UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011
For the Transition Period from to
Commission File Number 001 – 32205
CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
11150 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1600
Los Angeles, California
(Former name, former address and
former fiscal year if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x.
The number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding at April 29, 2011 was 324,987,355.
March 31, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item 1A.
Item 6.
Signatures
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $35,098 and $33,272 at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
Warehouse receivables
Income taxes receivable
Prepaid expenses
Deferred tax assets, net
Real estate under development
Real estate and other assets held for sale
Other current assets
Total Current Assets
Property and equipment, net
Goodwill
Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $174,621 and $166,295 at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries
Real estate held for investment
Available for sale securities
Other assets, net
Total Assets
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Compensation and employee benefits payable
Accrued bonus and profit sharing
Income taxes payable
Short-term borrowings:
Warehouse lines of credit
Revolving credit facility
Other
Total short-term borrowings
Current maturities of long-term debt
Notes payable on real estate
Liabilities related to real estate and other assets held for sale
Other current liabilities
Total Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt:
Senior secured term loans
11.625% senior subordinated notes, net of unamortized discount of $11,999 and $12,318 at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
6.625% senior notes
Other long-term debt
Total Long-Term Debt
Pension liability
Non-current tax liabilities
Other liabilities
Total Liabilities
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Class A common stock; $0.01 par value; 525,000,000 shares authorized; 324,663,281 and 323,594,919 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Total CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
Non-controlling interests
Total Equity
Total Liabilities and Equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Revenue
Costs and expenses:
Cost of services
Operating, administrative and other
Depreciation and amortization
Total costs and expenses
Gain on disposition of real estate
Operating income
Equity income (loss) from unconsolidated subsidiaries
Interest income
Interest expense
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Income (loss) from continuing operations
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
Net income (loss)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
Net income (loss) attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Basic income (loss) per share attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. shareholders
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Income from discontinued operations attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic income (loss) per share
Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. shareholders
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted income (loss) per share
Amounts attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. shareholders
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax
Discontinued operations, net of tax
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Amortization of financing costs
Gain on sale of loans, servicing rights and other assets
Gain on disposition of real estate held for investment
Equity (income) loss from unconsolidated subsidiaries
Provision for doubtful accounts
Compensation expense related to stock options and non-vested stock awards
Incremental tax benefit from stock options exercised
Distribution of earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries
Tenant concessions received
Decrease in receivables
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets
Decrease (increase) in real estate held for sale and under development
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses
Decrease in compensation and employee benefits payable and accrued bonus and profit sharing
(Increase) decrease in income taxes receivable
Increase in other liabilities
Other operating activities, net
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures
Acquisition of businesses including net assets acquired, intangibles and goodwill
Contributions to unconsolidated subsidiaries
Distributions from unconsolidated subsidiaries
Net proceeds from disposition of real estate held for investment
Additions to real estate held for investment
Proceeds from the sale of servicing rights and other assets
Decrease in restricted cash
Other investing activities, net
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of senior secured term loans
Proceeds from revolving credit facility
Repayment of revolving credit facility
Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for investment
Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for investment
Proceeds from notes payable on real estate held for sale and under development
Repayment of notes payable on real estate held for sale and under development
Proceeds from short-term borrowings and other loans, net
Non-controlling interests contributions
Non-controlling interests distributions
Payment of financing costs
Other financing activities, net
Net cash used in financing activities
Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT END OF PERIOD
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid (received) during the period for:
Interest
Income tax payments (refunds), net
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
Balance at December 31, 2010
Net income
Stock options exercised (including tax benefit)
Compensation expense for stock options and non-vested stock awards
Foreign currency translation gain
Unrealized gains on interest rate swaps and interest rate caps, net of tax
Contributions from non-controlling interests
Distributions to non-controlling interests
Balance at March 31, 2011
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (which may be referred to in these financial statements as the “company”, “we”, “us” and “our”) have been prepared in accordance with the rules applicable to Form 10-Q and include all information and footnotes required for interim financial statement presentation, but do not include all disclosures required under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments, except as otherwise noted) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. These estimates and the underlying assumptions affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported, and reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Such estimates include the value of real estate assets, accounts receivable, investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and assumptions used in the calculation of income taxes, retirement and other post-employment benefits, among others. These estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best judgment. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including consideration of the current economic environment, and adjusts such estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances dictate. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates. Changes in these estimates resulting from continuing changes in the economic environment will be reflected in the financial statements in future periods.
The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011. The consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which contains the latest available audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, which are as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010.
2. New Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements,” which provides amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Subtopic 820-10 that require new disclosures regarding (i) transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and (ii) activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 also clarifies existing disclosures regarding (i) the level of asset and liability disaggregation and (ii) fair value measurement inputs and valuation techniques. As required, in 2010, we adopted the new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosure requirements, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The complete adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not have a material impact on the disclosure requirements for our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-29, “Business Combinations (Topic 805), Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” ASU 2010-29 specifies that when a public company completes a business combination, the company should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. The update also expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, non-recurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the pro forma revenue and earnings. The requirements of ASU 2010-29 will be effective for business combinations that occur on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
after December 15, 2010. We do not believe the adoption of this update will have a material impact on the disclosure requirements for our consolidated financial statements.
3. REIM Acquisitions
On February 15, 2011, we announced that we had entered into definitive agreements to acquire the majority of the real estate investment management business of Netherlands-based ING Group N.V. (ING) for approximately $940 million in cash. The acquisitions include substantially all of the ING Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) operations in Europe and Asia, as well as Clarion Real Estate Securities (CRES), its U.S.-based global real estate listed securities business (collectively referred to as ING REIM). ING REIM is expected to become part of our Global Investment Management segment (which conducts business through our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary CBRE Investors), which will continue to be an independently operated business segment upon completion of the acquisitions. We also expect to acquire approximately $55 million of CRES co-investments from ING and potentially additional interests in other funds managed by ING REIM Europe and ING REIM Asia. In addition, we expect to incur transaction costs relating to the acquisitions of approximately $150 million (pre-tax), including financing, retention and integration costs. These acquisitions, which we refer to as the REIM Acquisitions, are expected to close in the second half of 2011 and are subject to approval by certain stakeholders, including regulatory agencies in the United States (U.S.), Europe and Asia. We have secured and plan to borrow $800.0 million of new delayed-draw term loans, which we anticipate using, along with cash on hand, to finance the acquisitions (see Note 9).
4. Fair Value Measurements
The “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” Topic of the FASB ASC (Topic 820) defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Topic 820 also establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs. The fair value measurements employed for our impairment evaluations were generally based on a discounted cash flow approach and/or review of comparable activities in the market place. Inputs used in these evaluations included risk-free rates of return, estimated risk premiums as well as other economic variables.
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There were no significant non-recurring fair value measurements recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2011. The following non-recurring fair value measurements were recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2010 (dollars in thousands):
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recorded investment write-downs of $6.9 million, of which $2.5 million were attributable to non-controlling interests. Such write-downs were included in equity loss from unconsolidated subsidiaries within our Global Investment Management segment in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, $5.9 million of the investment write-downs were driven by a decrease in the estimated holding period of certain assets and $1.0 million was driven by a decline in value of an investment attributable to continued capital market disruption. When we performed our impairment analysis, the assumptions utilized reflected our outlook for the commercial real estate industry and the impact on our business. This outlook incorporated our belief that market conditions deteriorated and that these challenging conditions could persist for some time.
We do not have any material assets or liabilities that are required to be recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.
Topic 820 also requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, as follows:
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash: These balances include cash and cash equivalents as well as restricted cash with maturities of less than three months. The carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
Receivables, less Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: Due to their short-term nature, fair value approximates carrying value.
Warehouse Receivables: Due to their short-term nature, fair value approximates carrying value. Fair value is determined based on the terms and conditions of funded mortgage loans and generally reflects the values of the warehouse lines of credit outstanding for our wholly-owned subsidiary, CBRE Capital Markets.
Available for Sale Securities: These investments are carried at their fair value.
Short-Term Borrowings: The majority of this balance represents our warehouse lines of credit outstanding for CBRE Capital Markets and our revolving credit facility. Due to the short-term nature and variable interest rates of these instruments, fair value approximates carrying value.
Senior Secured Term Loans: Based upon information from third-party banks, the estimated fair value of our senior secured term loans was approximately $632.7 million at March 31, 2011. Their actual carrying value totaled $631.0 million at March 31, 2011 (see Note 9).
11.625% Senior Subordinated Notes: Based on dealers’ quotes, the estimated fair value of our 11.625% senior subordinated notes was $516.8 million at March 31, 2011. Their actual carrying value totaled $438.0 million at March 31, 2011.
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6.625% Senior Notes: Based on dealers’ quotes, the estimated fair value of our 6.625% senior notes was $364.0 million at March 31, 2011. Their actual carrying value totaled $350.0 million at March 31, 2011.
Notes Payable on Real Estate: As of March 31, 2011, the carrying value of our notes payable on real estate was $571.4 million (see Note 8). These borrowings mostly have floating interest rates at spreads over a market rate index. It is likely that some portion of our notes payable on real estate have fair values lower than actual carrying values. Given our volume of notes payable and the cost involved in estimating their fair value, we determined it was not practicable to do so. Additionally, only $13.6 million of these notes payable are recourse to us as of March 31, 2011.
5. Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Combined condensed financial information for these entities is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Global Investment Management:
Operating loss
Net loss
Development Services:
Operating income (loss)
Other:
Total:
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we recorded write-downs of investments of $6.9 million within our Global Investment Management segment (see Note 4).
Our Global Investment Management segment involves investing our own capital in certain real estate investments with clients. We have provided investment management, property management, brokerage and other professional services in connection with these real estate investments on an arm’s length basis and earned revenues from these unconsolidated subsidiaries. We have also provided development, property management and brokerage services to certain of our unconsolidated subsidiaries in our Development Services segment on an arm’s length basis and earned revenues from these unconsolidated subsidiaries.
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6. Real Estate and Other Assets Held for Sale and Related Liabilities
Real estate and other assets held for sale include completed real estate projects or land for sale in their present condition that have met all of the “held for sale” criteria of the “Property, Plant and Equipment” Topic of the FASB ASC (Topic 360) and other assets directly related to such projects. Liabilities related to real estate and other assets held for sale have been included as a single line item in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Real estate and other assets held for sale and related liabilities were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Assets:
Real estate held for sale (see Note 7)
Other assets
Total real estate and other assets held for sale
Liabilities:
Notes payable on real estate held for sale (see Note 8)
Total liabilities related to real estate and other assets held for sale
Net real estate and other assets held for sale
7. Real Estate
We provide build-to-suit services for our clients and also develop or purchase certain projects which we intend to sell to institutional investors upon project completion or redevelopment. Therefore, we have ownership of real estate until such projects are sold or otherwise disposed. Additionally, effective January 1, 2010, we adopted ASU 2009-17 and began consolidating certain variable interest entities that hold investments in real estate. Certain real estate assets secure the outstanding balances of underlying mortgage or construction loans. Our real estate is reported in our Development Services and Global Investment Management segments and consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
Real estate under development (current)
Real estate included in assets held for sale (see Note 6)
Real estate under development (non-current)
Real estate held for investment (1)
Total real estate (2)
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8. Notes Payable on Real Estate
We had loans secured by real estate, which consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
Current portion of notes payable on real estate
Notes payable on real estate included in liabilities related to real estate and other assets held for sale (see Note 6)
Total notes payable on real estate, current portion
Notes payable on real estate, non-current portion
Total notes payable on real estate
At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $11.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively, of the non-current portion of notes payable on real estate and $2.3 million of the current portion of notes payable on real estate were recourse to us, beyond being recourse to the single-purpose entity that held the real estate asset and was the primary obligor on the note payable.
9. Debt
Since 2001, we have maintained credit facilities with Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) and other lenders to fund strategic acquisitions and to provide for our working capital needs. On November 10, 2010, we entered into a new credit agreement (as amended, the Credit Agreement) with a syndicate of banks led by CS, as administrative and collateral agent, to completely refinance our previous credit facilities. On March 4, 2011, we entered into an amendment to our credit agreement to, among other things, increase flexibility to various covenants to accommodate the REIM Acquisitions and to maintain the availability of the $800.0 million incremental facility under the Credit Agreement. On March 4, 2011, we also entered into an incremental assumption agreement to allow for the establishment of new tranche C and tranche D term loan facilities.
As of March 31, 2011, our Credit Agreement provides for the following: (1) a $700.0 million revolving credit facility, including revolving credit loans, letters of credit and a swingline loan facility, maturing on May 10, 2015; (2) a $350.0 million tranche A term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments beginning December 31, 2010 and continuing through September 30, 2015, with the balance payable on November 10, 2015, (3) a $300.0 million tranche B term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments beginning December 31, 2010 and continuing through September 30, 2016, with the balance payable on November 10, 2016; (4) a $400.0 million delayed draw seven year tranche C term loan facility with a maturity date of March 4, 2018; (5) a $400.0 million delayed draw eight and one-half year tranche D term loan facility with a maturity date of September 4, 2019 and (6) an accordion provision which provides the ability to borrow an additional $800.0 million, which can be further expanded, subject to the satisfaction of what we believe are customary conditions. In regards to the tranche C and tranche D term loan facilities, we have up to 180 days from the date we entered into the incremental assumption agreement to draw on these facilities during which period we are required to pay a fee on the unused portions of each facility. After 180 days, any unused portions of these facilities would no longer be available for use.
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The revolving credit facility allows for borrowings outside of the U.S., with sub-facilities of $5.0 million available to one of our Canadian subsidiaries, $35.0 million in aggregate available to one of our Australian and one of our New Zealand subsidiaries and $50.0 million available to one of our U.K. subsidiaries. Additionally, outstanding borrowings under these sub-facilities may be up to 5.0% higher as allowed under the currency fluctuation provision in the Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility as of March 31, 2011 bear interest at varying rates, based at our option, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 1.65% to 3.15% or the daily rate plus 0.65% to 2.15% as determined by reference to our ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement). As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $60.7 million and $17.5 million, respectively, of revolving credit facility principal outstanding with related weighted average interest rates of 3.7% and 3.5%, respectively, which are included in short-term borrowings in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of March 31, 2011, letters of credit totaling $20.0 million were outstanding under the revolving credit facility. These letters of credit were primarily issued in the normal course of business as well as in connection with certain insurance programs and reduce the amount we may borrow under the revolving credit facility.
Borrowings under the term loan facilities as of March 31, 2011 bear interest, based at our option, on the following: for the tranche A term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 2.00% to 3.75% or the daily rate plus 1.00% to 2.75%, as determined by reference to our ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), for the tranche B term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 3.25% or the daily rate plus 2.25%, for the tranche C term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 3.25% or the daily rate plus 2.25% and for the tranche D term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 3.50% or the daily rate plus 2.50%. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $332.5 million and $341.3 million, respectively, of tranche A term loan facility principal outstanding and $298.5 million and $299.2 million, respectively, of tranche B term loan facility principal outstanding, which are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under our tranche C and tranche D term loan facilities.
In March 2011, we entered into five interest rate swap agreements, all with effective dates in October 2011, and immediately designated them as cash flow hedges in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” The purpose of these interest rate swap agreements is to hedge potential changes to our cash flows due to the variable interest nature of our senior secured term loan facilities. The total notional amount of these interest rate swap agreements is $400.0 million, with $200.0 million expiring on October 2, 2017 and $200.0 million expiring on September 4, 2019. There was no hedge ineffectiveness for the three months ended March 31, 2011. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recorded a net gain of $1.7 million to other comprehensive income in relation to these interest rate swap agreements. As of March 31, 2011, the fair values of four interest rate swap agreements were reflected as a $2.0 million asset and were included in other long-term assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The fifth interest rate swap agreement was reflected as a $0.3 million liability and was included in other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The fair value measurements employed for these interest rate swap agreements were based on observable market data, which falls within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The Credit Agreement is jointly and severally guaranteed by us and substantially all of our domestic subsidiaries. Borrowings under our Credit Agreement are secured by a pledge of substantially all of the capital stock of our U.S. subsidiaries and 65% of the capital stock of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries. Also, the Credit Agreement requires us to pay a fee based on the total amount of the revolving credit facility commitment.
Our Credit Agreement and the indentures governing our 6.625% senior notes and 11.625% senior subordinated notes contain numerous restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur
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additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions to stockholders, repurchase capital stock or debt, make investments, sell assets or subsidiary stock, create or permit liens on assets, engage in transactions with affiliates, enter into sale/leaseback transactions, issue subsidiary equity and enter into consolidations or mergers. Our Credit Agreement also currently requires us to maintain a minimum coverage ratio of EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to total interest expense of 2.25x and a maximum leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of 3.75x. Our coverage ratio of EBITDA to total interest expense was 10.1x for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2011 and our leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA was 1.07x as of March 31, 2011.
On April 19, 2010, we entered into a Receivables Purchase Agreement, which allowed us to transfer an undivided interest in a designated pool of U.S. accounts receivable, on an ongoing basis, to provide collateral for borrowings up to a maximum of $55.0 million. Borrowings under this arrangement generally bore interest at the commercial paper rate plus 2.75%. This agreement expired on April 18, 2011 and we did not renew this arrangement. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under this agreement.
10. Commitments and Contingencies
We are a party to a number of pending or threatened lawsuits arising out of, or incident to, the ordinary course of our business. Our management believes that any liability imposed on us that may result from disposition of these lawsuits will not have a material effect on our business, consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
We had outstanding letters of credit totaling $19.7 million as of March 31, 2011, excluding letters of credit for which we have outstanding liabilities already accrued on our consolidated balance sheet related to our subsidiaries’ outstanding reserves for claims under certain insurance programs as well as letters of credit related to operating leases. These letters of credit are primarily executed by us in the ordinary course of business as well as in connection with certain insurance programs. The letters of credit expire at varying dates through May 2012.
We had guarantees totaling $10.8 million as of March 31, 2011, excluding guarantees related to pension liabilities, consolidated indebtedness and other obligations for which we have outstanding liabilities already accrued on our consolidated balance sheet, and operating leases. The $10.8 million primarily consists of guarantees of obligations of unconsolidated subsidiaries, which expire at varying dates through November 2013.
In addition, as of March 31, 2011, we had numerous completion and budget guarantees relating to development projects. These guarantees are made by us in the ordinary course of our Development Services business. Each of these guarantees requires us to complete construction of the relevant project within a specified timeframe and/or within a specified budget, with us potentially being liable for costs to complete in excess of such timeframe or budget. However, we generally have “guaranteed maximum price” contracts with reputable general contractors with respect to projects for which we provide these guarantees. These contracts are intended to pass the risk to such contractors. While there can be no assurance, we do not expect to incur any material losses under these guarantees.
From time to time, we act as a general contractor with respect to construction projects. We do not consider these activities to be a material part of our business. In connection with these activities, we seek to subcontract construction work for certain projects to reputable subcontractors. Should construction defects arise relating to the underlying projects, we could potentially be liable to the client for the costs to repair such defects, although
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we would generally look to the subcontractor that performed the work to remedy the defect and also look to insurance policies that cover this work. While there can be no assurance, we do not expect to incur material losses with respect to construction defects.
In January 2008, CBRE Multifamily Capital, Inc. (CBRE MCI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., entered into an agreement with Fannie Mae, under Fannie Mae’s DUS Lender Program (DUS Program), to provide financing for multifamily housing with five or more units. Under the DUS Program, CBRE MCI originates, underwrites, closes and services loans without prior approval by Fannie Mae, and in selected cases, is subject to sharing up to one-third of any losses on loans originated under the DUS Program. CBRE MCI has funded loans subject to such loss sharing arrangements with unpaid principal balances of $2.3 billion at March 31, 2011. Additionally, CBRE MCI has funded loans under the DUS Program that are not subject to loss sharing arrangements with unpaid principal balances of approximately $464.7 million at March 31, 2011. CBRE MCI, under its agreement with Fannie Mae, must post cash reserves under formulas established by Fannie Mae to provide for sufficient capital in the event losses occur. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, CBRE MCI had $2.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, of cash deposited under this reserve arrangement, and had provided approximately $4.4 million and $4.0 million, respectively, of loan loss accruals. Fannie Mae’s recourse under the DUS Program is limited to the assets of CBRE MCI, which totaled approximately $195.0 million (including $138.0 million of warehouse receivables, a substantial majority of which are pledged against warehouse lines of credit and are therefore not available to Fannie Mae) at March 31, 2011.
An important part of the strategy for our Global Investment Management business involves investing our capital in certain real estate investments with our clients. These co-investments typically range from 2% to 5% of the equity in a particular fund. As of March 31, 2011, we had aggregate commitments of $11.7 million to fund future co-investments.
Additionally, an important part of our Development Services business strategy is to invest in unconsolidated real estate subsidiaries as a principal (in most cases co-investing with our clients). As of March 31, 2011, we had committed to fund $22.2 million of additional capital to these unconsolidated subsidiaries.
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11. Income (Loss) Per Share Information
The following is a calculation of income (loss) per share (dollars in thousands, except share data):
Computation of basic income (loss) per share attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. shareholders:
Net income (loss) attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. shareholders
Computation of diluted income (loss) per share attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. shareholders:
Dilutive effect of contingently issuable shares
Dilutive effect of stock options
For the three months ended March 31, 2011, options to purchase 51,523 shares of common stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, all contingently issuable shares and stock options were anti-dilutive since we reported a net loss for the period. As a result, basic and diluted loss per share was the same for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
Had we reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2010, options to purchase 4,497,203 shares of common stock would have been included in the computation of diluted earnings per share, while options to purchase 2,984,430 shares of common stock would have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect. Additionally, had we reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2010, 9,789,081 of contingently issuable shares would have been included in the computation of diluted earnings per share, while 947,439 of contingently issuable shares would have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.
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12. Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table provides a summary of comprehensive income (loss) (dollars in thousands):
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
Unrealized gains on interest rate swaps and interest rate caps, net
Other, net
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
Comprehensive income (loss)
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
13. Pensions
We have two contributory defined benefit pension plans in the United Kingdom (U.K.), which we acquired in connection with previous acquisitions. Our subsidiaries based in the U.K. maintain the plans to provide retirement benefits to existing and former employees participating in these plans. During 2007, we reached agreements with the active members of these plans to freeze future pension plan benefits. In return, the active members became eligible to enroll in the CBRE Group Personal Pension Plan, a defined contribution plan in the U.K.
Net periodic pension cost consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Amortization of unrecognized net loss
Net periodic pension cost
We contributed $0.9 million to fund our pension plans during the three months ended March 31, 2011. We expect to contribute a total of $3.7 million to fund our pension plans for the year ending December 31, 2011.
14. Discontinued Operations
In the ordinary course of business, we dispose of real estate assets, or hold real estate assets for sale, that may be considered components of an entity in accordance with Topic 360. If we do not have, or expect to have, significant continuing involvement with the operation of these real estate assets after disposition, we are required to recognize operating profits or losses and gains or losses on disposition of these assets as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations in the periods in which they occur. Real estate operations
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and dispositions accounted for as discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were reported in our Global Investment Management segment as follows (dollars in thousands):
Income from discontinued operations, before provision for income taxes
Less: Income from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interests
15. Industry Segments
We report our operations through the following segments: (1) Americas, (2) EMEA, (3) Asia Pacific, (4) Global Investment Management and (5) Development Services.
The Americas segment is our largest segment of operations and provides a comprehensive range of services throughout the U.S. and in the largest regions of Canada and selected parts of Latin America. The primary services offered consist of the following: real estate services, mortgage loan origination and servicing, valuation services, asset services and corporate services.
Our EMEA and Asia Pacific segments provide services similar to the Americas business segment. The EMEA segment has operations primarily in Europe, while the Asia Pacific segment has operations primarily in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Our Global Investment Management business provides investment management services to clients seeking to generate returns and diversification through direct and indirect investments in real estate in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Our Development Services business consists of real estate development and investment activities primarily in the U.S.
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Summarized financial information by segment is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Americas
EMEA
Asia Pacific
Global Investment Management
Development Services
EBITDA
EBITDA represents earnings before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Our management believes EBITDA is useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry because the calculation of EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of financing and income taxes and the accounting effects of capital spending and acquisitions, which would include impairment charges of goodwill and intangibles created from acquisitions. Such items may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance. As a result, our management uses EBITDA as a measure to evaluate the operating performance of our various business segments and for other discretionary purposes, including as a significant component when measuring our operating performance under our employee incentive programs. Additionally, we believe EBITDA is useful to investors to assist them in getting a more accurate picture of our results from operations.
However, EBITDA is not a recognized measurement under GAAP and when analyzing our operating performance, readers should use EBITDA in addition to, and not as an alternative for, net income as determined in accordance with GAAP. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Furthermore, EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for our management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments. The amounts shown for EBITDA also differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in our debt instruments, which are further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges and are used to determine compliance with financial covenants and our ability to engage in certain activities, such as incurring additional debt and making certain restricted payments.
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Net interest expense has been expensed in the segment incurred. Provision for (benefit of) income taxes has been allocated among our segments by using applicable U.S. and foreign effective tax rates. EBITDA for our segments is calculated as follows (dollars in thousands):
Net income attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Add:
Royalty and management service income
Less:
Net (loss) income attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Royalty and management service expense
Benefit of income taxes
Net loss attributable to CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Depreciation and amortization (1)
Interest expense (2)
EBITDA (3)
Provision for (benefit of) income taxes
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16. Guarantor and Nonguarantor Financial Statements
The following condensed consolidating financial information includes:
(1) Condensed consolidating balance sheets as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010; condensed consolidating statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010; and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 of (a) CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. as the parent, (b) CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc. (CBRE) as the subsidiary issuer, (c) the guarantor subsidiaries, (d) the nonguarantor subsidiaries and (e) CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. on a consolidated basis; and
(2) Elimination entries necessary to consolidate CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. as the parent, with CBRE and its guarantor and nonguarantor subsidiaries.
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries are presented using the equity method of accounting. The principal elimination entries eliminate investments in consolidated subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF MARCH 31, 2011
Receivables, net
Warehouse receivables (a)
Other intangible assets, net
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries
Intercompany loan receivable
Warehouse lines of credit (a)
Liabilities related to real estate and other assets
held for sale
11.625% senior subordinated notes, net
Intercompany loan payable
Deferred tax liabilities, net
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
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AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
Operating (loss) income
Royalty and management service (income) expense
Income from consolidated subsidiaries
Income from continuing operations before (benefit of) provision for income taxes
(Benefit of) provision for income taxes
Net income from continuing operations
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
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FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010
Equity loss from unconsolidated subsidiaries
(Loss) income from consolidated subsidiaries
(Loss) income before (benefit of) provision for income taxes
Net (loss) income
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(Increase) decrease in intercompany receivables, net
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Cash paid during the period for:
Income tax payments, net
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Net cash used in investing activities
(Repayment of) proceeds from short-term borrowings and other loans, net
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Income tax (refunds) payments, net
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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. for the three months ended March 31, 2011 represents an update to the more detailed and comprehensive disclosures included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Accordingly, you should read the following discussion in conjunction with the information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as the unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In addition, some of the statements and assumptions in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, including, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies and prospects as well as estimates of industry growth for the second quarter and beyond. For important information regarding these forward-looking statements, please see the discussion below under the caption “Forward-Looking Statements.”
Overview
We are the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, based on 2010 revenue, with leading full-service operations in major metropolitan areas throughout the world. We offer a full range of services to occupiers, owners, lenders and investors in office, retail, industrial, multi-family and other types of commercial real estate. As of December 31, 2010, we operated more than 300 offices worldwide, excluding affiliate offices, with approximately 31,000 employees providing commercial real estate services under the “CB Richard Ellis” and “CBRE” brand names and development services under the “Trammell Crow” brand name. Our business is focused on several competencies, including commercial property and corporate facilities management, tenant representation, property/agency leasing, property sales, valuation, real estate investment management, commercial mortgage origination and servicing, capital markets (equity and debt) solutions, development services and proprietary research. We generate revenues from contractual management fees and on a per-project or transactional basis. Since 2006, we have been the only commercial real estate services company included in the S&P 500. In every year since 2008, we have been the only commercial real estate services firm to be included in the Fortune 500. Additionally, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals has included us among the top 100 global outsourcing companies across all industries for five consecutive years, including in 2011 when we ranked 6th overall and were the highest ranked commercial real estate services company. In 2010, we were named the premier real estate services provider globally by a number of institutions, including The Financial Times, Euromoney and the International Property Awards, sponsored by Bloomberg. In 2011, we were the highest ranked commercial real estate services company among the FortuneMost Admired Companies.
When you read our financial statements and the information included in this Quarterly Report, you should consider that we have experienced, and continue to experience, several material trends and uncertainties that have affected our financial condition and results of operations that make it challenging to predict our future performance based on our historical results. We believe that the following material trends and uncertainties are crucial to an understanding of the variability in our historical earnings and cash flows and the potential for continued variability in the future:
Macroeconomic Conditions
Economic trends and government policies affect global and regional commercial real estate markets as well as our operations directly. These include: overall economic activity and employment growth, interest rate levels, the cost and availability of credit and the impact of tax and regulatory policies. Periods of economic weakness or recession, significantly rising interest rates, declining employment levels, decreasing demand for real estate, falling real estate values, or the public perception that any of these events may occur, will negatively affect the performance of some or all of our business lines. From late 2007 through 2009, the severe global economic
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downturn and credit market crisis had significant adverse effects on our operations by depressing transaction activity, decreasing occupancy and rental rates, sharply lowering property values and restraining corporate spending. These trends, in turn, adversely affected our revenue from property management fees and commissions derived from property sales, leasing, valuation and financing, and funds available to invest in commercial real estate and related assets. These negative trends began to reverse in 2010 as commercial real estate markets improved in step with the stabilization and recovery of global economic activity.
Weak economic conditions from late 2007 through 2009 also affected our compensation expense, which is structured to generally decrease in line with a fall in revenue. Compensation is our largest expense and the sales and leasing professionals in our largest line of business, advisory services, generally are paid on a commission and bonus basis that correlates with our revenue performance. As a result, the negative effect of difficult market conditions on our operating margins was partially mitigated by the inherent variability of our compensation cost structure. In addition, at times when negative economic conditions are particularly severe, as they were in 2008 and 2009, our management has moved decisively to improve operational performance by lowering operating expenses through such actions as reducing discretionary bonuses, curtailing capital expenditures and adjusting overall staffing levels, among others. We began to restore some of these expenses in 2010 as general economic conditions and company performance improved. Notwithstanding the recovery in 2010, a return of adverse global and regional economic trends remains one of the most significant risks to the financial condition and performance of our operations.
Economic conditions first began to negatively affect our performance in the Americas, our largest segment in terms of revenue, beginning in the third quarter of 2007, and the decline in economic activity (particularly in the United States) accelerated throughout 2008 and most of 2009. The economic weakness became most severe following the global capital markets disruption in late 2008, which caused a significant and prolonged decline in property sales, leasing, financing and investment activity that adversely affected all of our business lines. Commercial real estate fundamentals began to stabilize in early 2010 and to improve in the second half of 2010 and early 2011 following a return to positive economic growth in the United States beginning in late 2009. The continued recovery has been characterized by slowly decreasing vacancy rates, stabilizing rental rates, broadening credit availability and increasing property sales and leasing activity. These recovery trends appeared to gain momentum in late 2010 and early 2011, but market activity generally remained well below levels experienced in 2006 and 2007.
In Europe, weakening market conditions first began to manifest in the United Kingdom in late 2007 and throughout the continent in early 2008. The major European economies also entered into a recession in 2008, which deepened and persisted through 2009. Economic growth improved in 2010, but remained behind other parts of the world, amid concerns about sovereign debt issues and the need for fiscal austerity. As a result, leasing activity in most of Europe continued to be subdued in 2010 and early 2011. Investment sales in Europe were adversely affected by the financial crisis in late 2008 and most of 2009. However, larger markets like London and Paris began to show increases in investment sales beginning in late 2009 and continuing into 201l. The recovery of sales activity also began to spread to more markets across Europe, particularly in Germany, in 2010 and 2011. Real estate markets in Asia Pacific were also affected, though generally to a lesser degree than in the United States and Europe, by the global credit market dislocation and economic downturn. This resulted in lower investment sales and leasing activity in the region in 2008 and most of 2009. Transaction activity revived significantly in late 2009, reflecting strong economic growth in countries such as Australia, China, India and Singapore, and this trend has continued into 2011. The natural disasters that affected parts of the Asia Pacific region, notably Japan, Australia and New Zealand, in late 2010 and early 2011 did not have a material impact on our business performance in Asia Pacific during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Deteriorating conditions also adversely affected real estate investment management and property development activity beginning in late 2007 as property values declined sharply, and both financing and disposal options became more limited. However, the financing and sale markets began to improve in 2010 with the pace of recovery picking up later in the year and continuing in early 2011.
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For our global sales, leasing, investment management and development services operations to continue strengthening, more vigorous economic growth and higher aggregate employment will be needed in major countries, especially the United States, and the global credit markets and business and consumer sentiment must continue to improve.
Effects of Acquisitions
Our management historically has made significant use of strategic acquisitions to add new service competencies, to increase our scale within existing competencies and to expand our presence in various geographic regions around the world. In December 2006, we acquired the Trammell Crow Company (the Trammell Crow Company Acquisition), our largest acquisition to date, which deepened our outsourcing services offerings for corporate and institutional clients, especially project and facilities management, strengthened our ability to provide integrated management solutions across geographies, and established resources and expertise to offer real estate development services throughout the United States.
On February 15, 2011, we announced that we had entered into definitive agreements to acquire the majority of the real estate investment management business of Netherlands-based ING Group N.V., or ING, for approximately $940 million in cash. The acquisitions include substantially all of the ING Real Estate Investment Management, or REIM, operations in Europe and Asia, as well as Clarion Real Estate Securities, or CRES, its U.S.-based global real estate listed securities business (collectively referred to as ING REIM). ING REIM is expected to become part of our Global Investment Management segment (whose business is conducted through our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary CBRE Investors), which will continue to be an independently operated business segment upon completion of the acquisitions. CBRE Investors has primarily focused on value-add funds and separate accounts. ING REIM has primarily focused on core funds and global listed real estate securities funds, except in Asia, where ING REIM manages value-add and opportunity funds. There is expected to be little overlap in the companies’ client bases, with a majority of CBRE Investors’ clients being U.S.-based and a majority of ING REIM’s clients based in Europe. We also expect to acquire approximately $55 million of CRES co-investments from ING and potentially additional interests in other funds managed by ING REIM Europe and ING REIM Asia. These acquisitions, which we refer to as the REIM Acquisitions, are expected to close in the second half of 2011 and are subject to approval by certain stakeholders, including regulatory agencies in the United States, Europe and Asia.
As of December 31, 2010, the assets under management, or AUM, in the ING REIM portfolio we are acquiring totaled approximately $59.8 billion. CBRE Investors’ assets under management totaled $37.6 billion as of December 31, 2010. ING REIM, when combined with our existing Global Investment Management operations, will provide us with a significantly enhanced ability to meet the needs of institutional investors across global markets with a full spectrum of investment programs and strategies.
AUM generally refers to the properties and other assets with respect to which we provide (or participate in) oversight, investment management services and other advice, and which generally consist of real estate properties or loans, securities portfolios and investments in operating companies and joint ventures. Our AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of our presence in the real estate market, not the basis for determining our management fees. Our material assets under management consist of:
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Our calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers (including ING REIM, as described below), and as a result this measure may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other asset managers. Our definition of AUM is not based on any definition of assets under management that is set forth in the agreements governing the investment funds that we manage. The methodologies used by the ING REIM business units and CBRE Investors to determine their respective AUM are not the same and, accordingly, the reported AUM of ING REIM would be different if calculated using a methodology consistent with that of CBRE Investors’ methodology. To the extent applicable, ING REIM’s reported AUM at December 31, 2010 was converted from Euros to U.S. dollars using an exchange rate of $1.3379 per €1.
Strategic in-fill acquisitions, which tend to be smaller purchases of local and/or niche market companies, have also played a key role in expanding our geographic coverage and broadening and strengthening our service offerings. From 2005 to 2008, we completed 58 in-fill acquisitions for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $592 million. In light of the economic environment, we did not complete any acquisitions in 2009 and made two small niche acquisitions in 2010, an industrial practice in the United Kingdom in the second quarter of 2010 and a commercial property asset management and consultancy services firm in Hong Kong in the fourth quarter of 2010. The companies we acquired have generally been quality regional firms or niche specialty firms that complement our existing platform within a region, or affiliates in which, in some cases, we held an equity interest. As market conditions continue to improve, we expect to make additional acquisitions to supplement our organic growth.
Although our management believes that strategic acquisitions can significantly decrease the cost, time and commitment of management resources necessary to attain a meaningful competitive position within targeted markets or to expand our presence within our current markets, our management also believes that most acquisitions will initially have an adverse impact on our operating and net income, both as a result of transaction-related expenditures, which can include severance, lease termination, deferred financing and merger-related costs, among others, and the charges and costs of integrating the acquired business and its financial and accounting systems into our own. For example, we incurred $196.6 million of transaction-related expenditures in connection with our acquisition of Trammell Crow Company in 2006 and $10.9 million of transaction-related expenditures in connection with the expected REIM Acquisitions through March 31, 2011. In addition, through March 31, 2011, we incurred expenses of $62.3 million related to Trammell Crow Company in connection with the integration of its business lines, as well as accounting and other systems, into our own. As with prior material acquisitions, we anticipate incurring significant integration expenses associated with the expected REIM Acquisitions in 2011 and beyond. We expect the total (pre-tax) transaction costs relating to the REIM Acquisitions, including financing, retention and integration costs, to be approximately $150.0 million.
International Operations
As we increase our international operations through either acquisitions or organic growth, fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the other currencies in which we may generate earnings could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. Our management team generally seeks to mitigate our exposure by balancing assets and liabilities that are denominated in the same currency and by maintaining cash positions outside the United States only at levels necessary for operating purposes. In addition, from time to time we enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate our exposure to exchange rate changes related to particular transactions and to hedge risks associated with the translation of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars. Due to the constantly changing currency exposures to which we are subject and the volatility of currency exchange rates, we cannot predict the effect of exchange rate fluctuations upon future operating results. In addition, fluctuations in currencies relative to the U.S. dollar may make it more difficult to perform period-to-period comparisons of our reported results of operations.
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Our international operations also are subject to, among other things, political instability and changing regulatory environments, which may adversely affect our future financial condition and results of operations. Our management routinely monitors these risks and related costs and evaluates the appropriate amount of resources to allocate towards business activities in foreign countries where such risks and costs are particularly significant.
Leverage
We are highly leveraged and have significant debt service obligations. As of March 31, 2011, our total debt, excluding our notes payable on real estate and warehouse lines of credit (both of which are generally nonrecourse to us), was approximately $1.5 billion. In connection with the REIM Acquisitions, we have secured and expect to borrow approximately $800.0 million of new delayed-draw term loans under our secured credit agreement to finance such acquisitions.
Our level of indebtedness and the operating and financial restrictions in our debt agreements place constraints on the operation of our business. Although our management believes that long-term indebtedness has been an important lever in the development of our business, including facilitating our acquisition of Trammell Crow Company and the proposed REIM Acquisitions, the cash flow necessary to service this debt is not available for other general corporate purposes, which may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and in the commercial real estate services industry. Our management seeks to mitigate this exposure both through the refinancing of debt when available on attractive terms and through selective repayment and retirement of indebtedness.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. The estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and on other factors that management believes to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Critical accounting policies represent the areas where more significant judgments and estimates are used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. A discussion of such critical accounting policies, which include revenue recognition, our consolidation policy, goodwill and other intangible assets, real estate and income taxes can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. There have been no material changes to these policies as of March 31, 2011.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth items derived from our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, presented in dollars and as a percentage of revenue (dollars in thousands):
Income (loss) from continuing operations beforeprovision for income taxes
EBITDA (1)
EBITDA, as adjusted (1)
However, EBITDA is not a recognized measurement under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and when analyzing our operating performance, readers should use EBITDA in addition to, and not as an alternative for, net income as determined in accordance with GAAP. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Furthermore, EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for our management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments. The
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amounts shown for EBITDA also differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in our debt instruments, which are further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges and are used to determine compliance with financial covenants and our ability to engage in certain activities, such as incurring additional debt and making certain restricted payments. Amounts shown for EBITDA, as adjusted, remove the impact of certain cash and non-cash charges related to acquisitions, cost containment and asset impairments.
EBITDA and EBITDA, as adjusted for selected charges are calculated as follows:
Adjustments:
Integration and other costs related to acquisitions
Cost containment expenses
Write-down of impaired assets
EBITDA, as adjusted (3)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
We reported consolidated net income of $34.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 on revenue of $1.2 billion as compared to a consolidated net loss of $6.6 million on revenue of $1.0 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
Our revenue on a consolidated basis for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased by $159.2 million, or 15.5%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily driven by higher worldwide sales (up 34.5%), leasing (up 7.9%) and outsourcing (up 13.7%) activity. Foreign currency translation had an $18.5 million positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Our cost of services on a consolidated basis increased by $98.6 million, or 16.0%, during the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. Our sales and leasing professionals generally are paid on a commission basis, which substantially correlates with our revenue performance. Accordingly, the increase in revenue led to a corresponding increase in commission accruals. In addition, commission reinstatements in the third quarter of 2010 contributed to the increase. Higher salaries and related costs associated with our global property and facilities management contracts and additions to headcount in anticipation of revenue growth also contributed to the increase in cost of services in the current year. Foreign
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currency translation had an $11.0 million negative impact on cost of services during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Cost of services as a percentage of revenue was relatively consistent at 60.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 versus 60.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
Our operating, administrative and other expenses on a consolidated basis increased by $38.3 million, or 11.3%, during the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. The increase was primarily driven by higher payroll-related costs, including bonuses, which resulted from our improved operating performance and slightly increased headcount, as well as the restoration of salaries to pre-financial crisis levels in the third quarter of 2010 and substantially restored bonus target levels in the fourth quarter of 2010. Also contributing to the increase was increased marketing and travel costs in support of our growing revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Foreign currency translation had a $4.7 million negative impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased to 31.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 from 33.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2010, which is indicative of effective cost control in the indirect and support areas of our business.
Our depreciation and amortization expense on a consolidated basis decreased by $3.1 million, or 11.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This decrease was primarily attributable to lower depreciation expense within our Americas segment in the current year.
Our gain on disposition of real estate on a consolidated basis was $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. These gains resulted from activity within our Development Services segment.
Our equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis was $15.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to an equity loss from unconsolidated subsidiaries of $6.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The increase in equity income in the current year was primarily driven by higher equity earnings associated with gains on property sales within our Development Services segment. Also contributing to the increase was lower impairment charges associated with equity investments in our Global Investment Management segment in the current year.
Our consolidated interest income was $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, an increase of $0.9 million, or 48.2%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was mainly driven by higher interest income reported in our Americas segment.
Our consolidated interest expense decreased by $16.1 million, or 32.3%, during the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower interest expense associated with our credit agreement due to debt repayments made in the second half of 2010. This decrease was partially offset by interest expense incurred related to the $350.0 million of 6.625% senior notes issued on October 8, 2010.
Our provision for income taxes on a consolidated basis was $23.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Our effective tax rate from continuing operations, after adjusting pre-tax income (loss) to remove the portion attributable to non-controlling interests, decreased to 40.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to 1,086.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The changes in our provision for income taxes and our effective tax rate were primarily the result of a significant increase in income reported in the current year as well as a change in our mix of domestic and foreign earnings (losses). We currently expect that our full year 2011 effective tax rate will be slightly lower than our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Our consolidated income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, was $10.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. This income was reported in our Global Investment Management segment and mostly related to a gain from a property sale, which was all attributable to non-controlling interests.
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Our net income attributable to non-controlling interests on a consolidated basis was $10.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to a net loss attributable to non-controlling interests of $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. This activity primarily reflects our non-controlling interests’ share of income and losses within our Global Investment Management and Development Services segments.
Segment Operations
We report our operations through the following segments: (1) Americas, (2) EMEA, (3) Asia Pacific, (4) Global Investment Management and (5) Development Services. The Americas consists of operations located in the United States, Canada and selected parts of Latin America. EMEA mainly consists of operations in Europe, while Asia Pacific includes operations in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The Global Investment Management business consists of investment management operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Development Services business consists of real estate development and investment activities primarily in the United States.
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The following table summarizes our revenue, costs and expenses and operating income (loss) by our Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management and Development Services operating segments for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (dollars in thousands):
EBITDA (1) (2)
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Revenue increased by $104.5 million, or 16.2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This improvement was primarily driven by higher sales and leasing activity as well as increased commercial mortgage brokerage and outsourcing activity. Foreign currency translation had a $5.9 million positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Cost of services increased by $67.0 million, or 16.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010, primarily due to increased commission expense resulting from higher sales and lease transaction revenue. In addition, commission reinstatements in the third quarter of 2010 contributed to the increase. Higher salaries and related costs associated with our property and facilities management contracts also contributed to an increase in cost of services in the current year. Foreign currency translation had a $3.7 million negative impact on cost of services during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Cost of services as a percentage of revenue was consistent at 63.6% for both the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $22.6 million, or 12.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. The increase was primarily driven by higher payroll-related costs, including bonuses, which resulted from increased headcount and improved operating performance as well as the restoration of salaries to pre-recession levels in the third quarter of 2010 and substantially restored bonus target levels in the fourth quarter of 2010. Also contributing to the increase were higher marketing and travel costs in support of our growing revenue. Foreign currency translation had a $1.4 million negative impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Revenue increased by $16.8 million, or 8.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to higher outsourcing activities throughout the region, and increased sales activity, led by France and Germany. Foreign currency translation had a $0.3 million positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Cost of services increased by $11.8 million, or 9.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily driven by higher salaries and related costs associated with our property and facilities management contracts. Also contributing to the increase was aggressive hiring in the region in anticipation of improving transaction based revenues. Foreign currency translation had a $0.5 million positive impact on cost of services during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Cost of services as a percentage of revenue increased to 64.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 from 63.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2010, primarily driven by a shift in the mix of revenue, with outsourcing revenue comprising a greater portion of the total than in the prior year, as well as the previously mentioned additions to headcount.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $5.8 million, or 8.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily driven by higher payroll-related costs, including bonuses, largely resulting from additions to headcount. Higher marketing
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and travel costs in support of our growing revenue also contributed to the increase. Foreign currency translation had a $0.2 million positive impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Revenue increased by $26.1 million, or 19.4%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This revenue increase was primarily driven by higher sales and leasing activity, particularly in Australia, China, Japan and Singapore. Higher outsourcing activity in Asia, most notably in India, also contributed to the increase. Foreign currency translation had a $12.3 million positive impact on total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Cost of services increased by $19.7 million, or 23.0%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. Cost of services as a percentage of revenue increased to 65.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to 63.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2010. These increases were primarily driven by higher salaries and related costs associated with our property and facilities management contracts as well as increases in headcount throughout the region. Also contributing to the increase in cost of services was higher commission expense resulting from increased transaction revenue. Foreign currency translation had a $7.8 million negative impact on cost of services during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $1.4 million, or 3.4%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily due to foreign currency translation, which had a $3.5 million negative impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2011, partially offset by lower legal fees incurred in the current year.
Revenue increased by $10.9 million, or 27.7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This was largely driven by higher asset management and acquisition fees in the current year. Foreign currency translation had a negligible impact on total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $4.6 million, or 11.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily driven by costs incurred in the current year associated with the anticipated REIM Acquisitions, partially offset by lower provisions for bad debt in the current year. Foreign currency translation had a negligible impact on total operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Total AUM as of March 31, 2011 amounted to $37.9 billion, up 1% from year-end 2010 and 14% from the first quarter of 2010.
Revenue increased by $0.9 million, or 5.1%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010 primarily due to higher incentive fees, partially offset by lower rental income as a result of property dispositions.
Operating, administrative and other expenses increased by $3.9 million, or 22.7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily driven by higher bonus accruals resulting from improved business performance primarily from gains on property sales in the current year, partially offset by lower property operating expenses as a result of the property dispositions noted above.
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Development projects in process as of March 31, 2011 totaled $4.9 billion, unchanged from year-end 2010 and up $0.2 billion from first-quarter 2010. The inventory of deals in the pipeline as of March 31, 2011 stood at $1.5 billion, up $0.3 billion from year-end 2010 and up $0.6 billion from first-quarter 2010.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We believe that we can satisfy our working capital requirements and funding of investments with internally generated cash flow and, as necessary, borrowings under our revolving credit facility. Our 2011 expected capital requirements include up to $100 million of anticipated net capital expenditures. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we incurred $13.0 million of net capital expenditures. As of March 31, 2011, we had aggregate commitments of $11.7 million to fund future co-investments in our Global Investment Management business, all of which is expected to be funded in 2011. Additionally, as of March 31, 2011, we had committed to fund $22.2 million of additional capital to unconsolidated subsidiaries within our Development Services business, which we may be required to fund at any time. In recent years, the global credit markets have experienced unprecedented tightening, which could affect both the availability and cost of our funding sources in the future.
On February 15, 2011, we announced that we had entered into definitive agreements to acquire the majority of the real estate investment management business of Netherlands-based ING for approximately $940 million in cash. The acquisitions include substantially all of the ING REIM operations in Europe and Asia, as well as CRES, its U.S.-based global real estate listed securities business. We also expect to acquire approximately $55 million of CRES co-investments from ING and potentially additional interests in other funds managed by ING REIM Europe and ING REIM Asia. In addition, we expect to incur transaction costs relating to the acquisitions of approximately $150 million (pre-tax), including financing, retention and integration costs. The acquisitions are expected to close in the second half of 2011 and are subject to approval by certain stakeholders, including regulatory agencies in the United States, Europe and Asia. We have secured and expect to borrow $800.0 million of new delayed-draw term loans, which we anticipate using, along with cash on hand, to finance the acquisitions.
During 2003 and 2006, we required substantial amounts of equity and debt financing to fund our acquisitions of Insignia and Trammell Crow Company. In the past two years, we also conducted two debt offerings. The first, in 2009, was part of a capital restructuring in response to the global economic recession, and the second, in 2010, was to take advantage of low interest rates and term availability. Absent extraordinary transactions such as these and the equity offerings we completed during the unprecedented recent global capital markets disruption in 2008 and 2009, we historically have not sought external sources of financing and have relied on our internally generated cash flow and our revolving credit facility to fund our working capital, capital expenditure and investment requirements. In the absence of such extraordinary events, our management anticipates that our cash flow from operations and our revolving credit facility would be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for the foreseeable future, but at a minimum for the next 12 months.
As evidenced above, from time to time, we consider potential strategic acquisitions. We believe that any future significant acquisitions that we make most likely would require us to obtain additional debt or equity financing. In the past, we have been able to obtain such financing for material transactions on terms that we believed to be reasonable. However, it is possible that we may not be able to find acquisition financing on favorable terms in the future if we decide to make any further material acquisitions.
Our long-term liquidity needs, other than those related to ordinary course obligations and commitments such as operating leases, generally are comprised of two elements. The first is the repayment of the outstanding and anticipated principal amounts of our long-term indebtedness. We are unable to project with certainty whether our long-term cash flow from operations will be sufficient to repay our long-term debt when it comes due. If this cash flow is insufficient, then we expect that we would need to refinance such indebtedness or otherwise amend its terms to extend the maturity dates. We cannot make any assurances that such refinancing or amendments would be available on attractive terms, if at all.
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The second long-term liquidity need is the repayment of obligations under our pension plans in the United Kingdom. Our subsidiaries based in the United Kingdom maintain two contributory defined benefit pension plans to provide retirement benefits to existing and former employees participating in the plans. With respect to these plans, our historical policy has been to contribute annually an amount to fund pension cost as actuarially determined and as required by applicable laws and regulations. Our contributions to these plans are invested and, if these investments do not perform in the future as well as we expect, we will be required to provide additional funding to cover the shortfall. The underfunded status of our pension plans included in pension liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets was $40.6 million and $40.0 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. We expect to contribute a total of $3.7 million to fund our pension plans for the year ending December 31, 2011, of which $0.9 million was funded as of March 31, 2011.
Historical Cash Flows
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities totaled $113.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The increase in cash used in operating activities in the current year versus the same period last year was primarily due to higher bonuses, commissions and income taxes paid in the current year. These items were partially offset by a greater decrease in receivables and an increase in bonus accruals in the current year as well as improved operating performance in the current year.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities totaled $65.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The increase in cash provided by investing activities in the current year versus the prior year period was primarily driven by higher net proceeds received from the disposition of real estate held for investment and higher distributions received from investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries. These increases were partially offset by higher capital expenditures in the current year period.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities totaled $39.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, a decrease of $15.1 million as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to higher net repayments of our senior secured term loans in the prior year as well as higher net borrowings under our revolving credit facility in the current year. These items were partially offset by higher net repayments of notes payable on real estate, greater distributions to non-controlling interests and an increase in financing costs paid in the current year.
Significant Indebtedness
Our level of indebtedness increases the possibility that we may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay when due, the principal of, interest on or other amounts due in respect of our indebtedness and other obligations. In addition, we may incur additional debt from time to time to finance strategic acquisitions, investments, joint ventures or for other purposes, subject to the restrictions contained in the documents governing our indebtedness. If we incur additional debt, the risks associated with our leverage, including our ability to service our debt, would increase.
Since 2001, we have maintained credit facilities with Credit Suisse Group AG, or CS, and other lenders to fund strategic acquisitions and to provide for our working capital needs. On November 10, 2010, we entered into a new credit agreement (as amended, the Credit Agreement) with a syndicate of banks led by CS, as administrative and collateral agent, to completely refinance our previous credit facilities. On March 4, 2011, we
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entered into an amendment to our credit agreement to, among other things, increase flexibility to various covenants to accommodate the REIM Acquisitions and to maintain the availability of the $800.0 million incremental facility under the Credit Agreement. On March 4, 2011, we also entered into an incremental assumption agreement to allow for the establishment of new tranche C and tranche D term loan facilities.
Our Credit Agreement currently provides for the following: (1) a $700.0 million revolving credit facility, including revolving credit loans, letters of credit and a swingline loan facility, maturing on May 10, 2015; (2) a $350.0 million tranche A term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments beginning December 31, 2010 and continuing through September 30, 2015, with the balance payable on November 10, 2015, (3) a $300.0 million tranche B term loan facility requiring quarterly principal payments beginning December 31, 2010 and continuing through September 30, 2016, with the balance payable on November 10, 2016; (4) a $400.0 million delayed draw seven year tranche C term loan facility with a maturity date of March 4, 2018; (5) a $400.0 million delayed draw eight and one-half year tranche D term loan facility with a maturity date of September 4, 2019 and (6) an accordion provision which provides the ability to borrow an additional $800.0 million, which can be further expanded, subject to the satisfaction of what we believe are customary conditions. In regards to the tranche C and tranche D term loan facilities, we have up to 180 days from the date we entered into the incremental assumption agreement to draw on these facilities during which period we are required to pay a fee on the unused portions of each facility. After 180 days, any unused portions of these facilities will no longer be available for use.
The revolving credit facility allows for borrowings outside of the U.S., with sub-facilities of $5.0 million available to one of our Canadian subsidiaries, $35.0 million in aggregate available to one of our Australian and one of our New Zealand subsidiaries and $50.0 million available to one of our U.K. subsidiaries. Additionally, outstanding borrowings under these sub-facilities may be up to 5.0% higher as allowed under the currency fluctuation provision in the Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility as of March 31, 2011 bear interest at varying rates, based at our option, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 1.65% to 3.15% or the daily rate plus 0.65% to 2.15% as determined by reference to our ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement). As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $60.7 million and $17.5 million, respectively, of revolving credit facility principal outstanding with related weighted average interest rates of 3.7% and 3.5%, respectively, which are included in short-term borrowings in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. As of March 31, 2011, letters of credit totaling $20.0 million were outstanding under the revolving credit facility. These letters of credit were primarily issued in the normal course of business as well as in connection with certain insurance programs and reduce the amount we may borrow under the revolving credit facility.
Borrowings under the term loan facilities as of March 31, 2011 bear interest, based at our option, on the following: for the tranche A term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 2.00% to 3.75% or the daily rate plus 1.00% to 2.75%, as determined by reference to our ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), for the tranche B term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 3.25% or the daily rate plus 2.25%, for the tranche C term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 3.25% or the daily rate plus 2.25% and for the tranche D term loan facility, on either the applicable fixed rate plus 3.50% or the daily rate plus 2.50%. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $332.5 million and $341.3 million, respectively, of tranche A term loan facility principal outstanding and $298.5 million and $299.2 million, respectively, of tranche B term loan facility principal outstanding, which are included in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under our tranche C and tranche D term loan facilities.
In March 2011, we entered into five interest rate swap agreements, all with effective dates in October 2011, and immediately designated them as cash flow hedges in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” The purpose of these interest rate swap agreements is to hedge potential changes to our cash flows due to the variable interest nature of our senior secured term loan facilities. The total notional amount of these interest rate swap agreements is $400.0 million, with $200.0 million expiring on October 2, 2017 and $200.0 million expiring on September 4,
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2019. There was no hedge ineffectiveness for the three months ended March 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2011, the fair values of four interest rate swap agreements were reflected as a $2.0 million asset and were included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. The fifth interest rate swap agreement was reflected as a $0.3 million liability and was included in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.
On October 8, 2010, CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., or CBRE, our wholly-owned subsidiary, issued $350.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.625% senior notes due October 15, 2020. The 6.625% senior notes are unsecured obligations of CBRE, senior to all of its current and future subordinated indebtedness, but effectively subordinated to all of its current and future secured indebtedness. The 6.625% senior notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior basis by us and each subsidiary of CBRE that guarantees our Credit Agreement. Interest accrues at a rate of 6.625% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, having commenced on April 15, 2011. The 6.625% senior notes are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, on or after October 15, 2014 at a redemption price of 104.969% of the principal amount on that date and at declining prices thereafter. At any time prior to October 15, 2014, the 6.625% senior notes may be redeemed by us, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and an applicable premium (as defined in the indenture governing these notes), which is based on the present value of the October 15, 2014 redemption price plus all remaining interest payments through October 15, 2014. In addition, prior to October 15, 2013, up to 35.0% of the original issued amount of the 6.625% senior notes may be redeemed at a redemption price of 106.625% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, solely with the net cash proceeds from public equity offerings. If a change of control triggering event (as defined in the indenture governing our 6.625% senior notes) occurs, we are obligated to make an offer to purchase the remaining 6.625% senior notes at a redemption price of 101.0% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The amount of the 6.625% senior notes included in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report was $350.0 million at both March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
On June 18, 2009, CBRE issued $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 11.625% senior subordinated notes due June 15, 2017 for approximately $435.9 million, net of discount. The 11.625% senior subordinated notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of CBRE and are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by us and our domestic subsidiaries that guarantee our Credit Agreement. Interest accrues at a rate of 11.625% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15. The 11.625% senior subordinated notes are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, on or after June 15, 2013 at 105.813% of par on that date and at declining prices thereafter. At any time prior to June 15, 2013, the 11.625% senior subordinated notes may be redeemed by us, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and an applicable premium (as defined in the indenture governing these notes), which is based on the present value of the June 15, 2013 redemption price plus all remaining interest payments through June 15, 2013. In addition, prior to June 15, 2012, up to 35.0% of the original issued amount of the 11.625% senior subordinated notes may be redeemed at 111.625% of par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, solely with the net cash proceeds from public equity offerings. In the event of a change of control (as defined in the indenture governing our 11.625% senior subordinated notes), we are obligated to make an offer to purchase the remaining 11.625% senior subordinated notes at a redemption price of 101.0% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The amount of the 11.625% senior subordinated notes included in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report, net of unamortized discount, was $438.0 million and $437.7 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
Our Credit Agreement and the indentures governing our 6.625% senior notes and 11.625% senior subordinated notes contain numerous restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions to stockholders, repurchase capital stock or debt,
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make investments, sell assets or subsidiary stock, create or permit liens on assets, engage in transactions with affiliates, enter into sale/leaseback transactions, issue subsidiary equity and enter into consolidations or mergers. Our Credit Agreement also currently requires us to maintain a minimum coverage ratio of EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to total interest expense of 2.25x and a maximum leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of 3.75x. Our coverage ratio of EBITDA to total interest expense was 10.1x for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2011 and our leverage ratio of total debt less available cash to EBITDA was 1.07x as of March 31, 2011. We may from time to time, in our sole discretion, look for opportunities to reduce our outstanding debt under our Credit Agreement and under our 6.625% senior notes and 11.625% senior subordinated notes.
From time to time, Moody’s Investor Service, Inc., or Moody’s, and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or Standard & Poor’s, rate our senior debt. Neither the Moody’s nor the Standard & Poor’s ratings impact our ability to borrow under our Credit Agreement. However, these ratings may impact our ability to borrow under new agreements in the future and the interest rates of any such future borrowings.
We had short-term borrowings of $338.4 million and $471.4 million with related average interest rates of 2.6% and 2.8% as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
On March 2, 2007, we entered into a $50.0 million credit note with Wells Fargo Bank for the purpose of purchasing eligible investments, which include cash equivalents, agency securities, A1/P1 commercial paper and eligible money market funds. The proceeds of this note are not made generally available to us, but instead deposited in an investment account maintained by Wells Fargo Bank and used and applied solely to purchase eligible investment securities. This agreement has been amended several times and currently provides for a $40.0 million revolving credit note, bears interest at 0.25% and has a maturity date of December 1, 2011. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under this note.
On March 4, 2008, we entered into a $35.0 million credit and security agreement with Bank of America, or BofA, for the purpose of purchasing eligible financial instruments, which include A1/P1 commercial paper, U.S. Treasury securities, GSE discount notes (as defined in the credit and security agreement) and money market funds. The proceeds of this loan are not made generally available to us, but instead deposited in an investment account maintained by BofA and used and applied solely to purchase eligible financial instruments. This agreement has been amended several times and currently provides for a $5.0 million credit line, bears interest at 1% and has a maturity date of February 28, 2012. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under this agreement.
On August 19, 2008, we entered into a $15.0 million uncommitted facility with First Tennessee Bank for the purpose of purchasing investments, which include cash equivalents, agency securities, A1/P1 commercial paper and eligible money market funds. The proceeds of this facility are not made generally available to us, but instead are held in a collateral account maintained by First Tennessee Bank. This agreement has been amended several times and currently provides for a $4.0 million credit line, bears interest at 0.25% and has a maturity date of August 4, 2011. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under this facility.
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Our wholly-owned subsidiary CBRE Capital Markets has the following warehouse lines of credit: credit agreements with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., or JP Morgan, BofA, TD Bank, N.A., or TD Bank, and Kemps Landing Capital Company, LLC, or Kemps Landing, for the purpose of funding mortgage loans that will be resold and a funding arrangement with Fannie Mae for the purpose of selling a percentage of certain closed multi-family loans.
On November 15, 2005, CBRE Capital Markets entered into a secured credit agreement with JP Morgan to establish a warehouse line of credit. Effective October 12, 2010 through January 10, 2011, the warehouse line of credit was temporarily increased from $210.0 million to $250.0 million. Effective November 22, 2010 through February 1, 2011, the warehouse line of credit was temporarily increased further from $250.0 million to $300.0 million. This agreement has been amended several times and currently provides for a $210.0 million senior secured revolving line of credit, bears interest at the daily Chase-London LIBOR plus 2.50% and has a maturity date of September 28, 2011.
On April 16, 2008, CBRE Capital Markets entered into a secured credit agreement with BofA to establish a warehouse line of credit. This agreement has been amended several times and currently provides for a $125.0 million senior secured revolving line of credit, bears interest at the daily one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% with a maturity date of May 31, 2011.
In August 2009, CBRE Capital Markets entered into a funding arrangement with Fannie Mae under its Multifamily As Soon As Pooled Plus Agreement and its Multifamily As Soon As Pooled Sale Agreement, or ASAP Program. Under the ASAP Program, CBRE Capital Markets may elect, on a transaction by transaction basis, to sell a percentage of certain closed multifamily loans to Fannie Mae on an expedited basis. After all contingencies are satisfied, the ASAP Program requires that CBRE Capital Markets repurchase the interest in the multifamily loan previously sold to Fannie Mae followed by either a full delivery back to Fannie Mae via whole loan execution or a securitization into a mortgage backed security. Under this agreement, the maximum outstanding balance under the ASAP Program cannot exceed $150.0 million and, between the sale date to Fannie Mae and the repurchase date by CBRE Capital Markets, the outstanding balance bears interest and is payable to Fannie Mae at the daily LIBOR rate plus 1.35% with a LIBOR floor of 0.35%.
On December 21, 2010, CBRE Capital Markets entered into a secured credit agreement with TD Bank to establish a warehouse line of credit. This agreement provides for a $75.0 million senior secured revolving line of credit, bears interest at the daily one-month LIBOR plus 2.00% with a maturity date of December 31, 2011.
On December 21, 2010, CBRE Capital Markets entered into an uncommitted funding arrangement with Kemps Landing providing CBRE Capital Markets with the ability to fund Freddie Mac multi-family loans. Under the agreement, the maximum outstanding balance cannot exceed $200.0 million, outstanding borrowings bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.75% with a LIBOR floor of 0.25% and the agreement expires on December 20, 2011.
During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we had a maximum of $557.0 million of warehouse lines of credit principal outstanding. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $277.7 million and $453.8 million of warehouse lines of credit principal outstanding, respectively, which are included in short-term borrowings in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. Additionally, we had $285.7 million and $485.4 million of mortgage loans held for sale (warehouse receivables), which substantially represented mortgage loans funded through the lines of credit that, while committed to be purchased, had not yet been purchased as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, and which are also included in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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From time to time, we act as a general contractor with respect to construction projects. We do not consider these activities to be a material part of our business. In connection with these activities, we seek to subcontract construction work for certain projects to reputable subcontractors. Should construction defects arise relating to the underlying projects, we could potentially be liable to the client for the costs to repair such defects, although we would generally look to the subcontractor that performed the work to remedy the defect and also look to insurance policies that cover this work. While there can be no assurance, we do not expect to incur material losses with respect to construction defects.
In January 2008, CBRE Multifamily Capital, Inc., or CBRE MCI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., entered into an agreement with Fannie Mae, under Fannie Mae’s Delegated Underwriting and Servicing Lender Program, or DUS Program, to provide financing for multifamily housing with five or more units. Under the DUS Program, CBRE MCI originates, underwrites, closes and services loans without prior approval by Fannie Mae, and in selected cases, is subject to sharing up to one-third of any losses on loans originated under the DUS Program. CBRE MCI has funded loans subject to such loss sharing arrangements with unpaid principal balances of $2.3 billion at March 31, 2011. Additionally, CBRE MCI has funded loans under the DUS Program that are not subject to loss sharing arrangements with unpaid principal balances of approximately $464.7 million at March 31, 2011. CBRE MCI, under its agreement with Fannie Mae, must post cash reserves under formulas established by Fannie Mae to provide for sufficient capital in the event losses occur. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, CBRE MCI had $2.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively, of cash deposited under this reserve arrangement, and had provided approximately $4.4 million and $4.0 million, respectively, of loan loss accruals. Fannie Mae’s recourse under the DUS Program is limited to the assets of CBRE MCI, which totaled approximately $195.0 million (including $138.0 million of warehouse receivables, a substantial majority of which are pledged against warehouse lines of credit and are therefore not available to Fannie Mae) at March 31, 2011.
An important part of the strategy for our Global Investment Management business involves investing our capital in certain real estate investments with our clients. These co-investments typically range from 2% to 5% of the equity in a particular fund. As of March 31, 2011, we had aggregate commitments of $11.7 million to fund future co-investments, all of which is expected to be funded in 2011. In addition to required future capital contributions, some of the co-investment entities may request additional capital from us and our subsidiaries holding investments in those assets and the failure to provide these contributions could have adverse consequences to our interests in these investments.
Additionally, an important part of our Development Services business strategy is to invest in unconsolidated real estate subsidiaries as a principal (in most cases co-investing with our clients). As of March 31, 2011, we had committed to fund $22.2 million of additional capital to these unconsolidated subsidiaries, which may be called at any time.
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Seasonality
A significant portion of our revenue is seasonal, which can affect an investor’s ability to compare our financial condition and results of operations on a quarter-by-quarter basis. Historically, this seasonality has caused our revenue, operating income, net income and cash flow from operating activities to be lower in the first two quarters and higher in the third and fourth quarters of each year. Earnings and cash flow have historically been particularly concentrated in the fourth quarter due to investors and companies focusing on completing transactions prior to calendar year-end. This has historically resulted in lower profits or a loss in the first quarter, with revenue and profitability improving in each subsequent quarter.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements,” which provides amendments to the FASB ASC Subtopic 820-10 that require new disclosures regarding (i) transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and (ii) activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 also clarifies existing disclosures regarding (i) the level of asset and liability disaggregation and (ii) fair value measurement inputs and valuation techniques. As required, in 2010, we adopted the new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosure requirements, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The complete adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not have a material impact on the disclosure requirements for our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-29, “Business Combinations (Topic 805), Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” ASU 2010-29 specifies that when a public company completes a business combination, the company should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. The update also expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, non-recurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the pro forma revenue and earnings. The requirements of ASU 2010-29 will be effective for business combinations that occur on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. We do not believe the adoption of this update will have a material impact on the disclosure requirements for our consolidated financial statements.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “should,” “propose,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will” and similar terms and phrases are used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to identify forward-looking statements. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters addressed in this Quarterly Report are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements also relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies.
These forward-looking statements are made based on our management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events affecting us and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These uncertainties and factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements.
The following factors are among those, but are not only those, that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements:
our ability to close the REIM Acquisitions;
integration issues arising out of the REIM Acquisitions and other companies we may acquire;
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costs relating to the REIM Acquisitions and other businesses we may acquire;
the sustainability of the recovery in our investment sales and leasing business from the recessionary levels in 2008 and 2009;
disruptions in general economic and business conditions, particularly in geographies where our business may be concentrated;
volatility and disruption of the securities, capital and credit markets, interest rate increases, the cost and availability of capital for investment in real estate, clients’ willingness to make real estate or long-term contractual commitments and other factors impacting the value of real estate assets;
continued high levels of, or increases in, unemployment and general slowdowns in commercial activity;
the impairment or weakened financial condition of certain of our clients;
client actions to restrain project spending and reduce outsourced staffing levels as well as the potential loss of clients in our outsourcing business due to consolidation or bankruptcies;
our ability to diversify our revenue model to offset cyclical economic trends in the commercial real estate industry;
foreign currency fluctuations;
our ability to attract new user and investor clients;
our ability to retain major clients and renew related contracts;
a reduction by companies in their reliance on outsourcing for their commercial real estate needs, which would impact our revenues and operating performance;
trends in pricing for commercial real estate services;
changes in tax laws in the United States or in other jurisdictions in which our business may be concentrated that reduce or eliminate deductions or other tax benefits we receive;
our ability to compete globally, or in specific geographic markets or business segments that are material to us;
our ability to manage fluctuations in net earnings and cash flow, which could result from poor performance in our investment programs, including our participation as a principal in real estate investments;
our ability to leverage our global services platform to maximize and sustain long-term cash flow;
our exposure to liabilities in connection with real estate brokerage and property management activities;
the ability of our Global Investment Management segment to realize values in investment funds sufficient to offset incentive compensation expense related thereto;
liabilities under guarantees, or for construction defects, that we incur in our Development Services business;
the ability of CBRE Capital Markets to periodically amend, or replace, on satisfactory terms the agreements for its warehouse lines of credit;
the effect of implementation of new accounting rules and standards; and
the other factors described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, included under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting Policies” and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” or as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information,
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except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties is contained in our other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The information in this section should be read in connection with the information on market risk related to changes in interest rates and non-U.S. currency exchange rates in Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Our exposure to market risk consists of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations related to our international operations and changes in interest rates on debt obligations.
During the three months ended March 31, 2011, approximately 39% of our business was transacted in local currencies of foreign countries, the majority of which includes the Euro, the British pound sterling, the Canadian dollar, the Hong Kong dollar, the Japanese yen, the Singapore dollar, the Australian dollar and the Indian rupee. We attempt to manage our exposure primarily by balancing assets and liabilities and maintaining cash positions in foreign currencies only at levels necessary for operating purposes. We routinely monitor our exposure to currency exchange rate changes in connection with transactions and sometimes enter into foreign currency exchange swap, option and forward contracts to limit our exposure to such transactions, as appropriate. In the normal course of business, we also sometimes utilize derivative financial instruments in the form of foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate foreign currency exchange exposure resulting from inter-company loans, expected cash flow and earnings. We apply the “Derivatives and Hedging” Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) (Topic 815) when accounting for any such contracts. In all cases, we view derivative financial instruments as a risk management tool and, accordingly, do not engage in any speculative activities with respect to foreign currency.
On February 2, 2011, we entered into four option agreements, including one to sell a notional amount of 0.4 million Euros, which expired on March 29, 2011, one to sell a notional amount of 6.5 million Euros, which expires on June 28, 2011, one to sell a notional amount of 6.5 million Euros, which expires on September 28, 2011 and one to sell a notional amount of 22.0 million Euros, which expires on December 28, 2011. On February 3, 2011, we entered into an additional four option agreements, including one to sell a notional amount of 4.0 million British pounds sterling, which was exercised on March 29, 2011, one to sell a notional amount of 7.4 million British pounds sterling, which expires on June 28, 2011, one to sell a notional amount of 6.8 million British pounds sterling, which expires on September 28, 2011 and one to sell a notional amount of 12.0 million British pounds sterling, which expires on December 28, 2011. On February 23, 2011, we entered into three additional option agreements, including one to sell a notional amount of 2.1 million British pounds sterling, which expires on June 28, 2011, one to sell a notional amount of 2.0 million British pounds sterling, which expires on September 28, 2011 and one to sell a notional amount of 2.8 million British pounds sterling, which expires on December 28, 2011. Included in the consolidated statement of operations set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report were charges of $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 resulting from net losses on foreign currency exchange option agreements.
In March 2011, we entered into five interest rate swap agreements, all with effective dates in October 2011, and immediately designated them as cash flow hedges in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815. The purpose of these interest rate swap agreements is to hedge potential changes to our cash flows due to the variable interest nature of our senior secured term loan facilities. The total notional amount of these interest rate swap agreements is $400.0 million, with $200.0 million expiring on October 2, 2017 and $200.0 million expiring on September 4, 2019. There was no hedge ineffectiveness for the three months ended March 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2011, the fair values of four interest rate swap agreements were reflected as a $2.0 million asset and were included in other long-term assets in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. The fifth interest rate swap agreement was reflected as a $0.3 million liability and was included in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.
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We also enter into loan commitments that relate to the origination or acquisition of commercial mortgage loans that will be held for resale. FASB ASC Topic 815 requires that these commitments be recorded at their fair values as derivatives. The net impact on our financial position and earnings resulting from these derivatives contracts has not been significant.
Based upon information from third-party banks, the estimated fair value of our senior secured term loans was approximately $632.7 million at March 31, 2011. Based on dealers’ quotes, the estimated fair values of our 6.625% and 11.625% senior subordinated notes were $364.0 million and $516.8 million, respectively, at March 31, 2011.
We utilize sensitivity analyses to assess the potential effect of our variable rate debt. If interest rates were to increase by 10% on our outstanding variable rate debt, excluding notes payable on real estate, at March 31, 2011, the net impact of the additional interest cost would be a decrease of $0.7 million on pre-tax income and an increase of $0.7 million on cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2011.
We also have $571.4 million of notes payable on real estate as of March 31, 2011. Interest costs relating to notes payable on real estate include both interest that is expensed and interest that is capitalized as part of the cost of real estate. If interest rates were to increase by 10%, our total estimated interest cost related to notes payable would increase by approximately $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. From time to time, we enter into interest rate swap and cap agreements in order to limit our interest expense related to our notes payable on real estate. If any of these agreements are not designated as effective hedges, then they are marked to market each period with the change in fair value recognized in current period earnings. The net impact on our earnings resulting from gains and/or losses on interest rate swap and cap agreements associated with notes payable on real estate has not been significant.
Our policy for disclosure controls and procedures provides guidance on the evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures and is designed to ensure that all corporate disclosure is complete and accurate in all material respects and that all information required to be disclosed in the periodic reports submitted by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods and in the manner specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Our Disclosure Committee consisting of the principal accounting officer, general counsel, chief communication officer, senior officers of each significant business line and other select employees assisted the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer in this evaluation. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as required by the Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(c) as of the end of the period covered by this report.
No changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
There have been no material changes to our legal proceedings as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 31, 2010.
There have been no material changes to our risk factors as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 31, 2010.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 10, 2011
/s/ GILBOROK
/s/ ARLINGAFFNER
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