424B4 1 d424b4.htm FINAL PROSPECTUS Final Prospectus
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)

File No. 333-114527

14,285,714 Shares

 

Thomas Properties Group, Inc.

 

Common Stock

 

This is the initial public offering of our common stock. All of the 14,285,714 shares of common stock offered by this prospectus are being sold by us.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. The initial public offering price is $12.00 per share of common stock. See “Underwriting” for a discussion of the factors considered in determining the initial public offering price.

 

Our shares of common stock have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “TPGI.”

 


 

See “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 to read about factors and material risks that you should consider before buying shares of our common stock.

 


 

     Per Share

   Total

Public offering price

   $ 12.00    $ 171,428,568

Underwriting discounts and commissions

   $ 0.84    $ 12,000,000

Proceeds, before expenses, to us

   $ 11.16    $ 159,428,568

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

We have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 2,142,857 additional shares of our common stock at the public offering price less the underwriting discount to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

We expect that the shares of our common stock will be ready for delivery to purchasers on or about October 13, 2004.

 

FRIEDMAN BILLINGS RAMSEY   UBS INVESTMENT BANK
     
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS   WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

 

The date of this prospectus is October 6, 2004.


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     Page

Prospectus Summary

   1

Risk Factors

   21

Forward-Looking Statements

   40

Use of Proceeds

   41

Dividend Policy

   41

Capitalization

   42

Dilution

   43

Selected Combined Financial Data

   45

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   49

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   76

Business and Properties

   77

Management

   111

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

   122

Policies with Respect to Certain Activities

   126

Principal Stockholders

   128

Description of Capital Stock

   130

Structure and Formation

   133

Description of Our Operating Partnership

   138

Shares Eligible for Future Sale

   143

Federal Income Tax Considerations

   145

Underwriting

   148

Legal Matters

   152

Experts

   152

Where You Can Find More Information

   152

Index to Financial Statements

   F-1

 


 

The information in this prospectus is only current as of the date set forth on the front cover. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or which we have otherwise provided to you. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with information that is different.


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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

You should read the following summary together with the more detailed information provided in this prospectus, including the section entitled “Risk Factors,” regarding our company and the common stock being sold in this offering. References in this prospectus to “we,” “our,” “us” or “our company” refer to Thomas Properties Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including Thomas Properties Group, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership which we refer to in this prospectus as our operating partnership. We are the sole general partner of the operating partnership. Unless otherwise indicated, the information in this prospectus assumes the underwriters’ overallotment option is not exercised, all of the transactions described under the caption “Structure and Formation” beginning on page 133 and the intended acquisitions described herein are consummated, and our common stock is sold at a price of $12.00 per share, the initial public offering price per share of common stock.

 

Our Company

 

We are a full-service real estate operating company that owns, acquires, develops and manages office, retail and multi-family properties on a nationwide basis. We are the successor company to Thomas Properties Group, LLC and its affiliates, referred to in this prospectus as “TPG.” TPG was founded in late 1996 by our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. James A. Thomas. Following the consummation of the offering, Mr. Thomas will beneficially own 100% of our limited voting stock, representing 53.7% of our outstanding voting stock.

 

Mr. Thomas’ real estate experience dates back to 1976, when he entered the real estate business with Robert F. Maguire as a principal and as legal counsel. In 1983, their partnership arrangement was formalized as Maguire Thomas Partners. Messrs. Maguire and Thomas served as co-managers, and the firm quickly expanded into a national full-service real estate operating company. From 1976 to 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners and its predecessor entities acquired, developed, managed and/or owned interests in 17 properties with approximately 14 million rentable square feet of commercial space. In 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners split into two organizations, with several key members of Maguire Thomas Partners’ senior management joining Mr. Thomas at TPG. In the seven years since our founding, we have developed, restructured or acquired, for our own account or the account of third parties, properties in the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States with approximately 7.4 million rentable square feet of space, including the acquisition and restructuring of properties Mr. Thomas originally developed while at Maguire Thomas Partners.

 

We have four primary areas of focus: property operations, property acquisitions, property development and redevelopment, and investment management. We believe our business model allows us to capitalize on opportunities for risk-adjusted investment returns from real estate ownership, while seeking to manage the volatility associated with the real estate industry by earning fees and other revenues derived from third parties.

 

Concurrent with the closing of this offering, we will complete the formation transactions to facilitate the offering and to acquire property interests as described in this prospectus. In the formation transactions, we will issue 16,666,666 limited partnership units in our operating partnership to contributors of property interests, with a value of approximately $200.0 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock. As a result of these transactions, we will own interests in and asset manage six operating properties with 4.8 million rentable square feet and provide asset and/or property management services on behalf of third parties for an additional five operating properties with 2.6 million rentable square feet. These owned and managed properties consist of office, mixed-use and residential space located in the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. We currently own interests in four of these properties. We will acquire a 25.0% interest in two of the six properties that we currently asset manage for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) pursuant to a separate account agreement with CalSTRS. These two properties are Reflections I

 

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and Reflections II in Reston, Virginia. We will continue to provide asset management services to these two properties and asset and/or property management services to the four other CalSTRS separate account properties. We will also increase our ownership interest from 5% to 25% in our joint venture with CalSTRS, which holds an 85% interest in ARCO Plaza located in downtown Los Angeles. As a result, our indirect interest in ARCO Plaza will increase from 4.3% to 21.3%. We have also entered into an agreement to buy an unaffiliated third party’s 50.0% interest in our One Commerce Square property located in downtown Philadelphia. We have a substantial development pipeline, owning or having the ability to develop land suitable for the development of approximately 4.8 million square feet of space. We developed and continue to manage the California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) headquarters building in Sacramento, California.

 

In connection with the formation transactions, we will use $59.0 million of the proceeds of this offering in connection with the acquisitions of the property interests described above, $10.7 million to repay existing indebtedness, $11.4 million to redeem preferred equity held by an unaffiliated mezzanine lender on One Commerce Square, and $4.2 million to fund required reserves for One Commerce Square. Our total outstanding pro forma consolidated indebtedness as of June 30, 2004 is approximately $295.9 million. In addition, as of June 30, 2004, we owned interests in unconsolidated entities subject to total long-term debt of $195.0 million.

 

We believe that our current infrastructure provides us with the ability to increase the number of properties we own and manage without a significant increase in corporate personnel. As of June 30, 2004, we had approximately 70 employees.

 

We were incorporated in the State of Delaware in March 2004. Under Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation, our duration is perpetual. Our founder, James A. Thomas, is also our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Our corporate headquarters are located at ARCO Plaza, 515 South Flower Street, Sixth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071. Our phone number at that address is (213) 613-1900. Our Internet address is www.thomaspropertiesgroup.com. The information on our website is not part of this prospectus.

 

Our Business

 

We have four complementary and integrated areas of business focus:

 

    Property Operations: A geographically diverse portfolio of properties in which we own interests or which we manage comprises our primary source of cash flow and provides a steady and reliable source of revenues through rental operations, property management, asset management, leasing and other fee income.

 

    Property Acquisitions: We have an active and successful record of acquiring properties both for our own account and that of third parties, targeted at three categories of properties: “core,” consisting of properties that are stabilized at the time of acquisition; “core plus,” consisting of under-performing properties that we believe can be brought to market potential through improved management; and “value-add” properties, requiring redevelopment, repositioning and investment to achieve desired returns.

 

    Property Development and Redevelopment: Beginning with TPG’s predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners, our senior management team has significant experience pre-leasing and developing or redeveloping commercial space in various West Coast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic markets of the United States.

 

    Investment Management: One of our subsidiaries is a registered investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We earn fees for advising institutional investors on property portfolios and believe this service is complementary to our other areas of business and provides income diversification.

 

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Business and Growth Strategies

 

Our primary business objective is to achieve sustainable long-term growth in order to maximize long-term stockholder value. Our strategies to achieve this objective are:

 

    Portfolio Enhancement: We will focus on increasing earnings from the properties in which we own an interest or which we manage for third parties through proactive management. Following the closing of this offering, we will have a portfolio of 11 operating properties. We will own interests in six of these properties and we will provide asset and/or property management services for five properties, comprising approximately 7.4 million rentable square feet in the aggregate. We intend to reinvest a substantial portion of our earnings in the business.

 

    Targeted Property Acquisitions: We will seek significant acquisitions of substantially leased “core” properties for our own account, and of “core plus” and “value-add” properties for our own account and/or in joint ventures with others where such acquisitions provide us with attractive risk-adjusted returns.

 

    Strategic Joint Ventures: We will seek to leverage our expertise to acquire or develop commercial real estate in joint ventures with institutional investors. Joint ventures provide us with additional capital for investment, shared risk exposure, and earned fees for asset management, property management, leasing and other services. We view our joint venture with CalSTRS as a model for the development of other strategic alliances.

 

    Selective Development and Redevelopment: We intend to develop and redevelop projects in diversified geographic markets using pre-leasing, guaranteed maximum cost construction contracts and other measures to reduce development risk. Currently, we have the ability to develop approximately 4.8 million square feet of office, residential and retail uses in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Austin. We plan to develop these properties as market conditions warrant while attempting to minimize development risks. We are currently in the process of redeveloping and repositioning ARCO Plaza, a 2.6 million square foot office project in downtown Los Angeles, and repositioning 1835 Market Street, a 685,853 square foot office tower in Philadelphia which we asset and property manage for CalSTRS.

 

    Strong Tenant Relationships: We intend to maintain strong tenant relationships through our commitment to service in marketing, lease negotiations, building design and property management.

 

Our Strengths and Competitive Advantages

 

We believe we distinguish ourselves from other owners, operators, acquirers and developers of commercial properties in a number of ways and enjoy significant competitive strengths, including:

 

    Experienced Management Team with Significant Ownership Interest: Our executive management team has over 120 years of combined experience in the commercial real estate industry and has worked together for an average of approximately 10 years. Beginning at TPG’s predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners, our senior management team has acquired, entitled, leased and/or developed or redeveloped approximately 29.2 million square feet in various West Coast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic markets in the United States resulting in 19.5 million rentable square feet of commercial space acquired and/or completed. Our management team will collectively hold a 53.9% ownership interest in our company following this offering on a fully diluted basis excluding incentive units in our operating partnership, or 55.0% on a fully diluted basis including incentive units, which we believe appropriately aligns the interests of management with that of our public stockholders.

 

   

Diversified Business Model: We have a business model that we believe positions us for significant long-term growth by facilitating our investment in all areas and property types of the commercial real estate business. We have four separate, but complementary, areas of business focus: a portfolio of geographically diverse properties in which we own interests or which we asset and/or property manage;

 

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the acquisition of commercial properties; selective development and redevelopment of under-performing projects incorporating a conservative pre-leased property development program; and fee management services such as investment management for institutional investors.

 

    National Presence: We intend to continue to operate and expand our business on a national level, targeting and entering attractive markets. Currently we are concentrating on the West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, but intend to expand into other markets as market conditions warrant.

 

    CalSTRS Joint Venture: Our strategic joint venture relationship with CalSTRS provides us with a key opportunity to serve as the operating partner and an equity owner of, and to provide fee services for, a joint venture that acquires and redevelops or repositions core plus and value-add office and mixed-use projects on a national basis. We will increase our ownership interest from 5% to 25% in a joint venture with CalSTRS, which holds an 85% interest in ARCO Plaza located in downtown Los Angeles. As a result, our indirect interest in ARCO Plaza will increase from 4.3% to 21.3%. Concurrent with or following this offering, we will also acquire a 25.0% interest in two of the properties that we asset manage for CalSTRS for its separate account. We intend to hold these properties in our joint venture. The total capital commitments to the joint venture have recently been increased to $333 million, of which approximately $220 million has not been invested. Our aggregate commitment to the joint venture is $83 million, of which approximately $56 million will be unfunded following completion of this offering. CalSTRS’ aggregate commitment is $250 million, of which approximately $164 million remains unfunded.

 

Summary Risk Factors

 

You should carefully consider the risks of investing in our common stock. These risks include those summarized below. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 of this prospectus for a more complete discussion.

 

    Our relationships with CalSTRS are a significant factor in our ability to achieve our intended business plan. Our separate account and joint venture relationships with CalSTRS have historically provided us with substantial fee revenue. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 17.4%, 6.0% and 4.8%, respectively, of our revenue has been derived from these relationships.

 

    There can be no assurance our relationships with CalSTRS will continue. CalSTRS has the right to exercise a buy-sell provision at any time after January 1, 2006, or earlier upon an event of default by us or the death or disability of either Mr. Thomas or John R. Sischo, one of our Executive Vice Presidents, or the failure of either of them to devote the necessary time to perform their duties (unless replaced by an individual approved by CalSTRS) (a “buyout default”), or upon any transfer of our limited voting stock, common stock or operating partnership units resulting in Mr. Thomas, members of his immediate family and controlled entities owning less than 30% of our securities entitled to vote for the election of directors. If CalSTRS exercises the buy-sell provision, we will be required to either sell our joint venture interest to them or purchase their interest, based on the buyout price proposed by CalSTRS. CalSTRS may also elect to purchase our joint venture interest at a 3% discount to appraised fair market value upon a buyout default. Most of our fee arrangements under our separate account relationship with CalSTRS are terminable on 30 days’ notice. Termination of our separate account or joint venture relationship with CalSTRS could adversely affect our ability to achieve our business plan by reducing our fee income and access to co-investment capital to acquire additional properties.

 

   

Under our CalSTRS joint venture, until the earlier of May 1, 2007 or the date CalSTRS has contributed an aggregate of $250 million to the joint venture, inclusive of funds already invested, we are subject to a right of first offer provision where we must submit to CalSTRS for their consideration any core plus or value-add office property, involving a total capital investment of $10 million or more, before pursuing

 

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the investment for our own account or in partnership with third parties. This right of first offer obligation could limit our ability to develop additional separate account relationships with others for these types of properties because they must first be presented by us to CalSTRS.

 

    We hold many of our properties in which we possess an ownership interest in joint ventures with third parties. We do not exercise sole decision-making authority regarding joint venture properties. Under our CalSTRS joint venture, many business decisions are controlled by CalSTRS.

 

    Conflicts of interest exist between us and certain of our officers and directors, particularly Mr. Thomas. These officers and directors may suffer different and more adverse tax consequences than holders of our common stock upon the sale of our properties, which may make the sale or refinancing of some of our properties less likely. Mr. Thomas, entities controlled by him and other members of senior management are parties to formation transaction agreements, employment agreements and non-competition agreements with us under which they will receive material benefits and have material obligations, the enforcement of which we may pursue less vigorously than we otherwise would because of our relationship with them.

 

    Mr. Thomas or entities controlled by him will continue to hold an 11% minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square following the consummation of this offering in order to minimize transaction costs. We intend to seek to acquire the minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square following the third anniversary of the offering. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so.

 

    Under the agreement by which Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him will contribute interests in certain properties to our operating partnership, we and our operating partnership have agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas against adverse tax consequences in the event that our operating partnership or the underlying property joint venture sells all or a part of our respective interests in One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. These indemnification obligations are for all direct and indirect taxes incurred. On a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, these two properties represented 67.6% of the annualized rent earned from properties in which we will hold an ownership interest upon the closing of this offering. This indemnification obligation will terminate on the fourth anniversary of this offering, unless the remaining 11% minority interest held by Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square has been acquired by our operating partnership by the end of the fourth anniversary of this offering for not more than $4.0 million in the aggregate. In this event, the indemnification period will expire on the ninth anniversary of this offering. The indemnification period may be extended to the twelfth anniversary provided Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities collectively retain at least 50% of the units in our operating partnership they received in the formation transactions.

 

    We have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to make approximately $221 million of indebtedness available for guarantee by Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him, Mr. Edward Fox, one of our non-employee directors, and Mr. Richard Gilchrist, an individual formerly affiliated with Maguire Thomas Partners. Of this amount, $210 million will be made available to be guaranteed by Mr. Thomas and entities he controls. Among other things, these guarantees will allow them to defer the recognition of gain in connection with the formation transactions. This obligation may adversely affect our ability to refinance our properties. Although our commitment to make this debt available for guarantee will be a factor considered by management when making decisions about our properties, we do not expect our commitment to materially affect business decisions such as whether, or when, to sell properties.

 

   

The terms on which Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him and other contributors will contribute properties and assets to us were not based upon arms’-length negotiations. As a result, the consideration we have committed to give in exchange for the contribution of properties and these other assets may

 

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later be determined to have exceeded the fair market value of these properties and assets. We did not obtain any third-party appraisals, valuations or fairness opinions in connection with the contribution of the properties.

 

    Our ability to complete the acquisitions described in this prospectus is dependent upon the closing of this offering and certain other conditions to closing. If we are unable to complete these acquisitions for any reason our business prospects would be harmed.

 

    We are dependent on significant tenants that may be difficult or costly to replace. The loss of one or more of our significant tenants could result in material losses to our company if we are unable to lease the related space to new tenants at similar rent rates. On a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, the 20 largest tenants leased 60.8% of total rentable square footage at the properties in which we will hold an ownership interest representing approximately 89.2% of the total annualized rent generated by these properties. Our largest tenant is Consolidated Rail Corporation, which together with its wholly-owned subsidiary New York Central Lines, LLC is referred to in this prospectus as “Conrail.” Conrail leased space at Two Commerce Square representing 41.5% of our total annualized rent from properties in which we will hold an ownership interest on a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004.

 

    As of June 30, 2004, our total pro forma consolidated indebtedness is approximately $295.9 million. In addition, as of June 30, 2004, we owned interests in unconsolidated entities subject to total long-term debt in the amount of $195.0 million. Our debt service obligations will reduce cash available to fund our operations and could expose us to default risk. Some of our loans contain lockbox arrangements, reserve requirements, financial covenants and other restrictions that may restrict or prevent the distribution of funds from our property-owning subsidiaries to us.

 

    We have issued to the entities that will receive operating partnership units in our formation transactions shares of our limited voting stock on a one-for-one basis with the operating partnership units they will receive in the formation transactions. Each of these entities is controlled by Mr. Thomas. The number of shares of our limited voting stock held by these entities is expected to aggregate 53.7% of our outstanding shares of voting stock following the completion of this offering. Although not entitled to dividends or other distributions, these limited voting shares are entitled to one vote per share on the election of directors, certain extraordinary transactions such as a merger or a sale of our company and amendments to our certificate of incorporation. As a result, Mr. Thomas will have significant influence over these matters.

 

    Differences between the book value of properties contributed to our operating partnership and the aggregate price paid for our common stock in this offering will result in an immediate and substantial dilution in the pro forma net tangible book value of our common stock equal to $8.49 per share (based upon the initial public offering price of $12.00). This dilution is the result of the difference between the value of the shares issued based upon the book value of the properties contributed to our operating partnership and the aggregate price paid for our common stock in this offering.

 

    With the exception of Diana M. Laing, our Chief Financial Officer, none of our executive officers have any experience operating a public company.

 

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Our Ownership Interest Properties

 

Our properties are located in the West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, consisting primarily of office space and also including mixed-use, multi-family and retail properties. In connection with the formation transactions, our operating partnership will acquire interests in the properties listed below. Upon completion of this offering, we will hold a 46.3% ownership interest in our operating partnership (50.3% if the overallotment option is exercised in full). We have entered into an agreement to purchase a 50% interest in One Commerce Square from an unaffiliated third party concurrent with the closing of this offering. We will hold an 89% ownership interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square upon the consummation of this offering. Mr. Thomas or entities controlled by Mr. Thomas will continue to hold the remaining 11% interest in each of these properties following the offering. We will hold a 50% interest in 2121 Market Street following the offering; the other 50% interest is held by an entity owned by Philadelphia Management, an unaffiliated Philadelphia-based real estate developer. We currently provide asset and/or property management services for six properties on behalf of CalSTRS under a separate account relationship, two of which, Reflections I and Reflections II, we will acquire a 25% interest in concurrent with the closing of this offering. Also upon the closing of this offering, we will increase our ownership interest from 5% to 25% in a joint venture with CalSTRS, which holds an 85% interest in ARCO Plaza. As a result, our indirect interest in ARCO Plaza will increase from 4.3% to 21.3%. ARCO Plaza is a value-add property. Our joint venture has a capital budget of $220 million to fund our redevelopment and repositioning of the property, which we estimate will take approximately four years to complete. We will own interests in ARCO Plaza, Reflections I and Reflections II through our joint venture with CalSTRS.

 

An overview of these properties as of June 30, 2004, including development properties and acquisitions we will complete concurrent with the closing of this offering, is presented below:

 

Core Properties


 

Location


  Predecessor
Percentage
Interest


    Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


   

Year

Built/
Renovated


  Rentable
Square
Feet(1)


  Percent
Leased


    Annualized
Rent(2)


 

Annualized
Net Rent

Per Leased
Square
Foot(3)


 

Annualized

Net Effective

Rent Per
Leased

Square
Foot(4)


One Commerce Square

 

Philadelphia, PA

  50.0 %(5)   89.0 %   1987   942,866   93.3 %   $ 10,727,627   $ 12.20   $ 10.86

Two Commerce Square

 

Philadelphia, PA

  100.0     89.0     1992   953,276   97.4       25,631,602     27.60     18.85

2121 Market Street

 

Philadelphia, PA

  50.0     50.0     2001   20,835   100.0       356,350     17.10     12.60

Reflections I

 

Reston, VA

  0.0     25.0     2000   123,546   100.0       2,553,696     20.67     20.04

Reflections II

 

Reston, VA

  0.0     25.0     1984/2001   64,253   100.0       1,471,363     22.90     20.86
       

 

     
 

 

 

 

Total/Weighted Average:

      68.2 %   82.9 %       2,104,776   95.8 %   $ 40,740,638   $ 20.20   $ 15.44
       

 

     
 

 

 

 

Value-Add Property


 

Location


 

Predecessor

Percentage
Interest


    Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


    Year Built

  Rentable
Square
Feet(1)


  Percent
Leased


    Annualized
Rent(2)


 

Annualized
Net Rent

Per Leased

Square
Foot(3)


 

Annualized
Net Effective
Rent Per
Leased

Square
Foot(4)


ARCO Plaza

 

Los Angeles, CA

  4.3 %   21.3 %   1972-1973   2,648,920   50.8 %   $ 13,011,542   $ 9.98   $ 9.74

(1)   For purposes of the tables above, both on-site and off-site parking is excluded. Total portfolio square footage includes office properties and mixed-use space (including retail), but excludes 168 apartment units. Rentable area is calculated consistent with leases in place on the property and local market conventions.

 

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(2)   Annualized rent represents the annualized monthly contractual rent under existing leases as of June 30, 2004 for 100% of the property. For leases with a remaining term of less than one year, annualized rent includes only the amounts through the expiration of the lease. Annualized rent reflects total base rent before any one-time or non-recurring rent abatements, but after annually recurring rent credits and is shown on a net basis. For any tenant under a partial gross lease (which requires the tenant to reimburse the landlord for its pro-rata share of operating expenses in excess of a stated expense stop) or under a full gross lease (which does not require the tenant to reimburse the landlord for any operating expenses) the unreimbursed portion of current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of such date) are subtracted from gross rent. Total projected recurring rent credits for leases in effect as of June 30, 2004 for the 12 months ending June 30, 2005 are $752,999. There are no operating expense credits.
(3)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent as computed above, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.
(4)   Annualized net effective rent per leased square foot represents the contractual rent for leases in place as of June 30, 2004, calculated on a straight-line basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). This amount is shown on a net basis; thus, for any tenant under a partial gross lease, the expense stop, or under a full gross lease, the current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of the date), are subtracted from gross rent. This amount is further reduced by the annual amortization of any tenant improvement or leasing costs incurred by us for the leases, and is then divided by the rentable square footage under lease as of the same date.
(5)   Effective June 1, 2004, we are allocated 100% of the net income or loss of One Commerce Square after the preferred returns to the other partners.

 

The information presented in the table above for ARCO Plaza does not include three leases for which the tenants had not taken possession of the space at June 30, 2004. In November 2003, 310,055 square feet was leased to City National Bank, the majority of which space will be vacated by Bank of America, a departing tenant. The first phases of this lease commence prior to June 30, 2005 and the term of the lease is 15 years, commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable. If this lease and these phases were reflected in the table above, the annualized rent would be $15,301,705.

 

In July 2004, 63,014 square feet was leased to Fulbright & Jaworski. We expect to deliver the space to Fulbright & Jaworski no later than October 2004, with the anticipation that the tenant will begin paying operating expenses in September 2006 and rent in January 2007. We will not be reimbursed for operating expenses from Fulbright & Jaworski for a period of approximately 24 months, and will not receive rent for a period of approximately 28 months from the delivery date. We estimate that the amount of unreimbursed operating expenses attributable to the space leased to Fulbright & Jaworski during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in October 2004 to September 2006 will be approximately $1.5 million. The term of the lease is 12 years, commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable. The aggregate rental revenue that the entity that owns ARCO Plaza (in which we will hold an indirect 21.3% interest) will accrue during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in October 2004 to January 2007 using the straight-line method described below will be approximately $2.5 million.

 

Additionally, in July 2004, 163,680 square feet was leased to Jones Day. We expect to deliver the space to Jones Day no later than January 2005, with the anticipation that the tenant will begin paying rent and operating expenses in November 2006. As a result, we will not receive rent or be reimbursed for operating expenses from this tenant for a period of approximately 22 months from the delivery date. We estimate that the amount of unreimbursed operating expenses attributable to the space leased to Jones Day during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in January 2005 to November 2006 will be approximately $3.6 million. The aggregate rental revenue that the entity that owns ARCO Plaza (in which we will hold an indirect 21.3% interest) will accrue during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in January 2005 to November 2006 using the straight-line method described below will be approximately $5.3 million. The term of the lease is 15 years commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable.

 

For financial accounting purposes, the minimum base rents associated with the Fulbright & Jaworski and Jones Day leases will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of these leases beginning when the tenant takes possession and ending when the lease expires assuming all early lease termination options, if any, are exercised, and all renewal options, if any, are not exercised. The excess of rental revenue recognized over

 

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amounts contractually due under these leases will be included in deferred rents on the balance sheet of our joint venture with CalSTRS (which is an unconsolidated subsidiary of our company). Reimbursement of operating expenses will not be recorded by our joint venture on a straight-line basis as the amounts are not fixed and determinable. Therefore, there will be no accounting recognition by our joint venture for tenant reimbursements relating to these operating expenses until such time as these tenants begin reimbursing our joint venture for such expenses.

 

At least $20 million in upgrades are required under the leases with City National Bank, Fulbright & Jaworski, and Jones Day, which must be completed by December 31, 2006 under the Jones Day lease and by December 31, 2008 under the City National Bank and Fulbright & Jaworski leases.

 

ARCO Plaza was re-measured in accordance with Building Owners and Managers Association (“BOMA”) 1996 standards concurrent with the acquisition of an interest by our joint venture with CalSTRS in 2003. The total BOMA 1996 square footage for the property is 2,648,920. However, the total property net rentable square feet used for the calculations with respect to percent leased, annualized net rent per leased square foot and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot in this prospectus represents the sum of the square footage of existing leases, a majority of which do not reflect BOMA 1996 measurement guidelines and the square footage of available space determined in accordance with BOMA 1996 measurement guidelines. We are not permitted to use the newer BOMA guidelines in our calculations with respect to the leases in place for existing tenants at the time we acquired the property as this would effectively increase the rentable square feet leased and, correspondingly, the rent under the lease. The resulting ARCO Plaza rentable square footage is 2,566,884. The resulting total portfolio square footage is 4,671,660.

 

Our development properties in which we own an interest or hold an option to purchase as of June 30, 2004, are presented below. At present, we are in the pre-development phase with respect to each of these properties. The periods under the heading “Potential Build-out Period” represent our current estimate of the period from commencement of construction through completion of the structural shell, core and tenant improvements. Actual commencement, completion and cost of construction will vary based upon market conditions and other factors.

 

Development
Properties


 

Location


  Percentage
Interest


    Number
of Acres


   

Potential

Property
Types


  Potential Rentable
Square Feet Upon
Completion/
Development


    Potential Build-
out Period


  Estimated
Built-out
Cost(1)


 

Four Points Centre

  Austin, TX   100 %   230.4 (2)  

Office/Retail/

R&D/Hotel

  1,430,000 (3)   2006-2012   $ 220,000,000  

The Square at Four Points Centre

  Austin, TX   100 (4)   29.4     Retail   230,000     2005-2006     20,000,000  

2101 Market Street

 

Philadelphia, PA

  100     1.7     Residential/ Office/Retail   975,000 (5)   2005-2010     150,000,000 (6)

Campus El Segundo

 

El Segundo, CA

  63     46.5    

Office/Retail/

R&D

  2,175,000 (7)   2005-2015     280,000,000  
             

     

     


Total

            308.0         4,810,000         $ 670,000,000  
             

     

     



(1)   These estimated build-out costs represent only our anticipated percentage ownership interest. As we anticipate that we will enter into one or more joint ventures with respect to portions of these properties, our share of the cost may differ from our current percentage interest in the properties. The anticipated costs are based on current development plans, our expectations as to our ownership interest at the time of development (assuming an 80% interest in Four Points Centre, a 50% interest in The Square at Four Points Centre, a 57% interest in 2101 Market Street and a 50% interest in Campus El Segundo) and management’s experience, but depend on a variety of factors that are subject to change, including costs at the time of actual construction. At the time of construction, we would expect to finance a majority of the build-out cost with construction financing, and arrange for permanent financing on the property upon completion and stabilization of the project.
(2)   Includes 182 acres designated as a habitat preserve.
(3)   The property will support the development of 280,000 rentable square feet of office space, 900,000 rentable square feet of office and research and development space, and a 250,000 rentable square feet (250 rooms) hotel.

 

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(4)   We recently entered into a joint venture agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors to develop The Square at Four Points Centre. Our contribution of this property to the joint venture is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions expected to occur in 2005. Following this contribution, we would hold a 50% interest in this property through this joint venture.
(5)   Currently, the three parcels have a combined floor area ratio (“FAR”) of 975,000 square feet. If certain city approvals are obtained, the combined FAR will be 1,500,000 square feet.
(6)   Represents an estimated cost of $85 million for construction of 575,000 rentable square feet of office space, and an estimated cost of $65 million for construction of 400,000 rentable square feet of residential use space.
(7)   We own a majority interest in a joint venture that has an agreement to purchase this property. Entitlements have been granted for 1,905,000 square feet for office, research and development, and telecom space, and 270,000 square feet for retail, hotel, day care and restaurant space.

 

Our portfolio in which we presently have an ownership interest includes approximately 3,583 vehicle spaces which are revenue generating within on-site and off-site parking facilities. The following table presents an overview of these garage properties as of June 30, 2004.

 

On-Site/Off-Site

Parking


   Square
Footage


   Vehicle
Capacity


   Vehicles
Under
Monthly
Contract(1)


  

Percentage of

Vehicle Capacity

Under Monthly
Contract


 

On-Site Parking(2)

   355,358    923    740    80.2 %

Off-Site Parking(3)

   996,665    2,660    2,750    103.4  
    
  
  
  

Total

   1,352,023    3,583    3,490    97.4 %
    
  
  
  


(1)   Includes vehicle spaces provided to tenants under lease agreements.
(2)   Includes garage space at One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square in which we will have an 89% ownership interest, and at ARCO Plaza, in which we will have an indirect 21.3% ownership interest, upon the consummation of this offering.
(3)   Includes 2101 Market Street surface lot parking and off-site garage space for ARCO Plaza in which we will have an indirect 21.3% ownership interest upon the consummation of this offering.

 

Our Managed Properties

 

In addition to our portfolio of operating and development properties in which we will hold an ownership interest following the closing of this offering, we provide asset and/or property management services for five properties as a fee service for third parties. At present, we asset and property manage four properties through our separate account relationship with CalSTRS. We developed and continue to property manage the CalEPA headquarters building. The table below presents an overview of those properties which we solely manage as of June 30, 2004. In addition, we provide asset and/or property management services for the three properties that will be held within our joint venture with CalSTRS following this offering.

 

Managed Properties(1)


  

Location


  

Year Built/
Renovated


   Rentable
Square
Feet(2)


   Percent
Leased


 

800 South Hope Street

   Los Angeles, CA    1985/2000    242,176    90.1 %

Valencia Town Center

   Valencia, CA    1996-2001    393,632    98.2  

Pacific Financial Plaza

  

Newport Beach, CA

   1982/1993    279,474    86.3  

1835 Market Street

   Philadelphia, PA    1986-1987    685,853    78.3  

CalEPA Headquarters

  

Sacramento, CA

   2000    950,000    100.0  
              
  

Total/Weighted Average

             2,551,135    91.5 %
              
  


(1)   800 South Hope Street, Valencia Town Center, Pacific Financial Plaza and the CalEPA headquarters building are core properties. 1835 Market Street is a core plus property, which we are currently repositioning on behalf of CalSTRS as a fee service.
(2)   For purposes of the table above, both on-site and off-site parking is excluded. Total portfolio square footage includes office properties and mixed-use space (including retail). Rentable area is calculated consistent with leases in place on the property and local market conventions.

 

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Formation Transactions

 

Simultaneously with the completion of this offering, we will consolidate substantially all of the ownership interests in the commercial real estate investment, management, leasing and development businesses of TPG into our operating partnership. Upon completion of this offering, we will hold a 46.3% ownership interest in our operating partnership (50.3% if the overallotment option is exercised in full). The common stock being sold by us in this offering represents 46.1% of our voting stock to be outstanding following the offering.

 

Each property interest in One Commerce Square, Two Commerce Square, 2121 Market Street, ARCO Plaza 2101 Market Street, Campus El Segundo and Four Points Centre (which includes The Square at Four Points Centre) to be contributed to us upon the closing of this offering is currently owned by a partnership or limited liability company, each of which is controlled by Mr. Thomas. The investors in these properties include Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by Mr. Thomas, Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo, Mr. Edward Fox, one of our non-employee directors, and Mr. Richard Gilchrist, an individual formerly affiliated with Maguire Thomas Partners. Our operating partnership will issue an aggregate of 16,666,666 operating partnership units with an approximate value of $200.0 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock to contributors of property interests in our formation transactions. These entities, the number of limited partnership units in our operating partnership and the interest they are expected to hold in our company following the offering on a fully diluted basis are as follows: Maguire Thomas Partners-Philadelphia, Ltd. (3,514,500 units, 11.3%); Thomas Investment Partners, Ltd. (6,874,833 units, 22.2%); Maguire Thomas Partners-Commerce Square II, Ltd. (2,308,500 units, 7.4%); Thomas Master Investments, LLC (1,312,666 units, 4.2%); Thomas Partners, Inc. (137,000 units, .4%); Thomas-Pastron Family Partnership, L.P. (666,000 units, 2.2%); and The Lumbee Clan Trust (1,853,167 units, 6.0%), collectively, the “Thomas Entities.” The determination of the number of operating partnership units to be issued to the contributing entities, and the value of each of the properties and interests therein being transferred to us in exchange for the units, was made by us following discussions and negotiations with the relevant parties. These negotiations were not conducted on an arms’-length basis.

 

Our contributed assets were valued based on several factors, including:

 

    a multiple of historic and expected future earnings;

 

    discounted cash flow analysis;

 

    internal rate of return analysis;

 

    historic capital invested to date in our assets and a review of estimated replacement costs;

 

    prices of comparable properties and companies that have been sold recently; and

 

    current market valuations of other publicly traded companies considered to be comparable to our company.

 

No single factor was given greater weight than any other in valuing these assets. We did not obtain independent appraisals for any of these assets in connection with the contribution transactions. As a result, the consideration we have committed to give in exchange for the contribution of these properties and assets may later be determined to have exceeded the fair value of these assets. However, our management believes that the total fair value of all consideration given in connection with our formation transactions is equal to the fair value of the assets acquired. In connection with the determination of consideration to be paid for each of the contributed assets, the total number of units of our operating partnership is fixed. Accordingly, the ultimate value of the consideration we deliver in exchange for the initial assets is based on the initial public offering price of our common stock.

 

CalSTRS obtains annual appraisals of the properties that we manage under our separate account relationship, including Reflections I and Reflections II, in which we will acquire a 25% interest in the formation

 

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transactions. These appraisals are obtained by CalSTRS for its purposes, including the determination of fees paid to us under the separate account relationship. CalSTRS has not obtained an appraisal of ARCO Plaza since our joint venture acquired this property. The most recent appraisals of Reflections I and Reflections II were obtained in December 2003 and April 2004, respectively. The purchase price we are paying for the 25% interest in Reflections I is approximately eight percent more than the implied value shown on the most recent appraisal and the purchase price for the 25% interest in Reflections II is approximately five percent more than the implied value shown on the most recent appraisal. The purchase prices for these two properties, as well as for the additional interest in ARCO Plaza, were established on an arms’-length basis, and were not based on these appraisals for several reasons, including that CalSTRS had obtained these appraisals for purposes other than the purchase price negotiations, and the appraisal for Reflections I was more than five months old when we agreed on the purchase price. Further, we performed and relied upon our own analysis with respect to the fair market value of these properties.

 

Owners’ deficit at June 30, 2004 of $3,775,000 is the result of cumulative net losses and distributions in excess of cumulative contributions. Cumulative net losses are significantly impacted by interest expense, which continues to be a significant component of expenses on a pro forma basis. Cumulative net losses are also impacted by depreciation expense, which is not reflective of changes in the value of the underlying assets. The aggregate historical combined net tangible book value of the interests and assets to be contributed to us was approximately negative $47.7 million as of June 30, 2004. Historical combined net tangible book value is derived from the historical cost basis of tangible assets (as reduced by accumulated depreciation) minus total liabilities. Tangible assets represents total assets minus deferred rents, deferred leasing and loan costs and deferred offering costs. Because depreciation expense is not reflective of changes in the value of the underlying assets, we believe that the historical cost basis of the assets is not indicative of the value of those assets.

 

We will purchase a 25% interest in Reflections I and Reflections II, two of the six properties that we asset manage for CalSTRS, and also purchase from CalSTRS an additional interest in ARCO Plaza that will bring our total indirect interest in that property to 21.3%. The purchase price for the 25% interest in each of Reflections I and Reflections II will aggregate $11.8 million, and the purchase price for the additional interest in ARCO Plaza will be $23.0 million. The purchase prices for these properties are subject to adjustments for customary prorations and closing costs or credits. The purchase price for the additional interest in ARCO Plaza will also be adjusted downward for the increase in the outstanding debt associated with ARCO Plaza resulting from the refinancing that occurred in July and August 2004, which was subsequent to the agreement on the purchase price for this property interest. We estimate that this downward adjustment and closing costs or credits will not result in a material change to the purchase price we will pay CalSTRS for the interests in these three properties or our use of proceeds from this offering. We will also acquire a 50% interest in One Commerce Square from two entities affiliated with the Lazard Real Estate Fund for $24.2 million and the assumption of $9.7 million of partnership liabilities. In connection with the formation transactions, our operating partnership will also use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering to repay $10.7 million of existing indebtedness and to redeem $11.4 million of preferred equity from the unaffiliated holder of the mezzanine loan on One Commerce Square, and to fund $4.2 million in required reserves for the property.

 

As noted above, we will spend a total of $34.8 million to acquire a 25% interest in Reflections I and Reflections II and to increase our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza. In addition, following the offering we will have a commitment to fund approximately $56 million under our joint venture with CalSTRS, with a commitment by CalSTRS to fund the remaining $164 million.

 

These formation transactions are intended to facilitate this offering and consummate the pending transactions and acquisitions described in this prospectus. We will contribute the net proceeds from this offering and the $166,667 from the issuance of our limited voting stock to our operating partnership.

 

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As of June 30, 2004, we own interests in properties (or entities that hold these properties) with total pro forma consolidated indebtedness of $295.9 million. In addition, we own interests in unconsolidated entities subject to total long-term debt of $195.0 million as of June 30, 2004.

 

Our Structure

 

The chart below depicts what our ownership structure will be upon completion of the formation transactions, our various acquisition transactions and the closing of this offering. Each of the limited partners in our operating partnership is an entity controlled by Mr. Thomas.

 

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(1)   Subject to the limitations in our operating partnership agreement, the limited partnership interests held by the limited partners may be redeemed for cash, or, at our option, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis commencing 14 months after the completion of this offering.
(2)   As a result of his control of the Thomas Entities, Mr. Thomas will control the voting of 100% of the shares of our limited voting stock, representing 53.7% of our outstanding voting stock following this offering.

 

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Conflicts of Interest; Benefits to Related Parties

 

Following the completion of this offering, there will be conflicts of interest between the direct and indirect owners of units in our operating partnership, including Mr. Thomas and our other executive officers, on the one hand, and us and our stockholders, on the other. In addition, the consummation of certain business combinations, such as the sale of interests in two of our properties or a reduction or refinancing of indebtedness on our properties, could have adverse tax consequences to Mr. Thomas and Mr. Edward Fox, one of our non-employee directors, which would make the transactions less desirable to them.

 

In connection with the formation transactions and this offering, Mr. Thomas, through the Thomas Entities, will receive benefits including:

 

    A 51.5% interest in our company on a fully diluted basis (excluding incentive units in our operating partnership granted to other executive officers), comprised of 15,983,331 units in our operating partnership as a result of the formation transactions with a value of approximately $191.8 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock. This value will increase or decrease if our common stock price increases or decreases.

 

    Mr. Thomas will receive a grant of 46,667 shares of restricted common stock after the consummation of the offering with a value of $560,004 based on the initial offering price of $12.00. These restricted shares will vest on the third anniversary of the grant, but could vest after two years upon the satisfaction of certain performance goals that will be set by our compensation committee following the consummation of this offering.

 

    Each Thomas Entity that will receive operating partnership units in our formation transactions has been issued an equal number of shares of our limited voting stock. Each Thomas Entity is controlled by Mr. Thomas. These limited voting shares are entitled to one vote per share on certain matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders and are equal to 53.7% of our outstanding voting stock.

 

    Indemnification by us and our operating partnership against adverse tax consequences in the event that we or the underlying property partnership sell in a taxable transaction a portion or all of our respective interests in One Commerce Square or Two Commerce Square. This indemnification period will be four years, unless Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities contribute the remaining 11% minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square to us prior to the fourth anniversary of this offering for not more than $4.0 million in the aggregate. In this event, the indemnification period will expire on the ninth anniversary, which may be extended to the twelfth anniversary provided Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities collectively retain at least 50% of the units received by them in the formation transactions.

 

    Our commitment to use commercially reasonable efforts to make $210 million of indebtedness available to be guaranteed by Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities. Allowing Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities to guaranty this debt will allow them to defer the recognition of gain in connection with the formation transactions.

 

    An employment agreement providing Mr. Thomas with salary, bonus and other benefits, including severance upon a termination of his employment under some circumstances.

 

    Our release of Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities of all claims, liabilities, damages and obligations related to ownership of the properties that exist at the closing of the formation transactions, other than breaches of the employment agreement, non-competition agreement and master contribution agreement entered into by Mr. Thomas in connection with the formation transactions.

 

   

Mr. Thomas or the Thomas Entities will continue to beneficially own an 11% minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. While there is no agreement to this effect, we expect to offer to acquire the remaining 11% interest at fair market value by issuing Mr. Thomas

 

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additional units in our operating partnership after a three-year period. The acquisition of the remaining 11% interest in each of these properties will not affect control of our operating partnership, as we will continue to be the sole general partner of our operating partnership and any operating partnership units issued by us in exchange for these interests will be limited partnership interests and will not be paired with shares of limited voting stock.

 

    In addition, we are in discussions that would release Mr. Thomas from the guarantees of debt on our Four Points Centre and 2101 Market Street properties, up to a maximum amount of $5.5 million. The mezzanine lender on our Two Commerce Square property has not agreed to release Mr. Thomas from guarantees of the mezzanine loans on the property equal to approximately $7.5 million, and we have accordingly agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas in the event these guarantees are called upon.

 

Our executive officers and directors, other than Mr. Thomas, will also receive material benefits as a result of this offering and the formation transactions, including:

 

    A 2.2% beneficial interest in our company on a fully diluted basis (excluding incentive units in our operating partnership granted to our executive officers other than Mr. Thomas), comprised of an aggregate of 683,335 units in our operating partnership received as a result of the formation transactions, with an approximate value of $8.2 million based on the initial offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock.

 

    Our executive officers will enter into employment agreements with us providing for salary, bonus and other benefits.

 

    The grant of 183,334, 233,334, 200,000 and 50,000 incentive units in our operating partnership to each of Thomas S. Ricci, Randall L. Scott and Mr. Sischo, our Executive Vice Presidents, and Diana M. Laing, our Chief Financial Officer, respectively. These incentive units will vest ratably over a three-year period, subject to the executive’s continued service and other terms of our Incentive Plan. In addition, Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo and Ms. Laing will receive grants of 16,667, 16,667, 16,667, and 13,334 incentive units, respectively, which will vest on the third anniversary of the grant but could vest after two years upon the satisfaction of certain performance goals that will be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering.

 

    The release of executive officers who are a party to the master contribution agreements of all claims, liabilities, damages and obligations related to their ownership of properties contributed to us that may exist at the closing of the formation transactions, other than breaches of the employment agreements, non-competition agreements and contribution agreements entered into by them in connection with the formation transactions.

 

    Each of our four non-employee directors will receive 2,500 shares of restricted stock with a value of $30,000 based on the initial offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock. These restricted shares will be granted under our Non-Employee Directors Restricted Stock Plan (the “Non-Employee Director Plan”).

 

Holders of operating partnership units issued as a result of the formation transactions have rights, beginning 14 months after the completion of this offering, to cause us to redeem their operating partnership units for cash equal to the then-current market value of our common stock, or, at our election, exchange their operating partnership units for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. In addition, beginning 14 months after the completion of this offering, the holders of these shares of common stock will have the right to cause us to register shares of our common stock that we issue to them in exchange for their units.

 

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The Offering

 

Common stock presently being offered by us

14,285,714 shares

 

Common stock and operating partnership units to be outstanding after this offering(1)

31,009,147 shares/units(2)

 

Use of proceeds

We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering to:

 

    acquire a 25% interest in two of the six properties for which we act as asset manager for CalSTRS for $11.8 million and increase our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza to 21.3% for a purchase price of $23.0 million;

 

    acquire a 50% third-party interest in One Commerce Square for $24.2 million in cash and assume $9.7 million in partnership liabilities;

 

    repay aggregate indebtedness on One Commerce Square of $10.7 million, redeem $11.4 million of preferred equity held by an unaffiliated mezzanine debt lender on this property and fund a required reserve of $4.2 million;

 

    repay principal of $9.2 million on the mezzanine loan on One Commerce Square (which prepayment will be made in March 2005 or earlier with the consent of the lender);

 

    pay costs associated with our development properties estimated to be $25 million through the end of 2005; and

 

    the balance of the net proceeds to partially fund our co-investment obligation to our joint venture with CalSTRS or make other future property acquisitions.

 

Nasdaq symbol

TPGI


(1)   Operating partnership units issued in our formation transactions will be paired with shares of our limited voting stock on a one-for-one basis.
(2)   Includes shares of common stock issued in this offering, 100 shares of common stock issued to Mr. Thomas in connection with the initial capitalization of our company, restricted stock issued to Mr. Thomas and each of our non-employee directors concurrent with the closing of the offering and units in our operating partnership issued in our formation transactions that are redeemable for cash, or at our option, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis beginning 14 months following completion of this offering.

 

In addition to the 14,342,481 shares of common stock that will be outstanding after this offering, we will have 17,951,902 additional shares of common stock available for issuance under the following plans and arrangements:

 

    16,666,666 shares reserved for issuance with respect to operating partnership units issued in connection with our formation transactions that may be redeemed for cash or, at our option, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis, beginning 14 months after the completion of this offering;

 

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    1,235,236 shares available for future issuance under our Incentive Plan, net of 730,003 incentive units and 46,667 shares of restricted stock we intend to award our executive officers under our Incentive Plan following the closing of this offering. Of the 1,235,236 shares available for future issuance, 616,188 are reserved for future restricted stock and restricted incentive unit grants and the remainder for future option grants; and

 

    50,000 shares available for future issuance under our Non-Employee Director Plan, net of 10,000 shares of restricted stock we will grant to our non-employee directors under our Non-Employee Director Plan following the closing of this offering.

 

This prospectus may contain trademarks and trade names of other companies. All trademarks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective holders.

 

Restrictions on Transfer

 

Under our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units may not be redeemed for a period of 14 months following the closing of this offering, and are not transferable, except under limited circumstances. In addition, our executive officers and directors, including Mr. Thomas, have agreed not to sell or otherwise transfer any shares of our common stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into our common stock (including units) directly or indirectly owned by them at completion of this offering or thereafter acquired for a period of 180 days after completion of this offering without the consent of the underwriters. However, in the case of our executive officers, including Mr. Thomas, each individual will be eligible to pledge operating partnership units directly or indirectly owned to an institutional lender and borrow against the pledged securities up to 50% of their value. In addition, Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities will pledge operating partnership units with a value of $10.0 million based on the initial offering price in order to secure Mr. Thomas’ and these entities’ indemnification obligations to our operating partnership under their contribution agreements.

 

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Summary Combined Financial Data

 

The following table sets forth summary combined financial data on an unaudited pro forma basis for our company giving effect to the offering and related formation transactions, and historical combined financial data for Thomas Properties Group, LLC and its affiliates (“TPG”) as of and for the periods presented. TPG comprises the current and historical entities referred to collectively in this prospectus as the “Predecessor” to Thomas Properties Group, Inc. The Predecessor’s financial data includes the issuance of Thomas Properties Group, Inc.’s common stock to Mr. Thomas in connection with the initial capitalization of our company and the issuance of shares of our limited voting stock in anticipation of the formation transactions. The TPG historical combined financial data includes the following operations and properties for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, or since inception, as indicated:

 

    the investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations of TPG (for all periods presented);

 

    the real estate operations of the TPG affiliates that currently own interests in Four Points Centre (beginning December 2000), Campus El Segundo (beginning February 2001), Two Commerce Square and 2101 Market Street (for all periods presented), and One Commerce Square (beginning June 2004); and

 

    investment and equity in income (net income or loss) from the operations of the TPG affiliates that currently own interests in One Commerce Square (through May 2004), 2121 Market Street (beginning with formation in January 2001 and operations in September 2001) and ARCO Plaza (beginning January 2003).

 

Although we have responsibility for day-to-day operations with respect to each of these entities or operating properties (other than 2121 Market Street), applicable accounting rules do not allow us to consolidate the results of some of these entities because we did not, during the relevant time period, own a greater than 50% interest or unilaterally control major decisions and these entities were not considered variable interest entities.

 

You should read the following information together with other financial information and analysis presented elsewhere in this prospectus, included under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information” and in our combined financial statements and the related notes.

 

The historical combined balance sheet data as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 of TPG and combined statements of operations data, cash flow data and other data for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 have been derived from the audited historical combined financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The historical combined balance sheet data as of June 30, 2004 of TPG and combined statements of operations data, cash flow data and other data for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 have been derived from the unaudited historical combined financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003 is presented as if this offering and the formation transactions had occurred on the first day of the period presented. Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2004, is presented as if this offering and formation transactions occurred as of June 30, 2004. The pro forma statement of operations data reflects the consolidation of One Commerce Square through May 31, 2004 (since One Commerce Square is consolidated in the historical financial statements effective as of June 1, 2004), with the company holding an 89% ownership interest as a result of a 39% interest being transferred to us in connection with the formation transactions and the acquisition of an additional 50% ownership interest in the property from a third party, and Mr. Thomas and related entities retaining an 11% ownership interest. We will also receive an 89% interest in Two Commerce Square as a result of the

 

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formation transactions, with Mr. Thomas and related entities retaining an 11% ownership interest. Our operating partnership will receive a cumulative preferred return on its 89% interest in both One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. The cumulative preferred return will be effective for Two Commerce Square upon the consummation of the offering, and for One Commerce Square following repayment of the mezzanine loan on the property or consent by the lender on or before March 2005, provided that such preferred return will be deemed to accrue from the date of consummation of the offering. The preferred return will be 8.0% in year one, increasing 1.0% each year, to a maximum of 12.0%. Since the preferred capital is in excess of the historical cost basis capital of each asset at the date of contribution, no income or loss has been allocated to the minority interest held by Mr. Thomas and related entities in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2004, and for the year ended December 31, 2003 and no minority interest has been recorded for them in the pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2004. In addition, the pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations data reflects the acquisition of a 25% interest in each of Reflections I and Reflections II, and the increase of our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3%. Our pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial position and results of operations would have been as of the date and for the periods indicated, nor does it purport to represent our future financial position or results of operations.

 

     Six months ended June 30,

    Year ended December 31,

 
    

Pro Forma

Consolidated


    Historical
Combined


   

Pro Forma

Consolidated


    Historical Combined

 
     2004

    2004

    2003

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

 
     (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Statement of Operations Data:

                                                        

Revenues:

                                                        

Rental

   $ 16,699     $ 11,209     $ 10,202     $ 33,827     $ 20,418     $ 20,495     $ 20,331  

Tenant reimbursements

     9,198       5,691       4,993       17,646       9,935       9,620       8,964  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

     4,060       4,661       8,279       12,509       13,836       6,427       4,727  

Parking and other

     1,865       1,138       1,058       3,825       2,087       2,133       2,302  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Revenues

     31,822       22,699       24,532       67,807       46,276       38,675       36,324  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                                        

Rental property operating and maintenance

     7,504       4,457       3,521       15,446       7,224       6,446       5,922  

Real estate taxes

     2,886       1,747       1,684       5,943       3,299       3,233       3,192  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

     5,542       5,746       5,671       9,828       10,063       6,349       6,210  

Interest

     13,466       11,007       10,344       27,399       21,362       21,361       21,794  

Depreciation and amortization

     5,529       3,188       2,839       11,279       5,795       5,879       6,039  

General and administrative

     124       —         —         247       —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Expenses

     35,051       26,145       24,059       70,142       47,743       43,268       43,157  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

     (3,229 )     (3,446 )     473       (2,335 )     (1,467 )     (4,593 )     (6,833 )

Gain on sale of real estate

     975       975       —         —         —         —         —    

Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated/uncombined real estate entities

     488       (529 )     (585 )     1,239       (1,088 )     993       1,285  

Minority interest(1)

     948       (403 )     —         589       —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Loss before benefit for income taxes

     (818 )     (3,403 )     (112 )     (507 )     (2,555 )     (3,600 )     (5,548 )

Benefit for income taxes

     327       —         —         203       —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net Loss

   $ (491 )   $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (304 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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     Six months ended June 30,

    Year ended December 31,

 
    

Pro Forma

Consolidated


    Historical
Combined


   

Pro Forma

Consolidated


    Historical Combined

 
     2004

    2004

    2003

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

 
     (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Pro forma basic loss per share(2)

   $ (0.03 )                   $ (0.02 )                        

Pro forma diluted loss per share

   $ (0.03 )                   $ (0.02 )                        

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—basic

     14,306,114                       14,306,114                          

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted

     14,306,114                       14,306,114                          

Balance Sheet Data (at period end):

                                                        

Investments in real estate, net

   $ 285,991     $ 252,362               —       $ 166,701     $ 170,388     $ 173,642  

Total assets

     458,822       327,764               —         229,725       231,164       235,563  

Mortgages and other secured loans

     295,875       296,799               —         225,841       238,295       242,172  

Total liabilities

     307,236       308,133               —         231,462       242,237       245,677  

Minority interest

     81,926       23,406               —         1,133       1,133       650  

Stockholders’/owners’ equity (deficit)

     69,660       (3,775 )             —         (2,870 )     (12,206 )     (10,764 )

Total liabilities and stockholders’/owners’ equity

     458,822       327,764               —         229,725       231,164       235,563  

Other Data:

                                                        

EBITDA(3)

   $ 17,229     $ 11,195     $ 13,071     $ 37,582     $ 24,602     $ 23,640     $ 22,285  

Cash flows from:

                                                        

Operating activities

     —         1,862       4,929       —         13,374       8,704       2,675  

Investing activities

     —         1,200       (3,396 )     —         (9,117 )     (3,027 )     1,049  

Financing activities

     —         (2,523 )     (1,584 )     —         (4,513 )     (4,249 )     (5,339 )

Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Loss:

                                                        

Net loss

   $ (491 )   $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (304 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )

Plus:

                                                        

Interest Expense

     13,466       11,007       10,344       27,399       21,362       21,361       21,794  

Depreciation and amortization

     5,529       3,188       2,839       11,279       5,795       5,879       6,039  

Less:

                                                        

Minority interest

     948       (403 )     —         589       —         —         —    

Benefit for income taxes

     327       —         —         203       —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


EBITDA

   $ 17,229     $ 11,195     $ 13,071     $ 37,582     $ 24,602     $ 23,640     $ 22,285  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 



(1)   Pro forma data includes allocation of net loss to minority interest held by limited partners in the operating partnership.
(2)   Pro forma basic loss per share is computed assuming this offering was consummated as of the first day of the period presented and equals pro forma net loss divided by the number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering, excluding the weighted average of the number of unvested shares of restricted stock.
(3)   We believe that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) is helpful to investors as an additional measure of performance for a public company because it is predicated on operating income. While EBITDA is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance of public companies, other public companies may use different methodologies for calculating EBITDA. Accordingly, EBITDA as disclosed by such other public companies may not be comparable to our EBITDA as discussed in this prospectus. In order to facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, we believe that EBITDA should be reconciled with net income (loss) as presented in the financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), computed in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of our financial performance or cash flow from operating activities, computed in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our common stock involves significant risks and uncertainties. In addition to other information contained in this prospectus, you should carefully consider the risks described below before making a decision to acquire shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. The occurrence of one of more of the following risks could cause the market price of our common stock to decline, and could cause you to lose all or a part of your investment. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward looking statements. See the section entitled “Forward Looking Statements.” All statements in the following risk factors that relate to our portfolio of properties in which we hold an ownership interest or manage, and square footage are presented as if the offering and the formation transactions had occurred as of June 30, 2004 and includes office and mixed-use properties (including retail), but excluding residential space and parking facilities.

 

Risks Related to Our Properties and Our Business

 

We generate a significant portion of our revenues as a result of our relationships with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”). If we were to lose these relationships, our financial results and growth prospects would be significantly negatively affected.

 

Our relationships with CalSTRS are a significant factor in our ability to achieve our intended business growth. Our separate account and joint venture relationships with CalSTRS provide us with substantial fee revenues. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, approximately 17.4%, 6.0% and 4.8%, respectively, of our revenue has been derived from these relationships.

 

We cannot assure you that our relationships with CalSTRS will continue and we may not be able to replace these relationships with another strategic alliance that would provide comparable revenues. Our interest in our CalSTRS joint venture is subject to a buy-sell provision, and is subject to purchase by CalSTRS upon the occurrence of certain events. Under the buy-sell provision, either our operating partnership or CalSTRS can initiate a buy-out by delivering a notice to the other specifying a purchase price for all the joint venture’s assets, and the other venture partner then has the option to sell its joint venture interest or purchase the interest of the initiating venture partner. The purchase price is based on what each venture partner would receive on liquidation if the joint venture’s assets were sold for the specified price and the joint venture’s liabilities paid and the remaining assets distributed to the joint venture partners. The buy-sell process can be initiated at any time after January 1, 2006. However, CalSTRS can initiate this provision earlier upon an event of default by us under the joint venture agreement or related management and development agreements or upon bankruptcy of our operating partnership or upon the death or disability of either Mr. Thomas or Mr. Sischo or the failure of either of them to devote the necessary time to perform their duties (unless replaced by an individual approved by CalSTRS) (a “buyout default”), or upon any transfer of stock of our company or limited partnership units in our operating partnership resulting in Mr. Thomas, his immediate family and controlled entities owning less than 30% of our securities entitled to vote for the election of directors. Our operating partnership can initiate the buy-sell provision earlier than January 1, 2006 upon an event of default of CalSTRS. Upon the occurrence of a buyout default allowing CalSTRS to initiate the buy-sell provisions prior to January 1, 2006, CalSTRS may instead elect to purchase our operating partnership’s joint venture interest based on a three percent discount to the appraised fair market value. Most of our fee arrangements under our separate account relationship with CalSTRS are terminable on 30 days’ notice. Termination of either our joint venture or separate account relationship with CalSTRS could adversely affect our revenue and profitability and our ability to achieve our business plan by reducing our fee income and access to co-investment capital to acquire additional properties.

 

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The contribution arrangements for our properties and the payments to contributing parties were not negotiated on an arms’-length basis and the consideration paid for our properties may exceed their fair market value.

 

There were no arms’-length negotiations with Mr. Thomas or the Thomas Entities contributing property or other interests with respect to the terms of the formation transactions. Mr. Thomas, who had significant influence in structuring the formation transactions, had a pre-existing ownership interest in the properties and will receive substantial economic benefits as a result of the formation transactions. Further, in the course of structuring the formation transactions, Mr. Thomas had the ability to influence the type and level of benefits that he and our other executive officers will receive from us.

 

We have not obtained any independent third-party appraisals, valuations or fairness opinions, in connection with establishing the terms of the formation transactions. The initial public offering price of our common stock was determined in consultation with the underwriters. The factors that were considered include prevailing market conditions, our capital structure, the value and historical performance of the properties we will receive interests in, the market capitalization and valuation of other publicly traded companies considered by us and the underwriters to be comparable to us and estimates of our business potential and earning prospects. The initial public offering price does not necessarily bear any relationship to our book value or the fair market value of our assets. As a result, the consideration we have committed to give in exchange for the contribution of properties and these other assets may later be determined to have exceeded the fair market value of these properties and assets.

 

If we are unable to consummate the acquisitions described in this prospectus, our business prospects would be seriously harmed.

 

We have an agreement with CalSTRS to increase our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3% and to purchase a 25% interest in two of the six properties we asset manage for CalSTRS for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $34.8 million. This acquisition will be made on an “as-is” basis without any representations or warranties with respect to Reflections I and Reflections II. In addition, we have a contract to acquire a 50% interest owned by a third party in One Commerce Square for $24.2 million, to repay existing indebtedness and redeem preferred equity held by an unaffiliated mezzanine lender on the property together totaling $22.0 million as of June 30, 2004, and to fund a required reserve of $4.2 million. Our failure to consummate one or more of these acquisitions could adversely impact our revenue and profitability, thereby causing a significant downturn in our operating results and financial condition.

 

Our joint venture investments may be adversely affected by our lack of control or input on decisions or shared decision-making authority or disputes with our co-venturers.

 

We hold interests in each of our operating properties in a joint venture or partnership. As a result, we do not hold a 100% ownership interest in any of our operating properties and we do not exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the property, joint venture or other entity, including with respect to cash distributions or the sale of the property. We will hold interests in three of our properties through our joint venture with CalSTRS. Our joint venture with CalSTRS requires a unanimous vote of our management committee on certain major decisions, including approval of annual business plans and budgets, financings and refinancings, and additional capital calls not in compliance with the approved annual plan. All other decisions, including sales of properties, are made based upon a majority decision of the management committee, which currently consists of two members appointed by CalSTRS and one member appointed by us. We will own an 89% interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, and Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him will hold the remaining 11% minority interests in each property. We are also co-invested with another party in 2121 Market Street. We have entered into a joint venture agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors for the development of part of the land constituting our Four Points Centre project in Austin, Texas. We expect to co-invest in the future through other partnerships, joint ventures or other entities, acquiring non-controlling interests in or sharing responsibility for managing the affairs of a property, partnership, joint venture or other entity.

 

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Investments in partnerships, joint ventures, or other entities may, under certain circumstances, involve risks including third parties who may have economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our policies or objectives. These investments may also have the risk of impasses on significant decisions, because neither we nor our partner or co-venturer would have full control over the partnership or joint venture. Disputes between us and our partners or co-venturers may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers and/or directors from focusing their full time and effort on our business. In addition, under the principles of agency and partnership law, we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of our third-party partners or co-venturers such as if a partner or co-venturer were to become bankrupt and default on its reimbursement and contribution obligations to us, were to subject property owned by the partnership or joint venture to liabilities in excess of those contemplated by the partnership or joint venture agreement, or were to incur debts or liabilities on behalf of the partnership or joint venture in excess of the authority otherwise granted by the partnership or joint venture agreement. In some joint ventures or other investments we may make, if the entity in which we invest is a limited partnership, we may acquire all or a portion of our interest in such partnership as a general partner. In such event, we could be liable for all the liabilities of the partnership, although we would attempt to limit such liability to our investment in the partnership by investing through a subsidiary.

 

CalSTRS has rights under our joint venture agreement that could adversely affect us.

 

Our joint venture agreement with CalSTRS includes provisions negotiated for the benefit of CalSTRS that could adversely affect us. Unless otherwise determined by the management committee of the joint venture (two out of the three members of which are appointed by CalSTRS), we are required to use diligent efforts to sell each joint venture property within five years of that property reaching stabilization (defined as completion of the project and 85% of the net rentable area leased), except that the holding period for Reflections I and Reflections II, both of which are 100% leased, will be separately determined by the joint venture management committee. With respect to these two properties, we are required to perform a hold/sell analysis at least annually, and make a recommendation to the management committee regarding the appropriate holding period, which could be less than five years. We have a right of first offer to purchase a joint venture property upon a required sale at a price we propose, and if CalSTRS accepts our offer we must close within 90 days. If we fail to effect a sale by the end of the specified holding period, we are subject to CalSTRS assuming control of the sale process. This may require us to sell a substantial portion of our assets at an inopportune time, or for prices that are lower than could be achieved if we had more flexibility in the timing for effecting sales.

 

We are required to present certain investment opportunities to CalSTRS which may limit our opportunities to make investments for our own account or with other third parties.

 

Under our joint venture agreement with CalSTRS, until the earlier of May 1, 2007 or the date CalSTRS has contributed an aggregate of $250 million to the joint venture, including funds already invested as of June 30, 2004, we are required to first present to CalSTRS for potential investment by the joint venture all core plus and value-add office property investment opportunities involving a total capital investment of $10 million or more that are defined within CalSTRS’ guidelines as moderate or high risk projects. If CalSTRS fails to approve the investment within five business days of receipt of all required information, then we may pursue the opportunity for our own account or in joint venture with another third party investor. This obligation may limit our ability to obtain additional separate account relationships for non-core office properties, as investment opportunities for this type of property must be first presented by us to CalSTRS.

 

We must expand our business to establish additional strategic alliances to decrease our dependence on our relationship with CalSTRS or our prospects for growth may be limited.

 

We intend to establish and extend our business to encompass strategic relationships beyond our joint venture with CalSTRS. Our business strategy includes co-investing with third parties and earning revenues from fee services and property management. Currently, our only relationship where we serve as an investment advisor

 

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and portfolio manager is with CalSTRS. In order to achieve our objectives of acting as an investment advisor and portfolio manager for others and decrease our dependence on our relationship with CalSTRS, we intend to establish new relationships and extend existing relationships and alliances with institutional and other investors. Without adequate strategic partnerships and alliances in place, we may have to invest more equity than desired in property acquisitions and incur greater risk than we prefer on projects. In addition, our efforts with respect to projects may not be as effective as they would have been with the greater access to capital afforded by these strategic relationships. In many cases, the institutional investors with which we intend to form alliances already have extensive relationships with other property developers, managers and investment advisors. If we fail to establish, successfully manage or maintain these alliances, our ability to achieve business growth and revenue diversification could suffer and our business and operating results could be harmed.

 

We depend on significant tenants, and their failure to pay rent could seriously harm our operating results and financial condition.

 

On a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, the 20 largest tenants for properties in which we will hold an ownership interest upon the closing of this offering collectively leased 60.8% of the rentable square feet of space on an annualized basis, representing 89.2% of the total annualized rent generated by these properties. Consolidated Rail Corporation which together with its wholly-owned subsidiary New York Central Lines, LLC (“Conrail”), which leases the substantial majority of space at Two Commerce Square, accounted for approximately 41.5% of the total annualized rent on a pro forma basis at June 30, 2004. Our existing lease with Conrail expires in two stages in 2008 and 2009. Conrail has subleased substantially all of its space under lease, and we have entered into direct lease agreements with many of these sublease tenants. However, these new leases are at lower rental rates, and we expect to experience a substantial decline in rental revenues from Two Commerce Square when the existing lease with Conrail expires.

 

Upon completion of this offering, our joint venture with CalSTRS will hold a 100% interest in Reflections I and Reflections II and an 85% interest in ARCO Plaza. ARCO Plaza was approximately 50% leased at June 30, 2004. We have recently entered into several leases at our ARCO Plaza property, some of which are for space that will become available in late 2004 due to the expiration of the lease held by Bank of America for approximately 450,000 square feet. City National Bank has leased 310,055 square feet of space in ARCO Plaza with the first stage of occupancy commencing in August 2004. In addition, two additional leases for 226,694 square feet of space at ARCO Plaza have recently been signed. These leases will commence in phases over the next three years. Due to these new leases, we do not presently believe there will be a significant impact on the amount of space that is under lease at ARCO Plaza as a result of the expiration of the Bank of America lease.

 

We rely on rent payments from our tenants as a source of cash to finance our business. Any of our tenants may experience a downturn in its business that may weaken its financial condition. As a result, a tenant may delay lease commencement, fail to make rental payments when due, decline to extend a lease upon its expiration, become insolvent or declare bankruptcy. Any tenant bankruptcy or insolvency, leasing delay or failure to make rental payments when due could result in the termination of the tenant’s lease and material losses to our company.

 

In particular, if any of our significant tenants becomes insolvent, suffers a downturn in its business and decides not to renew its lease or vacates a property and prevents us from leasing that property by continuing to pay base rent for the balance of the term, it may seriously harm our business. Failure on the part of a tenant to comply with the terms of a lease may give us the right to terminate the lease, repossess the applicable property and enforce the payment obligations under the lease. In those circumstances, we would be required to find another tenant. We cannot assure you that we would be able to find another tenant without incurring substantial costs, or at all, or that, if another tenant were found, we would be able to enter into a new lease on favorable terms.

 

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the relevant leases, and could ultimately preclude full collection of these amounts. If a lease is assumed by the tenant in bankruptcy, all pre-bankruptcy amounts due under the lease must be paid to us in full. However, if a lease is rejected by a tenant in bankruptcy, we would have only a general unsecured claim for damages. Any unsecured claim we hold against a bankrupt entity may be paid only to the extent that funds are available and only in the same percentage as is paid to all other holders of unsecured claims. We may recover substantially less than the full value of any unsecured claims in the event of the bankruptcy of a large tenant, which would harm our financial condition.

 

Our operating results depend upon the regional economies in which our properties are located and the demand for office and other mixed-use space and an economic downturn in these regions could harm our operating results.

 

Our operating and development properties are located in three geographic regions of the United States: the West Coast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Historically, the largest part of our revenues has been derived from our ownership and management of properties consisting primarily of office buildings. A decrease in the demand for office space in these geographic regions, and Class A office space in particular, may have a greater adverse effect on our business and financial condition than if we owned a more diversified real estate portfolio. We are susceptible to adverse developments in these regions, such as business layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, relocations of businesses, changing demographics, increased telecommuting, terrorist targeting of high-rise structures, infrastructure quality, increases in real estate and other taxes, costs of complying with government regulations or increased regulation and other factors, and the national and regional office space market such as oversupply of or reduced demand for office space. Some of the regional issues we face include the more highly regulated and taxed economy of Southern California and high local and municipal taxes for our Philadelphia properties. Any adverse economic or real estate developments in a local region, or any decrease in demand for office space resulting from the local regulatory environment, business climate or energy or fiscal problems, could adversely impact our revenue and profitability, thereby causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, the trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

 

Our debt level reduces cash available to fund business growth and may expose us to the risk of default under our debt obligations.

 

As of June 30, 2004, our total pro forma consolidated indebtedness is approximately $295.9 million. In addition, we own interests in unconsolidated entities subject to total long-term debt in the amount of $195.0 million as of June 30, 2004. Our mortgage loans, which comprise a portion of both the consolidated and unconsolidated indebtedness, are secured by first deeds of trust in the related real property. Our mezzanine loans and other secured loans, which comprise the remaining portion of both the consolidated and unconsolidated indebtedness, are secured by our direct or indirect ownership interest in the entity that owns the related real property. Additionally, Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him have guaranteed loans on our 2101 Market Street and Four Points Centre properties up to a maximum amount of $5.5 million. In connection with this offering, we are in discussions that would release Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities from these guarantees and replace these personal guarantees with a guarantee by us or our operating partnership or both. The mezzanine lender on Two Commerce Square has not agreed to release Mr. Thomas from guarantees of the mezzanine loans on the property equal to approximately $7.5 million and we have accordingly agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas in the event his guarantees are called upon. We may incur significant additional debt to finance future acquisition and development activities. It is possible the required payments of principal and interest on borrowings may leave us with insufficient cash to operate our properties profitably. Our level of debt and the limitations imposed on us by our debt agreements could have significant adverse consequences, including the following:

 

    our cash flow may be insufficient to meet our required principal and interest payments or to pay dividends;

 

    we may be unable to borrow additional funds as needed or on favorable terms;

 

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    we may be unable to refinance our indebtedness at maturity or the refinancing terms may be less favorable than the terms of our original indebtedness;

 

    we anticipate that a significant portion of our debt will bear interest at variable rates, and increases in interest rates could materially increase our interest expense;

 

    we may be unable to distribute funds from a property to our operating partnership or apply such funds to cover expenses related to another property;

 

    we could be required to dispose of one or more of our properties, possibly on disadvantageous terms;

 

    we could default on our obligations and the lenders or mortgagees may foreclose on our properties that secure their loans and receive an assignment of rents and leases;

 

    we could violate covenants in our loan documents, including provisions that may limit our ability to further mortgage a property, make distributions, acquire additional properties, repay indebtedness prior to a set date without payment of a premium or other pre-payment penalties, all of which would entitle the lenders to accelerate our debt obligations;

 

    a default under any one of our mortgage loans with cross default provisions could result in a default on other indebtedness; and

 

    because we have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain certain debt levels to provide the ability for Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him to guarantee debt of $210 million, and have agreed to make an additional $11 million of debt available for guarantee by Mr. Edward Fox, one of our non-employee directors, and by Mr. Richard Gilchrist, an individual formerly affiliated with Maguire Thomas Partners, we may not be able to refinance our debt when it would otherwise be advantageous to do so or to reduce our indebtedness when our board of directors thinks it is prudent.

 

If any one of these events were to occur, our revenue and profitability could be adversely impacted, causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, and the trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations. In addition, foreclosures could also result in our being liable under the terms of our indemnification agreement with Mr. Thomas if we were required to sell all or a portion of our interests in One Commerce Square or Two Commerce Square.

 

Following the offering we will have a substantial amount of debt which bears interest at variable rates. Our failure to hedge effectively against interest rate changes may adversely affect our results of operations.

 

We will have a substantial amount of debt at floating interest rates following the consummation of this offering. As of June 30, 2004, $7.5 million of our consolidated debt and $175 million of our unconsolidated debt was at variable interest rates. Subsequent to June 30, 2004, the $175 million loan was refinanced with a $325 million variable rate loan, consisting of a $200 million mortgage facility currently outstanding (as to which we have purchased an interest rate cap) with an additional borrowing capacity of up to $125 million of senior mezzanine debt (as to which we are required to enter into interest rate cap agreements for each advance). In addition, we entered into a $25 million junior mezzanine variable rate loan. We have purchased an interest rate cap for this loan. We intend to generally limit our exposure to interest rate volatility by using interest rate hedging arrangements and swap agreements. These arrangements involve risks, including that our hedging or swap transactions might not achieve the desired effect in eliminating the impact of interest rate fluctuations, or that counterparties may fail to honor their obligations under these arrangements. As a result, these arrangements may not be effective in reducing our exposure to interest rate fluctuations and this could reduce our revenue, require us to modify our leverage strategy, and adversely affect our expected investment returns.

 

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We may be unable to complete acquisitions necessary to grow our business, and even if consummated, we may fail to successfully operate these acquired properties.

 

Our planned growth strategy includes the acquisition of additional properties as opportunities arise. We regularly evaluate the top 20 markets in the United States for office, mixed-use and other properties for strategic opportunities. Our ability to acquire properties on favorable terms and successfully operate them is subject to the following significant risks:

 

    the potential inability to acquire a desired property because of competition from other real estate investors with more available capital, including other real estate operating companies, real estate investment trusts and investment funds;

 

    we may be unable to generate sufficient cash from operations, or obtain the necessary debt or equity to consummate an acquisition or, if obtainable, it may not be on favorable terms;

 

    we may need to spend more than budgeted amounts to make necessary improvements or renovations to acquired properties;

 

    competition from other potential acquirors may significantly increase the purchase price, even if we are able to acquire a desired property;

 

    agreements for the acquisition of office properties are typically subject to customary conditions to closing, including satisfactory completion of due diligence investigations, and we may spend significant time and money on a potential acquisition we eventually decide not to pursue;

 

    we may be unable to quickly and efficiently integrate new acquisitions, particularly acquisitions of portfolios of properties, into our existing operations;

 

    market conditions may result in higher than expected vacancy rates and lower than expected rental rates; and

 

    we may acquire properties subject to liabilities without any recourse, or with only limited recourse, for unknown liabilities such as clean-up of undisclosed environmental contamination, claims by tenants, vendors or other persons dealing with the former owners of the properties and claims for indemnification by general partners, directors, officers and others indemnified by the former owners of the properties.

 

If we cannot complete property acquisitions on favorable terms, or operate acquired properties to meet our expectations, our revenue and profitability could be adversely impacted, causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

 

Our real estate acquisitions may result in disruptions to our business as a result of the burden in negotiating these acquisitions and in integrating operations placed on our management.

 

Our business strategy includes acquisitions and investments in real estate on an ongoing basis. These acquisitions may cause disruptions in our operations and divert management’s attention from day-to-day operations, which could impair our relationships with our current tenants and employees. In addition, if we acquire real estate by acquiring another entity, we may be unable to effectively integrate the operations and personnel of the acquired business. In addition, we may be unable to train, retain and motivate any key personnel from the acquired business. If our management is unable to effectively implement our acquisition strategy, we may experience disruptions to our business.

 

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As a result of the limited time during which we have to perform due diligence of many of our acquired properties, we may become subject to significant unexpected liabilities and our properties may not meet projections.

 

When we enter into an agreement to acquire a property or portfolio of properties, we often have limited time to complete our due diligence prior to acquiring the property. To the extent we underestimate or fail to investigate or identify risks and liabilities associated with the properties we acquire, we may incur unexpected liabilities or the property may fail to perform as we expected. If we do not accurately assess the liabilities associated with properties prior to their acquisition, we may pay a purchase price that exceeds the current fair value of the net identifiable assets of the acquired property. As a result, material goodwill and other intangible assets would be required to be recorded, which could result in significant accounting charges in future periods. These charges, in addition to the financial impact of significant liabilities that we may assume, could adversely impact our revenue and profitability, causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

 

We have a near-term expectation of significant growth, and we may not be able to adapt our management and operational systems to respond to this growth, including the acquisition and integration of additional properties without unanticipated disruption or expense.

 

In order to achieve desired and planned business growth, we intend to significantly expand our asset and property management activities, and acquire a significant number of properties in the next 12 to 24 months. With the expected growth of our portfolio, we cannot assure you that we will be able to adapt our management, administrative, accounting and operational systems, or hire and retain sufficient operational staff to integrate these properties into our portfolio and manage these additional properties without operating disruptions or unanticipated costs. The acquisition of additional properties would generate additional operating expenses. As we acquire additional properties, we will be subject to risks associated with managing new properties, including tenant retention and mortgage default. Our failure to successfully integrate any future acquisitions into our portfolio could adversely impact our revenue and profitability, causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

 

We may be unable to successfully complete and operate properties under development, which would impair our financial condition and operating results.

 

A significant part of our business is devoted to the development of office, mixed-use and other properties, including the redevelopment of core plus and value-add properties. Our development, construction and redevelopment activities involve the following significant risks:

 

    we may be unable to obtain construction or redevelopment financing on favorable terms or at all;

 

    if we finance development projects through construction loans, we may be unable to obtain permanent financing at all or on advantageous terms;

 

    we may not complete development projects on schedule or within budgeted amounts;

 

    we may underestimate the expected costs and time necessary to achieve the desired result with a redevelopment project;

 

    we may discover structural, environmental or other feasibility issues with properties acquired as redevelopment projects following our acquisition, which may render the planned redevelopment as planned not possible;

 

    we may encounter delays or refusals in obtaining all necessary zoning, land use, building, occupancy, and other required governmental permits and authorizations; and

 

    occupancy rates and rents at newly developed or renovated properties may fluctuate depending on a number of factors, including market and economic conditions, and may result in our investment not being profitable.

 

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If we are not successful in our property development initiatives, this could adversely impact our revenue and profitability, causing a significant downturn in our business, including our financial condition, results of operations, trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

 

Our efforts to expand our geographic presence and diversify into other regional real estate markets may not be successful, thereby constraining our growth to markets in which we currently operate.

 

We intend to expand our business to new geographic regions where we expect the development, ownership and management of property to result in favorable risk-adjusted investment returns. In order for us to achieve economies of scale, we generally target ownership of 500,000 or more rentable square feet in a market. It may be difficult for us to achieve this level of ownership and our initial entry into a particular market may result in higher administrative expenses for us initially. Presently, we do not possess the same level of familiarity with the development, ownership and management of properties in locations other than the West Coast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions in the United States, which could adversely affect our ability to develop properties outside these regions successfully or at all or to achieve expected performance.

 

We face significant competition, which may decrease or prevent increases of the occupancy and rental rates of our properties.

 

We face significant competition from other developers, managers and owners of office and mixed-use real estate, many of which own properties similar to ours in the same regional markets in which our properties are located. We also compete with other diversified real estate companies and companies focused solely on offering property investment management and brokerage services. A number of our competitors are larger and better able to take advantage of efficiencies created by size, and have better financial resources, or increased access to capital at lower costs, and may be better known in regional markets in which we compete. Our smaller size as compared to some of our competition may increase our susceptibility to economic downturns and pressures on rents. Our failure to compete successfully in our industry would materially affect our business prospects.

 

We may be unable to renew leases, lease vacant space or re-lease space as leases expire resulting in increased vacancy rates, lower revenue and an adverse effect on our operating results.

 

On a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, leases representing 10.2% and 8.6% of the rentable square feet of the office and mixed-use properties in which we hold an ownership interest will expire in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Further, an additional 28.9% of the square feet of these properties was available for lease on that date. Rental rates above the current market rate at some of the properties in our office and mixed-use portfolio may require us to renew or re-lease some expiring leases at lower rates. If the rental rates for our properties decrease, our existing tenants do not renew their leases or we do not re-lease a significant portion of our available space and space for which leases will expire, our revenue and profitability, could be adversely impacted, causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, and the trading price of our common stock and impairing our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations. In particular, a significant amount of space at our Two Commerce Square property has historically been leased to Conrail. This lease expires in two stages in 2008 and 2009. Conrail currently subleases substantially all of its space to a number of subtenants. While we have entered into agreements with many of the subtenants for direct leases once their sublease term expires, the rental rates are lower than paid by the current tenant. As a result, we currently expect our aggregate revenues from this property will be lower following the expiration of the Conrail lease in 2008 and 2009. If we are unable to lease the remaining portion of the space currently leased by Conrail in Two Commerce Square prior to the expiration of the lease and assuming all subtenants to the Conrail lease exercise no renewal options and exercise all early termination options, our rental revenue (excluding tenant reimbursements revenue) computed on a GAAP basis would decrease by $3.9 million in 2008 as compared to 2007, $4.8 million in 2009 as compared to 2008, $6.9 million in 2010 as compared to 2009 and $2.1 million in 2011 as compared to 2010.

 

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Our growth depends on external sources of capital, some of which are outside of our control. If we are unable to access capital from external sources, we may not be able to implement our business strategy.

 

Our business strategy requires us to rely significantly on third-party sources to fund our capital needs. We may not be able to obtain debt or equity on favorable terms or at all. Any additional debt we incur will increase our leverage. Our access to third-party sources of capital depends, in part, on:

 

    our current debt levels, which were $295.9 million of pro forma consolidated debt and $195.0 million of unconsolidated debt as of June 30, 2004;

 

    our current cash flow from operating activities, which was $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004;

 

    our current and expected future earnings;

 

    the market’s perception of our growth potential;

 

    the market price per share of our common stock; and

 

    general market conditions.

 

If we cannot obtain capital from third-party sources, we may not be able to acquire or develop properties when strategic opportunities exist, satisfy our debt service obligations or continue to fund operations.

 

We could incur significant costs related to government regulation and private litigation over environmental matters, including with respect to clean-up of contaminated properties and litigation from any harm caused by environmental hazards on our properties.

 

Under various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, a current or previous owner, manager or tenant of real estate may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances at the property, and may be held liable to a government entity or to third parties for property damage and for investigation, clean-up and monitoring costs incurred by the parties in connection with the actual or threatened contamination. With respect to properties in which we will hold an ownership interest, we have not obtained any recent environmental reports regarding conditions at the properties, nor do we intend to. These laws typically impose clean-up responsibility and liability without regard to fault, or whether or not the owner, operator or tenant knew of or caused the presence of the contamination. The liability under the laws may be joint and several for the full amount of the investigation, clean-up and monitoring costs incurred or to be incurred or actions to be undertaken, although a party held jointly and severally liable may obtain contributions from other identified, solvent, responsible parties of their fair share toward these costs to the extent such contributions are possible to obtain. These costs may be substantial, and may exceed the value of the property. The presence of contamination, or the failure to properly remediate contamination on a property may limit the ability of the owner, operator or tenant to sell or rent that property or to borrow using the property as collateral, and may cause our investment in that property to decline in value.

 

Federal regulations require building owners and those exercising control over a building’s management to identify and warn, by signs and labels, of potential hazards posed by workplace exposure to installed asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials in their building. The regulations also set forth employee training, record keeping and due diligence requirements pertaining to asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials. Significant fines can be assessed for violation of these regulations. Building owners and those exercising control over a building’s management may be subject to an increased risk of personal injury lawsuits by workers and others exposed to asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials as a result of these regulations. The regulations may affect the value of a building incorporating asbestos-containing materials or potentially asbestos-containing materials that we own or manage.

 

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monitoring initiated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as a result of a gasoline spill that occurred on the premises in April 2002, due to an accident caused by the tenant’s agent. The tenant undertook remedial procedures, removing contaminated soil. Our lease requires the tenant (or its successor in interest) to indemnify us against all costs and expenses of every kind relating directly or indirectly to the tenant’s use and occupancy of the premises. With respect to asbestos materials present at our ARCO Plaza property, these materials have been removed or abated from the tenant areas of the office towers. We are in the process of remediating asbestos materials on the lower levels of the building structure and the three-story Plaza Building of this property.

 

Federal, state and local laws and regulations also govern the removal, encapsulation, disturbance, handling and/or disposal of asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials. These laws may impose liability for improper handling or a release to the environment of asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials. In addition, fines may be imposed on owners or managers of real properties for personal injury or improper work exposure associated with asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials.

 

We are subject to high taxes relating to our California and Philadelphia properties that could negatively affect our operating results and may also be adversely affected by new legislation.

 

Owners of California real estate are subject to high taxes. The California legislature is currently considering legislation that, if enacted, could have a material affect on our operating results. This proposed legislation would result in a significant increase in real estate taxes imposed on our properties located in California.

 

Voters in the State of California previously passed Proposition 13, which generally limits annual real estate tax increases to 2% of assessed value per annum. From time to time, various groups have proposed repealing Proposition 13, or providing for modifications such as a “split roll tax”, whereby commercial property, for example, would be taxed at a higher rate than residential property. Given the uncertainty, it is not possible to quantify the risk to us of a tax increase or the resulting financial impact of any increase. The majority of our California property leases provide for the pass-through of real estate taxes to tenants.

 

In Philadelphia, two downtown development sites have been proposed for designation as Keystone Opportunity Zone sites by the owners because the designation confers upon occupants a 15-year abatement of all state and local taxes except the city wage tax. If efforts to prevent these designations fail, it is likely the owners of these two sites will develop new office towers that could, depending on overall supply-demand fundamentals, have a negative impact on central business district Philadelphia rental rates and building values. Further, the transfer tax rate in the City of Philadelphia, which we could incur upon a sale of one of our properties, is one of the highest in the United States and could be a very significant cost in the event of the sale of one of our Philadelphia properties. In Philadelphia, transfers of fee title or partnership interests representing 90% or more of property ownership are subject to a tax of 4% of the transaction price. The 4% amount is comprised of a 3% levy by the City of Philadelphia and a 1% charge by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The transaction price, if not specifically disclosed to the taxing authorities, must be deemed reasonable, and is therefore typically the assessed value of the property for real estate tax purposes. We believe that the formation transactions will not result in a transfer tax with respect to our Philadelphia properties other than on 2101 Market Street, in which we will receive a 100% interest. We expect to pay transfer taxes of approximately $270,000 in connection with the transfer of 2101 Market Street to us.

 

The risk of future terrorist attacks in the United States could harm the demand for and the value of our properties which are located in major metropolitan areas.

 

The risk of future terrorist attacks in the U.S., like the attacks that occurred in New York and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, and other acts of terrorism or war could harm the demand for and the value of our properties. We manage properties that are well-known landmarks in high visibility metropolitan areas, that may

 

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be perceived as more likely terrorist targets than lower profile properties in less commercial areas, which could potentially reduce the demand for and value of these properties. A decrease in demand could make it difficult for us to renew or re-lease our properties at rates equal to or above historical lease rates.

 

Terrorist attacks also could directly impact the value of our properties through damage, destruction, loss or increased security costs. Further, the availability of insurance for acts of terrorism may be limited or may cost more. The three operating properties in which we own interests located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—One Commerce Square, Two Commerce Square and 2121 Market Street—are located within a three city block area. Together, these three properties represented approximately 68.3% of the annualized rent for properties in which we will hold an ownership interest as of June 30, 2004 on a pro forma basis. Because these properties are located closely together, a catastrophic event in this area could materially damage, destroy or impair the use by tenants of all of these properties. To the extent that our tenants are impacted by future attacks, their ability to continue to honor obligations under their existing leases with us could be adversely affected, including being unable to make timely rental payments and defaulting under existing leases. Additionally, some tenants have termination rights in respect of certain casualties. Under the terms of our financing documents, we may be required to apply casualty proceeds to repay loans and may not be able to rebuild or restore the property unless we are able to obtain alternate financing. If we are entitled to receive casualty proceeds, we may not be able to rebuild or restore the property, and we may be forced to recognize taxable gain on the affected property. Failure to reinvest casualty proceeds in the affected property or properties could also result in obligations under our tax indemnification agreement with Mr. Thomas.

 

Tax indemnification obligations that may arise in the event we or our operating partnership sell an interest in either of two of our properties could limit our operating flexibility.

 

In connection with the formation transactions, we and our operating partnership have agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas against adverse tax consequences in the event that our operating partnership or the underlying property joint venture directly or indirectly sells, exchanges or otherwise disposes (including by way of merger, sale of assets or otherwise) of any portion of its interests, in a taxable transaction, in either One Commerce Square or Two Commerce Square. These two properties represented 67.6% of our owned portfolio’s annualized rent as of June 30, 2004 on a pro forma basis. This indemnification period will be four years, unless Mr. Thomas and related entities contribute the remaining 11% minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square to us prior to the fourth anniversary of this offering for not more than $4 million in the aggregate, in which event the indemnification period will expire on the ninth anniversary, which may be extended to the twelfth anniversary provided Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities collectively retain at least 50% of the units received by them in the formation transactions. Our indemnification obligation is for all direct and indirect adverse tax consequences. Our agreement to indemnify Mr. Thomas was not the result of arm’s-length negotiations and there is no assurance that our agreement is comparable to what may have resulted were the negotiations between unaffiliated third parties. We have also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to make approximately $221 million of debt available to be guaranteed by entities controlled by Mr. Thomas, by Mr. Fox, a non-employee member of our board of directors, and by Mr. Richard Gilchrist, an individual formerly affiliated with Maguire Thomas Partners. We agreed to make this debt available for guarantee in order to assist Mr. Thomas and these other persons in preserving their tax position after their contributions. In addition, our tax indemnification obligation could occur involuntarily in the event of a condemnation of or foreclosure on one of these properties. We do not presently intend to sell any of our interest in these properties in transactions that would give rise to our tax indemnification obligation. A calculation of these damages under our tax indemnification agreement will not be based on the time value of money or the time remaining in the indemnification period.

 

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Risks Related to the Real Estate Industry

 

Illiquidity of real estate investments and the susceptibility of the real estate industry to economic conditions could significantly impede our ability to respond to adverse changes in the performance of our properties.

 

Our ability to achieve desired and projected results for growth of our business depends on our ability to generate revenues in excess of expenses, scheduled principal payments on debt and capital expenditure requirements. Events and conditions generally applicable to owners and operators of real property that are beyond our control may adversely impact results of operations and the value of our properties. These events include:

 

    vacancies or our inability to rent space on favorable terms;

 

    inability to collect rent from tenants;

 

    inability to finance property development and acquisitions on favorable terms;

 

    increased operating costs, including real estate taxes, insurance premiums and utilities;

 

    local oversupply, increased competition or reduction in demand for office space;

 

    costs of complying with changes in governmental regulations;

 

    the relative illiquidity of real estate investments; and

 

    changing submarket demographics.

 

In addition, periods of economic slowdown or recession, rising interest rates or declining demand for real estate, or the public perception that any of these events may occur, could result in a general decline in rents or an increased incidence of defaults under existing leases. If any of these events were to happen, our revenue and profitability could be impaired, causing a significant downturn in our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, and trading price of our common stock and our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations could be impaired.

 

Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and fire, safety and other regulations may require us to make unintended expenditures that adversely impact our financial condition.

 

All of our commercial properties are required to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA. The ADA has separate compliance requirements for “public accommodations” and “commercial facilities,” but generally requires that buildings be made accessible to people with disabilities. Although we believe that the properties in which we hold an ownership interest substantially comply with the requirements of the ADA, we have not recently conducted a portfolio-wide investigation to determine our compliance. Compliance with the ADA requirements could require removal of access barriers. Non-compliance could result in imposition of fines by the U.S. government or an award of damages to private litigants, or both. Typically, we are responsible for changes to a building structure that are required by the ADA, which can be costly. In addition, we are required to operate our properties in compliance with fire and safety regulations, building codes and other land use regulations. We may be required to make substantial capital expenditures to comply with these requirements thereby limiting the funds available to operate, develop and redevelop our properties and acquire additional properties. As a result, these expenditures could negatively impact our revenue and profitability.

 

Potential losses may not be covered by insurance and may result in our inability to repair damaged properties and we could lose invested capital.

 

We carry comprehensive liability, fire, flood, extended coverage, earthquake, terrorism, business interruption and rental loss insurance under our blanket policy covering all of the properties which we own an interest in or manage for third parties, including our development properties (although we carry only liability insurance for the CalEPA headquarters building under our blanket policy because the sole tenant has the right to

 

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provide all other forms of coverage it deems necessary, and it has elected to do so). We believe the policy specifications and insured limits are appropriate and adequate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice. Generally, we do not carry insurance for losses from riots, war or acts of God. Our terrorism insurance is subject to exclusions for loss or damage caused by nuclear substances, pollutants, contaminants, and biological and chemical weapons. Some of our policies, like those covering losses due to earthquakes and terrorism, are subject to limitations involving deductibles and policy limits which may not be sufficient to cover losses. We either own or have interests in a number of properties in Southern California, an area especially prone to earthquakes.

 

Under their leases, tenants are generally required to indemnify us from liabilities resulting from injury to persons, air, water, land or property, on or off the premises due to activities conducted by them on our properties. There is an exception for claims arising from the negligence or intentional misconduct by us or our agents. Additionally, tenants are generally required, with the exception of governmental entities and other entities that are self-insured, to obtain and keep in force during the term of the lease liability and property damage insurance policies issued by companies holding ratings at a minimum level at their own expense.

 

Although we have not experienced such a loss to date, if we experience a loss that is uninsured or that exceeds policy limits, we could lose the capital invested in the damaged property as well as the anticipated future cash flows from that property, including lost revenue from unpaid rent from tenants. In addition, if the damaged property is subject to recourse indebtedness, we would continue to be liable for the indebtedness, even if this property was irreparably damaged. In the event of a significant loss at one or more of the properties covered by the blanket policy, the remaining insurance under our policy, if any, could be insufficient to adequately insure our remaining properties. In this event, securing additional insurance, if possible, could be significantly more expensive than our current policy.

 

Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure

 

We may assume unknown liabilities in connection with our formation transactions, which could expose us to substantial losses and harm our business.

 

As part of the formation transactions, our operating partnership will receive the contribution of property interests and assets currently held by Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities. These contributions will be made subject to existing liabilities, some of which may be unknown at the time this offering is consummated. Unknown liabilities might include liabilities for cleanup or remediation of undisclosed environmental conditions, claims of tenants, vendors or other persons dealing with the entities prior to this offering (that had not been asserted or threatened prior to this offering), tax liabilities, and accrued but unpaid liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business. Under the terms of the master contribution agreement, the Thomas Entities have agreed to indemnify our operating partnership with respect to claims for breaches of representations and warranties brought by our operating partnership within one year of the consummation of this offering, or in certain cases up to the applicable statute of limitations. However, because many liabilities may not be identified within the relevant time period, we may have no recourse against the contributors for the liabilities. Further, because the master contribution agreement was not the result of arms’-length negotiations, the terms may not be comparable to that which may have resulted from negotiations between unaffiliated third parties.

 

We may be adversely affected by contribution transactions that we structured to minimize transaction costs.

 

The contribution transactions related to our One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square properties were structured to minimize applicable state and municipal transfer taxes. As a result, we will acquire in our formation transactions only an 89% interest in these properties. Mr. Thomas’ controlled entities continue to hold the remaining 11% interest in each property. While we intend to seek to acquire these remaining interests following a three-year holding period required to avoid imposition of the transfer taxes, there can be no assurance

 

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that we will be successful or will be able to acquire the remaining interests on acceptable terms. A 100% interest in 2101 Market Street, also a Philadelphia property, will be transferred to us in the contribution transactions, and the transfer taxes of $270,000 on this property will be paid by us.

 

In the event applicable taxing jurisdictions were to determine transfer taxes were owing as a result of the contribution transactions for One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, our master contribution agreement with Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities allocates the liability for payments in excess of $1.0 million, inclusive of transfer taxes previously paid by us in relation to 2101 Market Street, to Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities. In this event, Mr. Thomas and related entities would be responsible for payment of the taxes, accrued interest thereon and any penalties, although we may have joint liability with Mr. Thomas for payment of these amounts.

 

Our senior management has existing conflicts of interest with us and our public stockholders that could result in decisions adverse to our company.

 

Following the consummation of the offering, Mr. Thomas will own 100 shares of common stock and 46,667 shares of restricted common stock, and the Thomas Entities will own or control 16,666,666 shares of limited voting stock and hold 16,666,666 operating partnership units (including operating partnership units held for the benefit of Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo). Each of Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo will receive an indirect interest in operating partnership units, and, together with Ms. Laing, each executive officer will receive a direct grant of restricted incentive units. Mr. Ricci will receive an interest in 183,334 operating partnership units and 200,001 incentive units; Mr. Scott will receive an interest in 233,334 operating partnership units and 250,001 incentive units; Mr. Sischo will receive an interest in 266,667 operating partnership units and 216,667 incentive units; and Ms. Laing will receive 63,334 incentive units. The various terms of these equity and incentive interests could create conflicts of interest with our public stockholders. Members of executive management could be required to make decisions that could have different implications for our operating partnership and for us, including:

 

    potential acquisitions or sales of properties;

 

    the issuance or disposition of shares of our common stock or units in our operating partnership; and

 

    the payment of dividends by us and other matters.

 

For example, an acquisition in exchange for the issuance by our operating partnership of additional operating partnership units would dilute the interests of members of our management team as limited partners in our operating partnership. Dispositions could trigger our tax indemnification obligations with respect to Mr. Thomas. Dividends paid by us to our public stockholders would decrease our funds available to reinvest in our business, which could disadvantage members of management with large equity positions.

 

We may pursue less vigorous enforcement of terms of the contribution and other agreements because of conflicts of interest with some of our officers.

 

Mr. Thomas and other executive officers currently have ownership interests in the properties and in the other assets to be contributed to our operating partnership in the formation transactions. Under the master contribution agreement we are entitled to indemnification and to recover damages in the event of breaches of representations or warranties made by the contributors. In addition, Mr. Thomas and other executive officers will enter into employment and non- competition agreements with us. None of these contribution, employment, non-competition and other agreements were negotiated on an arms’-length basis. We may choose not to enforce, or to enforce less vigorously, our rights under these contribution, employment, non-competition, and other agreements because of our desire to maintain our ongoing relationships with these individuals.

 

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Following the formation transactions we will have a holding company structure and will rely upon funds received from our operating partnership to pay liabilities.

 

We are a holding company. Our primary asset is our general partnership interest in our operating partnership. We have no independent means of generating revenues. To the extent we require funds to pay taxes or other liabilities incurred by us, to pay dividends or for any other purpose, we must rely on funds received from our operating partnership. If our operating partnership should become unable to distribute funds to us, we would be unable to continue operations after a short period. Most of the properties owned by our subsidiaries and joint ventures are encumbered by loans that restrict the distribution of funds to our operating partnership. The loans for One Commerce Square, Two Commerce Square, ARCO Plaza and 2121 Market Street contain lockbox arrangements, reserve requirements, financial covenants and other restrictions and provisions that prior to an event of default may prevent the distribution of funds from the subsidiaries who own these properties to our operating partnership. In the event of a default under these loans, the defaulting subsidiary or joint venture would be prohibited from distributing cash to our operating partnership. As a result, our operating partnership may be unable to distribute funds to us and we may be unable to use funds from one property to support the operation of another property. As we acquire new properties and refinance our existing properties, we may finance these properties with new loans that contain similar provisions. Some of the loans to our subsidiaries and joint ventures may contain provisions that restrict us from loaning funds to our subsidiaries or joint ventures. If we are permitted to loan funds to our subsidiaries or joint ventures, our loans generally will be subordinated to the existing debt on our properties.

 

Mr. Thomas will have a significant vote in certain matters as a result of his ownership of 100% of our limited voting stock.

 

Each entity that will receive operating partnership units in our formation transactions has received shares of our limited voting stock that will be paired with units in our operating partnership on a one-for-one basis. All of these entities are directly or indirectly controlled by Mr. Thomas and as a result, Mr. Thomas will control 100% of our outstanding limited voting stock, or 53.7% of our outstanding voting stock. Although not entitled to dividends or other distributions, these limited voting shares are entitled to one vote per share in the election of directors, the approval of certain extraordinary transactions including any merger or sale of the company, amendments to our certificate of incorporation and any other matter required to be submitted to a separate class vote under Delaware law. Mr. Thomas may have interests that differ from that of our public stockholders, including by reason of his interests held in operating partnership units, and may accordingly vote as a stockholder in ways that may not be consistent with the interests of our public stockholders. This significant voting influence over certain matters may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change of control of our company, or could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their common stock as part of a sale of our company.

 

Our success depends on key personnel, the loss of whom could impair our ability to operate our business successfully.

 

We depend on the efforts of key personnel, particularly Mr. Thomas, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Among the reasons that Mr. Thomas is important to our success is that he has an industry reputation developed over more than 25 years in the real estate industry, that attracts business and investment opportunities and assists us in negotiations with lenders, existing and potential tenants and industry personnel. If we lost his services, our relationships with these parties could diminish. In addition, Mr. Thomas is 67 and, although he has informed us that he does not currently plan to retire, we cannot be certain how long he will continue working on a full-time basis.

 

Many of our other senior executives also have significant real estate industry experience. Mr. Scott has extensive development and management experience on several large-scale projects, including the development, construction and management of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. Mr. Sischo is responsible for oversight of our relationship with CalSTRS, as well as our acquisition efforts. Mr. Ricci has been extensively

 

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involved in the development of large, mixed-use and commercial projects. Ms. Laing has served as chief financial officer of two publicly-traded real estate investment trusts. While we believe that we could find acceptable replacements for these executives, the loss of their services could materially and adversely affect our operations because of diminished relationships with lenders, existing and prospective tenants and industry personnel. A departure of either Mr. Thomas or Mr. Sischo could also have adverse effects on our joint venture relationship with CalSTRS, including the possible sale of our joint venture interest to CalSTRS at 97% of fair value.

 

With one exception, our executive officers have no experience operating as a corporation or a public company. This lack of experience may impede the ability of our management to execute our business plan successfully.

 

We will reorganize as a corporation in connection with the formation transactions and this offering. As a result, we have no operating history in this form of entity. We will be subject to the risks generally associated with the formation of any new organization. Except for Ms. Laing, our Chief Financial Officer, our executive officers have no experience in managing a public company.

 

Some provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may deter takeover attempts, which may limit the opportunity of our stockholders to sell their shares at a favorable price.

 

Some of the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our stockholders by providing them with the opportunity to possibly sell their shares at a premium over the then market price. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions including the following:

 

    vacancies on our board of directors may only be filled by the remaining directors;

 

    only the board of directors can change the number of directors;

 

    there is no provision for cumulative voting for directors;

 

    directors may only be removed for cause; and

 

    our stockholders are not permitted to act by written consent.

 

In addition, our certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which will be determined at the time of issuance by our board of directors without further action by the stockholders. These terms may include voting rights, including the right to vote as a series on particular matters, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion rights, redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. No shares of preferred stock will be outstanding upon the closing of this offering and we have no present plans to issue any preferred stock. The issuance of any preferred stock, however, could diminish the rights of holders of our common stock, and therefore could reduce the value of our common stock. In addition, specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell assets to, a third party. The ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock could make it more difficult, delay, discourage, prevent or make it more costly to acquire or effect a change in control, thereby preserving the current stockholders’ control of our company

 

Finally, we are also subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder.

 

The provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, described above, as well as Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, could discourage potential acquisition proposals, delay or prevent a change of control and prevent changes in our management, even if these events would be in the best interests of our stockholders.

 

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We could authorize and issue stock without stockholder approval, which could cause our stock price to decline and dilute the holdings of our existing stockholders.

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue authorized but unissued shares of our common stock or preferred stock and to classify or reclassify any unissued shares of our common stock or preferred stock and to set the preferences, rights and other terms of the classified or unclassified shares. Although our board of directors has no intention at the present time, it could establish a series of preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of the series, delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.

 

Risks Related to This Offering

 

Differences between the book value of contributed properties and the price paid for common stock by investors will result in an immediate and material dilution of the book value of our common stock.

 

As of June 30, 2004, the aggregate historical combined net tangible book value of the interests and assets to be transferred to our operating partnership was approximately negative $47.7 million, or negative $2.86 per share of our common stock held by continuing investors, assuming the exchange of units into shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. As a result, the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock after the consummation of this offering and the formation transactions will be less than the initial public offering price. The purchasers of our common stock offered hereby will experience immediate and substantial dilution of $8.49 per share in the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock.

 

The market price and trading volume of our common stock may be volatile following this offering, adversely affecting our stockholders.

 

Even if an active trading market develops for our common stock, the market price of our common stock may be volatile. In addition, the trading volume in our common stock may fluctuate and cause significant price variations to occur. If the market price of our common stock declines, you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the public offering price. Some of the factors that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in the price or trading volume of our common stock include:

 

    actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating results or payment of dividends, or the lack thereof;

 

    changes in our earnings estimates;

 

    redemptions of units of our operating partnership for cash, or at our option, for shares of common stock;

 

    adverse market reaction to any increased indebtedness that we may incur in the future;

 

    future issuances of our common or preferred stock;

 

    publication of research reports about us or the real estate industry;

 

    additions or departures of key management personnel;

 

    changes in market valuations of similar companies; or

 

    general market and economic conditions.

 

An active trading market for our common stock may not develop, and broad market fluctuations could negatively impact the market price of our stock.

 

Our common stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market upon the completion of this offering. We cannot assure you that an active trading market for our common stock will develop after the offering or, if one does develop, that it will be sustained.

 

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The stock market has experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of many companies in industries similar or related to ours and may have been unrelated to operating performances of these companies. These broad market fluctuations could reduce the market price of our common stock. Furthermore, our operating results and prospects may be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors or may be lower than those of companies with comparable market capitalizations, which could significantly harm the market price of our common stock.

 

Our management has broad discretion to determine the specific use of the net offering proceeds, and the use of proceeds may not increase our revenues or market value.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we have broadly characterized the amount of the net proceeds of this offering that will be used for the various purposes described under “Use of Proceeds.” Our management will have considerable discretion in the specific application of the net proceeds within the functional area to which it is allocated, may apply the net proceeds in ways other than those we currently expect, and may apply the net proceeds in ways that may not increase our revenues or our market value. You will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds of this offering are being used appropriately.

 

There may be substantial sales of our common stock after the offering which would cause a decline in our stock price.

 

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market following this offering, or the perception that the sales could occur, could reduce the trading price of our common stock. The exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, the redemption of units of our operating partnership for common stock, the exercise of any options or the vesting of any restricted stock or incentive units granted to directors, executive officers and other employees, the issuance of our common stock or units in our operating partnership in connection with property, portfolio or business acquisitions and other issuances of our common stock or operating partnership units could adversely impact the market price of our shares of common stock. In addition, the existence of units, options, shares of our common stock or other equity incentives reserved for issuance under our Incentive Plan may adversely affect the terms upon which we may be able to obtain capital through the sale of equity securities. Further, future sales of shares of our common stock could be dilutive to existing stockholders.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

We make statements in this prospectus that are forward-looking statements. In particular, statements pertaining to our capital resources, property portfolio performance and results of operations contain forward-looking statements. Likewise, our pro forma financial statements and all our statements and discussion regarding anticipated growth from operations, EBITDA results and results of operations are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods which may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to realize them. We cannot guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as described or that they will happen at all. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “pro forma,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:

 

    our inability to consummate the acquisition transactions described in this prospectus;

 

    our dependence on our relationships with CalSTRS and restrictions on our ability to expand and diversify our revenue sources;

 

    our lack of significant control in some of our joint ventures with third parties, including our joint venture with CalSTRS;

 

    the lack of arms’-length negotiations relating to our master contribution agreement and formation transactions;

 

    our reliance on revenue from significant tenants;

 

    events giving rise to our tax indemnification obligations with respect to Mr. Thomas in connection with two of our properties;

 

    the impact of adverse economic or real estate developments in the three regional markets in which we are currently active;

 

    failure to obtain necessary third party financing;

 

    defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants;

 

    increased interest rates, tax rates, insurance and other operating costs;

 

    difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions;

 

    our failure to successfully operate acquired properties and operations;

 

    our failure to successfully develop or manage properties;

 

    lower market rents or increased vacancy rates;

 

    the effect on us of tax legislation or other legislation relating to or affecting the ownership of our properties; and

 

    environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters.

 

For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact our future results, performance or transactions, see the information under the caption “Risk Factors” above.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that our net proceeds from the sale of 14,285,714 shares of our common stock in this offering, at an offering price of $12.00 per share, will be approximately $153.7 million ($177.6 million if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full), after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

 

We will contribute the net proceeds of this offering to our operating partnership. We will use the net proceeds to consummate the acquisitions described in this prospectus, to repay indebtedness, redeem preferred equity interests, and to increase our capital base to support the expansion of our business including property acquisitions and development activities. The net proceeds will be used to:

 

    acquire a 25% interest in Reflections I and Reflections II, two of the properties that we asset manage for the separate account of CalSTRS, for a total of $11.8 million and increase our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3% for a payment of $23.0 million;

 

    acquire the 50% interest in One Commerce Square owned by an unaffiliated third party for a purchase price of $24.2 million, plus the assumption of approximately $9.7 million representing the unaffiliated third party’s share of debt principal and interest repayment obligations;

 

    repay aggregate indebtedness of $10.7 million relating to One Commerce Square, including principal bearing interest at the EuroRate plus 50 basis points with a maturity date of April 15, 2005, and accrued deferred interest on a $9.2 million mezzanine loan bearing interest at 17.5% with a maturity date of March 16, 2011; redeem preferred equity interests related to One Commerce Square held by an unaffiliated mezzanine debt lender on the property, which is entitled to an annual preferred return of 17.5% with no stated maturity date, for $11.4 million; and fund a required reserve of $4.2 million;

 

    repay principal of $9.2 million on the mezzanine loan on One Commerce Square when this loan becomes prepayable in March 2005, or earlier with the consent of the lender;

 

    fund development costs associated with our development properties estimated to be approximately $25 million through the end of 2005; and

 

    the remaining $34.2 million of the net proceeds will be used to partially fund our co-investment obligation to our joint venture with CalSTRS or for other future property acquisitions.

 

The purchase prices for Reflections I, Reflections II and ARCO Plaza are subject to adjustments for customary prorations and closing costs or credits. The purchase price for the additional interest in ARCO Plaza will also be adjusted downward for the increase in the outstanding debt associated with ARCO Plaza resulting from the refinancing that occurred in July and August 2004, which was subsequent to the agreement on the purchase price for this property interest. We estimate that this downward adjustment and closing costs or credits will not result in a material change to the purchase price we will pay CalSTRS for the interests in these three properties or the use of proceeds as described above. The amount and timing of our obligation to fund our co-investment commitment to our joint venture with CalSTRS will depend upon our ability to identify acquisition and other investment opportunities that are acceptable to both CalSTRS and our company. In addition, the incurring of costs associated with our development projects is subject to change due to market conditions. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” Pending the use of these funds for these purposes, we may use these amounts for general corporate and working capital purposes.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We are a newly formed company and have never paid a cash dividend. Following the consummation of this offering, our board of directors expects to establish a regular dividend policy. Any determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth:

 

    the historical combined capitalization of TPG as of June 30, 2004; and

 

    our pro forma capitalization giving effect to this offering and the formation transactions expected to be completed upon, or following, consummation of this offering including the consummation of the acquisitions of property interests described in this prospectus, the grant of restricted stock to members of our senior management, other employees and our non-employee directors concurrent with the closing of this offering and the issuance of shares of our limited voting stock.

 

Please read this capitalization table together with the financial and other information under the captions “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the combined financial statements of TPG and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

     As of June 30, 2004

 
     Historical

    Pro Forma

 
     (dollars in thousands)  

Mortgages and other secured loans

   $ 296,799     $ 295,875  
    


 


Minority interest

     23,406       81,926  
    


 


Owners’ (Deficit)/Stockholders’ Equity:

                

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, zero shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding (actual); 25,000,000 authorized, no shares issued and outstanding (pro forma)

     —         —    

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000 shares authorized, 100 shares issued and outstanding (actual); 75,000,000 authorized, 14,342,481 shares issued and outstanding (pro forma)

     —         143  

Limited voting stock, $0.01 par value; 17,000,000 authorized, 16,666,666 shares issued and outstanding

     167       167  

Additional paid-in capital

     1       70,030  

Unearned compensation

     —         (680 )

Deficit

     (3,943 )     —    
    


 


Total owners’ (deficit)/stockholders’ equity

     (3,775 )     69,660  
    


 


Total capitalization

   $ 316,430     $ 447,461  
    


 


 

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DILUTION

 

Dilution in net tangible book value per common share represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares of our common stock in this offering and the net tangible book value per common share immediately after this offering. Purchasers of our common stock in this offering will experience an immediate and substantial dilution of the net tangible book value of their common stock from the initial public offering price. At June 30, 2004, we had a negative combined net tangible book value of approximately $47.7 million, or negative $2.86 per share of our common stock held by continuing investors, consisting of Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities, and Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo, assuming the redemption of units in our operating partnership for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. Net tangible book value per share of our common stock before the formation transactions and this offering is determined by dividing net tangible book value based on the net book value of the tangible assets of TPG at June 30, 2004, by the number of shares of our common stock held by continuing investors after this offering, assuming the issuance of shares of common stock upon redemption of the units to be issued to our continuing investors. The decrease in net tangible book value per share of our common stock attributable to the formation transactions, but prior to this offering, is determined by dividing the difference between the pro forma net tangible book value at June 30, 2004, excluding net offering proceeds, and the net tangible book value of TPG at June 30, 2004, by the number of shares of our common stock held by continuing investors after this offering, assuming the exchange in full of the units to be issued to the continuing investors in the formation transactions and including outstanding shares of restricted stock.

 

After giving effect to the sale of the shares of our common stock offered hereby, the deduction of estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering and formation expenses, the receipt by us of the net proceeds from this offering and the use of these funds as described elsewhere in this prospectus, the pro forma net tangible book value at June 30, 2004 attributable to the common stockholders would be $109.0 million, or $3.51 per share of our common stock. This amount represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $6.37 per share to continuing investors and an immediate dilution in pro forma net tangible book value of $8.49 per share from the public offering price of $12.00 per share of our common stock to new investors. Dilution is determined by subtracting pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock after giving effect to the formation transactions and this offering from the initial public offering price paid by a new investor for a share of our common stock. The following table illustrates this per share dilution:

 

Assumed initial public offering price per share (1)

                  $ 12.00

Net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2004, prior to the formation transactions and this offering

          $ (2.86 )      

Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to
the formation transactions, but before this offering

   $ 0.18               

Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to
this offering
(2)

     6.19               
    

              

Net increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to the formation transactions and this offering

            6.37        
           


     

Pro forma net tangible book value per share after the formation transactions and
this offering
(3)

                    3.51
                   

Dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per share to new investors in this
offering

                  $ 8.49
                   


(1)   Based upon the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock.
(2)   Represents increase in net tangible book value per share of our common stock attributable to this offering, adjusted to spread the negative net tangible book value existing before this offering among investors in this offering. This amount is calculated after deducting underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated expenses of this offering.

 

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(3)   Based on pro forma net tangible book value of approximately $109.0 million divided by the sum of 31,009,147 representing shares of our common stock (including restricted stock) and operating partnership units to be outstanding following the offering. There is no further impact on book value dilution attributable to the exchange of units to be issued to the continuing investors in the formation transactions due to the effect of minority interest.

 

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, the differences between our existing stockholders and new investors with respect to the number of shares of common stock issued by us, the total consideration paid and the average price per share paid before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and our estimated offering expenses:

 

     Shares Purchased

    Total Consideration

   

Average Price

Per Share


 
     Number

   Percent

    Amount

    Percent

   
                (in thousands)              

Mr. Thomas, Continuing Investor(1)

   100    0.0 %   $ —       —   %   $ —    

Mr. Thomas, Continuing Investor(2)

   46,667    0.2       —       —         —    

Mr. Thomas, Continuing Investor(3)

   15,983,331    51.5       (44,746 )   (35.3 )     (2.80 )

Other Continuing Investors, excluding Mr. Thomas(4)

   683,335    2.2       —       —         —    

New Public Investors(5)

   14,285,714    46.1       171,429     135.3       12.00  

Non-Employee Directors(6)

   10,000    0.0       —       —         —    
    
  

 


 

       
     31,009,147    100.0 %   $ 126,683     100.0 %        
    
  

 


 

       

(1)   Represents Mr. Thomas’ proportionate share of the pro forma net tangible assets after the effects of the formation transactions, but before the effects of this offering (see footnote 3 below) based upon his purchase of common stock of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. on March 9, 2004. This amount rounds to zero.
(2)   Represents Mr. Thomas’ restricted stock grant issued without cash consideration, but subject to vesting contingent on continued service to us.
(3)   Represents pro forma net tangible book value as of June 30, 2004 of the assets contributed to our operating partnership in the formation transactions, giving effect to the formation transactions, but not to the effects of this offering (in thousands):

 

Pro forma total assets

   $ 458,822  

Less pro forma deferred charges, net

     (42,603 )
    


Pro forma tangible assets

     416,219  

Less pro forma total liabilities

     (307,236 )
    


Pro forma net tangible assets

     108,983  

Less proceeds from offering, net

     (153,729 )
    


Pro forma net tangible assets after the effects of the formation transactions, but before the effects of this offering

   $ (44,746 )
    


(4)   Represents 183,334, 233,334 and 266,667 limited partnership units in our limited partnership in which Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo, respectively, will hold an indirect interest.
(5)   Represents the sale of 14,285,714 shares of common stock in this offering at $12.00 per share.
(6)   Our non-employee directors will receive in the aggregate 10,000 shares of restricted stock upon the consummation of this offering.

 

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SELECTED COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The following table sets forth selected combined financial data on an unaudited pro forma basis for our company giving effect to the offering and related transactions, and historical combined financial data for Thomas Properties Group, LLC and its affiliates (“TPG”) as of and for the periods presented. TPG comprises the current and historical entities referred to collectively in this prospectus as the “Predecessor” to Thomas Properties Group, Inc. The Predecessor’s financial data includes the issuance of Thomas Properties Group, Inc.’s common stock to Mr. Thomas in connection with the initial capitalization of our company and the issuance of our limited voting stock in anticipation of our formation transactions. The TPG historical combined financial data includes the following operations and properties for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 and for the five years in the period ended December 31, 2003, or since inception, as indicated:

 

    the investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations of TPG (for all periods presented);

 

    the real estate operations of the TPG affiliates that currently own interests in Four Points Centre (beginning December 2000), Campus El Segundo (beginning February 2001), Two Commerce Square and 2101 Market Street (for all periods presented), and One Commerce Square (beginning June 2004); and

 

    investment and equity in income (net income or loss) from the operations of the TPG affiliates that currently own interests in One Commerce Square (through May 2004), 2121 Market Street (beginning with formation in January 2001 and operations in September 2001) and ARCO Plaza (beginning January 2003).

 

Although we have responsibility for day-to-day operations with respect to each of these entities or operating properties (other than 2121 Market Street), applicable accounting rules do not allow us to consolidate the results of some of these entities because we did not, during the relevant time period, own a greater than 50% interest or unilaterally control major decisions and these entities were not considered variable interest entities.

 

You should read the following information along with other financial information and analysis presented elsewhere in this prospectus, included under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information” and in our combined financial statements and the related notes.

 

The historical combined balance sheet data as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 of TPG and combined statements of operations data, cash flow data and other data for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 have been derived from the audited historical combined financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The historical combined balance sheet data as of June 30, 2004 of TPG and combined statements of operations data, cash flow data and other data for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 have been derived from the unaudited historical combined financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for year ended December 31, 2003 is presented as if this offering and the formation transactions had occurred on the first day of the period presented. Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2004, is presented as if this offering and the formation transactions occurred as of June 30, 2004. The pro forma statement of operations data reflects the consolidation of One Commerce Square through May 31, 2004 (since One Commerce Square is consolidated in the historical financial statements effective as of June 1, 2004), with the company holding an 89% ownership interest as a result of a 39% interest being transferred to us in connection with the formation transactions and the acquisition of an additional 50% ownership interest in the property from a third party, and Mr. Thomas and related entities retaining an 11% ownership interest. We will also receive an 89% interest in Two Commerce Square as a result of the formation transactions, with Mr. Thomas and related entities retaining an 11% ownership interest. Our operating partnership will receive a cumulative preferred return on its 89% interest in both One Commerce Square and Two

 

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Commerce Square. The cumulative preferred return will be effective for Two Commerce Square upon the consummation of the offering, and for One Commerce Square following repayment of the mezzanine loan on the property or consent by the lender on or before March 2005, provided that such preferred return will be deemed to accrue from the date of consummation of the offering. The preferred return will be 8% in year one, increasing 1% each year, to a maximum of 12%. Since the preferred capital is in excess of the historical cost basis capital of each asset at the date of contribution, no income or loss has been allocated to the minority interest held by Mr. Thomas and related entities in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003, and no minority interest has been recorded for them in the pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2004. In addition, the unaudited pro forma statements of operations data reflects the acquisition of a 25% interest in each of Reflections I and Reflections II, and the increase of our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3%. Our pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial position and results of operations would have been as of the date and for the periods indicated, nor does it purport to represent our future financial position or results of operations.

 

    Six Months Ended June 30,

    Year Ended December 31,

 
    Pro Forma
Consolidated


    Historical
Combined


    Pro Forma
Consolidated


    Historical Combined

 
    2004

    2004

    2003

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

    2000

    1999

 
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Statement of Operations Data:

                                                                       

Revenues:

                                                                       

Rental

  $ 16,699     $ 11,209     $ 10,202     $ 33,827     $ 20,418     $ 20,495     $ 20,331     $ 19,663     $ 18,909  

Tenant reimbursements

    9,198       5,691       4,993       17,646       9,935       9,620       8,964       8,430       8,426  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

    4,060       4,661       8,279       12,509       13,836       6,427       4,727       5,543       5,328  

Parking and other

    1,865       1,138       1,058       3,825       2,087       2,133       2,302       2,958       1,937  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Revenues

    31,822       22,699       24,532       67,807       46,276       38,675       36,324       36,594       34,600  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                                                       

Rental property operating and maintenance

    7,504       4,457       3,521       15,446       7,224       6,446       5,922       5,444       5,252  

Real estate taxes

    2,886       1,747       1,684       5,943       3,299       3,233       3,192       3,202       3,169  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

    5,542       5,746       5,671       9,828       10,063       6,349       6,210       7,264       6,067  

Interest

    13,466       11,007       10,344       27,399       21,362       21,361       21,794       22,218       22,760  

Depreciation and amortization

    5,529       3,188       2,839       11,279       5,795       5,879       6,039       6,091       6,105  

General and administrative

    124       —         —         247       —         —         —         —         —    
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Expenses

    35,051       26,145       24,059       70,142       47,743       43,268       43,157       44,219       43,353  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

    (3,229 )     (3,446 )     473       (2,335 )     (1,467 )     (4,593 )     (6,833 )     (7,625 )     (8,753 )

Gain on sale of real estate

    975       975       —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated/uncombined real estate entities

    488       (529 )     (585 )     1,239       (1,088 )     993       1,285       1,333       308  

Minority interest(1)

    948       (403 )     —         589       —         —         —         —         —    
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Loss before benefit for taxes

    (818 )     (3,403 )     (112 )     (507 )     (2,555 )     (3,600 )     (5,548 )     (6,292 )     (8,445 )

Benefit for income taxes

    327       —         —         203       —         —         —         —         —    
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Net Loss

  $ (491 )   $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (304 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )   $ (6,292 )   $ (8,445 )
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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    Six Months Ended June 30,

    Year Ended December 31,

 
    Pro Forma
Consolidated


    Historical
Combined


    Pro Forma
Consolidated


    Historical Combined

 
    2004

    2004

    2003

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

    2000

    1999

 
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)  

Pro forma basic loss per share(2)

  $ (0.03 )                   $ (0.02 )                                        

Pro forma diluted loss per share

  $ (0.03 )                   $ (0.02 )                                        

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—basic

    14,306,114                       14,306,114                                          

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted

    14,306,114                       14,306,114                                          

Balance Sheet Data (at period end):

                                                                       

Investments in real estate, net

  $ 285,991     $ 252,362             $ —       $ 166,701     $ 170,388     $ 173,642     $ 178,411     $ 177,321  

Total assets

    458,822       327,764               —         229,725       231,164       235,563       244,845       249,188  

Mortgages and other secured loans

    295,875       296,799               —         225,841       238,295       242,172       240,961       246,732  

Total liabilities

    307,236       308,133               —         231,462       242,237       245,677       245,693       255,147  

Minority interest

    81,926       23,406               —         1,133       1,133       650       —         —    

Stockholders’/Owners’ equity (deficit)

    69,660       (3,775 )             —         (2,870 )     (12,206 )     (10,764 )     (848 )     (5,959 )

Total liabilities and stockholders’/owners’ equity

    458,822       327,764               —         229,725       231,164       235,563       244,845       249,188  

Other Data:

                                                                       

EBITDA(3)

  $ 17,229     $ 11,195     $ 13,071     $ 37,582     $ 24,602     $ 23,640     $ 22,285     $ 22,017     $ 20,420  

Cash flows from:

                                                                       

Operating activities

    —         1,862       4,929       —         13,374       8,704       2,675       (1,701 )     6,787  

Investing activities

    —         1,200       (3,396 )     —         (9,117 )     (3,027 )     1,049       (5,962 )     1,808  

Financing activities

    —         (2,523 )     (1,584 )     —         (4,513 )     (4,249 )     (5,339 )     3,477       (1,990 )

Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Loss:

                                                                       

Net loss

  $ (491 )   $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (304 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )   $ (6,292 )   $ (8,445 )

Plus:

                                                                       

Interest expense

    13,466       11,007       10,344       27,399       21,362       21,361       21,794       22,218       22,760  

Depreciation and amortization

    5,529       3,188       2,839       11,279       5,795       5,879       6,039       6,091       6,105  

Less:

                                                                       

Minority interest

    948       (403 )     —         589       —         —         —         —         —    

Benefit for income taxes

    327       —         —         203       —         —         —         —         —    
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


EBITDA

  $ 17,229     $ 11,195     $ 13,071     $ 37,582     $ 24,602     $ 23,640     $ 22,285     $ 22,017     $ 20,420  
   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



(1)   Pro forma data includes allocation of net loss to minority interest held by limited partners in the operating partnership.
(2)   Pro forma basic loss per share is computed assuming this offering was consummated as of the first day of the period presented and equals pro forma net loss divided by the number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering, excluding the weighted average of the number of unvested shares of restricted stock.

 

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(3)   We believe that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) is helpful to investors as an additional measure of performance for a public company because it is predicated on operating income. While EBITDA is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance of public companies, other public companies may use different methodologies for calculating EBITDA. Accordingly, EBITDA as disclosed by such other public companies may not be comparable to our EBITDA as discussed in this prospectus. In order to facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, we believe that EBITDA should be reconciled with net income (loss) as presented in the financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), computed in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of our financial performance or cash flow from operating activities, computed in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Overview and Background

 

Our company was formed in March 2004 to acquire substantially all of the interests and assets of our predecessor, Thomas Properties Group, LLC, and its affiliates (“TPG”), and other interests from third parties. Since our formation, we have not had any corporate activity other than the issuance of 100 shares of common stock to Mr. Thomas in connection with the initial capitalization of our company for $1,000 and the sale of shares of our limited voting stock that will be held by entities controlled by Mr. Thomas receiving operating partnership units in the formation transactions for $166,667. Set forth below is a discussion of the historical operations of TPG. TPG historical combined information includes the following operations and properties for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, or since inception, as indicated:

 

    the investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations of TPG (for all periods presented);

 

    the real estate operations of the TPG affiliates that own interests in Two Commerce Square and 2101 Market Street (for all periods presented), Four Points Centre (beginning December 2000), Campus El Segundo (beginning February 2001) and One Commerce Square (beginning June 2004); and

 

    investment and equity income (net income or loss) from the operations of the TPG affiliates that own interests in One Commerce Square (through May 2004), 2121 Market Street (beginning with formation in January 2001 and operations in September 2001) and ARCO Plaza (beginning January 2003).

 

Giving effect to the pro forma adjustments described in our Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (which appear beginning on page F-2 in this prospectus), we will hold an 89% ownership interest in One Commerce Square and a 21.3% ownership interest in ARCO Plaza. We will also hold an 89% interest in Two Commerce Square, a 50% interest in 2121 Market Street, a 100% interest in 2101 Market Street, a 100% interest in Four Points Centre, a 63% interest in the TPG affiliate that has a contract to acquire Campus El Segundo and a 100% interest in the investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations of TPG. Mr. Thomas and related entities will retain an 11% interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. In addition, we will acquire a 25% interest in two of the six properties currently owned by CalSTRS that we manage, collectively referred to as the “CalSTRS Acquisition Properties.” Upon the consummation of this offering, ARCO Plaza and the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties will be held in our joint venture with CalSTRS.

 

Following the formation transactions and consummation of the offering, our property ownership interests will be as summarized in the table below.

 

Property


  

Ownership Interest

Following Formation

Transactions and

Consummation of Offering


 

Two Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA

   89.0 %

One Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA

   89.0  

2121 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

   50.0 (1)

2101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

   100.0  

Four Points Centre, Austin, TX

   100.0  

Campus El Segundo, El Segundo, CA

   63.0  

ARCO Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

   21.3 (1)

Reflections I, Reston, VA

   25.0 (1)(2)

Reflections II, Reston, VA

   25.0 (1)(2)

(1)   This property is not consolidated in the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Although we have responsibility for day-to-day operations with respect to each of these TPG affiliates or operating properties (other than 2121 Market Street, Reflections I and Reflections II), applicable accounting rules do not allow us to consolidate the results of some of these entities because we did not, during the relevant time period, own a greater than 50% interest or unilaterally control major decisions and these entities were not considered variable interest entities.

 

We receive income primarily from rental revenue (including tenant reimbursements), from commercial office properties and, to a significantly lesser extent, from our on- and off-site parking facilities and our multi-family residential property. We also generate revenue from providing investment advisory, property management, leasing and development services to properties that are partially owned by us, properties owned by CalSTRS, and properties owned by third parties, including the California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) headquarters building in Sacramento, California. As indicated in the Selected Combined Financial Data, TPG’s investment advisory, management, leasing and development services business had costs in excess of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999. One of the significant components of TPG’s investment advisory, management, leasing and development services business is the advisory services provided under the separate account relationship with CalSTRS. TPG entered into this advisory relationship in late 1999, and acquired the first asset for the separate account of CalSTRS in October 2000. Prior to this acquisition, TPG incurred significant costs in establishing and growing the infrastructure necessary to service this business focus, with no corresponding revenue. Additionally, the year ended December 31, 2001, was impacted by the cyclical nature of TPG’s development business as nominal development service revenue was recognized during 2001. Further, the general and administrative expenses of TPG’s management company are included in this expense caption. All fees generated by services provided to properties included in our portfolio are eliminated to the extent of our ownership interest in those properties. As a result, on a pro forma basis, fees associated with (1) properties owned 100% by CalSTRS that we manage for their account; (2) CalSTRS’ 75% ownership interest in our joint venture; and (3) the property management fees related to CalEPA are recognized as income because all other fee income is eliminated in consolidation. The percentage of our revenue derived from each of our four areas of business focus for the year ended December 31, 2003, is reflected in the table below:

 

Area of Business Focus


   Percentage
of
Revenue


 

Commercial office properties (excluding parking)

   65.9 %

On- and off-site parking facilities

   4.2  

Multi-family residential property

   0.0 (1)

Investment advisory, property management, leasing and development services

   29.9  
    

     100.0 %
    


(1)   We have one multi-family residential property in our portfolio, 2121 Market Street, in which we have a 50% ownership interest and which we account for using the equity method of accounting, therefore we do not include revenues in our combined statements of operations related to this investment.

 

The following discussion relates to the combined financial statements of TPG and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. Statements included below that are not historical may be forward-looking statements, including information concerning development timing and investment amounts. See “Forward Looking Statements.” These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Although the information is based on our current estimations, actual results could vary. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information. For a discussion of important risks related to our business, and an investment in our common stock, see the discussion under the caption “Risk Factors” above and under the caption “Factors That May Influence Results of Operations” below.

 

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References in the discussion below to “we,” “our,” “us” or “our company” on a historical basis refer to our predecessor, TPG, and on a pro forma basis giving effect to the offering and formation transactions refer to Thomas Properties Group, Inc. and subsidiaries.

 

When you read our financial statements and the information included below, you should be aware that our operations are significantly affected by both macro and micro economic forces. Our operations are directly affected by actual and perceived trends in various national and economic conditions that affect global and regional markets for commercial real estate services, including interest rates, the availability of credit to finance commercial real estate transactions, and the impact of tax laws affecting real estate. Periods of economic slowdown or recession, rising interest rates, declining demand for real estate, or the public perception that any of these events may occur can adversely affect our business. These conditions could result in a general decline in rents, which in turn would reduce revenue from property management fees and brokerage commissions derived from leases. In addition, these conditions could lead to a decline in property values as well as a decline in demand for funds invested in commercial real estate and related assets, which in turn may reduce revenues from investment advisory, property management, leasing and development fees.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Accounting estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the relevant reporting periods. Certain accounting policies are considered to be critical accounting estimates, as these policies require us to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made and changes in the accounting estimate are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. We believe the following accounting policies reflect the more significant estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. For a summary of significant accounting policies, see note 2 to TPG’s combined financial statements, included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Revenue recognition. Leases with tenants are accounted for as operating leases. Rental income is recognized as earned based upon the contractual terms of the leases with tenants. Minimum annual rents are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term regardless of when the payments are made. The deferred rents asset on our balance sheets represents the aggregate excess rental revenue recognized on a straight-line basis over the cash received under the applicable lease provisions. Our leases generally contain provisions that require tenants to reimburse us for a portion of property operating expenses and real estate related taxes associated with the property. These reimbursements are recognized in the period the related expenses are incurred. Real estate commissions on leases are generally recorded as income after we satisfy all obligations under the commission agreement. A typical commission agreement provides that we earn 50% of the lease commission upon the execution of the lease agreement by the tenant. The remaining 50% of the lease commission is earned at a later date, usually upon tenant occupancy. The existence of any significant future contingencies will delay recognition of commission revenue until those contingencies are satisfied. Investment advisory and property management fees are recognized when earned under the provisions of the related agreements. Development fees are recognized as the real estate development services are rendered, using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting.

 

Allowances for uncollectible current tenant receivables and unbilled deferred rents receivable. Tenant receivables and unbilled deferred rent receivables are carried net of the allowances for estimated uncollectible tenant receivables and unbilled deferred rent. Our determination of the adequacy of these allowances requires significant judgments and estimates. Unbilled deferred rents receivable represents the amount that the cumulative straight-line rental revenue recorded to date exceeds cash rents billed to date under the lease agreements. Given the longer-term nature of these types of receivables, our determination of the adequacy of the allowance for unbilled deferred rents receivables is based primarily on historical loss experience. We evaluate the allowance for

 

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unbilled deferred rents receivable using a specific identification methodology for our company’s significant tenants, assessing a tenant’s financial condition and the tenant’s ability to meet its lease obligations. In addition, the allowance includes a reserve based upon our historical experience and current and anticipated future economic conditions that are not associated with any specific tenant.

 

Depreciable lives of leasing costs. We incur certain capital costs in connection with leasing our properties. These costs consist primarily of lease commissions and tenant improvements. Lease costs are amortized on the straight-line method over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the estimated remaining term of the lease, ranging from one to 15 years. We reevaluate the remaining useful life of these costs as the creditworthiness of our tenants changes. If we determine that the estimated remaining life of the respective lease has changed, we adjust the amortization period and, therefore, the amortization or depreciation expense recorded each period may fluctuate. If we experience increased levels of amortization or depreciation expense due to changes in the estimated useful lives of leasing costs, our results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

Evaluation of asset impairment. We evaluate a property for potential impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the current book value of the property may not be recoverable. In the event that these periodic assessments result in a determination that the carrying amount of a property exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows (excluding interest) that are expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the property, we would recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeded the estimated fair value of the property. Estimates of expected future net cash flows are inherently uncertain and are based on assumptions dependent upon future and current market conditions and events that affect the ultimate value of the property. These estimates require us to make assumptions relating to, among other things, future rental rates, tenant allowances, operating expenditures, property taxes, capital improvements, occupancy levels, and the estimated proceeds generated from the future sale of the property.

 

Factors That May Influence Future Results of Operations

 

The following is a summary of the more significant factors we believe may affect our results of operations. For a more detailed discussion regarding the factors that you should consider before making a decision to acquire shares of our common stock, see the information under the caption “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Rental income. The amount of net rental income generated by our properties depends principally on our ability to maintain the occupancy rates of currently leased space, to lease currently available space as well as space in newly developed or redeveloped properties and space available from unscheduled lease terminations. The amount of rental income we generate also depends on our ability to maintain or increase rental rates in the submarkets where our properties are located.

 

City of Los Angeles and Philadelphia Central Business Districts—Submarket Information. A significant portion of our income is derived from properties located in the Los Angeles and Philadelphia central business districts. The market conditions in these submarkets have a significant impact on our results of operations.

 

Information regarding significant tenants—Conrail. Currently, our largest tenant portfolio wide is Conrail. Conrail leased 752,999 rentable square feet of office space in Two Commerce Square as of June 30, 2004. On a pro forma basis, this lease represents 48.1% of our total annual rental and tenant reimbursements revenues for the year ended December 31, 2003. The lease has staggered expirations, with 375,000 square feet expiring in 2008 and the remaining 377,999 square feet expiring in 2009. We have entered into leases with tenants currently subleasing this space covering 93,000 square feet commencing 2008, and 289,000 square feet commencing 2009. Of the leases commencing 2008 and 2009, 145,000 of the leased square feet will expire between 2009 and 2010. The remaining 237,000 square feet will expire in two terms, with 10% of the subleased square feet expiring in 2013 and 90% expiring in 2015. The lease expiring in 2015 has an early termination option in 2010. We believe we have mitigated some of the risks associated with the Conrail tenant concentration. If we are unable to lease the remaining portion of the space currently leased by Conrail in Two Commerce Square prior to the expiration

 

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of the lease and assuming all subtenants to the Conrail lease exercise no renewal options and exercise all early termination options, our rental revenue (excluding tenant reimbursements revenue) computed on a GAAP basis would decrease by $3.9 million in 2008 as compared to 2007, $4.8 million in 2009 as compared to 2008, $6.9 million in 2010 as compared to 2009 and $2.1 million in 2011 as compared to 2010.

 

Development and redevelopment activities. We believe that our development activities present growth opportunities for us over the next several years. We continually evaluate the size, timing and scope of our development and redevelopment initiatives and, as necessary, sales activity to reflect the economic conditions and the real estate fundamentals that exist in our submarkets. However, we may not be able to lease committed development or redevelopment properties at expected rental rates or within projected time frames or complete projects on schedule or within budgeted amounts. The occurrence of one or more of these events could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. We currently have three significant development projects in various stages of planning and pre-development, and our joint venture with CalSTRS has one significant redevelopment project underway. As of June 30, 2004, we had incurred, on a consolidated basis, approximately $28.1 million in costs related to the three development projects, including $1.1 million that had been invested by the minority partner in Campus El Segundo. To the extent that we, or joint ventures we are a partner in, do not proceed with these projects as planned, those costs would need to be evaluated for impairment.

 

Results of Operations

 

Our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, and the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 reflect the combination of the TPG affiliates that own One Commerce Square (beginning June 1, 2004), Two Commerce Square, 2101 Market Street, Four Points Centre, Campus El Segundo and TPG’s investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations. One Commerce Square (through May 31, 2004) and 2121 Market Street (for all periods presented) are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. ARCO Plaza is accounted for using the equity method of accounting as of January 28, 2003, the date of acquisition.

 

Comparison of six months ended June 30, 2004 to six months ended June 30, 2003

 

Total Revenues. Total revenues decreased by $1.8 million, or 7.3%, to $22.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $24.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The significant components of revenue are discussed below.

 

Rental revenues. Rental revenue increased by $1.0 million, or 9.8%, to $11.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $10.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This increase is primarily a result of one incremental month of revenue in the amount of $1.1 million due to the consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square as of June 1, 2004. This increase is partially offset by the modification of one tenant’s lease at Two Commerce Square on July 15, 2003. In the lease modification, the tenant was released from its obligation related to one floor that it no longer occupied. In exchange, the tenant committed to extend the term of the lease for an additional six years for the remaining occupied space, through September 30, 2013.

 

Tenant reimbursements. Revenues from tenant reimbursements increased by $698,000, or 14.0%, to $5.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $5.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This increase was primarily a result of one incremental month of revenue in the amount of $728,000 due to the consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square as of June 1, 2004. This increase is partially offset by the modification of one tenant’s lease at Two Commerce Square on July 15, 2003. In the lease modification, the tenant was released from its obligation related to one floor that it no longer occupied. In exchange, the tenant committed to extend the term of the lease for an additional six years for the remaining occupied space, through September 30, 2013.

 

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Parking and other revenues. Parking and other revenues of $1.1 million did not change for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2003, primarily as a result of one incremental month of revenue due to the consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square as of June 1, 2004, offset by a decrease of approximately $88,000 in parking revenue at 2101 Market Street due to the loss of certain parking spaces to accommodate a new retail tenant, which opened for operations in September 2003, at the adjacent 2121 Market Street property.

 

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services revenues. Revenues from these services decreased by $3.2 million, or 55.2%, to $2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $5.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This decrease was primarily a result of approximately $3.1 million of incentive fees we earned during the six months ended June 30, 2003 under our agreement with the City of Sacramento for managing the development of the CalEPA headquarters building, with no corresponding revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2004. All development fees were earned from CalEPA as of June 30, 2003. The decrease was also attributable to a decrease of $298,000 in leasing commission revenue in connection with decreased leasing activity in the Philadelphia market. Additionally, we earned an acquisition incentive fee of $307,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2003 related to 1835 Market Street, with no revenue in the corresponding current period. These decreases were offset by an increase in revenue as we began providing investment advisory and property management services to Pacific Financial Plaza effective July 1, 2003, resulting in additional fee income of $341,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2004, compared to no revenue in the corresponding prior period.

 

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services revenues – uncombined real estate entities. Revenues from these services for uncombined real estate entities decreased by $387,000, or 16.1%, to $2.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This decrease was primarily a result of fee income related to ARCO Plaza. We began providing investment advisory and property management services to ARCO Plaza effective January 28, 2003, upon acquisition of our interest in this property. In the first quarter of 2003, we received a one-time acquisition fee of $957,000. This decrease was offset by an increase of $349,000 related to property management and investment advisory fees at ARCO Plaza due to five months of fees earned in the second quarter of 2003 as compared to six months of fees earned in the second quarter of 2004. In addition, we earned fees from construction management at ARCO Plaza of $173,000 in the second quarter of 2004, with no corresponding revenue in the second quarter of 2003.

 

Total Expenses

 

Total Expenses. Total expenses increased by $2.0 million, or 8.3%, to $26.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $24.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The significant components of expense are discussed below.

 

Rental property operating and maintenance expense. Rental property operating and maintenance expense increased by $936,000, or 26.7%, to $4.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 as compared to $3.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003, primarily due to the consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square as of June 1, 2004, which represents expenses of $652,000. Additionally, expenses related to Two Commerce Square increased by $327,000 principally related to general and administrative costs of $99,000, janitorial cleaning costs of $66,000, and utilities costs of $43,000. Tenant reimbursements revenue increased 14.0% as compared to a 26.7% increase in rental property operating and maintenance expense primarily due to the property-level general and administrative costs at Two Commerce Square, which are not allowable pass-through costs under standard lease agreements.

 

Real estate taxes. Real estate tax expense of $1.7 million did not change for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2003, primarily as a result of an increase of $230,000 due to the consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square as of June 1, 2004, offset by a decrease in other taxes.

 

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Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services expenses. Expenses for these services remained constant at $5.6 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2004, and the six months ended June 30, 2003. Certain costs increased primarily as a result of (a) an increase in reimbursed compensation costs related to our property management staff of approximately $346,000 principally due to additional management staff at ARCO Plaza, which we managed for approximately five months in the first six months of 2003, and for which we became fully staffed in the second quarter of 2003, and Pacific Financial Plaza, which we did not manage in the first six months of 2003, (b) an increase in compensation costs including salaries, accrued bonus, 401k profit sharing and retirement savings plan expenses and temporary help costs totaling approximately $911,000 due to an increase in the number of non-reimbursed personnel resulting from an increase in our business activity, and (c) business taxes levied by the City of Philadelphia of approximately $124,000. These increases were offset by incentive compensation payments of approximately $1.5 million made in the six months ended June 30, 2003, related to the completed development of the CalEPA headquarters building, with no similar expense in the corresponding current period.

 

Rent—uncombined real estate entities. Rent expense related to uncombined real estate entities increased by $19,000, or 18.6%, to $121,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $102,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This increase was primarily a result of rent paid to ARCO Plaza related to our corporate office. For the first two months of 2003, our corporate office was located in a building owned by an unaffiliated third party. Therefore, the corresponding expense for those two months of 2003 is included in the investment advisory, management, leasing and development services expenses for that period. In the current period, we occupied space for six months at ARCO Plaza, one of our uncombined real estate entities.

 

Interest expense. Interest expense increased by $663,000 or 6.4% to $11.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $10.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. In connection with the refinancing of debt obligations at our Two Commerce Square property as of July 31, 2003, we obtained Class A and Class B junior mezzanine loans. The Class A portion ($3.5 million) bears interest at 15% per annum, with interest at 10% per annum payable monthly and 5% being deferred. The Class B portion ($24.5 million) bears interest at 9.2% per annum, which is all deferred. Interest is computed on both the outstanding principal and deferred interest amounts for both the Class A and Class B portions. The note payable that was replaced by the refinancing in July 2003 accrued simple interest at a fixed rate of 9.2% per annum. The compounding feature of the junior mezzanine loans, as well as the amortization of deferred loan costs associated with the refinancing, has resulted in increased interest expense related to Two Commerce Square of approximately $146,000. Further, interest expense related to TPG’s 50% share of a mezzanine loan associated with its One Commerce Square investment increased by $80,000 as the loan accrues interest on its deferred interest component. In addition, beginning June 1, 2004, One Commerce Square is consolidated into our financial statements resulting in additional interest expense in the second quarter of 2004 of approximately $463,000 related to the One Commerce Square mortgage loan, with no corresponding expense in the second quarter of 2003.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $349,000, or 12.5%, to $3.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This increase was due to additional depreciation and amortization expense resulting from the consolidation of One Commerce Square into our financial statements effective June 1, 2004.

 

Gain on sale of real estate. Gain on sale of real estate increased by $975,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2003, due to the sale of a parcel of development property at our Four Points Centre project in Austin, Texas, which was sold to an unaffiliated third party in the first quarter of 2004. There were no corresponding land sales in the first quarter of 2003.

 

Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities. Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities decreased by $56,000 to a net loss of $529,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to a net loss of $585,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003. Set forth below is a summary of the condensed financial information for the uncombined real estate entities, consisting of One Commerce Square (through May 31,

 

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2004), 2121 Market Street and ARCO Plaza, and our share of net (loss) income and equity in net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 (in thousands):

 

     2004

    2003

 

Revenue

   $ 34,672     $ 32,960  

Operating and other expenses

     (20,896 )     (19,252 )

Interest expense

     (6,799 )     (5,897 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (6,463 )     (6,824 )
    


 


Net income

   $ 514     $ 987  
    


 


TPG’s share of net loss

   $ (768 )   $ (897 )

Intercompany eliminations

     239       312  
    


 


Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities

   $ (529 )   $ (585 )
    


 


 

Aggregate revenue attributable to, and operating and other expenses for uncombined real estate entities for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2003 increased due to the acquisition of our interest in ARCO Plaza on January 28, 2003 offset by one less month of activity for One Commerce Square due to the consolidation of this entity in our financial statements effective June 1, 2004. As a result, there was a full six months of revenue and expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2004 for ARCO Plaza as compared to the corresponding prior period in which there was approximately five months of operations. Additionally, there was only five months of revenue and expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2004 for One Commerce Square compared to a full six months of operations in the six months ended June 30, 2003. Aggregate interest expense increased by $902,000, or 15.3%, to $6.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $5.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 primarily as a result of interest on the financing for the acquisition of ARCO Plaza. Aggregate depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $361,000, or 5.3%, to $6.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $6.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. This decrease was primarily due to the acquisition of the interest in ARCO Plaza in January 2003, resulting in additional depreciation and amortization expense of $150,000, offset by a decrease of approximately $405,000 due to the consolidation of One Commerce Square in our financial statements effective June 1, 2004. Under our joint venture agreement with CalSTRS, we are initially allocated depreciation expense for ARCO Plaza ahead of CalSTRS.

 

Comparison of year ended December 31, 2003 to year ended December 31, 2002

 

Total revenues. Total revenues increased by $7.6 million, or 19.6%, to $46.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $38.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. The significant components of revenue are discussed below.

 

Rental revenues. Rental revenue decreased by $77,000, or 0.4%, to $20.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $20.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. This decrease is primarily due to the modification of one tenant’s lease at Two Commerce Square. In the lease modification, the tenant was released from its obligation related to one floor that it no longer occupied. In exchange, the tenant committed to extend the term of the lease for an additional six years for the remaining space, through September 30, 2013.

 

Tenant reimbursements. Revenues from tenant reimbursements increased by $315,000, or 3.3%, to $9.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. The increase was principally a result of increases in property insurance premiums and City of Philadelphia gross receipts taxes that were passed through to the tenants under their lease terms.

 

Parking and other revenues. Parking and other revenues decreased slightly to $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the year ended December 31, 2002. This decrease was primarily as a result of a slight decrease in other revenues.

 

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Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services revenues. Revenues from these services increased by $3.7 million, or 72.5%, to $8.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. This increase was primarily a result of fee income related to three properties: Pacific Financial Plaza, 1835 Market Street and CalEPA. We began providing investment advisory and property management services to Pacific Financial Plaza effective July 1, 2003, resulting in additional fee income of $408,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003. Fee income related to investment advisory and property management services related to 1835 Market Street increased by $410,000 due to an acquisition incentive fee of $307,000, as well as this property being under our management for a full year in 2003 compared to seven months in 2002. We do not expect to earn any additional incentive fees from the CalSTRS separate account properties. In 2003, leasing commission revenue increased by $391,000 and $370,000 for 1835 Market Street and properties owned by third parties, respectively. Additionally, revenue from development fees increased by $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2002 as a result of incentive fees we earned under our agreement with the City of Sacramento for managing the development of the CalEPA headquarters building. All development fees have been earned and collected from CalEPA as of December 31, 2003.

 

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services revenues—uncombined real estate entities. Revenues from these services for uncombined real estate entities increased by $3.7 million, or 284.6%, to $5.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. This increase was primarily a result of fee income related to ARCO Plaza. We began providing investment advisory and property management services to ARCO Plaza effective January 28, 2003, upon acquisition of our interest in this property. In 2003, our services to ARCO Plaza resulted in additional fee income of $4.5 million, including a one-time acquisition fee of $957,000 and leasing commissions of $858,000. These increases were offset by a decrease of $618,000 in leasing commission revenue at One Commerce Square due to less leasing activity at this property during 2003, and a decrease of $128,000 in property management fees at One Commerce Square due to one significant lease at an above current market rate expiring in September 2002, which resulted in lower property revenues in 2003.

 

Total Expenses

 

Total expenses. Total expenses increased by $4.4 million, or 10.2%, to $47.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $43.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. The significant components of expense are discussed below.

 

Rental property operating and maintenance expense. Rental property operating and maintenance expense increased by $778,000, or 12.2%, to $7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 as compared to $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, primarily as a result of increased property insurance premiums and net profits taxes levied by the City of Philadelphia. We expect the terrorism insurance component of our property insurance program to continue to impact our results of operations. Tenant reimbursements revenue increased 3.3% as compared to an 12.2% increase in rental property operating and maintenance expense due to increased costs for leasing, advertising and marketing, certain professional services, parking, bad debt expense and net profit taxes, which expenses are not allowable pass-through costs under standard lease agreements.

 

Real estate taxes. Real estate taxes increased by $66,000, or 2.1%, to $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, primarily as a result of increased gross receipts taxes paid to the City of Philadelphia.

 

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services expenses. Expenses for these services increased by $3.6 million, or 58.1%, to $9.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. This increase was primarily a result of (a) an increase in compensation costs principally due to additional management staff at ARCO Plaza and Pacific Financial Plaza, which we did not manage in 2002, and at 1835 Market Street, which was under our management for seven

 

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months in 2002 compared to a full year in 2003, (b) higher incentive compensation payments related to the completed development of the CalEPA headquarters building, and (c) commissions paid to in-house brokers related to increased leasing activity. Additionally, we incurred moving expenses associated with our corporate office relocation and higher liability insurance premiums.

 

Rent—uncombined real estate entities. Rent expense related to uncombined real estate entities increased by $152,000, or 150.5%, to $253,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $101,000 for the year ended December 31, 2002. This increase was primarily a result of our corporate office rent paid to ARCO Plaza. In 2002, our corporate office was located in a building owned by an unaffiliated third party. Therefore, the corresponding expense for 2002 of $160,000 is included in the investment advisory, management, leasing and development services expenses for that period.

 

Interest expense. Interest expense increased by $1,000 to $21.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the year ended December 31, 2002. Interest expense remained consistent between 2003 and 2002.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $84,000, or 1.4%, to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. This decrease was primarily a result of certain assets at Two Commerce Square that became fully depreciated during 2002 and 2003.

 

Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined real estate entities.    Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined real estate entities decreased by $2.1 million to a net loss of $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to income of $993,000 for the year ended December 31, 2002. Set forth below is a summary of the condensed financial information for the uncombined real estate entities, consisting of One Commerce Square, 2121 Market Street and ARCO Plaza, and our share of net (loss) income and equity in net (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 (in thousands):

 

     2003

    2002

 

Revenue

   $ 69,168     $ 27,472  

Operating and other expenses

     (42,659 )     (13,237 )

Interest expense

     (14,547 )     (6,825 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (12,792 )     (5,781 )
    


 


Net (loss) income

   $ (830 )   $ 1,629  
    


 


TPG’s share of net (loss) income

   $ (1,760 )   $ 410  

Intercompany eliminations

     672       583  
    


 


Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined real estate entities

   $ (1,088 )   $ 993  
    


 


 

Aggregate revenue and operating and other expenses for uncombined real estate entities for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the year ended December 31, 2002 increased significantly due to the acquisition of our interest in ARCO Plaza on January 28, 2003, offset by a decrease in rental revenue at One Commerce Square due to the scheduled expiration of a significant lease in September 2002 with rental rates above current market rates. Aggregate interest expense increased by $7.7 million, or 113.2%, to $14.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $6.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 primarily as a result of interest on the financing for our acquisition of ARCO Plaza. Aggregate depreciation and amortization expense increased by $7.0 million, or 120.7%, to $12.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 primarily as a result of the acquisition of our interest in ARCO Plaza in January 2003. Under our joint venture agreement with CalSTRS and the joint venture that owns ARCO Plaza, we are initially allocated depreciation expense for ARCO Plaza ahead of CalSTRS.

 

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Comparison of year ended December 31, 2002 to year ended December 31, 2001

 

Total revenues. Total revenues increased by $2.4 million, or 6.6%, to $38.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $36.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The significant components of revenue are discussed below.

 

Rental revenues. Rental revenues increased by $164,000, or 0.8%, to $20.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $20.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The increase was principally a result of a slight increase in leasing activity at Two Commerce Square during 2001, which resulted in a full year of revenue in 2002 from the related leases.

 

Tenant reimbursements. Revenues from tenant reimbursements increased by $656,000, or 7.3%, to $9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $9.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The increase was principally a result of increases in electricity expense, property insurance premiums and security costs that were passed through to the tenants under their lease terms.

 

Parking and other revenues. Parking and other revenues decreased by $169,000, or 7.3%, to $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. This decrease was primarily a result of a slight decrease in interest rates on interest bearing cash accounts along with a general decrease in interest bearing cash accounts.

 

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services revenues. Revenues from these services increased by $1.2 million, or 30.8%, to $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. This revenue increase is principally due to development fees, which increased by $782,000, relating to incentive fees under our agreement to develop the CalEPA headquarters building. The remaining increase was primarily a result of fee income related to 1835 Market Street and CalEPA. We began providing investment advisory and property management services to 1835 Market Street effective June 1, 2002 resulting in additional fee income of $659,000. In addition, we earned $271,000 of acquisition incentive fee revenue in 2002 related to Valencia Town Center and Reflections I.

 

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services revenues—uncombined real estate entities. Revenues from these services for uncombined real estate entities increased by $470,000, or 54.8%, to $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $858,000 for the year ended December 31, 2001. This increase was primarily a result of lease commission revenue related to One Commerce Square. More space was available for lease at this property due to one significant lease expiring in September 2002.

 

Total Expenses

 

Total expenses. Total expenses increased by $111,000, or 0.3%, to $43.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $43.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The significant components of expense are discussed below.

 

Rental property operating and maintenance expense. Rental property operating and maintenance expense increased by $524,000, or 8.9%, to $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The increase was principally a result of increases in electricity expense, property insurance premiums, and security costs. Tenant reimbursements revenue increased 7.3% as compared to an 8.9% increase in rental property operating and maintenance expense due to increased costs for leasing, advertising and marketing, certain professional services, parking, bad debt expense and net profit taxes, which expenses are not allowable pass-through costs in a standard lease agreement.

 

Real estate taxes. Real estate taxes increased slightly, to $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to the year ended December 31, 2001, due primarily to an increase in the tax rate levied by the City of Philadelphia.

 

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Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services expenses. Expenses for these services increased by $137,000, or 2.2%, to $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $6.1 million for 2001. The increase was primarily a result of compensation costs related to 1835 Market Street. We began providing investment advisory and property management services to 1835 Market Street effective June 1, 2002.

 

Rent—uncombined real estate entities. Rent expense related to uncombined real estate entities increased by $2,000, or 2.0%, to $101,000 for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $99,000 for the year ended December 31, 2001. This increase was primarily a result of an increase in operating expenses at One Commerce Square. Under our lease agreement for space at One Commerce Square, we pay our proportionate share of these operating expenses.

 

Interest expense. Interest expense decreased by $433,000, or 2.0%, to $21.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $21.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. Interest expense related to Two Commerce Square decreased by $506,000 due to an amortizing loan balance, offset by a $73,000 increase in interest related to One Commerce Square, primarily due to compounding of deferred interest on a mezzanine loan.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $160,000, or 2.7%, to $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $6.0 million for 2001. This decrease was primarily a result of certain assets at Two Commerce Square that became fully depreciated during 2001 and 2002.

 

Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities. Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities decreased by $292,000, or 22.5%, to $993,000 for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. Set forth below is a summary of the condensed financial information for the unconsolidated real estate entities, principally One Commerce Square and 2121 Market Street, and our share of net income and equity in net income for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 (in thousands):

 

     2002

    2001

 

Revenue

   $ 27,472     $ 25,373  

Operating and other expenses

     (13,237 )     (12,096 )

Interest expense

     (6,825 )     (6,859 )

Depreciation and amortization

     (5,781 )     (4,608 )
    


 


Net income

   $ 1,629     $ 1,810  
    


 


TPG’s share of net income

   $ 410     $ 728  

Intercompany eliminations

     583       557  
    


 


Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities

   $ 993     $ 1,285  
    


 


 

Aggregate revenue and operating and other expenses for uncombined real estate entities for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to the year ended December 31, 2001 are affected by a full year of operations for 2121 Market Street in 2002 as compared to only a partial year for 2001. 2121 Market Street commenced operations on September 14, 2001. Aggregate interest expense decreased $34,000, or 0.5%, to $6.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $6.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 primarily as a result of principal reductions in the mortgage loan balance at One Commerce Square, offset by a full year of operations in 2002 for 2121 Market Street. Aggregate depreciation and amortization expense increased by $1.2 million, or 26.1%, to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 primarily as a result of a full year of operations in 2002 for 2121 Market Street.

 

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Pro Forma Operating Results

 

Comparison of pro forma six months ended June 30, 2004 to historical six months ended June 30, 2004

 

The pro forma statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 is presented as if this offering and the formation transactions had occurred as of January 1, 2004. The pro forma statement of operations reflects the consolidation of our interest in One Commerce Square through May 31, 2004 (since One Commerce Square is consolidated in the historical financial statements effective as of June 1, 2004). Following the formation transactions, we will hold an 89% ownership interest in this property. Mr. Thomas and related entities will retain an 11% ownership interest. We will also hold an 89% interest in Two Commerce Square as a result of the formation transactions, with Mr. Thomas and related entities retaining an 11% ownership interest. As described below under the caption “Business and Properties,” our operating partnership will receive a cumulative annual preferred return on its 89% capital interests in both One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. The preferred return on the capital interest in One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square will be 8% in year one, increasing one percent each year, to a maximum of 12%. Since the preferred capital is in excess of the historical cost basis capital of each asset at the date of contribution, no income or loss has been allocated to the minority interest holders in the pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004, and no minority interest has been recorded on the pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2004. In addition, the pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations reflects the acquisition of a 25% interest in the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties and the increase in the indirect ownership of ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3%.

 

The real estate interests and other assets and liabilities contributed to us by Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him in exchange for units in our operating partnership will be accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities assumed will be recorded at TPG’s historical cost. As a result, expenses such as depreciation and amortization included in our pro forma operating results are based on the historical costs of the related contributed assets. The interests in properties purchased from third parties will be accounted for based on the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

 

The consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square for the entire period as compared to only one month on a historical basis resulted in significant increases in various components of our statement of operations. The overall effect of the pro forma adjustments is to decrease our net loss on a pro forma basis. This is primarily as a result of additional pro forma net income related to the consolidation of One Commerce Square and the acquisition of an additional equity interest in our joint venture with CalSTRS that holds an interest in the entity that owns ARCO Plaza and the acquisition of the 25% interest in the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties, offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses, due to compensation expense related to restricted stock awards. In addition, the allocation of net loss to the limited partnership interests in our operating partnership decreased the net loss.

 

The components of the significant changes that would have been reflected in our financial statements on a pro forma basis for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to the historical results are described below.

 

On a pro forma basis, total revenues would have increased to $31.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $22.7 million reported historically for the same period, an increase of $9.1 million or 40.1%. This increase is primarily a result of increased rental revenues, tenant reimbursements and parking revenues resulting from the consolidation of One Commerce Square.

 

On a pro forma basis, total expenses would have increased to $35.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $26.1 million reported historically for the same period, an increase of $9.0 million or 34.5%. This increase is primarily the result of an $8.7 million increase in expenses, resulting from the consolidation of One Commerce Square. Pro forma total expenses also reflect additional general and administrative expenses of $124,000 that relate to expenses associated with restricted stock awards to employees that will vest over future periods and additional depreciation expense of $103,000 related to the depreciation of

 

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buildings and improvements due to purchase accounting adjustments to investments in real estate resulting from the acquisition of minority owners’ interests in our predecessor, TPG, upon completion of this offering.

 

Equity in net income (loss) of uncombined real estate entities increased by $1.0 million, from a net loss of $529,000 on a historical basis to net income of $488,000 on a pro forma basis. This increase is a result of additional equity income from the acquisition of an additional interest in our joint venture with CalSTRS to bring our total interest in the joint venture to 25% and the contribution of the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties to our joint venture with CalSTRS. The increase in equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities is offset due to the consolidation of One Commerce Square and the elimination of the net income on a historical basis.

 

On a pro forma basis, the minority interest of $948,000 of income reflects the allocation of losses to the 53.7% limited partnership interest in the operating partnership held by Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him, and indirectly held by other members of senior management, one member of our board of directors, and one unaffiliated third party.

 

Benefit for income taxes reflects that our company is a corporation subject to taxes on the income or loss we will derive from the operating partnership. The pro forma tax adjustment was recorded assuming a 40% corporate tax rate applied to our share of the operating loss of our operating partnership.

 

Comparison of pro forma year ended December 31, 2003 to historical year ended December 31, 2003

 

The pro forma statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2003 is presented as if this offering and the formation transactions had occurred as of January 1, 2003. The pro forma statement of operations reflects the consolidation of our interest in One Commerce Square. Following the formation transactions, we expect to hold an 89% ownership interest in this property. Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him will retain an 11% ownership interest. We will also receive an 89% interest in Two Commerce Square as a result of the formation transactions, with Mr. Thomas and related entities retaining an 11% ownership interest. As described below under the caption “Business and Properties,” our operating partnership will receive a cumulative annual preferred return on its 89% capital interests in both One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. The preferred return on the capital interest in One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square will be 8% in year one, increasing 1% each year, to a maximum of 12%. Since the preferred capital is in excess of the historical cost basis capital of each asset at the date of contribution, no income or loss has been allocated to the minority interest holders in the pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2003, and no minority interest has been recorded on the pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2003. In addition, the pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations reflects the acquisition of a 25% interest in the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties and the increase in the indirect ownership of ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3%.

 

The real estate interests and other assets and liabilities contributed to us by Mr. Thomas and the Thomas Entities controlled by him in exchange for units in our operating partnership will be accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities assumed will be recorded at TPG’s historical cost. As a result, expenses such as depreciation and amortization included in our pro forma operating results are based on the historical costs of the related contributed assets. The interests in properties purchased from third parties will be accounted for based on the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

 

The consolidation of the operating results of One Commerce Square resulted in significant increases in various components of our statement of operations. The overall effect of the pro forma adjustments is to decrease our net loss on a pro forma basis. This is primarily as a result of additional pro forma net income related to the consolidation of One Commerce Square and the acquisition of an additional interest in the joint venture with CalSTRS to bring our total interest in the joint venture to 25% and the contribution of the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties to the joint venture. In addition, the allocation of net loss to the limited partnership interests in our operating partnership decreased the net loss.

 

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The components of the significant changes that would have been reflected in our financial statements on a pro forma basis for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the historical results are described below.

 

On a pro forma basis, total revenues would have increased by $21.5 million to $67.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $46.3 million reported historically for the same period, an increase of 46.4%. This increase is primarily a result of increased rental revenues, tenant reimbursements and parking revenues resulting from the consolidation of One Commerce Square.

 

On a pro forma basis, total expenses would have increased by $22.4 million to $70.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $47.7 million reported historically for the same period, an increase of 47.0%. This increase is primarily the result of a $22.0 million increase in expenses, resulting from the consolidation of One Commerce Square. Pro forma total expenses also reflect additional general and administrative expenses of $247,000 due to expenses associated with restricted stock awards to employees that will vest over future periods and additional depreciation expense of $205,000 related to the depreciation of buildings and improvements due to purchase accounting adjustments to investments in real estate resulting from the acquisition of minority owners’ interests in our predecessor, TPG, upon completion of this offering.

 

Equity in net income (loss) of uncombined real estate entities increased by $2.3 million, from a net loss of $1.1 million on a historical basis to net income of $1.2 million on a pro forma basis. This increase is a result of additional equity in net income from the acquisition of an additional interest in the TPG/CalSTRS joint venture to bring our total interest in the joint venture to 25% and the contribution of the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties to our joint venture with CalSTRS. Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities also increased due to the consolidation of One Commerce Square and the elimination of the net loss on a historical basis.

 

On a pro forma basis, the minority interest of $589,000 of income reflects the allocation of losses to the 53.7% limited partnership interest in the operating partnership held by Mr. Thomas and the entities controlled by him and indirectly held by other members of senior management, one member of our board of directors, and one unaffiliated third party.

 

Benefit for income taxes reflects that our company is a corporation subject to taxes on the income or loss we will derive from the operating partnership. The pro forma tax adjustment was recorded assuming a 40% corporate tax rate applied to our share of the operating loss of our operating partnership.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Analysis of liquidity and capital resources

 

We are a holding company. Our primary asset is our general partnership interest in our operating partnership. We have no independent means of generating revenues. To the extent we require funds to pay taxes or other liabilities incurred by us, or for any other purpose, we must rely on funds received from our operating partnership. Our operating partnership may be restricted or prohibited from distributing funds to us as a result of lockbox arrangements, reserve requirements, financial covenants and other restrictions and provisions contained in financing documents to which we or any of our subsidiaries or joint ventures are a party or are encumbering our properties. As discussed below, the loans for One Commerce Square, Two Commerce Square, Arco Plaza and 2121 Market Street presently contain these types of provisions. We may enter into financing arrangements in the future with such provisions. Further, we hold interests in each of our operating properties in a joint venture or partnership. As a result, we do not exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the property, joint venture or other entity, including with respect to cash distributions or the sale of the property. We presently expect to co-invest in the future through other partnerships, joint ventures and other entities.

 

We believe that this offering, the formation transactions and the refinancing transactions will provide us with sufficient liquidity and capital resources to execute our existing business plan in the near term. As of June 30, 2004, our pro forma total consolidated indebtedness is $295.9 million and we will have cash available of approximately $69.0 million. As of the same date on a pro forma basis, we will own interests in unconsolidated

 

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entities subject to long-term debt of $195.0 million. We will also have an unfunded capital commitment to our joint venture with CalSTRS of $56 million following the closing of this offering. Our requirement to fund all or a portion of this commitment is subject to our identifying properties to acquire that are mutually acceptable to us and CalSTRS.

 

We anticipate using the cash available as a result of the offering, after completion of the formation transactions, to fund our development and redevelopment projects and to acquire additional properties.

 

As of June 30, 2004, we were in the process of refinancing the $175 million loan provided by CalSTRS in connection with the acquisition of ARCO Plaza. As described below, on July 15, 2004, we completed this refinancing.

 

Development and Redevelopment Projects

 

We currently own interests in three development projects and our joint venture with CalSTRS has one significant redevelopment project. We have considerable expertise in the completion of large-scale development and redevelopment projects. We anticipate developing these properties as market feasibility permits. We also anticipate seeking to mitigate development risk, by obtaining significant pre-leasing and guaranteed maximum cost construction contracts. There can be no assurance we will be able to successfully implement these risk mitigation measures.

 

The amount and timing of costs associated with our development and redevelopment projects is inherently uncertain due to market and economic conditions. We presently intend to fund development and redevelopment expenditures primarily through construction or refurbishment financing. Presently, we have not obtained construction financing for these three development projects. As described in the following paragraph, in July 2004 a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the loan for ARCO Plaza, our sole significant redevelopment project at this time. If we finance the development projects through construction loans and are unable to obtain permanent financing on advantageous terms or at all, we would need to fund these obligations from cash flow from operations or seek alternative capital sources. If unsuccessful, this could adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations and impair our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations. If we are successful in obtaining construction or refurbishment financing and permanent financing, we anticipate that the corresponding interest costs would represent both a significant use of our cash flow, and a material component of our results of operations.

 

Redevelopment project: ARCO Plaza—This redevelopment project encompasses the repositioning and redevelopment of ARCO Plaza by our joint venture with CalSTRS. As of June 30, 2004, ARCO Plaza was encumbered by a $175 million secured loan provided by CalSTRS in connection with the acquisition of the property. On July 15, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced this loan. The new financing is in the form of a $325 million floating rate facility with an initial term of two years with three one-year extensions. This financing consists of (a) a $200 million senior loan, which replaces the existing $175 million acquisition financing, provides working capital and funds a debt service reserve required pursuant to the terms of the proposed loan, and (b) a senior mezzanine facility that can be drawn upon up to a total of $125 million, and will finance a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements, and leasing costs for the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. The $200 million senior loan and the $125 million senior mezzanine loan bear interest based upon separate fixed spreads above the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). We have hedged the outstanding $200 million senior facility by entering into an interest rate cap agreement and are required to enter into interest rate cap agreements for each advance under the $125 million facility. On August 26, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The net proceeds from this loan were distributed to the partners of the parent entity that owns the property. The maturity date for the junior mezzanine loan is the same as for the senior mortgage and senior mezzanine loan, and also provides for interest rate protection, lock box, reserve and cash management terms. The junior mezzanine loan bears interest at a floating rate based upon a fixed spread over LIBOR. We have purchased an interest rate cap for this loan.

 

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As of June 30, 2004, our joint venture with CalSTRS had incurred approximately $13.3 million in costs principally related to asbestos remediation in the South Tower of ARCO Plaza, replacement of the chiller units, conceptual design and architectural studies in connection with the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza, leasing and tenant work completed in connection with the City National Bank lease of 310,055 square feet of space and a showcase floor for prospective tenants in ARCO Plaza. The joint venture is currently committed to $17.8 million in tenant improvements and leasing commissions specifically related to the City National Bank lease, of which $3.2 million had been incurred and paid as of June 30, 2004. The leases with City National Bank, Jones Day and Fulbright & Jaworski also require the joint venture to complete a substantial portion of the ARCO Plaza renovation, including upgrades to the plaza, the elevators, the retail levels, and other requirements. At least $20 million in upgrades are required under these leases and must be completed by December 31, 2006 under the Jones Day lease and by December 31, 2008 under the City National Bank and Fulbright & Jaworski leases. The aggregate capital budget for the redevelopment and repositioning of ARCO Plaza is approximately $220 million. It is currently anticipated that the project will take approximately four years to complete.

 

We anticipate that we will be required to fund additional capital commitments to our joint venture with CalSTRS as a result of the increase of our interest in the joint venture from 5% to 25% and the costs incurred in the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. Our management believes that the combination of the existing equity investment in the project, the operating cash flows from the project, and the funds generated from the senior loan and mezzanine loans will provide a majority of the funds required to reposition and redevelop the property. However, there can be no assurance that we will not be required to make significant additional capital contributions to the joint venture in order to complete this redevelopment project.

 

Development Projects. As of June 30, 2004, we have incurred, in the aggregate, approximately $28.1 million in costs related to three development projects, including $1.1 million that has been invested by our minority partner in Campus El Segundo. These projects are large-scale, mixed-use projects that we would expect to be completed in multiple phases over several years. The development cycle for large-scale projects of this type is such that the completion and sale or refinancing, of early phases may, if successfully executed, provide the capital necessary to fund the later stages of the project. Our equity commitment to these projects will vary significantly based on the timing and final development plans for each project. We may invest up to an additional $80 million in capital contributions to the three projects over the next three years. Our management currently anticipates that following the initial phases of the projects, we will not be required to make additional capital contributions; however, there can be no assurance that we will not be required to do so.

 

The three development projects are:

 

2101 Market Street. We own approximately 1.7 acres of land adjacent to One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square on which we are contemplating constructing a combination office and residential development, consisting of 975,000 rentable square feet. If certain city approvals are obtained, the development could consist of up to 1.5 million square feet. We estimate the aggregate build-out cost to be approximately $150 million, comprised of an estimated cost of $85 million for construction of 575,000 square feet of office space and $65 million for construction of 400,000 rentable square feet of residential use space. These estimated aggregate build-out costs represent our anticipated percentage of these costs, which differs from our current percentage ownership interest in the property. The anticipated costs are based on management’s experience, but depend on a variety of factors that are subject to change, including costs at the time of actual construction. At the time of construction, we would expect to finance a majority of the build-out cost with construction financing, and arrange for permanent financing on the property upon completion and stabilization of the project. In addition, we may enter into one or more joint ventures with respect to portions of these properties, in part, to finance development. We estimate a potential build-out period for this development of 2005-2010, which represents our current estimate of the period from commencement of construction through completion of the structural shell, core and tenant improvements. We had invested approximately $11.7 million in this project as of June 30, 2004.

 

Four Points Centre. Four Points Centre is a mixed-use project located in Austin, Texas. As part of the first phase of this project, The Square at Four Points Centre, in February 2004, we sold a 13.6 acre parcel of land

 

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(which is part of The Square at Four Points Centre) to an unaffiliated third party for the construction of a 130,000 square foot retail store. We recently entered into a joint venture agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors, a publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail properties. Pursuant to this joint venture agreement, we will contribute land with an agreed-upon value of $8 million subject to debt of $3 million, the net proceeds of which will be distributed to us, and Weingarten will contribute $5 million of cash in exchange for a 50% interest in the joint venture. We expect the joint venture to build an approximately 230,000 rentable square foot lifestyle retail center, with construction of the first phase commencing late 2005 or early 2006. We currently estimate that the balance of the project will be built in seven to nine phases. We estimate the aggregate build-out cost to be approximately $240 million representing an estimated cost of $220 million for construction of 1,430,000 square feet of office, retail, research and development and hotel space, and $20 million for construction of 230,000 rentable square feet of retail space at The Square at Four Points Centre. These estimated aggregate build-out costs represent our anticipated percentage of these costs, which differs from our current percentage ownership interest in the property. The anticipated costs are based on management’s experience, but depend on a variety of factors that are subject to change, including costs at the time of actual construction. At the time of construction, we would expect to finance a majority of the build-out cost with construction financing, and arrange for permanent financing on the property upon completion and stabilization of the project. In addition, we may enter into one or more joint ventures with respect to portions of these properties, in part, to finance development. We estimate a potential build-out period for the Four Points Centre and The Square at Four Points Centre developments of 2005-2012 and 2004-2006, respectively, which represents our current estimate of the period from commencement of construction through completion of the structural shell, core and tenant improvements. As of June 30, 2004, we had invested approximately $12.8 million in this project.

 

Campus El Segundo. We have a contract to acquire approximately 46.5 acres of land located in the El Segundo submarket of the County of Los Angeles. We currently anticipate that the Campus El Segundo project, will consist principally of office, research and development, and retail space. We estimate the aggregate build-out cost to be approximately $280 million, which represents our anticipated percentage of these costs, which differs from our current percentage ownership interest in the property. The anticipated costs are based on management’s experience, but depend on a variety of factors that are subject to change, including costs at the time of actual construction. At the time of construction, we would expect to finance a majority of the build-out cost with construction financing, and arrange for permanent financing on the property upon completion and stabilization of the project. We had invested approximately $3.6 million in the project as of June 30, 2004, including $1.1 million invested by our minority partner in the joint venture holding the contract to acquire the property. Upon the occurrence of certain events and subject to certain conditions, our joint venture is required to purchase the property. The purchase price of the land is based on an appraisal process. The purchase contract includes provisions that permit the current owner of the property to require us to purchase this property if the appraised value of the property is within a certain range, and if below the range, at the election of the seller. We currently anticipate that we will be required to acquire a portion of the land in late 2004 or early 2005, based upon the terms of our contract. Assuming we acquire this property as anticipated, we would expect to commence construction of the first phase of this project in late 2005 or early 2006. We expect the project will be built in nine or ten phases, with phases following each other in intervals of six to 12 months, depending on market conditions resulting in a potential build-out period of 2005-2015, which represents our current estimate of the period from commencement of construction through completion of the structural shell, core and tenant improvements.

 

Leasing, Tenant Improvement and Capital Needs

 

In addition to our development and redevelopment projects, following the offering and the formation transactions, our company will also own majority interests in One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. These properties are substantially leased and have significant stabilized cash flows. These properties require routine capital maintenance in the ordinary course of business. The properties also require that we incur expenses for leasing commissions and tenant improvement costs on an annual basis. The level of these expenses

 

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vary from year to year based on several factors, including lease expirations. Based upon historical expenditure levels, the leasing activity in the project and the current rent roll, we anticipate incurring expenses of approximately $7 million to $8 million in capital improvements, tenant improvements, and leasing costs for the One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square properties collectively during the two-year period ending December 31, 2005. In addition, we do not anticipate incurring significant expenses for leasing costs, tenant improvements and capital improvements for the two CalSTRS Acquisition Properties, in which our ownership interest will be 25% upon the consummation of this offering.

 

Annual capital expenditures may fluctuate in response to the nature, extent and timing of improvements required to maintain our properties. Tenant improvements and leasing costs may also fluctuate depending upon other factors, including the type of property, the term of the lease, the type of lease, the involvement of leasing agents and overall market conditions.

 

Other Supplemental Data

 

Industry analysts generally consider earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as an alternative measure of performance for public companies.

 

We believe that EBITDA is helpful to investors as an additional measure of performance for a public company because it is predicated on operating income. While EBITDA is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance of public companies, other public companies may use different methodologies for calculating EBITDA. Accordingly, EBITDA as disclosed by such other public companies may not be comparable to our EBITDA as discussed in this prospectus. In order to facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, we believe that EBITDA should be reconciled with net income (loss) as presented in the financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), computed in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of our financial performance or cash flow from operating activities, computed in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to satisfy our cash needs. Below is a reconciliation of our net loss, as presented elsewhere in this prospectus under the captions “Summary Combined Financial Data” and “Selected Combined Financial Data,” to EBITDA (in thousands):

 

     Six months ended June 30,

    Year ended December 31,

 
     Pro Forma
Consolidated


    Historical Combined

    Pro Forma
Consolidated


    Historical Combined

 
     2004

    2004

    2003

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

 

Reconciliation of EBITDA:

                                                        

Net loss

   $ (491 )   $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (304 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )

Plus:

                                                        

Interest expense

     13,466       11,007       10,344       27,399       21,362       21,361       21,794  

Depreciation and amortization

     5,529       3,188       2,839       11,279       5,795       5,879       6,039  

Less:

                                                        

Minority interest

     948       (403 )     —         589       —         —         —    

Benefit for income taxes

     327       —         —         203       —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


EBITDA

   $ 17,229     $ 11,195     $ 13,071     $ 37,582     $ 24,602     $ 23,640     $ 22,285  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Contractual Obligations

 

The following table provides information for the company and our consolidated subsidiaries with respect to the maturities and scheduled repayments of secured debt (which reflects the entire principal amount of our fixed and variable rate debt) and scheduled interest payments of fixed and variable rate debt as of December 31, 2003, on a pro forma basis (in thousands). The following table also provides information with respect to capital

 

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expenditure commitments as of December 31, 2003 as well as future minimum lease payments on our long-term operating lease for our office at ARCO Plaza. The table does not reflect available maturity extension options.

 

Capital commitments of the company and our consolidated subsidiaries include approximately $3.8 million of tenant improvement allowances and leasing commissions for certain tenants in One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, of which $2.8 million and $970,000 are due to be funded in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and of which approximately $102,000 represents our unfunded capital commitment in the joint venture with CalSTRS as of December 31, 2003. Based on our agreement with CalSTRS to increase the total capital commitment to the joint venture, our unfunded capital commitment will be increased by approximately $56 million concurrent with the offering. This unfunded commitment is subject to the approval of both our company and CalSTRS to acquire properties not yet identified or other cash uses. As the identification, approval and successful closing of such acquisitions is uncertain, the timing and amount of capital to be contributed is not known. We estimate, however, that we will be required to fund this commitment in 2005 and 2006, and have therefore included the full commitment of $56 million in the table below in that period. Additionally, we entered into a joint venture agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors during the second quarter of 2004. Pursuant to this joint venture agreement, we will contribute initial capital of $125,000, which has been included in the capital commitments below.

 

     Payments Due By Period

     Less Than
1 Year(1)
(2004)


   2–3 Years
(2005 – 2006)


   4–5 Years
(2007 – 2008)


   More Than
5 Years
(After 2008)


   Total

Principal Payments—Secured Debt

   $ 13,074    $ 21,445    $ 15,124    $ 250,410    $ 300,053

Interest Payments—Fixed Rate Debt

     23,694      44,999      41,775      113,483      223,951

Interest Payments—Variable Rate

     277      33      —        —        310

Capital Commitments

     3,005      55,760      970      —        59,735

Operating Lease

     200      550      550      92      1,392
    

  

  

  

  

Total

   $ 40,250    $ 122,787    $ 58,419    $ 363,985    $ 585,441
    

  

  

  

  


(1)   These amounts include all payments due in calendar 2004.

 

Capital commitments of at least $20 million required under leases entered into at ARCO Plaza by City National Bank, Jones Day, and Fulbright & Jaworski are not included in the contractual obligations table above as ARCO Plaza is an unconsolidated subsidiary. These capital expenditures must be completed by December 31, 2006 under the Jones Day lease and by December 31, 2008 under the City National Bank and Fulbright & Jaworski leases.

 

Pro Forma Indebtedness to be Outstanding after this Offering

 

On a pro forma basis, as of June 30, 2004 we have approximately $295.9 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness. Our consolidated indebtedness consists principally of non-recourse mortgages and mezzanine debt secured by One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square. In addition, we hold interests in unconsolidated entities subject to long-term debt of $195.0 million as of June 30, 2004.

 

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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the pro forma indebtedness as of June 30, 2004.

 

Pro Forma Debt:

Consolidated Properties(1)


   Interest Rate

     Principal
Amount


    Annual
Debt
Service(2)


    Maturity
Date(3)


   

Balance at

Maturity


 

One Commerce Square:

                                     

Mortgage debt

   7.0 %    $ 74,086     $ 6,446     4/11/28     $ —   (4)

Mezzanine debt

   17.5 (5)      9,250       1,619     3/16/11       9,250  

Two Commerce Square:

                                     

Mortgage debt

   6.3        128,077       13,603     5/09/13       107,004  

Senior mezzanine debt

   * (6)      46,741       9,344     1/09/10       35,752  

Junior A mezzanine debt

   15.0 (7)      3,663       356     1/09/10       4,644  

Junior B mezzanine debt

   9.2        26,558 (8)     —       1/09/10       —    

Four Points Centre

   Prime Rate        4,000       1,544 (9)   8/31/04       4,000  

2101 Market Street

   LIBOR + 2.5 (10)      3,500       133     3/06/05       3,500  
    

  


 


       


Total Pro Forma Debt:

                                     

Consolidated Properties

   7.6 %(11)    $ 295,875     $ 33,045           $ 164,150  
           


 


       


Pro Forma Debt:

Unconsolidated

Properties(12)


                               

ARCO Plaza(13)

   Eurodollar + 2.1        175,000       5,731     7/30/04       175,000  

2121 Market Street

   6.1        20,032       1,464     8/01/33       —   (14)
           


 


       


Total Pro Forma Debt:

                                     

Unconsolidated Properties

   3.6 (11)    $ 195,032     $ 7,195           $ 175,000  
           


 


       



(1)   Pro forma debt of consolidated properties represents outstanding debt at June 30, 2004 for entities consolidated in the pro forma financial statements.
(2)   Annual debt service includes payments made for principal and interest.
(3)   Maturity date represents the date on which the principal amount is due and payable, assuming no payment has been made in advance of the maturity date.
(4)   The One Commerce Square mortgage loan is prepayable without penalty after March 11, 2008, at which date the outstanding principal amount of this debt will be approximately $68.9 million. The interest rate will increase by 2.0% on April 11, 2008, which additional amount may be deferred until maturity. Any deferred amounts are added to the principal balance of the loan and accrue interest at 9.0%. Provided there is no deferred interest, the loan balance will be fully amortized on April 11, 2028, the maturity date of the loan.
(5)   Interest at a rate of 10% per annum is payable currently. Interest of 7.5% per annum may be deferred until cash is available for payment. Deferred amounts accrue interest at 17.5% per annum. Following this offering, we intend to pay the 7.5% deferred interest on a current basis. Further, we intend to pay this mezzanine loan in full when it becomes prepayable in March 2005 or earlier with consent of the lender.
(6)   This senior mezzanine loan bears interest at a rate such that the weighted average of the rate on this loan and the rate on the mortgage loan secured by Two Commerce Square equals 9.2% per annum. Annual debt service excludes additional principal payments based on excess cash flow from the property, if any. The effective interest rate on this loan as of June 30, 2004 was 17.2% per annum.
(7)   Interest at a rate of 10% per annum is payable currently, and additional interest of 5% per annum is deferred until maturity.
(8)  

The repayment of the Junior B Mezzanine Debt is in the form of a minority participation in net equity according to a formula. To the extent the net equity in the property is below the thresholds of the formula, the $24.5 million in principal and accumulated deferred interest of $2.1 million will be forgiven by the lender. Under certain conditions, the lender has a right to extend the maturity date of this loan until July 2011, an additional 18 months.

 

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(9)   Subsequent to December 31, 2003, $1.4 million of the outstanding principal of this loan was paid, which is included in annual debt service. We are currently in discussions with the lender to extend the term of this loan.
(10)   The loan agreement provides that the interest rate will be the lender’s prime rate, or at our option, LIBOR plus 2.5%. As of June 30, 2004, we had elected LIBOR plus 2.5%, which fixed the rate at 3.7% for the six month period beginning March 26, 2004.
(11)   Represents the weighted average interest rate for the pro forma debt.
(12)   Pro forma debt of unconsolidated properties represents outstanding debt at December 31, 2003 for entities accounted for on the equity method in the pro forma financial statements.
(13)   ARCO Plaza is owned by our joint venture. We expect to own a 25% interest in this joint venture upon completion of this offering. As described below, on July 15, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the existing $175 million acquisition loan for ARCO Plaza with a $325 million loan that includes both a $200 million senior loan and a senior mezzanine loan that may be drawn on up to an aggregate of $125 million. The senior mezzanine loan is expected to provide capital for a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs for the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. In addition, on August 26, 2004, we entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The net proceeds from this loan were distributed to the partners of the parent entity that owns the property. The annual debt service for the $200 million senior loan and the $25 million junior mezzanine loan is approximately $8.1 million based on current interest rates. In connection with the payoff of the $175 million acquisition loan, the joint venture paid a fee of approximately $744,000.
(14)   2121 Market Street is owned by a joint venture in which we own a 50% equity interest. The 2121 Market Street mortgage loan is prepayable without penalty after May 1, 2013, at which date the outstanding principal amount of this debt will be approximately $17.2 million. The interest rate will increase to the greater of 8.1% or the treasury rate plus 2.0% on August 1, 2013. Any amounts over the initial interest rate may be deferred to the extent excess cash is not available to make such payments. Provided there is no deferred interest, the loan balance will be fully amortized on August 1, 2033, the maturity date of the loan.

 

Material Provisions of Pro Forma Indebtedness to be Outstanding

 

One Commerce Square: First Mortgage. One Commerce Square is encumbered by a securitized mortgage loan with an outstanding principal balance of $74.1 million as of June 30, 2004. This loan is payable in monthly installments and bears interest at 7.0% per annum through April 11, 2008 at which time the interest rate is increased by 2%. The additional 2% of interest may be deferred until maturity on April 11, 2028. Deferred interest accrues at 9% and is added to the principal balance of the loan. The loan is prepayable without penalty after March 11, 2008. All funds from operation of One Commerce Square must be deposited into a lockbox account for payment of taxes, insurance, interest, operating expenses, reserves for leasing expenses and capital improvements, and interest and other amounts payable on the mezzanine loan. After making the foregoing payments and reserves, and provided no event of default exists, excess cash is available to be distributed to the partners. At June 30, 2004, annual net operating income exceeded $8 million. However, to the extent annual net operating income falls below $8 million, we may be required to reserve any excess cash in the lockbox including any amounts that would otherwise have been transferred to the mezzanine lender. If the loan is not prepaid by April 11, 2008, excess cash flow must be used to pay down the principal balance of the loan prior to payment of the mezzanine loan and accrued but unpaid interest.

 

One Commerce Square: Mezzanine Loan. The partners in the entities that own One Commerce Square are parties to a $9.3 million mezzanine loan. The loan bears interest at a rate of 17.5% per annum. The partners may defer interest at 7.5% per annum. Deferred amounts also bear interest at a rate of 17.5% per annum. The loan matures on March 16, 2011. The principal balance of the loan and accrued deferred interest may be prepaid without penalty on or after March 16, 2005. The loan is secured by a pledge of the partners’ interests in the partnership that owns One Commerce Square, a pledge of the interests in a guarantor, a pledge of the distributions from the pledge entities and by a pledge and security interest in a second lockbox account associated with this loan into which all principal and interest payments on account of the mezzanine loan are deposited. If we default under the first mortgage loan, we will also be in default under this mezzanine loan. Further, we intend to pay this mezzanine loan in full when it becomes prepayable in March 2005 or earlier with consent of the lender.

 

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Two Commerce Square: First Mortgage. Two Commerce Square is encumbered by a securitized mortgage loan with an outstanding principal balance of $128.1 million as of June 30, 2004. The loan bears interest at a rate of 6.3% per annum, and matures in 2013. The loan also requires monthly principal payments. The loan agreement prohibits repayment prior to March 2013. After October 2005, the loan can be defeased. All funds from the operation of Two Commerce Square must be deposited into a lockbox account for payment of all taxes, insurance, principal and interest on the loan, operating expenses, and certain leasing and capital expenditure reserves. Provided there is no event of default, all excess cash flow is deposited into a second lockbox account controlled by the senior mezzanine lender for payment of debt service and other amounts owing to the senior mezzanine lender. All excess cash flow after payment of the foregoing is required to be used to first pay interest on the junior A mezzanine loan and up to a 10% annual return to our partnership and then any remaining amounts are required to be used to reduce the principal balance of the senior mezzanine loan and to fund a leasing reserve.

 

Two Commerce Square: Senior Mezzanine Loan. The entity that owns Two Commerce Square and one parent guarantor are parties to a $46.7 million senior mezzanine loan. The loan is secured by several pledges of interests in the entity that owns Two Commerce Square and certain of the indirect owners as well as by a pledge and security interest in the senior mezzanine lender controlled lockbox referenced above. The loan is payable in fixed monthly installments of interest and principal and matures in 2010. The interest rate on this loan is variable and is adjusted monthly to keep the weighted average of interest payable on this loan and the mortgage loan equal to an interest rate of 9.2% per annum. The effective interest rate on the senior mezzanine loan as of December 31, 2003 was 17.3% per annum. Mr. Thomas has personally guaranteed this loan and the junior mezzanine loans (as discussed below) up to an aggregate maximum amount of $7.5 million. The lender on these loans and the senior mezzanine loan has declined to release Mr. Thomas from these guarantees and replace them with a guarantee by us. Accordingly, we have agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas in the event his guarantees of these loans are called upon.

 

Two Commerce Square: Junior Mezzanine Loans. The entity that owns Two Commerce Square and certain parent guarantors are parties to two junior mezzanine loans with an outstanding principal balance of $30.2 million, including deferred and unpaid interest of approximately $2.3 million. Interest is payable currently on $3.5 million of the principal amount of the junior A mezzanine loan at a rate of 10% per annum. Additional interest on this $3.5 million principal amount is accrued at a rate of 5% per annum but is deferred until the maturity of the loan in 2010, at which time all outstanding principal and deferred interest is due. The remaining $24.5 million of the principal of the junior B mezzanine loan bears interest at a rate of 9.2% per annum, all of which is deferred. The $24.5 million of principal and accumulated deferred interest is payable at maturity to the extent the value of the property exceeds the total debt and preferred equity balance. The repayment is in the form of a minority participation in net equity according to a formula. To the extent the net equity in the property is below the thresholds of the formula, the $24.5 million in principal plus accumulated deferred interest will be forgiven by the lender. Under certain conditions, the lender has a right to extend the maturity date of this loan to July 2011, an additional 18 months. These loans and the senior mezzanine loan (as discussed above) are guaranteed by Mr. Thomas up to an aggregate maximum amount of $7.5 million. The lender on these loans and the senior mezzanine loan has declined to release Mr. Thomas from these guarantees and replace them with a guarantee by us. Accordingly, we have agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas in the event his guarantees of these loans are called upon. An event of default under any of the loans relating to Two Commerce Square will trigger an event of default under both junior mezzanine loans.

 

Four Points Centre: Mortgage Loan. Four Points Centre, including The Square at Four Points, is encumbered by a mortgage loan with an outstanding principal balance of $4.0 million as of June 30, 2004. Interest is payable monthly at the lender’s prime rate with principal due at maturity on August 31, 2004. We are in negotiations with the lender to extend the maturity date of the loan. As of June 30, 2004, the interest rate was 4.3% per annum. The loan is guaranteed by Mr. Thomas and affiliates and is subject to certain financial covenants binding upon the guarantor parties. In connection with the offering, we are in discussions that would release Mr. Thomas and affiliates from this guarantee and replace it with a guarantee by us.

 

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specified periods. Principal is due at maturity on March 6, 2005. At June 30, 2004, the interest rate was 3.7% per annum. An affiliate of Mr. Thomas has guaranteed repayment of the loan, up to $1.5 million. In connection with the offering, we are in discussions that would release this affiliate of Mr. Thomas from this guarantee and replace it with a guarantee by us.

 

ARCO Plaza (a TPG/CalSTRS joint venture property): Term Loan. On July 15, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the $175 million loan provided by CalSTRS to purchase ARCO Plaza with a $325 million loan facility that includes both a $200 million senior loan and provides for additional mezzanine borrowings of up to $125 million to fund a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs involved in the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. The two loans have an initial term of two years with three one year extensions and are not prepayable prior to July 2006. The senior loan bears interest at the rate of 1.75% plus LIBOR. The senior mezzanine loan bears interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 4.5%. All funds from operation of ARCO Plaza must be deposited into a lockbox account for payment of taxes, insurance, interest, operating expenses, reserves for leasing expenses, renovations and capital improvements, and interest and other amounts payable on the senior mezzanine loan. So long as there is no event of default and the net cash flow from the property exceeds the product of 1.20 and the cumulative debt service on both loans, calculated using the greater of 8.0% or the actual interest rate, excess cash will be available for distribution to the members of the ARCO joint venture or to any approved junior mezzanine lender. The $200 million loan is secured by a mortgage on the property and a security interest in the lockbox. The $125 million loan is secured by pledges of ownership interests in the entity that owns the property and a security interest in a second lockbox. We have entered into an interest rate cap agreement with respect to the outstanding $200 million senior loan facility and are required to enter into interest rate cap agreements for each advance under the $125 million mezzanine facility. Both loans contain exit fees that must be paid upon repayment of outstanding indebtedness of the loans. The $200 million senior loan exit fee is $500,000, which exit fee will be waived if this loan is refinanced with the initial lender and has a principal balance of not less than $200 million. The exit fee for the $125 million senior mezzanine loan is 0.5% of the aggregate amount of all outstanding advances made under the senior mezzanine loan, which exit fee will be waived if the $200 million senior loan is refinanced with its initial lender and has a principal balance of no less than $300 million or any portion of the $125 million senior mezzanine loan is refinanced with the initial lender. A default under the senior loan would also constitute a default under the senior mezzanine loan. On August 26, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The proceeds from this loan were distributed to the partners of the parent entity that owns the property. The maturity date for the junior mezzanine loan is the same as for the senior mortgage and senior mezzanine loans. The terms of the junior mezzanine loan permit prepayment at any time. If the junior mezzanine loan is prepaid prior to September 2005, our joint venture must pay a 6.0% prepayment fee. If the junior mezzanine loan is prepaid following September 2005 but prior to July 2006, our joint venture must pay a 4.0% prepayment fee. Following July 2006, the terms of the junior mezzanine loan permit prepayment pro rata with prepayment of the senior mortgage and senior mezzanine loans without payment of any fee. The junior mezzanine loan bears interest at the rate of 6.2% plus LIBOR. The junior mezzanine loan is secured by a pledge of the interests in the parent of the entity that owns the property and a security interest in a third lockbox. All remaining cash flow is placed into this third lockbox and is released to our joint venture monthly so long as there is no event of default and the net cash flow from the property exceeds the product of 1.20 and the cumulative debt service on all loans relating to the property, calculated using the greater of 8.0% or the actual interest rate. We have entered into an interest rate cap agreement with respect to the outstanding $25 million junior mezzanine loan. A default under either the senior mortgage or senior mezzanine loans is a default under the junior mezzanine loan. The $175 million loan from CalSTRS that was refinanced on July 15, 2004 had an outstanding principal balance of $175 million at June 30, 2004, and bore interest at a rate of six month Eurodollars plus 2.1% (3.3% as of June 30, 2004).

 

2121 Market Street: Mortgage Loan. 2121 Market Street is encumbered by a $20.0 million mortgage loan. The loan bears interest at 6.1% per annum with required monthly principal and interest payments of $122,000 through August 1, 2013, increasing to the greater of 8.1% per annum or the treasury rate plus 2.0% through August 1, 2033, at which time all outstanding principal and interest are due. To the extent our 2121 Market Street partnership lacks excess cash to pay the increased interest on the loan such unpaid interest may be added to the principal balance of the loan, accrues interest at a rate equal to the greater of 8.1% or the treasury rate plus 2.0%, and is payable upon maturity of this loan. The loan requires reserves for taxes and insurance. Following August

 

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2013 or an event of default, all funds from the operation of the property must be deposited into a lockbox for payment of taxes, insurance, principal and interest on the loan, operating expenses and certain reserves for leasing and capital expenditures. Our 2121 Market Street partnership must pay any deferred interest prior to receiving any excess cash flow from the lockbox. Prior to May 1, 2013, the loan may be defeased. The loan is prepayable without penalty after May 1, 2013. The loan is secured by substantially all the assets of 2121 Market Street, the partnership’s rights under a master lease and a guaranty by the partnership’s two general partners, one of which is our affiliate, up to $3.3 million. In connection with this offering, we are in discussions that would release Mr. Thomas and this affiliate from these guarantees and would replace them with a guarantee from us. In September 2001, 2121 Market Street Associates entered into a master lease for the property designed to allow a third party to take advantage of the historic tax credits for the property, in consideration for a series of payments to our partnership that owns 2121 Market Street. The master lease expires on December 31, 2026, however, in certain circumstances we have the right to terminate the lease in exchange for a payment to the tenant. The master lease arrangement has been generally categorized by us as a financing transaction since we are required to loan funds to the tenant to eliminate any operating deficits and any excess cash flow is paid to us as an incentive management fee.

 

Liquidity Needs

 

Our management believes that the company will have sufficient capital to satisfy our liquidity needs over the next 12 months. We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements, including property and undeveloped land acquisitions and additional future development and redevelopment activity, through cash flow from operations, additional secured and unsecured long-term borrowings, dispositions of non-strategic assets, the issuance of common or preferred units of our operating partnership, and the potential issuance of additional debt or equity securities. We do not currently anticipate issuing any additional equity securities either of our company or our operating partnership other than pursuant to our equity incentive plan. We also do not intend to reserve funds to retire existing debt upon maturity, except as disclosed as a use of proceeds from this offering. We will instead seek to refinance this debt at maturity or retire the long-term debt through the issuance of equity securities, as market conditions permit.

 

Cash Flows

 

Comparison of six months ended June 30, 2004 to six months ended June 30, 2003

 

Cash and cash equivalents were $4.1 million as of June 30, 2004 and $3.8 million as of June 30, 2003.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $3.0 million to $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $4.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The decrease was primarily as a result of a $3.3 million increase in net loss. Non cash items, primarily due to the gain on sale of real estate in the amount of $975,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2004, offset by minority interest of $403,000 related to the One Commerce Square minority partner income allocation, decreased the net cash provided by operating activities. Further net cash provided decreased due to a $2.9 million increase in other assets, primarily as a result of $3.1 million of costs incurred to date related to this offering, a $513,000 increase in receivables—uncombined real estate entities and a $1.9 million decrease in prepaid rent at Two Commerce Square, offset by a $1.8 million decrease in rents and other receivables, and a $4.5 million increase in accounts payable primarily as a result of unpaid costs incurred to date related to this offering.

 

Net cash provided by investing activities increased by $4.6 million to $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to net cash used in investing activities of $3.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The increase was primarily a result of a decrease in net contributions to uncombined real estate entities of $4.5 million, primarily related to the acquisition of ARCO Plaza, the sale of development property to an unaffiliated third party for approximately $3.3 million and additional cash of $2.6 million resulting from the consolidation of One Commerce Square into our financial statements effective June 1, 2004, offset by an increase in real estate improvements of approximately $477,000 and a $5.0 million deposit in connection with the acquisition of the 50% interest in One Commerce Square owned by an unaffiliated third party.

 

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Net cash used in financing activities increased by $939,000 to $2.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 compared to $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The increase was primarily a result of contributions to TPG of $4.8 million to fund its investment in ARCO Plaza in the first six months of 2003, offset by contributions of approximately $2.6 million during the first six months of 2004, primarily relating to a deposit of $2.0 million for the acquisition of the minority interests in One Commerce Square. In addition, there was a decrease in financing costs of $1.3 million related to loan costs incurred during the first six months of 2003.

 

Comparison of year ended December 31, 2003 to year ended December 31, 2002

 

Cash and cash equivalents were $3.6 million as of December 31, 2003 and $3.8 million as of December 31, 2002.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $4.7 million to $13.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $8.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. Non-cash items increased by $4.4 million from 2002 to 2003. The remaining increase was primarily a result of a $1.0 million decrease in the net loss and a $2.0 million increase in prepaid rent at Two Commerce Square, primarily offset by a $1.1 million decrease in deferred interest payable, a $784,000 decrease in accounts payable, and additional leasing and loan costs of $732,000.

 

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $6.1 million to $9.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. The increase was primarily a result of a $4.4 million increase in restricted cash related to the refinancing of Two Commerce Square in 2003 and an increase in net contributions to uncombined real estate entities of $2.2 million, primarily related to the acquisition of ARCO Plaza, offset by a $561,000 decrease in capital expenditures.

 

Net cash used in financing activities increased by $264,000 to $4.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. The increase was primarily a result of the net activity associated with the refinancing of Two Commerce Square in 2003. Principally, contributions from owners and minority interest increased $12.1 million offset by an increase of $2.9 million in distributions to owners. In addition, a decrease in principal payments on notes payable and an increase in loan proceeds increased cash by $5.3 million and $208.3 million, respectively, offset by an increase in repayment of loans and payment of loan costs of $221.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively.

 

Comparison of year ended December 31, 2002 to year ended December 31, 2001

 

Cash and cash equivalents were $3.8 million as of December 31, 2002 and $2.4 million as of December 31, 2001.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $6.0 million to $8.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. Non-cash items increased by $1.9 million from 2001 to 2002. The remaining increase was primarily a result of a $1.9 million decrease in our net loss, a $1.4 million increase in accounts payable and other liabilities and a $624,000 decrease in rents and other receivables at Two Commerce Square.

 

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $4.0 million to $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The increase was primarily a result of a decrease in distributions received from uncombined real estate entities of $4.7 million, and an increase in contributions to uncombined real estate entities of $849,000, offset by a decrease in expenditures for improvements to real estate of $1.3 million.

 

Net cash used in financing activities decreased by $1.1 million to $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2002 compared to $5.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. The decrease was primarily a result of (a) contributions from owners increased $1.5 million and distributions to owners decreased by $5.1 million; (b) principal payments on notes payable and payment of loan costs increased $3.0 million and $68,000, respectively, and (c) loan proceeds decreased by $2.2 million.

 

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Inflation

 

Substantially all of our office leases provide for tenants to reimburse us for increases in real estate taxes and operating expenses related to the leased space at the applicable property. In addition, many of the leases provide for increases in fixed base rent. We believe that inflationary increases may be partially offset by the contractual rent increases and expense reimbursements as described above. Our existing multi-family residential property and our planned multi-family residential property are both located in the Philadelphia central business district. These residential properties are subject to short-term leases. As a result, inflation can often be offset by increased rental rates. However, a weak economic environment may restrict our ability to raise rental rates.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

On January 1, 2003, TPG adopted SFAS 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections (“SFAS 145”). The most significant provisions of this statement relate to the rescission of Statement No. 4 “Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt.” SFAS 145 also amends other existing authoritative pronouncements to make various technical corrections, clarify meanings or describe their applicability under changed conditions. Under SFAS 145, any gain or loss on extinguishment of debt that was classified as an extraordinary item in prior periods presented that does not meet certain defined criteria must be reclassified. The adoption of this statement did not have a material effect on TPG’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

On January 1, 2003, TPG adopted the initial recognition and measurement provisions of Interpretation No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others” (“FIN 45”). FIN 45 significantly changes the practice in the accounting for, and disclosure of, guarantees. Guarantees and indemnification agreements meeting the characteristics described in FIN 45 are required to be recorded initially as a liability at fair value. FIN 45 also requires a guarantor to make significant new disclosures for virtually all guarantees even if the likelihood of the guarantor having to make payment under the guarantee is remote. We adopted the disclosure provisions of FIN 45 as of December 31, 2002. The adoption of the provisions of this interpretation did not have a material effect on TPG’S results of operations or financial condition.

 

In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”). FIN 46 clarifies the application of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements” and provides guidance on the identification of entities for which control is achieved through means other than voting rights (“variable interest entities” or “VIEs”) and how to determine when and which business enterprise should consolidate the VIE. This new model for consolidation applies to an entity in which either: (1) the equity investors (if any) lack one or more characteristics deemed essential to a controlling financial interest or (2) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities without receiving additional subordinated financial support from other parties. In December 2003, the FASB published a revision to FIN 46 (“FIN 46R”) to clarify some of the provisions of the interpretation and defer the effective date of implementation for certain entities. The provisions of FIN 46R are effective for the first reporting period ending after December 15, 2003 for entities considered to be special-purpose entities. The provisions for all other entities subject to FIN 46R are effective for financial statements of the first reporting period ending after March 15, 2004. On February 1, 2003, TPG adopted the provisions of this interpretation, which did not have a material effect on its results of operations or financial condition.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 149”). SFAS 149 amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments imbedded in other contracts and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” The provisions of SFAS 149 are generally effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The adoption of this statement did not have a material effect on TPG’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

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In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity” (“SFAS 150”). SFAS 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. The statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of this statement did not have a material effect on TPG’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The primary market risk faced by our company is interest rate risk. We intend to mitigate this risk by seeking to maintain a target debt-to-gross assets ratio of approximately 60%, while continuously evaluating all available debt and equity resources and following established risk management policies and procedures. Our strategy is to match as closely as possible the lives and income streams of our assets with the terms of our debt. In general, following the consummation of this offering and the formation transactions, we intend to use floating rate debt on assets with higher growth prospects and less stability to their income streams. Correspondingly, with respect to stabilized assets with lower growth rates, we will generally use longer-term fixed-rate debt. As of June 30, 2004, we had an insignificant level of outstanding floating rate debt. On July 15, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the existing $175 million acquisition loan for ARCO Plaza. The refinancing consists of a $200 million senior mortgage facility bearing interest at a floating rate of 1.75% above LIBOR, which we have hedged by entering into an interest rate cap agreement, and a $125 million senior mezzanine loan at a floating rate of 4.5% above LIBOR to be funded in the future, with respect to which we are required to purchase interest rate cap agreements as we borrow under this facility. In addition, on August 26, 2004, we entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The junior mezzanine loan bears interest at a floating rate of 6.2% above LIBOR. We have purchased an interest rate cap for this loan.

 

We manage our interest expense by using a combination of fixed and variable rate debt. Our fixed and variable rate long-term debt at December 31, 2003 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

Year of Maturity


   Fixed Rate

    Prime Rate

    Prime Rate or LIBOR+
2.5%(1)


    Total

 

2004

   $ 6,495     $ 5,400     $ —       $ 11,895  

2005

     9,173       —         3,500       12,673  

2006

     8,000       —         —         8,000  

2007

     8,892       —         —         8,892  

2008

     3,200       —         —         3,200  

Thereafter

     181,181       —         —         181,181  
    


 


 


 


Total

   $ 216,941     $ 5,400     $ 3,500     $ 225,841  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average interest rate

     7.5 %     4.0 %     3.8 %     7.4 %

(1)   Interest is payable monthly at the prime rate or adjusted LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum, based on TPG’s election for specified periods.

 

We utilize sensitivity analyses to assess the potential effect of our variable rate debt. At December 31, 2003, our variable rate long-term debt represents 3.9% of our total long-term debt. If interest rates were to increase by 40 basis points, which represents approximately 10% of the weighted average variable rate at December 31, 2003, the net impact would be increased costs of $36,000, of which $22,000 would be capitalized related to property under development and $14,000 would reduce pre-tax income for the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

The fair values of our mortgage loans and other secured loans are approximated by the carrying values, as the terms are similar to those currently available to us for debt with similar risk and the same remaining maturities.

 

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BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES

 

Overview

 

We are a full-service real estate operating company. We have substantial in-house expertise and resources in property acquisitions, development, asset and property management, marketing, leasing and financing. Our focus is on the acquisition, development and management of office, retail and multi-family properties on a nationwide basis. Formed in March 2004, we are the successor to Thomas Properties Group, LLC and its affiliates, founded in late 1996 by our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. James A. Thomas, and referred to in this prospectus as “TPG.” Following the consummation of the offering, Mr. Thomas will beneficially own 100% of our limited voting stock, representing 53.7% of our outstanding voting stock.

 

Mr. Thomas’ real estate experience dates back to 1976, when he entered the real estate business with Robert F. Maguire as a principal and as legal counsel. In 1983 their partnership arrangement was formalized as Maguire Thomas Partners. Messrs. Maguire and Thomas served as co-managers, and the firm quickly expanded into a national full-service real estate operating company. From 1976 to 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners and its predecessor entities acquired, developed, managed and/or owned interests in 17 properties with approximately 14 million rentable square feet of commercial space. In 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners split into two organizations, with several key members of Maguire Thomas Partners’ senior management joining Mr. Thomas at TPG. In the seven years since our founding, we have developed, restructured or acquired for our own account, or the account of third-parties, properties in the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States with approximately 7.4 million rentable square feet of space, including the acquisition and restructuring of properties Mr. Thomas originally developed while at Maguire Thomas Partners. Upon the closing of this offering, we will hold an ownership interest in six operating properties with 4.8 million rentable square feet of commercial space. In addition, we will provide asset and/or property management services for an additional five properties with 2.6 million rentable square feet.

 

We have four primary areas of focus: property operations, property acquisitions, property development and redevelopment, and investment management. Our business model has been developed by our senior management team to allow us to capitalize on the opportunities for high risk-adjusted investment returns from real estate ownership, while seeking to manage the volatility associated with the cyclical nature of the industry through fees and other revenues derived from third parties.

 

Effective with the consummation of this offering, we will execute the formation transactions described in this prospectus to bring substantially all of the interests in the properties owned by TPG and its affiliates into our company. In the formation transactions, we will issue 16,666,666 limited partnership units in our operating partnership to contributors of property interests, with a value of approximately $200.0 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock.

 

Business Focus Areas

 

While each of our business focus areas generates revenues on an individual basis, they are complementary and, when integrated, give us the full range of real estate disciplines and resources necessary to be a successful national real estate owner, developer and operator. The net proceeds from this offering will allow us to accelerate our acquisition and development growth strategies. We intend to reinvest a substantial portion of our earnings back into these businesses, which is facilitated by our decision to elect corporate status instead of electing to be taxed as a real estate investment trust.

 

Property Operations: A geographically diverse portfolio of properties in which we own interests or manage for third parties provides us with revenue through cash flow, fee income from property management, asset management and leasing activities. Property operations comprise the primary source of revenue based on ownership or management of 7.4 million net rentable square feet of space located in the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions, 4.8 million square feet of which we will hold an ownership interest in upon the closing of this offering.

 

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Property Acquisitions: We have an active and successful acquisition program targeted at three categories of properties: “core,” consisting of properties that are stabilized at the time of acquisition; “core plus,” consisting of under-performing properties that we believe can be brought to market potential through improved management; and “value-add” properties, requiring substantial redevelopment, repositioning and investment to achieve desired returns. Historically, we have acquired properties for our own account, as well on behalf of institutional investors, that not only provides us the opportunities for substantial returns once the properties are fully leased and operational, but to also achieve additional fee income. Over the past four years, we acquired over 4.4 million rentable square feet nationwide in joint venture with or for the separate account of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”).

 

Property Development and Redevelopment: Beginning at TPG’s predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners, our senior management team has acquired, entitled, leased and/or developed or redeveloped approximately 29.2 million square feet resulting in 19.5 million rentable square feet of commercial space acquired and/or completed to date by us in various West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic markets in the United States. To reduce development risk, these projects typically were over 50% pre-leased before development began and were built with guaranteed maximum price construction contracts and experienced construction teams. Our current property development pipeline includes the ability to develop approximately 4.8 million square feet of commercial space in the greater Los Angeles, Austin and Philadelphia geographic markets. We intend to develop these properties in phases as market conditions warrant. Through our joint venture with CalSTRS, we have also begun redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. City National Bank recently signed a significant lease for 310,055 rentable square feet at this property. The first phase of this lease commences August 2004. We are also in the process of repositioning the 685,853 rentable square foot office tower at 1835 Market Street on behalf of CalSTRS.

 

Investment Management: One of our subsidiaries is a registered investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We intend to expand this service of advising institutional investors on property portfolios on a fee basis. As a full-service real estate operating company with a substantial acquisition program and development pipeline, we can provide an attractive investment management service that is complementary to our other core businesses and can provide income diversification.

 

History

 

Mr. Thomas was a co-managing partner of Maguire Thomas Partners from 1983 until 1996. He formed TPG in late 1996 when Maguire Thomas Partners divided into two organizations. The other successor organization, Maguire Properties, Inc., is now a public real estate investment trust.

 

During the 1980s, Maguire Thomas Partners and its predecessor entities developed over five million square feet in downtown Los Angeles. The first project was Wells Fargo Center (formerly known as Crocker Center) consisting of the 54-story Wells Fargo Tower and the 45-story KPMG Tower, with an aggregate of 2.5 million square feet of office space. In 1989, Maguire Thomas Partners completed US Bank Tower (formerly known as the Library Tower), a 72-story building with 1.4 million square feet of office space. Shortly thereafter, Maguire Thomas Partners completed the 50-story Gas Company Tower which contains 1.3 million square feet of office space. Other major projects in the Los Angeles area included an eight-story office building and 350-room hotel in Pasadena, the redevelopment of a 14-story office project in Glendale, the completion and redevelopment of the 1.0 million square foot MGM Plaza in Santa Monica, and the conversion of a downtown Los Angeles building to 370 residential units.

 

Maguire Thomas Partners also developed projects containing approximately 6.3 million square feet in the 1980s and early 1990s in joint venture with the IBM Corporation, which also served as the major tenant. These projects included Commerce Square in downtown Philadelphia consisting of twin towers, each with approximately one million square feet. One Commerce Square was completed in 1987 and 500,000 square feet of the office space was leased to IBM. The Solana project in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas was developed by Maguire Thomas Partners with IBM in 1985. It consists of five buildings totaling approximately two million square feet of office, retail and hotel on 275 acres.

 

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The majority of our executive management team were formerly with Maguire Thomas Partners and have worked together approximately 10 years on average. With combined industry experience of over 120 years, members of our executive management team have acquired, entitled, leased and/or developed or redeveloped approximately 29.2 million square feet in various West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic markets in the United States resulting in 19.5 million rentable square feet of commercial space acquired and/or completed.

 

When TPG began operations in late 1996, the company owned and managed approximately 2.0 million square feet of commercial space and was in the process of planning the 950,000 square foot California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) headquarters in Sacramento, California.

 

In 1997, we established a relationship with two real estate investment funds managed by an affiliate of Lazard Freres & Co., serving as the managing general partner of the partnership that owned our One Commerce Square property, a 942,866 rentable square foot office tower in Philadelphia. We also expanded our investment management capabilities by becoming a registered investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Our separate account relationship with CalSTRS began in 1999 and we decided to make the provision of investment management services for institutional investors one of our core strategies. Currently we have two investment management relationships with CalSTRS, a separate account management relationship and a joint venture relationship. Under the separate account relationship, we have acquired or assumed management of six properties, totaling 1.8 million square feet.

 

In 2001, we completed the CalEPA headquarters, which has become a model for sustainable high-rise development. It has received numerous environmental awards, including the highest certification yet awarded under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program for a high-rise building. This innovative building started as a public/private partnership with the City of Sacramento but transitioned into a fee-only development project to accommodate public financing by the city.

 

We established our joint venture relationship with CalSTRS in 2003, when this joint venture acquired an 85% interest in ARCO Plaza in downtown Los Angeles. This property includes two 51-story towers on a full block in the heart of the Los Angeles central business district with significant redevelopment potential. We are in the process of redeveloping and repositioning this property.

 

Following this offering, we will hold through the CalSTRS joint venture an indirect 21.3% interest in ARCO Plaza, and a 25% interest in Reflections I and Reflections II, two of the six properties that we currently asset manage under our separate account relationship with CalSTRS. We will also continue to asset manage four other properties for CalSTRS, consisting of 800 South Hope Street, Valencia Town Center, 1835 Market Street and Pacific Financial Plaza. See “Description of TPG/CalSTRS Properties” below.

 

Following this offering, we will provide asset and/or property management services to 11 properties including properties in which we hold an ownership interest containing approximately 7.4 million rentable square feet and have the ability to develop an additional 4.8 million square feet. As of June 30, 2004, we had approximately 70 employees nationwide.

 

Business and Growth Strategies

 

Our primary business objective is to achieve sustainable long-term growth in order to maximize long-term stockholder value. Our business strategies to achieve these objectives consist of several elements:

 

Portfolio Enhancement: We intend to increase the cash flow from the properties in which we have an ownership interest or manage by achieving and maintaining high occupancies at market rents through superior property services and proactive management. We intend to leverage the earnings from this and other sources by re-investing a substantial portion of our earnings in our business.

 

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Targeted Property Acquisitions: We intend to make significant acquisitions of “core,” “core plus” and “value-add” properties where such acquisitions provide us with attractive risk-adjusted returns. In most cases we would expect to add value through re-positioning, tenant leasing, and asset management.

 

Strategic Joint Ventures: We will seek to leverage our expertise and experience to acquire or develop commercial real estate with institutional investors. We will continue to acquire “core plus” and “value-add” properties through our joint venture with CalSTRS. We also expect to establish strategic relationships with other institutional investors for acquisitions of core properties and other opportunities. Joint ventures provide us with additional capital for investment, lower risk and earned fees for asset management, property management, leasing and other services. We view our joint venture with CalSTRS as a model for other strategic relationships.

 

Selective Development and Redevelopment: We intend to develop and redevelop projects in diversified geographic markets using the development and redevelopment expertise and experience of our senior management team. For development projects we intend to use pre-leasing, guaranteed maximum cost construction contracts and other measures to reduce development risk. Currently, we have the ability to develop approximately 4.8 million square feet of office, residential and retail uses in three diverse geographic markets. We typically develop retail and residential projects in joint venture with other experienced developers and strategic partners in order to minimize risk and enhance profitability.

 

Through our joint venture with CalSTRS, we are currently redeveloping and re-positioning ARCO Plaza. This property was acquired in early 2003 at a cost we believe to be substantially less than its replacement cost and with approximately 49% of its space unleased. We intend to complete the redevelopment, repositioning and releasing of this project over the next three to four years. The first major step in this process was recently completed with the execution of a 310,055 square foot lease with City National Bank, for which the project will be renamed in late 2004. The first phase of this lease commences in August 2004. In addition, in July 2004 we entered into leases for an additional 226,694 square feet of space to Jones Day and Fulbright & Jaworski. When completed, we believe that the project’s classic design, central business district location, efficient floor plates and amenities will provide an attractive location for major tenants, and be competitive with other Class A projects in the vicinity.

 

Strong Tenant Relationships: We will focus on maintaining strong tenant relationships through a commitment to servicing tenant needs. We believe our expertise in marketing, lease negotiations, building design and property management gives us a competitive advantage in retaining existing tenants, attracting new tenants and replacing departing tenants quickly and efficiently.

 

Investment Management Service: We intend to grow our investment management service, which we believe is complementary to our other core businesses and provides income diversification. We will seek to expand this service through separate account arrangements and joint venture accounts that do not conflict with our obligations to CalSTRS under our joint venture agreement.

 

Strengths and Competitive Advantages

 

We believe we distinguish ourselves from other owners, operators, acquirers and developers of commercial properties in a number of ways and enjoy significant competitive strengths, including:

 

Experienced Management Team with Significant Ownership Interest: Our executive management team has significant experience in all aspects of the commercial real estate industry. Beginning at TPG’s predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners, our senior management team has acquired, entitled, leased and/or developed or redeveloped approximately 29.2 million square feet in various West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic markets in the United States resulting in 19.5 million rentable square feet of commercial space acquired and/or completed by us to date. Having worked together for an average of approximately 10 years, our executive management comprises a closely-knit team that shares common values and commitment, a concern for quality, and a keen

 

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understanding of what it takes to be the best in a competitive business. Our executive management team will collectively hold a 53.9% ownership interest in our company following this offering on a fully diluted basis, excluding incentive units, or an approximate 55.0% ownership interest on a fully diluted basis, including incentive units, which we believe appropriately aligns the interests of management with that of our public stockholders.

 

Diversified Business Model: We have a business model that we believe positions us for significant long-term growth by facilitating our investment in all areas and property types of the commercial real estate business. We have four separate, but complementary, areas of business focus: a portfolio of geographically diverse properties in which we own interests or for which we supply marketing, leasing, property management and other fee services; the acquisition of “core,” “core plus” and “value-add” commercial projects; selective development of pre-leased projects and redevelopment of under-performing projects; and investment management for institutional investors.

 

Quality Portfolio: We have a portfolio of 11 properties, consisting of six properties in which we own interests and asset manage and five properties that we provide property and/or asset management services for, collectively comprising approximately 7.4 million rentable square feet that includes Class A buildings or buildings we believe we can return to Class A status. We believe these properties could not be reproduced on a cost competitive basis today. We also believe these properties provide a solid foundation for the growth of our business.

 

National Presence: We intend to continue to operate and expand our business on a national level, targeting and entering attractive markets. We regularly monitor the top 20 markets in the United States for trends and opportunities. Currently we are concentrating on the West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States where we have an existing presence, and intend to expand into other markets as market conditions warrant.

 

Substantial Development and Redevelopment Pipeline: We currently have the ability to develop approximately 4.8 million square feet of office, mixed-use and residential space in projects located in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Austin. We have acquired or have the option to acquire these properties at what we believe to be favorable costs, and plan to develop these properties as market conditions warrant. Our practice generally is not to start construction of office projects without substantial pre-leasing, a development team in place, guaranteed maximum cost construction contracts, and other measures to minimize development risks. Our current redevelopment projects include our renovation and re-positioning of ARCO Plaza, and work underway at 1835 Market Street, a property that we manage for the account of CalSTRS and on whose behalf we are performing redevelopment services.

 

CalSTRS Joint Venture: Our strategic joint venture relationship with CalSTRS provides us with a key opportunity to serve as the operating partner and equity owner in a venture to acquire and redevelop or reposition under-performing office and mixed-use projects on a national basis. We receive advisory fees from this joint venture based upon net operating income and incentive fees if the performance of the properties exceeds certain benchmarks. We also receive property management and leasing fees from the joint venture, as well as development fees to the extent we undertake development or redevelopment of a project. We have agreed with CalSTRS to increase the total capital commitments to the joint venture to $333 million, of which approximately $220 million will not have been invested upon completion of this offering. Our aggregate commitment is $83 million, of which approximately $56 million will be unfunded upon completion of this offering. CalSTRS’ aggregate commitment is $250 million, of which approximately $164 million remains unfunded. Our obligation to fund this commitment is subject to our identifying acquisition properties or other cash uses that are mutually acceptable to both CalSTRS and us.

 

Multiple Revenue Sources: We will have a diversified revenue base consisting of geographically dispersed income properties that produce a majority of our revenue; fee generating services that produce a substantial portion of our revenue; and a conservative pre-leased development program that can generate additions to our property portfolio and to operating fees as well as contribute periodic significant revenue. We believe this diverse revenue base reinforces our ability to operate successfully in all phases of the real estate cycle.

 

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Investment Criteria

 

Our investment strategy is based upon nationwide access to potential acquisitions and development projects. However, we are primarily targeting markets where we have existing relationships and a presence, currently the West Coast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

 

In analyzing proposed acquisitions we consider various factors, including, among others:

 

    occupancy level and lease expirations;

 

    demand for similar properties in the area and micro and macroeconomic trends that may affect a property, such as potential demand, expected new supply and projected local economic growth;

 

    the initial cash flow and the projected cash flow over our estimated holding period;

 

    the creditworthiness of the tenants;

 

    the location of the property, with emphasis on prime locations in major cities or other strategic locations in the United States;

 

    economies of scale with our existing properties;

 

    physical condition and age of the property, with a preference for architecturally distinguished buildings;

 

    the cost and feasibility of repositioning or redeveloping the property (if applicable);

 

    the ability to increase rents and maximize cash flow from the properties under consideration;

 

    the terms of existing or proposed leases including the comparison of rent to market and whether the leases are above or below market; and

 

    the ability of the property to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

 

Development Criteria

 

We have established a set of criteria for considering any development that we might undertake. These criteria include:

 

    expected returns at a level to justify development risks;

 

    strong occupancy and lease absorption trends in the market for similar projects;

 

    analysis of market rents to determine support for a new project;

 

    desirability of the location, design and size for the market;

 

    pre-leasing of a significant portion of the space;

 

    analysis of competing projects under development or consideration and barriers to entry;

 

    availability of financing;

 

    ability to secure maximum guaranteed construction cost contracts and completion schedules; and

 

    ability to secure governmental approvals.

 

Investment Management—CalSTRS Relationships

 

We have two investment management relationships with CalSTRS. These two relationships consist of a joint venture relationship and a separate account relationship. These relationships are described below.

 

CalSTRS Joint Venture: We entered into this joint venture relationship in December 2002. The goal of the joint venture is to seek opportunities to acquire core plus and value-add office properties on a nationwide basis

 

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defined as “high risk” and “moderate risk” projects under our joint venture agreement. Under the agreement, “moderate risk” and “high risk” properties are characterized by unstable net operating incomes for an extended period of time, occupancy less than 85%, and/or physical or managerial problems which can be positively impacted by introduction of new capital and/or management.

 

The joint venture acquired its first property in January 2003, ARCO Plaza located in downtown Los Angeles. ARCO Plaza remains the only property in the joint venture as of March 2004. ARCO Plaza consists of approximately 2.6 million square feet of office and retail space. ARCO Plaza is approximately 85% owned by the joint venture, with approximately 15% owned by Kings Capital Portfolio No. 9 and the Kenneth A. Picerne Trust, unaffiliated third parties. We intend to increase our indirect interest in ARCO Plaza held through the joint venture from 4.3% to 21.3% upon or following consummation of this offering. Upon the earlier to occur of certain events or January 1, 2006, the minority investor in ARCO Plaza has the option to require our joint venture to purchase its interest for an amount equal to what would be payable to it upon sale of the project at fair market value.

 

We are the property manager and manager of the joint venture, with authority to administer and manage the day-to-day business of the joint venture in order to implement the annual business plans and annual budgets prepared by us and approved by the joint venture’s management committee. The management committee is comprised of three members, two of whom are appointed by CalSTRS and one is appointed by us. A unanimous vote is required on certain major decisions, including approval of annual business plans and budgets, financings and refinancings and additional capital calls not in compliance with the approved annual plan. All other decisions including sale of properties are made based upon a majority decision of the management committee.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, we earned an aggregate of approximately $4.5 million in fees from our joint venture relationship with CalSTRS. As manager of the joint venture, we are compensated through acquisition fees, asset management fees, incentive compensation, property management fees, development fees and leasing fees on the following basis:

 

    We are paid acquisition fees at the time a property is acquired, as a percentage of the total acquisition price.

 

    Asset management fees are paid on a monthly basis, initially based upon a percentage of a property’s annual appraised value. At the point of stabilization of the property, asset management fees are based on net operating income.

 

    Incentive compensation is based on a minimum return on equity, following which we participate in cash flow above the stated return, subject to a reimbursement obligation if returns for a property fall below the stated return. We had not earned any incentive compensation as of June 30, 2004.

 

    We perform property management and leasing services for ARCO Plaza pursuant to a management and leasing agreement. We are entitled to property management fees based on a percentage of the property’s gross revenues, paid on a monthly basis. We also receive customary leasing commissions. Generally, 50% of leasing fees are recognized upon the execution of the lease and the remainder upon tenant occupancy unless significant future contingencies exist.

 

    We earn development fees to the extent we undertake development or redevelopment projects on behalf of CalSTRS. Currently we have one development agreement with respect to ARCO Plaza. Development fees, which are based upon a percentage of the total direct and indirect costs of the property, including the cost of all tenant improvements, are recognized as the real estate development services are rendered using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting.

 

Under our joint venture agreement, until the earlier of May 1, 2007 and the date CalSTRS has contributed $250 million to the joint venture, inclusive of funds already invested, we have an exclusivity obligation to present all future high risk and moderate risk office projects involving a total capital investment of $10 million or more to the joint venture before we may acquire the property for our own account or that of a third party. Unless

 

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otherwise determined by the management committee, we are required to exercise diligent efforts to sell each joint venture property within five years of stabilization (defined as completion of the project and 85% leased), except that the holding period for Reflections I and Reflections II, both of which are 100% leased, will be separately determined by the joint venture management committee. With respect to these two properties, we are required to perform a hold/sell analysis at least annually, and make a recommendation to the management committee regarding the appropriate holding period, which may be less than five years. If we fail to effect a sale by the end of any applicable holding period, CalSTRS has the right to assume control of the sale process. The joint venture agreement contains a buy-sell provision which either party may exercise after January 1, 2006 or earlier by CalSTRS upon an event of default by us or upon the death, disability, or termination of employment of either Mr. Thomas or John Sischo, our Executive Vice President, or if either Mr. Thomas or Mr. Sischo fail to devote sufficient time to the joint venture (unless replaced with an individual acceptable to CalSTRS within 180 days), or upon any transfer of stock in our company or units in our operating partnership resulting in Mr. Thomas, his immediate family and controlled entities owning less than 30% of the securities entitled to vote for the election of directors. Under this provision, the initiating party sets a price for its interest in the joint venture, and the other party has a specified time to either elect to buy the initiating party’s interest, or to sell its own interest to the initiating party at that price.

 

CalSTRS also has a buy-out option to purchase our interest in the joint venture upon the occurrence of certain events at a 3% discount to appraised value, including if we default under the joint venture agreement, declare bankruptcy, or upon the death, disability or termination of employment of either Mr. Thomas or Mr. Sischo unless those individuals are replaced with an individual acceptable to CalSTRS within 180 days.

 

Separate Account Relationship: Our separate account relationship with CalSTRS began in November 1999. Since that time, on the behalf of CalSTRS, we have acquired or begun to asset manage, six properties located nationwide. The six properties are: 800 South Hope Street, a 242,176 rentable square foot office building located in downtown Los Angeles; Valencia Town Center, a 393,632 rentable square foot office property located in Valencia, California; Reflections I, a 123,546 rentable square foot office building located in Reston, Virginia; Reflections II, a 64,253 rentable square foot office building located in Reston, Virginia; 1835 Market Street, a 685,853 rentable square foot office tower located in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Pacific Financial Plaza, a 279,474 rentable square foot office building located in Newport Beach, California, for which we assumed management in July 2003. In our separate account relationship with CalSTRS, we have “discretion in a box” authority, defining the parameters under which we are to acquire properties. This is a structure that many pension plans have instituted over the past several years to provide a level of portfolio control on their behalf while giving an investment manager the discretion to compete for opportunities and close acquisitions in a competitive marketplace where discretion is required to successfully acquire properties.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, we earned an aggregate of approximately $3.6 million in fees from our separate account relationship with CalSTRS. We are compensated in this separate account relationship through performance acquisition fees, asset management fees, incentive compensation, property management fees, development fees and leasing fees on the following basis:

 

    We earn acquisition fees in the first three years after a property is acquired, if the property meets or exceeds the pro forma operating results that were agreed upon at the time of the acquisition and a performance index associated with the region in which the property is located.

 

    We earn asset management fees paid on a quarterly basis, based on the annual net operating income of the property.

 

    We are entitled to incentive compensation based upon both property and portfolio performance above a minimum rate, at which time we begin to participate in cash flow from the properties. 50% of the incentive compensation is paid at the time an investment is sold, and the remaining 50% is payable when the company’s contract is terminated or on the ten-year anniversary after the investment contract was signed. None has been earned as of June 30, 2004.

 

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    We are entitled to property management fees for four properties presently under management, calculated based on a percentage of the gross revenues of the property, paid on a monthly basis.

 

    We are responsible for leasing and development services for four properties currently under the separate account relationship, and receive leasing commissions and development fees. Generally, 50% of leasing fees are recognized upon the execution of the lease and the remainder upon tenant occupancy unless significant future contingencies exist. Development fees, which are a percentage of the total direct and indirect costs of the construction, including the cost of all tenant improvements, are recognized as the real estate development services are rendered using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting.

 

Our agreement is a standard contract employed by CalSTRS for investment management, and is terminable by either party on 30 days notice. Following this offering, we will continue to asset and/or property manage 800 South Hope, Valencia Town Center, Pacific Financial Plaza and 1835 Market Street for the separate account of CalSTRS, as well as Reflections I, Reflections II, and ARCO Plaza.

 

Financing Strategies

 

We use a variety of financing methods to accomplish our goal of maintaining our indebtedness at a target ratio of 60% debt to our consolidated gross assets. We generally choose a financing method based upon the most attractive interest rate, repayment terms and maturity dates available in the marketplace at the time, and customize our financing strategy for each transaction. Our financing strategy for core projects generally includes securitized and conventional financing, and short-term acquisition financing. For core plus and value-add projects, we may seek the same financing as for core projects, and in addition we may seek construction financing, mezzanine financing and preferred debt or equity. Following this offering, a substantial amount of our debt may be floating-rate debt, as opposed to fixed-rate. We intend to hedge or cap, through swapping arrangements or otherwise, substantially all of our floating-rate debt.

 

In addition, we may issue common or preferred stock for capital raising purposes, on terms determined by our board of directors, based upon our financing needs and market conditions.

 

Our financing may be recourse or nonrecourse, and may involve cross-collateralization of security for the financing. If the indebtedness is recourse, our general assets would be included in the collateral. If the indebtedness is nonrecourse, the collateral would be limited to the particular property to which the indebtedness relates. In addition, we may invest in properties subject to existing loans secured by mortgages or similar liens on the properties, or refinance properties acquired on a leveraged basis.

 

Existing Property Portfolio

 

Our properties are located in the West Coast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, and consist primarily of office space and also including some mixed-use, multi-family and retail properties. In connection with the formation transactions, our operating partnership will acquire interests in the properties listed below. Upon completion of this offering, we will hold a 46.3% ownership interest in our operating partnership (50.3% if the overallotment option is exercised in full). We have entered into an agreement to purchase a 50% interest in One Commerce Square from an unaffiliated third party concurrent with the closing of this offering. We will hold an 89% ownership interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square upon the consummation of this offering. Mr. Thomas or entities controlled by Mr. Thomas will continue to hold the remaining 11% interest in each of these properties following the offering. We will hold a 50% interest in 2121 Market Street following the offering; the other 50% interest is held by an entity owned by Philadelphia Management, an unaffiliated Philadelphia-based real estate developer. We currently provide asset and/or property management services for six properties on behalf of CalSTRS under a separate account relationship, two of which, Reflections I and Reflections II, we expect to acquire an indirect 25% interest in concurrent with the closing of this offering. Also upon the closing of this offering, we will increase our ownership interest from 5% to 25% in our joint venture with CalSTRS, which holds an 85% interest in ARCO Plaza, as a result our indirect

 

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interest in ARCO Plaza will increase from 4.3% to 21.3%. ARCO Plaza is a value-add property, and our joint venture has a capital budget of $220 million to fund our redevelopment and repositioning of the property, which we estimate to take approximately four years to complete. Our interests in ARCO Plaza, Reflections I and Reflections II will be held through our joint venture with CalSTRS. See “Structure and Formation.”

 

An overview of these properties as of June 30, 2004, including development properties and acquisitions we will complete concurrent with the closing of this offering, is presented below:

 

Core Properties


 

Location


  

Predecessor

Percentage
Interest


    Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


   

Year

Built/
Renovated


   Rentable
Square
Feet(1)


  Percent
Leased


    Annualized
Rent(2)


  Annualized
Net Rent
Per Leased
Square
Foot(3)


   Annualized
Net
Effective
Rent Per
Leased
Square
Foot(4)


One Commerce Square

 

Philadelphia, PA

   50.0 %(5)   89.0 %   1987    942,866   93.3 %   $ 10,727,627   $ 12.20    $ 10.86

Two Commerce Square

 

Philadelphia, PA

   100.0     89.0     1992    953,276   97.4       25,631,602     27.60      18.85

2121 Market Street

 

Philadelphia, PA

   50.0     50.0     2001    20,835   100.0       356,350     17.10      12.60

Reflections I

  Reston, VA    0.0     25.0     2000    123,546   100.0       2,553,696     20.67      20.04

Reflections II

  Reston, VA    0.0     25.0     1984/2001    64,253   100.0       1,471,363     22.90      20.86
        

 

      
 

 

 

  

Total/Weighted Average:

       68.2 %   82.9 %        2,104,776   95.8 %   $ 40,740,638   $ 20.20    $ 15.44
        

 

      
 

 

 

  

Value-Add Property


 

Location


   Predecessor
Percentage
Interest


    Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


    Year Built

   Rentable
Square
Feet(1)


  Percent
Leased


    Annualized
Rent(2)


  Annualized
Net Rent
Per Leased
Square
Foot(3)


   Annualized
Net
Effective
Rent Per
Leased
Square
Foot(4)


ARCO Plaza

 

Los Angeles, CA

   4.3 %   21.3 %   1972-1973    2,648,920   50.8 %   $ 13,011,542   $ 9.98    $ 9.74

(1)   For purposes of the tables above, both on-site and off-site parking are excluded. Total portfolio square footage includes office properties and mixed-use space (including retail), but excludes residential space with 168 apartment units. Rentable area is calculated consistent with leases in place on the property and local market conventions.
(2)   Annualized rent represents the annualized monthly contractual rent under existing leases as of June 30, 2004 for 100% of the property. For leases with a remaining term of less than one year, annualized rent includes only the amounts through the expiration of the lease. Annualized rent reflects total base rent before any one-time or non-recurring rent abatements, but after annually recurring rent credits and is shown on a net basis. For any tenant under a partial gross lease (which requires the tenant to reimburse the landlord for its pro-rata share of operating expenses in excess of a stated expense stop) or under a full gross lease (which does not require the tenant to reimburse the landlord for any operating expenses) the unreimbursed portion of current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of such date) are subtracted from gross rent. Total projected recurring rent credits for leases in effect as of June 30, 2004 for the 12 months ending June 30, 2005 are $752,999. There are no operating expense credits.
(3)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent as computed above, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.
(4)   Annualized net effective rent per leased square foot represents the contractual rent for leases in place as of June 30, 2004, calculated on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP. This amount is shown on a net basis; thus, for any tenant under a partial gross lease, the expense stop, or under a full gross lease, the current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of the date), are subtracted from gross rent. This amount is further reduced by the annual amortization of any tenant improvement or leasing costs incurred by us for the leases, and is then divided by the rentable square footage under lease as of the same date.
(5)   Effective June 1, 2004, we are allocated 100% of the net income or loss of One Commerce Square after the preferred returns to the other partners.

 

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The information presented in the table above for ARCO Plaza does not include three leases for which the tenants had not taken possession of the space at June 30, 2004. In November 2003, 310,055 square feet was leased to City National Bank, the majority of which space will be vacated by Bank of America, a departing tenant. The first phases of this lease commence prior to June 30, 2005 and the term of the lease is 15 years, commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable. If this lease and these phases were reflected in the table above, the annualized rent would be $15,301,705.

 

In July 2004, 63,014 square feet was leased to Fulbright & Jaworski. We expect to deliver the space to Fulbright & Jaworski no later than October 2004, with the anticipation that the tenant will begin paying operating expenses in September 2006 and rent in January 2007. We will not be reimbursed for operating expenses from Fulbright & Jaworski for a period of approximately 24 months, and will not receive rent for a period of approximately 28 months from the delivery date. We estimate that the amount of unreimbursed operating expenses attributable to the space leased to Fulbright & Jaworski during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in October 2004 to September 2006 will be approximately $1.5 million. The term of the lease is 12 years, commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable. The aggregate rental revenue that the entity that owns ARCO Plaza (in which we will hold an indirect 21.3% interest) will accrue during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in October 2004 to January 2007 using the straight-line method described below will be approximately $2.5 million.

 

Additionally, in July 2004, 163,680 square feet was leased to Jones Day. We expect to deliver the space to Jones Day no later than January 2005, with the anticipation that the tenant will begin paying rent and operating expenses in November 2006. As a result, we will not receive rent or be reimbursed for operating expenses from this tenant for a period of approximately 22 months from the delivery date. We estimate that the amount of unreimbursed operating expenses attributable to the space leased to Jones Day during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in January 2005 to November 2006 will be approximately $3.6 million. The aggregate rental revenue that the entity that owns ARCO Plaza (in which we will hold an indirect 21.3% interest) will accrue during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in January 2005 to November 2006 using the straight-line method described below will be approximately $5.3 million. The term of the lease is 15 years commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable.

 

For financial accounting purposes, the minimum base rents associated with the Fulbright & Jaworski and Jones Day leases will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of these leases beginning when the tenant takes possession and ending when the lease expires assuming all early lease termination options, if any, are exercised, and all renewal options, if any, are not exercised. The excess of rental revenue recognized over amounts contractually due under these leases will be included in deferred rents on the balance sheet of our joint venture with CalSTRS (which is an unconsolidated subsidiary of our company). Reimbursement of operating expenses will not be recorded by our joint venture on a straight-line basis as the amounts are not fixed and determinable. Therefore, there will be no accounting recognition by our joint venture for tenant reimbursements relating to these operating expenses until such time as these tenants begin reimbursing our joint venture for such expenses.

 

At least $20 million in upgrades are required under the leases with City National Bank, Fulbright & Jaworski, and Jones Day, which must be completed by December 31, 2006 under the Jones Day lease and by December 31, 2008 under the City National Bank and Fulbright & Jaworski leases.

 

ARCO Plaza was re-measured in accordance with Building Owners and Managers Association (“BOMA”) 1996 standards concurrent with the acquisition of an interest by our joint venture with CalSTRS in 2003. The total BOMA 1996 square footage for the property is 2,648,920. However, the total property net rentable square feet used for the calculations with respect to percent leased, annualized net rent per leased square foot and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot in this prospectus represents the sum of the square footage of existing leases, a majority of which do not reflect BOMA 1996 measurement guidelines and the square footage of available space determined in accordance with BOMA 1996 measurement guidelines. We are not permitted to

 

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use the newer BOMA guidelines in our calculations with respect to the leases in place for existing tenants at the time we acquired the property as this would effectively increase the rentable square feet leased and, correspondingly, the rent under the lease. The resulting ARCO Plaza rentable square footage is 2,566,884. The resulting total portfolio square footage is 4,671,660.

 

Tenant Diversification

 

As of June 30, 2004, office and mixed-use space at properties in which we will hold an ownership interest upon completion of this offer was leased to approximately 110 tenants, many of which are nationally recognized firms in the construction services, financial, accounting and legal services. The following two tables set forth information regarding the 20 largest tenants in our office and mixed-use portfolio based on annualized rent as of June 30, 2004:

 

Core Properties—
Tenant


 

Property


  Predecessor
Percentage
Interest


    Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


    Lease
Expiration(1)


    Total Leased
Square Feet


    Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Square Feet(2)


    Annualized
Rent(3)


  Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Annualized Rent


 

Conrail(4)

                        752,999     16.1 %   $ 22,290,329   41.5 %
    Two Commerce   100.0 %   89.0 %   2009     377,999     8.1       11,339,970   21.1  
    Two Commerce   100.0 %   89.0 %   2008     375,000     8.0       10,950,359   20.4  

Delaware Management Holdings

                        249,460     5.3       2,868,790   5.3  
    One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2012     220,194     4.7       2,532,231   4.7  
    One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2005     29,266     0.6       336,559   0.6  

Raytheon

  Reflections I   0.0     25.0     2010     123,546     2.6       2,553,696   4.8  

Ernst & Young

                        87,163     1.9       1,952,563   3.6  
    Two Commerce   100.0     89.0     2013     73,165     1.6       1,616,611   3.0  
    Two Commerce   100.0     89.0     2007     13,998     0.3       335,952   0.6  

Fiserv Securities

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2013     118,908     2.6       1,724,166   3.2  

Department of Interior

  Reflections II   0.0     25.0     2010     64,253     1.4       1,471,363   2.7  

Stradley Ronon Stevens

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2005 (5)   83,058 (6)   1.8       1,183,157   2.2  

The Pew Charitable Trusts

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2013     82,937     1.8       1,161,118   2.2  

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2008     45,862     1.0       428,810   0.8  

Barrack Rodos & Bacine

  Two Commerce   100.0     89.0     2011     19,305     0.4       328,186   0.6  

Commerce Bancorp

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2007     43,969     0.9       307,783   0.6  

Harkins Cunningham

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2009     22,961     0.5       298,493   0.6  

Hunt Management Company

  One Commerce   50.0     89.0     2008     33,572     0.7       291,250   0.5  

Grant Thornton

  Two Commerce   100.0     89.0     2014     24,489 (7)   0.5       271,994   0.5  
                         

 

 

 

Total:

                        1,752,482     37.5 %   $ 37,131,698   69.1 %
                         

 

 

 

 

Value-Add Property—Tenant


 

Property


 

Predecessor

Percentage

Interest


   

Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


    Lease
Expiration(1)


  Total Leased
Square Feet


  Percentage of
Total
Portfolio
Square Feet(2)


    Annualized
Rent(3)


  Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Annualized Rent


 

ARCO(8)

  Arco   4.3 %   21.3 %   2005   237,559   5.1 %   $ 3,293,269   6.1 %

Paul Hastings

  Arco   4.3     21.3     2017   208,721   4.5       3,078,760   5.7  

Bank of America

  Arco   4.3     21.3     2004   449,835   9.6       1,779,814   3.3  

DMJM

  Arco   4.3     21.3     2011   109,744   2.3       1,361,334   2.6  

US Trust

  Arco   4.3     21.3     2010   60,100   1.3       852,503   1.6  

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

  Arco   4.3     21.3     2008   21,769   0.5       427,303   0.8  
                       
 

 

 

Total:

                      1,087,728   23.3 %   $ 10,792,983   20.1 %
                       
 

 

 


(1)   Assumes no exercise of renewal options and the exercise of all early termination options.
(2)   Total portfolio square footage used in the calculation is 4,671,660.

 

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(3)   Annualized rent represents the annualized monthly contractual rent under existing leases as of June 30, 2004 for 100% of the property. This amount reflects total base rent before any one-time or non-recurring rent abatements but after annually recurring rent credits and is shown on a net basis. For any tenant under a partial gross lease (which requires the tenant to reimburse the landlord for its pro-rata share of operating expenses in excess of a stated expense stop) or under a full gross lease (which does not require the tenant to reimburse the landlord for any operating expenses) the unreimbursed portion of current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of such date) are subtracted from gross rent.
(4)   The tenant has entered into sublease agreements for substantially all of the space leased. Many of these sublease tenants have committed to enter into direct lease agreements with us upon expiration of the concurrent lease and sublease terms.
(5)   Subsequent to June 30, 2004 the tenant extended its lease term to December 31, 2017. The tenant has the right to surrender 11,350 square feet in 2005.
(6)   1,231 square feet of storage space is leased on a month-to-month basis.
(7)   In February 2004, the tenant amended its lease to include an additional 4,745 of rentable square feet. The lease term of this additional space does not commence until December 2004.
(8)   The tenant has entered into sublease agreements for 80.4% of its leased office space. To date, none of these sublease tenants have entered into a direct lease agreement with us upon expiration of their sublease term.

 

Lease Distribution

 

The following table sets forth information relating to the distribution of leases in the properties for our office and mixed-use properties, based on rentable square feet under lease as of June 30, 2004:

 

Core Properties—Square Feet

Under Lease


   Number
of Leases


   Percentage
of All Core
Properties
Leases


    Total Leased
Square Feet


   Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Leased Square
Feet


    Annualized
Rent


   Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Annualized Rent


 

2,500 or less

   10    16.1 %   6,405    0.2 %   $ 144,345    0.3 %

  2,501-10,000

   26    41.9     138,690    4.2       1,896,238    3.5  

10,001-20,000

   10    16.1     132,152    4.0       2,014,478    3.7  

20,001-40,000

   5    8.1     130,862    3.9       1,416,313    2.6  

  40,001-100,000

   6    9.7     393,244    11.8       6,168,841    11.5  

Greater than 100,000

   5    8.1     1,215,647    36.6       29,100,423    54.2  
    
  

 
  

 

  

Total:

   62    100.0 %   2,017,000    60.7 %   $ 40,740,638    75.8 %
    
  

 
  

 

  

 

Value-Add Property—Square Feet

Under Lease


   Number
of
Leases


   Percentage
of Value-
Add
Leases


    Total Leased
Square Feet


   Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Leased Square
Feet


    Annualized
Rent


   Percentage of
Total Portfolio
Annualized Rent


 

2,500 or less

   26    49.1 %   27,629    0.8 %   $ 140,305    0.3 %

  2,501-10,000

   14    26.4     70,285    2.2       668,984    1.2  

10,001-20,000

   5    9.4     69,880    2.1       820,660    1.5  

20,001-40,000

   3    5.7     70,448    2.1       1,015,912    1.9  

  40,001-100,000

   1    1.9     60,100    1.8       852,503    1.6  

Greater than 100,000

   4    7.5     1,005,859    30.3       9,513,178    17.7  
    
  

 
  

 

  

Total:

   53    100.0 %   1,304,201    39.3 %   $ 13,011,542    24.2 %
    
  

 
  

 

  

 

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Lease Expirations

 

The following table provides a summary schedule of the lease expirations for leases in place as of June 30, 2004 plus available space as of June 30, 2004, for each of the ten full calendar years beginning July 1, 2004 at the office and mixed-use properties in which we will own an ownership interest upon the closing of this offering (including minor retail but excluding multi-family). Unless otherwise stated in the footnotes, the information set forth in the table assumes that tenants exercise no renewal options and all early termination rights.

 

Core Properties—Year
of Lease Expiration


  Number of
Leases
Expiring


  Square
Footage of
Expiring
Leases


  Percentage of
Total
Portfolio
Square Feet(1)


    Annualized
Rent


  Percentage
of Total
Portfolio
Annualized
Rent


    Annualized
Rent Per
Leased
Square Foot(2)


  Annualized Rent
Per Leased
Square Foot at
Expiration(3)


Available(4)

      87,776   1.9 %   $ —     —   %   $ —     $ —  

2004

  3   12,225   0.3       44,010   0.1       3.60     3.60

2005

  5   130,345   2.8       1,694,806   3.1       13.00     13.04

2006

  7   54,241   1.2       577,663   1.1       10.65     10.73

2007

  12   109,447   2.3       1,475,368   2.7       13.48     14.62

2008

  11   497,061   10.6       12,253,560   22.8       24.65     25.12

2009

  5   435,518   9.3       12,146,696   22.6       27.89     28.08

2010

  3   187,899   4.0       4,037,059   7.5       21.49     24.41

2011

  3   28,731   0.6       439,605   0.8       15.30     20.33

2012

  4   229,796   4.9       2,778,857   5.2       12.09     17.54

2013

  4   284,516   6.1       4,615,967   8.6       16.22     22.58

Thereafter

  5   47,221   1.0       677,047   1.3       14.34     19.71
   
 
 

 

 

 

 

Total/Weighted Average:

  62   2,104,776   45.0 %   $ 40,740,638   75.8 %   $ 20.20   $ 22.41
   
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Value-Add Property—
Year of Lease
Expiration


  Number of
Leases
Expiring


  Square
Footage of
Expiring
Leases


  Percentage of
Total
Portfolio
Square Feet(1)


    Annualized
Rent


  Percentage
of Total
Portfolio
Annualized
Rent


    Annualized
Rent Per
Leased
Square Foot(2)


  Annualized Rent
Per Leased
Square Foot at
Expiration(3)


 

Available(5)(6)

      1,344,719   27.0 %(7)   $ —     —   %   $ —     $ —    

2004

  4   462,735   9.9       1,843,299   3.4       3.98     3.98  

2005

  18   271,130   5.8       3,420,437   6.4       12.62     12.45  

2006

  4   35,178   0.8       454,924   0.8       12.93     12.83  

2007

  10   36,776   0.8       411,188   0.8       11.18     12.13  

2008

  7   73,613   1.6       1,029,685   1.9       13.99     14.14  

2009

  3   27,674   0.6       371,865   0.7       13.44     13.55  

2010

  2   61,477   1.3       865,173   1.6       14.07     13.23  

2011

  2   122,398   2.6       1,534,568   2.9       12.54     15.56  

2012

  1   2,355   0.1       468   0.0       0.20     (1.83 )(8)

2013

  —     —     —         —     —         —       —    

Thereafter

  2   210,865   4.5       3,079,935   5.7       14.61     20.01  
   
 
 

 

 

 

 


Total/Weighted Average:

  53   2,648,920   55.0 %   $ 13,011,542   24.2 %   $ 9.98   $ 11.09  
   
 
 

 

 

 

 



(1)   Total portfolio square footage used in the calculation is 4,671,660.
(2)   Annualized rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.
(3)  

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(4)   In February 2004, an additional 4,745 square feet was leased. This space is reflected as being available in the table above as the lease does not commence until December 2004.
(5)   In November 2003, an additional 310,055 square feet was leased to City National Bank. In July 2004, an additional 236,922 square feet was leased to Fulbright & Jaworski, Jones Day, and two other tenants. All of this additional leased space is reflected as being available in the table above as these leases do not commence until after June 30, 2004.
(6)   Available space is comprised of 1,262,683 square feet of vacant space as measured under accepted market standards and/or BOMA 1996 guidelines, and an additional 82,036 square feet attributable to the BOMA 1996 measurement of currently leased space at ARCO Plaza.
(7)   Available space of 1,262,683 is used in this calculation.
(8)   The lease of one retail tenant expires in 2012. The rent under this lease remains flat throughout the term. By the time this lease expires, the projected expenses will exceed the tenant’s base rent, resulting in a negative annualized rent at expiration.

 

Historical Percentage Leased and Rental Rates

 

The following table sets forth as of the dates indicated for each property type in our office and mixed-use portfolio that we acquired or assumed management of prior to that date, the percentage leased, annualized rent per leased square foot and net effective rent per leased square foot:

 

Core Properties-Date


   Percent Leased

    Annualized Net Rent Per
Leased Square Foot


   Annualized Net
Effective Rent Per
Leased Square Foot(1)


June 30, 2004(2)

   95.8 %   $ 20.20    $ 15.44

December 31, 2003(2)

   95.6       20.38      15.46

December 31, 2002(2)

   96.4       20.13      15.42

December 31, 2001(3)

   98.7       20.70      17.75

December 31, 2000(4)

   97.7       22.37      19.08

 

Value-Add Property-Date(5)


   Percent Leased

    Annualized Net Rent Per
Leased Square Foot


   Annualized Net
Effective Rent Per
Leased Square Foot(1)


June 30, 2004

   50.8 %   $ 9.98    $ 9.74

December 31, 2003

   51.4       13.12      12.77

(1)   Annualized net effective rent per leased square foot represents the contractual rent for leases in place as of the dates indicated, calculated on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP. This amount is shown on a net basis. For any tenant under a partial gross lease (which requires the tenant to reimburse the landlord for its pro-rata share of operating expenses in excess of a stated expense stop) or under a full gross lease (which does not require the tenant to reimburse the landlord for any operating expenses) the unreimbursed portion of current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of such date) are subtracted from gross rent. This amount is further reduced by the annual amortization of any tenant improvement or leasing costs incurred by us for the leases, and is then divided by the net rentable square footage under lease as of the same date.
(2)   Includes One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, Reflections I, Reflections II and 2121 Market Street.
(3)   Includes One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, Reflections I and Reflections II.
(4)   Includes One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square and Reflections I.
(5)   Includes ARCO Plaza only.

 

Historical Lease Renewals

 

Renewals for expiring leases at core properties in our office and mixed-use portfolio since we acquired the properties were four renewals of four leases expiring during the six months ended June 30, 2004; five renewals of 13 leases expiring in the year ended December 31, 2003; two renewals of five leases expiring in the year ended

 

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December 31, 2002; and no renewals of one lease expiring during the year ended December 31, 2001. For ARCO Plaza, our sole value-add property, there were no expiring leases during the period ended December 31, 2003 and the six months ended June 30, 2004. However, four tenants with month to month leases vacated during the six months ended June 30, 2004. We acquired ARCO Plaza through our joint venture with CalSTRS in January 2003. Accordingly, lease expirations and renewals for this property reflect only a very short management period.

 

Historical Capital Expenditures

 

Historical capital expenditures for our office and mixed-use portfolio of core properties for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the three years ended December 31, 2003 reflect information since the date we acquired the properties. Historical capital expenditures are inclusive of 100% of expenses, regardless of our ownership percentage, and the weighted annual average for the 42-month or applicable lesser period was $745,756. Historical capital expenditures for ARCO Plaza, our sole value-add property purchased by our joint venture with CalSTRS at the end of January 2003, had a weighted annual average for the applicable 17-month period ended June 30, 2004 of $4,021,140. We expect to spend a significant amount redeveloping ARCO Plaza.

 

Historical Tenant Improvements and Leasing Commissions

 

Tenant improvement and leasing commission costs for new and renewal leases at our office and mixed-use properties reflect a total cost per square foot of $37.19, $36.71, $23.89 and $16.99 for our core properties for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. For ARCO Plaza, our sole value-add property, a total cost per square foot of new and renewal leases of $37.00 and $8.77 for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and the period ended December 31, 2003.

 

Description of Ownership Interest Properties

 

One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Commerce Square is a two-tower office and retail complex occupying an entire city block in Center City (downtown) Philadelphia. One of the city’s largest mixed-use properties, Commerce Square is located in the Market Street West submarket. The project is comprised of the twin 41-story One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square office buildings and a central plaza, The Court at Commerce Square, together with ground-level retail and restaurant space and a 512-space underground garage. In addition, our off-site surface parking lot at 21st and Commerce Street totals 178 spaces. The architectural firm Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners designed the towers that together contain 1,847,903 rentable square feet of office space, while the lobby-level retail space has 48,239 rentable square feet.

 

One Commerce Square. One Commerce Square was completed in 1987 and contains 942,866 rentable square feet. TPG’s predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners, developed this building as a regional headquarters for IBM Corporation. One Commerce Square currently serves as the home to financial services, legal and professional firms. We currently own a 50% interest in the property. Concurrent with the closing of the offering, a 50% interest in the property held by two affiliates of the Lazard Real Estate Fund will be purchased for $24.2 million in cash plus the assumption of $9.7 million of partnership liabilities, resulting in our holding an 89% interest in the property. The remaining 11% interest will continue to be held by Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities. Our 89% interest will, following the prepayment of a mezzanine loan on the property in March 2005 or earlier with the consent of the lender, entitle us to receive an annual preference on our capital account balance beginning at 8% in the first year, increasing 1% each year thereafter, and capped at 12%, which preference shall be calculated from the date of completion of this offering. Our capital account and this preference (and the corresponding preference for Two Commerce Square described below) are to be paid in full before the capital account balance of the 11% minority partner is distributed. We intend to seek to acquire the remaining 11% interest following a three-year holding period. As of June 30, 2004, One Commerce Square was 93.3% leased.

 

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As of June 30, 2004, One Commerce Square was leased by 39 tenants operating in various businesses. The following table lists the largest tenants with direct leases at One Commerce Square.

 

Tenant


 

Principal Nature of
Business


  Lease
Expiration(1)


   

Renewal
Options


  Total
Leased
Square
Feet


    Percentage
of Property
Square
Feet


    Annualized
Rent


  Annualized
Net Rent Per
Leased
Square Foot(2)


  Percentage of
Property
Annualized
Rent


 

Delaware Management Holdings

  Financial Services             249,460     26.5 %   $ 2,868,790   $ 11.50   26.7 %
        2012     2 x 5yr   220,194     23.4       2,532,231     11.50   23.6  
        2005     N/A   29,266     3.1       336,559     11.50   3.1  

Fiserv Securities

  Financial Services   2013     2 x 5yr   118,908     12.6       1,724,166     14.50   16.1  

Stradley Ronon

  Legal Services   2005 (3)   2 x 5yr   83,058 (4)   8.8       1,183,157     14.24   11.0  

The Pew Charitable Trusts

  Public Charity   2013     1 x 5yr   82,937     8.8       1,161,118     14.00   10.8  

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

  Legal Services   2008     1 x 5yr   45,862     4.9       428,810     9.35   4.0  

Commerce Bancorp

  Banking   2007     2 x 5yr   43,969     4.6       307,783     7.00   2.9  
                 

 

 

 

 

Total/Weighted Average

                624,194     66.2 %   $ 7,673,824   $ 12.29   71.5 %
                 

 

 

 

 


(1)   Assumes no exercise of renewal options and the exercise of all early termination options.
(2)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent as computed above, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.
(3)   Subsequent to June 30, 2004, the tenant extended its lease term from December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2017. The tenant has the right to surrender 11,350 square feet in 2005.
(4)   1,231 square feet of storage space is leased on a month-to-month basis.

 

The following table schedules the lease expirations for leases in place at One Commerce Square as of June 30, 2004 plus available space as of that date, assuming that tenants exercise no renewal options and all early termination options. As of June 30, 2004, the weighted average remaining lease term for One Commerce Square was 5.8 years.

 

Year of Lease
Expiration


   Number
of
Leases
Expiring


   Square
Footage of
Expiring
Leases


   Percentage of
Property
Square Feet


    Annualized
Rent


   Percentage of
Property
Annualized
Rent


    Annualized
Net Rent Per
Leased Square
Foot


   Annualized
Net Rent Per
Leased Square
Foot at
Expiration(1)


Available

        63,202    6.7 %   $ —      —   %   $ —      $ —  

2004

   3    12,225    1.3       44,010    0.4       3.60      3.60

2005

   5    130,345    13.8       1,694,806    15.8       13.00      13.04

2006

   5    49,114    5.2       490,296    4.6       9.98      9.88

2007

   8    85,572    9.1       884,584    8.2       10.34      11.13

2008

   8    112,659    11.9       1,141,129    10.6       10.13      12.08

2009

   3    46,334    4.9       633,726    5.9       13.68      15.45

2010

   1    100    0.0       12,000    0.1       120.00      132.30

2011

   1    1,488    0.2       22,320    0.2       15.00      15.00

2012

   3    226,900    24.1       2,697,769    25.2       11.89      17.36

2013

   2    201,845    21.4       2,885,284    26.9       14.29      19.29

Thereafter

   3    13,082    1.4       221,703    2.1       16.95      23.89
    
  
  

 

  

 

  

Total/Weighted Average:

   42    942,866    100.0 %   $ 10,727,627    100.0 %   $ 12.20    $ 15.28
    
  
  

 

  

 

  


(1)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot at expiration represents annualized rent including any future rent steps, and thus represents the rent that will be in place at lease expiration.

 

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The following table sets forth the percentage leased, annualized rent per leased square foot and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot for One Commerce Square as of the indicated dates:

 

Date


   Percent Leased

    Annualized Net Rent Per
Leased Square Foot


   Annualized Net Effective
Rent Per Leased Square
Foot(1)


June 30, 2004

   93.3 %   $ 12.20    $ 10.86

December 31, 2003

   92.8       12.66      11.03

December 31, 2002

   92.9       11.76      10.58

December 31, 2001

   97.2       17.37      15.08

December 31, 2000

   96.0       21.21      19.21

(1)   Annualized net effective rent per leased square foot represents the contractual rent for leases in place as of the dates indicated, calculated on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP. This amount is shown on a net basis. For any tenant under a partial gross lease (which requires the tenant to reimburse the landlord for its pro-rata share of operating expenses in excess of a stated expense stop) or under a full gross lease (which does not require the tenant to reimburse the landlord for any operating expenses) the unreimbursed portion of current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of such date) are subtracted from gross rent. This amount is further reduced by the annual amortization of any tenant improvement or leasing costs incurred by us for the leases, and is then divided by the rentable square footage under lease as of the same date.

 

Upon consummation of this offering, One Commerce Square will be subject to a mortgage and mezzanine debt, which is described under “Indebtedness” below, and further described under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

 

Two Commerce Square. Two Commerce Square was developed by TPG’s predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners, and completed in 1992. This property contains 953,276 rentable square feet. The lease held by Consolidated Rail Corporation and its subsidiary New York Central Lines, LLC (“Conrail”) comprises 79% of the building’s rentable area and has been substantially subleased as described below. Prior to this offering, our predecessor owned a 100% interest in the property. Concurrent with the closing of the offering, we will acquire an 89% interest in this property. The remaining 11% interest in the property will continue to be held by Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities. Our 89% interest will entitle us to receive an annual preference on our capital account balance beginning at 8% in the first year, increasing 1% each year thereafter, and capped at 12%. Our capital account and this preference (and also the preference for One Commerce Square described above) are to be paid in full before the capital account balance of the 11% minority partner is distributed. We intend to seek to acquire this remaining 11% interest following a three-year holding period. As of June 30, 2004, the property was 97.4% leased.

 

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As of June 30, 2004, Two Commerce Square was leased to 14 tenants operating in various businesses. The following table lists the largest direct tenants at Two Commerce Square.

 

Tenant


 

Principal
Nature of
Business


  Lease
Expiration(1)


 

Renewal
Options


  Total
Leased
Square
Feet


    Percentage
of Property
Square
Feet


    Annualized
Rent


  Annualized
Net Rent
Per Leased
Square
Foot(2)


  Percentage
of Property
Annualized
Rent


 

Conrail(3)

  Rail Freight       None(4)   752,999     79.0 %   $ 22,290,329   $ 29.60   87.0 %
        2009       377,999     39.7       11,339,970     30.00   44.3  
        2008       375,000     39.3       10,950,359     29.20   42.7  

Ernst & Young

  Accounting           87,163     9.1       1,952,563     22.40   7.6  
        2013   2 x 5yr(5)   73,165     7.6       1,616,611     22.10   6.3  
        2007   None   13,998     1.5       335,952     24.00   1.3  

Barrack, Rodos & Bacine

  Legal Services   2011   None   19,305     2.0       328,186     17.00   1.3  

Grant Thornton

  Accounting   2014   2 x 5yr(6)   24,489 (7)   2.6       271,994     11.11   1.1  
               

 

 

 

 

Total/Weighted Average

              883,956     92.7 %   $ 24,843,072   $ 28.10   97.0 %
               

 

 

 

 


(1)   Assumes no exercise of renewal options and the exercise of all early termination options.
(2)   Annualized rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.
(3)   The tenant has entered into sublease agreements for 670,944 square feet of the total space leased. Each of these subtenants has renewal rights; several have terms extending beyond the prime tenant lease. Most of these subleases automatically convert to direct status upon the expiration of the prime tenant lease.
(4)   Although the tenant originally had contractual lease renewal rights for two five-year terms and one four-year term on all its leased space, it has amended its lease to subordinate those rights to its subtenants for the subleased premises plus option space.
(5)   The tenant has an option to renew its lease for two additional terms of five years each. The first renewal is at 95% of fair market value; the second is at 100% of fair market value.
(6)   The tenant has an option to renew its lease for either one additional ten year term or two additional five year terms. All renewals are at 95% of fair market value.
(7)   In February 2004, the tenant amended its lease to include an additional 4,745 of rentable square feet. The lease term for this additional space does not commence until December 2004.

 

Approximately 89.1% of the space leased by Conrail has been subleased. The following table lists the largest subtenants at Two Commerce Square:

 

Subtenant


  

Principal Nature of Business


   Lease
Expiration(1)


    Renewal
Options


  Total
Subleased
Square
Feet


   Percentage
of Property
Square
Feet


 

PricewaterhouseCoopers(2)

   Accounting    2010    

2 x 5yr(3)

  214,260    22.5 %

Reliance Standard Life

   Insurance    2009    

2 x 5yr(4)

  107,939    11.3  

Delaware Management Holdings

   Financial Services    2008    

1 x 4yr(5)

          
               

2 x 5yr(5)

  117,523    12.3  

McCormick Taylor

   Engineering    2010 (6)  

2 x 5yr(7)

  58,768    6.2  

Thomson (Biosis)

   Data Services    2009    

2 x 5yr(8)

  41,123    4.3  

Greenberg Traurig LLP

   Legal Services    2008    

1 x 5yr(9)

  22,825    2.4  
                   
  

Total/Weighted Average

                  562,438    59.0 %
                   
  


(1)   Assumes no exercise of renewal options and the exercise of all early termination options.
(2)   The sublease automatically converts to a direct lease on June 23, 2009. The direct lease term expires on April 22, 2015, unless the tenant exercises its option to terminate. The tenant termination option would be effective April 22, 2010 with written notice prior to April 22, 2008.

 

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(3)   The tenant has two five-year renewal options at 95% of fair market value with 12 months prior written notice.
(4)   The sublease applicable to 18,761 square feet automatically converts to a direct lease upon its expiration on June 23, 2008. The direct term for this space is co-terminous with the expiration of the remainder of the sublease on June 23, 2009. The tenant has an option to enter into a direct lease for five years at 95% of fair market value with 12 months prior written notice and thereafter has one five-year renewal option at 95% of fair market value with 12 months prior written notice.
(5)   The sublease term expires on June 23, 2008. Thereafter, the tenant has the option to enter into a direct lease with a term of June 24, 2008 to September 30, 2012, at fixed rents with written notice received by March 31, 2007. Thereafter, the tenant has two five-year renewal options at 95% of fair market value with 18 months prior written notice.
(6)   The sublease applicable to 21,229 square feet automatically converts to a direct lease upon its June 23, 2008 expiration. The remainder of the space automatically converts to a direct lease upon its June 23, 2009 expiration. The term of the direct lease expires on January 31, 2010.
(7)   The tenant has one five-year renewal option at 95% of fair market value with 10 months prior written notice and a second five-year renewal option at 100% of fair market value with 10 months prior written notice.
(8)   The sublease for 4,101 square feet on the 8th floor automatically converts to a direct lease upon its June 23, 2008 expiration. The remainder of the space automatically converts to a direct lease upon its June 23, 2009 expiration. The term of the direct lease expires on November 30, 2009. Thereafter, the tenant has one five-year renewal option at 95% of fair market value with 12 months prior written notice and a second five-year renewal option at 100% of fair market value with 12 months prior written notice.
(9)   The tenant has an option to enter into a direct lease on the expiration of the sublease for one five-year term at 100% of fair market value with 15 months prior written notice. In August 2004, the tenant exercised its option to lease its premises for a direct term beginning August 2008. The direct term will expire in March 2012. In addition, the tenant has expanded the premises leased to include 10,890 rentable square feet with an anticipated commencement of December 2004, also expiring in March 2012.

 

The following table schedules the lease expirations for leases in place at Two Commerce Square as of June 30, 2004 plus available space as of that date, assuming that tenants exercise no renewal options and all early termination options. As of June 30, 2004, the weighted average remaining lease term for Two Commerce Square was 5.1 years.

 

Year of Lease
Expiration


   Number
of Leases
Expiring


   Square
Footage of
Expiring
Leases


  Percentage of
Property
Square Feet


    Annualized
Rent


   Percentage of
Property
Annualized
Rent


    Annualized
Net Rent Per
Leased Square
Foot


   Annualized Net
Rent Per Leased
Square Foot at
Expiration(1)


Available(2)

   —      24,574   2.6 %   $ —      —   %   $ —      $ —  

2004

   —      —     —         —      —         —        —  

2005

   —      —     —         —      —         —        —  

2006

   2    5,127   0.5       87,367    0.3       17.04      18.88

2007

   4    23,875   2.5       590,784    2.3       24.74      27.16

2008

   3    384,402   40.3       11,112,430    43.4       28.91      28.94

2009

   1    377,999   39.6       11,339,971    44.3       30.00      30.00

2010

   —      —     —         —      —         —        —  

2011

   2    27,243   2.9       417,285    1.6       15.32      20.62

2012

   1    2,896   0.3       81,088    0.3       28.00      32.00

2013

   2    82,671   8.7       1,730,683    6.7       20.93      28.86

Thereafter

   1    24,489   2.6       271,994    1.1       11.11      17.00
    
  
 

 

  

 

  

Total/Weighted Average:

   16    953,276   100.0 %   $ 25,631,602    100.0 %   $ 27.60    $ 28.72
    
  
 

 

  

 

  


(1)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot at expiration represents annualized rent including any future rent steps, and thus represents the rent that will be in place at lease expiration.
(2)   In February 2004, 4,745 square feet of space was leased. This space is reflected as being available as the lease does not commence until December 2004.

 

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The following table sets forth the percent leased, annualized net rent per leased square foot and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot for Two Commerce Square as of the indicated dates:

 

Date


   Percent Leased

    Annualized Net Rent Per Leased
Square Foot


   Annualized Net Effective
Rent Per Leased
Square Foot(1)


June 30, 2004

   97.4 %   $ 27.60    $ 18.85

December 31, 2003

   97.4       27.52      18.72

December 31, 2002

   100.0       27.68      18.95

December 31, 2001

   100.0       23.85      19.79

December 31, 2000

   99.0       23.86      18.83

(1)   Annualized net effective rent per leased square foot represents the contractual rent for leases in place as of the dates indicated, calculated on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP. This amount is shown on a net basis. For any tenant under a partial gross lease (which requires the tenant to reimburse the landlord for its pro-rata share of operating expenses in excess of a stated expense stop) or under a full gross lease (which does not require the tenant to reimburse the landlord for any operating expenses) the unreimbursed portion of current year operating expenses (which may be estimates as of such date) are subtracted from gross rent. This amount is further reduced by the annual amortization of any tenant improvement or leasing costs incurred by us for the leases, and is then divided by the rentable square footage under lease as of the same date.

 

Upon consummation of this offering, Two Commerce Square will be subject to a mortgage and mezzanine debt, which is described under “Indebtedness” below, and further described under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

 

2121 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

2121 Market Street is an adaptive re-use of a historically significant structure. We began the conversion of this property in mid-2000 and have completed the conversion from a turn-of-the-century warehouse into a 168-unit loft building plus 20,835 of ground floor retail space. The property now includes a renovated façade located directly on Market Street in Philadelphia’s Center City, a main thoroughfare. We hold a 50% interest in the partnership that owns this property, which was developed in joint venture with Philadelphia Management, a local developer specializing in residential conversions. We will continue to hold a 50% interest in this property following the closing of this offering. Upon consummation of this offering, 2121 Market Street will be subject to a mortgage, which is described under “Indebtedness” below, and further discussed under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” In September 2001, the partnership that owns this property, 2121 Market Street Associates, L.P., entered into a series of agreements with a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corporation (“ChevronTexaco”) designed to allow ChevronTexaco to take advantage of the partnership’s historic tax credits for the property, in consideration for ChevronTexaco agreeing to pay approximately $3,454,000 to Harris Building Associates, the master lessee of the 2121 Market Street property, all of which has been paid as of June 30, 2004. These agreements, including a master lease, allow the partnership to retain beneficial ownership of the property while a third party limited partner of the master lease tenant utilizes the historic tax credits associated with the historic structure rehabilitation. Pursuant to these agreements, the landlord partnership is required to loan funds to the master lease tenant to eliminate any operating deficits. Excess cash flow from the operation of the property is paid to the landlord partnership as an incentive management fee. The master tenant is permitted to sublease its space to third parties for residential and commercial uses as applicable. We are the exclusive leasing agent with respect to the retail portion of the property. The following tables provide additional information as to the residential and commercial subleases in place.

 

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2121 Market Street-Multi-family

 

Unit Type


   Total
Units


   Total
Square
Feet


   Percentage of
Units Leased


   

Units

Vacant


   Total Weighted
Monthly Rent


   Weighted Monthly
Rent per Unit Leased


One Bedroom

   140    102,872    92.9 %   10    $ 135,774    $ 1,044

Two Bedroom

   28    29,491    92.9     2      38,940      1,498
    
  
  

 
  

  

Total/Weighted Average

   168    132,363    92.9 %   12    $ 174,714    $ 1,120
    
  
  

 
  

  

 

2121 Market Street-Retail

 

Tenant


   Principal
Nature of
Business


  

Lease

Expiration (1)


    Renewal
Options


   Total
Leased
Square
Feet


   Percentage
of Property
Square
Feet


    Annualized
Rent


   Annualized
Rent Per
Leased
Square Foot (2)


   Percentage of
Property
Annualized
Rent


 

Trader Joe’s

   Grocer    2014 (3)   3 x 5yr    9,650    46.3 %   $ 183,350    $ 19.00    51.5 %

Daroff Design

   Architect    2009     1 x 3yr    11,185    53.7       173,000      15.47    48.5  
                    
  

 

  

  

Total/Weighted Average

                   20,835    100.0 %   $ 356,350    $ 17.10    100.0 %
                    
  

 

  

  


(1)   Assumes no exercise of renewal options and the exercise of all early termination options.
(2)   Annualized rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.
(3)   This tenant has a conditional early termination right in 2008.

 

Description of TPG/CalSTRS Properties

 

ARCO Plaza is the only property currently held through our joint venture with CalSTRS. Concurrent with the closing of this offering, we will acquire a 25.0% interest in two of the six properties that we currently asset manage and/or property manage for CalSTRS through our separate account relationship. These properties are:

 

    Reflections I, a 123,546 rentable square foot office building located in Reston, Virginia; and

 

    Reflections II, a 64,253 rentable square foot office building located in Reston, Virginia.

 

We will hold our interest in these two properties in our joint venture with CalSTRS.

 

The properties have an aggregate historical acquisition cost of $313 million. We will contribute to our CalSTRS joint venture $34.8 million in cash for a 25.0% interest in these two properties, and to acquire an additional interest in ARCO Plaza to increase our interest to 21.3%. The purchase prices for these properties are subject to adjustments for customary prorations and closing costs or credits. The purchase price for the additional interest in ARCO Plaza will also be adjusted downward for the increase in the outstanding debt associated with ARCO Plaza resulting from the refinancing that occurred in July and August 2004, which was subsequent to the agreement on the purchase price for this property interest. We estimate that this downward adjustment and closing costs or credits will not result in a material change to the purchase price we will pay CalSTRS for the interests in these three properties or our use of proceeds from this offering. Our cash contribution to the CalSTRS joint venture for these acquisitions will be distributed to CalSTRS. The purchase price for the contribution of these assets to the joint venture and the increase in our interest in the joint venture from 5% to 25% was negotiated on an arm’s-length basis with CalSTRS’ independent fiduciary, who was responsible for negotiating a purchase price acceptable to both CalSTRS and us. These properties are described in more detail below.

 

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ARCO Plaza, Los Angeles, California

 

ARCO Plaza encompasses an entire city block in the financial district of the Los Angeles central business district, and has the potential for return to Class A status. We acquired this property in January 2003 through our joint venture with CalSTRS as a redevelopment project. Originally completed in 1973 as the world headquarters for Atlantic Richfield and the Southern California headquarters for Bank of America, ARCO Plaza consists of two 51-story office towers, one plaza level building and four subterranean levels. The net rentable area of the project totals 2,648,920 rentable square feet. The three-story Plaza Building contains 65,633 rentable square feet. The four concourse levels consist of a parking level, two retail levels totaling 244,432 rentable square feet and one mechanical level. The first subterranean level includes 404 spaces of onsite parking. The offsite garage contains 2,482 parking spaces and is located one block north of the property at the southeast corner of Flower and Fourth Streets in downtown Los Angeles. As of June 30, 2004, ARCO Plaza was 50.8% leased. In November 2003, 310,055 square feet at ARCO Plaza was leased to City National Bank. The first phase of this lease commences in August 2004 and the term of the lease is 15 years. In July 2004, 63,014 square feet was leased to Fulbright & Jaworski. We expect to deliver the space to Fulbright & Jaworski no later than October 2004, with the anticipation that the tenant will begin paying operating expenses in September 2006 and rent in January 2007. As a result, we will not be reimbursed for operating expenses from this tenant for a period of approximately 24 months, and will not receive rent for a period of approximately 28 months from the delivery date. We estimate that the amount of unreimbursed operating expenses attributable to the space leased to Fulbright & Jaworski during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in October 2004 to September 2006 will be approximately $1.5 million. The aggregate rental revenue that the entity that owns ARCO Plaza (in which we will hold an indirect 21.3% interest) will accrue during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in October 2004 to January 2007 using the straight-line method described below will be approximately $2.5 million. The term of the lease is 12 years commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable. Additionally in July 2004, 163,680 square feet was leased to Jones Day. We expect to deliver the space to Jones Day no later than January 2005, with the anticipation that the tenant will begin paying rent and operating expenses in November 2006. As a result, we will not receive rent or be reimbursed for operating expenses from this tenant for a period of approximately 22 months from the delivery date. We estimate that the amount of unreimbursed operating expenses attributable to the space leased to Jones Day during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in January 2005 to November 2006 will be approximately $3.6 million. The aggregate rental revenue that the entity that owns ARCO Plaza (in which we will hold an indirect 21.3% interest) will accrue during the period from the expected date of delivery of the space in January 2005 to November 2006 using the straight-line method described below will be approximately $5.3 million. The term of the lease is 15 years commencing on the date that rent first becomes payable. Upon consummation of the offering, we will increase our interest in ARCO Plaza from 4.3% to 21.3% through our joint venture with CalSTRS.

 

We acquired our indirect interest in this property in January 2003, and have since begun to invest significant capital to upgrade and renovate the property, including its building and mechanical systems. This redevelopment project, expected to occur over the next four years, represents the opportunity to redevelop a major office project in downtown Los Angeles, and to re-establish the building’s presence within the Los Angeles central business district. As of June 30, 2004, our joint venture with CalSTRS had incurred approximately $13.3 million in costs principally related to asbestos remediation in the South Tower of ARCO Plaza, replacement of the chiller units, conceptual design and architectural studies in connection with the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza, leasing and tenant work completed in connection with the City National Bank lease of 310,055 square feet of space and a showcase floor for prospective tenants in ARCO Plaza. The joint venture is currently committed to $17.8 million in tenant improvements and leasing commissions specifically related to the City National Bank lease, of which $3.2 million had been incurred and paid as of June 30, 2004. The leases with City National Bank, Jones Day and Fulbright & Jaworski also require the joint venture to complete a substantial portion of the ARCO Plaza renovation, including upgrades to the plaza, the elevators, the retail levels, and other requirements. At least $20 million in upgrades are required under these leases and must be completed by December 31, 2006 under the Jones Day lease and December 31, 2008 under the City National Bank and Fulbright & Jaworski leases. The aggregate capital budget for the redevelopment and repositioning of ARCO Plaza is approximately $220 million.

 

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We expect funding for these capital expenditures to be provided, in part, by the financing described below. As of June 30, 2004, there was $175 million in acquisition financing on the property. Subsequent to June 30, 2004, we refinanced the $175 million loan with a $325 million facility that includes both a $200 million senior loan and provides for additional senior mezzanine borrowings of up to $125 million to fund a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs involved in the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. In addition, on August 26, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza.

 

As of June 30, 2004, space in ARCO Plaza was leased to 53 tenants operating in various businesses, including legal and financial services, utilities, and accounting. The following table summarizes information regarding the primary tenants as of June 30, 2004:

 

Tenant


 

Principal
Nature of
Business


  Lease
Expiration(1)


  Renewal
Options


  Total
Leased
Square
Feet


  Percentage
of Property
Square
Feet(2)


    Annualized
Rent


  Annualized
Net Rent Per
Leased Square
Foot(3)


  Percentage
of Property
Annualized
Rent


 

ARCO

 

Oil/Gas/ Energy

  2005   N/A   237,559   9.3 %   $ 3,293,269   $ 13.86   25.3 %

Paul Hastings

 

Legal Services

  2017   2 x 5yr   208,721   8.1       3,078,760     14.75   23.7  

Bank of America

 

Banking/ Financial

  2004   N/A   449,835   17.5       1,779,814     3.96   13.7  

Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall

 

Architect/ Engineering

  2011   2 x 5yr   109,744   4.3       1,361,334     12.40   10.5  

US Trust

 

Banking/ Financial

  2010   2 x 5yr   60,100   2.3       852,503     14.18   6.6  
               
 

 

 

 

Total/Weighted Average

              1,065,959   41.5 %   $ 10,365,680   $ 9.72   79.8 %
               
 

 

 

 


(1)   Assumes no exercise of renewal options and the exercise of all early termination options.
(2)   ARCO Plaza was re-measured in accordance with Building Owners and Managers Association (“BOMA”) 1996 standards concurrent with the acquisition by our joint venture with CalSTRS in 2003. The total BOMA 1996 square footage for the property is 2,648,920. However, the total property net rentable square feet used for the calculations with respect to percent leased annualized net rent per leased square foot, and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot in this prospectus represents the sum of the square footage of existing leases, a majority of which do not reflect BOMA 1996 measurement guidelines and the square footage of available space determined in accordance with BOMA 1996 measurement guidelines. We are not permitted to use the newer BOMA guidelines in our calculations with respect to the leases for existing tenants at the time we acquired the property as this would effectively increase the rentable square feet leased and correspondingly, the rent under the lease. The resulting ARCO Plaza rentable square footage is 2,566,884.
(3)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot represents annualized rent, divided by the total square footage under lease as of the same date.

 

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The following table schedules the expirations for leases in place at ARCO Plaza as of June 30, 2004 plus available space as of that date, assuming that tenants exercise no renewal options and all early termination options. As of June 30, 2004, the weighted average remaining lease term for ARCO Plaza was 3.9 years.

 

Year of Lease Expiration


  Number
of
Leases
Expiring


  Square
Footage of
Expiring
Leases


  Percentage
of Property
Square
Feet(1)


    Annualized
Rent


  Percentage
of Property
Annualized
Rent


    Annualized
Net Rent
Per Leased
Square Foot


  Annualized Net
Rent Per Leased
Square Foot at
Expiration(2)


 

Available(3)(4)

      1,344,719   49.2 %(5)   $ —     —   %   $ —     $ —    

2004

  4   462,735   18.0       1,843,299   14.2       3.98     3.98  

2005

  18   271,130   10.6       3,420,437   26.3       12.62     12.45  

2006

  4   35,178   1.3       454,924   3.5       12.93     12.83  

2007

  10   36,776   1.4       411,188   3.2       11.18     12.13  

2008

  7   73,613   2.9       1,029,685   7.9       13.99     14.14  

2009

  3   27,674   1.1       371,865   2.9       13.44     13.55  

2010

  2   61,477   2.4       865,173   6.6       14.07     13.23  

2011

  2   122,398   4.8       1,534,568   11.8       12.54     15.56  

2012

  1   2,355   0.1       468   0.0       0.20     (1.83 )(6)

2013

  —     —     —         —     —         —       —    

Thereafter

  2   210,865   8.2       3,079,935   23.6       14.61     20.01  
   
 
 

 

 

 

 


Total/Weighted Average:

  53   2,648,920   100.0 %   $ 13,011,542   100.0 %   $ 9.98   $ 11.09  
   
 
 

 

 

 

 



(1)   Total property square feet used for the calculation is 2,566,884.
(2)   Annualized net rent per leased square foot at expiration represents annualized rent including any future rent steps, and thus represents the rent that will be in place at lease expiration.
(3)   In November 2003, 310,055 square feet was leased to City National Bank. In July 2004, an additional 236,922 square feet was leased to Fulbright & Jaworski, Jones Day, and two other tenants. All of this additional leased space is reflected as being available in the table above as these leases do not commence until after June 30, 2004.
(4)   Available space is comprised of 1,262,683 square feet of vacant space as measured under BOMA 1996, and an additional 82,036 square feet attributable to the BOMA 1996 measurement of currently leased space.
(5)   The actual BOMA 1996 vacant square footage of 1,262,683 was used in deriving this percentage of available square feet.
(6)   The lease of one retail tenant expires in 2012. The rent for this lease remains flat throughout the term. By the time its lease expires, the projected expenses will exceed the tenant’s base rent, resulting in a negative annualized rent at expiration.

 

Reflections I and Reflections II, Reston, Virginia

 

Reflections consists of two Class A office properties, Reflections I and Reflections II, located on the Dulles Toll Road in Reston, Virginia. Totaling 187,799 rentable square feet, Reflections is located between Reston Parkway and Fairfax County Parkway with access from Sunrise Valley Drive and is central to all the amenities of the Reston/Herndon community and immediately accessible to the Washington Dulles Airport, Tyson’s Corner and Washington D.C. We acquired Reflections I and Reflections II on behalf of CalSTRS in December 2000 and April 2001, respectively, and since that date have provided asset management for these properties.

 

Reflections I. Reflections I is a five-story office building developed by Harwood and Associates and completed in December 2000. Reflections I contains 123,546 rentable square feet on approximately 5.6 acres of land and serves as the headquarters for the Technical Services division of Raytheon Company. Parking is provided for Raytheon with 50 garage spaces on the lower level of the building and approximately 383 surface spaces.

 

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Reflections I is fully leased on a triple net basis to the Raytheon Company through October 2010. The total leased square footage is 123,546, the annualized rent is $2,553,696 and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot is $20.04. Raytheon has two five-year renewal options at 95% of fair market value.

 

Other than normally recurring capital expenditures, we have no current plans with respect to renovation, improvement or redevelopment of Reflections I.

 

Reflections II. Reflections II is a two-story building completed in 1984. It contains 64,253 rentable square feet on 5.2 acres of land. The entire building is leased to the United States Government through 2010. The governmental agency that occupies the building is the Department of the Interior (National Business Center), Bureau of Indian Affairs. The property was originally built in 1984 and fully renovated in 2001. Parking is provided for the property with 228 surface spaces.

 

Reflections II has 64,253 leased square feet, annualized rent of $1,471,363, and annualized net effective rent per leased square foot of $20.86. The Department of the Interior has one five-year renewal option at fair market value.

 

Asset and Property Management

 

Upon the consummation of this offering, we expect to provide property and/or asset management services for 7.4 million rentable square feet of space. We will own interests in these properties containing 4.8 million rentable square feet of this space. We believe that our asset and property management fee services are highly complementary to our property development, acquisition and ownership activities. In addition, we believe our experiences as a property owner enhance our ability to provide superior property and asset management services. In our role as property or asset manager, we determine each property’s operating and cash management strategy with the goal of generating reliable returns on invested capital. Our fee services also include development and redevelopment services. At present, we are undertaking significant redevelopment at ARCO Plaza, including modernization and upgrading of the building’s systems, refurbishment of the property, and re-leasing activities. We are also repositioning 1835 Market Street in Philadelphia, which we manage for the account of CalSTRS, as a fee service.

 

Our managed property portfolio is described below.

 

CalEPA Headquarters

 

We developed the headquarters building for the California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) in Sacramento as a public-private partnership with the City of Sacramento. The 25-story, 950,000 square foot office building was completed in early 2001. It is located in downtown Sacramento and recognized nationally as a highly energy efficient and sustainable commercial office development winning the BOMA TOBY award and becoming certified “Platinum” by the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design program. After developing the building for a fee, we now manage the building and oversee operations for the City of Sacramento under a management contract that expires June 2005. This management contract is renewable for successive one-year terms, unless 12 months notice is given.

 

800 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California

 

800 South Hope Street is an eight-story commercial property originally developed in 1985 consisting of 242,176 rentable square feet in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles. As of June 30, 2004, 800 South Hope Street was 90.1% leased. We acquired this property on behalf of CalSTRS in October 2000 and since that date have overseen asset management and operations for the property.

 

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Valencia Town Center, Valencia, California

 

Valencia Town Center is a Class A suburban mixed-use office campus located in Valencia, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The project consists of four mid-rise office buildings with ground level retail totaling 393,632 rentable square feet and two parking structures with spaces for approximately 2,155 cars of which 1,696 spaces are revenue generating. One building at Valencia Town Center was completed in each of 1996 and 1998, and two buildings were completed in 2000. This project serves as the worldwide headquarters for Princess Cruise Lines. As of June 30, 2004, Valencia Town Center was 98.2% leased. We acquired this property on behalf of CalSTRS in December 2000, and have overseen asset management and operations for the property since December 2001.

 

Pacific Financial Plaza, Newport Beach, California

 

Pacific Financial Plaza is a Class A suburban office property totaling 279,474 rentable square feet of office, retail and storage space in Newport Beach, California. The property consists of two seven-story office buildings with incidental retail and a third building consisting of a two-story split level structure with retail tenants. Completed in 1982, Pacific Financial Plaza currently serves as the headquarters for Pacific Investment Management Company LLC and is directly adjacent to a major shopping center. The three buildings that comprise Pacific Financial Plaza are located around a pedestrian plaza area that forms a deck over a grade-level parking garage containing 818 spaces. As of June 30, 2004, Pacific Financial Plaza was 86.3% leased. We commenced asset management and operations oversight for Pacific Financial Plaza on behalf of CalSTRS in July 2003.

 

1835 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1835 Market Street is a 29-story building on West Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 685,853 rentable square feet of office, retail and storage space. Developed in 1986-1987, the building features a 30-foot high main entrance and pedestrian plaza with trees, seating areas and sculpture garden. Tenant amenities include a full-service fitness and health center, full-service bank branch and a parking garage within the building consisting of 205 spaces. As of June 30, 2004, 1835 Market Street was 78.3% leased. We acquired this property on behalf of CalSTRS in May 2002 as a core plus project, and since that date have overseen the re-positioning, asset management and operations for the project.

 

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Property Development Activities

 

Property development is a core focus of our business. Our recent development efforts have been focused on four projects in our core markets of the West Coast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, as described below. At present, we are in the pre-development phase with respect to each of these properties. The periods under the heading “Potential Build-out Period” is our current estimate of the period from commencement of construction through completion. Actual commencement, completion and cost of construction will vary based upon market conditions and other factors.

 

Development Properties


  Location

  Percentage
Interest


  Number of
Acres


    Potential
Property
Types


  Potential
Rentable
Square Feet
Upon
Completion/
Development


    Potential
Build-out
Period


  Estimated
Build-out
Cost(1)


 

Four Points Centre

  Austin, TX   100%   230.4 (2)   Office/Retail/
R&D/Hotel
  1,430,000 (3)   2006-2012   $ 220,000,000  

The Square at Four Points Centre

  Austin, TX   100   29.4 (4)   Retail   230,000     2005-2006     20,000,000  

2101 Market Street

  Philadelphia, PA   100   1.7     Residential/
Office/Retail
  975,000 (5)   2005-2010     150,000,000 (6)

Campus El Segundo

  El Segundo, CA   63   46.5     Office/Retail/
R&D
  2,175,000 (7)   2005-2015     280,000,000  
           

     

     


Total

          308.0         4,810,000         $ 670,000,000  
           

     

     



(1)   These estimated build-out costs represent only our anticipated percentage ownership interest. As we anticipate that we will enter into one or more joint ventures with respect to portions of these properties, our shares of the cost may differ from our current percentage interest in the properties. The anticipated costs are based on current development plans, our expectations as to our ownership interest at the time of development (assuming an 80% interest in Four Points Centre, a 50% interest in The Square at Four Points Centre, a 57% interest in 2101 Market Street and a 50% interest in Campus El Segundo) and management’s experience, but depend on a variety of factors that are subject to change, including costs at the time of actual construction. At the time of construction, we would expect to finance a majority of the build-out cost with construction financing, and arrange for permanent financing on the property upon completion and stabilization of the project.
(2)   Includes 182 acres designated as a habitat reserve.
(3)   The property will support the development of 280,000 rentable square feet of office space, 900,000 rentable square feet of office and research and development space, and a 250,000 rentable square feet (250 rooms) hotel.
(4)   We recently entered into a joint venture agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors to develop The Square at Four Points Centre. Our contribution of this property to the joint venture is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, expected to occur in 2005. Following this contribution, we would hold a 50% interest in this property through this joint venture.
(5)   Currently, the three parcels have a combined floor area ratio (FAR) of 975,000 square feet. If certain city approvals are obtained, the combined FAR will be 1,500,000 square feet.
(6)   Represents an estimated cost of $85 million for construction of 575,000 rentable square feet of office space, and an estimated cost of $65 million for construction of 400,000 rentable square feet of residential use space.
(7)   We own a majority interest in a joint venture that has an agreement to purchase this property. Entitlements have been granted for 1,905,000 square feet of office, research and development, and telecom space, and 270,000 square feet for retail, hotel, day care and restaurant space.

 

Four Points Centre, Austin, Texas

 

Four Points Centre is a 333-acre master planned project located in the northwest area of Austin, Texas. The master plan includes a variety of uses such as office, research and development, hotel, multi-family housing and

 

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amenities such as retail, restaurants, pedestrian trails and a habitat preserve. A part of the property we currently own, consisting of 230.4 acres, will support development of 280,000 rentable square feet of office space, 900,000 rentable square feet of office and research and development space, and a 250,000 rentable square foot (250 rooms) hotel; this part of the property represents 1,430,000 rentable square feet in the aggregate and excludes The Square at Four Points Centre. A separate 43 acre portion of the project called The Square at Four Points Centre is the planned lifestyle retail component and consists of approximately 360,000 rentable square feet of retail development which is expected to feature a varied collection of merchants and popular restaurants, amenities and services fulfilling the needs of the surrounding community. In February 2004, an unaffiliated third party purchased 13.6 acres of this 43 acre development representing 130,000 rentable square feet zoned for retail. We have entered into a joint venture agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors, a publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail properties, to develop the remaining 29.4 acres. Under the joint venture agreement, upon satisfaction of certain conditions we will contribute land with an agreed-upon value of $8 million subject to debt of $3 million, the net proceeds of which will be distributed to us, and Weingarten will contribute $5 million of cash in exchange for a 50% interest in the joint venture. The joint venture intends to develop approximately 230,000 rentable square feet as neighborhood retail use with construction of the first phase commencing late 2005 or early 2006. The completion of this development is projected to occur during the first quarter of 2007. As of June 30, 2004, we had invested approximately $12.8 million on a combined basis for both Four Points Centre and The Square at Four Points Centre.

 

2101 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

Phase III of our 2101 Market Street project consists of a 1.7-acre development site situated west of Commerce Square. Bounded by 21st Street, Market Street, 22nd Street and JFK Boulevard, the Phase III site is a full city block in downtown Philadelphia’s Market West submarket. We are contemplating developing a combination office and residential development consisting of 975,000 rentable square feet. If certain city approvals are obtained, the development could consist of up to 1.5 million rentable square feet.

 

Campus El Segundo, El Segundo, California.

 

As currently planned, Campus El Segundo will consist of up to 2.175 million square feet of mixed-use development situated on 46.5 acres in the greater Los Angeles area. Flexible entitlements on the property would be expected to accommodate a wide range of uses, heights and building square footages. Possible commercial uses of the property may include office, research and development, technology-related communications and web-hosting facilities, light industrial, hotels, restaurants, retail, day care and public service uses. If we proceed with development, we intend to develop the campus in phases, as dictated by market conditions.

 

We are the manager of a joint venture established in February 2001 with El Segundo Media Center, LLC, which joint venture is obligated to purchase this property upon the occurrence of certain events and subject to certain conditions. In addition, we may elect to purchase, or our joint venture partner may require us to purchase, its minority interest in this development. Entitlements on this property vest with the developer and do not run with the land, which means we must maintain an active role in the development of this project in order to utilize these entitlements.

 

On-Site/Off-Site Parking

 

Upon consummation of the offering, the properties in which we hold an ownership interest will include approximately 3,583 vehicle spaces contained within on-site and off-site parking facilities that are revenue generating. Our on-site parking facilities include the subterranean parking levels beneath ARCO Plaza and Commerce Square. In addition, there is surface parking at both Reflections I and II which provides parking for tenants and visitors without charge.

 

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Our off-site structures include our garage located one block north of ARCO Plaza (the J-2 Garage), which primarily services tenants from ARCO Plaza, and surface parking at 2101 Market Street, adjacent to Commerce Square, which primarily serves tenants from our Commerce Square and 2121 Market Street properties. The following table presents an overview of our revenue generating parking facilities as of June 30, 2004:

 

On-Site and Off-Site
Parking


  Location

  Predecessor
Percentage
Interest


    Percentage
Interest
Following
Offering


    Year
Built


  Square
Footage


  Vehicle
Capacity


  Vehicles
Under
Monthly
Contract(1)


  Percentage of
Vehicle
Capacity
Under Monthly
Contract


 

On-Site Parking

                                     

ARCO Plaza A Level(2)

  Los Angeles, CA   4.3 %   21.3 %   1972   194,722   404   242   59.9 %

One Commerce Square(3)(4)

  Philadelphia, PA   50.0     89.0     1987   76,833   214   259   121.0  

Two Commerce Square(4)

  Philadelphia, PA   100.0     89.0     1992   83,803   305   239   78.4  

Off-Site Parking

                                     

J-2 Garage (ARCO Plaza)(2)

  Los Angeles, CA   4.3     21.3     1972   948,750   2,482   2,603   104.9  

2101 Market Street(5)

  Philadelphia, PA   100.0     100.0     1998   47,915   178   147   82.6  
                       
 
 
 

Total

                      1,352,023   3,583   3,490   97.4 %
                       
 
 
 


(1)   Includes vehicle spaces provided to tenants under lease agreements.
(2)   Upon consummation of the formation transactions, we intend to increase our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza to 21.3%.
(3)   We have entered into an agreement to purchase a 50% interest in this property from an unaffiliated third party prior to or concurrent with the closing of this offering.
(4)   We expect to hold an 89% ownership interest in this property upon the consummation of this offering. Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities will continue to hold the remaining 11% interest in this property following the offering. Our 89% interest will entitle us to receive an increasing annual preference on our capital account balance, and our capital account and this preference will be repaid in full before the capital account balance of the 11% minority owner is repaid. We intend to seek to acquire the remaining 11% interest in this property following a three-year holding period. See “Structure and Formation—Planned Acquisitions.”
(5)   2101 Market Street is currently being utilized as a surface parking lot pending commencement of development.

 

Indebtedness

 

Following the consummation of this offering, we will have approximately $295.9 million of outstanding consolidated long-term debt, and we own interests in unconsolidated entities subject to long-term debt of $195.0 million as of June 30, 2004. Our consolidated indebtedness will be comprised of four mortgage loans secured by four of our consolidated properties and having an outstanding principal amount of approximately $209.7 million and four mezzanine loans secured by pledges of the equity interests of the fee owners of two of our properties and having an outstanding principal amount of approximately $86.2 million. The weighted average interest rate on our consolidated indebtedness on a pro forma basis is approximately 7.6% as of June 30, 2004. A total of approximately $13.1 million of scheduled loan principal payments is due on this indebtedness during 2004, and a total of $21.4 million of scheduled loan principal payments will be due on this indebtedness during 2005 and 2006. On a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, our ratio of consolidated debt to gross assets is approximately 50.8% and approximately $7.5 million, or 2.5%, of our long-term consolidated debt will be variable rate debt. Additionally, subsequent to June 30, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the existing $175 million acquisition loan for ARCO Plaza. This refinancing comprises $325 million in total available indebtedness on a floating rate basis, as to which we have purchased an interest rate cap with respect to the $200 million portion of the loan which has been advanced. We are required to purchase interest rate cap agreements as

 

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we borrow the remaining $125 million. In addition, on August 26, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine floating rate loan for ARCO Plaza. The junior mezzanine loan bears interest at a floating rate based upon a fixed spread over LIBOR. We have purchased an interest rate cap for this loan. We expect to hedge or cap our exposure to interest rate fluctuations through swap agreements and other arrangements.

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the pro forma indebtedness as of June 30, 2004.

 

     Interest
Rate


    Principal
Amount


    Annual
Debt
Service(2)


    Maturity
Date(3)


  Balance at
Maturity


 

Pro Forma Debt: Consolidated Properties(1)

                                  

One Commerce Square:

                                  

Mortgage debt

   7.0 %   $ 74,086     $ 6,446     4/11/28   $ —   (4)

Mezzanine debt

   17.5 (5)     9,250       1,619     3/16/11     9,250  

Two Commerce Square:

                                  

Mortgage debt

   6.3       128,077       13,603     5/09/13     107,004  

Senior mezzanine debt

   * (6)     46,741       9,344     1/09/10     35,752  

Junior A mezzanine debt

   15.0 (7)     3,663       356     1/09/10     4,644  

Junior B mezzanine debt

   9.2       26,558 (8)     —       1/09/10     —    

Four Points Centre

   Prime Rate       4,000       1,544 (9)   8/31/04     4,000  

2101 Market Street

   LIBOR + 2.5 (10)     3,500       133     3/06/05     3,500  
    

 


 


 
 


Total Pro Forma Debt: Consolidated Properties

   7.6 %(11)   $ 295,875     $ 33,045         $ 164,150  
          


 


     


Pro Forma Debt: Unconsolidated Properties(12)

                                  

ARCO Plaza(13)

   Eurodollar + 2.1       175,000       5,731     7/30/04     175,000  

2121 Market Street

   6.1       20,032       1,464     8/01/33     —   (14)
          


 


     


Total Pro Forma Debt: Unconsolidated Entities

   3.6 (11)   $ 195,032     $ 7,195         $ 175,000  
          


 


     



(1)   Pro forma debt of consolidated properties represents outstanding debt at June 30, 2004 for entities consolidated in the pro forma financial statements.
(2)   Annual debt service includes payments made for principal and interest.
(3)   Maturity date represents the date on which the principal amount is due and payable, assuming no payment has been made in advance of the maturity date.
(4)   The One Commerce Square mortgage loan is prepayable without penalty after March 11, 2008, at which date the outstanding principal amount of this debt will be approximately $68.9 million. The interest rate will increase by 2.0% on April 11, 2008, which additional amount may be deferred until maturity. Any deferred amounts are added to the principal balance of the loan and accrue interest at 9.0%. Provided there is no deferred interest, the loan balance will be fully amortized on April 11, 2028, the maturity date of the loan.
(5)   Interest at a rate of 10% per annum is payable currently. Interest of 7.5% per annum may be deferred until cash is available for payment. Deferred amounts accrue interest at 17.5% per annum. Following this offering, we intend to pay the 7.5% deferred interest on a current basis. Further, we intend to pay this mezzanine loan in full when it becomes prepayable in March 2005 or earlier with consent of the lender.
(6)   This senior mezzanine loan bears interest at a rate such that the weighted average of the rate on this loan and the rate on the mortgage loan secured by Two Commerce Square equals 9.2% per annum. Annual debt service excludes additional principal payments based on excess cash flow from the property, if any. The effective interest rate on this loan as of June 30, 2004 was 17.2% per annum.

 

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(7)   Interest at a rate of 10% per annum is payable currently, and additional interest of 5% per annum is deferred until maturity.
(8)   The repayment of the Junior B Mezzanine Debt is in the form of a minority participation in net equity according to a formula. To the extent the net equity in the property is below the thresholds of the formula, the $24.5 million in principal and accumulated deferred interest of $2.1 million will be forgiven by the lender. Under certain conditions, the lender has a right to extend the maturity date of this loan to July 2011, an additional 18 months.
(9)   Subsequent to December 31, 2003, $1.4 million of the outstanding principal of this loan was paid, which is included in annual debt service. We are currently in discussions with the lender to extend the term of this loan.
(10)   The loan agreement provides that the interest rate will be the lender’s prime rate or at our option, LIBOR plus 2.5%. As of June 30, 2004, we had elected LIBOR plus 2.5%, which fixed the rate at 3.7% for the six month period beginning March 26, 2004.
(11)   Represents the weighted average interest rate for the pro forma debt.
(12)   Pro forma debt of unconsolidated properties represents outstanding debt at December 31, 2003 for entities accounted for on the equity method in the pro forma financial statements.
(13)   ARCO Plaza is owned by our joint venture with CalSTRS. We will own a 25% interest in this joint venture upon completion of this offering. Subsequent to June 30, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the existing $175 million acquisition loan for ARCO Plaza with a $325 million facility that includes both a $200 million senior loan and a senior mezzanine loan that may be drawn on up to an aggregate of $125 million. The senior mezzanine loan is expected to provide capital for a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs for the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. In addition, on August 26, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza entered into an additional $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The net proceeds from this loan were distributed to the partners of the parent entity that owns ARCO Plaza. The annual debt service for the $200 million senior loan and the $25 million junior mezzanine loan is approximately $8.1 million based on current interest rates. In connection with the payoff of the $175 million acquisition loan, the joint venture paid a fee of approximately $744,000.
(14)   2121 Market Street is owned by a joint venture in which we own a 50% equity interest. The 2121 Market Street mortgage loan is prepayable without penalty after May 1, 2013, at which date the outstanding principal amount of this debt will be approximately $17.2 million. The interest rate will increase to the greater of 8.1% or the treasury rate plus 2.0% on August 1, 2013. Any amounts over the initial interest rate may be deferred to the extent excess cash is not available to make such payments. Provided there is no deferred interest, the loan balance will be fully amortized on August 1, 2033, the maturity date of the loan.

 

Competition

 

We face intense competition from other developers, managers and owners of office and mixed-use real estate, many of which own properties similar to ours in the same regional markets in which our properties are located. We also compete with other diversified real estate companies and companies focused solely on offering property investment management and brokerage services. A number of our competitors are larger and able to take advantage of efficiencies created by size, and have better financial resources, or increased access to capital at lower costs, and may be better known in regional markets in which we compete. Our smaller size as compared to some of our competition may increase our susceptibility to economic downturns and pressures on rents. Our failure to compete successfully in our industry would materially affect our business prospects.

 

Regulatory Issues

 

Environmental Matters

 

Under various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, a current or previous owner, manager or tenant of real estate may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances at the property, and may be held liable to a government entity or to third parties for property damage and for investigation, clean-up and monitoring costs incurred by the parties in connection with the actual or threatened contamination.

 

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These laws typically impose clean-up responsibility and liability without regard to fault, or whether or not the owner, operator or tenant knew of or caused the presence of the contamination. The liability under the laws may be joint and several for the full amount of the investigation, clean-up and monitoring costs incurred or to be incurred or actions to be undertaken, although a party held jointly and severally liable may obtain contributions from other identified, solvent, responsible parties of their fair share toward these costs. These costs may be substantial, and can exceed the value of the property. The presence of contamination, or the failure to properly remediate contamination on a property may adversely affect the ability of the owner, operator or tenant to sell or rent that property or to borrow using the property as collateral, and may adversely impact our investment on that property.

 

At our 2101 Market Street property, we continue to review groundwater monitoring initiated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as a result of a gasoline spill that occurred on the premises, due to an accident caused by the tenant’s agent. The tenant undertook remedial procedures, removing contaminated soil. Our lease requires the tenant to indemnify us against all costs and expenses of every kind relating directly or indirectly to the tenant’s use and occupancy of the premises. The original tenant has since been acquired, and the acquiror has to date continued to honor continuing clean up and monitoring obligations.

 

Federal regulations require building owners and those exercising control over a building’s management to identify and warn, via signs and labels, of potential hazards posed by workplace exposure to installed asbestos- containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials in their building. The regulations also set forth employee training, record keeping and due diligence requirements pertaining to asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials. Significant fines can be assessed for violation of these regulations. Building owners and those exercising control over a building’s management may be subject to an increased risk of personal injury lawsuits by workers and others exposed to asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials as a result of these regulations. At ARCO Plaza, we have abated asbestos in the tenant areas of the office towers and have commenced removal or abatement of asbestos in the lower levels and the three-story Plaza Building. The regulations may affect the value of a building incorporating asbestos-containing materials or potentially asbestos-containing materials that we own or manage. Federal, state and local laws and regulations also govern the removal, encapsulation, disturbance, handling and/or disposal of asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials when the materials are in poor condition or in the event of construction, remodeling or renovation of a building. These laws may impose liability for improper handling or a release to the environment of asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials and may provide for fines to, and for third parties to seek recovery from, owners or managers of real properties for personal injury or improper work exposure associated with asbestos-containing materials and potentially asbestos-containing materials.

 

We are not aware of any material noncompliance with federal and state regulations regarding hazardous or toxic substances and other environmental matters.

 

Americans With Disabilities Act

 

Our properties must comply with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, to the extent that the properties are “public accommodations” as defined by the ADA. The ADA may require removal of structural barriers to access by persons with disabilities in public areas of our properties where the removal is readily achievable. We believe that our existing owned properties are in substantial compliance with the ADA and that we will not be required to make substantial capital expenditures to address the requirements of the ADA in the future. However, noncompliance with the ADA could result in imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants. The obligation to make readily achievable accommodations is an ongoing one, and we will continue to assess our properties and to make alterations as appropriate in this respect.

 

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Insurance

 

We carry comprehensive liability, fire, flood, extended coverage, earthquake, terrorism and rental loss insurance covering all of the properties in our portfolio under a blanket policy. We believe the policy specifications and insured limits are appropriate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice. In the opinion of our management team, the properties in our portfolio are adequately insured. Our terrorism insurance is subject to exclusions for loss or damage caused by nuclear substances, pollutants, contaminants, and biological and chemical weapons. We carry earthquake insurance on our properties located in seismically active areas, which includes our Southern California properties, and terrorism insurance on all of our properties, in amounts and with deductibles which we believe are commercially reasonable.

 

Employees

 

As of June 30, 2004, we employed approximately 70 persons. Our executive management team is based in our Los Angeles and Philadelphia offices. None of our employees are currently represented by a labor union. We believe our relations with our employees are good.

 

Offices

 

We maintain offices in Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Valencia, Sacramento, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Philadelphia. Our principal executive office is located at ARCO Plaza, 515 South Flower Street, in downtown Los Angeles, California, where the majority of our executive management team is located. We believe that our current facilities are adequate for our present and near-term future operations.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

In the ordinary course of business, we are subject from time to time to claims for negligence and other claims and administrative proceedings, none of which we currently believe are material.

 

With respect to our Campus El Segundo project, we were recently involved in a lawsuit challenging the environmental impact report, development agreement and entitlements approved during 2001 and 2002 by the City of El Segundo planning commission and the city council for our planned development of the property. The Campus El Segundo project includes entitlements that would accommodate a wide range of uses, heights and building square footages, with 2.175 million square feet of mixed-use development. In January 2002, Kilroy Realty Corporation (“Kilroy”), a developer, filed a suit to stop the development and initially forced a voters’ referendum election to oppose the entitlements. Kilroy alleged that the City of El Segundo had failed to comply fully with the California Environmental Quality Act. In June 2002, we prevailed in that election by a vote of approximately 65% in favor of the development. The developer then sued us and the City of El Segundo regarding the findings in the environmental impact report. In September 2002, the California Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit. Kilroy filed an appeal with the California Court of Appeals. On April 29, 2004, the California Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of Kilroy seeking to block our development of the project. The time for Kilroy to appeal this decision has lapsed.

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

Directors, Executive Officers and Key Employees

 

Upon the closing of this offering, our board of directors will consist of seven directors, including the director nominees named below. Our directors and director nominees, executive officers and key employees as of June 30, 2004 are as follows:

 

Name


   Age

  

Position


James A. Thomas

   67   

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

R. Bruce Andrews(1)

   64   

Director Nominee

Edward D. Fox(1)

   57   

Director Nominee

Winston H. Hickox(1)

   61   

Director Nominee

Daniel Neidich(1)

   54   

Director Nominee

Randall L. Scott

   48   

Executive Vice President and Director

John R. Sischo

   47   

Executive Vice President and Director

Diana M. Laing

   49   

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Thomas S. Ricci

   46   

Executive Vice President

Joseph P. McManus

   48   

Senior Vice President

Michael A. Smith

   64   

Senior Vice President

Robert D. Morgan

   38   

Vice President, Accounting and Administration 


(1)   To be appointed to our board of directors upon the closing of this offering.

 

James A. Thomas serves as our Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Thomas founded TPG, our predecessor company, and served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of TPG from 1996 to our formation in March 2004. Prior to founding TPG, Mr. Thomas served as a co-managing partner of Maguire Thomas Partners, a national full-service real estate operating company from 1983 to 1996. In 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners was divided into two companies with Mr. Thomas forming TPG with other key members of the former executive management at Maguire Thomas Partners. Mr. Thomas also served as Chief Executive Officer and principal owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA Basketball team and the ARCO Arena from 1992 until 1999. Mr. Thomas is Chairman of the Grand Avenue Committee in Los Angeles, SOS Coral Trees, and the National Advisory Council of the Cleveland Marshall School of Law. He serves on the board of directors of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Baldwin Wallace College and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the board of governors of the Music Center of Los Angeles County. Mr. Thomas received his bachelor of arts degree in economics and political science with honors from Baldwin Wallace College in 1959. He graduated magna cum laude with a juris doctorate degree in 1963 from Cleveland Marshall Law School.

 

R. Bruce Andrews has agreed to become a member of our board of directors following the completion of this offering. Until his retirement in April 2004, Mr. Andrews served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust, which position he had held since September 1989. Mr. Andrews graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. Mr. Andrews currently serves on the board of directors for Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

Edward D. Fox has agreed to become a member of our board of directors following the completion of this offering. Since January 2003, Mr. Fox has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vantage Property Investors, LLC, a private real estate investment and redevelopment company. Prior to 2003, Mr. Fox was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Center Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1998 to January 2003 when Center Trust was acquired by Pan Pacific Retail Properties. Mr. Fox also served as the Chairman of CommonWealth Partners from 1995 through October 2003, a fully integrated real estate operating company that he co-founded in 1996. Prior to forming CommonWealth Partners, Mr. Fox was a senior partner with Maguire Thomas Partners. A certified public accountant, Mr. Fox started his career in public accounting specializing in

 

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real estate transactions. Mr. Fox serves on the Dean’s advisory council for the USC School of Architecture and the board of directors of the Orthropaedic Hospital Foundation and the Los Angeles Boy Scouts. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in business administration, both with honors.

 

Winston H. Hickox has agreed to become a member of our board of directors following the completion of this offering. From January 1999 to November 2003, Mr. Hickox served as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, and was responsible for a broad range of programs created to protect California’s human and environmental health. From December 1994 to May 1998, Mr. Hickox was a partner in LaSalle Advisors, Ltd. Prior to joining LaSalle Advisors, Ltd., Mr. Hickox was a Managing Director with Alex, Brown Kleinwort Benson Realty Advisors Corp. From April 1997 to January 1999, Mr. Hickox served as an alternate Commissioner on the California Coastal Commission. He was President of the California League of Conservation Voters from 1990 to 1994. He is currently a member of the board of the Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System. Mr. Hickox is a graduate of the California State University at Sacramento with a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1965, and obtained a master of business administration degree in 1972 from Golden Gate University.

 

Daniel Neidich has agreed to become a member of our board of directors following the completion of this offering. In December 2003, Mr. Neidich retired from his position as a senior director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he served as a member of the firm’s management committee, co-head of the merchant banking division, and chairman of the Whitehall fund investment committee. Mr. Neidich joined Goldman Sachs in 1978 in the real estate banking department. In 1984, Mr. Neidich became a partner of Goldman Sachs, and in 1990 he became head of Goldman Sachs’s real estate department. In 1991, Goldman Sachs, under Mr. Neidich’s direction, raised the first Whitehall fund to invest in real estate opportunities. Mr. Neidich is a member of the board of governors of the Real Estate Board of New York, a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and a board member of Strategic Hotel Capital. He also serves on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the New York University Child Study Center. Mr. Neidich received a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and a master of business administration degree from the Stanford University graduate school of business.

 

Randall L. Scott serves us as an Executive Vice President and Director. Mr. Scott directed asset management operations nationally and East Coast development activity for TPG from its inception in 1996 until our formation in March 2004. Prior to the formation of TPG, Mr. Scott was with Maguire Thomas Partners from 1986 to August 1996. As a senior executive at Maguire Thomas Partners, Mr. Scott worked on several large-scale development projects, including One Commerce Square in Philadelphia and The Gas Company Tower in Los Angeles. Mr. Scott was also on the pre-development team for the CalEPA project in Sacramento and served in a general business development capacity. Mr. Scott is currently involved in various civic and professional organizations and serves on the board of directors of the Center City District, a Philadelphia non-profit special services organization. Mr. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics from Butler University in Indianapolis.

 

John R. Sischo serves us as an Executive Vice President and Director. He is responsible for our investment management services, including oversight of our relationship with CalSTRS, acquisition efforts and our capital market relationships. He served as Chief Financial Officer of TPG from April 1998 until our formation in March 2004. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Sischo was with Banker’s Trust from 1989 to 1998 where he was instrumental in developing Bankers Trust’s real estate investment management practice. Prior to 1989, Mr. Sischo was with Security Pacific Corporation’s real estate investment banking practice. He began his career at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Mr. Sischo is on the board of directors of the Center City Association, a Los Angeles non-profit special services organization. Mr. Sischo received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles.

 

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becoming a member of our senior management team, Ms. Laing served as Chief Financial Officer of Triple Net Properties, LLC from January 2004 through April 2004. From December 2001 to December 2003, Ms. Laing served as Chief Financial Officer of New Pacific Realty Corporation, and held this position at Firstsource Corp. from July 2000 to May 2001. Previously, Ms. Laing was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arden Realty, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT, from August 1996 to July 2000. From 1982 to August 1996, she was Chief Financial Officer of Southwest Property Trust, Inc., a publicly-traded multi-family REIT. She is a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee for The Macerich Company, a publicly-traded REIT. She also serves on the board of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Ms. Laing holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a certified public accountant in Texas.

 

Thomas S. Ricci serves us as an Executive Vice President. He served as Senior Vice President of TPG from May 1998 to our formation in March 2004, with oversight of business development and development services. From February 1992 through May 1998, Mr. Ricci was the vice president of planning and entitlements at Maguire Thomas Partners, Playa Capital Company division. As a senior executive at Maguire Thomas Partners, Mr. Ricci worked on several large mixed-use and commercial projects. Prior to joining Maguire Thomas Partners in 1987, Mr. Ricci was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, where he was involved in planning, programming, design and construction of medical facilities at locations in the United States and abroad. Mr. Ricci holds a bachelor of science degree and a bachelor of architecture degree with honors from the New York Institute of Technology.

 

Joseph P. McManus serves us as a Senior Vice President. He joined TPG in 1998 to establish and oversee its full-service brokerage division, which he ran until our formation in March 2004. Based in Philadelphia, Mr. McManus’s responsibilities include the leasing of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square, as well as serving the brokerage needs of a select group of corporate clients. From 1984 to 1998, Mr. McManus was with the sales and leasing division of CB/Richard Ellis in Philadelphia. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1977, and is a licensed broker in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Mr. McManus is a key employee of our company; however he is not considered an executive officer, as that term is defined by applicable SEC rules.

 

Michael A. Smith serves us as a Senior Vice President. He represented TPG in construction-related activities from 1996 until our formation in March 2004. Prior to 1996, Mr. Smith was a Senior Vice President of Maguire Thomas Partners and was responsible for overseeing the construction of projects including One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square in Philadelphia and The Gas Company Tower and Wells Fargo Center in Los Angeles. Before joining Maguire Thomas Partners in 1977, Mr. Smith spent 10 years with Turner Construction as a project engineer, working on major projects such as the IDS Center in Minneapolis. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. Mr. Smith is a key employee of our company; however he is not considered an executive officer as that term is defined by applicable SEC rules.

 

Robert D. Morgan serves us as a Vice President, responsible for accounting and administration. Mr. Morgan joined TPG in March 2000 from Arthur Andersen LLP, where he spent 10 years in the real estate service group. At Arthur Andersen, Mr. Morgan was a Senior Manager specializing in providing audit and transaction due diligence services to real estate developers, owners, lenders and operators. Mr. Morgan earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Mr. Morgan is a certified public accountant, licensed by the State of California.

 

Board Composition

 

We are managed by, or are under the direction of, our board of directors. Our board of directors will consist of seven board members upon the completion of this offering. Of the seven board members, including our director nominees, four are not, and never have been, employees of our company, nor do they have any other relationship with us that would result in their being considered other than independent under applicable federal

 

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securities laws and the current listing requirements of the Nasdaq National Market. There are no family relationships among any of our directors, director nominees or executive officers.

 

All members of our board of directors will stand for election each year. Our bylaws provide that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by a resolution adopted by a majority of our directors. Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors may only be filled by the board.

 

Board Committees

 

Our board of directors has established an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Under our bylaws, the composition of each committee must comply with the listing requirements and other rules of the Nasdaq National Market.

 

Audit Committee. Upon the completion of this offering, our audit committee will consist of R. Bruce Andrews (Chair), Edward D. Fox and Winston H. Hickox. The audit committee helps to ensure the integrity of our financial statements and the qualifications, independence and performance of our independent auditors. The audit committee’s responsibilities include the following:

 

    establishing, monitoring and assessing our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements regarding our financial reporting processes and related internal control functions, including performance of our internal audit function;

 

    overseeing the engagement of, and audit performed by, our independent public accountants, including the independence and qualifications of our outside auditors who report directly to the audit committee;

 

    reviewing our annual financial statements and the scope of our annual audit;

 

    overseeing each annual audit and quarterly review; and

 

    preparing the audit committee report to be included in our annual proxy statement.

 

Compensation Committee. Upon the completion of this offering, the compensation committee will consist of Winston H. Hickox (Chair), R. Bruce Andrews and Edward D. Fox. The compensation committee’s duties include:

 

    establishing guidelines and standards regarding our compensation practices and philosophy;

 

    determining the compensation and benefits of our executive officers;

 

    evaluating the performance of our executive officers;

 

    administering and making recommendations to our board of directors regarding our stock incentive and other equity-based compensation plans;

 

    preparing an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in our proxy statement; and

 

    preparing the compensation committee report to be included in our annual proxy statement.

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Upon the completion of this offering, the nominating and corporate governance committee will consist of Edward D. Fox (Chair), Winston H. Hickox and Daniel Neidich. The nominating and corporate governance committee’s responsibilities include:

 

    developing, recommending and monitoring our compliance with corporate governance principles, including requirements of state and federal law and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq National Market;

 

    adopting and implementing a code of ethics;

 

    adopting and overseeing policies with respect to conflicts of interest;

 

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    establishing criteria for prospective members of our board of directors and conducting candidate searches and interviews;

 

    periodically evaluating the appropriate size and composition of our board of directors and recommending, as appropriate, changes in our board of directors; and

 

    proposing the slate of directors to be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders.

 

The board of directors may establish other committees as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

We intend to pay our directors (other than directors that are employees of our company) an annual cash retainer of $50,000. We also reimburse our directors for expenses incurred to attend meetings of our board and its committees. Non-management directors will also participate in our Non-Employee Directors Restricted Stock Plan (“Non-Employee Director Plan”) described below.

 

The Non-Employee Director Plan provides for an initial grant of shares of restricted stock to each non-employee director who is a non-employee director as of the date of the completion of this offering or later becomes a non-employee director. Each initial automatic grant will be for a number of shares of restricted stock having a value as near to $37,500 as of the date of grant as possible without exceeding the value, provided, however, that our four non-employee directors who will be appointed to our board upon the consummation of this offering will each receive a determined 2,500 shares of restricted stock. The Non-Employee Director Plan also provides for an annual grant of shares of restricted stock to each non-employee director following each annual meeting of the stockholders commencing with the 2005 annual meeting. Each annual grant will be for a number of shares of restricted stock having a value as near to $15,000 as possible without exceeding the value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a non-employee director receiving a restricted stock grant on, or within 90 days prior to, the date of an annual meeting of stockholders will not receive an annual grant with respect to that annual stockholders’ meeting. Each initial restricted stock grant will vest following the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the year of grant, subject to a director’s continued service. Each annual grant will vest following the first annual meeting of the stockholders following the year of grant. In the event of change in control of our company, all restricted stock granted under the plan to our non-employee directors will become fully vested.

 

Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitation on Liabilities

 

Our certificate of incorporation includes provisions permitted by Delaware law that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors for a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as a director. The duty of care generally requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Consequently, a director will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except liability for:

 

    any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

 

    any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

    any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends; or

 

    any transaction from which the director derived an improper benefit.

 

These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities arising under the federal securities laws and do not generally affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.

 

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Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors, executive officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. We are also empowered under our bylaws to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors, officers, employees and agents and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person we are required or permitted to indemnify. We maintain director and officer liability insurance and intend to continue to maintain this insurance in the future.

 

We intend to enter into indemnification agreements with each of our current and future directors and executive officers that may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions in the Delaware General Corporation Law. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers, employees or agents where indemnification by us is sought and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

None of the members of our compensation committee is or has been employed by us. None of our executive officers currently serves, or in the past three years has served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of another entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our board of directors or compensation committee. See “Board Composition.”

 

Executive Officer Compensation

 

Because we were formed in March 2004, compensation information is not available for calendar 2003 or any other prior period. The following table sets forth the projected annualized base salary and incentive awards to be awarded during calendar 2004 to our Chief Executive Officer and our four other executive officers. Indirect interests in our operating partnership received by our executives in the formation transactions are not compensatory, and are not reflected in the table below. The restricted incentive unit awards reflected in the table below will be granted upon the closing of this offering.

 

Name and Principal Position


   Base
Salary($)(1)


   Number of Securities
Underlying
Restricted Stock
Awards


    Restricted Incentive
Unit Awards


 

James A. Thomas

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

   $ 120,000    46,667 (2)   0  

Diana M. Laing

Chief Financial Officer

     215,000    0     63,334 (3)

Thomas S. Ricci

Executive Vice President

     220,000    0     200,001 (4)

Randall L. Scott

Executive Vice President

     235,000    0     250,001 (5)

John R. Sischo

Executive Vice President

     230,000    0     216,667 (6)

(1)   Amounts given are annualized projections for 2004, based upon the base salaries in our employment agreements with these executive officers that will be entered into upon the closing of this offering. The employment agreements also provide for cash bonus payments if specified performance objectives are met by the executive to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering. See “Employment Agreements” below.
(2)   Mr. Thomas’ restricted stock grant will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals are met to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering. Mr. Thomas will receive dividends on his restricted stock shares, to the extent declared.

 

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(3)   For Ms. Laing, 50,000 restricted incentive units in our operating partnership will vest over a three-year period, with one-third of the incentive units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, and 13,334 restricted incentive units will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be received in exchange for vested incentive units.
(4)   For Mr. Ricci, 183,334 restricted incentive units in our operating partnership will vest over a three-year period, with one-third of the incentive units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, and 16,667 restricted incentive units will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be received in exchange for vested incentive units.
(5)   For Mr. Scott, 233,334 restricted incentive units in our operating partnership will vest over a three-year period, with one-third of the incentive units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, and 16,667 restricted incentive units will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be received in exchange for vested incentive units.
(6)   For Mr. Sischo, 200,000 of these restricted incentive units in our operating partnership will vest over a three-year period, with one-third of the incentive units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, and 16,667 restricted incentive units will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be received in exchange for vested incentive units.

 

Employment Agreements

 

We will enter into employment agreements, effective as of the consummation of this offering, with each of Messrs. Thomas, Ricci, Scott and Sischo and Ms. Laing. The employment agreements provide for Mr. Thomas to serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo to serve as our Executive Vice Presidents, and Ms. Laing to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. These employment agreements require Messrs. Thomas, Ricci, Scott and Sischo and Ms. Laing to devote substantially all of their business time to the performance of their duties to us. The employment agreement with Mr. Thomas has a four-year term, and the employment agreements with each of our other executive officers have three-year terms. Each employment agreement provides for automatic one-year extensions thereafter, unless either party provides at least 60 days’ notice of non-renewal.

 

The employment agreements provide for:

 

    an annual base salary of $120,000 for Mr. Thomas, $220,000 for Mr. Ricci, $235,000 for Mr. Scott, $230,000 for Mr. Sischo and $215,000 for Ms. Laing, subject to increase in accordance with our normal executive compensation practices;

 

    eligibility for an annual cash performance bonus based on the satisfaction of performance goals to be established in the discretion of our compensation committee, with a target annual bonus for the first year for Mr. Thomas of 100% of his base salary, and a target annual bonus for the first year for each of the other executive officers of 75% of base salary; and

 

    participation in other incentive, savings, retirement and other benefit plans available generally to our senior executives.

 

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In addition, subject to our adoption and our stockholders’ approval of our 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, Mr. Thomas will be granted 46,667 shares of restricted stock in our company following the consummation of this offering. Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo will be granted 16,667 incentive units, respectively, and Ms. Laing will be granted 13,334 incentive units in our operating partnership, which will vest in full on the third anniversary of the date of the grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals that will be set by our compensation committee following the consummation of this offering are met. In addition, Mr. Ricci will receive a grant of 183,334 incentive units, Mr. Scott a grant of 233,334 incentive units, Mr. Sischo a grant of 200,000 incentive units and Ms. Laing a grant of 50,000 incentive units, which incentive unit grants will vest over a three-year period, with one-third vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to continued service and the terms of our Incentive Plan.

 

The employment agreements provide that, if an executive’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or by the executive for “good reason” other than in the case of a “change in control” (each as defined in the applicable employment agreement), the executive will be entitled to the following severance payments and benefits:

 

    if more than one year is left on the executive’s contract, a lump-sum cash payment equal to three times the sum of his then-current annual base salary plus average bonus over the prior three years for Mr. Thomas, and, for each of the other executive officers, a lump-sum cash payment equal to two times the sum of his or her then-current annual base salary plus average bonus over the prior three years;

 

    a prorated annual bonus for the year in which the termination occurs, paid at the time when annual bonuses are paid to our other senior executives; and

 

    health benefits for one year following the executive’s termination of employment at the same cost to the executive as in effect immediately preceding such termination, subject to termination to the extent that the executive is eligible to receive benefits from a subsequent employer.

 

Each employment agreement provides that, if the executive’s employment is terminated by us without cause or by the executive for good reason within 180 days after a “change in control” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement) or, in the case of Mr. Thomas, within 90 days after the change of control event for any reason, then the executive will receive the above benefits and payments as though the executive’s employment was terminated without cause or for good reason, and all restricted stock and any other equity awards held by such executive will become fully vested.

 

Under the employment agreements, we have agreed to make additional payments to the executive if any amounts paid or payable to the executives would be subject to the excise tax imposed on certain so-called “excess parachute payments” under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code. However, if a reduction in the payments and benefits of 10% or less would render the excise tax inapplicable, then the payments and benefits will be reduced by such amount, and we will not be required to make the additional payments, which are intended to offset the impact of the excise tax.

 

The agreements also provide that the executive or his or her estate will be entitled to certain severance benefits in the event of his or her death or permanent disability. These benefits include a lump-sum cash payment equal to the executive’s then-current annual base salary, plus a pro-rated annual bonus for the year in which death or disability occurs, paid at the time annual bonuses are paid to our other senior executives. In addition, the executive’s eligible family members, and, in the case of disability, the executive, may receive health benefits for one year following death or disability, subject to termination if, in the case of termination for disability, the executive is re-employed and is eligible to receive benefits from a subsequent employer.

 

Non-Competition Agreements

 

We intend to enter into non-competition agreements with each of Messrs. Thomas, Ricci, Scott and Sischo and Ms. Laing, effective as of the consummation of this offering. Under these agreements, each executive will agree, unless approval is given by our board of directors, not to (a) conduct, directly or indirectly, any business

 

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involving real property development, investment, acquisition, sale or management, whether such business is conducted by them individually or as principal, partner, officer, director, consultant, employee, stockholder or manager of any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or any other entity, or (b) own interests in real property which are competitive, directly or indirectly, with any business carried on by us or our successors, subsidiaries and affiliates, with the exception of certain existing real estate investments held by Mr. Thomas that are not competitive to us and Mr. Thomas’ 11% minority interest retained in each of our One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square properties following the consummation of this offering.

 

Each of these executives will be bound by his or her non-competition covenant for so long as he or she is employed by us or serves as a member of our board of directors and for a one-year period thereafter. However, each covenant not to compete with us will contain certain exceptions, including the executive’s direct or indirect ownership of up to 5% of the outstanding equity interests of any public company, and activities related to residential real estate.

 

Equity and Benefit Plans

 

2004 Equity Incentive Plan

 

A description of the provisions of our 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) is set forth below. Our board of directors and our stockholders will have approved the Incentive Plan prior to the closing of this offering. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the detailed provisions of the Incentive Plan, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to our registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

The purpose of the Incentive Plan is to provide incentives to our employees and to attract, reward and retain personnel. Our Incentive Plan permits the granting of awards in the form of options to purchase common stock, restricted shares of common stock and restricted incentive units in our operating partnership. As of the date of this prospectus, no awards had been granted under the Incentive Plan, and there were 2,011,906 shares of common stock reserved for grant and issuance under the Incentive Plan. We may issue up to 1,392,858 shares reserved under the Incentive Plan as either restricted stock awards or incentive unit awards and up to 619,048 shares upon the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Incentive Plan.

 

Administration. The Incentive Plan will be administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors. Subject to the terms of the Incentive Plan, the compensation committee may select participants to receive awards, determine the types of awards and terms and conditions of awards, and interpret provisions of the Incentive Plan.

 

Source of Shares. The shares of common stock issued or to be issued under the Incentive Plan consist of authorized but unissued shares of our common stock. If any shares covered by an award are not purchased or are forfeited, then such shares will, to the extent of any forfeiture or termination, again be available for making awards under the Incentive Plan.

 

Eligibility. Awards may be made under the Incentive Plan to our or our affiliates’ employees and consultants and to any other individual whose participation in the Incentive Plan is determined to be permissible and in our best interests by our compensation committee, provided that awards qualifying as incentive stock options, as defined under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may only be granted to employees.

 

Amendment or Termination of the Plan. While our board of directors may terminate or amend the Incentive Plan at any time, no amendment may adversely impair the rights of grantees with respect to outstanding awards. In addition, an amendment will be contingent on approval of our stockholders to the extent required by law or if the amendment would increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Incentive Plan, increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Incentive Plan, or materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Incentive Plan. Unless terminated earlier, the Incentive Plan will terminate in 2014, but will continue to govern unexpired awards.

 

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Options. The Incentive Plan permits the grant of options to purchase common stock intended to qualify as incentive stock options under the Internal Revenue Code and stock options that do not qualify as incentive stock options. Only employees are eligible for incentive stock option grants, and only the first $100,000 in value of stock options exercisable for the first time in one calendar year can be treated as an incentive stock option. For incentive stock option valuation purposes, the value of a stock option grant is the fair market value of the underlying stock on the grant date. The exercise price of each stock option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. If we grant incentive stock options to any 10% stockholder, the exercise price may not be less than 110% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant, and the term of the award may not exceed five years from the date of grant. We may grant options in substitution for options held by employees of companies that we may acquire. Options granted in substitution will not count against the shares available for issuance under the Incentive Plan.

 

The term of each stock option is fixed by the compensation committee and may not exceed 10 years from the date of grant. The compensation committee determines at what time or times each option may be exercised and the period of time after retirement, death, disability or termination of employment during which options may be exercised. Options may be made exercisable in installments. The exercisability of options may be accelerated by the compensation committee. The exercise price of an option may not be amended or modified after the grant of the option, and an option may not be surrendered in consideration of or exchanged for a grant of a new option having an exercise price below that of the option which was surrendered or exchanged.

 

In general, an optionee may pay the exercise price of an option by cash, certified check, by tendering shares of common stock (which if acquired from us have been held by the optionee for at least six months) or, subject to certain requirements, by means of a broker-assisted cashless exercise. Stock options granted under the Incentive Plan may not be sold, transferred, pledged, or assigned other than by will or under applicable laws of descent and distribution. However, we may permit limited transfers of non-qualified options for the benefit of immediate family members of grantees to help with estate planning.

 

Restricted Stock and Incentive Units. The Incentive Plan also provides for the grant of restricted stock awards. A restricted stock award is an award of common stock with restrictions on transferability, and subject to vesting as determined by our compensation committee. For as long as an award of stock is subject to vesting, there is a risk of forfeiture if the individual leaves our employment prior to full vesting of the award. Restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at relevant times, including such as after a specified period of employment or the satisfaction of pre-established criteria, in installments or otherwise, all as our compensation committee may determine. Except to the extent provided otherwise under the award agreement relating to the restricted stock award, a plan participant granted restricted common stock will have all of the rights of a stockholder, including, without limitation, the right to vote and the right to receive dividends.

 

The Incentive Plan also provides for the granting of restricted incentive units in our operating partnership. An incentive unit represents a profits interest in our operating partnership. Whether or not the incentive units are vested, holders of incentive units will receive the same per unit distribution as all other holders of limited partnership units of our operating partnership. However, incentive units will not have full parity with other operating partnership units with respect to liquidating distributions. Upon the occurrence of certain events, incentive units will achieve full parity with other operating partnership units for all purposes, and are at that time convertible into a regular operating partnership unit with the economic value equivalent of a regular operating partnership unit. If parity is obtained, vested incentive units may be converted into an equal number of regular operating partnership units redeemable for cash, or at our option, common stock. However, there are circumstances under which parity would not be reached. Until and unless parity is achieved, the value of a vested incentive unit is less than the value of one share of our common stock.

 

Performance Based Compensation. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code limits companies with a class of common stock registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act to an annual deduction for federal income tax purposes of $1,000,000 each for compensation paid to their chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated executive officers determined at the end of each year. Three years following the

 

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completion of this offering, we will be subject to Section 162(m). However, performance-based compensation is excluded from this limitation if it meets certain conditions, including goals established by a compensation committee of outside directors, stockholder approval of the material terms of the compensation arrangements, and certification by the compensation committee that goals have been met before compensation is paid. The Incentive Plan is designed to permit the compensation committee to grant awards that qualify as performance-based for purposes of satisfying the conditions of exclusion from the limitations of Section 162(m).

 

Adjustments for Stock Dividends and Similar Events. The compensation committee will make appropriate adjustments in outstanding awards and the number of shares available for issuance under the Incentive Plan, including the individual limitations on awards, to reflect common stock dividends, stock splits, spin-off and other similar events.

 

Change in Control. At the discretion of the compensation committee at the time of grant, award agreements for options and restricted stock may contain provisions providing for the acceleration of incentive awards upon a change in control of our company.

 

2004 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan

 

Our board of directors will adopt our Non-Employee Director Plan subject to stockholder approval. This plan provides for the automatic grant of restricted stock awards to our non-employee directors. The aggregate number of shares of restricted common stock that may be issued under the plan is 60,000 shares. No shares have been granted under the plan.

 

Administration and Terms. Our board of directors, or a duly authorized committee of our board, will administer the plan. Restricted stock awards to non-employee directors are generally subject to terms including non-transferability, immediate vesting upon death or total disability of a director, forfeiture of unvested shares upon termination of service by a board member and acceleration of vesting upon a change in control.

 

Automatic Grants. Under the plan, each non-employee director upon his or her first election to the board will automatically be granted an initial restricted stock award for a number of full shares having a value as near to $37,500 as of the date of grant as possible without exceeding the value. The plan also provides for an annual grant of shares of restricted stock to each non-employee director following each annual meeting of the stockholders commencing with the 2005 annual meeting for a number of shares having a value as near to $15,000 as possible without exceeding the value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a non-employee director receiving an initial restricted stock grant within 90 days prior to the date of an annual meeting of stockholders will not receive an annual grant with respect to that annual stockholders’ meeting. Each initial restricted stock grant will vest following the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the year of grant, subject to a director’s continued service. Each annual grant will vest following the first annual meeting of the stockholders following the year of grant.

 

401(k) Plan

 

We provide a tax-qualified profit sharing and retirement savings plan (the “401(k) Plan”) which covers our eligible employees. Pursuant to the 401(k) Plan, employees may elect to reduce their current annual compensation up to the lesser of 100% or the statutorily prescribed limit of $13,000 in calendar year 2004, and have the amount of any reduction contributed to the 401(k) Plan. The 401(k) Plan is intended to qualify under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, so that contributions by us or our employees to the 401(k) Plan, and income earned on contributions, are not taxable to employees until withdrawn from the 401(k) Plan, and so that contributions will be deductible by us when made. For a non-highly compensated employee, we match 50% of the amount an employee contributes to the 401(k) Plan, subject to a 6% maximum based on the employee’s compensation as defined in the 401(k) Plan. We reserve the right to make additional discretionary contributions on behalf of eligible participants. We made $135,000 of matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan in 2002 and $186,000 in 2003. We may terminate these matching contributions at any time by an appropriate amendment to the 401(k) Plan. The trustee of the 401(k) Plan invests the assets of the 401(k) Plan as directed by the participants.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Formation Transactions

 

Mr. Thomas, the Thomas Entities and each of Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo, executive officers of our company, have entered into a master contribution agreement with us pursuant to which they will contribute their direct and indirect interests in properties and other assets to our operating partnership in exchange for 16,666,666 units, in the aggregate. Each operating partnership unit issued in the formation transactions will be paired with one share of limited voting stock. These paired units will each be held by an entity controlled by Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas will accordingly control the voting of all shares of limited voting stock, including those paired with operating partnership units held for the benefit of Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo. Some of the properties in which we will acquire interests will be subject to existing indebtedness.

 

The number of units to be issued in exchange for these interests and assets was determined in consultation with the underwriters. The factors that were considered include:

 

    a multiple of historic and expected future earnings;

 

    discounted cash flow analysis;

 

    internal rate of return analysis;

 

    historic capital invested to date in our assets and a review of estimated replacement costs;

 

    prices of comparable properties and companies that have been sold recently; and

 

    current market valuations of other publicly traded companies considered to be comparable to our company.

 

Entities controlled by Mr. Thomas, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be the primary contributor of the 89% interests we will acquire in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square as part of the formation transactions. Entities controlled by Mr. Thomas will retain an 11% minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square to mitigate transaction costs. As the general partner of our operating partnership, we will control the day-to-day decisions relating to the Commerce Square properties. We intend to seek to acquire the minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square following a three-year period. See “Structure and Formation.”

 

Description of Contribution Agreements, Tax Indemnity and Debt Guarantees

 

Each contribution of an interest in properties or assets is subject to the terms and conditions of the master contribution agreement, including the completion of this offering. Each contributor is an entity controlled by Mr. Thomas and will transfer its interests in the owners of the properties to our operating partnership in exchange for units in our operating partnership. We will assume or succeed to all of the contributors’ rights, obligations and responsibilities with respect to their interests in the owners of the properties and other assets contributed, subject to any exceptions included in the master contribution agreement.

 

The Thomas Entities will receive 16,666,666 units. Of these units, Mr. Thomas will have an indirect interest in 15,983,331 units with a value equal to approximately $191.8 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock, representing a 51.5% beneficial interest in our company on a fully-diluted basis excluding incentive units in our operating partnership. Our other executive officers as a group will indirectly hold an interest in the remaining 683,335 units with a value equal to approximately $8.2 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock, representing a 2.2% beneficial interest in our company on a fully diluted basis excluding incentive units in our operating partnership. Including the incentive units received by our executive officers upon the consummation of the offering, these officers would hold a 4.5% beneficial interest in our company on a fully-diluted basis. Upon the consummation of this offering, each operating partnership unit will be paired with a share of limited voting stock and held by an entity controlled by Mr. Thomas, who will control the voting of 100% of our limited voting stock. Pursuant to the master contribution agreement, the number of units to be issued will be adjusted to reflect customary working capital adjustments. See “Structure and Formation” and “Principal Stockholders.”

 

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The master contribution agreement includes representations and warranties made by the contributors to our operating partnership with respect to the condition and operations of the properties and interests to be contributed to us and certain other matters. The Thomas Entities have each agreed to jointly and severally indemnify us and our operating partnership for any breach of their representations and warranties for a one-year period following the consummation of this offering or the applicable statute of limitations in certain cases, subject to a deductible of $1.0 million in certain cases. The Thomas Entities have agreed to pledge units in our operating partnership with a value of $10.0 million based on the initial offering price in order to secure these indemnity obligations. Foreclosure on these units is the sole recourse available to us for any breach of representations or warranties or in the event of another claim for indemnification unless the indemnifying party elects to pay the obligation in cash.

 

Our operating partnership has agreed, without the consent of Mr. Thomas, not to directly or indirectly sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of in a taxable transaction any of our interest in either One Commerce Square or Two Commerce Square until the fourth anniversary of the consummation of this offering. However, if Mr. Thomas and related entities sell to our company the 11% remaining interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square held by them prior to the fourth anniversary of this offering and for not more than $4.0 million in the aggregate, then this period is extended to the ninth anniversary (or up to the twelfth anniversary so long as Mr. Thomas and his related entities collectively retain at least 50% of the units received by them in the formation transactions). These two properties represented 67.6% of the total annualized rent of the properties in which we will own as ownership interest upon the closing of the offering. These restrictions do not apply to the disposition of a Commerce Square property if:

 

    the disposition qualifies as a like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code or an involuntary conversion under Section 1033 of the Internal Revenue Code, or other transaction, in each case that does not result in the recognition of taxable income or gain to the contributor; provided, that:

 

    in the event of a disposition of a restricted property under Section 1031 or 1033 of the Internal Revenue Code, or pursuant to another tax deferred transaction, any property or property interest acquired in exchange shall be subject to the same restrictions as the property or interests disposed;

 

    if a restricted property is transferred to another entity in a transaction in which gain or loss is not recognized, the interest of our operating partnership in the entity shall thereafter be considered a restricted property, and if the acquiring entity’s disposition of the restricted property would cause the contributor to recognize gain or loss, the transferred restricted property shall still be considered a restricted property; and

 

    in the event of a merger or consolidation involving our operating partnership and an entity that qualifies for taxation as a “partnership” for federal income tax purposes, the successor partnership shall have agreed in writing for the benefit of the contributor that the sales restrictions shall continue to apply with respect to each restricted property; or

 

    with respect to the contributor, a basis adjustment has occurred to adjust the adjusted taxable basis of the applicable restricted property in the hands of our operating partnership to fair market value as a result of a transaction triggering a basis adjustment such that a taxable disposition of the restricted property by our operating partnership would not result in the allocation of taxable gain to the contributor pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

During the same period those disposition restrictions apply, we have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to make $221 million of indebtedness available to be guaranteed by entities controlled by Mr. Thomas, by Mr. Edward Fox, a non-employee director of our company following this offering and by Mr. Richard Gilchrist, an individual formerly affiliated with our predecessor, Maguire Thomas Partners. Among other things, these debt guarantees allow the guarantors to include this debt in the tax basis of their unit holdings and defer the recognition of gain in connection with the formation transactions.

 

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by Mr. Thomas, our operating partnership has agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas for any loss he may suffer as a result. Our indemnification obligation is for all direct and indirect adverse tax consequences. The calculation of damages will not be based on the time value of money or the time remaining within the restriction period.

 

In addition, the master contribution agreement includes a release by us of each of the parties to the contribution agreement with respect to all claims, liabilities, damages and obligations related to their ownership of the properties prior to the formation transactions that exist at the closing of the formation transactions, other than claims relating to excluded assets or excluded liabilities and breaches by them of any intermediary entity’s governing documents, any agreement under which a contributor guarantees debt, or our company’s or our operating partnership’s governing documents, any other agreements entered into by them in connection with the formation transactions or their gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

Indemnification for Guarantee Obligations

 

In connection with the formation transactions, we are in negotiations with the lenders on each of our 2101 Market Street and Four Points Centre properties to replace personal guarantees by Mr. Thomas of these loans, up to a maximum amount of $5.5 million, with guarantees by us. The mezzanine lender on our Two Commerce Square property has not agreed to release Mr. Thomas from his guarantees of the mezzanine loans on the property, with an approximate value of $7.5 million. Accordingly, we have agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas in the event his guarantees of these loans are called upon.

 

Operating Partnership Agreement

 

Concurrently with the completion of this offering, we will enter into the partnership agreement with the limited partners of our operating partnership. See “Description of Our Operating Partnership—Partnership Agreement.” Mr. Thomas will hold operating partnership units through the Thomas Entities. Each of Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo will have an indirect interest in operating partnership units that are held by one of the Thomas Entities, and will, together with Ms. Laing, directly hold incentive units subject to vesting. Holders of operating partnership units under the partnership agreement will have rights beginning 14 months after the closing of this offering to cause our operating partnership to redeem their units for an amount of cash per unit equal to the then-current market value of one share of our common stock, or, at our election, to exchange their units for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis.

 

Registration Rights

 

We have granted registration rights to those entities that will receive units as a result of the formation transactions, or upon exchange for incentive units. These entities, all of which are directly or indirectly controlled by Mr. Thomas have registration rights with respect to the shares of our common stock that may be acquired by them in connection with the exercise of redemption rights under our operating partnership agreement. These registration rights will require us to seek to register the shares of our common stock acquired by them upon redemption of units. See “Shares Available for Future Sale.”

 

Commerce Square Restaurant

 

A TPG affiliate controlled by Mr. Thomas presently owns a restaurant at One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square that is managed by an unaffiliated third party. This arrangement was entered into to accommodate One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square in establishing a restaurant. Under the arrangement, the affiliate of TPG agreed to own the stock of the restaurant, with the restaurant operator holding an option to purchase the stock upon achieving certain financial measures. Any unpaid rent is added to the option price for the restaurant operator. Although the stock of the restaurant is currently owned by TPG, it will not be transferred to our operating partnership in the formation transactions. It will continue to be held by the affiliate of TPG controlled by Mr. Thomas following the offering. For the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the

 

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restaurant operation generated revenue sufficient to pay only $172,000 of its rental obligation of $683,000. For the same periods, the entities that own One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square recorded revenues of

$340,000 and $343,000, respectively, of which in the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG reserved $511,000 as bad debt expense. In addition, TPG advanced the restaurant $225,000 to cover certain operating costs, which was also reserved by TPG as bad debt expense during the year ended December 31, 2003. Mr. Thomas has not received any payments or distributions relating to this restaurant. While the restaurant is a desirable tenant amenity, patronage at the restaurant has historically not been sufficient to make the restaurant cash-flow positive and able to pay rent. In connection with the offering, we are restructuring the restaurant’s rental obligations to make them commensurate with historical cash flow of the restaurant.

 

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POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

 

The following is a summary of certain of our investment, financing and other policies. These policies may be amended or revised from time to time by our board of directors without a vote of our stockholders.

 

Financing Policies

 

Our board of directors has adopted a policy of limiting our indebtedness to approximately 60% of our consolidated gross assets. On a pro forma basis as of June 30, 2004, our ratio of debt to consolidated gross assets is approximately 50.8%. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not limit the amount or percentage of indebtedness that we may incur. Our board of directors may from time to time modify our debt policy in light of then-current economic conditions, relative costs of debt and equity capital, market values of our properties, general conditions in the market for debt and equity securities, fluctuations in the market price of our common stock, growth and acquisition opportunities and other factors. Accordingly, we may increase or decrease our ratio of debt to consolidated gross assets beyond the limits described above. If these policies were changed, we could become more highly leveraged, resulting in an increased risk of default on our obligations and a related increase in debt service requirements that could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Properties and Our Business—Our debt level reduces cash available to fund business growth and may expose us to the risk of default under our debt obligations” and “Business and Properties—Financing Strategies.”

 

Policies With Respect To Other Activities

 

We have the authority to offer common stock, preferred stock, operating partnership units or incentive units, or options to purchase stock in exchange for property and to repurchase or otherwise acquire our common stock or other securities in the open market or otherwise, and we may engage in these activities in the future. As described in “Description of Our Operating Partnership—Redemption Rights,” we may elect, but are not obligated, to issue common stock to holders of units of our operating partnership upon exercise of their redemption rights. Except in connection with the formation transactions or employment agreements with our executive officers to be effective upon the closing of the offering, we have not committed to issue any shares of common stock, units of our operating partnership or any other securities in exchange for property or any other purpose, and our board of directors has no present intention of causing us to repurchase any common stock. We may issue preferred stock from time to time, in one or more series, as authorized by our board of directors without the need for stockholder approval. See “Description of Capital Stock—Preferred Stock.”

 

We do not intend to engage in trading, underwriting, agency distribution or sale of securities of other issuers other than our operating partnership. We may engage in the purchase and sale of investments.

 

We have not made any loans to third parties, although we may in the future make loans to third parties, including, without limitation, to joint ventures in which we participate or to tenants.

 

Reporting Policies

 

After this offering, we will be subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Pursuant to these requirements, we will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information, including audited financial statements, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We intend to make available to our stockholders upon request copies of our audited annual financial statements and annual reports. Following this offering, we also intend to make the reports we file with the SEC available on our website.

 

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Conflict of Interest Policies

 

Our board of directors is subject to the provisions of Delaware law that are designed to eliminate or minimize potential conflicts of interest. We cannot assure you that these policies always will be successful in eliminating the influence of those conflicts.

 

Neither our certificate of incorporation nor our bylaws prohibit any of our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from (a) having any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any investment that we might acquire or dispose of or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest, or (b) engaging for their own account in business activities of the types conducted or to be conducted by us, nor do we have any policies with respect to such matters. However, under Delaware law, a contract or other transaction between us and a director or between us and any other corporation or other entity in which one of our directors is a director or has a material financial interest is not void or voidable solely on the grounds of the common directorship or interest, the presence of the director at the meeting at which the contract or transaction is authorized, approved or ratified or the counting of the director’s vote in favor of the transaction or contract if (a) the transaction or contract is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors or a committee of the board, after disclosure of the common directorship or interest, by the affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors constitute less than a quorum, or by a majority of the votes cast by disinterested stockholders, (b) the transaction or contract is authorized or approved by our stockholders, after disclosure of the common directorship or interest, or (c) the transaction or contract is fair and reasonable to us at the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by our board or our stockholders.

 

In addition, pursuant to Delaware law, each director is obligated to offer to us any business opportunity (with certain limited exceptions) that comes to him or her and that we reasonably could be expected to have an interest in pursuing.

 

We will hold an 89% ownership in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square upon the consummation of this offering. Mr. Thomas or entities controlled by Mr. Thomas will continue to hold the remaining 11% interest in each of these properties following the offering. See “Structure and Formation-Planned Acquisitions.”

 

Under our certificate of incorporation, our directors are not personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties, except for liability for (a) any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law , (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (d) for any transaction from which the directors derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Some of our directors and officers may be subject to certain conflicts of interest in fulfilling their responsibilities to us. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

 

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

 

The following table contains information, prior to and following our initial public offering, about the beneficial ownership of our common stock, limited voting stock and operating partnership units redeemable, at our option, for common stock for:

 

    each stockholder or unit holder known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock, or units redeemable, at our option, for common stock;

 

    each stockholder known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our limited voting stock;

 

    each of our directors;

 

    each of our executive officers; and

 

    all directors and executive officers as a group.

 

The ownership percentage in the following table is based on 100 shares of our common stock and              16,666,666 shares of our limited voting stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, as adjusted to reflect the issuance of 16,666,666 units redeemable for cash or, at our option, for common stock in the formation transactions and the issuance of 14,285,714 shares of our common stock in this offering. Beneficial ownership of common stock and limited voting stock is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as indicated, to our knowledge the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.

 

    Shares of
Common Stock


    Percent of
Common
Stock(1)


    Operating
Partnership
Units(2)


    Percent of
Common Stock
and Units(3)


    Limited Voting
Stock(4)


  Percent of
Limited Voting
Stock


 

James A. Thomas(5)

  46,767 (6)   * %   15,983,331 (7)   51.5 %   16,666,666   100 %

R. Bruce Andrews

  2,500 (8)   *                    

Edward D. Fox

  2,500 (8)   *                    

Winston H. Hickox

  2,500 (8)   *                    

Daniel Neidich

  2,500 (8)   *                    

Randall L. Scott(9)

            233,334 (10)   *          

John R. Sischo(11)

            266,667 (12)   *          

Diana M. Laing(13) (14)

                           

Thomas S. Ricci(15)

            183,334 (16)   *          

All directors, director nominees and executive officers as a group (9 persons)

  56,767     *     16,666,666     53.7 %   16,666,666   100 %

*   Represents ownership of less than 1%.
(1)   Assumes 14,342,481 shares of our common stock are outstanding immediately following this offering. The total number of shares of common stock outstanding used in calculating this percentage excludes (a) units in our operating partnership redeemable for cash or, at our option, common stock and (b) incentive units issued under our Incentive Plan that may be converted into operating partnership units. See “Description of Capital Stock––Limited Voting Stock.”
(2)   Units may be redeemed for cash or, at our option, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis commencing 14 months after the completion of this offering. Excludes incentive units. Each operating partnership unit is paired with a share of limited voting stock. Mr. Thomas will control the voting of these shares.
(3)   Assumes a total of 14,342,481 shares of common stock and 16,666,666 units are outstanding immediately following this offering, comprised of shares of common stock and units in our operating partnership (other than incentive units issued under our Incentive Plan). Each unit is paired with a share of limited voting stock, and the paired unit is redeemable for cash or, at our option, shares of our common stock. Upon redemption of the units for cash or shares of our common stock, each share of limited voting stock paired with the unit will be automatically cancelled.

 

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(4)   On May 6, 2004, the entities that will receive units in our operating partnership pursuant to our formation transactions purchased a number of shares of our limited voting stock equal to the number of operating partnership units that will be issued to them in the formation transactions. As Mr. Thomas controls each of these entities, he will control the voting of the shares of limited voting stock paired with the operating partnership units, notwithstanding that 683,335 of these operating partnership units in the aggregate are held for the benefit of Messrs. Ricci, Sischo and Scott. See “Description of Capital Stock—Limited Voting Stock.”
(5)   Mr. Thomas’ address is 515 South Flower Street, Sixth Floor, Los Angeles, California, 90071.
(6)   46,667 of these shares will be granted to Mr. Thomas as restricted stock under our Incentive Plan upon the closing of this offering and will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, provided that vesting could occur after two years if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met.
(7)   Each unit is held by an entity controlled directly or indirectly by Mr. Thomas.
(8)   Mr. Andrews, Mr. Fox, Mr. Hickox and Mr. Neidich have agreed to become members of our board of directors following the closing of this offering. At that time, they will each receive a grant of 2,500 shares of restricted stock under our Non-Employee Director Plan which vests in full two years following the date of grant. See “Management—Compensation of Directors.”
(9)   In addition to the 233,334 units shown in the table above, Mr. Scott holds a total of 233,334 incentive units vesting over a period of three years, with one-third of the units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, and 16,667 incentive units that will vest in full in three years, provided that vesting could occur after two years if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be received in exchange for vested incentive units.
(10)   Each of these units is paired with a share of limited voting stock. Mr. Scott is an indirect owner of these units. Mr. Thomas controls the entity that is the record holder of these units and the limited voting stock paired with these units.
(11)   In addition to the 266,667 units shown in the table above, Mr. Sischo holds a total of 200,000 incentive units vesting over a period of three years, with one-third of the units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, and 16,667 incentive units that will vest in full in three years, provided that vesting could occur after two years if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be issued in exchange for vested incentive units.
(12)   Each of these units is paired with a share of limited voting stock. Mr. Sischo is an indirect owner of these units. Mr. Thomas controls the entity that is the record holder of these units and the limited voting stock paired with these units.
(13)   Ms. Laing does not hold operating partnership units.
(14)   Ms. Laing holds 50,000 incentive units vesting over a period of three years, with one third of the units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, and 13,334 incentive units that will vest in full in three years, provided that vesting could occur after two years if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be issued in exchange for vested incentive units.
(15)   In addition to the 183,334 units shown in the table above, Mr. Ricci holds a total of 183,334 incentive units vesting over a period of three years, with one-third of the units vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, and 16,667 incentive units that will vest in full in three years, provided that vesting could occur after two years if certain performance goals to be set by the compensation committee of our board of directors following the offering are met. Subject to the terms of our operating partnership agreement, operating partnership units can be issued in exchange for vested incentive units.
(16)   Each of these units is paired with a share of limited voting stock. Mr. Ricci is an indirect owner of these units. Mr. Thomas controls the entity that is the record holder of these units and the limited voting stock paired with these units.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

Our authorized capital stock will consist of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares of limited voting stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of the closing of this offering, after giving effect to the formation transactions and the sale of shares by us (but not the exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option), we expect 14,342,481 shares of our common stock and 16,666,666 shares of our limited voting stock will be outstanding. As of June 30, 2004, 100 shares of our common stock and 16,666,666 shares of our limited voting stock were issued and outstanding to one stockholder, Mr. Thomas. No shares of our preferred stock will be outstanding upon the closing of this offering.

 

The following is a summary of the rights of our common stock, limited voting stock and preferred stock and related provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as they will be in effect upon the closing of this offering. We will amend our certificate of incorporation to reflect the provisions below concurrent with the closing of this offering. This summary is not complete. For more detailed information, please see our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to our registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

Common Stock

 

The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders. Holders of our common stock will vote together as a single class with holders of our limited voting stock on those matters upon which the holders of limited voting stock are entitled to vote. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividends when, if, and as may be declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available for dividend payments. See “Dividend Policy.” In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and the liquidation preferences of any outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no preemptive, conversion, subscription or other rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of common stock are, and all shares of common stock to be outstanding upon completion of this offering will be, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Limited Voting Stock

 

On May 6, 2004, the entities that will receive units in our operating partnership pursuant to our formation transactions purchased a number of shares of limited voting stock equal to the number of operating partnership units that are issued to them in the formation transactions for $166,667. Each operating partnership unit will be paired with one share of limited voting stock. Each entity receiving these shares of limited voting stock is directly or indirectly controlled by Mr. Thomas. Following the issuance of the operating partnership units, these shares of limited voting stock will not be transferable separate from the limited partnership units they will be paired with, and each unit will be redeemable together with one share of limited voting stock by its holder for cash, or, at our election, one share of our common stock. Units that are paired with limited voting stock may be transferred only to our company, our operating partnership, other direct or indirect unit holders, and to members of the holder’s immediate family, trusts for the benefit of such family members and similar estate planning vehicles. Upon any transfer of a unit paired with a share of limited voting stock to any person or entity that is not a permitted transferee, the limited voting stock paired with such unit will be automatically redeemed and canceled, without consideration. Each share of limited voting stock entitles its holder to one vote on the election of directors, certain extraordinary transactions, including a merger or sale of our company and amendments to our certificate of incorporation. Shares of limited voting stock are not entitled to any regular or special dividend payments or other distributions, including any dividends or other distributions declared or paid with respect to shares of our common stock or any other class or series of our stock, and are not entitled to receive any distributions in the event of liquidation or dissolution of our company. Shares of limited voting stock have no class voting rights, except to the extent required by Delaware law.

 

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We will not issue any shares of our limited voting stock other than those we have issued in anticipation of the issuance of operating partnership units at the time of the formation transactions. Any redemption of a unit in our operating partnership will be redeemed together with a share of limited voting stock in accordance with the redemption provisions of the partnership agreement, and the share of limited voting stock will be cancelled and not subject to reissuance.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by our stockholders, to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series. In addition, our board of directors may fix the rights, preferences and privileges of any series of preferred stock it may determine to issue. These rights may include a preferential return in the event of our liquidation, the right to receive dividends if declared by the board of directors, special dividend rates, conversion rights, redemption rights, superior voting rights to the common stock, the right to protection from dilutive issuances of securities, or the right to approve corporate actions. Any or all of these rights may be superior to the rights of the common stock. As a result, preferred stock could be issued with terms that could delay or prevent a change in control or to make removal of our management more difficult. Additionally, our issuance of preferred stock may decrease the market price of our common stock. At present, we have no plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Delaware Law. Upon the closing of this offering, we will be subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging under certain circumstances in a “business combination” with any “interested stockholder,” defined as a stockholder who owns 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock, as well as their affiliates and associates, for three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

 

    the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder was approved by the board of directors prior to the date the interested stockholder attained this status;

 

    upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors as well as officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

    on or subsequent to the relevant date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include:

 

    any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder,

 

    any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition involving the interested stockholder of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation,

 

    subject to exception, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder, or

 

    the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

 

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amendment approved by at least a majority of the outstanding voting shares. We have not opted out of the provisions of Section 203. This statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change-of-control attempts for us and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us.

 

In connection with the issuance of the partnership units, our board of directors will approve the issuance of the shares of common stock that may be issued in connection with the redemption of those units. As a result, the shares of common stock issued on the redemption of operating partnership units issued in the formation transactions will not cause a person to become an interested stockholder.

 

Certificate and Bylaw Provisions. The following summary of certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

Our bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the chairman of the board of directors, our Chief Executive Officer, a majority of our board of directors, or the holder or holders of 25% or more of the outstanding capital stock of our company entitled generally to vote in the election of directors. Our certificate of incorporation also specifies that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by a resolution of the board of directors and does not include a provision for cumulative voting for directors. Under cumulative voting, a minority stockholder holding a sufficient percentage of a class of shares may be able to ensure the election of one or more directors. Vacancies in our board may only be filled by the remaining directors, and any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors may only be filled by the directors.

 

As described above, our board of directors will be authorized to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price and the rights preferences and privileges of these shares, without stockholder approval, which could also delay or prevent a change in control transaction.

 

In addition, upon the closing of this offering we will amend our certificate of incorporation to provide that stockholders may not act by written consent, but rather may only act at duly called meetings. Should any stockholder desire to present business at any meeting, they must comply with certain advance notice provisions in our bylaws.

 

These provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could delay or discourage certain types of transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of us or our management (including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over the then current prices) and may limit the ability of stockholders to remove current management or approve transactions that stockholders may deem to be in their best interests and, therefore, could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock will be EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “TPGI.”

 

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STRUCTURE AND FORMATION

 

Our Operating Partnership

 

Following the consummation of this offering and the formation transactions, substantially all of our assets will be held by, and our operations conducted through, our operating partnership. We will contribute the net proceeds of this offering and from the issuance of our limited voting stock to our operating partnership. We will be the general partner of the operating partnership and hold the sole general partner interest. Entities that contribute interests in the properties will own limited partnership units in our operating partnership. Our interest in our operating partnership will entitle us to share in cash distributions from, and in the profits and losses of, our operating partnership in proportion to our percentage ownership. As the sole general partner of our operating partnership, we have the exclusive power under the partnership agreement to manage and conduct its business, subject to certain limited approval and voting rights of the other limited partners described more fully below under the caption “Description of Our Operating Partnership.” Our board of directors will manage the affairs of our company by directing the affairs of our operating partnership.

 

Beginning on or after the date which is 14 months after the consummation of this offering, holders of limited partnership units of our operating partnership have the right to require our operating partnership to redeem part or all of their units for cash, based upon the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock the units represent at the time of the redemption, or, at our election, shares of our common stock. With each redemption of units, we increase our percentage ownership interest in our operating partnership and our share of our operating partnership’s cash distributions and profits and losses. See “Description of our Operating Partnership.”

 

Formation Transactions

 

Each property or property interest to be contributed to us at the completion of this offering is currently owned by a partnership or limited liability company controlled, directly or indirectly, by Mr. Thomas. The direct and indirect investors in these properties include Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by Mr. Thomas, Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo, Mr. Edward Fox, a non-employee director for our company, and Mr. Richard Gilchrist, an individual formerly affiliated with TPG’s predecessor Maguire Thomas Partners.

 

Simultaneously with the completion of this offering, we will consolidate the ownership of the commercial real estate management, leasing, brokerage and development businesses of TPG into our operating partnership. We will also consolidate the ownership of interests in our properties into our operating partnership pursuant to the transactions described below under “Planned Acquisitions.” In exchange, we will issue 16,666,666 units in our operating partnership (with an aggregate value of approximately $200.0 million based on the initial public offering price of $12.00 per share of common stock). The number of units in our operating partnership that we will issue will be subject to adjustment upwards if there are net current assets in excess of net current liabilities related to the contributed assets. If there are net current liabilities in excess of net current assets, the number of units to be issued will be adjusted downwards or the contributors will satisfy such excess with a cash payment. An initial adjustment may be made upon completion of this offering with a final adjustment within six months thereafter. In connection with the contributions and acquisitions, we will acquire certain properties subject to existing indebtedness.

 

The aggregate historical combined net tangible book value of the interests and assets to be contributed to us was approximately negative $47.7 million as of June 30, 2004. We did not obtain any third-party appraisals of any of the properties and assets to be contributed to our operating partnership in exchange for the issuance of limited partnership units in the formation transactions. We did not consider obtaining third-party appraisals of these properties as we did not believe that third-party analysis of the individual assets would assist us or the contributors in arriving at values. The assets to be contributed include office properties, a residential property, properties in development, various service contracts, and personnel key to operations of our business. Because we are consolidating an “ongoing business,” comprised of various lines of business such as asset management, property management and development, the sum of the values of the individual assets does not necessarily correspond to the value of the ongoing business as a whole.

 

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Our contributed assets were valued based on several factors, including:

 

    a multiple of historic and expected future earnings;

 

    discounted cash flow analysis;

 

    internal rate of return analysis;

 

    historic capital invested to date in our assets and a review of estimated replacement costs;

 

    prices of comparable properties and companies that have been sold recently; and

 

    current market valuations of other publicly traded companies considered to be comparable to our company.

 

No single factor was given greater weight than any other in valuing these assets. We did not obtain independent appraisals for any of these assets in connection with the contribution transactions. As a result, the consideration we have committed to give in exchange for the contribution of these properties and assets may later be determined to have exceeded the fair value of these assets. However, our management believes that the total fair value of all consideration given in connection with our formation transactions is equal to the fair value of the assets acquired. In connection with the determination of consideration to be paid for each of the contributed assets, the total number of units of our operating partnership is fixed. Accordingly, the ultimate value of the consideration we deliver in exchange for the initial assets is based on the initial public offering price of our common stock.

 

CalSTRS obtains annual appraisals of the properties that we manage under our separate account relationship, including Reflections I and Reflections II, in which we will acquire a 25% interest in the formation transactions. These appraisals are obtained by CalSTRS for its purposes, including the determination of fees paid to us under the separate account relationship. CalSTRS has not obtained an appraisal of ARCO Plaza since our joint venture acquired this property. The most recent appraisals of Reflections I and Reflections II were obtained in December 2003 and April 2004, respectively. The purchase price we are paying for the 25% interest in Reflections I is approximately eight percent more than the implied value shown on the most recent appraisal and the purchase price for the 25% interest in Reflections II is approximately five percent more than the implied value shown on the most recent appraisal. The purchase prices for these two properties, as well as for the additional interest in ARCO Plaza, were established on an arms’-length basis, and were not based on these appraisals for several reasons, including that CalSTRS had obtained these appraisals for purposes other than the purchase price negotiations, and the appraisal for Reflections I was more than five months old when we agreed on the purchase price. Further, we performed and relied upon our own analysis with respect to the fair market value of these properties.

 

On May 6, 2004, we issued, for $166,667 in cash, shares of our limited voting stock equal to the number of operating partnership units that will be issued upon consummation of our formation transactions. These shares of limited voting stock entitle the holder to one vote per share on the election of directors, certain extraordinary transactions, such as a merger or sale of the company and amendments to our certification of incorporation. Mr. Thomas controls the entities holding all of the shares of limited voting stock and accordingly will control the vote with respect to these shares. See “Description of Capital Stock—Limited Voting Stock.”

 

These formation transactions are intended to facilitate this offering and enable us to raise the funds needed to repay existing indebtedness and redeem preferred equity related to properties in our portfolio, and consummate the intended acquisitions described in this prospectus.

 

Planned Acquisitions

 

In connection with this offering and the formation transactions described above, we intend to acquire additional interests in One Commerce Square and ARCO Plaza, each of which we presently hold an interest in,

 

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and consummate transactions to acquire an interest in two of the six properties for which we currently provide asset management services for CalSTRS. Specifically, we intend to acquire interests in the properties in our portfolio pursuant to the following transactions:

 

    One Commerce Square. Using proceeds from this offering, we will purchase a 50% interest in this property from two affiliates of the Lazard Real Estate Fund for approximately $24.2 million in cash and assume $9.7 million in partnership liabilities. Approximately $10.7 million of existing indebtedness and $11.4 million of preferred equity on this property will be repaid or redeemed, and we will fund a required reserved $4.2 million. At the same time, Mr. Scott and entities controlled by Mr. Thomas, that are the current direct or indirect holders of the remaining ownership and economic interests, will contribute a 39% interest to our operating partnership in exchange for a direct or indirect interest in operating partnership units. As a result we will hold an 89% interest in this property. Mr. Thomas will retain an 11% interest in this property. Our 89% interest will, following the prepayment of a mezzanine loan on the property in March 2005 or earlier with the consent of the lender, entitle us to receive an annual preference on a capital event (but not out of operating cash flow) on our capital account balance of 8% per annum in the first year, increasing 1% each year thereafter, and capped at 12%, which preference shall be calculated from the date of completion of this offering. Our capital account and this preference (and also the preference described below for our interest in Two Commerce Square) will be paid in full before the capital account balance of the 11% minority owner is distributed.

 

    Two Commerce Square. The Thomas Entities that are the current holders of the ownership interests in this property will contribute 89% of their interests to our operating partnership in exchange for operating partnership units. As a result, we will hold an 89% interest in this property. Mr. Thomas and related entities will retain an 11% interest in this property. Our 89% interest will entitle us to receive an annual preference on a capital event (but not out of operating cash flow) on our capital account balance of 8% per annum in the first year, increasing 1% each year thereafter, and capped at 12%. Our capital account and this preference (and also the preference described above for our interest in One Commerce Square) will be paid in full before the capital account balance of the 11% minority owner is distributed.

 

    2121 Market Street. The Thomas Entities and Mr. Scott, which are the current direct or indirect holders of a 50% ownership and economic interest in this property, will contribute all of their interests to our operating partnership in exchange for direct or indirect ownership of operating partnership units. As a result, we will hold a 50% interest in this property.

 

    2101 Market Street. The Thomas Entities and Mr. Scott, which are the current direct or indirect holders of 100% of the ownership and economic interests in this property, will contribute all of their interests to our operating partnership in exchange for a direct or indirect ownership of operating partnership units. As a result, we will hold a 100% interest in this property.

 

    CalSTRS Acquisition Properties. The Thomas Entities and Mr. Sischo, which collectively hold a direct or indirect 5% ownership and economic interest in our joint venture with CalSTRS, will contribute their interests in the joint venture to our operating partnership in exchange for a direct or indirect interest in operating partnership units. CalSTRS will contribute its 100% ownership interest in each of Reflections I and Reflections II, which we presently asset manage, to the joint venture. Our operating partnership will contribute a portion of the proceeds of this offering to the joint venture in exchange for an increase in our ownership interest in the joint venture from 5% to 25%, resulting in our holding a 25% ownership interest in these two properties. The cash will be distributed to CalSTRS. The total amount contributed to the joint venture and paid to CalSTRS for the 25% ownership interest in the joint venture that will own Reflections I and Reflections II will be approximately $11.8 million.

 

    ARCO Plaza. ARCO Plaza is currently owned by our joint venture with CalSTRS. Upon completion of the offering, we intend to increase our ownership interest in the joint venture to 25%. As described above, our indirect ownership interest in ARCO Plaza will increase from 4.3% to 21.3% for a payment of $23.0 million.

 

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    Four Points Centre. The Thomas Entities and Mr. Ricci, which are the current direct or indirect holders of 100% of the ownership and economic interests in this property, will contribute all of their interests to our operating partnership in exchange for a direct or indirect interest in operating partnership units. Following the offering, we will hold a 100% interest in this property, with the exception of The Square at Four Points, which we intend to develop in a joint venture with Weingarten Realty Investors. See “Business and Properties—Development Properties.”

 

    Campus El Segundo. The Thomas Entities and Mr. Ricci, which are the current direct or indirect holders of an approximately 63% ownership and economic interest in a joint venture which owns the land purchase contract and development rights for this property, will contribute all of their interests to our operating partnership in exchange for a direct or indirect interest in operating partnership units.

 

Consequences of this Offering and the Formation Transactions

 

Upon completion of this offering and the formation transactions we expect that our operating partnership will directly or indirectly own:

 

    an 89% interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square;

 

    a 50% interest in 2121 Market;

 

    a 100% interest in 2101 Market;

 

    a 100% fee simple interest in our Four Points development project, with a 50% interest in The Square at Four Points;

 

    a 21.3% indirectly held interest in ARCO Plaza;

 

    a 25% interest in Reflections I and Reflections II through or joint venture with CalSTRS, for which we currently provide asset management services for the separate account of CalSTRS; and

 

    a 63% interest in the joint venture which owns the purchase contract and development rights for the Campus El Segundo property.

 

In addition:

 

    The persons and entities directly or indirectly contributing properties and property interests to our operating partnership, including entities controlled by Mr. Thomas and other members of our senior management will directly or indirectly own 53.7% of the units in our operating partnership;

 

    Mr. Thomas and his controlled entities will continue to hold a 11% minority interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square;

 

    Purchasers of our common stock in this offering will own approximately 46.1% of our outstanding voting stock on a fully diluted basis (excluding incentive units), and we will be the sole general partner of our operating partnership with a 46.3% interest in the operating partnership; and

 

    Following the consummation of this offering, our total outstanding consolidated indebtedness will be $295.9 million. In addition, as of June 30, 2004, on a pro forma basis, we owned interests in unconsolidated entities subject to total long-term debt in the amount of $195.0 million.

 

Restrictions on Transfer

 

Under our operating partnership agreement, unit holders do not have redemption or exchange rights and may not otherwise transfer units, except under limited circumstances, for a period of 14 months from consummation of this offering. In addition, our executive officers and directors, including Mr. Thomas, have agreed not to sell or otherwise transfer any shares of our common stock or securities convertible or exchangeable into our common stock (including units) owned by them at completion of this offering or thereafter acquired by

 

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them for a period of 180 days after completion of this offering without the consent of the underwriters. However, each of Messrs. Thomas, Ricci, Scott and Sischo may pledge the units directly or indirectly owned by him to an institutional lender and borrow against the pledged units up to 50% of value. Further, the Thomas Entities will pledge units in our operating partnership with a value of $10.0 million based upon the initial offering price in order to secure indemnification obligations to our operating partnership under the master contribution agreement.

 

Determination of Offering Price

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. Consequently, the initial public offering price of our common stock will be determined by negotiations between us and the underwriter. Among the factors that will be considered are: prevailing market conditions, our capital structure, the value and historical performance of the properties we will receive interests in, the market capitalization and valuation of other publicly traded companies considered by us and the underwriters to be comparable to us and estimates of our business potential and earning prospects. The initial public offering price does not necessarily bear any relationship to our book value or the fair market value of our assets. The value of the units of our operating partnership will increase or decrease depending on increases or decreases in the market value of our common stock.

 

Based on the issuance of 14,285,714 shares of our common stock in this offering, we expect to hold a 46.3% ownership interest in our operating partnership, and the contributors of property interests and other assets to hold, in the aggregate, a 53.7% ownership interest in our operating partnership. If the underwriters’ overallotment option is exercised in full, we expect to hold a 50.3% ownership interest in our operating partnership, and the contributors to hold a 49.7% ownership interest in our operating partnership.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OUR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP

 

We have summarized the material terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Thomas Properties Group, L.P., which we refer to as the “partnership agreement” or our “operating partnership agreement.” This is a summary only. For complete information you should refer to the partnership agreement, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is part. For purposes of this section, references to “we,” “our,” “us” and “our company” refer to Thomas Properties Group, Inc.

 

Management of Our Operating Partnership

 

Thomas Properties Group, L.P., our operating partnership, is a Maryland limited partnership that was formed in May 2004. Our company is the sole general partner of the partnership and we conduct substantially all of our business through our operating partnership. As sole general partner of our operating partnership, we exercise, subject to certain protective voting rights given to limited partners described below, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in its day-to-day management and control. We generally have the ability to cause our operating partnership to enter into major transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, financings and refinancings, except as described otherwise in the partnership agreement. The partnership agreement provides that all our business activities, including all activities pertaining to the acquisition and operation of properties, must be conducted through our operating partnership. The limited partners in the partnership may not transact business for, or participate in the management activities or decisions of, our operating partnership, except as provided for in the partnership agreement and as permitted by applicable law. Provisions contained in the partnership agreement restricting our ability to engage in a business combination are more fully described in “—Termination Transactions” below.

 

The limited partners of our operating partnership have expressly acknowledged that we, as general partner of our operating partnership, act for the benefit of the operating partnership, the limited partners and our public stockholders collectively. We are under no obligation to give priority to the separate interests of the limited partners or our stockholders in deciding whether to cause our operating partnership to take or decline to take any action. We are not liable under the partnership agreement to our operating partnership or to any partner for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by limited partners in connection with our decisions, provided that we have acted in good faith.

 

Transferability of Interests

 

Except in connection with a transaction described in “—Termination Transactions” below, we, as general partner, may not voluntarily withdraw from our operating partnership, or transfer or assign all or any portion of our interest in our operating partnership, without the consent of the holders of a majority in interest of the units held by limited partners. The limited partners have agreed not to sell, assign, encumber or otherwise dispose of their units in our operating partnership without our consent for the 14-month period following the consummation of this offering, other than to us, as general partner, to an affiliate or immediate family member of the transferring limited partner, to a trust for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary or foundation or to other original limited partners. Pledges to lending institutions as collateral security for bona fide loans are also permitted. After the 14-month period following the consummation of this offering, any transfer of units by the limited partners, except to the parties specified above, will be subject to a right of first refusal by us and must be made only to “accredited investors” as defined under Rule 501 of the Securities Act.

 

Amendments of the Partnership Agreement

 

Amendments to the partnership agreement may be proposed by us, as general partner, or by limited partners owning at least 25% of the units held by limited partners.

 

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Subject to certain limited exceptions, the partnership agreement may be amended, modified or terminated only with the approval of partners holding in the aggregate greater than 66% of all outstanding units including the units held by us as general partner. As general partner, we will have the power to unilaterally make certain amendments to the partnership agreement without obtaining the consent of the limited partners as may be required to:

 

    add to our obligations as general partner or surrender any right or power granted to us as general partner for the benefit of the limited partners;

 

    reflect the issuance of additional units or the admission, substitution, termination or withdrawal of partners in accordance with the existing terms of the partnership agreement;

 

    reflect a change of an inconsequential nature that does not adversely affect the limited partners in any material respect, or cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions of the partnership agreement not inconsistent with law or with other provisions of the partnership agreement, or make other changes concerning matters under the partnership agreement that will not otherwise be inconsistent with the partnership agreement or law;

 

    satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines of federal or state law; or

 

    modify the manner in which capital accounts are computed.

 

Amendments that would, among other things, convert a limited partner’s interest into a general partner’s interest, modify the limited liability of a limited partner, alter a partner’s right to receive any distributions or allocations of profits or losses or materially alter or modify the redemption rights described below must be approved by each limited partner that would be adversely affected by such amendment.

 

In addition, without the written consent of a majority of the units held by limited partners (other than limited partners 50% or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by us as general partner), we, as general partner, may not do any of the following:

 

    take any action in contravention of an express prohibition or limitation contained in the partnership agreement;

 

    acquire an interest in real or personal property other than through our operating partnership;

 

    withdraw from the operating partnership or transfer any portion of our general partnership interest; or

 

    be relieved of our obligations under the partnership agreement following any permitted transfer of our general partnership interest.

 

Distributions to Unit Holders

 

The partnership agreement provides that the operating partnership is entitled to retain earnings. However, at the discretion of the general partner, the partnership may make quarterly distributions of available cash to the limited partners on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective percentage interests.

 

Redemption Rights

 

Limited partners who acquire units in the formation transactions have the right, commencing 14 months after the consummation of this offering, to require our operating partnership to redeem part or all of their units for cash based upon the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our company’s common stock at the time of the redemption. Alternatively, we may elect to acquire those units in exchange for shares of our company’s common stock. Our acquisition will be on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, issuance of stock rights, specified extraordinary distributions and similar events. With each redemption or exchange, we increase our company’s percentage ownership interest in our operating partnership. Limited partners who hold units may exercise this redemption right from time to time, in whole or in part, except when restricted by applicable law or our organizational documents.

 

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Issuance of Additional Units, Common Stock or Convertible Securities

 

As sole general partner, we have the ability to cause the operating partnership to issue additional units representing general and limited partnership interests. These additional units may include preferred limited partnership units as well as incentive units under our Incentive Plan. In addition, we may issue additional shares of our common stock or convertible securities, but only if we cause our operating partnership to issue to us partnership interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of our operating partnership having designations, preferences and other rights, so that the economic interests of our operating partnership’s interests issued are substantially similar to the securities that we have issued.

 

Incentive Units

 

We may issue incentive units to persons who provide services to our operating partnership for such consideration as we, as general partner, may determine to be appropriate and admit such persons as limited partners.

 

Incentive units represent a profits interest in our operating partnership and generally will be treated as regular units in our operating partnership and rank pari passu with our regular operating partnership units as to payment of regular and special periodic and other distributions and distributions of assets upon liquidation.

 

Incentive units are subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer as may be determined by us as general partner. Incentive units are not entitled to the redemption right provided to holders of our regular operating partnership units unless and until they are converted to regular operating partnership units.

 

The holder of an incentive unit has the right at any time to convert all or a part of his vested incentive units into regular units of our operating partnership, but only to the extent of his economic capital account balance. As general partner, we may also cause any number of vested incentive units to be converted into regular operating partnership units to the extent of the holder’s economic capital account balance (a “forced conversion”).

 

If we or our operating partnership become a party to any transaction (including a merger, consolidation, unit exchange, self tender offer for all or substantially all operating partnership units or other business combination, or sale of all or substantially all of our operating partnership’s assets) in which our operating partnership units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right to receive cash, securities or other property, then we will be required to exercise our right to cause a forced conversion with respect to the maximum number of incentive units then eligible for conversion.

 

Tax Matters

 

We are the tax matters partner of our operating partnership and, as such, we have authority to make tax elections under the Code on behalf of our operating partnership.

 

Allocations of Net Income and Net Losses to Partners

 

The net income or net loss of our operating partnership will generally be allocated to us and the limited partners for book purposes in accordance with our respective interests in our operating partnership. However, any net capital gains realized in connection with a sale of assets of our operating partnership including net capital gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the carrying value of our operating partnership’s assets under Code Section 704(b) shall first be specially allocated to our incentive unit holders until their economic capital account balances equal the capital account balance of the company divided by the number of regular operating partnership units owned by the company multiplied by the number of their incentive units. Allocations for tax purposes may vary from allocations for book purposes with respect to contributed properties as required under Code Section 704(c) to reflect variations between fair market value and tax basis at the time of the contribution.

 

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Upon a sale of contributed properties, precontribution gain or loss will be specially allocated for tax purposes to the contributing partners. In addition, tax allocations of depreciation and amortization for contributed properties may vary from book allocations. Our operating partnership will use the “traditional method” of allocating tax depreciation for the properties that have been contributed to date, which means that the company will be allocated tax depreciation from each such property in an amount up to its allocation of book depreciation from the respective property for each taxable year, with any remaining tax depreciation allocated to the contributing partners. Many of the contributed properties have a low tax basis, which will cause our allocation of tax depreciation to be significantly less than our allocation of book depreciation with respect to contributed properties.

 

Operations

 

The partnership agreement provides that we, as general partner, will determine and distribute the net operating cash revenues of our operating partnership, as well as the net sales and refinancing proceeds, quarterly, pro rata in accordance with the partners’ percentage interests. Unless and until our board of directors establishes a regular dividend policy, we currently intend to reserve all available cash in our operating partnership other than amounts necessary to satisfy our company’s and limited partners’ tax liabilities.

 

The partnership agreement provides that our operating partnership will assume and pay when due, or reimburse us for payment of all costs and expenses relating to the operations of, or for the benefit of, our operating partnership.

 

Termination Transactions

 

The partnership agreement provides that our company may not engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another person, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or any reclassification or any recapitalization or change in outstanding shares of our common stock (each such transaction, a “termination transaction”), unless in connection with a termination transaction:

 

  (1)   we obtain the consent of at least 50% of the partners of our operating partnership (including units held by us), and

 

  (2)   either:

 

  (A)   all limited partners will receive, or have the right to elect to receive, for each unit an amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the product of:

 

    the number of shares of our company’s common stock into which each unit is then exchangeable, and

 

    the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property payable to the holder of one share of our company’s common stock pursuant to the termination transaction,

 

provided that, if, in connection with a termination transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer is made to and accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of our company’s common stock, each holder of units will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property which such holder would have received had it exercised its redemption right and received shares of our common stock in exchange for its units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer; or

 

  (B)   all of the following conditions are met:

 

    substantially all of the assets of the surviving entity are held directly or indirectly by our operating partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company that is the surviving partnership of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with our operating partnership;

 

    the holders of units own a percentage interest of the surviving partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of our operating partnership and the other net assets of the surviving partnership immediately prior to the consummation of this transaction;

 

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    the rights, preferences and privileges of such unit holders in the surviving partnership are at least as favorable as those in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the surviving partnership; and

 

    the limited partners may exchange their interests in the surviving partnership for either the consideration available to the limited partners pursuant to the first paragraph in this section, or if the ultimate controlling person of the surviving partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, shares of those common equity securities, at an exchange ratio based on the relative fair market value of those securities and our common stock.

 

Term

 

Our operating partnership will continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2104, or until sooner dissolved in accordance with its terms or as otherwise provided by law.

 

Indemnification and Limitation of Liability

 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the partnership agreement indemnifies us, as general partner, and our officers, directors, employees, agents and any other persons we may designate from and against any and all claims arising from the operations of our operating partnership in which any indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, unless it is established that:

 

    the act or omission of the indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith, fraud or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

    the indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

    in the case of any criminal proceeding, the indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

 

Similarly, we, as general partner of our operating partnership, and our officers, directors, agents or employees, are not liable or accountable to our operating partnership for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or any act or omission so long as we acted in good faith.

 

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Prior to the closing of this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. Future sales of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that sales may occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and could impair our future ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.

 

    Upon the closing of this offering, we will have approximately 14,342,481 shares of common stock outstanding, which includes the 14,285,714 shares of common stock sold by us in this offering and the 56,667 shares of restricted stock to be issued to our directors, including Mr. Thomas, and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

    Of these shares, the 14,285,714 shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, unless the shares are held by any of our “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act, in which case they may only be sold in compliance with the limitations described below.

 

    Remaining shares held by our existing stockholders were issued and sold by us in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, none of which may currently be sold under Rule 144.

 

    We will have no outstanding options or warrants to acquire shares of our common stock upon the closing of this offering.

 

Shares Subject to Lock-Up Agreements

 

Except as described below, Mr. Thomas and each of our other directors and executive officers have agreed with the underwriters not to sell, contract to sell, pledge, dispose of or hedge any shares of stock (or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of our common stock, like operating partnership units) for a period of 180 days under agreements, referred to as “lock-up agreements,” without the consent of the underwriters. However, each of Mr. Thomas, Mr. Ricci, Mr. Scott and Mr. Sischo may pledge units which he directly or indirectly holds an interest in to an institutional lender and borrow against the pledged units up to 50% of value. Further, the Thomas Entities will pledge units with a value of $10.0 million based on the initial offering price to our operating partnership in order to secure indemnification obligations to our operating partnership under the master contribution agreement. The conditions of these lock-up agreements may be waived by Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc., as representative of the underwriters. As of the closing of this offering, 56,767 shares of our common stock and all 16,666,666 units in our operating partnership will be subject to lock-up agreements.

 

Redemption/Exchange Rights

 

In connection with the formation transactions, our operating partnership will issue an aggregate of 16,666,666 units in exchange for interests in properties. Beginning 14 months after the consummation of this offering, holders of operating partnership units have the right to require our operating partnership to redeem all or a portion of their units for cash based upon the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock at the time of the redemption, or, at our option, shares of our common stock. See “Description of our Operating Partnership.”

 

Registration Rights

 

We have granted registration rights to holders of shares of our common stock that may be acquired by them in connection with the exercise of redemption rights under our operating partnership agreement. We will bear expenses incident to our obligations under the registration rights agreement, other than underwriting fees, discounts or commissions or any out-of-pocket expenses of the persons exercising the redemption/exchange rights for transfer taxes, if any, relating to the shares.

 

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Rule 144 Sales by Affiliates

 

Affiliates of our company must comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act when they sell shares of our stock. In general, under these rules, persons who acquire shares of common stock, other than in a public offering registered with the SEC, are required to hold those shares for a period of one year. Shares acquired in a registered public offering or held for more than one year may be sold by an affiliate subject to certain conditions. An affiliate would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:

 

    1% of the number of shares of common stock then outstanding (approximately 143,425 shares immediately after the offering assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option); or

 

    the average weekly trading volume of the common stock on the Nasdaq National Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing with the SEC of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.

 

Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to other requirements regarding the manner of sale, notice and the availability of current public information about our company.

 

In addition, under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, a person who is not, and has not been at any time during the 90 days preceding a sale, one of our affiliates and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least two years is entitled to sell the shares without complying with the manner of sale, public information, volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144.

 

We intend to file a Form S-8 registration statement following the closing of this offering to register shares of common stock issuable under our Incentive Plan. These shares will be available for sale in the public market, subject to Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to affiliates.

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

This section summarizes the current material federal income tax consequences to our company and to our stockholders. Because this section is a general summary, it does not address all aspects of taxation that may be relevant to particular stockholders in light of their personal investment or tax circumstances, or to certain types of stockholders that are subject to special treatment under the federal income tax laws, such as insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations (except to the limited extent discussed in “Taxation of Tax–Exempt Stockholders”), financial institutions or broker-dealers, and non-U.S. individuals and foreign corporations (except to the limited extent discussed in “Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders”).

 

The statements in this section are based on the current federal income tax laws. We cannot assure you that new laws, interpretations of law or court decisions, any of which may take effect retroactively, will not cause any statement in this section to be inaccurate.

 

This section is not a substitute for careful tax planning. Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the specific federal, state, foreign and other tax consequences to them, in light of their own particular circumstances, of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our common shares and the effect of potential changes in applicable tax laws.

 

Taxation of Our Company

 

Our company will be treated as a taxable corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. As such, the income and losses from operations and net capital gains, including our company’s distributive share of income, gains and losses from partnerships in which it has interests, including our operating partnership, will be taxable to our company at applicable corporate income tax rates, and will not be taxable to our stockholders.

 

Taxation of Our Stockholders

 

Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders. A taxable “U.S. stockholder” will be required to take into account as dividends any distributions made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. A U.S. stockholder that is a taxable corporation generally should qualify for the dividends received deduction if the requisite holding period is satisfied. A U.S. stockholder that is not a corporation generally should qualify for capital gains treatment for qualified dividends if the requisite holding periods are satisfied and the stockholder does not elect to treat the dividends as investment income for purposes of the investment interest limitations. The term “U.S. stockholder” means a holder of shares of our common stock, that, for United States federal income tax purposes is:

 

    a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

    a corporation or partnership (including an entity treated as a corporation or partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized under the laws of the United States or of a political subdivision of the United States;

 

    an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

    any trust if (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) it has a valid election in place to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

A U.S. stockholder will not incur tax on a distribution in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits if the distribution does not exceed the adjusted basis of the U.S. stockholder’s common stock. Instead, the distribution will reduce the adjusted basis of the shares, and any amount in excess of both our current and accumulated earnings and profits and the adjusted basis will be treated as capital gain, long-term if the shares have been held for more than one year, provided the shares are a capital asset in the hands of the U.S. stockholder.

 

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Taxable distributions from the company and gain from the disposition of common stock will not be treated as passive activity income; stockholders generally will not be able to apply any “passive activity losses,” such as losses from certain types of limited partnerships in which the stockholder is a limited partner, against such income. In addition, gain from the disposition of common shares generally will be treated as investment income for purposes of the investment interest limitations. Dividend distributions also will be treated as investment income for the purpose of electing stockholders who forgo capital gains treatment for these dividends.

 

Taxation of U.S. Stockholders on the Disposition of Common Stock. In general, a U.S. stockholder who is not a dealer in securities must treat any gain or loss realized upon a taxable disposition of our common stock as long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. stockholder has held the shares for more than one year, and otherwise as short-term gain or loss. All or a portion of any loss that a U.S. stockholder realizes upon a taxable disposition of common shares may be disallowed if the U.S. stockholder purchases other common shares within 30 days before or after the disposition.

 

Information Reporting Requirements and Backup Withholding. We will report to our stockholders and to the Internal Revenue Service the amount of distributions we pay during each calendar year and the amount of tax we withhold, if any. A stockholder may be subject to backup withholding at a rate of up to 28% with respect to distributions unless the holder:

 

    is a corporation or comes within certain other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact; or

 

    provides a taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding, and otherwise complies with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

 

A stockholder who does not provide us with its correct taxpayer identification number also may be subject to penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. Any amount paid as backup withholding will be creditable against the stockholder’s income tax liability. For a discussion of the backup withholding rules as applied to non-U.S. stockholders, see “Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders.”

 

Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders. Tax-exempt entities, including qualified employee pension and profit sharing trusts and individual retirement accounts, referred to as pension trusts, generally are exempt from federal income taxation. However, they are subject to taxation on their “unrelated business taxable income.” While many investments in real estate generate unrelated business taxable income, dividend distributions from a taxable corporation such as the company to an exempt employee pension trust do not constitute unrelated business taxable income so long as the exempt employee pension trust does not otherwise use the shares of the company in an unrelated trade or business of the pension trust. Consequently, amounts we distribute to tax-exempt stockholders generally should not constitute unrelated business taxable income. However, if a tax-exempt stockholder were to finance its acquisition of common shares with debt, a portion of the income it received from us would constitute unrelated business taxable income pursuant to the “debt-financed property” rules.

 

Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders. The rules governing U.S. federal income taxation of nonresident alien individuals, foreign corporations, foreign partnerships, and other foreign stockholders are complex. This section is only a summary of such rules. We urge non-U.S. stockholders to consult their own tax advisors to determine the impact of federal, state, and local income tax laws on ownership of common stock, including any reporting requirements.

 

A non-U.S. stockholder that receives a distribution from us will recognize ordinary income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. A withholding tax equal to 30% of the gross amount of the distribution ordinarily will apply unless an applicable tax treaty reduces or eliminates the tax. However, a non- U.S. stockholder generally will be subject to federal income tax at graduated rates on any distribution treated as effectively connected with the non-U.S. stockholder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business, in the same manner as

 

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U.S. stockholders are taxed on distributions. We plan to withhold U.S. income tax at the rate of 30% on the gross amount of any distribution paid to a non-U.S. stockholder unless:

 

    a lower treaty rate applies and the non-U.S. stockholder files an Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, Form W-8BEN evidencing eligibility for the reduced rate with us; or

 

    the non-U.S. stockholder files an IRS Form W-8ECI with us claiming that the distribution is effectively connected income.

 

A non-U.S. stockholder will not incur tax on a distribution in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits if the excess portion of the distribution does not exceed the adjusted basis of the stockholder’s common stock. Instead, the excess portion of the distribution will reduce the adjusted basis of the shares. A non-U.S. stockholder will be subject to tax on a distribution that exceeds both our current and accumulated earnings and profits and the adjusted basis of its shares, if the non-U.S. stockholder otherwise would be subject to tax on gain from the sale or disposition of shares of common stock, as described below. Because we generally cannot determine at the time we make a distribution whether or not the distribution will exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits, we normally will withhold tax on the entire amount of any distribution at the same rate as we would withhold on a dividend. However, a non-U.S. stockholder may obtain a refund of amounts we withhold if we later determine that a distribution in fact exceeded our current and accumulated earnings and profits.

 

Although the company may constitute a real property holding company under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (“FIRPTA”) provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, because we intend that our common stock will be regularly traded on an established securities market after this offering, a non-U.S. stockholder generally will not incur tax under FIRPTA on gain from a sale of common stock unless it owns more than 5% of the outstanding common stock.

 

A non-U.S. stockholder generally will incur tax on gain not subject to FIRPTA if:

 

    the gain is effectively connected with the conduct of the non-U.S. stockholder’s U.S. trade or business, in which case the non-U.S. stockholder will be subject to the same treatment as U.S. stockholders with respect to the gain; or

 

    the non-U.S. stockholder is a nonresident alien individual who was present in the U.S. for 183 days or more during the taxable year and has a “tax home” in the United States, in which case the non-U.S. stockholder will incur a tax on capital gains.

 

State and Local Taxes. We and/or our stockholders may be subject to taxation by various states and localities, including those in which we or a stockholder transacts business, owns property or resides. The state and local tax treatment may differ from the federal income tax treatment described above. Consequently, stockholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the effect of state and local tax laws upon an investment in our common stock.

 

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UNDERWRITING

 

Friedman Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc., UBS Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and those parties listed in the table below are acting as the underwriters. This offering is being made on a firm commitment basis. Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters and the underwriters have severally agreed to purchase from us the shares offered by this prospectus in the amounts set forth below:

 

Underwriter


   Number of Shares

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co, Inc.

   7,064,571

UBS Securities LLC

   4,619,143

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

   1,358,571

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   543,429

Advest, Inc.

   100,000

BB&T Capital Markets

   100,000

Blaylock & Partners, L.P.

   100,000

Crowell, Weedon & Co.

   100,000

Roth Capital Partners LLC

   100,000

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

   100,000

Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.

   100,000
    

Total

   14,285,714
    

 

The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all shares of our common stock offered (other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below) if any of the shares are taken.

 

We have granted the underwriters an option, exercisable within 30 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to 2,142,857 additional shares of our common stock to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. If the underwriters exercise this option, the underwriters will have a firm commitment, subject to certain conditions, to purchase all of the shares for which the option is exercised.

 

The following table shows the amount per share and total underwriting discounts and commissions we will pay to the underwriters. The amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase up to 2,142,857 additional shares of our common stock to cover over-allotments.

 

    

Per

Share


  

No

Exercise


  

Full

Exercise


Public Offering Price

   $ 12.00    $ 171,428,568    $ 197,142,852

Underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid by us

   $ .84    $ 12,000,000    $ 13,800,000

Proceeds, before expenses, to us

   $ 11.16    $ 159,428,568    $ 183,342,852

 

We have agreed to reimburse Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. for certain expenses in connection with this offering, not to exceed $100,000. Other than the underwriting discounts and commissions and up to $100,000 of expense reimbursement described above, there are no other items of compensation being received by the underwriters or related persons in the offering. In addition to the items of compensation to be paid to the underwriters in connection with this offering, until the first anniversary of the completion of this offering, we have agreed to engage Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. to act as lead underwriter or sole placement agent in connection with any public or private offering of our equity securities, and to act as our financial advisor in connection with any merger, sale of our company, or acquisition of another company on terms to be mutually agreed at the time of any such transactions.

 

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Each of our executive officers and directors has agreed with the underwriters, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock owned by such officer or director, including any units in our operating partnership, without the prior written consent of the underwriters. The 180-day period may be extended if either (i) we issue an earnings release or material news or material events relating to us occur during the period that begins on the date that is 15 calendar days plus three business days prior to the last day of the 180-day period and ends on the last day of the 180-day period or (ii) we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period. In such circumstances, the 180-day period will continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is 15 calendar days plus three business days after the date on which the issuance of the earnings release or the material news or material event occurs. However, each of our executive officers, including Mr. Thomas, will be eligible to pledge up to 50% of the units they directly or indirectly own to an institutional lender. We have also agreed with the underwriters, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, or issue any shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of our common stock, or file any registration statement with the SEC, without the prior written consent of the underwriters. However, the underwriters may, in their discretion and at any time without notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject to these restrictions.

 

At our request, the underwriters are reserving a number of shares of our common stock equal to 3% of the total number of shares offered by us for sale to our directors, officers, employees and friends. These shares will be offered at the initial public offering price. The number of shares available for sale to the general public in the public offering will be reduced to the extent these persons purchase these reserved shares. Any shares not so purchased will be offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same basis as the other shares offered hereby. Any directors, officers, employees or other persons purchasing such reserved common stock will be prohibited from selling such stock for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus.

 

The underwriters propose to offer our common stock directly to the public at $12.00 per share and to certain dealers at this price less a concession not in excess of $0.50 per share. The underwriters may allow, and the dealers may re-allow, a concession not in excess of $0.10 per share to certain other dealers. In connection with this offering, we expect to incur expenses of approximately $5.7 million.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities for taxes imposed on us or our operating partnership as a result of the issuance of shares of our common stock and limited voting stock prior to this offering or as a result of the formation transactions, and also for liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from, among other circumstances, our breach of the representations and warranties in the underwriting agreement, our failure to comply with laws, rules or regulations applicable to this offering of our common stock, or an untrue or alleged untrue statement of fact contained in this prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part. If we are unable to provide this indemnification, we will contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

 

In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in activities that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our common stock, including:

 

    short sales;

 

    syndicate covering transactions;

 

    imposition of penalty bids; and

 

    purchases to cover positions created by short sales.

 

Stabilizing transactions consist of bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock while this offering is in progress. Stabilizing transactions may include making short sales of our common stock, which involves the sale by the underwriters of a greater number

 

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of shares of common stock than they are required to purchase in this offering, and purchasing common stock from us or in the open market to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales may be “covered” shorts, which are short positions in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ over-allotment option referred to above, or may be “naked” shorts, which are short positions in excess of that amount.

 

The underwriters may close out any covered short position either by exercising their over-allotment option, in whole or in part, or by purchasing shares in the open market. In making this determination, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market compared to the price at which the underwriters may purchase shares pursuant to the over-allotment option.

 

A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchased in this offering. To the extent that the underwriters create a naked short position, they will purchase shares in the open market to cover the position.

 

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid on selling group members. This means that if the underwriters purchase shares in the open market in stabilizing transactions or to cover short sales, the underwriters can require the selling group members that sold those shares as part of this offering to repay the selling concession received by them.

 

As a result of these activities, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If the underwriters commence these activities, they may discontinue them at any time. The underwriters may carry out these transactions on the Nasdaq National Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

 

The underwriters or their affiliates may provide us with investment banking, financial advisory, or commercial banking services in the future, for which they may receive customary compensation.

 

Our common stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol TPGI.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. Consequently, the initial public offering price for our common stock has been determined by negotiations among us and the underwriters. Among the primary factors considered in determining the initial public offering price were:

 

    prevailing market conditions

 

    our capital structure;

 

    the value and historical performance of the properties in which we will receive interests;

 

    the market capitalization and valuation of other publicly traded companies that we and the underwriters believe to be comparable to us; and

 

    estimates of our business potential and earning prospects.

 

A prospectus in electronic format may be available on the Internet sites or through other online services maintained by one or more of the underwriters and selling group members participating in this offering, or by their affiliates. In those cases, prospective investors may view offering terms online and, depending upon the underwriter or the selling group member, prospective investors may be allowed to place orders online. The underwriters may agree with us as to allocate a specific number of shares for sale to online brokerage account holders. Any such allocation for online distributions will be made by the underwriters on the same basis as other allocations. Friedman Billings Ramsey will be facilitating Internet distribution for this offering to certain Internet subscription customers of its on-line affiliate. UBS Securities LLC has informed us that, in addition to distributing prospectuses electronically through DealKey(SM), it may send prospectuses electronically outside of

 

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DealKey(SM) as a courtesy to certain of its customers to whom it is concurrently sending a prospectus in hard copy. In addition, UBS Securities LLC’s affiliate, UBS Financial Services, Inc., acting as a selected dealer, may send preliminary prospectuses electronically outside of DealKey(SM).

 

Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on any underwriter’s or selling group member’s web site and any information contained in any other web site maintained by any underwriter or selling group member is not part of the prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved or endorsed by us or any underwriter or selling group member in its capacity as underwriter or selling group member and should not be relied upon by investors.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Jones Day in Dallas, Texas will pass upon the validity of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus and certain other legal matters for us. Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP in Century City, California will pass upon certain legal matters for the underwriters.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated balance sheet of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2004; the combined balance sheets of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related combined statements of operations, owners’ deficit and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003; the statement of revenues and certain expenses of One Commerce Square for the year ended December 31, 2003; the balance sheet of TPG CalSTRS, LLC as of December 31, 2003 and the related statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003; and the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses of the CalSTRS Properties for the year ended December 31, 2003, included in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports appearing herein and have been so included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-11 under the Securities Act, including the exhibits with the registration statement, with respect to the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all the information contained in the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and the shares to be sold in this offering, we refer you to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document to which we make reference are not necessarily complete. In each instance, we refer you to the copy of the contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, each statement being qualified in all respects by the more complete description of the matter involved.

 

You may read and copy all or any portion of the registration statement or any reports, statements or other information we file at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room. You can receive copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee by writing to the SEC. Our SEC filings, including the registration statement, will also be available to you on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

 

After we have completed this offering, we will file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We intend to make these filings available on our website once the offering is completed. In addition, we will provide copies of our filings free of charge to our stockholders upon request.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

     Page

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries:

    

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

   F-2

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2004

   F-3

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004

   F-4

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2003

   F-5

Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information

   F-6

Thomas Properties Group Inc.:

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-18

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2004

   F-19

Notes to Consolidated Balance Sheet

   F-20

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor:

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-21

Combined Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and December 31, 2003 and 2002

   F-22

Combined Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001

   F-23

Combined Statements of Owners’ Deficit for the six months ended June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001

   F-24

Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001

   F-25

Notes to Combined Financial Information

   F-26

Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

   F-48

Schedule III: Investments in Real Estate

   F-49

TPG/ CalSTRS, LLC:

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-50

Consolidated Balance Sheet

   F-51

Consolidated Statement of Operations

   F-52

Consolidated Statement of Members’ Equity

   F-53

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

   F-54

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   F-55

One Commerce Square:

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-60

Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and for the year ended December 31, 2003

   F-61

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses

   F-62

CalSTRS Properties:

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-66

Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2004 (unaudited) and for the year ended December 31, 2003

   F-67

Notes to Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses

   F-68

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The following unaudited pro forma financial information of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is based on the historical financial statements of Thomas Properties Group, LLC (the “Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor”), the predecessor of the Company, included elsewhere in this prospectus, and historical financial statements of the CalSTRS Properties and One Commerce Square. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2004 gives effect to the Company’s initial public offering and the related formation transactions as if these events had occurred on June 30, 2004. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and the year ended December 31, 2003 give effect to the Company’s initial public offering and the related formation transactions as if these events had occurred on the first day of the period presented. The pro forma adjustments give effect to the following:

 

    the acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in One Commerce Square from an unaffiliated third party for $24.2 million in cash and the assumption of $9.7 million in partnership liabilities.

 

    the repayment of indebtedness of $10.7 million and the redemption of $11.4 million in preferred equity interests in One Commerce Square, and the establishment of a restricted cash reserve of $4.2 million.

 

    the acquisition of an additional ownership interest in TPG/CalSTRS, LLC, for a combined ownership interest of 25% and an effective ownership interest in ARCO Plaza of 21.3% for $23.0 million in cash, and

 

    the acquisition of a 25% ownership interest in each of Reflections I and Reflections II (collectively, the “CalSTRS Acquisition Properties”) for $11.8 million in cash.

 

For a more detailed description of the formation transactions and properties described above, see “Structure and Formation” and “Business and Properties—Description of TPG/CalSTRS Properties.”

 

This unaudited pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and does not purport to represent what the Company’s results of operations or financial position would actually have been had the Company’s initial public offering and the related formation transactions occurred on the dates specified, nor does the information purport to project the Company’s results of operations or financial position for any future period or at any future date. All pro forma adjustments are based on preliminary estimates and assumptions and are subject to revision upon completion of the Company’s initial public offering and the related formation transactions.

 

Once we have determined the final purchase price to be paid in connection with the related formation transactions and finalized the purchase price allocations, the unaudited pro forma financial information will be subject to adjustment. Such adjustments will likely result in changes to the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations to reflect, among other things, the final allocation of the purchase price. There can be no assurance that such changes will not be material. We will enter into the definitive agreement for our acquisition of the additional interest in ARCO Plaza and the 25% interests in the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties upon the consummation of this offering. If these acquisitions are completed but do not conform to our assumptions regarding the terms thereof, such transactions could materially change the unaudited pro forma financial information presented in this prospectus.

 

The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the other information contained in this prospectus under the captions “Prospectus Summary—Summary Combined Financial Data,” “Structure and Formation,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization,” “Selected Combined Financial Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the respective financial statements of the Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor, the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties and One Commerce Square and the accompanying notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

June 30, 2004

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

    Thomas
Properties
Group, Inc.
Predecessor
Historical


    Initial
Public
Offering


  Acquisition of
Third Party
Interests in
One Commerce
Square


    Acquisition of
Interest in
Unconsolidated
Subsidiaries


   

Other

Pro Forma

Adjustments


    Company
Pro Forma


 
    (A)     (B)   (C)     (D)              

Assets

                                             

Investments in real estate, net

  $ 252,362     $ —     $ 24,328     $ —       $ 831 (E)   $ 285,991  
                                   
 
270
8,200
(F)
(K)
       

Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

    2,283       —       —         34,796       —         37,079  

Cash and cash equivalents

    4,129       153,729     (45,257 )     (34,796 )     (8 )(E)     69,030  
                                    (270 )(F)        
                                    (8,497 )(H)        

Restricted cash

    9,407       —       4,010       —         —         13,417  

Rents, deferred rents and other receivables, net

    35,781       —       (1,278 )     —         —         34,503  

Deferred charges and other assets, net

    23,802       —       (5,000 )     —         —         18,802  
   


 

 


 


 


 


Total assets

  $ 327,764     $ 153,729   $ (23,197 )   $ —       $ 526     $ 458,822  
   


 

 


 


 


 


Liabilities and Owners’ (Deficit)/ Stockholders’ Equity

                                             

Liabilities:

                                             

Mortgages and other secured loans

  $ 296,799     $ —     $ (924 )   $ —       $ —       $ 295,875  

Accounts and interest payable and other liabilities

    11,334       —       —         —         27 (E)     11,361  
   


 

 


 


 


 


Total liabilities

    308,133       —       (924 )     —         27       307,236  

Minority interest

    23,406       —       (22,273 )     —         80,793 (J)     81,926  

Owners’ (deficit)/stockholders’ equity:

                                             

Common stock

    —         143     —         —         —         143  

Limited voting stock

    167       —       —         —         —         167  

Deficit

    (3,943 )     —       —         —         796 (E)     —    
                                    (8,497 )(H)        
                                   
 
3,444
8,200
(I)
(K)
       

Additional paid in capital

    1       153,586     —         —         680 (G)     70,030  
                                    (3,444 )(I)        
                                    (80,793 )(J)        

Unearned compensation

    —         —       —         —         (680 )(G)     (680 )
   


 

 


 


 


 


Total owners’ (deficit)/ stockholders’ equity

    (3,775 )     153,729     —         —         (80,294 )     69,660  
   


 

 


 


 


 


Total liabilities and owners’ (deficit)/stockholders’ equity

  $ 327,764     $ 153,729   $ (23,197 )   $ —       $ 526     $ 458,822  
   


 

 


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2004

(Unaudited)

(In thousands except per share data)

 

    Thomas
Properties
Group, Inc.
Predecessor
Historical


    Acquisition of
Third Party
Interests in
One Commerce
Square


    Acquisition of
Interest in
Unconsolidated
Subsidiaries


   

Other

Pro Forma
Adjustments


    Company
Pro Forma


 
    (AA)     (BB)     (CC)              

Revenues:

                                       

Rental

  $ 11,209     $ 5,490     $ —       $ —       $ 16,699  

Tenant reimbursements

    5,691       3,507       —         —         9,198  

Parking and other

    1,138       727       —         —         1,865  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

    2,610       —         (29 )     —         2,488  
                      (93 )                

Investment advisory, management, leasing, and development services—uncombined/unconsolidated real estate entities

    2,051       (327 )     (245 )     —         1,572  
                      93       —            
   


 


 


 


 


Total revenues

    22,699       9,397       (274 )     —         31,822  
   


 


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                       

Rental property operating and maintenance

    4,457       3,047       —         —         7,504  

Real estate taxes

    1,747       1,139       —         —         2,886  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

    5,625       (140 )     —         —         5,485  

Rent—uncombined/unconsolidated real estate entities

    121       (49 )     (15 )     —         57  

Interest

    11,007       2,459       —         —         13,466  

Depreciation and amortization

    3,188       2,238       —         103 (DD)     5,529  

General and administrative

    —         —         —         124 (EE)     124  
   


 


 


 


 


Total expenses

    26,145       8,694       (15 )     227       35,051  
   


 


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

    (3,446 )     703       (259 )     (227 )     (3,229 )

Gain on sale of real estate

    975                               975  

Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined/unconsolidated real estate entities

    (529 )     (157 )     1,174       —         488  

Minority interest

    (403 )     403       —         948 (FF)     948  
   


 


 


 


 


Loss before benefit for income taxes

    (3,403 )     949       915       721       (818 )

Benefit for income taxes

    —         —         —         327 (GG)     327  
   


 


 


 


 


Net loss

  $ (3,403 )   $ 949     $ 915     $ 1,048     $ (491 )
   


 


 


 


 


Pro forma basic earnings (loss) per share

                                  $ (0.03 )

Pro forma diluted earnings (loss) per share

                                  $ (0.03 )

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—basic

                                    14,306,114  

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted

                                    14,306,114  

 

See accompanying notes to pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2003

(Unaudited)

(In thousands except per share data)

 

    Thomas
Properties
Group, Inc.
Predecessor
Historical


    Acquisition of
Third Party
Interests in
One Commerce
Square


    Acquisition of
Interest in
Unconsolidated
Subsidiaries


   

Other

Pro Forma
Adjustments


    Company
Pro Forma


 
    (AA)     (BB)     (CC)              

Revenues:

                                       

Rental

  $ 20,418     $ 13,409       —         —       $ 33,827  

Tenant reimbursements

    9,935       7,711       —         —         17,646  

Parking and other

    2,087       1,738       —         —         3,825  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

    8,815       —         (67 )     —         8,533  
                      (215 )                

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services—uncombined/unconsolidated real estate entities

    5,021       (560 )     (700 )             3,976  
                      215                  
   


 


 


 


 


Total revenues

    46,276       22,298       (767 )     —         67,807  
   


 


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                       

Rental property operating and maintenance

    7,224       8,222       —         —         15,446  

Real estate taxes

    3,299       2,644       —         —         5,943  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services

    9,810       (106 )     —         —         9,704  

Rent—uncombined/unconsolidated real estate entities

    253       (103 )     (26 )             124  

Interest

    21,362       6,037       —         —         27,399  

Depreciation and amortization

    5,795       5,279       —         205 (DD)     11,279  

General and administrative

    —         —         —         247 (EE)     247  
   


 


 


 


 


Total expenses

    47,743       21,973       (26 )     452       70,142  
   


 


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

    (1,467 )     325       (741 )     (452 )     (2,335 )

Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined/ unconsolidated real estate entities

    (1,088 )     56       2,271       —         1,239  

Minority interest

    —         —         —         589 (FF)     589  
   


 


 


 


 


Loss before benefit for income taxes

    (2,555 )     381       1,530       137       (507 )

Benefit for income taxes

    —         —         —         203 (GG)     203  
   


 


 


 


 


Net loss

  $ (2,555 )   $ 381     $ 1,530     $ 340     $ (304 )
   


 


 


 


 


Pro forma basic earnings (loss) per share

                                  $ (0.02 )

Pro forma diluted earnings (loss) per share

                                  $ (0.02 )

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—basic

                                    14,306,114  

Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted

                                    14,306,114  

 

See accompanying notes to pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts in thousands)

 

1. Adjustments to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

The adjustments to the pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2004 are as follows:

 

(A) Reflects the Thomas Properties Group predecessor (“TPG”) historical combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2004. Pursuant to contribution agreements with the owners of property interests in TPG and its affiliated entities and Thomas Properties Group, L.P., the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which will be executed in 2004, the Operating Partnership will receive a contribution of interests in the real estate properties, as well as the investment advisory, property management, leasing, and real estate development operations of TPG, in exchange for limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. The contributions will be made upon the consummation of this Offering.

 

As of June 30, 2004, Mr. Thomas, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, was the ultimate owner of substantially all of the Company and the Operating Partnership and substantially all of TPG. Upon the consummation of this offering, Mr. Thomas and related entities, other affiliated parties and certain members of the Company’s senior management will directly or indirectly own approximately 53.7% of the Operating Partnership (excluding incentive units) as limited partners. The exchange of the interests contributed by Mr. Thomas, or related entities owned by Mr. Thomas, will be accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control; accordingly the contributed assets and assumed liabilities will be recorded at TPG’s historical cost basis.

 

In conjunction with the offering and the formation transactions, each of the entities that will be contributing interests to the Operating Partnership have received shares of the Company’s limited voting stock equal to the number of operating partnership units they will receive, for an aggregate cash purchase price of $166,667. Upon the consummation of the Offering and the formation transactions, the Company, as the general partner, will own 46.3% of the Operating Partnership and will have control over major decisions of the Operating Partnership, including decisions related to sale or refinancing of owned properties. Accordingly, the Company will consolidate the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Operating Partnership in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position 78-9, Accounting for Investments in Real Estate Ventures (SOP 78-9).

 

Pursuant to the terms of the contribution agreements with Mr. Thomas and entities controlled by him, the Company, together with the Operating Partnership, has agreed to indemnify Mr. Thomas against adverse tax consequences in the event that it directly or indirectly, sells, exchanges or otherwise disposes of, in a taxable transaction, two of the contributed properties for four years, unless Mr. Thomas sells to the Company the 11% interest in each of One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square he will retain following the offering before the fourth anniversary of the Offering and for not more than $4.0 million. If the sale does occur, the indemnification period is extended to nine years, which may be further extended to twelve years, as more fully discussed elsewhere in this prospectus. The two contributed properties subject to this obligation represented 100% of pro forma rental revenues and tenant reimbursements and substantially all of parking revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and the year ended December 31, 2003. While the Company does not intend to sell either of these properties in transactions that would result in these tax indemnification obligations, if it were to become liable for this tax indemnification obligation under these agreements, it would be liable for damages. The Company’s obligation is for all direct and indirect adverse tax consequences. The calculation of damages will not be based on the time value of money or the time remaining within the restriction period. The Company does not believe that these tax indemnification obligations will affect the way in which it conducts its business, including when and under what circumstances the Company sells restricted properties or interests therein during the restriction period. Accordingly, Mr. Thomas does not possess any substantive right under the tax indemnity that would preclude the Company from consolidating the Operating Partnership under SOP 78-9.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

In addition, as more fully discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, the Operating Partnership has agreed for periods from four to twelve years to use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to Mr. Thomas, Mr. Fox (a non-management member of our board of directors) and one unaffiliated third party the opportunity to guarantee $221 million of indebtedness, in order to, among other things, allow these persons to defer the recognition of gain in connection with formation transactions.

 

The Operating Partnership has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to make available for guarantee by Mr. Thomas and the others debt defined as “Qualifying Debt,” in the contribution agreements. “Qualifying Debt,” as defined in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition, is debt with specific loan-to-value characteristics. Clause (iii) of the definition of “Qualifying Debt” is a permissive provision that allows Mr. Thomas and the other relevant contributors to guarantee any debt that Mr. Thomas chooses, even if that indebtedness does not meet the loan to value criteria set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition of “Qualifying Debt.”

 

As defined in the contribution agreements, “Qualifying Debt” means one of the following three types of debt:

 

In the case of secured indebtedness that is not recourse to all of the assets of the Operating Partnership or of the property owning entity, the aggregate amount of all indebtedness secured by such property must not exceed 75% of the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s board of directors in its reasonable judgment) of such property at the time that the opportunity to guarantee is made available to the contributors; or

 

In the case of indebtedness that is recourse to all of the assets of the Operating Partnership or of the property owning entity, the indebtedness is at all times the most senior indebtedness (or pari passu with the most senior indebtedness) recourse to all the assets of the Operating Partnership and the amount of the indebtedness outstanding is at all times at least equal to 150% of the aggregate amount of the guarantees provided with respect to such indebtedness; or

 

Any other indebtedness approved by Mr. Thomas (or his designee or legal representative) in his sole and absolute discretion.

 

If the Operating Partnership fails to use commercially reasonable efforts to make such indebtedness available to the relevant contributors to guarantee, the Operating Partnership could be liable to these contributors.

 

Following the formation transactions we will have a holding company structure and will rely upon funds received from our operating partnership to pay liabilities. Our primary asset is our general partnership interest in our operating partnership. We have no independent means of generating revenues. To the extent we require funds to pay taxes or other liabilities incurred by us or for any other purpose, we must rely on funds received from our operating partnership. In that regard, there are certain restrictions on the ability of our operating partnership to transfer funds to us as a result of negative covenants, lockbox arrangements, reserve requirements and other restrictions and provisions in financing documents to which our subsidiaries and joint ventures are a party or encumbering our properties. The loan agreements for One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square require that all receipts collected from these two properties be deposited in lockbox accounts under the control of the lenders to fund reserves and operating expenditures. With respect to Two Commerce Square, one of our consolidated subsidiaries, we can only distribute excess cash up to a 10% annual return because most excess cash is used to pay down the senior mezzanine loan and to fund other required reserves. The loan agreement for One Commerce Square provides that the property is not able to distribute any cash if net operating income falls below

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

$8 million. At June 30, 2004, annual net operating income exceeded $8 million. Included in the pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2004, is restricted cash of approximately $13.4 million related to the One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square lockbox accounts. Furthermore, there are certain restrictions with respect to our two unconsolidated real estate entities. In connection with the ARCO Plaza loan refinancing on July 15, 2004, ARCO Plaza was required to establish restricted reserves for interest, real estate taxes and insurance in the aggregate amount of approximately $11,860,000. In addition, the ARCO Plaza loan refinancing contains a lockbox arrangement. So long as net cash flow from the operation of ARCO Plaza exceeds the product of 1.20 and the cumulative debt service on the mortgage and mezzanine loans calculated using the greater of 8.0% or the actual interest rate, excess cash may be distributed to the members of the ARCO Plaza joint venture or a junior mezzanine lender after making all required reserves and paying all expenses. Additionally, the loan agreement for the 2121 Market Street property requires various reserves, which totaled approximately $64,000 at June 30, 2004. To the extent the loan is not repaid prior to August 2013, all funds from the operation of the property will be subject to a lockbox arrangement.

 

(B) Sale of 14,285,714 shares of common stock for $12.00 per share in this offering:

 

Proceeds from this offering

   $ 171,429  

Less estimated costs associated with this offering ($12,000 in underwriters’ discounts and commissions and $5,700 of other costs)

     (17,700 )
    


Net cash proceeds

   $ 153,729  
    


Common Stock

     143  

Additional paid in capital

     153,586  
    


Increase to common stock and additional paid in capital

   $ 153,729  
    


 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

(C) Reflects acquisition of the 50% equity interest in One Commerce Square, which is currently owned by a third party. Through May 31, 2004, TPG used the equity method to account for its investment in One Commerce Square since TPG had significant influence, but not control, over major decisions including selling and refinancing the property. However, based on the terms of the purchase agreement, effective June 1, 2004, One Commerce Square is considered a variable interest entity and is consolidated with TPG. Upon purchase of the equity interests concurrent with the closing of the Offering, the Company will own 89% of One Commerce Square. The purchase method of accounting is used to reflect the acquisition of the 50% equity interest in One Commerce Square by TPG. The pro forma adjustments are comprised of the following:

 

    

Acquisition of
Additional

Interests(1)


   

Repayment

of Certain

Liabilities(2)


   

Reclassification
of

Restricted Cash(3)


    One
Commerce
Square
Pro forma


 

Investment in real estate, net

   $ 24,328     $ —       $ —       $ 24,328  

Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

     —         —         —         —    

Unrestricted cash

     (19,000 )     (22,047 )     (4,210 )     (45,257 )

Restricted cash

     (200 )     —         4,210       4,010  

Rents, deferred rents, and other receivables

     (1,580 )     —         —         (1,278 )
       302                          

Deferred charges and other assets, net

     (5,000 )     —         —         (5,000 )
    


 


 


 


Total assets

   $ (1,150 )   $ (22,047 )   $ —       $ (23,197 )
    


 


 


 


Loans payable

   $ 9,733     $ (10,657 )   $ —       $ (924 )

Accounts and interest payable and other liabilities

     —         —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


Total liabilities

     9,733       (10,657 )     —         (924 )

Minority interest

     (10,883 )     (11,390 )     —         (22,273 )
    


 


 


 


Owners’ deficit

                     —         —    
    


 


 


 


Total Owners’ deficit

     —         —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


Total liabilities and owners’ deficit

   $ (1,150 )   $ (22,047 )   $ —       $ (23,197 )
    


 


 


 


 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

(1) Acquisition of third party equity interests in One Commerce Square:

 

    

Non-Preferred

Capital


 

Cash paid to purchase third party equity interest:

        

Unrestricted cash

   $ 19,000  

Deposit in escrow applied towards purchase price

     5,000  

Restricted cash

     200  
    


       24,200  

Assumption of loan payables in connection with purchase of partner interest

     9,733  

Elimination of historical book value of third party equity interest

     (10,883 )

Fair market value of leases as a result of purchase of partner interests

     (302 )

Elimination of 50% of deferred rent receivables as a result of applying purchase accounting

     1,580  
    


     $ 24,328  
    


 

(2) Repayment of certain liabilities and preferred capital:

 

     Cash Paid

   Book Value

Series A preferred capital

   $ 6,469    $ 6,469

Credit facility and other accrued expenses

     4,188      4,188
    

  

       10,657    $ 10,657
           

Series B preferred capital

     11,390       
    

      

Total cash paid

   $ 22,047       
    

      

 

We intend to repay principal of $9.2 million and any accrued interest thereon prior to or in March 2005 on the Series A preferred capital. As this transaction is not related to the formation transactions, it is not reflected in the accompanying unaudited pro forma financial information.

 

(3) Reclassification of restricted cash due to repayment of credit facility: $ 4,210

 

(D) Reflects acquisition of interests in unconsolidated subsidiaries. TPG used the equity method to account for its approximately 5% investment in the TPG/CalSTRS, LLC joint venture since TPG did not have control over major decisions including selling and refinancing property held within the joint venture. With the expected purchase of an additional 20% interest at the completion of this offering, the Company is expected to own 25% in the TPG/CalSTRS joint venture and indirectly an ownership interest of 21.3% in ARCO Plaza. In addition, the Company will pay approximately $11.8 million to purchase a 25% interest in the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties. The Company will continue to account for ARCO Plaza and will also account for the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties using the equity method of accounting. The pro forma adjustments are comprised of the following:

 

     CalSTRS
Acquisition
Properties


  

TPG /
CalSTRS

Joint Venture


   Total
Interest
Purchased


Cash paid to purchase ownership interests

   $ 11,750    $ 23,046    $ 34,796

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

  (E)   Cash paid and contribution of equity interest in additional Four Points land parcels:

 

Contribution of:

      

Investment in real estate, net

   $ 831

Accounts and interest payable and other liabilities

     27

Owners’ equity

     796

Cash paid to buy out general partner

     8

 

(F)    Cash payment for transfer tax in conjunction with contribution of the 2101 Market Street interest to the Company:

   $ 270
    

 

  (G)   Award of restricted stock and restricted incentive units to senior executives and non-employee directors upon completion of this offering. The number of shares and units is stated in employment agreements with the applicable executives.

 

Unearned compensation

   $ 680
    

Common stock and additional paid in capital

   $ 680
    

 

Upon the consummation of this offering, Mr. Thomas and our non-employee directors will be granted 46,667 shares and 10,000 shares, respectively, of restricted stock. The awards will be made under our 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and our Non-Employee Director Plan. The restricted stock grants are recorded as unearned compensation, which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of three years and two years, respectively.

 

Unearned compensation has not been recorded for the grant of 730,003 restricted incentive units as the value of these units is not fixed and determinable. See Note (EE) to the pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

(H)   Proration of working capital to limited partners upon consummation of formation transactions:

   $ 8,497
    

(I)     Reclassification of owners’ deficit to common stock and additional paid in capital:

   $ 3,444
    

 

  (J)   Recording of minority interest in the Operating Partnership as a result of issuing 16,666,666 limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership to certain owners of TPG:

 

Pro forma equity before allocation to minority interest

   $ 150,453  

Percentage allocable to minority interest

     53.7 %
    


     $ 80,793  
    


 

  (K)   Contribution of ownership interests of the minority owners of the Predecessor upon completion of this offering and the resulting increase to investments in real estate resulting from applying purchase accounting.

 

Fair value of operating partnership units granted as consideration to certain minority investors, based on 683,335 units at $12.00 per unit, in exchange for ownership interests

   $ 8,200
    

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

2. Adjustments to the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

 

The adjustments to the pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003 are as follows:

 

  (AA)   Reflects TPG’s historical condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003. As discussed in note 1 (A), the interests in the real estate properties contributed by the owners of TPG to the Operating Partnership in exchange for limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership will be recorded at TPG’s historical cost. As a result, expenses such as depreciation and amortization to be recognized by the Operating Partnership related to the contributed interests are based on TPG’s historical cost of the related assets.

 

As discussed in note 1 (A), upon consummation of the offering and the formation transactions, the Company will own 46.3% of the Operating Partnership and will have control over major decisions of the Operating Partnership. Accordingly, the Company will consolidate the revenues and expenses of the Operating Partnership. See note (FF) for the pro forma adjustment to allocate 53.7% of the net income of the Operating Partnership to the limited partners of the Operating Partnership.

 

  (BB)   Reflects acquisition of equity interests in One Commerce Square owned by a third party, and the resulting consolidation of One Commerce Square beginning with January 1, 2003. Through May 31, 2004, TPG used the equity method to account for its investment in One Commerce Square since TPG had significant influence, but not control, over major decisions, including selling and refinancing this property. However, based on the terms of the purchase agreement, effective June 1, 2004, One Commerce Square is considered a variable interest entity and is consolidated with TPG. Upon purchase of the preferred equity interests at the completion of this offering, the Company will own 89% of One Commerce Square. Entities affiliated with TPG will retain an 11% ownership interest. The purchase method of accounting is used to reflect the acquisition of the redeemable preferred equity interests in One Commerce Square by the Company.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

The pro forma adjustments for the five months ended May 31, 2004 are comprised of the following:

 

    

One
Commerce
Square
Historical


   

Adjustments

Resulting from

Purchase

Accounting


   

Elimination

Entries


    One
Commerce
Square
Pro Forma


 
        
        
        
        

Revenues:

                                

Rental

   $ 5,395     $ 194 (1)   $ (50 )(5)   $ 5,490  
                       (49 )(6)        

Tenant reimbursements

     3,507       —         —         3,507  

Parking and other

     727       —         —         727  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services—unconsolidated real estate entities

     —         —         (188 )(4)     (327 )
                       (139 )(7)        
    


 


 


 


Total revenues

     9,629       194       (426 )     9,397  
    


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                

Rental property operating and maintenance

     3,392       —         (188 )(4)     3,047  
                       (157 )(5)        

Real estate taxes

     1,139       —         —         1,139  

Investment advisory, management, leasing, and development services

     —         —         (139 )(7)     (140 )
                       (1 )(5)        

Rent—uncombined real estate entities

                     (49 )(6)     (49 )

Interest

     3,573       —         (1,114 )(8)     2,459  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,035       285 (2)     (82 )     2,238  
    


 


 


 


Total expenses

     10,139       285       (1,730 )     8,694  
    


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

     (510 )     (91 )     1,304       703  

Equity in net income (loss) of uncombined real estate entities

     —         —         33 (3)     (157 )
                       (190 )(5)        

Minority interest

     —         —         403 (9)     403  
    


 


 


 


Net (loss) income

   $ (510 )   $ (91 )   $ 1,550     $ 949  
    


 


 


 



(1)   Increase in rental revenue to reflect straight-line and fair value of rent amounts resulting from purchase accounting.
(2)   Increase in depreciation of buildings and improvements resulting from purchase accounting adjustments to investments in real estate.
(3)   Elimination of equity in net loss previously recorded by TPG.
(4)   Elimination of property management fee revenue previously recognized by TPG and property management fee expense previously recorded by One Commerce Square.
(5)   Reclassification of elimination and other entries previously recognized by TPG to its equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities related to One Commerce Square (see note 3 to TPG’s historical combined financial statements).
(6)   Elimination of rental revenue and rental expense previously recognized by One Commerce Square and TPG, respectively.
(7)   Elimination of management company expenses and reimbursement revenue previously recognized by TPG.
(8)   Eliminate interest expense related to One Commerce Square already included in TPG financial statements.
(9)   Elimination of historical minority interest.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

The pro forma adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2003 is comprised of the following:

 

    

One

Commerce

Square
Historical


   

Adjustments

Resulting

from

Purchase

Accounting


   

Elimination

Entries


   

One

Commerce

Square
Pro Forma


 
        
        
        
        

Revenues:

                                

Rental

   $ 13,413     $ 152 (1)   $ (53 )(5)   $ 13,409  
                       (103 )(7)        

Tenant reimbursements

     7,711       —         —         7,711  

Parking and other

     1,738       —         —         1,738  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services—uncombined real estate entities

     —         —         (355 )(4)     (560 )
                       (100 )(6)        
                       (105 )(8)        
    


 


 


 


Total revenues

     22,862       152       (716 )     22,298  
    


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                

Rental property operating and maintenance

     8,932       —         (355 )(4)     8,222  
                       (355 )(5)        

Real estate taxes

     2,644       —         —         2,644  

Investment advisory, management, leasing, and development services

     —         —         (1 )(5)     (106 )
                       (105 )(8)        

Rent—uncombined real estate entities

     —         —         (103 )(7)     (103 )

Interest

     8,409       —         (2,372 )(9)     6,037  

Depreciation and amortization

     4,867       570 (2)     (158 )(5)     5,279  
    


 


 


 


Total expenses

     24,852       570       (3,449 )     21,973  
    


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

     (1,990 )     (418 )     2,733       325  

Equity in net income (loss) of uncombined real estate entities

     —         —         517 (3)     56  
                       (461 )(5)        

Minority interest

     —         —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


Net loss

   $ (1,990 )   $ (418 )   $ 2,789     $ 381  
    


 


 


 



(1)   Increase in rental revenue to reflect straight-line and fair value of rent amounts resulting from purchase accounting.
(2)   Increase in depreciation of buildings and improvements resulting from purchase accounting adjustments to investments in real estate.
(3)   Elimination of equity in net loss previously recorded by TPG.
(4)   Elimination of property management fee revenue previously recognized by TPG and property management fee expense previously recorded by One Commerce Square.
(5)   Reclassification of elimination and other entries previously recorded by TPG to its equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities related to One Commerce Square (see note 3 to TPG’s historical combined financial statements).
(6)   Elimination of leasing commission revenue previously recognized by TPG.
(7)   Elimination of rental revenue and rental expense previously recognized by One Commerce Square and TPG, respectively.
(8)   Elimination of management company expenses and reimbursement revenue previously recognized by TPG.
(9)   Eliminate interest expense related to One Commerce Square already included in TPG financial statements.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

(CC)

  

Reflects acquisition of interests in unconsolidated subsidiaries. TPG used the equity method to account for its 5% investment in the TPG/CalSTRS, LLC joint venture since TPG did not have control over major decisions, including selling and refinancing the property. With the expected purchase of an additional interest in the joint venture at the completion of this offering, the Company will increase its ownership interest in the TPG/CalSTRS, LLC joint venture to 25% and will have an indirect ownership interest of 21.3% in ARCO Plaza. In addition, the Company will purchase a 25% interest in the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties. The Company will continue to account for its investment in the joint venture and will also account for the CalSTRS Acquisition Properties under the equity method.

 

The proforma adjustments for the six months ended June 30, 2004 are comprised of the following:

              CalSTRS
Acquisition
Properties


   TPG/
CalSTRS
Joint
Venture


   Total

     (1)  

Elimination of management fees, leasing, and development services revenue

   $ 29    $   —      $ 29
     (2)  

Reclassify management fees, leasing and development services revenue—uncombined real estate entities as a result of acquisition

     93      —        93
     (3)  

Eliminate management fees, leasing and development services revenue—uncombined real estate entities as a result of acquisition

     —        245      245
     (4)  

Elimination of rental expense

     —        15      15
     (5)  

Equity in net income

     356      818      1,174
     The pro forma adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2003 are comprised of the following:

 

                   CalSTRS
Acquisition
Properties


   TPG/
CalSTRS
Joint
Venture


   Total

          (1)  

Elimination of management fees, leasing, and development services revenue

   $ 67    $ —      $ 67
          (2)  

Reclassify management fees, leasing and development services revenue—uncombined real estate entities as a result of acquisition

     215      —        215
          (3)  

Eliminate management fees, leasing and development services revenue—uncombined real estate entities as a result of acquisition

     —        700      700
          (4)  

Elimination of rental expense

     —        26      26
          (5)  

Equity in net income

     709      1,562      2,271

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

(DD)   Increase in depreciation of buildings and improvements related to purchase accounting adjustments to investments in real estate resulting from acquisition of minority owners’ interests in the Predecessor upon completion of this offering

 

         

Six months
ended

June 30,

2004


  

Year

ended
December 31,
2003


          $ 103    $ 205

 

(EE)   Restricted stock awards to be granted on completion of this offering that have a two to three-year vesting period (total award is $680)

 

         

Six months
ended

June 30,

2004


  

Year

ended
December 31,
2003


          $ 124    $ 247

 

Upon the consummation of this offering, Mr. Thomas and our non-employee directors will be granted 46,667 shares and 10,000 shares, respectively, of restricted stock pursuant to our 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. The restricted stock grants will be recorded as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of three years and two years, respectively.

 

Upon the consummation of this offering, Messrs. Ricci, Scott and Sischo, will each receive 16,667 incentive units in our operating partnership and Ms. Laing will receive 13,334 incentive units in our operating partnership under our 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. These units will vest in full on the third anniversary of the date of the grant, provided that vesting may occur upon the second anniversary of the grant date if certain performance goals are met. In addition, Mr. Ricci will receive a grant of 183,334 restricted incentive units; Mr. Scott an award of 233,334 restricted incentive units; Mr. Sischo an award of 200,000 restricted incentive units; and Ms. Laing an award of 50,000 restricted incentive units. These restricted incentive unit grants will vest over a three-year period, with one third vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversary dates of the grant, subject to continued services and the terms of our Incentive Plan. Subject to the terms of the agreement for our Operating Partnership, the executives will be entitled to receive operating partnership units in exchange for vested incentive units.

 

These restricted incentive units will be accounted for as variable awards because the number of operating partnership units that each executive is entitled to receive, if any, is not known until certain performance goals are achieved or certain transactions occur. Compensation expense will be estimated each reporting period based on the Company’s stock price and the probable number of operating partnership units that will be issued to the executive officers in exchange for restricted incentive units and the expense will be recorded over the three-year vesting period. Total compensation expense to be recorded over the vesting period will be calculated based on the Company’s stock price on the date the number of operating partnership units to be issued in exchange for the incentive units are fixed and determinable.

 

For purposes of the pro forma income statement, there is no compensation expense related to incentive units for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and the year ended December 31, 2003 as the amount of compensation expense is not determinable. Assuming executives participating in the plan meet their performance goals as contemplated by the Incentive Plan and certain transactions occur, the four executive officers would be entitled to receive, in the aggregate, 730,003 operating partnership units in exchange for their incentive units.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC.

 

NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL INFORMATION—(Continued)

 

The following table shows total pro forma compensation expense that would be recorded related to the incentive units over the three-year vesting period ending December 31, 2005, based on the following assumptions:

 

    The final value of the restricted incentive units result in the executive officers receiving no operating partnership units, 365,002 operating partnership units or 730,003 operating partnership units in exchange for the restricted incentive units.

 

    The Company’s stock price on the date the operating partnership units awarded in exchange for the restricted incentive units are fixed and determinable ranges from $5.00 per share to $30.00 per share.

 

     Cumulative Compensation Expense

Stock Price


   Minimum

   Median

   Maximum

$  5.00

   $ —      $ 1,825,010    $ 3,650,015

  10.00

     —        3,650,020      7,300,030

  15.00

     —        5,475,030      10,950,045

  20.00

     —        7,300,040      14,600,060

  25.00

     —        9,125,050      18,250,075

  30.00

     —        10,950,060      21,900,090

 

We anticipate the Company will incur an increase in general and administrative expenses as a result of becoming a public company specifically related to incremental salaries and employment related costs and incremental overhead of $1,770,000 and $1,980,000, respectively, on an annual basis. Such costs have not been included in our proforma statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

(FF)   Allocation of minority interest in net income (loss) of the Operating Partnership as a result of issuing limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership to certain former owners of TPG:

 

         

Six months
ended

June 30,

2004


   

Year

ended
December 31,
2003


 
    

Total income/loss before allocation to minority interest

   $ (1,766 )   $ (1,096 )
    

Percentage allocable to minority interest

     53.7 %     53.7 %
         


 


          $ (948 )   $ (589 )
         


 


 

(GG)   Pro forma income tax benefit on the pro forma pretax loss of the Company is calculated as follows:

 

         

Six months
ended

June 30,

2004


   

Year

ended
December 31,
2003


 
    

Loss before benefit for income taxes

   $ (818 )   $ (507 )
    

Statutory tax rate

     40.00 %     40.00 %
         


 


          $ 327     $ 203  
         


 


 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors Thomas Properties Group, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2004. This consolidated financial statement is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the balance sheet. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall balance sheet presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such consolidated balance sheet presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

July 28, 2004

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

June 30, 2004

(In thousands, except share data)

 

ASSETS       

Cash

   $ 51

Receivable from stockholder

     117

Other

     57
    

Total assets

   $ 225
    

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY       

Liabilities

   $ 57
    

Stockholder’s Equity:

      

Common stock, $.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized; 100 shares issued and outstanding

     —  

Additional paid-in capital

     1

Limited voting stock, $.01 par value, 17,000,000 shares authorized, 16,666,666 shares issued and outstanding

     167
    

Total stockholder’s equity

     168
    

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity

   $ 225
    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated balance sheet.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

June 30, 2004

 

1. Organization and Description of Business

 

Thomas Properties Group, LLC and affiliates, our predecessor (“TPG”), which is not a legal entity but rather a combination of certain real estate entities and operations as described below, is engaged in the business of owning, managing, leasing, acquiring and/or developing real estate, consisting primarily of office properties and related parking garages, located in Southern California, Sacramento, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia and Austin, Texas. The ultimate owners of TPG are Mr. James A. Thomas and certain others who have minor ownership interests.

 

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 9, 2004. Concurrent with the consummation of an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of the common stock of the Company, which is expected to be completed in 2004, the Company and a newly formed limited partnership, Thomas Properties Group, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), together with the partners and members of the affiliated partnerships and limited liability companies of TPG and other parties which hold direct or indirect ownership interests in the properties will engage in certain formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”). The Formation Transactions are designed to (i) continue the operations of TPG, (ii) enable the Company to raise the necessary capital to acquire increased interests in certain of the properties, (iii) fund joint venture capital commitments, (iv) provide capital for future acquisitions, (v) fund future development costs at the Company’s development properties, and (vi) establish a capital reserve for general corporate purposes.

 

The operations of the Company will be carried on primarily through the Operating Partnership. The Company will be the sole general partner in the Operating Partnership. Pursuant to contribution agreements among the owners of TPG and the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership will receive a contribution of interests in the real estate properties, as well as the investment advisory, property management, leasing, and real estate development operations of Thomas Development Partners, L.P., in exchange for units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership and the assumption of debt and other specified liabilities. The Company and Operating Partnership will be fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statement includes the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in combination.

 

3. Offering Costs

 

In connection with the Offering, the Company and its affiliates have or will incur legal, accounting, and related costs, which will be reimbursed by the Company upon the consummation of the Offering. Such costs will be deducted from the gross proceeds of the Offering.

 

4. Subsequent Event

 

On July 8, 2004, the entities that will receive units in the Operating Partnership pursuant to the formation transactions made a final payment of $117,000 for the purchase from the Company of limited voting stock shares that will be equal to the number of units that are issued to them in the formation transactions. Each Operating Partnership unit will be paired with one share of limited voting stock.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Owners Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor:

 

We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor (“TPG”), as defined in Note 1, as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related combined statements of operations, owners’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index to Financial Statements. These financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility of TPG’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and the financial statement schedule based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such combined financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of TPG as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic combined financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

April 14, 2004

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC. PREDECESSOR

 

COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

 

     June 30,
2004


    December 31,

 
       2003

    2002

 
     (Unaudited)              
ASSETS                         

Investments in real estate:

                        

Land and improvements

   $ 49,838     $ 43,655     $ 42,287  

Buildings and improvements

     237,634       148,405       148,193  

Tenant improvements

     76,779       39,674       39,601  
    


 


 


       364,251       231,734       230,081  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (111,889 )     (66,998 )     (61,463 )
    


 


 


       252,362       164,736       168,618  

Investments in real estate—development property held for sale

     —         1,965       1,770  

Investments in uncombined real estate entities

     2,283       13,207       11,352  

Cash and cash equivalents

     4,129       3,590       3,846  

Restricted cash

     9,407       8,116       3,790  

Rents and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $349 and $250 as of 2003 and 2002, respectively

     2,423       1,178       1,120  

Receivables—uncombined real estate entities

     872       186       113  

Deferred rents

     32,486       32,204       38,386  

Deferred leasing and loan costs, net of accumulated amortization of $3,866 and $5,264 as of 2003 and 2002, respectively

     11,395       3,804       1,574  

Other assets

     12,407       739       595  
    


 


 


Total assets

   $ 327,764     $ 229,725     $ 231,164  
    


 


 


LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ DEFICIT                         

Liabilities:

                        

Mortgage loans

   $ 209,663     $ 139,670     $ 192,935  

Other secured loans

     87,136       86,171       45,360  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     8,167       2,748       3,474  

Prepaid rent

     3,167       2,873       468  
    


 


 


Total liabilities

     308,133       231,462       242,237  
    


 


 


Minority interest

     23,406       1,133       1,133  
    


 


 


Owners’ deficit:

                        

Common stock, $.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized,
100 shares issued and outstanding

     —         —         —    

Limited voting stock, $.01 par value, 17,000,000 shares authorized,
16,666,666 shares issued and outstanding

     167       —         —    

Additional paid-in capital

     1                  

Deficit

     (3,943 )     (2,870 )     (12,206 )
    


 


 


Total owners’ deficit

     (3,775 )     (2,870 )     (12,206 )
    


 


 


Total liabilities and owners’ deficit

   $ 327,764     $ 229,725     $ 231,164  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to combined financial information.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC. PREDECESSOR

 

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands)

 

     Six Months ended
June 30,


    Year ended December 31,

 
     2004

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

 
     (Unaudited)                    

Revenues:

                                        

Rental

   $ 11,209     $ 10,202     $ 20,418     $ 20,495     $ 20,331  

Tenant reimbursements

     5,691       4,993       9,935       9,620       8,964  

Parking and other

     1,138       1,058       2,087       2,133       2,302  

Investment advisory, management, leasing, and development services

     2,610       5,841       8,815       5,099       3,869  

Investment advisory, management, leasing and development services—uncombined real estate entities

     2,051       2,438       5,021       1,328       858  
    


 


 


 


 


Total revenues

     22,699       24,532       46,276       38,675       36,324  
    


 


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                        

Rental property operating and maintenance

     4,457       3,521       7,224       6,446       5,922  

Real estate taxes

     1,747       1,684       3,299       3,233       3,192  

Investment advisory, management, leasing, and development services

     5,625       5,569       9,810       6,248       6,111  

Rent—uncombined real estate entities

     121       102       253       101       99  

Interest

     11,007       10,344       21,362       21,361       21,794  

Depreciation and amortization

     3,188       2,839       5,795       5,879       6,039  
    


 


 


 


 


Total expenses

     26,145       24,059       47,743       43,268       43,157  
    


 


 


 


 


Operating (loss) income

     (3,446 )     473       (1,467 )     (4,593 )     (6,833 )

Gain on sale of real estate

     975       —         —         —         —    

Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined real estate entities

     (529 )     (585 )     (1,088 )     993       1,285  

Minority interest

     (403 )     —         —         —         —    
    


 


 


 


 


Net loss

   $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )
    


 


 


 


 


 

 

See accompanying notes to combined financial information.

 

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THOMAS PROPERTIES GROUP, INC. PREDECESSOR

 

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OWNERS’ DEFICIT

Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 (Unaudited) and

Years Ended December 31, 2003, 2002, and 2001

(In thousands)

 

     Common
Stock


   Limited Voting
Stock


   Additional
Paid-in
Capital


   Deficit

    Total

 

Balance, January 1, 2001

   $      $      $      $ (848 )   $ (848 )

Contributions

                          750       750  

Distributions

                          (5,118 )     (5,118 )

Net loss

                          (5,548 )     (5,548 )
                         


 


Balance, December 31, 2001

                          (10,764 )     (10,764 )

Contributions

                          2,213       2,213  

Distributions

                          (55 )     (55 )

Net loss

                          (3,600 )     (3,600 )
                         


 


Balance, December 31, 2002

                          (12,206 )     (12,206 )

Contributions

                          14,816       14,816  

Distributions

                          (2,925 )     (2,925 )

Net loss

                          (2,555 )     (2,555 )
                         


 


Balance, December 31, 2003

                          (2,870 )     (2,870 )

Contributions

            167      1      2,450       2,618  

Distributions

                          (120 )     (120 )

Net Loss

                          (3,403 )     (3,403 )
    

  

  

  


 


Balance, June 30, 2004

   $  —    $ 167    $ 1    $ (3,943 )   $ (3,775 )
    

  

  

  


 


 

 

See accompanying notes to combined financial information.

 

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COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 

    Six months ended
June 30,


    Year ended December 31,

 
    2004

    2003

    2003

    2002

    2001

 
    (Unaudited)                    

Cash flows from operating activities:

                                       

Net loss

  $ (3,403 )   $ (112 )   $ (2,555 )   $ (3,600 )   $ (5,548 )

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

                                       

Gain on sale of real estate

    (975 )     —         —         —         —    

Equity in net loss (income) of uncombined real estate entities

    529       586       1,088       (993 )     (1,285 )

Deferred rents

    2,785       3,193       6,182       4,233       2,516  

Depreciation and amortization

    3,188       2,839       5,795       5,879       6,039  

Bad debt

    42       —         99       50       50  

Amortization of loan costs

    145       62       480       84       79  

Minority interest

    403       —         —         —         —    

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                                       

Rents and other receivables

    (946 )     (2,686 )     (157 )     (81 )     (705 )

Receivables—uncombined real estate entities

    (498 )     15       (73 )     (77 )     209  

Other assets

    (4,707 )     (1,790 )     (261 )     (136 )     (92 )

Deferred leasing and loan costs

    (347 )     (4 )     (769 )     (37 )     (173 )

Deferred interest payable

    1,703       1,506       1,866       2,945       2,832  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

    3,751       (784 )     (726 )     58       (1,329 )

Prepaid rent

    192       2,104       2,405       379       82  
   


 


 


 


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

    1,862       4,929       13,374       8,704       2,675  
   


 


 


 


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                                       

Expenditures for improvements to real estate

    (1,168 )     (691 )     (1,653 )     (2,214 )     (3,544 )

Expenditures for real estate improvements—land held for sale

    —         (62 )     (195 )     (134 )     (180 )

Proceeds from sale of real estate

    3,321       —         —         —         —    

Distributions received from uncombined real estate entities

    685       397       1,692       479       5,178  

Contributions to uncombined real estate entities

    (94 )     (4,600 )     (4,635 )     (1,250 )     (401 )

Escrow deposits in connection with the purchase transaction for One Commerce Square

    (5,000 )     —         —         —         —    

Cash acquired from One Commerce Square investment

    2,619       —         —         —         —    

Change in restricted cash

    837       1,560       (4,326 )     92       (4 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    1,200       (3,396 )     (9,117 )     (3,027 )     1,049  
   


 


 


 


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                                       

Contributions from owners

    2,618       4,796       14,816       2,213       750  

Distributions to owners

    (120 )     (48 )     (2,925 )     (55 )     (5,118 )

Minority interest contributions

    (99 )     —         —         483       650  

Principal payments on notes payable

    (4,922 )     (5,078 )     (2,882 )     (8,155 )     (5,121 )

Repayment of loan

    —         —         (221,065 )     —         —    

Proceeds from mortgage and other secured loans

    —         —         209,627       1,333       3,500  

Payments on loan costs

    —         (1,254 )     (2,084 )     (68 )     —    
   


 


 


 


 


Net cash used in financing activities

    (2,523 )     (1,584 )     (4,513 )     (4,249 )     (5,339 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    539       (51 )     (256 )     1,428       (1,615 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    3,590       3,846       3,846       2,418       4,033  
   


 


 


 


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 4,129     $ 3,795     $ 3,590     $ 3,846     $ 2,418  
   


 


 


 


 


Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

                                       

Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest of $107 and $115 for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $245, $256 and $379 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, and 2001, respectively

  $ 10,031     $ 10,199     $ 19,467     $ 17,350     $ 24,519  

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

                                       

Consolidation of One Commerce Square:

                                       

Assets acquired, net of cash

  $ 105,101                                  

Elimination of One Commerce Square investment

    (9,804 )                                

Liabilities assumed

    (97,916 )                                
   


                               

Cash acquired

  $ (2,619 )                                
   


                               

Contribution of land and building improvements to uncombined real estate entity

                                  $ 4,250  

 

See accompanying notes to combined financial information.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

June 30, 2004 (Unaudited) and

December 31, 2003 and 2002

(Tabular amounts in thousands)

 

1. Organization and Description of Business

 

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Predecessor (“TPG”), which is not a legal entity but rather a combination of real estate entities and operations as described below, is engaged in the business of owning, managing, leasing, acquiring and developing real estate, consisting primarily of office properties and related parking garages, located in Southern California, Sacramento, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia and Austin, Texas. During all periods presented in the accompanying combined financial statements, TPG was, and is, the general partner or managing member of the real estate entities that directly or indirectly own these properties and TPG had and has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of such entities. The ultimate owners of TPG are Mr. James A. Thomas and certain others who have minor ownership interests.

 

Concurrent with the consummation of an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of the common stock of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (the “Company”), which is expected to be completed in 2004, the Company and a newly formed limited partnership, Thomas Properties Group, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), together with the partners and members of the affiliated partnerships and limited liability companies of TPG and other parties which hold direct or indirect ownership interests in the properties, will engage in certain formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”). The Formation Transactions are designed to (i) continue the operations of TPG, (ii) enable the Company to raise the necessary capital to acquire increased interests in certain of the properties, (iii) fund joint venture capital commitments, (iv) provide a vehicle for future acquisitions, (v) fund certain development costs at the development properties, and (vi) establish a capital reserve for general corporate purposes.

 

The operations of the Company will be carried on primarily through the Operating Partnership. The Company will be the sole general partner in the Operating Partnership. Pursuant to contribution agreements among the owners of TPG, the Company and the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership will receive a contribution of interests in the real estate properties, as well as the investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations of Thomas Development Partners, L.P., in exchange for units in our Operating Partnership issued to the contributors and the assumption of debt and other specified liabilities. The Company and Operating Partnership will be fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed.

 

The real estate entities included in the accompanying combined financial statements have been combined for only the periods that such entities were under control by TPG. The equity method of accounting is utilized to account for investments in real estate entities over which TPG has significant influence, but not control over major decisions, including the decision to sell or refinance the properties. The accompanying combined financial statements do not include certain investments in real estate entities owned by Mr. Thomas that will not be contributed to the Operating Partnership upon consummation of the Offering.

 

Thomas Development Partners, L.P. provides property management, leasing and real estate development services to the real estate entities invested in by TPG and to certain unrelated parties and also provides investment advisory services to unrelated parties. All of the operations of Thomas Development Partners, L.P. unrelated to property management, leasing and real estate development have been excluded from the accompanying combined financial statements.

 

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As of December 31, 2003, TPG was invested in the following real estate properties:

 

Property


  

Type; Planned Development


  

Location


Combined properties:

         

Two Commerce Square

   High-rise office    Philadelphia Central Business District, Pennsylvania (“PCBD”)

2101 Market Street

   Undeveloped land; Residential/Office/Retail    PCBD

Four Points Centre

   Undeveloped land; Office/Retail/Research and Development/Hotel    Austin, Texas

Campus El Segundo

   Contract to purchase undeveloped land; Office/Retail/Research and Development/Hotel    El Segundo, California

Uncombined properties:

         

One Commerce Square

   High-rise office    PCBD

2121 Market Street and
Harris Building Associates

   Residential and Retail    PCBD

ARCO Plaza

   High-rise office    Los Angeles Central Business District, California

 

2101 Market Street includes a surface parking lot that services One Commerce Square, Two Commerce Square and other properties. The ARCO Plaza property also includes an off-site garage that provides parking for ARCO Plaza and other properties. The office properties also include on-site parking, retail and storage space.

 

From the late 1980s through 2000, TPG developed One Commerce Square, Two Commerce Square, 2121 Market Street and the California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) headquarters building in Sacramento, California. TPG has responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of CalEPA building, but has no ownership interest in the property. Historically, TPG has provided investment advisory services for the California State Teachers Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) with respect to six properties that are wholly owned by CalSTRS— 800 South Hope Street, Valencia Town Center, Reflections I, Reflections II, 1835 Market Street and Pacific Financial Plaza— as well as one project owned in a joint venture between CalSTRS and TPG— ARCO Plaza. In addition, TPG provides property management, leasing and development services to the properties discussed above, except TPG does not provide property management services for 2121 Market Street, Reflections I and Reflections II. On January 8, 2001, TPG formed a joint venture with a third party to redevelop the 2121 Market Street property, which property became operational on September 14, 2001. On September 14, 2001, the partnership that owns 2121 Market Street entered into a master lease with Harris Building Associates for the property designed to allow a third party investor to take advantage of the historic tax credits for the property. TPG owns a 0.1% interest in Harris Building Associates. On January 28, 2003, a real estate entity in which TPG has a 5.0% ownership interest acquired an 85.4% interest in ARCO Plaza. In 2001, TPG formed a joint venture with a third party, which entered into an agreement to purchase the land commonly referred to as Campus El Segundo. The purchase price of the land is based on an appraisal process. The purchase contract includes provisions that permit the current owner of the property to require TPG to purchase this property at fair market value if the appraised value of the property is between a certain range, or if the appraisal is less than the low end of the range, at the election of the seller. TPG is required under certain circumstances to buy out the other investor and the other investor has the right to require TPG to buy out its interest, at a price based on the fair market value of the property. At December 31, 2003, the other investor held a 37% ownership interest in Campus El Segundo. Subject to the resolution of pending litigation

 

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regarding entitlements on the property (see Note 9), TPG may be required to purchase the property. TPG held ownership interests in Two Commerce Square, 2101 Market Street, Four Points Centre and One Commerce Square for all periods presented. In February 2004, TPG sold a portion of the land at Four Points Centre, which portion has been classified as held for sale at December 31, 2003 and 2002.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

(a) Principles of Combination

 

The Company and the real estate entities related to the properties for which TPG controls major decisions and the investment advisory, property management, leasing and real estate development operations of Thomas Development Partners, L.P. are combined in the accompanying combined financial statements. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in combination. The interests in One Commerce Square at June 30, 2004 and Campus El Segundo, for all periods presented, not owned by TPG are reflected as minority interests.

 

(b) Cash Equivalents

 

For purposes of the combined statements of cash flows, TPG considers short-term investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

(c) Investments in Real Estate

 

Investments in real estate are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows:

 

Buildings

  

40 to 50 years

Building improvements

  

5 to 40 years

Tenant improvements

  

Shorter of the useful lives or the terms of the related leases

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment

  

3 to 5 years

 

Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life, increase capacity or improve the efficiency of the asset. Repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred.

 

(d) Uncombined Real Estate Entities

 

Investments in uncombined real estate entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting whereby TPG’s investments in partnerships and limited liability companies are recorded at cost and the investment accounts are adjusted for TPG’s share of the entities’ income or loss and for distributions and contributions.

 

TPG uses the equity method to account for its uncombined real estate entities since it has significant influence but not control over the entities and none of the entities, other than One Commerce Square effective as of June 1, 2004 (see Note 3), are considered variable interest entities.

 

(e) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

TPG assesses whether there has been impairment in the value of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount to the future net cash flows, undiscounted and without interest, expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be

 

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impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value, less costs to sell. Management believes no impairment in the net carrying values of the investments in real estate and investments in uncombined real estate entities has occurred for the periods presented.

 

(f) Deferred Leasing and Loan Costs

 

Deferred leasing commissions and other direct costs associated with the acquisition of tenants are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. Loan costs are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over the terms of the related loans using a method that approximates the effective-interest method.

 

(g) Purchase Accounting for Acquisition of Interests in Real Estate Entities

 

Purchase accounting was applied, on a pro rata basis, to the assets and liabilities related to real estate entities for which TPG acquired interests, based on the percentage interest acquired. For purchases of additional interests that were consummated subsequent to June 30, 2001, the effective date of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations, the fair value of the real estate acquired is allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and tenant improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, other value of in-place leases and value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.

 

The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land, building and tenant improvements) is determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, and the “as-if-vacant” value is then allocated to land, building and tenant improvements based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of these assets. Management determines the as-if-vacant fair value of a property using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers. Factors considered by management in performing these analyses include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods considering current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, management includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related costs.

 

In allocating the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of an acquired property, above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease values are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases. The capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to rental income over the terms in the respective leases.

 

The aggregate value of other acquired intangible assets, consisting of in-place leases and tenant relationships, is measured by the excess of (i) the purchase price paid for a property after adjusting existing in-place leases to market rental rates over (ii) the estimated fair value of the property as if vacant, determined as set forth above. This aggregate value is allocated between in-place lease values and tenant relationships based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease; however, the value of tenant relationships has not been separated from in-place lease value for the additional interests in real estate entities acquired by TPG because such value and its consequence to amortization expense is immaterial for these

 

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particular acquisitions. Should future acquisitions of properties result in allocating material amounts to the value of tenant relationships, an amount would be separately allocated and amortized over the estimated life of the relationship. The value of in-place leases exclusive of the value of above-market and below-market in-place leases is amortized to expense over the remaining non-cancelable periods of the respective leases. If a lease were to be terminated prior to its stated expiration, all unamortized amounts relating to that lease would be written off.

 

(h) Revenue Recognition

 

All leases are classified as operating leases and minimum rents are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases is included in deferred rents in the accompanying combined balance sheets and contractually due but unpaid rents are included in deferred rents.

 

Tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other recoverable costs are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred. Lease termination fees, which are included in other income in the accompanying combined statements of operations, are recognized when the related leases are canceled and TPG has no continuing obligation to provide services to such former tenants.

 

Investment advisory fees are based on a percentage of net operating income earned by a property under management and are recorded on a monthly basis as earned. Property management fees are based on a percentage of the revenue earned by a property under management and are recorded on a monthly basis as earned. Generally, 50% of leasing fees are recognized upon the execution of the lease and the remainder upon tenant occupancy unless significant future contingencies exist. Development fees are recognized as the real estate development services are rendered using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting.

 

(i) New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In April 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of SFAS No. 13, and Technical Corrections. FASB Statement No. 145 generally provided for various technical corrections to previously issued accounting pronouncements. The only impact to TPG related to SFAS No. 145 is to provide that early extinguishment of debt, including the write-off of unamortized deferred loan costs, is generally no longer considered an extraordinary item. Effective January 1, 2003, TPG adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 145 and has presented all previous early write-offs of unamortized loan costs as a component of interest expense. TPG has reclassified early extinguishments of debt as non-extraordinary items.

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45 (“FIN 45”), Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others. FIN 45 addresses financial accounting for, and disclosure of, guarantees. FIN 45 requires certain guarantees to be recorded at fair value, as opposed to the existing standard of recording a liability only when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable according to SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies. FIN 45 also requires a guarantor to make new significant disclosures for virtually all guarantees even if the likelihood of the guarantor having to make payment under the guarantee is remote. The initial recognition and initial measurement provisions apply on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The adoption of this statement did not significantly impact TPG’s financial statements.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. FIN 46 clarifies the application of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, and provides guidance on the identification of entities for which control is achieved through means other than through voting rights,

 

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referred to as “variable interests,” and how to determine when and which business enterprise should consolidate the variable interest entity (“VIE”). This new model for consolidation applies to an entity in which either (1) the equity investors, if any, do not have a controlling financial interest or (2) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities without receiving additional subordinated financial support from other parties. In December 2003, the FASB published a revision to FIN 46 (“FIN 46R”) to clarify some of the provisions of the interpretation and defer the effective date of implementation for certain entities. The provisions of FIN 46R are effective for the first reporting period ending after December 15, 2003 for entities considered to be special-purpose entities. The provisions for all other entities subject to FIN 46R are effective for financial statements of the first reporting period ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of this statement on January 1, 2003 did not significantly impact TPG’s financial statements.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS 149 amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments imbedded in other contracts and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. The provisions of SFAS 149 are generally effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The adoption of this statement did not significantly impact TPG’s financial statements.

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, Accounting for Certain Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity, which establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS No. 150 requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope, which may have previously been reported as equity, as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). This statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after December 15, 2003. The adoption of this statement did not significantly impact TPG’s financial statements.

 

(j) Income Taxes

 

TPG’s real estate entities are partnerships and limited liability companies, and its property management, leasing, and real estate development operations are held by a partnership. Under applicable federal and state income tax rules, the allocated share of net income or loss from partnerships and limited liability companies is reportable in the income tax returns of the partners and members. Accordingly, no income tax provision is included in the accompanying combined financial statements.

 

(k) Management’s Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Management has identified certain critical accounting policies that affect management’s more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of TPG’s combined financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates estimates related to critical accounting policies, including those related to revenue recognition and the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable and investments in real estate and asset impairment. The estimates are based on information that is currently available to management and on various other assumptions that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances.

 

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Management must make estimates related to the collectibility of accounts receivable related to minimum rent, deferred rent, expense reimbursements, lease termination fees and other income. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable and historical bad debts, tenant concentrations, tenant creditworthiness, and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable. These estimates have a direct impact on TPG’s net income, because a higher bad debt allowance would result in lower net income.

 

Management is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of the properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to TPG’s investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on TPG’s net income because if management were to shorten the expected useful lives of TPG’s investments in real estate, TPG would depreciate such investments over fewer years, resulting in more depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis.

 

Management is required to make subjective assessments as to whether there are impairments in the values of TPG’s investments in real estate, including real estate held by the uncombined real estate entities accounted for using the equity method. These assessments have a direct impact on TPG’s net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.

 

Management is required to make subjective assessments as to the fair value of assets and liabilities in connection with purchase accounting related to interests in real estate entities acquired by TPG. These assessments have a direct impact on TPG’s net income subsequent to the acquisition of the interests as a result of depreciation and amortization being recorded on these assets and liabilities over the expected lives of the related assets and liabilities. Management estimates the fair value of rental properties utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis that includes projections of future revenues, expenses and capital improvement costs, similar to the income approach that is commonly utilized by appraisers.

 

(l) Segment Disclosure

 

SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” established standards for disclosure about operating segments and related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. TPG currently operates in one business segment: the acquisition, development, ownership, and management of commercial real estate. Additionally, the Company operates in one geographic area: the United States.

 

The products for the office segment include rental of office space to tenants, parking, rental of storage space and other tenant services.

 

(m) Concentration of Credit Risk

 

TPG’s only operating property is located in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition, two of the three uncombined operating properties are also located in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ability of the tenants to honor the terms of their respective leases is dependent upon the economic, regulatory and social factors affecting the communities in which the tenants operate.

 

Financial instruments that subject the Company to credit risk consist primarily of cash and accounts receivable. TPG maintains its cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash on deposit with high quality financial institutions. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $100,000. At December 31, 2003 and 2002, TPG had approximately 15 and 17 tenants, respectively, two of which account for approximately 92% of TPG’s rental revenues and tenant reimbursements for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001. TPG performs ongoing credit evaluations of its tenants and maintains reserves for potential credit losses.

 

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(n) Deferred Offering Costs

 

Included in other assets at June 30, 2004 are deferred offering costs of $3,109,000. Deferred offering costs will be recorded as a direct reduction to common stock upon completion of the proposed public offering. In the event the proposed public offering is not completed, these costs will be charged to expense.

 

(o) Unaudited Interim Combined Financial Information

 

The combined financial statements as of June 30, 2004 and for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 are unaudited. In the opinion of management, such financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the respective interim periods. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

 

3. Uncombined Real Estate Entities

 

The uncombined real estate entities include the entities that own One Commerce Square, 2121 Market Street, Harris Building Associates and ARCO Plaza. One Commerce Square was owned and operating for all periods presented in the accompanying combined financial statements. The 2121 Market Street property and Harris Building Associates started operations on September 14, 2001. In addition, ARCO Plaza (including the off-site garage known as J-2) is presented as an uncombined real estate entity from the purchase date of January 28, 2003.

 

Capital contributions, distributions, and profits and losses of the real estate entities are allocated in accordance with the terms of the applicable partnership and limited liability company agreements. Such allocations may differ from the stated ownership percentage interests in such entities as a result of preferred returns and allocation formulas as described in the partnership and limited liability company agreements. Following are TPG’s stated ownership percentages, prior to any preferred or special allocation, for the six months ended June 30, 2004 (through May 31, 2004 as to One Commerce Square) and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

 

      

Six Months
Ended

June 30,
2004


    Year Ended December 31,

 
         2003

    2002

    2001

 
       (Unaudited)                    

One Commerce Square

     50.0 %(1)   50.0 %(1)   50.0 %(1)   50.0 %(1)

2121 Market Street

     50.0     50.0     50.0     50.0  

Harris Building Associates

     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1  

ARCO Plaza

     4.3 (2)   4.3 (2)   —       —    

(1)   TPG and an unaffiliated third party each own 50.0% of the Series A preferred capital and non-preferred capital of the partnership that owns One Commerce Square. In addition, an unaffiliated third party owns $6.75 million Series B preferred capital. In accordance with the partnership agreement, the holder of the Series B preferred capital is entitled to preferred cumulative distributions of 17.5% per annum, after the holders of the Series A preferred capital receive their preferred cumulative distributions. Thereafter, distributions go to the holders of the non-preferred capital. As a result of the Series B preferred capital return, TPG was allocated 23.9% and 22.6% of One Commerce Square’s net income for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. For the five months ended May 31, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003, One Commerce Square earnings were not sufficient to satisfy the Series B preferred capital return, resulting in the allocation of a net loss to TPG of 33,000 and $517,000, respectively. See discussion below regarding distributions effective June 1, 2004.

 

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(2)   In accordance with the limited liability agreement, TPG and the minority owner of ARCO Plaza are initially allocated depreciation expense of ARCO Plaza ahead of CalSTRS. This resulted in the allocation to TPG of 22.5% or $834,000 and $1,472,000 of ARCO Plaza’s depreciation expense and 4.3% or $163,000 and $253,000 of ARCO Plaza’s net income (excluding depreciation expense) for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the period from January 28, 2003 (inception) to December 31, 2003, respectively.

 

Investments in uncombined real estate entities are as follows:

 

     June 30,
2004


    December 31,

       2003

   2002

     (Unaudited)           

One Commerce Square

   $ —       $ 9,907    $ 10,209

2121 Market Street and Harris Building Associates

     (249 )     215      1,143

ARCO Plaza

     2,532       3,085      —  
    


 

  

     $ 2,283     $ 13,207    $ 11,352
    


 

  

 

The following is a summary of the investments in uncombined real estate entities for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

 

Investment balance, January 1, 2001

   $ 8,830  

Contributions

     4,651  

Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities

     1,285  

Distributions

     (5,178 )
    


Investment balance, December 31, 2001

     9,588  

Contributions

     1,250  

Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities

     993  

Distributions

     (479 )
    


Investment balance, December 31, 2002

     11,352  

Contributions

     4,635  

Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities

     (1,088 )

Distributions

     (1,692 )
    


Investment balance, December 31, 2003

     13,207  

Elimination of One Commerce Square investment at May 31, 2004 due to consolidation

     (9,804 )

Contributions

     94  

Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities

     (529 )

Distributions

     (685 )
    


Investment Balance, June 30, 2004

   $ 2,283  
    


 

The joint venture with CalSTRS, which currently owns an 85.4% interest in ARCO Plaza, was formed in December, 2002 to acquire office properties on a nationwide basis classified as moderate risk (core plus) and high risk (value add) properties. Value-add properties are characterized by unstable net operating income for an extended period of time, occupancy less than 90% and/or physical or management problems which can be positively impacted by introduction of new capital and/or management. Under the joint venture agreement, TPG

 

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has an exclusive obligation until the earlier of December 23, 2006 and the date CalSTRS has contributed its full capital commitments to the joint venture to first present all acquisition opportunities involving core plus and value-add properties to the joint venture before TPG may buy them. The unfunded capital commitments of CalSTRS and TPG were $1,804,000 and $95,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2003, which have been fully funded as of June 30, 2004. In addition, TPG is required to exercise diligent efforts to sell, which could include the purchase by TPG, all the properties in the joint venture by December 23, 2009, subject to two one-year extensions if approved by CalSTRS.

 

Upon the earlier to occur of certain events or January 1, 2006, a buy-sell provision may be exercised by either TPG or CalSTRS. Under this provision, the initiating party sets a price for its interest in the joint venture, and the other party has a specified time to either elect to buy the initiating party’s interest, or to sell its own interest to the initiating party. Upon the occurrence of certain events, CalSTRS also has a buy-out option to purchase TPG’s interest in the joint venture. The buyout price is based upon a discount to the appraised fair market value. Upon the earlier to occur of certain events or January 1, 2006, the minority owners of ARCO Plaza have the option to require the joint venture to purchase its interest for an amount equal to what would be payable to them upon liquidation of the assets at fair market value.

 

As of December 31, 2003, TPG has a 5% interest in the joint venture.

 

Two Commerce Square is a party to a master lease agreement and a reciprocal easement and operating agreement with One Commerce Square. The master lease agreement allocates revenues related to the lease of certain retail and commercial office space between Two Commerce Square and One Commerce Square. The reciprocal easement and operating agreement addresses the use of cost sharing, revenue sharing, management and other matters related to the subterranean parking garage and the common plaza amenities shared by Two Commerce Square and One Commerce Square. The revenues from transient parking in the subterranean garage are allocated between Two Commerce Square and One Commerce Square based on the utilization of transient parking spaces by cars visiting either property. Expenses related to the parking operations are allocated based on the same percentages as the revenue allocation.

 

On March 1, 2004, TPG entered into an agreement to purchase the 50% partnership interest in One Commerce Square not owned by it for a purchase price of $24,200,000, subject to certain adjustments. In connection with the purchase agreement, TPG deposited $3,000,000 (see Note 10) into an escrow account to be credited against the purchase price upon closing of the purchase transaction. TPG has options to extend the closing date to March 31, 2005 upon the payment of additional deposits. In accordance with the purchase agreement, for the period from June 1, 2004 until the earlier of the closing date, as extended, or the date on which, as a result of a material breach or default by TPG, the sellers have terminated the purchase agreement and received the deposit from escrow holder, TPG shall pay the sellers an amount equal to 6% per annum on the purchase price, as adjusted. Additionally, the purchase price shall be increased by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of any capital contributions required to be made by the sellers to One Commerce Square for any purpose after June 1, 2004. Based on the terms of the purchase agreement, TPG considers One Commerce Square to be a variable interest entity as of June 1, 2004 and has consolidated the accounts of that property with the Company for the period from June 1, 2004 through June 30, 2004 and as of June 30, 2004.

 

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Following is summarized financial information for the uncombined real estate entities as of June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

 

Summarized Balance Sheets

 

     June 30,
2004


   December 31,

        2003

   2002

     (Unaudited)          
ASSETS                     

Investments in real estate

   $ 302,809    $ 390,880    $ 113,514

Receivables including deferred rents

     5,392      7,937      3,834

Other assets

     18,776      32,380      21,182
    

  

  

Total assets

   $ 326,977    $ 431,197    $ 138,530
    

  

  

LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY                     

Mortgage loans

   $ 195,032    $ 269,812    $ 93,750

Other liabilities

     28,097      26,405      8,945
    

  

  

Total liabilities

     223,129      296,217      102,695
    

  

  

Owners’ equity:

                    

TPG

     2,309      14,297      12,445

Other owners

     101,539      120,683      23,390
    

  

  

Total owners’ equity

     103,848      134,980      35,835
    

  

  

Total liabilities and owners’ equity

   $ 326,977    $ 431,197    $ 138,530
    

  

  

 

Summarized Statements of Operations

 

     Six Months
ended
June 30, 2004


    Year ended December 31,

       2003

    2002

   2001

     (Unaudited)                 

Revenues

   $ 34,672     $ 69,168     $ 27,472    $ 25,373
    


 


 

  

Expenses:

                             

Operating and other expenses

     20,896       42,659       13,237      12,096

Interest expense

     6,799       14,547       6,825      6,859

Depreciation and amortization

     6,463       12,792       5,781      4,608
    


 


 

  

Total expenses

     34,158       69,998       25,843      23,563
    


 


 

  

Net income (loss)

   $ 514     $ (830 )   $ 1,629    $ 1,810
    


 


 

  

TPG’s share of net (loss) income

   $ (768 )   $ (1,760 )   $ 410    $ 728
    


 


 

  

 

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Included in the preceding summarized balance sheet as of June 30, 2004, is the following balance sheet of ARCO Plaza:

 

     ARCO Plaza

Investment in real estate

   $ 282,293

Receivables including deferred rents

     2,714

Other assets

     15,314
    

Total assets

   $ 300,321
    

Mortgage loan

   $ 175,000

Other liabilities

     21,261
    

Total liabilities

     196,261
    

Owners’ equity:

      

TPG

     2,585

Other owners

     101,475
    

Total owners’ equity

     104,060
    

Total liabilities and owners’ equity

   $ 300,321
    

 

Following is summarized financial information by real estate entity for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30, 2004

 
     (Unaudited)  
     One Commerce
Square


    2121 Market Street
and Harris Building
Associates


    ARCO Plaza

    Total

 

Revenues

   $ 9,629     $ 2,530     $ 22,513     $ 34,672  
    


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                

Operating and other

     4,531       1,696       14,669       20,896  

Interest

     2,373       616       3,810       6,799  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,035       566       3,862       6,463  
    


 


 


 


Total expenses

     8,939       2,878       22,341       34,158  
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

     690       (348 )     172       514  
    


 


 


 


TPG’s share of net loss

   $ (33 )   $ (64 )   $ (671 )   $ (768 )
    


 


 


       

Intercompany eliminations

 

    239  
                            


Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities

 

  $ (529 )
                            


 

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     Year Ended December 31, 2003

 
    

One Commerce

Square


    2121 Market Street
and Harris Building
Associates


   

ARCO Plaza (from

January 28, 2003)


    Total

 

Revenues

   $ 22,862     $ 4,884     $ 41,422     $ 69,168  
    


 


 


 


Expenses:

                                

Operating and other

     11,576       3,495       27,588       42,659  

Interest

     5,749       1,230       7,568       14,547  

Depreciation and amortization

     4,867       1,110       6,815       12,792  
    


 


 


 


Total expenses

     22,192       5,835       41,971       69,998  
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 670     $ (951 )   $ (549 )   $ (830 )
    


 


 


 


TPG’s share of net loss

   $ (517 )   $ (24 )   $ (1,219 )   $ (1,760 )
    


 


 


       

Intercompany eliminations

 

    672  
                            


Equity in net loss of uncombined real estate entities

 

  $ (1,088 )
                            


 

     Year Ended December 31, 2002

    

One Commerce

Square


   2121 Market Street
and Harris Building
Associates


    Total

Revenues

   $ 24,650    $ 2,822     $ 27,472
    

  


 

Expenses:

                     

Operating and other

     10,935      2,302       13,237

Interest

     6,161      664       6,825

Depreciation and amortization

     4,577      1,204       5,781
    

  


 

Total expenses

     21,673      4,170       25,843
    

  


 

Net income (loss)

   $ 2,977    $ (1,348 )   $ 1,629
    

  


 

TPG’s share of net income (loss)

   $ 711    $ (301 )   $ 410
    

  


     

Intercompany eliminations

 

    583
                   

Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities

 

  $ 993
                   

     Year Ended December 31, 2001

     One Commerce
Square


   2121 Market Street
and Harris Building
Associates (from
September 14, 2001)


    Total

Revenues

   $ 24,294    $ 1,079     $ 25,373
    

  


 

Expenses:

                     

Operating and other

     10,759      1,337       12,096

Interest

     6,771      88       6,859

Depreciation and amortization

     4,154      454       4,608
    

  


 

Total expenses

     21,684      1,879       23,563
    

  


 

Net income (loss)

   $ 2,610    $ (800 )   $ 1,810
    

  


 

TPG’s share of net income

   $ 589    $ 139     $ 728
    

  


     

Intercompany eliminations

 

    557
                   

Equity in net income of uncombined real estate entities

 

  $ 1,285
                   

 

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Three tenants in ARCO Plaza account for approximately 60.6% of rental revenues and tenant reimbursements for that property for the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003. Four tenants in One Commerce Square account for approximately 29.3%, 12.3%, 11.3%, and 10.8% of rental revenues and tenant reimbursements for that property for the year ended December 31, 2003. Two tenants and one tenant accounted for approximately 65.7% and 65.6%, respectively, of rental revenues and tenant reimbursements for that property for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

Following is a reconciliation of TPG’s share of owners’ equity in net income (loss) of the uncombined real estate entities as shown above to amounts recorded by TPG as of June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

 

    

Six Months
Ended

June 30, 2004


    Year Ended
December 31,


 
       2003

    2002

 
     (Unaudited)              

TPG’s share of owners’ equity recorded by uncombined real estate entities

   $ 2,309     $ 14,297     $ 12,445  

Elimination entries including eliminating management and leasing fees to TPG

     (26 )     (1,090 )     (1,093 )
    


 


 


Investments in uncombined real estate entities

   $ 2,283     $ 13,207     $ 11,352  
    


 


 


 

    

Six Months
Ended

June 30, 2004


    Year Ended December 31,

       2003

    2002

   2001

     (Unaudited)                 

TPG’s share of net (loss) income recorded by uncombined real estate entities

   $ (768 )   $ (1,760 )   $ 410    $ 728

Elimination of TPG’s share of expenses recorded by the uncombined real estate entities for services provided by TPG

     239       672       583      557
    


 


 

  

Equity in net (loss) income of uncombined real estate entities

   $ (529 )   $ (1,088 )   $ 993    $ 1,285
    


 


 

  

 

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4. Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage loans consist of the following:

 

     June 30,
2004


   December 31,

        2003

   2002

     (Unaudited)          

Mortgage loan secured by a first trust deed on One Commerce Square and an assignment of related rents and leases. The loan is payable in monthly debt service payments, as defined in the loan agreement, including interest at 7.0% per annum through April 11, 2008 which increases by 2.0% through April 11, 2028, when the unpaid balance is due and payable. The additional interest may be deferred until maturity. The mortgage loan is repayable without a penalty after March 11, 2008. Pursuant to the loan agreement, One Commerce Square is required to maintain certain reserves for insurance, taxes and capital expenditures.

   $ 74,086    $ —      $ —  

Mortgage loan secured by first trust deed on Two Commerce Square and the assignment of related rents and leases. The loan is payable in monthly installments of interest at 6.3% per annum (see Note 5 regarding related discussion of the interest on the senior mezzanine loan) plus principal, with the unpaid balance due at maturity on May 9, 2013. Pursuant to the loan agreement, TPG is (i) required to maintain certain reserves for insurance, taxes, and capital expenditures; and (ii) prohibited from prepaying the mortgage loan prior to March 2013. After October 2005, the loan may be defeased.

     128,077      130,770      —  

Mortgage loan secured by 2101 Market Street. Interest is payable monthly at the prime rate or the adjusted LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum, based on TPG’s election for specified periods, with principal due at maturity on March 6, 2005. At June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002, the interest rate was 3.7%, 3.8% and 4.4%, per annum, respectively. An affiliate of James A. Thomas guarantees repayment of the loan, up to a maximum of $1,500,000 of the principal and for all interest.

     3,500      3,500      3,500

Mortgage loan secured by Four Points Centre. Interest at the prime rate is payable monthly with principal due at maturity on August 31, 2004. At June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002, the interest rate was 4.3%, 4.0% and 4.3% per annum, respectively. The loan is guaranteed by Mr. Thomas and certain affiliates and is subject to certain financial covenants for the guarantors.

     4,000      5,400      5,400

Mortgage loan secured by first trust deed on Two Commerce Square and the assignment of related rents and leases. All borrowings bore interest at a fixed rate of 9.2% per annum, and principal was due on a quarterly basis equal to excess cash flow from the property, as defined in the loan agreement, as well as principal repayments such that the outstanding principal balance did not exceed certain maximum balances on certain dates. As of December 31, 2002, the outstanding principal balance on the mortgage loan was below the $191 million maximum balance allowed. TPG was required to maintain certain reserves for insurance, taxes, capital expenditures and operating expenditures. Effective July 31, 2003, the mortgage loan was refinanced.

     —        —        184,035
    

  

  

     $ 209,663    $ 139,670    $ 192,935
    

  

  

 

The loan agreements for One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square require that all receipts collected from these two properties be deposited in lockbox accounts under the control of the lenders to fund reserves, debt service and operating expenditures. Included in restricted cash at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 is $2,813,000 and $3,246,000, respectively, which has been deposited in the lockbox account to be used for operating expenditures.

 

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As of December 31, 2003, principal payments due for the mortgage loans are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

      

2004

   $ 10,786

2005

     8,809

2006

     5,511

2007

     4,545

2008

     1,440

Thereafter

     108,579
    

     $ 139,670
    

 

5. Other Secured Loans

 

Other secured loans consist of the following:

 

     June 30,
2004


   December 31,

        2003

   2002

     (Unaudited)          

Senior mezzanine loan secured by TPG’s ownership interests in the real estate entities that own Two Commerce Square and are guaranteed by Mr. Thomas and certain affiliates. The loan is payable in fixed monthly installments of interest and principal plus excess cash flow from the property, as defined in the loan agreement, with the unpaid balance due at maturity on January 9, 2010. The loan bears interest so that the weighted average of the rate on this loan and the rate on the mortgage loan secured by Two Commerce Square (see Note 4) shall at all times equal 9.2% per annum. The loan may not be prepaid prior to August 9, 2009, and thereafter is subject to yield maintenance payments unless the loan is prepaid within 60 days of maturity. The loan is guaranteed by Mr. Thomas up to an aggregate maximum of $7,500,000 for this loan and the junior mezzanine loans discussed below.

   $ 46,741    $ 47,478    $ —  

Junior mezzanine loans secured by TPG’s ownership interests in the real estate entities that own Two Commerce Square and are guaranteed by Mr. Thomas and certain affiliates. The Class A portion ($3,500,000) bears interest at 15% per annum. Interest at 10% per annum is payable monthly with the remaining 5% deferred. The Class B portion ($24,457,000) bears interest at 9.2% per annum, which is all deferred. Principal and deferred interest, which is included in the loan balance, is due at maturity on January 9, 2010. Under certain conditions, the lender has the right to extend the maturity date of the Class B portion for an additional 18 months until July 9, 2011. TPG is prohibited from prepaying the Class B portion or the junior mezzanine loans and cannot prepay the Class A portion without payment of the greater of 3% of the amount principal or a yield maintenance premium. The loan guarantee by Mr. Thomas is limited to an aggregate maximum of $7,500,000 for these loans and the senior mezzanine loan discussed above. Under certain conditions, a portion of or the entire Class B portion will be forgiven by the lender.

     30,221      28,991      —  

Note payable dated March 27, 1996, in the original principal amount of $24,000,000 plus interest accrued at a fixed rate of 9.2% per annum, all due at maturity on January 3, 2008. The loan was secured by a $7,500,000 cash collateral account owned by Mr. Thomas and was also guaranteed by him.

                    

 

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     June 30,
2004


   December 31,

        2003

   2002

     (Unaudited)          

During the year ended December 31, 2003, Mr. Thomas contributed capital to TPG, including the $7,500,000 cash collateral account, which was used towards partial satisfaction of this indebtedness. The remaining balance of $27,957,000 was reconstituted as the junior mezzanine loan described above.

     —        —        36,159

The Company and the other 50% owner of One Commerce Square are liable under a promissory note for $9,250,000. Only the Company’s 50% share equal to $4,625,000 plus deferred interest is included as a liability in the accompanying balance sheets. The loan is secured by TPG’s ownership interests in the real estate entities that own One Commerce Square. The loan bears interest at 17.5% per annum. Interest at 10% per annum is payable monthly, with the remaining 7.5% deferred. The deferred interest also accrues interest at 17.5% per annum. Principal and deferred interest are due at maturity on March 16, 2011. The loan is subject to yield maintenance payments for any prepayments prior to March 16, 2005.

     8,301      7,829      6,997

Note payable to a former partner of TPG with respect to payment made by such partner in satisfaction of obligation in connection with 2101 Market Street land. Note amount of $2,424,000 plus interest at 8% per annum was due in three equal installments of $941,000 on February 28, 2001 and the next two succeeding years. Final installment payment was made in full on February 28, 2003.

     —        —        871

The Company and the other 50% owner of One Commerce Square are jointly and severally liable under a credit facility with a maximum loan availability of $6,734,000 and an outstanding balance of $3,746,000, $3,746,000 and $2,666,000 at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Only the Company’s 50% share, equal to $1,873,000, $1,873,000 and $1,333,000 at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, is included as a liability in the accompanying balance sheets. The credit facility is intended to serve as both a reserve, as required under the mortgage note payable of One Commerce Square, and funding source for the payment of tenant improvements, leasing commissions, and other leasing expenses for One Commerce Square. At the initial closing of the credit facility, the lender issued a standby letter of credit in an original face amount equal to the maximum loan availability, issued in favor of the mortgage note holder. The borrowers are entitled to request cash advances for the entire amount of the letter of credit to be used for leasing costs. Interest is payable monthly at the base rate (the greater of the prime rate or the Federal Funds rate plus 5% per annum) or the Euro-Rate plus 0.5% per annum, based on the borrowers’ election for specified periods. The interest rate at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002 was 1.7%, 1.6% and 2.3% per annum, respectively. In addition, a fee of 0.5% per annum is payable quarterly on the amount available to be drawn under the letter of credit. The credit facility is secured by a cash account held by the lender that was deposited by the other 50% owner of One Commerce Square. The credit facility matures on April 15, 2005 and the borrowers have the option to extend the maturity date for two one-year periods under certain conditions and upon payment of extension fees.

     1,873      1,873      1,333
    

  

  

     $ 87,136    $ 86,171    $ 45,360
    

  

  

 

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As of December 31, 2003, principal payments due for the other secured loans are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

      

2004

   $ 1,109

2005

     3,864

2006

     2,489

2007

     4,347

2008

     1,760

Thereafter

     72,602
    

     $ 86,171
    

 

6. Minimum Future Lease Rentals

 

TPG has entered into various lease agreements with tenants as of December 31, 2003. The minimum future cash rents receivable under non-cancelable operating leases in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

      

2004

   $ 26,003

2005

     25,642

2006

     25,657

2007

     25,463

2008

     20,025

Thereafter

     22,261
    

     $ 145,051
    

 

The leases generally also require reimbursement of the tenant’s proportional share of common area, real estate taxes and other operating expenses, which are not included in the amounts above. An affiliate of Mr. Thomas leases retail space located at Two Commerce Square through May 31, 2006, which has been included in the above table. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned rental revenues and tenant reimbursements from this affiliate of $30,000, $30,000, and $20,000, respectively, of which $52,000 was reserved as bad debt expense during the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

7. Revenue Concentrations

 

(a) Rental revenue concentrations:

 

A significant portion of TPG’s rental revenues and tenant reimbursements were generated from two tenants. The revenue recognized related to these tenants for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 was as follows:

 

     2003

   2002

   2001

Conrail, tenant in Two Commerce Square

   $ 24,758    $ 24,437    $ 23,940

Accounting/financial tenant in Two Commerce Square

     3,077      3,093      3,008
    

  

  

     $ 27,835    $ 27,530    $ 26,948
    

  

  

 

In March 1990, Two Commerce Square entered into a long-term lease agreement with Conrail to occupy approximately 753,000 square feet of office space in Two Commerce Square, a portion of which expires in 2008

 

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and the remainder in 2009. As an inducement to enter into the lease, Two Commerce Square agreed to pay Conrail $34,000,000 no later than the fifth anniversary of the commencement of the lease, as defined, plus accrued interest at 8% per annum, compounded annually, under certain circumstances.

 

In accordance with the agreement, $34,000,000 was paid to Conrail in 1997. This lease concession has been reflected in the accompanying financial statements as a deferred rent receivable, and is being recognized ratably over Conrail’s lease period as a reduction in rental revenue. Interest is payable only in the event of sufficient cash flow from Two Commerce Square, as defined. TPG has not paid any interest through December 31, 2003 and believes that an accrual for interest expense at December 31, 2003 is not required. In addition, under certain conditions, $11,000,000 plus accrued interest at 8% per annum, compounded annually, is payable to Conrail from net proceeds from a sale or refinancing of Two Commerce Square. This provision terminates upon the termination of Conrail’s lease. No amounts were due to Conrail as of December 31, 2003, under the terms of this provision. The Operating Partnership will not assume this obligation in the Formation Transactions. Conrail has entered into sublease agreements for substantially all of the space leased.

 

The lease with the accounting/financial tenant in Two Commerce Square expires in two phases. The first phase, representing 16% of its leased space, expires in 2007. The second phase, representing 84% of its leased space, expires in 2013.

 

As of December 31, 2003 and 2002, $31,683,000 and $37,808,000, respectively, of the deferred rents relates to these tenants, including $28,216,000 and $33,874,000, respectively, related to Conrail. As of December 31, 2003 and 2002, TPG had received prepaid rents of $2,722,000 and $157,000, respectively, from these tenants.

 

  (b)   Concentrations related to investment advisory, property management, leasing and development services revenue:

 

Under agreements with CalSTRS, TPG provides property acquisition, investment advisory, property management, leasing and development services for CalSTRS under a separate account relationship and through a joint venture relationship. At December 31, 2003, there are six office properties subject to the separate account relationship and one office property (ARCO Plaza) subject to the joint venture relationship.

 

Under the separate account relationship, TPG earns acquisition fees over the first three years after a property is acquired, if the property meets or exceeds the pro forma operating results that were submitted at the time of acquisition and a performance index associated with the region in which the property is located. Under the joint venture relationship, TPG is paid acquisition fees at the time a property is acquired, as a percent of the total acquisition price. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned acquisition fees under these agreements of $1,537,000, $271,000 and $343,000, respectively, including $957,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003 from ARCO Plaza. TPG does not anticipate earning any additional acquisition fees related to the properties that have been acquired on behalf of CalSTRS as of December 31, 2003.

 

Under the separate account relationship, TPG earns asset management fees paid on a quarterly basis, based on the annual net operating income of the properties. Under the joint venture relationship, asset management fees are paid on a monthly basis, initially based upon a percentage of a property’s annual appraised value. At the point of stabilization of the property, asset management fees are calculated based on net operating income. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned asset management fees under these agreements of $2,082,000, $952,000, and $775,000, respectively, including $959,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003 from ARCO Plaza.

 

TPG performs property management and leasing services for five of the seven properties subject to the asset management agreements with CalSTRS. TPG is entitled to property management fees calculated based on 2% or

 

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3% of the gross revenues of the particular property, paid on a monthly basis. In addition, TPG is reimbursed for compensation paid to certain of its employees and direct out-of-pocket expenses. The management and leasing agreements expire on the third anniversary of each property’s acquisition, ranging from April 1, 2004 to August 1, 2006. The agreements are automatically renewed for successive periods of one year each, unless TPG elects not to renew the agreements. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned property management fees under these agreements of $1,976,000, $626,000, and $489,000, respectively, including $1,096,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003 from ARCO Plaza. In addition, for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG was reimbursed $1,064,000, $382,000, and $121,000, respectively, representing primarily the cost of on-site property management personnel incurred on behalf of the managed properties. Included in expense reimbursements for the year ended December 31, 2003 is $542,000 from ARCO Plaza.

 

For properties in which TPG is responsible for the leasing and development services, it is entitled to receive market leasing commissions and development fees as defined in the agreements with CalSTRS. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned leasing commissions under the agreements of $1,285,000, $51,000, and $0, respectively, including $858,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003 from ARCO Plaza. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned development fees under these agreements of $103,000, $33,000, and $25,000, respectively, including $49,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003 from ARCO Plaza.

 

Under the separate account relationship, TPG receives incentive compensation based upon performance above a minimum hurdle rate, at which time it begins to participate in cash flow from the relevant property. Incentive compensation is paid at the time an investment is sold and none has been earned as of December 31, 2003. Under the joint venture relationship, incentive compensation is based on a minimum return on investment to CalSTRS, following which TPG participates in cash flow above the stated return, subject to a clawback provision if returns for a property fall below the stated return. No incentive compensation had been earned as of December 31, 2003.

 

TPG provides property management, leasing and development services for One Commerce Square, under an agreement that expires on March 16, 2013. Property management fees are calculated based on 3% of the property’s gross revenues. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned property management fees from One Commerce Square of $355,000, $492,000, and $529,000, respectively, and was reimbursed $105,000, $106,000, and $101,000, respectively, representing primarily the cost of on-site property management personnel incurred on behalf of the managed property. Leasing commissions are calculated based on 3% – 4% of the rent payable by a tenant. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned leasing commissions from One Commerce Square of $100,000, $717,000, and $226,000, respectively. Development fees are calculated based on 5% of the cost of the tenant improvements work performed. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned development fees from One Commerce Square of $0, $13,000, and $2,000, respectively.

 

At December 31, 2003, TPG had accounts receivable under the above agreements of $1,171,000, including $186,000 due from ARCO Plaza and One Commerce Square. At December 31, 2002, TPG had accounts receivable under the above agreements of $872,000, including $8,000 due from One Commerce Square. In addition, at December 31, 2002, $105,000 was due from 2121 Market Street.

 

TPG developed the CalEPA building for the City of Sacramento. TPG earned development fees from the City of Sacramento of $980,000 and $197,000 during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. In addition, based on the development cost savings as compared to budgeted costs, TPG earned incentive development fees totaling $3,120,000 during the year ended December 31, 2003. Included in investment

 

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advisory, management, leasing, and development services expenses for the year ended December 31, 2003 is $1,560,000 in compensation expense related to the incentive fees earned during the year. TPG also provides property management, leasing and development services for the CalEPA building for the City of Sacramento. The property management agreement expires on June 30, 2005 and is automatically renewed for successive periods of one year each unless either party notifies the other that the agreement shall not continue at least for twelve months prior to the then scheduled expiration of the term. Property management fees are $87,000 per month. For each of the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG earned property management fees from the City of Sacramento of $1,046,000, $1,046,000, and $991,000, respectively, and was reimbursed $475,000, $470,000, and $428,000, respectively, representing primarily the cost of on-site property management personnel incurred on behalf of the managed property. At December 31, 2003 and 2002, TPG had accounts receivable from the CalEPA building of $41,000 and $70,000, respectively.

 

TPG obtains insurance under a master insurance policy that includes all the properties in which it has an investment and for which it performs investment advisory or property management services. Property insurance premiums are allocated to TPG based on estimated insurable values. Liability insurance premiums are allocated to TPG based on relative square footage. The allocated expense to TPG for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 is $839,000, $603,000, and $450,000, respectively, and is included in rental property operations and maintenance expense.

 

8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

As of December 31, 2003 and 2002, the fair values of TPG’s mortgage loans and other secured loans are approximated by the carrying values, as the terms are similar to those currently available to TPG for debt with similar risk and the same remaining maturities.

 

The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, rents and other receivables, receivables from uncombined real estate entities, accounts payable and other liabilities approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments.

 

9. Commitments and Contingencies

 

TPG has been named as a defendant in a number of lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. Management believes that the ultimate settlement of these suits will not have a material adverse effect on TPG’s financial position and results of operations.

 

With respect to the Campus El Segundo development property, TPG is a third party in interest in a lawsuit filed challenging the environmental impact report, development agreement and entitlements approved during late 2001 and early 2002 by the City of El Segundo planning commission and the city council for TPG’s planned development of the property. In January 2002, Kilroy Realty Corporation (“Kilroy”), a developer, filed suit to stop the development and initially forced a voters referendum election to oppose the entitlements. Kilroy alleged that the City of El Segundo had failed to comply fully with the California Environmental Quality Act. In June 2002, TPG prevailed in that election by a vote of approximately 65% in favor of the development. The developer then sued TPG and the City of El Segundo regarding the findings in the environmental impact report. In September 2002, the California Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit. The plaintiff filed an appeal with the California Court of Appeals. At December 31, 2003 and 2002, TPG had a net investment in Campus El Segundo of $2,330,000 and $2,016,000, respectively, after adjusting for the minority interest. At December 31, 2003 and 2002, the minority interest investment in Campus El Segundo was $1,133,000. (see Note 10.)

 

TPG sponsors a 401(k) plan for its employees. TPG’s contribution was $186,000, $135,000, and $115,000 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, and 2001, respectively.

 

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TPG is a tenant in both ARCO Plaza and One Commerce Square. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, TPG incurred rent expense of $101,000, $101,000, and $99,000, respectively, to One Commerce Square. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG incurred rent expense of $152,000 to ARCO Plaza. These expense amounts are included in rent—uncombined real estate entities.

 

The minimum future rents payable under these non-cancelable operating leases in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

      

2004

   $ 296

2005

     387

2006

     387

2007

     392

2008

     392

Thereafter

     169
    

     $ 2,023
    

 

In connection with the ownership, operation and management of the real estate properties, TPG may be potentially liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters, including asbestos-containing materials. TPG has not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim in connection with any of the properties, and TPG is not aware of any other environmental condition with respect to any of the properties that management believes will have a material adverse effect on TPG’s assets or results of operations.

 

A mortgage loan, with an outstanding balance of $20,149,000 and $17,978,000 as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, secured by a first trust deed on 2121 Market Street is guaranteed by that partnership’s general partners, including TPG, up to a maximum amount of $3,300,000. Also in connection with this mortgage loan to 2121 Market Street, TPG has guaranteed the repayment of up to $3,500,000 of the loan. Upon the occurrence of certain events, such as adjustments to the tax credits or operating losses being sustained by Harris Building Associates, the master lessee of the 2121 Market Street property, TPG may be required to make certain payments to the majority partner of Harris Building Associates.

 

10. Subsequent Events (Unaudited)

 

On April 29, 2004, the California Court of Appeals rejected the plaintiff’s appeal seeking to block TPG’s development of the Campus El Segundo project; the time for the plaintiff to appeal this decision has lapsed (see Note 9).

 

In May and August 2004, TPG deposited an additional $2,000,000 and $1,000,000, respectively, into the escrow account to be credited against the purchase price upon closing of the purchase transaction for One Commerce Square and extended the closing date to December 1, 2004 (see Note 3).

 

On July 2, 2004, TPG entered into a joint venture agreement with an unrelated party related to a portion of the land at Four Points Centre, known as The Square at Four Points Centre. Under the joint venture agreement, upon the closing and funding of certain financing, TPG will contribute 29.4 acres of land with an agreed-upon value of $8,000,000 and the other joint venture partner will contribute $5,000,000 of cash in exchange for a 50% interest in the joint venture. The joint venture will take title to the property subject to a mortgage securing a $3,000,000 land loan.

 

In July 2004 the total capital commitment to the joint venture with CalSTRS was increased to $333,000,000, of which $220,000,000 has not been funded, including $56,000,000 by the Company.

 

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SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

(In thousands)

 

     Allowance For
Bad Debts


Balance, January 1, 2001

   $ 150

Charges to expense

     50
    

Balance, December 31, 2001

     200

Charges to expense

     50
    

Balance, December 31, 2002

     250

Charges to expense

     99
    

Balance, December 31, 2003

   $ 349
    

 

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SCHEDULE III—INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE

(In thousands)

 

     Two
Commerce
Square


   2101 Market
Street


   Four
Points
Centre


   Campus
El Segundo


Encumbrances, net

   $ 207,239    $ 3,500    $ 5,400    $ —  

Initial cost to the real estate entity that acquired the property:

                           

Land

     15,758      11,686      10,523      3,463

Buildings and improvements

     188,079      —        —        —  

Costs capitalized subsequent to construction:

                           

Carrying costs

     —        —        4,190      —  

Total costs:

                           

Land

     15,758      11,686      14,713      3,463

Buildings and improvements

     188,079      —        —        —  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     66,998      —        —        —  

Date construction completed

     1992      N/A      N/A      N/A

 

Investments in real estate:

 

     2003

   2002

   2001

 

Balance, beginning of the year

   $ 230,081    $ 227,867    $ 228,573  

Additions during the year

     1,653      2,214      3,544  

Deductions during the year

     —        —        (4,250 )
    

  

  


Balance, end of the year

   $ 231,734    $ 230,081    $ 227,867  
    

  

  


 

Accumulated depreciation related to investments in real estate:

 

     2003

    2002

    2001

 

Balance, beginning of the year

   $ (61,463 )   $ (55,861 )   $ (50,162 )

Additions during the year

     (5,535 )     (5,602 )     (5,699 )

Deductions during the year

     —         —         —    
    


 


 


Balance, end of the year

   $ (66,998 )   $ (61,463 )   $ (55,861 )
    


 


 


 

The aggregate gross cost of TPG’s investments in real estate for federal income tax purposes approximated $201 million as of December 31, 2003.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Members

TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of TPG/CalSTRS, LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) (“TPG/CalSTRS”) as of December 31, 2003 and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of TPG/CalSTRS’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of TPG/CalSTRS as of December 31, 2003 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

June 8, 2004

 

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(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

December 31, 2003

(In thousands)

 

ASSETS         

Investments in real estate

        

Land and improvements

   $ 27,000  

Buildings and improvements

     242,775  

Tenant improvements

     15,435  
    


       285,210  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (6,523 )
    


       278,687  

Cash and cash equivalents

     6,013  

Accounts receivable

     252  

Deferred leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $293

     8,496  

Deferred loan costs, net of accumulated amortization of $1,368

     124  

Deferred rent

     2,476  

Prepaid expenses

     764  
    


Total

   $ 296,812  
    


LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY         

Liabilities:

        

Mortgage note payable

   $ 175,000  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     5,677  

Due to affiliates

     138  

Purchase price allocation to below market lease agreements, net of accumulated amortization of $2,820

     11,953  

Prepaid rent

     2,019  
    


Total liabilities

     194,787  

Minority interest

     10,853  

Members’ equity

     91,172  
    


Total

   $ 296,812  
    


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

(In thousands)

 

Revenues:

        

Rent

   $ 32,840  

Expense reimbursements

     2,254  

Parking

     6,176  

Interest income

     56  

Other

     96  
    


Total revenues

     41,422  
    


Expenses:

        

Operating

     24,000  

Partnership general and administrative

     2,049  

Parking

     1,538  

Depreciation

     6,523  

Amortization

     293  

Interest

     7,568  
    


Total expenses

     41,971  
    


Loss before minority interest

     (549 )

Minority interest

     4,147  
    


Net income

   $ 3,598  
    


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF MEMBERS’ EQUITY

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

(In thousands)

 

     CalSTRS

    TPG

    Total

 

Balance—January 28, 2003

   $ —       $ —       $ —    

Contributions

     83,697       4,405       88,102  

Distributions

     (502 )     (26 )     (528 )

Net Income

     4,817       (1,219 )     3,598  
    


 


 


Balance—December 31, 2003

   $ 88,012     $ 3,160     $ 91,172  
    


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

(In thousands)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

        

Net income

   $ 3,598  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

        

Minority interest

     (4,147 )

Depreciation and amortization

     6,816  

Below market lease amortization

     (2,820 )

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     1,368  

Deferred rent

     (1,260 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

        

Accounts receivable

     (252 )

Prepaid expenses

     (764 )

Deferred lease costs

     (4,881 )

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     4,600  

Prepaid rent

     2,019  
    


Net cash provided by operating activities

     4,277  
    


Cash flows from investing activities:

        

Expenditures for real estate

     (259,346 )
    


Cash flows from financing activities:

        

Proceeds from secured notes

     175,000  

Members’ contributions

     88,102  

Members’ distributions

     (528 )

Payment of deferred loan costs

     (1,492 )
    


Net cash provided by financing activities

     261,082  
    


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     6,013  

Cash and cash equivalents, January 28, 2003

     —    
    


Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2003

   $ 6,013  
    


Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

        

Cash paid during the period for interest

   $ 6,200  
    


 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

(Tabular amounts in thousands)

 

1. Organization

 

TPG/CalSTRS, LLC (“TPG/CalSTRS”) was formed on December 23, 2002 as a Delaware limited liability company for the purpose of investing in TPGA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which invests in TPG Plaza Investments, LLC (“TPG Plaza”), a Delaware limited liability company. On January 28, 2003, TPG Plaza purchased an office building complex located in Los Angeles, California, commonly known as ARCO Plaza. ARCO Plaza consists of approximately 2,649,000 net rentable square feet.

 

TPG/CalSTRS is the sole member of TPGA, LLC, which is the managing member of TPG Plaza, with an 85.4% ownership interest. As a result, TPG/CalSTRS’ financial statements are consolidated with the accounts of TPGA, LLC and TPG Plaza. The ownership interests of the other members of TPG Plaza are reflected in the accompanying balance sheet as minority interest. The members of TPG/CalSTRS are Thomas Properties Group, LLC (“TPG”), a Delaware limited liability company, with a 5% ownership interest, and California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”), with a 95% ownership interest. TPG acts as the managing member of TPG/CalSTRS.

 

Upon the earliest to occur of certain events or January 1, 2006, the minority members of TPG Plaza have the option to require TPG Plaza or TPGA, LLC to redeem or purchase, as applicable, their member interests for an amount equal to what would be payable to them upon liquidation of the assets of TPG Plaza at fair market value.

 

Upon the earlier to occur of certain events or January 1, 2006, either member of TPG/CalSTRS may trigger a buy-sell provision. Under this provision, the initiating party sets a price for its interest in TPG/CalSTRS, and the other party has a specified time to either elect to buy the initiating party’s interest, or sell its own interest to the initiating party. Under certain events, CalSTRS has a buy-out option to purchase TPG’s interest in TPG/CalSTRS. The buy-out price is generally based on a discounted appraised fair market value.

 

TPG is required to exercise diligent efforts to sell, which could include the purchase by TPG, all of the properties owned by TPG/CalSTRS by December 23, 2009, subject to two one-year extensions if approved by CalSTRS.

 

Cash from operations is distributed and net income is allocated in accordance with the terms of the operating agreement, with TPG being allocated depreciation expense ahead of CalSTRS.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Principles of Consolidation—All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents—TPG/CalSTRS considers all highly liquid financial instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Real Estate—Real estate investments are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows:

 

Buildings

   40 years

Building improvements

   5 to 40 years

Tenant improvements

   Shorter of the useful lives or the terms of the related leases.

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

   3 to 5 years

 

Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life, increase capacity or improve the efficiency of the asset. Repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets—TPG/CalSTRS assesses whether there has been impairment in the value of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount to the future net cash flows, undiscounted and without interest, expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value, less costs to sell. Management believes no impairment in the net carrying values of the investments in real estate has occurred for the period presented.

 

Deferred Leasing and Loan Costs—Deferred leasing commissions and other direct costs associated with the acquisition of tenants are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. Loan costs are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over the terms of the related loans using a method that approximates the effective-interest method.

 

Revenue Recognition—All leases are classified as operating leases and minimum rents are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases is included in deferred rents in the accompanying combined balance sheets and contractually due but unpaid rents are included in deferred rents.

 

Tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other recoverable costs are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred. Lease termination fees, which are included in other income in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations, are recognized when the related leases are canceled and TPG Plaza has no continuing obligation to provide services to such former tenants.

 

Interest income is recognized as earned.

 

Income Taxes—Income taxes are not recorded by TPG/CalSTRS. TPG/CalSTRS is not subject to federal or state income taxes, except certain California corporate franchise taxes. Income or loss is allocated to the members and included in their respective income tax returns.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk—Financial instruments that subject TPG/CalSTRS to credit risk consist primarily of accounts receivable. At December 31, 2003, TPG/CalSTRS had approximately 57 tenants. Three of the tenants account for approximately 60.6% of rent and other property revenue of TPG/CalSTRS for the period

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

 

from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003. TPG/CalSTRS performs ongoing credit evaluations of its tenants and maintains reserves for potential credit losses.

 

Expenses—Expenses include all costs incurred by TPG/CalSTRS in connection with the management, operation, maintenance and repair of the properties and are expensed as incurred.

 

3. Mortgage Note Payable

 

The mortgage note payable to CalSTRS is secured by a deed of trust on the property and the assignment of related rents and leases. In addition, one of the minority members of TPG Plaza guarantees the repayment of up to $10,000,000 of the loan. The note requires monthly interest payments, calculated at the Eurodollar rate plus 2.1% per annum, through maturity on July 30, 2004. At December 31, 2003, the interest rate on the mortgage note payable was 3.3% per annum. TPG Plaza is in process of refinancing the note payable on a long-term basis (see Note 7).

 

4. Related Party Transactions

 

Upon acquisition of ARCO Plaza, TPG/CalSTRS paid Thomas Development Partners, LP (“Thomas Development”), an affiliate of TPG, an acquisition fee of $1,000,000, which has been capitalized to real estate.

 

Thomas Development provides asset management services to TPG/CalSTRS. For the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003, TPG/CalSTRS incurred asset management fees of $1,002,000 to TPG, which are included in general and administrative expenses.

 

Pursuant to a management and leasing agreement, Thomas Development performs property management and leasing services for TPG/CalSTRS. Thomas Development is entitled to property management fees calculated based on 3% of gross property revenues, paid on a monthly basis. In addition, Thomas Development is reimbursed for compensation paid to certain of its employees and direct out-of-pocket expenses. For the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003, Thomas Development charged TPG/CalSTRS $1,144,000 for property management fees and $566,000 representing the cost of on-site property management personnel incurred on behalf of TPG/CalSTRS, which are included in operating expenses.

 

For new leases entered into by TPG/CalSTRS, Thomas Development is entitled to leasing commissions, calculated at 4% of base rent during years 1 through 10 of a lease and 3% of base rent thereafter, where Thomas Development acts as the procuring broker, and 2% of lease rent during years 1 through 10 of a lease and 1.5% of base rent thereafter, where Thomas Development acts as the co-operating broker. For lease renewals, where Thomas Development is the procuring broker and there is no co-operating broker, Thomas Development is entitled to leasing commissions, calculated at 4% of base rent. For lease renewals, where there is both a procuring and co-operating broker, if Thomas Development is the procuring broker, it is entitled to receive 3% of base rents and if it’s the co-operating broker, it is entitled to receive 1.5% of base rents. Commissions are paid 50% at signing and 50% upon occupancy. The leasing commissions will be split on the customary basis between Thomas Development and tenant representative when applicable. For the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003, TPG/CalSTRS incurred leasing commissions of $896,000, which are included in deferred leasing costs. At December 31, 2003, $138,000 is payable to Thomas Development pursuant to the management and leasing agreement.

 

The management and leasing agreement expires on January 27, 2006, and is automatically renewed for successive periods of one year each, unless Thomas Development elects not to renew the agreement.

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

 

Thomas Development acts as the development manager for the property. TPG/CalSTRS pays Thomas Development a fee based upon a market rate percentage of the total direct and indirect costs of the property, including the cost of all tenant improvements therein. For the period from January 28, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003, TPG/CalSTRS incurred development management fees of $51,000 to Thomas Development, which have been capitalized to real estate.

 

TPG guaranties to TPG/CalSTRS and CalSTRS to be liable for any and all duties, obligations and liabilities of Thomas Development, related to the above agreements.

 

TPG/CalSTRS obtains insurance as part of a master insurance policy that includes all the properties in which TPG and affiliated entities have an investment and for which they perform investment advisory or property management services. Property insurance premiums are allocated to TPG/CalSTRS based on estimated insurable values. Liability insurance premiums are allocated to TPG/CalSTRS based on relative square footage. The allocated premium for the period ended December 31, 2003 is $3,965,000 and is included in operating expenses.

 

5. Minimum Future Lease Rentals

 

TPG/CalSTRS has entered into various lease agreements with tenants to lease space in ARCO Plaza representing approximately 50.2% of the total rentable area of the property as of December 31, 2003. As of December 31, 2003, the minimum future cash rents receivable on noncancelable leases, in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year Ending December 31


    

2004

   $ 26,581

2005

     18,024

2006

     15,926

2007

     15,772

2008

     15,133

Thereafter

     147,613
    

     $ 239,049
    

 

The leases also provide for the reimbursement of certain operating expenses, which have not been included in the amounts above.

 

6. Commitments and Contingencies

 

In connection with the ownership, operation and management of the real estate properties, TPG/CalSTRS may be potentially liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters, including asbestos-containing materials. TPG/CalSTRS has not been notified by any governmental authority of any noncompliance, liability or other claim in connection with any of the properties, and TPG/CalSTRS is not aware of any other environmental condition with respect to any of the properties that management believes will have a material adverse effect on TPG/CalSTRS’ assets or results of operations.

 

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TPG/CalSTRS, LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Period from January 28, 2003 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2003

 

7. Subsequent Event (Unaudited)

 

On July 15, 2004, TPG Plaza refinanced the $175,000,000 acquisition loan with a $325,000,000 facility that includes both a $200,000,000 senior loan (as to which TPG Plaza has purchased an interest rate cap agreement) and provides for additional mezzanine borrowings of up to $125,000,000 (as to which TPG Plaza is required to enter into interest rate cap agreements for each advance) to fund a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs involved in the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. The facility has an initial term of two years, with three one year extensions. Interest on the senior and mezzanine loans is payable monthly at the one-month London interbank offered rate plus 1.8% and 4.5% per annum, respectively. The senior loan was fully funded on July 15, 2004, on which date the interest rate was 3.1% per annum.

 

On August 26, 2004, TPG Plaza entered into a $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The maturity date for the junior mezzanine loan is the same as for the senior mortgage and senior mezzanine facility, and also provides for interest rate protection, lock box, reserve and cash management terms. The junior mezzanine loan bears interest at the one-month London interbank offered rate plus 6.2% per annum. An interest rate cap agreement has been purchased for this loan.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors Thomas Properties Group, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of revenues and certain expenses of One Commerce Square (the “Property”) for the year ended December 31, 2003. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Property’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statement of revenues and certain expenses is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statement of revenues and certain expenses. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall statement of revenues and certain expenses presentation. We believe that our audit of the statement of revenues and certain expenses provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

The accompanying statement of revenues and certain expenses was prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as described in Note 1 to the statement of revenues and certain expenses. It is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Property’s revenues and expenses.

 

In our opinion, such statement of revenues and certain expenses presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and certain expenses, as described in Note 1, of the Property for the year ended December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

April 14, 2004

 

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ONE COMMERCE SQUARE

 

STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES

(In thousands)

 

    

Six Months
Ended

June 30,

2004


  

Year Ended

December 31,

2003


     (Unaudited)     

Revenues:

             

Rental

   $ 6,448    $ 13,306

Tenant reimbursements

     4,177      7,615

Rental and tenant reimbursements - TPG

     119      203

Parking and other

     872      1,738
    

  

Total revenues

     11,616      22,862
    

  

Certain expenses:

             

Rental property operating and maintenance

     3,538      8,011

Management services - TPG

     536      921

Real estate taxes

     1,369      2,644

Interest

     4,282      8,409
    

  

Total certain expenses

     9,725      19,985
    

  

Revenues in excess of certain expenses

   $ 1,891    $ 2,877
    

  

 

See accompanying notes to statements of revenues and certain expenses.

 

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ONE COMMERCE SQUARE

 

NOTES TO STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES

Six months ended June 30, 2004 (Unaudited) and Year ended December 31, 2003

(Tabular amounts in thousands)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying statement of revenues and certain expenses relates to the operations of One Commerce Square. One Commerce Square is one of a two-tower office and retail complex occupying an entire city block in Center City (downtown) Philadelphia commonly referred to as Commerce Square. One Commerce Square is comprised of a 41-story office building, together with ground-level retail and restaurant space and a 214-space underground garage. One Commerce Square was completed in 1987 and contains 942,866 net rentable square feet. Concurrent with the consummation of an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of the common stock of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the predecessor of the Company (Thomas Properties Group, LLC and its affiliates, referred to as “TPG”) will contribute its 39% ownership interest in the property to the Company. In addition, the Company will purchase a 50% interest in the property from an unrelated party. After the consummation of the Offering, the Company will own an 89% interest in the property. TPG has historically provided property management services to the property.

 

The accompanying statement of revenues and certain expenses has been prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and, accordingly, is not representative of the actual results of operations of the property for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003 due to the exclusion of depreciation and amortization expense, which may not be comparable to the proposed future operations of the property.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices

 

(a) Revenue Recognition

 

All leases are classified as operating leases and minimum rents are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases.

 

Tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes, common area maintenance, and other recoverable costs are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred. Lease termination fees, which are included in other income in the accompanying combined statements of revenues and certain expenses, are recognized when the related leases are canceled and the landlord has no continuing obligation to provide services to such former tenants.

 

(b) Use of Estimates

 

Management has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting and disclosure of revenues and certain expenses during the reporting period to prepare the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

(c) Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

The statement of revenues and certain expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2004 is unaudited. In the opinion of management, such financial statement reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim period. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES—(Continued)

 

3. Minimum Future Lease Rentals

 

There are various lease agreements in place with tenants to lease space in the property. As of December 31, 2003, the minimum future cash rents receivable under noncancelable operating leases in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31:

      

2004

   $ 12,258

2005

     12,548

2006

     12,687

2007

     11,983

2008

     11,177

Thereafter

     39,716
    

     $ 100,369
    

 

The leases also generally require reimbursement of the tenant’s proportional share of common area, real estate taxes and other operating expenses, which are not included in the amounts above.

 

4. Tenant Concentrations

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, rent and tenant reimbursements from four tenants represented approximately 29.3%, 12.3%, 11.3% and 10.8% of the property’s total rental revenues and tenant reimbursements. The leases for these tenants expire in 2012, 2010, 2013, and 2013, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES—(Continued)

 

5. Interest Expense

 

Interest expense relates to the following mortgage and other secured loans payable:

 

     Six months
ended June 30,
2004


   Year ended
December 31,
2003


Mortgage loan secured by a first trust deed and an assignment of related rents and leases, with an outstanding balance of $74,086,000 and $74,664,000 at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively. The loan is payable in monthly debt service payments, as defined in the loan agreement, including interest at 7% per annum through April 11, 2008 and increases by 2% per annum through April 11, 2028, when the unpaid balance is due and payable. The additional amount may be deferred and added to the principal balance of the loan and it accrues interest at 9.0%. The mortgage loan is repayable without a penalty after March 11, 2008.

   $ 2,836    $ 5,749

Loan payable secured by the owners’ equity interests in the property, with an outstanding balance of $16,602,000 and $15,658,000 at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, including deferred interest. The loan bears interest at 17.5% per annum. Interest at 10% per annum is payable monthly, with the remaining 7.5% per annum deferred. The deferred interest also accrues interest at 17.5% per annum. Principal and deferred interest are due at maturity on March 16, 2011.

     1,415      2,602

Credit facility, with a maximum loan availability of $6,734,000, and an outstanding balance of $3,746,000 at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, is intended to serve as both a reserve, as required under the mortgage note payable of the property, and funding source for the payment of tenant improvements, leasing commissions, and other leasing expenses for the property. At the initial closing of the credit facility, the lender issued a standby letter of credit in an original face amount equal to the maximum loan availability, issued in favor of the mortgage note holder. The borrowers are entitled to request cash advances for the entire amount of the letter of credit to be used for leasing costs. Interest is payable monthly at the base rate (the greater of the prime rate or the Federal Funds rate plus 5% per annum) or the Euro-Rate plus 0.5% per annum based on the borrowers’ election for specified periods. The interest rate at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 was 1.7% and 1.6% per annum, respectively. In addition, a fee of 0.5% per annum is payable quarterly on the amount available to be drawn under the letter of credit. The credit facility is secured by a cash account held by the lender that was deposited by one of the owners of the property. The credit facility matures on April 15, 2005 and the borrowers have the option to extend the maturity date for two one-year periods under certain conditions and upon payment of extension fees. 

     31      58
    

  

     $ 4,282    $ 8,409
    

  

 

6. Related Party Transactions

 

TPG has historically been a tenant in the property under several leases expiring in 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2003, approximately $203,000 or 1% of the property’s rental revenues and tenant reimbursements were earned from TPG. In addition, an affiliate of Mr. Thomas is party to a lease for retail space located at the property through May 31, 2006. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the property earned rental revenues,

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES—(Continued)

 

tenant reimbursements and other revenues of $310,000 and reserved $459,000 as bad debt expense related to this affiliate. In addition, advances to the affiliate of $225,000 were reserved as bad debt expense during the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

Under an agreement that expires on March 16, 2013, TPG provides property management services for the property. Property management fees are calculated based on 3% of the property’s gross revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG earned property management fees from the property of $710,000 and was reimbursed $211,000, representing primarily the cost of on-site property management personnel incurred on behalf of the property. These management fees are included in management services—TPG expense.

 

The property obtains insurance under a master insurance policy that includes all the properties in which TPG has an investment and for which TPG performs investment advisory or property management services. Property insurance premiums are allocated to the property based on estimated insurable values. Liability insurance premiums are allocated to the property based on relative square footage. The allocated premium to the property for the year ended December 31, 2003 is $439,000, and is included in rental property operations and maintenance expense.

 

One Commerce Square is a party to a master lease agreement and a reciprocal easement and operating agreement with Two Commerce Square, a property owned by TPG. The master lease agreement allocates revenues related to the lease of certain retail and commercial office space between the property and Two Commerce Square. The reciprocal easement and operating agreement addresses the use, cost sharing, revenue sharing, management and other matters related to the subterranean parking garage and the common plaza amenities shared by the property and Two Commerce Square. The revenues from transient parking in the subterranean garage are allocated between One Commerce Square and Two Commerce Square based on the utilization of transient parking spaces by cars visiting either property. Expenses related to the parking operations are allocated based on the same percentages as the revenue allocation.

 

7. Commitments and Contingencies

 

One Commerce Square is subject to legal claims in the ordinary course of business as a property owner. Management believes that the ultimate settlement of any existing potential claims will not have a material impact on the property’s revenues and certain expenses. In connection with the ownership and operation of the real estate property, One Commerce Square may be potentially liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters, including in relation to asbestos-containing materials. One Commerce Square has not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim, and One Commerce Square is not aware of any other environmental condition that management believes will have a material adverse effect on the property’s revenues and certain expenses.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Board of Directors Thomas Properties Group, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain expenses of the CalSTRS Properties for the year ended December 31, 2003. This financial statement is the responsibility of the CalSTRS Properties’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statement of revenues and certain expenses is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statement of revenues and certain expenses. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall statement of revenues and certain expenses presentation. We believe that our audit of the statement of revenues and certain expenses provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

The accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain expenses was prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as described in Note 1 to the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses. It is not intended to be a complete presentation of the CalSTRS Properties’ combined revenues and expenses.

 

In our opinion, such combined statement of revenues and certain expenses presents fairly, in all material respects, the revenues and certain expenses, as described in Note 1, of the CalSTRS Properties for the year ended December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

June 8, 2004

 

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CALSTRS PROPERTIES

 

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES

(In thousands)

 

     Six Months
Ended June 30,
2004


   Year Ended
December 31,
2003


     (Unaudited)     

Revenues:

             

Rental

   $ 19,467    $ 39,705

Tenant reimbursements

     1,515      2,765

Rental and tenant reimbursements—TPG

     90      156

Parking and other

     3,929      6,671
    

  

Total revenues

     25,001      49,297
    

  

Certain expenses:

             

Rental property operating and maintenance

     11,283      23,258

Investment advisor and management services—TPG

     1,683      2,973

Real estate taxes

     2,202      4,396

Interest

     4,044      7,568

Depreciation and amortization

     4,513      8,101
    

  

Total certain expenses

     23,725      46,296
    

  

Revenues in excess of certain expenses

   $ 1,276    $ 3,001
    

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to combined statements of revenues and certain expenses.

 

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CALSTRS PROPERTIES

 

NOTES TO COMBINED STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND CERTAIN EXPENSES

Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 (Unaudited) and Year ended December 31, 2003

(Tabular amounts in thousands)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain expenses relates to the operations of three properties commonly referred to as Reflections I, Reflections II and ARCO Plaza (the “CalSTRS Properties”). As of December 31, 2003, all of these properties are owned 100% by the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), except for ARCO Plaza, which is owned by a joint venture entity (the “TPG/CalSTRS JV”), which owns 85.4% of ARCO Plaza, and in which CalSTRS has a 95% ownership interest and Thomas Properties Group, LLC (which together with its affiliates is referred to as “TPG”) has a 5% ownership interest. Concurrent with the consummation of an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of the common stock of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the two properties in which TPG does not have an interest will be contributed by CalSTRS to the TPG/CalSTRS JV. In connection with the Offering, the Company will increase its ownership interest in the TPG/CalSTRS JV from 5% to 25%. The Company will purchase its interests from CalSTRS, an unrelated party. TPG provides investment advisory services for all three properties and property management services for ARCO Plaza. The following table describes each property and its ownership interests.

 

Property


 

Type


 

Location


  Ownership Interests
Prior to Offering


  Ownership Interests
After Offering


Reflections I

  Suburban office—single tenancy   Reston, Virginia   CalSTRS—100%   CalSTRS—75%
TPG—25%

Reflections II

  Suburban office—single tenancy   Reston, Virginia   CalSTRS—100%   CalSTRS—75%
TPG—25%

ARCO Plaza

  High-rise office  

Central Business District—

Los Angeles, California

  CalSTRS—81.1%
TPG—4.3%
Unaffiliated
3rd Party—14.6%
  CalSTRS—64.1%
TPG—21.3%
Unaffiliated
3rd Party—14.6%

 

The accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain expenses has been prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and, accordingly, is not representative of the actual results of operations of the CalSTRS Properties for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and for the year ended December 31, 2003 due to the exclusion of certain interest expense, which may not be comparable to the proposed future operations of the CalSTRS Properties.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices

 

(a) Revenue Recognition

 

All leases are classified as operating leases and minimum rents are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases.

 

Tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes, common area maintenance, and other recoverable costs are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred. Lease termination fees, which are included in other income in the accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain expenses, are recognized when the related leases are canceled and the landlord has no continuing obligation to provide services to such former tenants.

 

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(b) Use of Estimates

 

Management has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting and disclosure of revenues and certain expenses during the reporting period to prepare the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

(c) Depreciation and Amortization

 

Investments in real estate are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization in the accompanying statement are recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows:

 

Buildings

   40 years

Building improvements

   5 to 40 years

Tenant improvements

   Shorter of the useful lives or the terms of the related leases

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment

   3 to 5 years

 

Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life, increase capacity, or improve the efficiency of the asset. Repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred.

 

Deferred leasing commissions and other direct costs associated with the acquisition of tenants are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. Loan costs are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over the terms of the related loans using a method that approximates the effective-interest method.

 

(d) Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

The statement of revenues and certain expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2004 is unaudited. In the opinion of management, such financial statement reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim period. All such adjustments are of normal recurring nature.

 

3. Minimum Future Lease Rentals

 

The CalSTRS Properties are subject to various lease agreements with tenants. As of December 31, 2003, the minimum future cash rents receivable under noncancelable operating leases in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31:

      

2004

   $ 30,423

2005

     22,316

2006

     20,535

2007

     20,434

2008

     19,847

Thereafter

     156,256
    

     $ 269,811
    

 

The leases also generally require reimbursement of the tenant’s proportional share of common area, real estate taxes and other operating expenses, which are not included in the amounts above.

 

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4. Tenant Concentrations

 

Reflections I and Reflections II are each leased to a single tenant under leases that expire in 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2003, rent and tenant reimbursements from the tenants leasing spacing in Reflections I and Reflections II represent approximately 6.3% and 4.6%, respectively, of the CalSTRS Properties’ total rental revenues and tenant reimbursements. For the year ended December 31, 2003, rent and tenant reimbursements from three tenants in ARCO Plaza represent approximately 22.4%, 14.0% and 10.6% of the CalSTRS Properties’ total rental revenues and tenant reimbursements, under leases which expire in 2004, 2017 and 2005, respectively.

 

5. Interest Expense

 

Interest expense in the accompanying statement relates to ARCO Plaza’s acquisition loan of $175 million, which is payable to CalSTRS and is secured by a deed of trust on the property and the assignment of related rents and leases. In addition, the minority owner of ARCO Plaza has guaranteed the repayment of up to $10,000,000 of the loan. The note requires monthly interest payments, calculated at the Euro dollar rate plus 2.1% per annum, through maturity on July 30, 2004. At June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the interest rate on the mortgage note payable was 3.3% per annum. The loan commenced on January 28, 2003, when the property became subject to the joint venture relationship with CalSTRS. The management of ARCO Plaza is in the process of refinancing the acquisition loan (see Note 8).

 

6. Transactions with TPG

 

Under agreements with CalSTRS, TPG provides property acquisition, investment advisory, property management, leasing and development services for CalSTRS under separate account and joint venture relationships. At December 31, 2003, ARCO Plaza is subject to the joint venture relationship and the other two office properties subject to the separate account relationship.

 

Under its separate account relationship with CalSTRS, TPG earns acquisition fees over the first three years after a property is acquired, if the property meets or exceeds the pro forma operating results that were submitted at the time of acquisition and a performance index associated with the region in which the property is located. Under the joint venture relationship, TPG is paid acquisition fees at the time a property is acquired as a percent of the total acquisition price. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG earned acquisition fees under these agreements of $1,074,000, including $1,000,000 from ARCO Plaza. The CalSTRS Properties do not anticipate incurring any additional acquisition fees. The incentive acquisition fees incurred under the separate account relationship have been expensed in the accompanying statement to investment advisory and management services – TPG expense and the acquisition fees incurred by ARCO Plaza have been capitalized to investment in real estate.

 

Under the separate account relationship, TPG earns investment advisory fees paid on a quarterly basis, based on the annual net operating income of the properties. Under the joint venture relationship, management fees are paid on a monthly basis, initially based upon a percentage of a property’s annual appraised value. At the point of stabilization of the property, asset management fees are calculated based on net operating income. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG earned asset management fees under these agreements of $1,189,000, including $1,002,000 from ARCO Plaza, which are included in investment advisory and management services – TPG expense.

 

TPG performs property management services for ARCO Plaza. TPG is entitled to property management fees calculated based on 3% of the gross revenues of ARCO Plaza, paid in a monthly basis. In addition, TPG is reimbursed for compensation paid to certain of its employees and direct out-of-pocket expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG earned property management fees under this agreement of $1,144,000 from ARCO Plaza. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG was reimbursed $566,000, from ARCO

 

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Plaza, representing primarily the cost of on-site property management personnel incurred on behalf of the property. These property management fees and expense reimbursements are included in investment advisor and management services – TPG expense.

 

For the properties in which TPG is responsible for the leasing and development services, it is entitled to receive market leasing commissions and development fees, as defined in the agreements with CalSTRS. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG earned leasing commissions under these agreements of $896,000 from ARCO Plaza. For the year ended December 31, 2003, TPG earned development fees under these agreements of $57,000, including $51,000 from ARCO Plaza. Leasing commissions and development fees have been capitalized to deferred leasing commissions and investment in real estate, respectively.

 

Under the separate account relationship, TPG receives incentive compensation based upon performance above a minimum hurdle rate, at which time it begins to participate in cash flow from the relevant property. Incentive compensation is paid at the time an investment is sold and none has been paid as of December 31, 2003. Under the joint venture relationship, incentive compensation is based on a minimum return on investment to CalSTRS, following which TPG participates in cash flow above the stated return, subject to a clawback provision if returns for a property fall below the stated return. None has been earned as of December 31, 2003.

 

TPG is a tenant in ARCO Plaza, under a lease expiring on April 10, 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2003, approximately $156,000 of the CalSTRS Properties’ rental revenues and tenant reimbursements were generated by this tenant.

 

The CalSTRS Properties obtain insurance under a master insurance policy that includes all the properties in which TPG has an investment and for which TPG performs investment advisory or property management services. Property insurance premiums are allocated to the CalSTRS Properties based on estimated insurable values. Liability insurance premiums are allocated to the CalSTRS Properties based on relative square footage. The allocated premium to the CalSTRS Properties for the year ended December 31, 2003 is $4,029,000, including $3,965,000 to ARCO Plaza, and is included in rental property operations and maintenance expense.

 

7. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The CalSTRS Properties are subject to legal claims in the ordinary course of business. Management believes that the ultimate settlement of any existing potential claims would not have a material impact on the CalSTRS Properties’ revenues and certain expenses.

 

In connection with the ownership and operation of the real estate project, the CalSTRS Properties may be potentially liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters, including asbestos-containing materials. The CalSTRS Properties have not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim in connection with any of the properties, and the CalSTRS Properties are not aware of any other environmental condition with respect to any of the properties that management believes will have a material adverse effect on the CalSTRS Properties’ revenues and certain expenses.

 

8. Subsequent Event (Unaudited)

 

On July 15, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza refinanced the $175,000,000 acquisition loan with a $325,000,000 facility that includes both a $200,000,000 senior loan (as to which an interest rate cap agreement has been purchased) and provides for additional mezzanine borrowings of up to $125,000,000 (as to which interest rate cap agreements are required for each advance) to fund a majority of the project improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs involved in the redevelopment of ARCO Plaza. The facility has an initial term of two years, with three one year extensions. Interest on the senior and mezzanine loans is payable monthly at the one-month London interbank offered rate plus 1.8% and 4.5% per annum, respectively. The senior loan was fully funded on July 15, 2004, on which date the interest rate was 3.1% per annum.

 

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On August 26, 2004, a parent of the entity that owns ARCO Plaza entered into a $25 million junior mezzanine loan for ARCO Plaza. The net proceeds from this loan were distributed to the partners of the parent entity that owns the property. The maturity date for the junior mezzanine loan is the same as for the senior mortgage and senior mezzanine loan, and also provides for interest rate protection, lock box, reserve and cash management terms. The junior mezzanine loan bears interest at a floating rate based upon a fixed spread over LIBOR. We have purchased an interest rate cap for this loan.

 

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