconsolidated co-investment ventures:
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund I and related joint ventures
European Logistics Venture 1
Prologis European Logistics Partners Sàrl
Prologis United Kingdom Logistics Venture
Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.
Remaining unconsolidated co-investment ventures
Total unconsolidated co-investment ventures
53
Other ventures:
Total other ventures
Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities
107
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more detail on our unconsolidated co-investment ventures.
Return of investment. We received distributions from unconsolidated co-investment ventures and other ventures as a return of investment of $109 million and $111 million during 2017 and 2016, respectively. Included in this amount for 2017 is $84 million from the disposition of our investment in ELV and $17 million from property dispositions within our unconsolidated co-investment ventures. Included in this amount for 2016 is $79 million from the disposition of our investment in a joint venture, and the remaining
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amount was from property dispositions within our unconsolidated entities. As discussed above, we adopted an accounting standard update in the third quarter of 2016 that clarifies the classification methodology within the statement of cash flows for distributions received from equity method investments and as a result, we reclassified $10 million of distributions in 2016 from our unconsolidated entities that were previously reported as investing activities into operating activities.
Proceeds from repayment of notes receivable backed by real estate. In 2017 and 2016, we received $15 million and $198 million, respectively, for the payment of notes receivable received in connection with dispositions of real estate to third parties.
Cash Used in Financing Activities
Dividends paid on common and preferred stock. We paid dividends of $235 million and $223 million to our common and preferred stockholders during 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Noncontrolling interests distributions. In 2017 and 2016, we distributed $36 million and $79 million to various noncontrolling interests, respectively. Distributions in 2016 included $33 million related to proceeds from dispositions of real estate, primarily to our partner in USLV. Included in these amounts in both 2017 and 2016 were $9 million of distributions to common limited partnership unitholders of Prologis, L.P.
Purchase of noncontrolling interests. In 2017, we paid $710 million to acquire our partner’s interest in NAIF and $80 million to acquire our partner’s interest in the Brazil Fund.
Tax paid for shares withheld. In the third quarter of 2016, we adopted an accounting standard update that clarifies the classification methodology within the statement of cash flows for taxes paid to a tax authority by us when we withhold shares to cover employee withholding tax payments for certain stock compensation plans. As a result of the adoption, in 2016 we reclassified payments of $7 million from operating activities to financing activities.
Net borrowings on credit facilities. We made net payments on credit facilities of $34 million in 2017, and we received net proceeds of $303 million on our credit facilities during 2016.
Repurchase and payments of debt. During 2017, we made payments of $198 million on our outstanding term loans and $4 million on regularly scheduled debt principal payments and payments at maturity. During 2016, we made payments of $600 million on our outstanding term loans, $5 million on regularly scheduled debt principal payments and payments at maturity and repurchased and extinguished secured mortgage debt of $204 million.
Proceeds from issuance of debt. In 2017, we issued $377 million of term loans and $108 million of secured mortgage debt and used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. In 2016, we issued $299 million of term loans and used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more detail on debt.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Unconsolidated Co-Investment Venture Debt
We had investments in and advances to unconsolidated co-investment ventures, at March 31, 2017, of $4.1 billion. These ventures had total third-party debt of $6.7 billion at March 31, 2017.
At March 31, 2017, we did not guarantee any third-party debt of the co-investment ventures. In our role as the manager or sponsor, we work with the co-investment ventures to refinance their maturing debt. There can be no assurance that the co-investment ventures will be able to refinance any maturing indebtedness on terms as favorable as the maturing debt, or at all. If the ventures are unable to refinance the maturing indebtedness with newly issued debt, they may be able to obtain funds by voluntary capital contributions from us and our partners or by selling assets. Certain of our ventures also have credit facilities, or unencumbered properties, both of which may be used to obtain funds.
Contractual Obligations
Distribution and Dividend Requirements
Our dividend policy on our common stock is to distribute a percentage of our cash flow to ensure that we will meet the dividend requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, relative to maintaining our REIT status, while still allowing us to retain cash to meet other needs such as capital improvements and other investment activities.
We paid a cash dividend of $0.44 per common share for the first quarter of 2017. Our future common stock dividends, if and as declared, may vary and will be determined by the board of directors (the “Board”) upon the circumstances prevailing at the time, including our financial condition, operating results and REIT distribution requirements, and may be adjusted at the discretion of the Board during the year.
At March 31, 2017, we had one series of preferred stock outstanding, the series Q. The annual dividend rate is 8.54% per share and dividends are payable quarterly in arrears.
Pursuant to the terms of our preferred stock, we are restricted from declaring or paying any dividend with respect to our common stock unless and until all cumulative dividends with respect to the preferred stock have been paid and sufficient funds have been set aside for dividends that have been declared for the relevant dividend period with respect to the preferred stock.
Other Commitments
On a continuing basis, we are engaged in various stages of negotiations for the acquisition or disposition of individual properties or portfolios of properties.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS/UNITHOLDERS (“FFO”)
FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure that is commonly used in the real estate industry. The most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO is net earnings.
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) defines FFO as earnings computed under GAAP to exclude historical cost depreciation and gains and losses from the sales, along with impairment charges, of previously depreciated properties. We also exclude the gains on revaluation of equity investments upon acquisition of a controlling interest and the gain recognized from a partial sale of our investment. We exclude similar adjustments from our unconsolidated entities and the third parties’ share of our consolidated ventures.
Our FFO Measures
Our FFO measures begin with NAREIT’s definition and we make certain adjustments to reflect our business and the way that management plans and executes our business strategy. While not infrequent or unusual, the additional items we adjust for in calculating FFO, as modified by Prologis, and Core FFO, both as defined below, are subject to significant fluctuations from period to period. Although these items may have a material impact on our operations and are reflected in our financial statements, the removal of the effects of these items allows us to better understand the core operating performance of our properties over the long term. These items have both positive and negative short-term effects on our results of operations in inconsistent and unpredictable directions that are not relevant to our long-term outlook.
We calculate our FFO measures, as defined below, based on our proportionate ownership share of both our unconsolidated and consolidated ventures. We reflect our share of our FFO measures for unconsolidated ventures by applying our average ownership percentage for the period to the applicable reconciling items on an entity by entity basis. We reflect our share for consolidated ventures in which we do not own 100% of the equity by adjusting our FFO measures to remove the noncontrolling interests share of the applicable reconciling items based on our average ownership percentage for the applicable periods.
These FFO measures are used by management as supplemental financial measures of operating performance and we believe that it is important that stockholders, potential investors and financial analysts understand the measures management uses. We do not use our FFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net earnings computed under GAAP, as indicators of our operating performance, as alternatives to cash from operating activities computed under GAAP or as indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
We analyze our operating performance primarily by the rental revenues of our real estate and the revenues from our strategic capital business, net of operating, administrative and financing expenses. This income stream is not directly impacted by fluctuations in the market value of our investments in real estate or debt securities.
FFO, as modified by Prologis attributable to common stockholders and unitholders (“FFO, as modified by Prologis”)
To arrive at FFO, as modified by Prologis, we adjust the NAREIT defined FFO measure to exclude the impact of foreign currency related items and deferred tax, specifically:
deferred income tax benefits and deferred income tax expenses recognized by our subsidiaries;
current income tax expense related to acquired tax liabilities that were recorded as deferred tax liabilities in an acquisition, to the extent the expense is offset with a deferred income tax benefit in earnings that is excluded from our defined FFO measure;
unhedged foreign currency exchange gains and losses resulting from debt transactions between us and our foreign consolidated subsidiaries and our foreign unconsolidated entities;
foreign currency exchange gains and losses from the remeasurement (based on current foreign currency exchange rates) of certain third party debt of our foreign consolidated and unconsolidated entities; and
mark-to-market adjustments associated with derivative financial instruments.
We use FFO, as modified by Prologis, so that management, analysts and investors are able to evaluate our performance against other REITs that do not have similar operations or operations in jurisdictions outside the U.S.
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders and unitholders (“Core FFO”)
In addition to FFO, as modified by Prologis, we also use Core FFO. To arrive at Core FFO, we adjust FFO, as modified by Prologis, to exclude the following recurring and nonrecurring items that we recognized directly in FFO, as modified by Prologis:
gains or losses from the disposition of land and development properties that were developed with the intent to contribute or sell;
income tax expense related to the sale of investments in real estate and third-party acquisition costs related to the acquisition of real estate;
impairment charges recognized related to our investments in real estate generally as a result of our change in intent to contribute or sell these properties;
gains or losses from the early extinguishment of debt and redemption and repurchase of preferred stock; and
expenses related to natural disasters.
We use Core FFO, including by segment and region, to: (i) assess our operating performance as compared to other real estate companies; (ii) evaluate our performance and the performance of our properties in comparison with expected results and results of previous periods; (iii) evaluate the performance of our management; (iv) budget and forecast future results to assist in the allocation of resources; (v) provide guidance to the financial markets to understand our expected operating performance; and (v) evaluate how a specific potential investment will impact our future results.
Limitations on the use of our FFO measures
While we believe our modified FFO measures are important supplemental measures, neither NAREIT’s nor our measures of FFO should be used alone because they exclude significant economic components of net earnings computed under GAAP and are, therefore, limited as an analytical tool. Accordingly, these are only a few of the many measures we use when analyzing our business. Some of the limitations are:
The current income tax expenses and acquisition costs that are excluded from our modified FFO measures represent the taxes and transaction costs that are payable.
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets are economic costs that are excluded from FFO. FFO is limited, as it does not reflect the cash requirements that may be necessary for future replacements of the real estate assets. Furthermore, the amortization of capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of logistics facilities are not reflected in FFO.
Gains or losses from non-development property and dispositions or impairment charges related to expected dispositions represent changes in value of the properties. By excluding these gains and losses, FFO does not capture realized changes in the value of disposed properties arising from changes in market conditions.
The deferred income tax benefits and expenses that are excluded from our modified FFO measures result from the creation of a deferred income tax asset or liability that may have to be settled at some future point. Our modified FFO measures do not currently reflect any income or expense that may result from such settlement.
The foreign currency exchange gains and losses that are excluded from our modified FFO measures are generally recognized based on movements in foreign currency exchange rates through a specific point in time. The ultimate settlement of our foreign currency-denominated net assets is indefinite as to timing and amount. Our FFO measures are limited in that they do not reflect the current period changes in these net assets that result from periodic foreign currency exchange rate movements.
The gains and losses on extinguishment of debt that we exclude from our Core FFO, may provide a benefit or cost to us as we may be settling our debt at less or more than our future obligation.
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The natural disaster expenses that we exclude from Core FFO are costs that we have incurred.
We compensate for these limitations by using our FFO measures only in conjunction with net earnings computed under GAAP when making our decisions. This information should be read with our complete consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP. To assist investors in compensating for these limitations, we reconcile our modified FFO measures to our net earnings computed under GAAP for three months ended March 31 as follows (in millions).
FFO
Reconciliation of net earnings to FFO measures:
208
Add (deduct) NAREIT defined adjustments:
Real estate related depreciation and amortization
219
Gains on dispositions of investments in real estate properties, net
(68
(50
Reconciling items related to noncontrolling interests
(40
Our share of reconciling items included in earnings from unconsolidated entities
NAREIT defined FFO
363
399
Add (deduct) our modified adjustments:
Deferred income tax expense
Current income tax benefit on dispositions related to acquired tax assets
FFO, as modified by Prologis
378
412
Adjustments to arrive at Core FFO:
Gains on dispositions of development properties and land, net
(93
Current income tax expense (benefit) on dispositions
Acquisition expenses
Core FFO
347
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to the impact of foreign-exchange related variability and earnings volatility on our foreign investments and interest rate changes. See our risk factors in Item 1A. Risk Factors, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. See also Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 for more information about our derivative financial instruments.
We monitor our market risk exposures using a sensitivity analysis. Our sensitivity analysis estimates the exposure to market risk sensitive instruments assuming a hypothetical 10% adverse change in exchange or interest rates at March 31, 2017. The results of the sensitivity analysis are summarized in the following sections. The sensitivity analysis is of limited predictive value. As a result, revenues and expenses, as well as our ultimate realized gains or losses with respect to interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations will depend on the exposures that arise during a future period, hedging strategies at the time and the prevailing interest and foreign currency exchange rates.
Foreign Currency Risk
We are exposed to foreign exchange-related variability of investments and earnings from our foreign investments. Foreign currency market risk is the possibility that our financial results or financial position could be better or worse than planned because of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. At March 31, 2017, we had net equity of approximately $1.4 billion, or 6.9% of total net equity, denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, after consideration of our derivative and nonderivative financial instruments. Based on our sensitivity analysis, a 10% adverse change in exchange rates would cause a reduction of $139 million to our net equity.
At March 31, 2017, we had foreign currency forward contracts, which were designated and qualify as net investment hedges, with an aggregate notional amount of $272 million to hedge a portion of our investments in Canada and the U.K. On the basis of our sensitivity analysis, a weakening of the U.S. dollar against the British pound sterling and Canadian dollar by 10% would result in a $27 million negative change in our cash flows on settlement. In addition, we also have British pound sterling, Canadian dollar, euro and Japanese yen forward and option contracts, which were not designated as hedges, and have an aggregate notional amount of $518 million to mitigate risk associated with the translation of the projected financial results of our subsidiaries in Canada, Europe and Japan. A
weakening of the U.S. dollar against these currencies by 10% would result in a $52 million negative change in our net income and cash flows on settlement.
Interest Rate Risk
We also are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes on future earnings and cash flows. At March 31, 2017, we had $2.0 billion of variable rate debt outstanding, of which $1.7 billion was outstanding on our term loans and $287 million was outstanding on secured mortgage debt. At March 31, 2017, we had interest rate swap agreements to fix the interest rate on $279 million (CAD $372 million) of our Canadian term loan. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we had weighted average daily outstanding borrowings of $46 million on our variable rate credit facilities. On the basis of our sensitivity analysis, a 10% adverse change in interest rates based on our average outstanding variable rate debt balances not subject to interest rate swap agreements during the period would result in additional annual interest expense of $1 million, which equates to a change in interest rates of 8 basis points.
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
Controls and Procedures (The Parent)
The Parent carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14(c)) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) at March 31, 2017. On the basis of this evaluation, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and forms.
No changes in the internal controls over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.
Controls and Procedures (The Operating Partnership)
The Operating Partnership carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14(c)) under the Exchange Act at March 31, 2017. On the basis of this evaluation, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
Prologis and our unconsolidated investees are party to a variety of legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. With respect to any such matters to which we are currently a party, the ultimate disposition of any such matters will not result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors
At March 31, 2017, no material changes had occurred in our risk factors as discussed in Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, we issued an aggregate of 0.6 million shares of common stock of the Parent upon redemption of common units of the Operating Partnership. The shares of common stock were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. Other Information
ITEM 6. Exhibits
The exhibits required by this item are set forth on the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
By:
/s/ Thomas S. Olinger
Thomas S. Olinger
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Lori A. Palazzolo
Lori A. Palazzolo
Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer
Prologis, Inc., its general partner
Date: April 25, 2017
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Certain of the following documents are filed herewith. Certain other of the following documents that have been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and, pursuant to Rule 12-b-32, are incorporated herein by reference.
10.1
Letter Agreement dated February 3, 2017 by and between Prologis, Inc. and Hamid R. Moghadam (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Prologis’ Current Report Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2017).
10.2
Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2017, among Prologis Marunouchi Finance Investment Limited Partnership, as initial borrower, Prologis, Inc. and Prologis, L.P., as guarantors, the lenders listed on the signature pages thereof, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Prologis’ Current Report Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2017).
10.3
Guaranty of Payment, dated as of February 16, 2017, among Prologis, Inc. and Prologis, L.P., as guarantors, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent, for the banks that are from time to time parties to the Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Prologis’ Current Report Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2017).
12.1†
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Prologis, Inc. and Prologis, L.P.
12.2†
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock/Unit Dividends, of Prologis, Inc. and Prologis, L.P.
15.1†
KPMG LLP Awareness Letter of Prologis, Inc.
15.2†
KPMG LLP Awareness Letter of Prologis, L.P.
31.1†
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Prologis, Inc.
31.2†
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Prologis, Inc.
31.3†
Certification of Chief Executive Officer for Prologis, L.P.
31.4†
Certification of Chief Financial Officer for Prologis, L.P.
32.1†
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Prologis, Inc., pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2†
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Prologis, L.P., pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS†
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH†
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL†
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF†
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB†
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE†
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
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Filed herewith