-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UMsL+13l9FlzbnaeReJJaKWCb8Q4e4qCm6DNl94kl/qfSpB0gGyQwFOuUqsdZ1Hm 2SXrtZSDMmldOyxPfg9Tkg== 0000914208-09-000846.txt : 20090508 0000914208-09-000846.hdr.sgml : 20090508 20090508101049 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914208-09-000846 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090508 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090508 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Invesco Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000914208 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 980557567 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13908 FILM NUMBER: 09808197 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1555 PEACHTREE STREET NE STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309 BUSINESS PHONE: 404-892-0896 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1555 PEACHTREE STREET NE STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Invesco Ltd DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080508 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Invesco PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080429 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Invesco Ltd. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071205 10-Q 1 form10q033109.htm INVESCO LTD. FORM 10-Q PERIOD ENDED 03/31/09

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

 

 

x

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

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009

 

OR

o

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

 

 

 

For the transition period from                 to

 

Commission file number 1-13908

 


 

Invesco Ltd.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Bermuda

98-0557567

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1800, Atlanta, GA

30309

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 892-0896

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Name of Exchange on Which Registered

Common Shares, $0.20 par value per share

New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer x

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o

Smaller reporting company o

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

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

 

As of April 30, 2009, the most recent practicable date, 382,676,854 of the company’s common shares, par value $0.20 per share, were outstanding.

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

We include cross references to captions elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which we refer to as this “Report,” where you can find related additional information. The following table of contents tells you where to find these captions.

 

 

 

Page

 

 

PART I – Financial Information

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

6

 

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

Item 2.

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

25

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

46

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

47

 

 

 

PART II – Other Information

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

48

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

48

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

48

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

48

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

48

Item 6.

Exhibits

49

 

Signatures

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 


Item 1. Financial Statements

Invesco Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

 

As of 

 

          March 31,

 

    December 31,

$ in millions

         2009

 

2008

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

333.1

 

585.2

Cash and cash equivalents of consolidated investment products

59.0

 

73.0

Unsettled fund receivables

445.6

 

303.7

Accounts receivable

223.5

 

239.3

Investments

107.2

 

123.6

Prepaid assets

72.6

 

55.6

Other current assets

59.0

 

72.2

Deferred tax asset, net

47.7

 

86.1

Assets held for policyholders

802.8

 

840.2

Total current assets

2,150.5

 

2,378.9

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

Investments

119.3

 

121.3

Investments of consolidated investment products

707.9

 

843.8

Prepaid assets

31.5

 

36.3

Deferred sales commissions

23.1

 

24.5

Deferred tax asset, net

28.6

 

37.2

Property and equipment, net

201.2

 

205.3

Intangible assets, net

139.6

 

142.8

Goodwill

5,904.0

 

5,966.8

Total non-current assets

7,155.2

 

7,378.0

Total assets

9,305.7

 

9,756.9

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

301.7

 

297.2

Unsettled fund payables

421.7

 

288.3

Income taxes payable

0.4

 

37.9

Other current liabilities

373.8

 

639.8

Policyholder payables

802.8

 

840.2

Total current liabilities

1,900.4

 

2,103.4

Non-current liabilities:

 

 

 

Long-term debt

850.0

 

862.0

Other non-current liabilities

192.3

 

195.3

Total non-current liabilities

1,042.3

 

1,057.3

Total liabilities

2,942.7

 

3,160.7

Commitments and contingencies (See Note 10)

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

Equity attributable to common shareholders:

 

 

 

Common shares ($0.20 par value; 1,050.0 million authorized; 426.6 million shares issued as of

   March 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008)

85.3

 

 

85.3

Additional paid-in-capital

5,272.3

 

5,352.6

Treasury shares

(1,048.6)

 

(1,128.9)

Retained earnings

1,468.1

 

1,476.3

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax

(172.4)

 

(95.8)

Total equity attributable to common shareholders

5,604.7

 

5,689.5

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

758.3

 

906.7

Total equity

6,363.0

 

6,596.2

Total liabilities and equity

9,305.7

 

9,756.9

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

3

 

 


 

 

Invesco Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

$ in millions

           2009

 

  2008

Operating revenues:

 

 

 

Investment management fees

436.5

 

737.6

Service and distribution fees

89.0

 

138.4

Performance fees

10.9

 

11.0

Other

12.2

 

23.4

Total operating revenues

548.6

 

910.4

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

Employee compensation

235.8

 

272.8

Third-party distribution, service and advisory

148.2

 

247.1

Marketing

26.9

 

43.9

Property, office and technology

45.9

 

50.1

General and administrative

30.0

 

68.4

Total operating expenses

486.8

 

682.3

 

Operating income

61.8

 

228.1

 

Other income/(expense):

 

 

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

2.5

 

17.9

Interest income

4.8

 

11.5

Gains and losses of consolidated investment products, net

(86.5)

 

(44.3)

Interest expense

(15.9)

 

(21.5)

Other gains and losses, net

(4.2)

 

(6.5)

Income before income taxes, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

(37.5)

 

185.2

Income tax provision

(20.3)

 

(73.8)

Net (loss)/income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

(57.8)

 

111.4

Gains and losses attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net

88.5

 

43.8

Net income attributable to common shareholders

30.7

 

155.2

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

— basic

             $0.08

 

      $0.40

— diluted

             $0.08

 

      $0.39

Dividends declared per share

             $0.10

 

      $0.22

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

4

 

 


 

Invesco Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

$ in millions

         2009

 

          2008

Operating activities:

 

 

 

Net(loss)/income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

(57.8)

 

111.4

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Amortization and depreciation

16.0

 

16.6

Share-based compensation expense

23.7

 

26.7

Loss on disposal of property, equipment, software, net

0.1

 

0.1

Purchase of trading investments

(7.0)

 

(14.8)

Sale of trading investments

7.8

 

13.2

Other gains and losses, net

4.2

 

6.5

Gains and losses of consolidated investment products, net

86.5

 

44.3

Tax benefit from share-based compensation

29.8

 

29.3

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

 

(9.8)

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

(2.5)

 

(17.9)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Change in cash held at consolidated investment products

14.0

 

(12.5)

Increase in receivables

(61.7)

 

(19.2)

Decrease in payables

(233.1)

 

(308.3)

Net cash used in operating activities

(180.0)

 

(134.4)

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

(5.3)

 

(14.2)

Disposal of property and equipment

0.3

 

Purchase of available-for-sale investments

(5.8)

 

(21.1)

Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale investments

12.4

 

16.4

Purchase of investments by consolidated investment products

(26.2)

 

(51.5)

Proceeds from sale of investments by consolidated investment products

16.1

 

29.5

Returns of capital in investments of consolidated investment products

4.7

 

30.1

Purchase of other investments

(1.9)

 

(5.1)

Proceeds from sale of other investments

3.1

 

9.9

Acquisition earn-out payments

 

(129.6)

Net cash used in investing activities

(2.6)

 

(135.6)

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercises of share options

1.7

 

26.6

Purchases of treasury shares

 

(168.2)

Dividends paid

(38.9)

 

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation

 

9.8

Capital invested into consolidated investment products

8.0

 

5.7

Capital distributed by consolidated investment products

(14.6)

 

(17.1)

Borrowings of consolidated investment products

 

28.9

Repayments of consolidated investment products

 

(9.3)

Net (repayments)/borrowings under credit facility

(4.5)

 

260.6

Repayments of senior notes

(3.0)

 

Acquisition of remaining noncontrolling interest in subsidiary

(10.3)

 

Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities

(61.6)

 

137.0

 

 

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(244.2)

 

(133.0)

Foreign exchange movement on cash and cash equivalents

(7.9)

 

19.5

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

585.2

 

915.8

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

333.1

 

802.3

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

Interest paid

(9.7)

 

(13.8)

Interest received

5.2

 

11.5

Taxes paid

(15.5)

 

(71.8)

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

5

 

 


 

Invesco Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes.

 

 

Equity Attributable to Common Shareholders

 

$ in millions

 

 

Common Shares

 

 

Additional

Paid-in-Capital

 

 

 

Treasury

Shares

 

 

 

Retained

Earnings

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities

 

 

 

Total Equity

January 1, 2009

85.3

 

5,352.6

 

(1,128.9)

 

1,476.3

 

(95.8)

 

906.7

 

6,596.2

Net (loss)/income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.7

 

 

 

 

(88.5)

 

 

(57.8)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency translation differences on investments in overseas subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(72.1)

 

 

 

 

(72.1)

Change in minimum pension liability

 

 

 

 

0.4

 

 

0.4

Change in net unrealized gains on available-for- sale investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4.0)

 

 

 

 

(4.0)

Tax impacts of changes in accumulated OCI balances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.9)

 

 

 

 

(0.9)

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(134.4)

Change in noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(58.5)

 

 

(58.5)

Dividends

 

 

 

(38.9)

 

 

 

(38.9)

Employee share plans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

23.7

 

 

 

 

 

23.7

Vested shares

 

(81.4)

 

81.4

 

 

 

 

Exercise of options

 

(8.7)

 

10.4

 

 

 

 

1.7

Tax impact of share-based payment

 

(5.0)

 

 

 

 

 

(5.0)

Purchase of shares

 

 

(11.5)

 

 

 

 

(11.5)

Acquisition of remaining noncontrolling interest in subsidiary

 

 

 

(8.9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.4)

 

 

(10.3)

March 31, 2009

85.3

 

5,272.3

 

(1,048.6)

 

1,468.1

 

(172.4)

 

758.3

 

6,363.0



 

 

Equity Attributable to Common Shareholders

 

$ in millions

 

 

Common Shares

 

 

Additional

Paid-in-Capital

 

 

 

Treasury

Shares

 

 

 

Retained

Earnings

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities

 

 

 

Total Equity

January 1, 2008

84.9

 

5,306.3

 

(954.4)

 

1,201.7

 

952.1

 

1,121.2

 

7,711.8

Net income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155.2

 

 

 

 

(43.8)

 

 

111.4

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency translation differences on investments in overseas subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.2

 

 

 

 

21.2

Change in minimum pension liability

 

 

 

 

(0.6)

 

 

(0.6)

Change in net unrealized gains on available-for- sale investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4.6)

 

 

 

 

(4.6)

Tax impacts of changes in accumulated OCI balances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

 

1.6

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

129.0

Change in noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.8

 

 

4.8

Dividends

 

 

 

(89.5)

 

 

 

(89.5)

Employee share plans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

26.7

 

 

 

 

 

26.7

Vested shares

 

(10.9)

 

10.9

 

 

 

 

Exercise of options

0.4

 

21.4

 

4.8

 

 

 

 

26.6

Tax impact of share-based payment

 

9.8

 

 

 

 

 

9.8

Purchase of shares

 

 

(168.2)

 

 

 

 

(168.2)

March 31, 2008

85.3

 

5,353.3

 

(1,106.9)

 

1,267.4

 

969.7

 

1,082.2

 

7,651.0

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

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Invesco Ltd.

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1.  ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Corporate Information

 

Invesco Ltd. (Parent) and all of its consolidated entities (collectively, the company or Invesco) provide retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients with an array of global investment management capabilities. The company’s sole business is investment management.

 

Basis of Accounting and Consolidation

 

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Statements of Income, Statements of Cash Flows, and Statement of Changes in Equity (together, the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) have not been audited and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. In the opinion of management, the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, which are necessary for the fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations for the interim periods presented. All significant intercompany transactions, balances, revenues and expenses are eliminated upon consolidation.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and consolidate the financial statements of the Parent, all of its controlled subsidiaries, any variable interest entities (VIEs) required to be consolidated under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation (FIN) No. 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51,” and any entities required to be consolidated under Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights” (EITF 04-5). Under FASB Statement No. 94, “Consolidation of All Majority-Owned Subsidiaries” (FASB Statement No. 94), control is deemed to be present when the parent holds a majority voting interest or otherwise has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the subsidiary so as to obtain the benefits from its activities. FIN 46(R) requires that variable interest entities (VIEs), or entities in which the risks and rewards of ownership are not directly linked to voting interests, for which the company is the primary beneficiary (having the majority of rewards/risks of ownership) be consolidated. Certain of the company’s managed products are structured as partnerships in which the company is the general partner receiving a management and/or performance fee. If the company is deemed to have a variable interest in these entities and is determined to be the primary beneficiary, these entities are consolidated into the company’s financial statements. If the company is not determined to be the primary beneficiary, the equity method of accounting is used to account for the company’s investment in these entities. In accordance with EITF 04-5, non-VIE general partnership investments are deemed to be controlled by the company and would be consolidated, unless the limited partners have the substantive ability to remove the general partner without cause based upon a simple majority vote or can otherwise dissolve the partnership, or unless the limited partners have substantive participating rights over decision-making. Investment products that are consolidated under FIN46(R), EITF 04-5, or FASB Statement No. 94 are referred to as consolidated investment products in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 7, “Consolidated Investment Products,” for additional details.

 

As required by Accounting Principles Board (APB) No. 18, “The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock,” the equity method of accounting is used to account for investments in joint ventures and noncontrolled subsidiaries in which the company’s ownership is between 20 and 50 percent. Equity investments are carried initially at cost (subsequently adjusted to recognize the company’s share of the profit or loss of the investee after the date of acquisition) and are included in investments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The proportionate share of income or loss is included in equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

The financial statements have been prepared primarily on the historical cost basis; however, certain items are presented using other bases such as fair value, where such treatment is required. The financial statements of subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting year as the Parent and use consistent accounting policies, which, where applicable, have been adjusted to U.S. GAAP from local generally accepted accounting principles or reporting regulations. Noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities represent the interests in certain entities consolidated by the company either because the company has control over the entity or has determined that it is the primary beneficiary under FIN 46(R), but of which the company does not own all of the equity.

 

 

7

 

 


In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities. The primary estimates relate to investment valuation, goodwill impairment and taxes. Use of available information and application of judgment are inherent in the formation of estimates. Actual results in the future could differ from such estimates and the differences may be material to the financial statements.

 

Dividends to shareholders

 

Dividends to shareholders are recognized on the declaration date. Dividends are declared and paid on a quarterly basis.

 

Reclassifications

 

The presentation of certain prior period reported amounts has been reclassified to be consistent with the current presentation. Such reclassifications had no impact on net income or shareholders’ equity.

 

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted and Pending Accounting Pronouncements

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (FASB Statement No. 157), which became effective for Invesco on January 1, 2008. FASB Statement No. 157 clarifies how companies should measure fair value when they are required by U.S. GAAP to use a fair value measure for recognition or disclosure. FASB Statement No. 157 establishes a common definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements to eliminate differences in current practice in measuring fair value under existing accounting standards. The adoption of FASB Statement No. 157 did not result in any retrospective adjustments to prior period information or in a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. See Note 2, “Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities,” for additional disclosures.

 

In December 2007, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations (FASB Statement No. 141(R)),” and FASB Statement No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 (FASB Statement No. 160).” Under FASB Statement No. 141(R), the acquirer must recognize, with certain exceptions, 100% of the fair values of assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interests in acquisitions of less than 100% controlling interest when the acquisition constitutes a change in control of the acquired entity. Additionally, when an acquirer obtains partial ownership in an acquiree, an acquirer recognizes and consolidates assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interests at 100% of their fair values at that date regardless of the percentage ownership in the acquiree. As goodwill is calculated as a residual, all goodwill of the acquired business, not just the acquirer’s share, is recognized under this “full-goodwill” approach. Contingent consideration obligations that are elements of consideration transferred are recognized as of the acquisition date as part of the fair value transferred in exchange for the acquired business. Acquisition-related costs incurred in connection with a business combination shall be expensed. FASB Statement No. 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests (formerly known as “minority interests”) in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. FASB Statement No. 141(R) and FASB Statement No. 160 became effective for the company on January 1, 2009. FASB Statement No. 141(R) will be applied prospectively, while FASB Statement No. 160 requires retroactive adoption of the presentation and disclosure requirements for existing noncontrolling interests but prospective adoption of all of its other requirements. The adoption of these two new accounting standards did not have a material impact on the company’s financial statements; however the adoption of FASB Statement No. 141(R) did amend the definition of a business, which led to a change in the company’s basis, but not the company’s conclusion, of determining that it has one reporting unit for goodwill impairment purposes. See Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates – Goodwill” for additional information.

 

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (FASB Statement No. 159), which also became effective for Invesco on January 1, 2008, at its own discretion. FASB Statement No. 159 permits companies to elect, on an instrument-by-instrument basis, to fair value certain financial assets and financial liabilities with changes in fair value recognized in earnings as they occur (the fair value option). The company chose not to elect the FASB Statement No. 159 fair value option for eligible items existing on its balance sheet as of January 1, 2008, or for any new eligible items recognized subsequent to January 1, 2008.

 

In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (FSP FAS 157-2).” FSP FAS 157-2 amends FASB Statement No. 157 to delay the effective date for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (that is, at least annually). For items within its scope, FSP FAS 157-2 delays the effective date of FASB Statement No. 157 to January 1, 2009. As of January 1, 2008, Invesco applied the fair value measurement and disclosure provisions of FASB Statement No. 157 to its financial assets and financial liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements. As of January 1, 2009, Invesco applied the fair value measurement and disclosure provisions of FASB Statement No. 157 to nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial

 

 

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liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a non-recurring basis. Those items include: (1) nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities initially measured at fair value in a business combination or other new basis event, but not measured at fair value in subsequent periods; (2) nonfinancial long-lived assets measured at fair value for an impairment assessment under FASB Statement No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets;” (3) nonfinancial liabilities for exit or disposal activities initially measured at fair value under FASB Statement No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities;” and (4) nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at fair value in the second step of a goodwill impairment test. The adoption of FSP FAS 157-2 did not have a material impact on the company’s financial statements.

 

In April 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets” (FSP FAS 142-3). FSP FAS 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life over which to amortize the cost of a recognized intangible asset under FASB Statement No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” FSP FAS 142-3 requires an entity to consider its own assumptions about renewal or extension of the term of the arrangement, consistent with its expected use of the asset. FSP FAS 142-3 is intended to improve the consistency between the useful life of an intangible asset determined under FASB Statement No. 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under FASB Statement No. 141(R) and other U.S. GAAP. The guidance provided by FSP FAS 142-3 for determining the useful life of a recognized intangible asset must be applied prospectively to intangible assets acquired after the effective date, which is January 1, 2009. FSP FAS 142-3 is not expected to have a material impact on the company’s financial statements.

 

During June 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. EITF 03-6-1, “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities” (FSP EITF 03-6-1). FSP EITF 03-6-1 addresses whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities prior to vesting and need to be included in the earnings allocation in computing earnings per share (EPS) under the two-class method described in FASB Statement No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” The guidance in the FSP EITF 03-6-1 provides that only those unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents are participating securities that should be included in the calculation of basic EPS under the two-class method. The FASB concluded that the holder of a share-based award receives a noncontingent transfer of value each time the entity declares a dividend, and therefore the share-based award meets the definition of a participating security. FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, with all prior period EPS data being adjusted retrospectively. The adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 on January 1, 2009, required the company to include unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) that contain nonforfeitable dividend equivalents as outstanding common shares for purposes of calculating basic EPS. The adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 did not have a material impact on the company’s calculation of basic EPS. The weighted average number of shares used for the calculation of prior period earnings per share have been restated to reflect the adoption of EITF 03-6-1. The adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 did not result in a change to prior period reported EPS amounts.

 

In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active” (FSP 157-3), which became effective for Invesco for the period ended September 30, 2008. FSP 157-3 clarifies the application of FASB Statement No. 157 to financial assets in an inactive market. The FSP includes an illustration of the application of judgment when selecting an appropriate discount rate to apply in the valuation of a collateralized debt obligation in a market that has become increasingly inactive. The adoption of FSP 157-3 did not have a material impact on the company’s financial statements.

 

In December 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8, “Disclosures about Transfers of Financial Assets and Interests in Variable Interest Entities (FSP FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8),” which became effective for the company on December 31, 2008. This staff position requires additional disclosures by public entities with a) continuing involvement in transfers of financial assets to a special purpose entity or b) a variable interest in a variable interest entity. The adoption of FSP FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8 did not have a material impact on the company’s financial statements. See Note 7, “Consolidated Investment Products,” for additional disclosures.

 

In January 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. EITF 99-20-1, “Amendments to the Impairment Guidance of EITF Issue No. 99-20 (FSP EITF 99-20-1),” which became effective for the company on December 31, 2008. FSP EITF 99-20-1 revises the impairment guidance provided by EITF 99-20 for beneficial interests to make it consistent with the requirements of FASB Statement No. 115 for determining whether an impairment of other debt and equity securities is other-than-temporary. FSP EITF 99-20-1 eliminates the requirement that a holder’s best estimate of cash flows be based upon those that a market participant would use. Instead, FSP 99-20-1 requires that an other-than-temporary impairment be recognized when it is probable that there has been an adverse change in the holder’s estimated cash flows. FSP EITF 99-20-1 did not have a material impact on the company’s financial statements.

 

 

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On April 9, 2009, the FASB issued three Staff Positions (FSPs) intended to provide additional application guidance and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements and impairments of securities. FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions that Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4),” provides guidelines for making fair value measurements more consistent with the principles presented in FASB Statement No. 157. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments (FSP 107-1),” enhances consistency in financial reporting by increasing the frequency of fair value disclosures. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments (FSP 115-2),” provides additional guidance designed to create greater clarity and consistency in accounting for and presenting impairment losses on securities.

 

FSP 157-4 addresses the measurement of fair value of financial assets when there is no active market or where the price inputs being used could be indicative of distressed sales. FSP 157-4 reaffirms the definition of fair value already reflected in FASB Statement No. 157, which is the price that would be paid to sell an asset in an orderly transaction (as opposed to a distressed or forced transaction) at the measurement date under current market conditions. FSP 157-4 also reaffirms the need to use judgment to ascertain if a formerly active market has become inactive and in determining fair values when markets have become inactive.

 

FSP 107-1 was issued to improve the fair value disclosures for any financial instruments that are not currently reflected on the balance sheet of companies at fair value. Prior to issuing FSP 107-1, fair values of these assets and liabilities were only disclosed once a year. FSP 107-1 now requires these disclosures on a quarterly basis, providing qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value.

 

FSP 115-2 on other-than-temporary impairments is intended to improve the consistency in the timing of impairment recognition, and provide greater clarity to investors about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. FSP 115-2 requires increased and more timely disclosures sought by investors regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and an aging of securities with unrealized losses.

 

FSP 157-4, FSP 107-1 and FSP 115-2 are effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, and provide for early adoption for the interim and annual periods ending after March 15, 2009. All three FSPs must be adopted in conjunction with each other. Invesco will adopt all three FSPs for the interim period ending June 30, 2009. The company is still assessing the impact these three FSPs will have on its financial statements.

 

2.  FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

FASB Statement No. 157 establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:

 

 

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Level 1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

 

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Level 2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

 

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Level 3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

An asset or liability’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

FASB Statement No. 157 allows three types of valuation approaches: a market approach, which uses observable prices and other relevant information that is generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities; an income approach, which uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single, discounted present value amount; and a cost approach, which is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset.

 

The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such assets and liabilities pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.

 

 

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Cash equivalents

Cash equivalents include cash investments in money market funds and time deposits. Cash and cash equivalents invested in affiliated money market funds totaled $157.4 million at March 31, 2009 (December 31, 2008: $209.4 million). Cash investments in money market funds are valued under the market approach through the use of quoted market prices in an active market, which is the net asset value of the underlying funds, and are classified within level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Cash investments in time deposits are very short-term in nature and are accordingly valued at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value, and are classified within level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

Available-for-sale investments

Available-for-sale investments include amounts seeded into affiliated investment products, foreign time deposits and investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Seed money is valued under the market approach through the use of quoted market prices available in an active market, which is the net asset value of the underlying funds, and is classified within level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Foreign time deposits are valued under the income approach based on observable interest rates and are classified within level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. CLOs are valued using an income approach through the use of certain observable and unobservable inputs. Due to current liquidity constraints within the market for CLO products that require the use of unobservable inputs, these investments are classified as level 3 within the valuation hierarchy.

 

Trading investments

Trading investments primarily include the investments of the deferred compensation plans that are offered to certain Invesco employees. These investments are primarily invested in affiliated funds. Trading securities are valued under the market approach through the use of quoted prices in an active market and are classified within level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

Assets held for policyholders

Assets held for policyholders represent investments held by one of the company’s subsidiaries, which is an insurance entity that was established to facilitate retirement savings plans in the U.K. The assets held for policyholders are accounted for at fair value pursuant to AICPA Statement of Position No. 03-1, “Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts and for Separate Accounts.” The assets are measured at fair value under the market approach based on the quoted prices of the underlying funds in an active market and are classified within level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

The following table presents, for each of the hierarchy levels described above, the company’s assets that are measured at fair value as of March 31, 2009:

 

 

As of March 31, 2009

$ in millions

    Fair Value

     Measurements

 

Quoted Prices in

 Active Markets for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

226.6

 

157.4

 

69.2

 

Investments *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale

73.7

 

59.7

 

14.0

 

Trading investments

32.5

 

32.5

 

 

Assets held for policyholders

                802.8

 

                    802.8

 

 

                                —

Total current assets

            1,135.6

 

                1,052.4

 

                       83.2

 

 —

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments – available-for-sale

               13.5

 

                       —

 

                        —

 

                        13.5

Total assets at fair value

                 1,149.1

 

1,052.4

 

83.2

 

13.5

 

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Other current cost method investments of $1.0 million are excluded from this table. Other non-current equity and cost method investments of $105.8 million are also excluded from this table. These investments are not measured at fair value, in accordance with applicable accounting standards.

 

 

 

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The following table presents, for each of the hierarchy levels described above, the carrying value of the company’s assets that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2008:

 

 

As of December 31, 2008

$ in millions

 

Fair Value

Measurements

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

 

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

365.8

 

209.4

 

156.4

 

Investments *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale

86.4

 

69.1

 

17.3

 

Trading investments

36.2

 

36.2

 

 

Assets held for policyholders

840.2

 

840.2

 

 

Total current assets

1,328.6

 

1,154.9

 

173.7

 

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments – available-for-sale

17.5

 

 

 

17.5

Total assets at fair value

1,346.1

 

1,154.9

 

173.7

 

17.5

 

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*

Other current cost method investments of $1.0 million are excluded from this table. Other non-current equity and cost method investments of $103.8 million are also excluded from this table. These investments are not measured at fair value, in accordance with applicable accounting standards.

 

The following table shows a reconciliation of the beginning and ending fair value measurements for level 3 assets, which are comprised solely of CLOs, using significant unobservable inputs:

 

$ in millions

            2009

 

           2008

January 1

17.5

 

39.0

Net unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)*

0.1

 

(3.8)

Purchases and issuances

 

0.9

Other than temporary impairment included in other gains and losses, net

(3.6)

 

(3.5)

Return of capital

(0.5)

 

(0.3)

March 31

 13.5

 

 32.3

 

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Of these net unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss), $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, are attributed to the change in unrealized gains and losses related to assets still held at March 31, 2009.

 

As of March 31, 2009, the company reviewed the cash flow estimates of its CLOs, which are based on the underlying pools of securities and take into account the overall credit quality of the issuers, the forecasted default rates of the securities, and the company’s past experience in managing similar securities. These estimates of future cash flows, taking into account both timing and amounts and discounted for appropriate discount rates, indicated a sustained decline in valuation, resulting in other than temporary impairment charges during the three months ended March 31, 2009, of $3.6 million. These securities may recover their value over time.

 

3.  COMMON SHARES

 

Movements in common shares issued are represented in the table below:

 

 

            2009

 

            2008

In millions

 

 

 

January 1

426.6

 

424.7

Exercise of options

 

1.9

March 31

426.6

 

426.6

 

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2009, Invesco Ltd. did not purchase any shares either in the open market or in private transactions with current executive and other officers of the company (three months ended March 31, 2008: 6.1 million shares at a cost of $154.5 million). Separately, an aggregate of 1.0 million shares were withheld on vesting events during the three months ended March 31, 2009, to meet employees’ withholding tax obligations. The value of these shares withheld was $11.5 million (three months ended March 31, 2008: None).

 

4.  OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows:

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

$ in millions

           2009

 

2008

Net unrealized (losses)/gains on available-for-sale investments

(11.7)

 

(7.7)

Tax on unrealized (losses)/gains on available-for-sale investments

(0.5)

 

0.1

Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments

(118.4)

 

(46.3)

Tax on cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments

1.2

 

1.3

Pension liability adjustments

(59.0)

 

(59.4)

Tax on pension liability adjustments

16.0

 

16.2

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss

(172.4)

 

(95.8)

 

Total other comprehensive (loss)/income details are presented below:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

March 31,

$ in millions

2009

 

2008

Net (loss)/income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

(57.8)

 

111.4

Unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale investments

(8.9)

 

(8.0)

Tax on net unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale investments

(1.0)

 

1.2

Reclassification adjustments for net gains and losses on available-for-sale investments included in net income

 

4.9

 

 

3.4

Tax on reclassification adjustments for net gains and losses on available-for-sale investments included in net income

 

0.4

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

(72.1)

 

21.2

Tax on foreign currency translation adjustments

(0.1)

 

0.2

Adjustments to pension liability

0.4

 

(0.6)

Tax on adjustments to pension liability

(0.2)

 

0.2

Total other comprehensive (loss)/income

(134.4)

 

129.0

 

5.  TAXATION

 

At March 31, 2009, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits calculated pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48), was $56.0 million as compared to the December 31, 2008, total amount of $55.9 million.

 

The company and its subsidiaries file annual income tax returns in the United States (“U.S.”) federal jurisdiction, various U.S. state and local jurisdictions, and in numerous foreign jurisdictions. A number of years may elapse before a FIN 48 uncertain tax position, for which the company has unrecognized tax benefits, is finally resolved. To the extent that the company has favorable tax settlements, or determines that accrued amounts are no longer needed due to a lapse in the applicable statute of limitations or other reasons, such liabilities, as well as the related interest and penalty, would be reversed as a reduction of income tax expense (net of federal tax effects, if applicable) in the period such determination is made.

 

6.  EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods, excluding treasury shares. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the treasury stock method outlined in FASB Statement No. 128, “Earnings per Share,” which requires computing share equivalents and dividing net

 

 

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income attributable to common shareholders by the total weighted average number of shares and share equivalents outstanding during the periods.

 

The calculation of earnings per share is as follows:

 

In millions, except per share data

      Net Income    Attributable to Common

Shareholders

 

 

       Weighted Average

     Number of Shares*

 

 

      Per Share

    Amount

For the three months ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

$30.7

 

394.1

 

$0.08

Dilutive effect of share-based awards

 

5.8

 

Diluted earnings per share

$30.7

 

399.9

 

$0.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

$155.2

 

390.0

 

$0.40

Dilutive effect of share-based awards

 

10.8

 

Diluted earnings per share

$155.2

 

400.8

 

$0.39

 

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The basic weighted average number of shares for the three months ended March 31, 2008, was restated upon the adoption of EITF 03-6-1, as discussed in Note 1. The adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 did not result in a change to the prior period reported EPS amounts.

 

See Note 8 for a summary of share awards outstanding under the company’s share-based payment programs. These programs could result in the issuance of common shares that would affect the measurement of basic and diluted earnings per share.

 

Options to purchase 13.8 million shares at a weighted average exercise price of 1,847 pence were outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (three months ended March 31, 2008: 14.2 million share options at a weighted average exercise price of 1,888 pence), but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the option’s exercise price was greater than the average market price of the shares and therefore their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

The company excluded 1.6 million contingently issuable shares from the diluted earnings per share computation for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (three months ended March 31, 2008: 3.6 million contingently issuable shares), because the necessary performance conditions for the shares to be issuable had not yet been satisfied at the end of the respective period. There were no contingently issuable shares that were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, due to their inclusion being anti-dilutive.

 

7.  CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT PRODUCTS

 

The company provides investment management services to, and has transactions with, various private equity, real estate, fund-of-funds, CLOs and other investment entities sponsored by the company for the investment of client assets in the normal course of business. The company serves as the investment manager, making day-to-day investment decisions concerning the assets of the products. Certain of these investments are considered to be VIEs. If the company is the primary beneficiary of the VIEs, then the investment products are consolidated into the company’s financial statements. Other partnership entities are consolidated under EITF 04-5, as the company is the general partner and is presumed to have control, in the absence of simple majority kick-out rights to remove the general partner, simple majority liquidation rights to dissolve the partnership, or any substantive participating rights of the other limited partners. Investment products are also consolidated under FASB Statement No. 94, if appropriate.

 

For investment products that are structured as partnerships and are determined to be VIEs, including private equity, real estate and fund-of-funds products, the company evaluates the structure of the partnership to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of the investment product. This evaluation includes assessing the rights of the limited partners to transfer their economic interests in the investment product. If the limited partners lack objective rights to transfer their economic interests, they are considered to be de facto agents of the company, resulting in the company determining that it is the primary beneficiary of the investment product. The company generally takes less than a 1% investment in these entities as the general partner. Interests in unconsolidated private equity, real estate and fund-of-funds products are classified as equity method investments in the company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The company’s risk with respect to each investment is limited to its equity ownership and any uncollected management fees.

 

 

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Therefore, gains or losses of consolidated investment products have not had a significant impact on the company’s results of operations, liquidity or capital resources. The company has no recourse to the assets or liabilities of these VIEs. VIE assets can only be used to settle obligations of the investment products. Creditors to consolidated VIEs have no recourse against the assets of the company.

 

For CLO entities, as discussed in Note 2, the company generally takes only a relatively small portion of the unrated, junior subordinated positions. The company’s investments in CLOs are generally subordinated to other interests in the entities and entitle the investors to receive the residual cash flows, if any, from the entities. Investors in CLOs have no recourse against the company for any losses sustained in the CLO structure. The company’s ownership interests, which are classified as available-for-sale investments on the company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, combined with its other interests (management and incentive fees), are quantitatively assessed to determine if the company is the primary beneficiary of these entities. The company determined that it did not absorb the majority of the expected gains or losses from the CLOs and therefore is not their primary beneficiary. The company’s equity interest in the CLOs of $13.5 million at March 31, 2009 (December 31, 2008: $17.5 million), represents its maximum risk of loss.

 

As discussed in Note 10, the company has entered into contingent support agreements for two of its investment trusts to enable them to sustain a stable pricing structure, creating variable interests in these VIEs. The company earns management fees from the trusts and has a small investment in one of these trusts. The company was not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of these trusts after considering any explicit and implicit variable interests in relation to the total expected gains and losses of the trusts. The maximum committed amount under the support agreements, which represents the company’s maximum risk of loss, is equivalent to the amount of support that the trusts required as of March 31, 2009, to maintain the net asset value of the trusts at $1 per share. The recorded fair value of the guarantees related to these agreements at March 31, 2009, was estimated to be $2.5 million (December 31, 2008: $5.5 million), which was recorded as a guarantee obligation in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The fair value of these agreements is lower than the maximum support amount reflecting management’s estimation that the likelihood of funding under the support agreement is low, as significant investor redemptions out of the trusts before the scheduled maturity of the underlying securities or significant credit default issues of the securities held within the trusts’ portfolios would be required to trigger funding by the company.

 

At March 31, 2009, the company’s maximum risk of loss in significant VIEs in which the company is not the primary beneficiary is presented in the table below.

 

 

$ in millions

 

Carrying Value

 

       Company’s Maximum

       Risk of Loss

CLOs

13.5

 

13.5

Partnership and trust investments

18.8

 

18.8

Support agreements (See Note 10)

(2.5)

 

54.0

Total

 

 

86.3

 

 

 

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The following tables reflect the impact of consolidation at fair value of these investment products into the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the periods ended March 31, 2009, and 2008.

 

Balance Sheets

 

$ in millions

Before

Impact of Consolidated Investment Products

 

 

Variable Interest

Entities

 

Other

Consolidated Investment

Products

 

Consolidated

Total

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

2,087.5

 

12.2

 

50.8

 

2,150.5

Non-current assets

6,447.3

 

71.7

 

636.2

 

7,155.2

Total assets

8,534.8

 

83.9

 

687.0

 

9,305.7

Current liabilities

1,895.9

 

0.7

 

3.8

 

1,900.4

Non-current liabilities

1,042.3

 

 

 

1,042.3

Total liabilities

2,938.2

 

0.7

 

3.8

 

2,942.7

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

4.6

 

82.4

 

671.3

 

758.3

Equity attributable to common shareholders

5,592.0

 

0.8

 

11.9

 

5,604.7

Total liabilities and equity

8,534.8

 

83.9

 

687.0

 

9,305.7

 

 

$ in millions

Before

Impact of Consolidated Investment Products

 

Variable Interest

Entities

 

Other

Consolidated Investment

Products

 

Consolidated

Total

As of December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

2,301.7

 

13.5

 

63.7

 

2,378.9

Non-current assets

6,534.2

 

141.9

 

701.9

 

7,378.0

Total assets

8,835.9

 

155.4

 

765.6

 

9,756.9

Current liabilities

2,098.3

 

1.0

 

4.1

 

2,103.4

Non-current liabilities

1,057.3

 

 

 

1,057.3

Total liabilities

3,155.6

 

1.0

 

4.1

 

3,160.7

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

7.1

 

153.5

 

746.1

 

906.7

Equity attributable to common shareholders

5,673.2

 

0.9

 

15.4

 

5,689.5

Total liabilities and equity

8,835.9

 

155.4

 

765.6

 

9,756.9

 

 

 

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Statements of Income

 

$ in millions

Before

Impact of Consolidated Investment Products

 

Variable

 Interest

Entities

 

Other

Consolidated Investment

 Products

 

 

Consolidated

Total

Three Months ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

550.2

(0.1)

(1.5)

548.6

Total operating expenses

(485.1)

 

(0.2)

 

(1.5)

 

(486.8)

Operating income

65.1

 

(0.3)

 

(3.0)

 

61.8

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

2.5

 

 

 

2.5

Interest income

4.8

 

 

 

4.8

Other investment income/(losses)

(4.3)

 

(14.7)

 

(71.7)

 

(90.7)

Interest expense

(15.9)

 

 

 

(15.9)

Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest

52.2

 

(15.0)

 

(74.7)

 

(37.5)

Income tax provision

(20.3)

 

 

 

(20.3)

Net (loss)/ income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling

   interests

 

31.9

 

 

(15.0)

 

 

(74.7)

 

 

(57.8)

(Income)/losses attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net of tax

 

(0.1)

 

 

15.0

 

 

73.6

 

 

88.5

Net income attributable to common shareholders

31.8

 

 

(1.1)

 

30.7

 

 

$ in millions

Before

Impact of Consolidated Investment Products

 

 

Variable

 Interest

 Entities

 

Other

Consolidated Investment

Products

 

 

 

Consolidated

 Total

Three Months ended March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

910.6

 

(0.2)

 

 

910.4

Total operating expenses

(682.0)

 

(0.3)

 

 

(682.3)

Operating income

228.6

 

(0.5)

 

 

228.1

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

17.9

 

 

 

17.9

Interest income

11.5

 

 

 

11.5

Other investment income/(losses)

(6.5)

 

(34.4)

 

(9.9)

 

(50.8)

Interest expense

(21.5)

 

 

 

(21.5)

Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest

230.0

 

(34.9)

 

(9.9)

 

185.2

Income tax provision

(73.8)

 

 

 

(73.8)

Net income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

156.2

 

(34.9)

 

(9.9)

 

111.4

(Income)/losses attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net of tax

(0.4)

 

34.7

 

9.5

 

43.8

Net income attributable to common shareholders

155.8

 

(0.2)

 

(0.4)

 

155.2

 

 

The following table presents the fair value hierarchy levels of investments held by consolidated investment products, which are measured at fair value as of March 31, 2009:

 

 

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

$ in millions

 

Fair Value

Measurements

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical

Assets (Level 1)

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs (Level 2)

 

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments held by consolidated investment products

 

707.9

 

 

33.2

 

 

 

 

674.7

 

 

 

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The following table presents the fair value hierarchy levels of the carrying value of investments held by consolidated investment products, which are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2008:

 

 

As of December 31, 2008

$ in millions

 

Fair Value

Measurements

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets for

Identical Assets

 (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

 (Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments held by consolidated investment products

 

843.8

 

 

82.8

 

 

 

 

761.0

 

The following table shows a reconciliation of the beginning and ending fair value measurements for level 3 assets using significant unobservable inputs:

 

 

$ in millions

          Three Months Ended

            March 31, 2009

Beginning balance

761.0

Purchases and sales, net

2.2

Gains and losses included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income*

 (88.5)

Ending balance

 674.7

 

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Included in gains and losses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2009, are $87.0 million in net unrealized losses attributable to investments held at March 31, 2009, by consolidated investment products.

 

Consolidated investment products are generally structured as partnerships. For private equity partnerships, fair value is determined by reviewing each investment for the sale of additional securities of an issuer to sophisticated investors or for investee financial conditions and fundamentals. Publicly traded portfolio investments are carried at market value as determined by their most recent quoted sale, or if there is no recent sale, at their most recent bid price. For these investments held by consolidated investment products, level 1 classification indicates that fair values have been determined using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets that the partnership has the ability to access. Level 2 classification may indicate that fair values have been determined using quoted prices in active markets but give effect to certain lock-up restrictions surrounding the holding period of the underlying investments. Level 3 investments include direct investments in private equity portfolio companies or investments in private equity funds. Level 3 classification indicates that the fair value of these investments was determined using inputs that are unobservable and reflect the partnership’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset (including assumptions about risk). These inputs are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances, which include the partnership’s own data. The partnership’s own data used to develop unobservable inputs are adjusted if information indicates that market participants would use different assumptions.

 

During the period ended March 31, 2009, the company deconsolidated $53.3 million of investments held by consolidated investment products and related noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, as a result of determiming that it is no longer the primary beneficiary.

 

8.  SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The company recognized total share-based compensation expenses of $23.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $26.7 million). The total income tax benefit recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income for share-based compensation arrangements was $9.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $8.6 million).

 

Cash received from the exercise of share options and sharesave plan awards granted under share-based compensation arrangements was $1.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $26.6 million). The tax benefit realized from share option exercises was $0.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $8.6 million).

 

 

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Share Awards

 

Share awards are broadly classified into two categories: time-vested and performance-vested share awards. Share awards are measured at fair value at the date of grant and are expensed on a straight-line or accelerated basis over the vesting period, based on the company’s estimate of shares that will eventually vest.

 

Time-vested awards vest ratably over or cliff-vest at the end of a period of continued employee service. Performance-vested awards cliff-vest at the end of or vest ratably over a defined vesting period of continued employee service upon the company’s attainment of certain performance criteria, generally the attainment of cumulative EPS growth targets at the end of the vesting period reflecting a compound annual growth rate of between 10.0% and 15.0% per annum during a three-year period. Time-vested and performance-vested share awards are granted in the form of restricted share awards (RSAs) or restricted share units (RSUs). Dividends accrue directly to the employee holder of RSAs, and cash payments in lieu of dividends are made to employee holders of certain RSUs. There is therefore no discount to the fair value of these share awards at their grant date. Movements on share awards priced in Pounds Sterling prior to the company’s primary share listing moving to the New York Stock Exchange from the London Stock Exchange, which occurred on December 4, 2007, in connection with the redomicile of the company from the U.K. to Bermuda, are detailed below:

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2009

Three months ended March 31, 2008

 

    Time-

Vested

   

  Performance-

Vested

Weighted Average

Grant Date

Fair Value (pence)

Time-

Vested

  Performance-

Vested

Millions of shares, except fair values

 

Unvested at the beginning of period

10.2

6.0

9.62

15.2

6.2

Forfeited during the period

(0.2)

9.21

(0.4)

(0.1)

Vested and distributed during the period

(1.4)

(2.2)

8.30

(0.9)

Unvested at the end of the period

8.6

3.8

10.02

13.9

6.1

 

Subsequent to the company’s primary share listing moving to the New York Stock Exchange, shares are now priced in U.S. dollars. Movements on share awards priced in U.S. dollars are detailed below:

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2009

Three months ended March 31, 2008

 

Time-

Vested

Weighted Average

Grant Date

Fair Value ($)

Time-

Vested

Weighted Average

Grant Date

Fair Value ($)

Millions of shares, except fair values

 

 

 

 

Unvested at the beginning of period

3.5

26.67

Granted during the period

8.8

11.43

3.5

27.01

Forfeited during the period

27.01

Vested and distributed during the period

(0.6)

26.93

Unvested at the end of the period

11.7

15.28

3.5

27.01

 

Share awards outstanding at March 31, 2009, had a weighted average remaining contractual life of 1.83 years.

 

Share Options

 

The company has not granted awards of share options since 2005. The company maintains two historical option plans with outstanding share options: the 2000 Share Option Plan and the No. 3 Executive Share Option Scheme.

 

The share option plans provided for a grant price equal to the quoted market price of the company’s shares on the date of grant. If the options remain unexercised after a period of 10 years from the date of grant, the options expire. Furthermore, options are forfeited if the employee leaves the company before the options vest. The share option programs were valued using a stochastic model (a lattice model) at grant date.

 

 

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Changes in outstanding share option awards are as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2009

 

Three months ended March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

Options

(millions of shares)

Weighted Average Exercise Price

(£ Sterling)

 

 

Options

(millions of shares)

Outstanding at the beginning of the period

23.1

14.06

 

29.7

Forfeited during the period

(0.6)

17.83

 

(0.5)

Exercised during the period

(0.1)

6.68

 

(2.0)

Outstanding at the end of the period

22.4

14.00

 

27.2

Exercisable at the end of the period

22.4

14.05

 

24.2

 

The share option exercise prices are denominated in Pounds Sterling. Upon exercise, the Pound Sterling exercise price will be converted to U.S. dollars using the foreign exchange rate in effect on the exercise date. The options outstanding at March 31, 2009, had a range of exercise prices from 50 pence to 3,360 pence, and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 3.23 years (for options exercisable at March 31, 2009, the weighted average remaining contractual life is 3.24 years). The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, was $0.9 million and $23.2 million, respectively. At March 31, 2009, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable was $29.1 million and $28.0 million, respectively. The market price at March 31, 2009, was $13.86.

 

9.  RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

 

Defined Contribution Plans

 

The company operates defined contribution retirement benefit plans for all qualifying employees. The assets of the plans are held separately from those of the company in funds under the control of trustees. When employees leave the plans prior to vesting fully in the contributions, the contributions payable by the company are reduced by the amount of forfeited contributions.

 

The total amounts charged to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, of $11.9 million and $13.5 million, respectively, represent contributions payable or paid to these plans by the company at rates specified in the rules of the plans. As of March 31, 2009, accrued contributions of $6.7 million (December 31, 2008: $21.0 million) for the current year will be paid to the plans when due.

 

Defined Benefit Plans

 

The company maintains legacy defined benefit pension plans for qualifying employees of its subsidiaries in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Taiwan, and the U.S. All defined benefit plans are closed to new participants, and the U.S. plan benefits have been frozen. The company also maintains a post-retirement medical plan in the U.S., which was closed to new participants in 2005. In 2006, the plan was amended to eliminate benefits for all participants who will not meet retirement eligibility by 2008. The assets of all defined benefit schemes are held in separate trustee-administered funds. Under the plans, the employees are generally entitled to retirement benefits based on final salary at retirement.

 

The components of net periodic benefit cost in respect of these defined benefit plans are as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Retirement Plans

 

Medical Plan

$ in millions

2009

 

2008

 

2009

 

2008

Service cost

(3.3)

 

(1.8)

 

(0.1)

 

Interest cost

(4.9)

 

(4.9)

 

(0.6)

 

(0.7)

Expected return on plan assets

5.3

 

5.6

 

0.1

 

0.1

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

0.5

 

0.5

Amortization of net actuarial (loss)/gain

(0.3)

 

(0.5)

 

(1.1)

 

(1.2)

Settlement

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

(3.2)

 

(1.6)

 

(1.2)

 

(1.3)

 

The estimated amounts of contributions expected to be paid to the plans during 2009 is $6.3 million for retirement plans, with no expected contribution to the medical plan.

 

 

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10.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Commitments and contingencies may arise in the ordinary course of business.

 

The company has transactions with various private equity, real estate and other investment entities sponsored by the company for the investment of client assets in the normal course of business. Many of the company’s investment products are structured as limited partnerships. The company’s investment may take the form of the general partner or a limited partner, and the entities are structured such that each partner makes capital commitments that are to be drawn down over the life of the partnership as investment opportunities are identified. At March 31, 2009, the company’s undrawn capital commitments were $37.1 million (December 31, 2008: $36.5 million).

 

The volatility and valuation dislocations that occurred from 2007 to the date of this Report in certain sectors of the fixed income market have generated pricing issues in many areas of the market. As a result of these valuation dislocations, during the fourth quarter of 2007, Invesco elected to enter into contingent support agreements for two of its investment trusts to enable them to sustain a stable pricing structure. These two trusts are unregistered trusts that invest in fixed income securities and are available only to accredited investors. In December 2008, the agreements were amended to extend the term through June 30, 2009. As of March 31, 2009, the committed support under these agreements was $54.0 million with an internal approval mechanism to increase the maximum possible support to $64.5 million at the option of the company. The recorded fair value of the guarantees related to these agreements at March 31, 2009, was estimated to be $2.5 million (December 31, 2008: $5.5 million), which was recorded in other current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. No payments have been made under either agreement nor has Invesco realized any losses from the support agreements through the date of this Report. These trusts were not consolidated because the company was not deemed to be the primary beneficiary under FIN 46(R).

 

A subsidiary of the company has received an assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for goods and services tax (GST) related to various taxation periods from November 1999 to December 2003 in the amount of $13.9 million related to GST on sales charges collected from investors upon the redemption of certain mutual funds. Management believes that the CRA’s claims are unfounded and that this assessment is unlikely to stand, and accordingly no provision has been recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Acquisition Contingencies

 

Contingent consideration related to acquisitions includes the following:

 

 

Earn-outs relating to the Invesco PowerShares acquisition. A contingent payment of up to $500.0 million could be due in October 2011, five years after the date of acquisition, based on compound annual growth in management fees (as defined and adjusted pursuant to the acquisition agreement) from an assumed base of $17.5 million at closing. The Year 5 management fees will be reduced by $50.0 million, for purposes of the calculation, since the second contingent payment was earned. For a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in Year 5 below 15%, no additional payment will be made. For a CAGR in Year 5 between 15% and 75%, $5.0 million for each CAGR point above 15%, for a maximum payment of $300.0 million for a 75% CAGR. For a CAGR in Year 5 between 75% and 100%, $300.0 million, plus an additional $8.0 million for each CAGR point above 75%, for a maximum total payment of $500.0 million for a 100% CAGR.

 

 

Earn-outs relating to the WL Ross acquisition. Contingent payments of up to $55.0 million are due each year for the five years following the October 2006 date of acquisition based on the size and number of future fund launches. The maximum contingent payments of $220.0 million would require annual fund launches to total $4.0 billion.

 

Legal Contingencies

 

Following the industry-wide regulatory investigations, multiple lawsuits based on market timing allegations were filed against various parties affiliated with Invesco. These lawsuits were consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, together with market timing lawsuits brought against affiliates of other mutual fund companies, and on September 29, 2004, three amended complaints were filed against company-affiliated parties: (1) a putative shareholder class action complaint brought on behalf of shareholders of AIM funds formerly advised by Invesco Funds Group, Inc.; (2) a derivative complaint purportedly brought on behalf of certain AIM funds and the shareholders of such funds; and (3) an ERISA complaint purportedly brought on behalf of participants in the company’s 401(k) plan. The company and plaintiffs have reached settlements in principle of

 

 

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these lawsuits. The proposed settlements, which are subject to court approval, call for a payment by the company of $9.8 million, recorded in general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Income during the three months ended December 31, 2007, in exchange for dismissal with prejudice of all pending claims. In addition, under the terms of the proposed settlements, the company may incur certain costs in connection with providing notice of the proposed settlements to affected shareholders. Based on information currently available, it is not believed that any such incremental notice costs will have any material effect on the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the company.

 

The asset management industry also is subject to extensive levels of ongoing regulatory oversight and examination. In the United States and other jurisdictions in which the company operates, governmental authorities regularly make inquiries, hold investigations and administer market conduct examinations with respect to compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Additional lawsuits or regulatory enforcement actions arising out of these inquiries may in the future be filed against the company and related entities and individuals in the U.S. and other jurisdictions in which the company and its affiliates operate. Any material loss of investor and/or client confidence as a result of such inquiries and/or litigation could result in a significant decline in assets under management, which would have an adverse effect on the company’s future financial results and its ability to grow its business.

 

In the normal course of its business, the company is subject to various litigation matters. Although there can be no assurances, at this time management believes, based on information currently available to it, that it is not probable that the ultimate outcome of any of these actions will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the company.

 

11.  GUARANTOR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Prior to the December 4, 2007, redomicile of the company from the United Kingdom to Bermuda and the relisting of the company from the London Stock Exchange to the New York Stock Exchange, INVESCO PLC (now known as Invesco Holding Company Limited), the Issuer, issued 4.5% $300.0 million senior notes due 2009, 5.625% $300.0 million senior notes due 2012, 5.375% $350.0 million senior notes due 2013 and 5.375% $200.0 million senior notes due 2014. These senior notes, and the company’s $900 million credit facility (of which $7.5 million was drawn at March 31, 2009), are fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, interest and any other amounts due thereon by Invesco Ltd. (the Parent), together with the following wholly owned subsidiaries: Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc., Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc. (the Guarantors). The company’s remaining consolidated subsidiaries do not guarantee this debt. The guarantees of each of the Guarantors are joint and several. Presented below are Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008, Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, and Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

 

 

$ in millions

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Issuer

 

 

Parent

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

 

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets held for policyholders

 

802.8

 

 

 

 

802.8

 

Other current assets

82.3

 

1,236.8

 

7.3

 

21.3

 

 

1,347.7

 

Total current assets

82.3

 

2,039.6

 

7.3

 

21.3

 

 

2,150.5

 

Goodwill

2,302.8

 

3,184.2

 

417.0

 

 

 

5,904.0

 

Investments in subsidiaries

693.0

 

2,203.4

 

3,996.6

 

5,357.2

 

(12,250.2)

 

 

Other non-current assets

74.7

 

1,165.2

 

11.3

 

 

 

1,251.2

 

Total assets

3,152.8

 

8,592.4

 

4,432.2

 

5,378.5

 

(12,250.2)

 

9,305.7

 

Policyholder payables

 

802.8

 

 

 

 

802.8

 

Other current liabilities

29.3

 

750.4

 

317.4

 

0.5

 

 

1,097.6

 

Total current liabilities

29.3

 

1,553.2

 

317.4

 

0.5

 

 

1,900.4

 

Intercompany balances

335.6

 

(495.8)

 

387.0

 

(226.8)

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

30.9

 

161.4

 

850.0

 

 

 

1,042.3

 

Total liabilities

395.8

 

1,218.8

 

1,554.4

 

(226.3)

 

 

2,942.7

 

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

 

 

 

758.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

758.3

 

Equity attributable to common shareholders

2,757.0

 

6,615.3

 

2,877.8

 

5,604.8

 

(12,250.2)

 

5,604.7

 

Total liabilities and equity

3,152.8

 

8,592.4

 

4,432.2

 

5,378.5

 

(12,250.2)

 

9,305.7

 

 

 

 

$ in millions

 

Guarantors

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

Issuer

 

Parent

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated

As of December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets held for policyholders

 

840.2

 

 

 

 

840.2

Other current assets

96.9

 

1,406.7

 

10.7

 

24.4

 

 

1,538.7

Total current assets

96.9

 

2,246.9

 

10.7

 

24.4

 

 

2,378.9

Goodwill

2,302.8

 

3,236.8

 

427.2

 

 

 

5,966.8

Investments in subsidiaries

718.2

 

2,201.7

 

4,081.3

 

5,658.5

 

(12,659.7)

 

Other non-current assets

94.4

 

1,305.6

 

11.2

 

 

 

1,411.2

Total assets

3,212.3

 

8,991.0

 

4,530.4

 

5,682.9

 

(12,659.7)

 

9,756.9

Policyholder payables

 

840.2

 

 

 

 

840.2

Other current liabilities

38.2

 

933.2

 

291.4

 

0.4

 

 

1,263.2

Total current liabilities

38.2

 

1,773.4

 

291.4

 

0.4

 

 

2,103.4

Intercompany balances

385.0

 

(768.7)

 

390.8

 

(7.1)

 

 

Non-current liabilities

33.2

 

162.1

 

862.0

 

 

 

1,057.3

Total liabilities

456.4

 

1,166.8

 

1,544.2

 

(6.7)

 

 

3,160.7

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

 

906.7

 

 

 

 

906.7

Equity attributable to common shareholders

2,755.9

 

6,917.5

 

2,986.2

 

5,689.6

 

(12,659.7)

 

5,689.5

Total liabilities and equity

3,212.3

 

8,991.0

 

4,530.4

 

5,682.9

 

(12,659.7)

 

9,756.9

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income

 

 

$ in millions

 

Guarantors

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Issuer

 

 

Parent

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

For the three months ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

117.5

 

431.1

 

 

 

 

548.6

Total operating expenses

(91.8)

 

(390.1)

 

(0.9)

 

(4.0)

 

 

(486.8)

Operating income/(losses)

25.7

 

41.0

 

(0.9)

 

(4.0)

 

 

61.8

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

2.2

 

18.4

 

19.8

 

37.0

 

(74.9)

 

2.5

Other income/(expense)

(0.7)

 

(85.4)

 

(13.4)

 

(2.3)

 

 

(101.8)

Income/(losses) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest

27.2

 

(26.0)

 

5.5

 

30.7

 

(74.9)

 

(37.5)

Income tax provision

(8.7)

 

4.3

 

(15.9)

 

 

 

(20.3)

Net (loss)/ income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

18.5

 

(21.7)

 

(10.4)

 

30.7

 

(74.9)

 

(57.8)

Losses attributable to the noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net of tax

 

88.5

 

 

 

 

88.5

Net income attributable to common shareholders

18.5

 

66.8

 

(10.4)

 

30.7

 

(74.9)

 

30.7

 

 

 

$ in millions

 

Guarantors

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Issuer

 

 

Parent

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

For the three months ended March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

180.0

 

730.4

 

 

 

 

910.4

Total operating expenses

(128.6)

 

(546.6)

 

(0.5)

 

(6.6)

 

 

(682.3)

Operating income/(loss)

51.4

 

183.8

 

(0.5)

 

(6.6)

 

 

228.1

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

17.7

 

50.0

 

130.2

 

161.8

 

(341.8)

 

17.9

Other income/(expense)

(1.5)

 

(51.8)

 

(7.5)

 

 

 

(60.8)

Income/(loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest

67.6

 

182.0

 

122.2

 

155.2

 

(341.8)

 

185.2

Income tax provision

(17.5)

 

(48.3)

 

(8.0)

 

 

 

(73.8)

Net income, including losses attributable to noncontrolling interests

50.1

 

133.7

 

114.2

 

155.2

 

(341.8)

 

111.4

Losses attributable to the noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net of tax

 

43.8

 

 

 

 

43.8

Net income attributable to common shareholders

50.1

 

177.5

 

114.2

 

155.2

 

(341.8)

 

155.2

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

$ in millions

 

Guarantors

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Issuer

 

 

Parent

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

For the three months ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

(17.1)

 

50.6

 

6.1

 

(15.7)

 

(203.9)

 

(180.0)

Net cash used in investing activities

(1.0)

 

(1.6)

 

 

 

 

(2.6)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(273.7)

 

(7.5)

 

15.7

 

203.9

 

(61.6)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(18.1)

 

(224.7)

 

(1.4)

 

 

 

(244.2)

 

 

 

$ in millions

 

Guarantors

 

Non-

Guarantors

 

 

Issuer

 

 

Parent

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Consolidated

For the three months ended March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

139.9

 

11.4

 

(268.8)

 

207.9

 

(224.8)

 

(134.4)

Net cash used in investing activities

(137.2)

 

1.6

 

30.6

 

 

(30.6)

 

(135.6)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

(211.5)

 

234.7

 

(141.6)

 

255.4

 

137.0

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

2.7

 

(198.5)

 

(3.5)

 

66.3

 

 

(133.0)

 

 

 

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12.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On April 22, 2009, the company declared a first quarter 2009 dividend of 10.25 cents per share, payable on June 3, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 20, 2009.

 

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

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto, which appear elsewhere in this Report. Except for the historical financial information, this Report may include statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” under the United States securities laws. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations, expenses, earnings, liquidity, cash flows and capital expenditures, industry or market conditions, assets under management, acquisition activities and the effect of completed acquisitions, debt levels and our ability to obtain additional financing or make payments on our debt, regulatory developments, demand for and pricing of our products and other aspects of our business or general economic conditions. In addition, when used in this Report, the documents incorporated by reference herein or such other documents or statements, words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “projects,” “forecasts,” and future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” and “would,” and any other statement that necessarily depends on future events, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

 

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we make such statements based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from our expectations. We caution investors not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements and urge you to carefully consider the risks described in our most recent Form 10-K and subsequent Forms 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

References

 

In this Report, unless otherwise specified, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “company,” “Invesco,” and “Invesco Ltd.” refer to Invesco Ltd., a company incorporated in Bermuda, and its subsidiaries.

 

Executive Overview

 

The following executive overview summarizes the significant trends affecting our results of operations and financial condition for the periods presented. This overview and the remainder of this management’s discussion and analysis supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Invesco Ltd. and its subsidiaries and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Report.

 

Invesco is a leading independent global investment manager with offices in 20 countries. As of March 31, 2009, we managed $348.2 billion in assets for retail, institutional and high-net-worth investors around the world. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive worldwide investment management capabilities, Invesco provides a comprehensive array of enduring solutions for our clients. We have a significant presence in the institutional and retail segments of the investment management industry in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, with clients in more than 100 countries.

 

 

 

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Global equity markets declined in the three months ended March 31, 2009, but have since rebounded during the month of April 2009, as illustrated in the table below:

 

 

Index

Three Months Ended

 March 31, 2009

                  Month Ended 
                  April 30, 2009

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(12.48%)

7.56%

S&P 500

(11.01%)

9.57%

NASDAQ Composite Index

(2.79%)

12.40%

S&P/TSX Composite (Canada)

(2.00%)

7.26%

FTSE 100

(10.17%)

8.52%

FTSE World Europe

(10.60%)

14.76%

China SE Shanghai Composite

30.34%

4.43%

Nikkei 225

(7.60%)

8.86%

Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

0.12%

0.60%

 

After a very weak start to the year, global equity markets rallied during the final weeks of March, limiting the decline of several indices in the first quarter of 2009. Favorably received government stimulus initiatives helped to offset the general negative macroeconomic news. The U.S. Treasury unveiled a more detailed plan to address distressed assets in the financial system, while the Federal Reserve and Bank of England announced substantial bond purchase programs.

 

Asia-Pacific markets held up somewhat better than other regions in the first three months of 2009. Japanese markets, however, suffering from a rapid fall in GDP growth forecasts, a function of slowing exports and weak domestic demand, declined by 7.6% in the quarter.

 

Stocks in Europe were unable to escape the challenging economic environment, falling by 10.6% in the period. The United Kingdom, in spite of its above-average debt levels and the effective nationalization of two of its largest banks, fared slightly better than Continental European markets in the quarter. In addition to aggressive monetary policy efforts, the U.K. benefited from a more stable currency. In Continental Europe, market sentiment was eroded by exposure to declining growth in Eastern Europe, as well as concerns that the central bank has been slow to provide needed monetary stimulus.

 

After notable underperformance in the latter half of 2008, emerging markets were highly resilient in the first quarter of 2009, gaining 1% in the period. China helped lead the asset class, with investors increasingly favoring its above-average growth profile and somewhat limited exposure to the global credit crisis.

 

Fixed income markets received support in the form of quantitative easing as the Bank of England began purchasing both government and corporate bonds while the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it would buy $1.2 trillion worth of government and mortgage-related debt to help boost lending and promote economic recovery.

 

Summary operating information is presented in the table below:

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

                       2009

 

                         2008

Operating revenues

$548.6m

 

$910.4m

Net revenues (1)

$410.0m

 

$684.2m

Operating margin

11.3%

 

25.1%

Net operating margin (2)

16.5%

 

35.9%

Net income attributable to common shareholders

$30.7m

 

$155.2m

Diluted EPS

$0.08

 

$0.39

Average assets under management (in billions)

$351.0

 

$476.6

 

(1)

Net revenues are operating revenues less third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses plus our proportional share of the net revenues of our joint venture investments. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for the reconciliation of operating revenues to net revenues.

 

(2)

Net operating margin is net operating income divided by net revenues. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for the reconciliation of operating income to net operating income.

 

 

 

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Investment Capabilities Performance Overview

 

Invesco’s first strategic priority is to achieve strong investment performance over the long-term for our clients. Performance in our equities capabilities, as measured by the percentage of AUM ahead of benchmark and ahead of peer median, is generally strong with some pockets of outstanding performance and some areas where we have been challenged. Within our equity asset class, U.S. Core, U.K., Asian, European, and Global ex-U.S. and Emerging Markets have generally had strong relative performance versus competitors and versus benchmark over one-, three- and five-year periods. Investment performance in our U.S. Value equities has lagged while our Canadian equity performance has continued to improve. Within our fixed income and balanced asset classes, the global fixed income products have had at least 62% of AUM ahead of benchmark and peers over one-, three-, and five-year periods; the balanced products were largely ahead of peers and benchmarks; and the U.S. fixed income performance was tempered as short-term underperformance in one of our larger products weighed on the aggregate asset weighted returns in this category. Our money market capability had at least 88% of AUM ahead of peers on a one-, three-, and five-year basis while performance versus benchmark showed some improvement versus the prior quarter.

 

 

 

 

Benchmark Comparison

Peer Group Comparison

 

 

% of AUM Ahead of

Benchmark

% of AUM In Top Half of

Peer Group

 

 

1yr

3yr

5yr

1yr

3yr

5yr

Equities

U.S. Core

95%

95%

95%

97%

91%

90%

 

U.S. Growth

52%

46%

65%

48%

49%

47%

 

U.S. Value

25%

13%

3%

16%

3%

16%

 

Sector

40%

48%

71%

46%

40%

57%

 

U.K.

94%

93%

93%

92%

90%

91%

 

Canadian

89%

63%

26%

78%

24%

24%

 

Asian

53%

83%

92%

82%

73%

72%

 

European

58%

63%

94%

48%

64%

85%

 

Global

39%

53%

83%

22%

22%

25%

 

Global Ex U.S. and Emerging Markets

96%

96%

96%

98%

98%

98%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balanced

Balanced

72%

58%

59%

58%

19%

46%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Income

Money Market

64%

66%

64%

88%

95%

96%

 

U.S. Fixed Income

34%

34%

36%

41%

37%

43%

 

Global Fixed Income

67%

70%

72%

63%

62%

64%

 

Note:

For most products the rankings are as of 3/31/09. Exceptions include institutional products (12/31/08) and Australian retail (2/28/09). Includes assets with a minimum 1-year composite track record and populated benchmark return (for % assets ahead of benchmark) or peer group (for % assets in top half of peer group). AUM measured in the one-, three-, and five-year peer group rankings represents 68%, 67%, and 64% of total Invesco AUM, respectively, and AUM measured versus benchmark on a one-, three-, and five-year basis represents 84%, 81%, and 76% of total Invesco AUM, respectively, as of 3/31/09. Excludes Invesco PowerShares, stable value, alternatives, W.L. Ross & Co., Invesco Private Capital, direct real estate products and CLOs. Certain funds and products were excluded from the analysis because of limited benchmark or peer group data. Had these been available, results may have been different. Performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends. Past performance is not indicative of future results and may not reflect an investor’s experience.

 

Assets Under Management

 

AUM at March 31, 2009, were $348.2 billion (December, 31, 2008: $357.2 billion; March 31, 2008: $470.3 billion). The decline in AUM during the three months ended March 31, 2009, was due to reduced market values and the impact of less favorable foreign exchange rates, partially offset by net inflows in long-term AUM and institutional money market funds. Average AUM during the three months ended March 31, 2009, were $351.0 billion, compared to $476.6 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2008. Market declines led to a $16.3 billion reduction in AUM during the period compared to a reduction of $33.5 billion in the comparative 2008 period. Long-term net inflows during the period were $0.7 billion compared to long-term net outflows of $8.4 billion in the comparative 2008 period.

 

 

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Net revenue yield on AUM declined 10.7 basis points to 46.7 basis points in the three months ended March 31, 2009, from the three months ended March 31, 2008, level of 57.4 basis points. The most significant factor contributing to this decline was the market driven change in our asset mix. Our equity AUM, with a blended net revenue rate of approximately 79-80 basis points, decreased in line with the decline in equity markets globally during the three months ended March 31, 2009, whereas our institutional money market AUM, with a blended net revenue rate of approximately 11-12 basis points, increased during the period. Gross revenue yield on AUM declined 14.3 basis points to 63.1 basis points in the three months ended March 31, 2009, from the three months ended March 31, 2008, level of 77.4 basis points. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for a reconciliation of operating revenues (gross revenues) to net revenues.

 

Institutional money market net inflows were $8.6 billion in the period compared to net inflows of $9.6 billion in the 2008 comparative period.

 

Changes in AUM were as follows:

 

$ in billions

          2009

 

        2008

January 1

357.2

 

500.1

Long-term inflows

14.3

 

20.8

Long-term outflows

(13.6)

 

(29.2)

Long-term net flows

0.7

 

(8.4)

Net flows in money market funds

8.6

 

9.6

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(16.3)

 

(33.5)

Foreign currency translation

(2.0)

 

2.5

March 31

348.2

 

470.3

Average long-term AUM

264.9

 

400.5

Average institutional money market AUM

86.1

 

76.1

Average AUM

351.0

 

476.6

Gross revenue yield on AUM(1)

     63.1bps

 

   77.4bps

Gross revenue yield on AUM before performance fees(1)

     61.8bps

 

   76.5bps

Net revenue yield on AUM(2)

     46.7bps

 

   57.4bps

Net revenue yield on AUM before performance fees(2)

     45.5bps

 

   56.5bps

 

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(1)

Gross revenue yield on AUM is equal to annualized total operating revenues divided by average AUM, excluding joint venture (JV) AUM. Our share of the average AUM in the first quarter for our JVs in China was $3.2 billion (fourth quarter 2008: $3.1 billion; first quarter 2008: $6.2 billion). We believe that it is appropriate exclude the average AUM of our JVs for purposes of computing gross revenue yield on AUM, because the revenues resulting from these AUM are not presented in our operating revenues. Under U.S. GAAP, our share of the pre-tax earnings of the JVs is recorded as equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

(2)

Net revenue yield on AUM is equal to annualized net revenues divided by average AUM, including JV AUM. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for a reconciliation of operating revenues to net revenues.

 

 

 

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Our AUM by channel, by asset class, and by client domicile were as follows:

 

AUM by Channel

 

$ in billions

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Retail

 

 

 

Institutional

 

Private

 Wealth Management

December 31, 2008 AUM(1)

357.2

 

149.2

 

194.6

 

13.4

Long-term inflows

14.3

 

9.6

 

3.2

 

1.5

Long-term outflows

(13.6)

 

(8.5)

 

(3.7)

 

(1.4)

Long-term net flows

0.7

 

1.1

 

(0.5)

 

0.1

Net flows in money market funds

8.6

 

 

8.6

 

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(16.3)

 

(12.4)

 

(3.5)

 

(0.4)

Foreign currency translation

(2.0)

 

(1.2)

 

(0.8)

 

March 31, 2009 AUM

348.2

 

136.7

 

198.4

 

13.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007 AUM(1)

500.1

 

259.5

 

223.1

 

17.5

Long-term inflows

20.8

 

14.5

 

5.1

 

1.2

Long-term outflows

(29.2)

 

(19.3)

 

(8.7)

 

(1.2)

Long-term net flows

(8.4)

 

(4.8)

 

(3.6)

 

Net flows in money market funds

9.6

 

0.4

 

9.2

 

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(33.5)

 

(26.6)

 

(6.2)

 

(0.7)

Foreign currency translation

2.5

 

0.2

 

2.3

 

March 31, 2008 AUM

470.3

 

228.7

 

224.8

 

16.8

 

 

AUM by Asset Class

 

 

$ in billions

 

Total

 

 

Equity

 

Fixed Income

 

 

Balanced

 

Money Market

 

 

Alternatives(2)

December 31, 2008 AUM

357.2

 

128.5

 

60.6

 

32.8

 

84.2

 

51.1

Long-term inflows

14.3

 

6.2

 

4.1

 

2.1

 

1.0

 

0.9

Long-term outflows

(13.6)

 

(6.4)

 

(2.8)

 

(2.2)

 

(1.1)

 

(1.1)

Long-term net flows

0.7

 

(0.2)

 

1.3

 

(0.1)

 

(0.1)

 

(0.2)

Net flows in money market funds

8.6

 

 

 

 

8.6

 

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(16.3)

 

(11.7)

 

0.3

 

(1.4)

 

0.1

 

(3.6)

Foreign currency translation

(2.0)

 

(1.0)

 

(0.3)

 

(0.4)

 

(0.1)

 

(0.2)

March 31, 2009 AUM

348.2

 

115.6

 

61.9

 

30.9

 

92.7(3)

 

47.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007 AUM

500.1

 

249.3

 

71.7

 

40.3

 

77.0

 

61.8

Long-term inflows

20.8

 

11.8

 

3.9

 

1.7

 

1.0

 

2.4

Long-term outflows

(29.2)

 

(17.6)

 

(5.8)

 

(2.9)

 

(0.8)

 

(2.1)

Long-term net flows

(8.4)

 

(5.8)

 

(1.9)

 

(1.2)

 

0.2

 

0.3

Net flows in money market funds

9.6

 

0.2

 

 

(0.1)

 

9.5

 

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(33.5)

 

(29.8)

 

 

(2.1)

 

0.5

 

(2.1)

Foreign currency translation

2.5

 

1.3

 

0.6

 

0.3

 

0.1

 

0.2

March 31, 2008 AUM

470.3

 

215.2

 

70.4

 

37.2

 

87.3

 

60.2

 

____________

 

(1)

The beginning balances were adjusted to reflect certain asset reclassifications.

(2)

The alternatives asset class includes financial structures, absolute return, real estate, private equity, asset allocation, portable alpha and multiple asset strategies.

(3)

Ending Money Market AUM includes $87.8 billion in institutional money market AUM and $4.9 billion in retail money market AUM.

 

 

 

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AUM by Client Domicile

 

 

$ in billions

 

Total

 

 

U.S.

 

 

Canada

 

 

U.K.

 

Continental

Europe

 

 

Asia

December 31, 2008 AUM

357.2

 

232.6

 

24.1

 

56.7

 

22.3

 

21.5

Long-term inflows

14.3

 

7.2

 

0.7

 

3.8

 

1.6

 

1.0

Long-term outflows

(13.6)

 

(7.9)

 

(1.2)

 

(1.4)

 

(1.9)

 

(1.2)

Long-term net flows

0.7

 

(0.7)

 

(0.5)

 

2.4

 

(0.3)

 

(0.2)

Net flows in money market funds

8.6

 

6.4

 

 

0.1

 

2.0

 

0.1

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(16.3)

 

(8.6)

 

(1.5)

 

(5.3)

 

(1.1)

 

0.2

Foreign currency translation

(2.0)

 

 

(0.5)

 

(0.5)

 

(0.5)

 

(0.5)

March 31, 2009 AUM

348.2

 

229.7

 

21.6

 

53.4

 

22.4

 

21.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007 AUM

500.1

 

289.8

 

46.6

 

90.0

 

36.8

 

36.9

Long-term inflows

20.8

 

10.0

 

1.0

 

4.6

 

3.2

 

2.0

Long-term outflows

(29.2)

 

(14.0)

 

(2.9)

 

(2.7)

 

(5.9)

 

(3.7)

Long-term net flows

(8.4)

 

(4.0)

 

(1.9)

 

1.9

 

(2.7)

 

(1.7)

Net flows in money market funds

9.6

 

8.2

 

 

0.5

 

0.8

 

0.1

Market gains and losses/reinvestment

(33.5)

 

(12.3)

 

(1.4)

 

(11.5)

 

(3.0)

 

(5.3)

Foreign currency translation

2.5

 

 

(1.2)

 

0.9

 

1.1

 

1.7

March 31, 2008 AUM

470.3

 

281.7

 

42.1

 

81.8

 

33.0

 

31.7

 

 

 

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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009, Compared with the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008

 

Operating Revenues and Net Revenues

 

Operating revenues decreased by 39.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, to $548.6 million (March 31, 2008: $910.4 million). Net revenues decreased by 40.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, to $410.0 million (March 31, 2008: $684.2 million). Net revenues are operating revenues less third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses, plus our proportional share of net revenues from joint venture arrangements. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for additional important disclosures regarding the use of net revenues. A significant portion of our business and managed AUM are based outside of the U.S. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar against other currencies, primarily the Pound Sterling and the Canadian Dollar, have impacted our reported revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2009, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. The impact of foreign exchange rate movements resulted in $85.7 million, or 23.7%, of the decline in operating revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2009, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. Additionally, our revenues are directly influenced by the level and composition of our AUM as more fully discussed below. Movements in global capital market levels, net new business inflows (or outflows) and changes in the mix of investment products between asset classes and geographies may materially affect our revenues from period to period.

 

The main categories of revenues, and the dollar and percentage change between the periods, were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

 

$ in millions

2009

 

2008

 

$ Change

 

% Change

Investment management fees

436.5

 

737.6

 

(301.1)

 

(40.8)%

Service and distribution fees

89.0

 

138.4

 

(49.4)

 

(35.7)%

Performance fees

10.9

 

11.0

 

(0.1)

 

(0.9)%

Other

12.2

 

23.4

 

(11.2)

 

(47.9)%

Total operating revenues

548.6

 

910.4

 

(361.8)

 

(39.7)%

Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses

(148.2)

 

(247.1)

 

98.9

 

(40.0)%

Proportional share of revenues, net of third-party distribution expenses, from joint venture investments

9.6

 

20.9

 

(11.3)

 

(54.1)%

Net revenues

410.0

 

684.2

 

(274.2)

 

(40.1)%

 

Investment Management Fees

 

Investment management fees are derived from providing professional services to manage client accounts and include fees earned from retail mutual funds, unit trusts, investment companies with variable capital (ICVCs), exchange-traded funds, investment trusts and institutional and private wealth management advisory contracts. Investment management fees for products offered in the retail distribution channel are generally calculated as a percentage of the daily average asset balances and therefore vary as the levels of AUM change resulting from inflows, outflows and market movements. Investment management fees for products offered in the institutional and private wealth management distribution channels are calculated in accordance with the underlying investment management contracts and also vary in relation to the level of client assets managed.

 

Investment management fees decreased 40.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, to $436.5 million (March 31, 2008: $737.6 million) due to foreign exchange rate movement, decreases in average AUM and changes in the mix of AUM between asset classes. Average AUM for the three months ended March 31, 2009, were $351.0 billion (March 31, 2008: $476.6 billion). Average long-term AUM, which generally earn higher fee rates than money market AUM, for the three months ended March 31, 2009, were $264.9 billion (March 31, 2008: $400.5 billion), while average institutional money market AUM increased 13.1% to $86.1 billion at March 31, 2009, from $76.1 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2008. In addition, our equity AUM as a percentage of total AUM fell from 45.8% at March 31, 2008, to 36% at December 31, 2008, to 33.2% at March 31, 2009. This decline in equities within our asset mix is consistent with the decline in global equity markets.

 

Service and Distribution Fees

 

Service fees are generated through fees charged to cover several types of expenses, including fund accounting fees and other maintenance costs for mutual funds, unit trusts and ICVCs, and administrative fees earned from closed-ended funds. Service fees also include transfer agent fees, which are fees charged to cover the expense of processing client share purchases and redemptions, call

 

 

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center support and client reporting. U.S. distribution fees can include 12b-1 fees earned from certain mutual funds to cover allowable sales and marketing expenses for those funds and also include asset-based sales charges paid by certain mutual funds for a period of time after the sale of those funds. Distribution fees typically vary in relation to the amount of client assets managed. Generally, retail products offered outside of the U.S. do not generate a separate distribution fee, as the quoted management fee rate is inclusive of these services.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2009, service and distribution fees decreased 35.7% to $89.0 million (March 31, 2008: $138.4 million) due to decreases in average AUM during the period and lower fund administration fees earned in Canada.

 

Performance Fees

 

Performance fee revenues are generated on certain management contracts when performance hurdles are achieved. Such fee revenues are recorded in operating revenues as of the performance measurement date, when the contractual performance criteria have been met and when the outcome of the transaction can be measured reliably in accordance with Method 1 of EITF Topic No. D-96, “Accounting for Management Fees Based on a Formula.” Cash receipt of earned performance fees occurs after the measurement date. The performance measurement date is defined in each contract in which incentive and performance fee revenue agreements are in effect, and therefore we have performance fee arrangements that include monthly, quarterly and annual measurement dates. Given the uniqueness of each transaction, performance fee contracts are evaluated on an individual basis to determine if revenues can and should be recognized. Performance fees are not recorded if there are any future performance contingencies. If performance arrangements require repayment of the performance fee for failure to perform during the contractual period, then performance fee revenues are recognized no earlier than the expiration date of these terms. Performance fees will fluctuate from period to period and may not correlate with general market changes, since most of the fees are driven by relative performance to the respective benchmark rather than by absolute performance.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2009, performance fees decreased 0.9% to $10.9 million (March 31, 2008: $11.0 million). The performance fees generated during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, arose primarily in the U.K. and Asia.

 

Other Revenues

 

Other revenues include fees derived primarily from transaction commissions earned upon the sale of new investments into certain of our retail funds and fees earned upon the completion of transactions in our real estate and private equity assets groups. Real estate transaction fees are derived from commissions earned through the buying and selling of properties. Private equity transaction fees include commissions associated with the restructuring of and fees from providing advice to portfolio companies held by the funds. The measurement date in which these transaction fees are recorded is the date on which the transaction is legally closed. Other revenues also include the revenues of consolidated investment products.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2009, other revenues decreased 47.9% to $12.2 million (March 31, 2008: $23.4 million) driven by decreases in sales volumes of funds subject to front-end commissions and lower transaction fees within our real estate and private equity business.

 

Third-Party Distribution, Service and Advisory Expenses

 

Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses include renewal commissions paid to independent financial advisors for as long as the clients’ assets are invested and are payments for the servicing of client accounts. Renewal commissions are calculated based upon a percentage of the AUM value. Third-party distribution expenses also include the amortization of upfront commissions paid to broker-dealers for sales of fund shares with a contingent deferred sales charge (a charge levied to the investor for client redemption of AUM within a certain contracted period of time). The distribution commissions are amortized over the redemption period. Also included in third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses are sub-transfer agency fees that are paid to third parties for processing client share purchases and redemptions, call center support and client reporting. Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses may increase or decrease at a rate different from the rate of change in service and distribution fee revenues due to the inclusion of distribution, service and advisory expenses for the U.K. and Canada, where the related revenues are recorded as investment management fee revenues, as noted above.

 

Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses decreased 40.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, to $148.2 million (March 31, 2008: $247.1 million), consistent with the declines in investment management and service and distribution fee revenues.

 

 

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Proportional share of revenues, net of third-party distribution expenses, from jointventure investments

 

Management believes that the addition of our proportional share of revenues, net of third-party distribution expenses, from joint venture arrangements should be added to operating revenues to arrive at net revenues, as it is important to evaluate the contribution to the business that our joint venture arrangements are making. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for additional disclosures regarding the use of net revenues. The company’s most significant joint venture arrangement is our 49.0% investment in Invesco Great Wall Fund Management Company Limited (the “Invesco Great Wall” joint venture). In September 2008, the company entered into a 50.0% joint venture with Huaneng Capital Services, a subsidiary of China Huaneng Group (the largest power producer in China), to form Huaneng Invesco WLR Investment Consulting Company Ltd. This joint venture will assess private equity investment opportunities in power generation in China.

 

Our proportional share of revenues, net of third-party distribution expenses decreased 54.1% to $9.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $20.9 million), driven by the decline in average AUM during the period in the Invesco Great Wall joint venture. Our share of the Invesco Great Wall joint venture’s average AUM at March 31, 2009, was $3.2 billion (March 31, 2008: $6.2 billion). The decline from prior periods reflects the increased volatility of equity markets in this region during the year.

 

Operating Expenses

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, operating expenses decreased 28.7% to $486.8 million (2008: $682.3 million). As discussed above, a significant portion of our business and managed AUM are based outside of the U.S. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar against other currencies, primarily the Pound Sterling and the Canadian dollar, have impacted our reported operating expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2009, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. The impact of foreign exchange rate movements resulted in $64.5 million, or 33.0%, of the decline in operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2009, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008.

 

The main categories of operating expenses, and the dollar and percentage changes between periods, are as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

 

$ in millions

2009

 

2008

 

$ Change

 

% Change

Employee compensation

235.8

 

272.8

 

(37.0)

 

(13.6)%

Third-party distribution, service and advisory

148.2

 

247.1

 

(98.9)

 

(40.0)%

Marketing

26.9

 

43.9

 

(17.0)

 

(38.7)%

Property, office and technology

45.9

 

50.1

 

(4.2)

 

(8.4)%

General and administrative

30.0

 

68.4

 

(38.4)

 

(56.1)%

Total operating expenses

486.8

 

682.3

 

(195.5)

 

(28.7)%

 

The table below sets forth these cost categories as a percentage of total operating expenses and operating revenues, which we believe provides useful information as to the relative significance of each type of cost:

 

Three Months Ended:

 

$ in millions

 

March 31,

 2009

 

% of Total Operating Expenses

 

% of Operating Revenues

 

 

March 31,

2008

 

% of Total

Operating Expenses

 

% of Operating Revenues

Employee compensation

235.8

 

48.4%

 

43.0%

 

272.8

 

40.0%

 

30.0%

Third-party distribution, service and advisory

148.2

 

30.4%

 

27.0%

 

247.1

 

36.2%

 

27.1%

Marketing

26.9

 

5.5%

 

4.9%

 

43.9

 

6.5%

 

4.8%

Property, office and technology

45.9

 

9.4%

 

8.4%

 

50.1

 

7.3%

 

5.5%

General and administrative

30.0

 

6.3%

 

5.5%

 

68.4

 

10.0%

 

7.5%

Total operating expenses

486.8

 

100.0%

 

88.8%

 

682.3

 

100.0%

 

74.9%

 

 

 

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Employee Compensation

 

Employee compensation includes salary, cash bonuses and share-based payment plans designed to attract and retain the highest caliber employees. Employee compensation decreased $37.0 million, or 13.6%, to $235.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, (March 31, 2008: $272.8 million) due to foreign exchange rate movement and decreases in staff bonuses, offset partially by increases in costs related to savings initiatives.

 

Third-Party Distribution, Service and Advisory Expenses

 

Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses are discussed above in the operating and net revenues section.

 

Marketing

 

Marketing expenses include marketing support payments, which are payments made to distributors of certain of our retail products over and above the 12b-1 distribution payments. These fees are contracted separately with each distributor. Marketing expenses also include the cost of direct advertising of our products through trade publications, television and other media, and public relations costs, such as the marketing of the company’s products through conferences or other sponsorships, and the cost of marketing-related employee travel.

 

Marketing expenses decreased 38.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, to $26.9 million (March 31, 2008: $43.9 million) primarily due to reductions in marketing support payments, advertising and promotional expenses as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008.

 

Property, Office and Technology

 

Property, office and technology expenses include rent and utilities for our various leased facilities, depreciation of company-owned property and capitalized computer equipment costs, minor non-capitalized computer equipment and software purchases and related maintenance payments, and costs related to externally provided operations, technology, and other back office management services.

 

Property, office and technology expenses decreased 8.4% to $45.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $50.1 million), due to foreign exchange rate movement and general cost containment measures. Additionally, a downward adjustment in rent costs for sublet office property totaling $4.9 million was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2008.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses include professional services costs, such as information service subscriptions, consulting fees, professional insurance costs, audit, tax and legal fees, non-marketing related employee travel expenditures, recruitment and training costs, and the amortization of certain intangible assets.

 

General and administrative expenses decreased by $38.4 million, or 56.1%, to $30.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $68.4 million), due primarily to an insurance recovery of $9.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, related to legal costs associated with the market-timing regulatory settlement, reduced travel and entertainment expenses and general cost containment measures recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2009.

 

Operating Income, Net Operating Income, Operating Margin and Net Operating Margin

 

Operating income decreased 72.9% to $61.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $228.1 million). Operating margin (operating income divided by operating revenues) was 11.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, down from 25.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2008. Net operating income (operating income plus our proportional share of the operating income from joint venture arrangements) decreased 72.4% to $67.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, from $245.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008. Net operating margin is equal to net operating income divided by net revenues. Net revenues are equal to operating revenues less third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses, plus our proportional share of the net revenues from our joint venture arrangements. Net operating margin decreased to 16.5% in the three months ended March 31, 2009, from 35.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2008. See “Schedule of Non-GAAP Information” for a reconciliation of operating revenues to net revenues, a reconciliation of operating income to net operating income and additional important disclosures regarding net revenues, net operating income and net operating margins.

 

 

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Other Income and Expenses

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates decreased 86% to $2.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $17.9 million), resulting from declines in our share of the pre-tax earnings of our joint venture investments in China as well as net losses in certain of our partnership investments.

 

Interest income decreased 58.3% to $4.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $11.5 million), largely as a result of lower average cash and cash equivalents balances and investment yields during the period. Interest expense decreased 26.0% to $15.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2008: $21.5 million), resulting from lower cost of debt and a lower average debt balance during the period ended March 31, 2009, than the prior year comparative period.

 

Other gains and losses, net were a net loss of $4.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, as compared to a net loss of $6.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008. The net loss during the three months ended March 31, 2009, included a $6.6 million other than temporary impairment charge related to the valuations of investments in certain of our CLO products and seed money (2008: $3.5 million). The CLO impairment arose principally from adverse changes in the timing of estimated cash flows used in the valuation models. Also included in other losses are net foreign exchange losses. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recorded $0.7 million in net foreign exchange losses (2008: $2.9 million). In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recognized a net gain of $1.4 million from other investments.

 

Included in other income and expenses are gains and losses of consolidated investment products, net, which are driven by realized and unrealized gains and losses of underlying investments held by consolidated funds. Net losses of consolidated investment products for the three months ended March 31, 2009, totaled $86.5 million. Net losses of consolidated investment products for the three months ended March 31, 2008, were $44.3 million. Net losses of consolidated investment products are largely offset by noncontrolling interests of consolidated entities, net of tax, of $88.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, and noncontrolling interests of consolidated entities, net of tax, of $43.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008.

 

The amounts reported for gains and losses of consolidated investment products, net, of $86.5 million and gains and losses attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net, of $88.5 million in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2009, differ from those contained in our earnings release dated April 23, 2009, of $42.9 million and $44.9 million, respectively. The differences are equal and offsetting and result from the receipt of more recent financial information for investment products consolidated under FIN 46(R) and EITF 04-5 before the date of this Report. There was no impact to net income attributable to common shareholders or earnings per share as a result of this change.

 

Income Tax Expense

 

Our subsidiaries operate in several taxing jurisdictions around the world, each with its own statutory income tax rate. As a result, our effective tax rate will vary from year to year depending on the mix of the profits and losses of our subsidiaries. The majority of our profits are earned in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The current U.K. statutory tax rate is 28%, the Canadian statutory tax rate is 33% and the U.S. Federal statutory tax rate is 35%.

 

Our effective tax rate, excluding noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, for the three months ended March 31, 2009, was 39.8%, up from 32.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The rate increase was primarily due to investment write-downs and partnership losses that occurred in zero or low tax rate jurisdictions, which provided no associated tax benefits and increased valuation allowances for subsidiary operating losses.

 

Schedule of Non-GAAP Information

Net revenues (and by calculation, net revenue yield on AUM), net operating income and net operating margin are non-GAAP financial measures. The most comparable U.S. GAAP measures are operating revenues (and by calculation, gross revenue yield on AUM), operating income and operating margin. Management believes that the deduction of third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses from operating revenues in the computation of net revenues and the related computation of net operating margin provides useful information to investors because the distribution, service and advisory fee amounts represent costs that are passed through to external parties who perform functions on behalf of the company’s managed funds, which essentially are a share of the related revenues. Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses include renewal commissions paid to independent financial advisors for as long as the clients’ assets are invested and are payments for the servicing of client accounts. Renewal commissions are

 

 

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calculated based upon a percentage of the AUM value. Third party distribution expenses also include the amortization of upfront commissions paid to broker-dealers for sales of fund shares with a contingent deferred sales charge (a charge levied to the investor for client redemption of AUM within a certain contracted period of time). The distribution commissions are amortized over the redemption period. Also included in third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses are sub-transfer agency fees that are paid to third parties for processing client share purchases and redemptions, call center support and client reporting. Since the company has been deemed to be the principal in the third-party arrangements, in accordance with EITF 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent,” the company must reflect these expenses gross of operating revenues under U.S. GAAP. We believe that it is useful information to investors to show these expenses net of operating revenues, because net presentation more appropriately reflects the nature of these expenses as revenue-sharing activities. Additionally, management evaluates net revenue yield on AUM, which is equal to net revenues divided by average AUM during the reporting period. This metric is an indicator of the basis point net revenues we receive for each dollar of AUM we manage and is useful when evaluating the company’s performance relative to industry competitors.

Management also believes that the addition of our proportional share of revenues, net of distribution expenses, from joint venture investments in the computation of net revenues and the addition of our proportional share of operating income in the related computations of net operating income and net operating margin also provide useful information to investors, as management considers it appropriate to evaluate the contribution of its joint venture to the operations of the business. The company has two joint venture investments in China. The Invesco Great Wall joint venture was one of the largest long-term Sino-foreign managers in China, with AUM of approximately $6.9 billion as of March 31, 2009. Enhancing our operations in China is one effort that we believe could improve our competitive position over time. Accordingly, we believe that it is appropriate to evaluate the contribution of our joint venture investments to the operations of the business.

Net revenues (and by calculation net revenue yield on AUM), net operating income, and net operating margin should not be considered as substitutes for any measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

The following is a reconciliation of operating revenues, operating income and operating margin on a U.S. GAAP basis to net revenues, net operating income and net operating margin:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

March 31,

$in millions

          2009

 

       2008

Operating revenues, GAAP basis

548.6

 

910.4

Third-party distribution, service and advisory expenses

(148.2)

 

(247.1)

Proportional share of net revenues from joint venture arrangements

9.6

 

20.9

Net revenues

410.0

 

684.2

Operating income, GAAP basis

61.8

 

228.1

Proportional share of operating income from joint venture investments

5.8

 

17.2

Net operating income

67.6

 

245.3

Operating margin*

   11.3%

 

25.1%

Net operating margin**

   16.5%

 

35.9%

 

____________

 

Operating margin is equal to operating income divided by operating revenues.

**

Net operating margin is equal to net operating income divided by net revenues.

 

 

 

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Balance Sheet Discussion

 

The following table presents a comparative analysis of significant balance sheet line items:

 

 

$ in millions

March 31,

2009

 

December 31,

2008

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

Cash and cash equivalents

333.1

 

585.2

 

(252.1)

 

(43.1)%

Unsettled fund receivables

445.6

 

303.7

 

141.9

 

46.7%

Current investments

107.2

 

123.6

 

(16.4)

 

(13.3)%

Assets held for policyholders

802.8

 

840.2

 

(37.4)

 

(4.5)%

Non-current investments

119.3

 

121.3

 

(2.0)

 

(1.6)%

Investments of consolidated investment products

707.9

 

843.8

 

(135.9)

 

(16.1)%

Goodwill

5,904.0

 

5,966.8

 

(62.8)

 

(1.1)%

Policyholder payables

802.8

 

840.2

 

(37.4)

 

(4.5)%

Current maturities of long-term debt

301.7

 

297.2

 

4.5

 

1.5%

Long-term debt

850.0

 

862.0

 

(12.0)

 

(1.4)%

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

758.3

 

906.7

 

(148.4)

 

(16.4)%

Equity attributable to common shareholders

5,604.7

 

5,689.5

 

(84.8)

 

(1.5)%

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents decreased from $585.2 million at December 31, 2008, to $333.1 million at March 31, 2009, primarily because cash was used to pay the annual bonuses awards together with the quarterly dividend.

 

Invesco has local capital requirements in several jurisdictions, as well as regional requirements for entities that are part of the European sub-group. These requirements mandate the retention of liquid resources in those jurisdictions, which we meet in part by holding cash and cash equivalents. This retained cash can be used for general business purposes in the European sub-group or in the countries where it is located. Due to the capital restrictions, the ability to transfer cash between certain jurisdictions may be limited. In addition, transfers of cash between international jurisdictions may have adverse tax consequences that may substantially limit such activity. At March 31, 2009, the European sub-group had cash and cash equivalent balances of $235.2 million, much of which is used to satisfy these regulatory requirements. We are in compliance with all regulatory minimum net capital requirements.

 

Unsettled Fund Receivables

 

Unsettled fund receivables increased from $303.7 million at December 31, 2008, to $445.6 million at March 31, 2009, due to higher transaction activity between funds and investors in late March 2009 when compared to late December 2008. Unsettled fund receivables are created by the normal settlement periods on transactions initiated by certain clients of our U.K. and offshore funds. We are legally required to establish a receivable and a substantially offsetting payable at trade date with both the investor and the fund for normal purchases and sales.

 

Investments (Non-current and current)

 

As of March 31, 2009, we had $226.5 million in investments, of which $107.2 million were current investments and $119.3 million were non-current investments. Included in current investments are $59.7 million of investments in affiliated funds and $31.8 million of investments related to assets held for deferred compensation plans, which are also held primarily in affiliated funds. Included in non-current investments are $97.0 million in equity method investments in our Chinese joint ventures and in certain of the company’s private equity, real estate and other investments. Additionally, non-current investments include $13.5 million of investments in collateralized loan obligation structures managed by Invesco. Our investments in collateralized loan obligation structures are generally in the form of a relatively small portion of the unrated, junior subordinated position. As such, these positions would share in the first losses to be incurred if the structures were to experience significant increases in default rates of underlying investments above historical levels.

 

 

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Assets Held for Policyholders and Policyholder Payables

 

One of our subsidiaries, Invesco Perpetual Life Limited, is an insurance company that was established to facilitate retirement savings plans in the U.K. The entity holds assets that are managed for its clients on its balance sheet with an equal and offsetting liability. The decreasing balance in these accounts from $840.2 million at December 31, 2008, to $802.8 million at March 31, 2009, was the result of foreign exchange movements and the decline in the market values of these assets and liabilities.

 

Investments of consolidated investment products

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation (FIN) No. 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” requires that the primary beneficiary of variable interest entities (VIEs) consolidate the VIEs. A VIE is an entity that does not have sufficient equity to finance its operations without additional subordinated financial support, or an entity for which the risks and rewards of ownership are not directly linked to voting interests. Generally, limited partnership entities where the general partner does not have substantive equity investment at risk and where the other limited partners do not have substantive (greater than 50%) rights to remove the general partner or to dissolve the limited partnership are also VIEs. The primary beneficiary is the party to the VIE who absorbs a majority of the losses or absorbs the majority of the rewards generated by the VIE. EITF Issue No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights” requires that the general partner in a partnership that is not a VIE consolidate the partnership, because the general partner is deemed to control the partnership where the other limited partner do not have substantive kick-out, liquidation or participation rights. Investments of consolidated investment products include the investments of both consolidated VIEs, and partnerships that have been consolidated under EITF 04-5. Investment products are also consolidated under FASB Statement No. 94, “Consolidation of All Majority-Owned Subsidiaries,” if appropriate.

 

As of March 31, 2009, investments of consolidated investment products totaled $707.9 million (December 31, 2008: $843.8 million). These investments are offset primarily in noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as the company’s equity investment in these structures is very small. The decrease from December 31, 2008, reflects the impact of declining market values and the deconsolidation during the period ended March 31, 2009, of $53.3 million of investments held by consolidated investment products and related noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, as a result of determining that it is no longer the primary beneficiary.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill decreased from $5,966.8 million at December 31, 2008, to $5,904.0 million at March 31, 2009, due to the impact of foreign currency translation for certain subsidiaries whose functional currency differs from that of the parent. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar during the quarter, mainly against the Canadian dollar and Pound Sterling, resulted in a $62.8 million decrease in goodwill, upon consolidation, with a corresponding decrease to equity. Due to the declines in global markets experienced during the three months ended March 31, 2009, the company conducted an interim goodwill impairment test at March 31, 2009, and determined that no impairment existed at that date. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates – Goodwill” below for additional details regarding the interim goodwill impairment analysis.

 

Long-term Debt

 

The current balance of long-term debt includes $294.2 million 4.5% senior notes that mature on December 15, 2009, and $7.5 million drawn on our floating rate credit facility that expires on March 31, 2010. A total of $3.0 million of the notes were purchased in open market transactions during the quarter and retired with the trustee.

 

The non-current portion of our long-term debt decreased from $862.0 million at December 31, 2008, to $850.0 million at March 31, 2009, as the floating rate credit facility is classified as current liabilities as of March 31, 2009.

 

Noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities

 

Noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities decreased from $906.7 million at December 31, 2008, to $758.3 million at March 31, 2009, primarily due to losses recorded by many of the funds during the quarter and the deconsolidation during the period ended March 31, 2009, of $53.3 million of investments held by consolidated investment products and related noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, as a result of determining that it is no longer the primary beneficiary. The noncontrolling interests in

 

 

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consolidated entities are generally offset by the net assets of consolidated investment products, as the company’s equity investment in the investment products is not significant.

 

Equity attributable to common shareholders

 

Equity attributable to common shareholders decreased from $5,689.5 million at December 31, 2008, to $5,604.7 million at March 31, 2009, a decrease of $84.8 million. Net income attributable to common shareholders of $30.7 million, share issuances upon employee option exercises of $1.7 million, and the share based payment credit to capital of $23.7 million were more than offset by $11.5 million in shares acquired from staff to meet withholding tax obligations on share award vestings, $38.9 million in dividend payments, an $8.9 million deduction arising on the purchase of the remaining noncontrolling interest in Invesco Real Estate GmbH, and $72.1 million of balance sheet foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The existing capital structure of the company, together with available cash balances, cash flows from operations, borrowings under the credit facility, and other capital market activities should provide the company with sufficient resources to meet present and future cash needs. We believe that our cash balances, cash flows generated from operations, and existing capacity under our credit facility, together with our ability to obtain alternative sources of financing, will enable us to meet operating, debt and other obligations as they come due and anticipated future capital requirements. Future obligations include the maturity of the remaining $294.2 million 4.5% senior notes due December 15, 2009, and the expiration of the $900 million credit facility on March 31, 2010. Given these two upcoming maturities, we are currently exploring opportunities to obtain a new multi-year credit facility commitment. Our ability to access the capital markets in a timely manner depends on a number of factors including our credit rating, the condition of the global economy, investors’ willingness to purchase our securities, interest rates, credit spreads and the valuation levels of equity markets. If we are unable to access capital markets in a timely manner, our business could be adversely impacted.

 

Invesco has local capital requirements in several jurisdictions, as well as regional requirements for entities that are part of the European sub-group. These requirements require the retention of liquid resources in those jurisdictions, which we meet in part by holding cash and cash equivalents. This retained cash can be used for general business purposes in the European sub-group or in the countries where it is located. Due to the capital restrictions, the ability to transfer cash between certain jurisdictions may be limited. In addition, transfers of cash between international jurisdictions may have adverse tax consequences that may substantially limit such activity. At March 31, 2009, the European sub-group had cash and cash equivalent balances of $235.2 million, much of which is used to satisfy these regulatory requirements. We are in compliance with all regulatory minimum net capital requirements.

 

Cash Flows

 

The ability to consistently generate cash from operations in excess of capital expenditures and dividend payments is one of our company’s fundamental financial strengths. Operations continue to be financed from current earnings and borrowings. Our principal uses of cash, other than for operating expenses, include dividend payments, capital expenditures, acquisitions, purchase of our shares in the open market and investments in certain new investment products.

 

Cash flows of consolidated investment products (discussed in Item 1, Financial Statements — Note 7, “Consolidated Investment Products”) are reflected in Invesco’s cash used in operating activities, used in investing activities and (used in)/provided by financing activities. Cash held by consolidated investment products is not available for general use by Invesco, nor is Invesco cash available for general use by its consolidated investment products.

 

 

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Cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, are summarized as follows:

 

 

For the Three months Ended

 

March 31,

$ in millions

2009

 

2008

Net cash (used in)/provided by:

 

 

 

Operating activities

(180.0)

 

(134.4)

Investing activities

(2.6)

 

(135.6)

Financing activities

(61.6)

 

137.0

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(244.2)

 

(133.0)

Foreign exchange

(7.9)

 

19.5

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

585.2

 

915.8

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

333.1

 

802.3

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities is generated by the receipt of investment management and other fees generated from AUM, offset by operating expenses and changes in operating assets and liabilities. Although some receipts and payments are seasonal, particularly bonus payments, in general our operating cash flows move in the same direction as our operating income. The reduced operating income for the three months ended March 31, 2009, when compared to the prior comparative period is a significant factor in the reduced operating cash flows.

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2009, was $180.0 million. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $294.8 million of cash while the combined cash generated from other operating items was $114.8 million. The change in operating assets and liabilities was driven by the funding of annual bonuses, related payroll taxes and annual pension contributions. The company funded the annual bonus payments from cash balances rather than through increased debt levels.

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2008, was $134.4 million. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $327.5 million of cash whereas the combined cash generated from other operating items was $193.1 million. The change in operating assets and liabilities includes the funding of annual bonuses, related payroll taxes and annual pension contributions.

 

Investing Activities

 

With the reduction in cash generated from operating activities and desire to keep our debt levels low, investing activity was reduced in the three months ended March 31, 2009, when compared to prior periods. Both capital expenditure and the seeding of new investment products were reduced.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recaptured $7.8 million net in cash from redemption of prior investments, including seeding and partnership investments.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, our capital expenditures were $5.3 million and $14.2 million, respectively. Expenditures related principally in each year to technology initiatives, including new platforms from which we maintain our portfolio management systems and fund accounting systems, improvements in computer hardware and software desktop products for employees, new telecommunications products to enhance our internal information flow, and back-up disaster recovery systems. Also, in each year, a portion of these costs related to leasehold improvements made to the various buildings and workspaces used in our offices. These projects have been funded with proceeds from our operating cash flows. During the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, our capital divestitures were not significant relative to our total fixed assets.

 

There were no payments made in the three months ended March 31, 2009, related to acquisition earn-out arrangements. A payment of $129.6 million was made in three months ended March 31, 2008, related to acquisition earn-out for the 2006 acquisitions of PowerShares.

 

 

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Financing Activities

 

Net cash used in financing activities totaled $61.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, which was primarily used to pay the dividend declared in January 2009. Repayments of our credit facility and early repurchase of our loan notes that mature in December 2009 utilized $4.5 million and $3.0 million in cash respectively. Financing cash flows also include a payment of $10.3 million to purchase of the remaining 24.9% of Invesco Real Estate GmbH not already held by the company, the controlling interest having been acquired in December 2003. As the company funded the annual bonus payments from available cash balances, debt levels did not increase during the quarter at a time of the year where our debt normally peaks.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2008, net cash provided by financing activities totaled $137.0 million. Net borrowings under our credit facility provided $260.6 million in cash, which was primarily used for the purchase of treasury shares under our share repurchase program totaling $168.2 million.

 

Dividends

 

Invesco declares and pays dividends on a quarterly basis. On January 30, 2009, the company declared a fourth quarter 2008 cash dividend of $0.10 per Invesco Ltd. common share, which was paid on March 11, 2009, to shareholders of record as of February 25, 2009.

 

Share Repurchase Plan

 

On April 23, 2008, the board of directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $1.5 billion with no stated expiration date. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, the company did not purchase any shares in the open market or directly from current executives (three months ended March 31, 2008: 6.1 million shares at a cost of $154.5 million). Additionally, an aggregate of 1.0 million shares were withheld on vesting events during the three months ended March 31, 2009, to meet employees’ withholding tax obligations. The value of these shares withheld was $11.5 million.

 

Debt

 

Our total indebtedness at March 31, 2009, was $1,151.7 million (December 31, 2008 is $1,159.2 million) and was comprised of the following:

 

$ in millions

March 31, 2009

 

December 31, 2008

 

Unsecured Senior Notes:

 

 

 

 

4.5% — due December 15, 2009

294.2

 

297.2

 

5.625% — due April 17, 2012

300.0

 

300.0

 

5.375% — due February 27, 2013

350.0

 

350.0

 

5.375% — due December 15, 2014

200.0

 

200.0

 

Floating rate credit facility expiring March 31, 2010

7.5

 

12.0

 

Total long-term debt

1,151.7

 

1,159.2

 

Less: current maturities of long-term debt

301.7

 

297.2

 

Non-current maturities of long-term debt

850.0

 

862.0

 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the company’s weighted average cost of debt was 4.91% (three months ended March 31, 2008: 4.81%). Long-term debt decreased from $862.0 million at December 31, 2008, to $850.0 million at March 31, 2009, due to net repayments under our floating rate credit facility.

 

The financial covenants under our credit facility agreement include a leverage ratio of not greater than 3.25:1.00 (debt/EBITDA, as defined in the credit facility) and an interest coverage ratio of not less than 4.00:1.00 (EBITDA, as defined in the credit facility, interest payable for the four consecutive fiscal quarters). As of March 31, 2009, we were in compliance with our debt covenants. At March 31, 2009, our leverage ratio was 1.48:1.00 (December 31, 2008: 1.28:1.00), and our interest coverage ratio was 11.31:1.00 (December 31, 2008: 12.20:1.00).

 

 

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The March 31, 2009, coverage ratio calculations are as follows:

$ millions

Total

Q1 2009

Q4 2008

Q3 2008

Q2 2008

Net income attributable to common shareholders

357.2

30.7

31.9

131.8

162.8

Tax expense

182.5

20.3

35.8

49.2

77.2

Amortization/depreciation

67.0

16.0

17.2

16.7

17.1

Interest expense

71.3

15.9

17.8

18.3

19.3

Share-based compensation expense

92.3

23.7

5.7

31.7

31.2

Unrealized losses from investments

35.2

6.6

14.6

9.6

4.4

EBITDA*

     805.5

113.2

  123.0

  257.3

   312.0

Total debt

$1,151.7

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio (Debt/EBITDA)

1.48

 

 

 

 

Interest coverage (EBITDA/Interest Expense)

11.31

 

 

 

 

 

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EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure; however management does not use this measure for anything other than these debt covenant calculations. The calculation of EBTIDA above (a reconciliation from net income attributable to common shareholders) is defined by our credit facility agreement, and therefore net income attributable to common shareholders is the most appropriate GAAP measure from which to reconcile to EBITDA.

 

Off Balance Sheet Commitments

 

The company has transactions with various private equity, real estate and other investment entities sponsored by the company for the investment of client assets in the normal course of business. Many of the company’s investment products are structured as limited partnerships. The company’s investment may take the form of the general partner or a limited partner, and the entities are structured such that each partner makes capital commitments that are to be drawn down over the life of the partnership as investment opportunities are identified. At March 31, 2009, the company’s undrawn capital commitments were $37.1 million (December 31, 2008: $36.5 million).

 

The volatility and valuation dislocations that occurred from 2007 to the date of this Report in certain sectors of the fixed income market have generated pricing issues in many areas of the market. As a result of these valuation dislocations, during the fourth quarter of 2007, Invesco elected to enter into contingent support agreements for two of its investment trusts to enable them to sustain a stable pricing structure. These two trusts are unregistered trusts that invest in fixed income securities and are available only to accredited investors. In December 2008, the agreements were amended to extend the term through June 30, 2009. As of March 31, 2009, the committed support under these agreements was $54.0 million with an internal approval mechanism to increase the maximum possible support to $64.5 million at the option of the company. The recorded fair value of the guarantees related to these agreements at March 31, 2009, was estimated to be $2.5 million (December 31, 2008: $5.5 million), which was recorded in other current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. No payments have been made under either agreement nor has Invesco realized any losses from the support agreements through the date of this Report. These trusts were not consolidated because the company was not deemed to be the primary beneficiary under FIN 46(R).

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We have future obligations under various contracts relating to debt and interest payments, financing and operating leases, long-term defined benefit pension and post-retirement medical plans, and acquisition contracts. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, there were no significant changes to these obligations as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in our most recent Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. The accounting policies and estimates that we believe are the most critical to an understanding of our results of operations and financial condition are those that require complex management judgment regarding matters that are highly uncertain at the time policies were applied and estimates were made. Our accounting policies and estimates regarding goodwill, investments and consolidated investment products are discussed below. Different estimates could have been used in the current period that would have had a material effect on these financial statements, and changes in these estimates are likely to occur from period-to-period in the future.

 

Goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed and is recorded in the functional currency of the acquired entity. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the single reporting unit level on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate that impairment may exist. If the carrying amount of goodwill at the reporting unit exceeds its implied fair value (the first step of the goodwill impairment test), then the second step is performed to determine if goodwill is impaired and to measure the amount of the impairment loss, if any. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares the implied fair value of goodwill with the carrying amount of goodwill. If the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess.

 

We have determined that we have one reportable segment as defined under FASB Statement No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” The company evaluated the components of its business in accordance with SFAS No. 142 and has determined that it has one reporting unit for purposes of goodwill impairment testing. The company’s components, business units one level below the operating segment level, include Worldwide Institutional, Invesco North American Retail, Invesco Perpetual, Invesco Continental Europe and Invesco Asia Pacific. These components have been aggregated and deemed a single reporting unit because they are all economically similar due to the common nature of products and services offered, type of clients, methods of distribution, regulatory environments, manner in which each component is operated, extent to which they share assets and resources, and the extent to which they support and benefit from common product development efforts. Complete operating results are not available separately for each component.

 

The principal method of determining fair value of the reporting unit is an income approach where future cash flows are discounted to arrive at a single present value amount. The discount rate used is derived based on the time value of money and the risk profile of the stream of future cash flows. Recent results and projections based on expectation regarding revenues, expenses, capital expenditures and acquisition earn out payments produce a present value for the reporting unit. While the company believes all assumptions utilized in our assessment are reasonable and appropriate, changes in these estimates could produce different fair value amounts and therefore different goodwill impairment assessments. The most sensitive of these assumptions are the estimated cash flows and the use of a weighted average cost of capital as the discount rate to determine present value. The present value produced for the reporting unit is the fair value of the reporting unit. This amount is reconciled to the company’s market capitalization to determine an implied control premium, which is compared to an analysis of historical control premiums experienced by peer companies over a long period of time to assess the reasonableness of the fair value of the reporting unit.

 

The company also utilizes a market approach to provide a secondary and corroborative fair value of the reporting unit by using comparable company and transaction multiples to estimate values for our single reporting unit. Discretion and judgment is required in determining whether the transaction data available represents information for companies of comparable nature, scope and size. The results of the secondary market approach to provide a fair value estimate are not combined or weighted with the results of the income approach described above but are used to provide an additional basis to determine the reasonableness of the income approach fair value estimate.

 

The company cannot predict the occurrence of future events that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill that totaled $5,904.0 million and $5,966.8 million at March 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008, respectively. Such events include, but are not limited to, strategic decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, the impact of the economic environment on the company’s assets under management, or any other material negative change in assets under management and related management fees. The company’s annual goodwill impairment review is performed as of October 1 of each year. Our goodwill impairment testing conducted during 2008, at October 1 and an interim impairment test at October 31, 2008, indicated that the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded its carrying value, indicating that step two of the goodwill impairment test was not necessary. Due to the declines in global markets experienced during the three months ended March 31, 2009, the company conducted an interim goodwill impairment test at March 31, 2009, using the most recently available operating information, and determined that no impairment existed at that date. The interim impairment test adopted an income approach consistent with the annual 2008 impairment tests, but utilized the company’s updated forecasts for changes in AUM due to market gains and long-term net flows and the corresponding changes in

 

 

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revenues and expenses. The primary assumption changes from the October 31, 2008, valuation test were increases in the anticipated rise in equity markets in the near-term and in net AUM sales. The increase in equity markets was based on an analysis of the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 10 recession events between 1945 and 2001. The October 31, 2008, valuation had assumed an equity market rise in-line with more normal non-recessionary experience. The higher AUM net sales reflects new flows into the equity markets as values stabilize and confidence returns, and also took into account the company’s improved relative investment performance. A discount rate of 13.73% was used for the March 31, 2009, test, similar to the October 31, 2008, rate of 13.61% (October 1, 2008: 11.56%). The discount rates used are estimates of the weighted average cost of capital for the asset management sector reflecting the overall industry risks associated with future cash flows and have been calculated consistently across the various tests dates. A 20% decline in the fair value of our reporting unit, or a 2% increase in the discount rate assumption used during our March 31, 2009, interim goodwill impairment analysis, would have caused the carrying value of our reporting unit to be in excess of its fair value, which would require the second step of the goodwill impairment test to be performed. The second step could have resulted in an impairment loss for goodwill.

 

Investments. Most of our investments are carried at fair value on our balance sheet with the periodic mark-to-market recorded either in accumulated other comprehensive income in the case of available-for-sale investments or directly to earnings in the case of trading assets. Fair value is generally determined by reference to an active trading market, using quoted close or bid prices as of each reporting period end. When a readily ascertainable market value does not exist for an investment (such as our collateralized loan obligations, discussed below) the fair value is calculated based on the expected cash flows of its underlying net asset base, taking into account applicable discount rates and other factors. Since assumptions are made in determining the fair values of investments for which active markets do not exist, the actual value that may be realized upon the sale or other disposition of these investments could differ from the current carrying values. Fair value calculations are also required in association with our quarterly impairment testing of investments. The accuracy of our other-than-temporary impairment assessments is dependent upon the extent to which we are able to accurately determine fair values.

 

The value of investments may decline for various reasons. The market price may be affected by general market conditions which reflect prospects for the economy as a whole or by specific information pertaining to an industry or individual company. Such declines require further investigation by management, which considers all available evidence to evaluate the realizable value of the investment, including, but not limited to, the following factors:

 

The probability that the company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of a debt security not impaired at acquisition;

The length of time and the extent to which the market value has been less than cost;

The financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, including any specific events which may influence the operations of the issuer such as changes in technology that may impair the earnings potential of the investment or the discontinuance of a component of the business that may affect the future earnings potential;

The intent and ability of the company to retain its investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value;

The decline in the security’s value due to an increase in market interest rates or a change in foreign exchange rates since acquisition;

Determination that the security is not realizable; or

An adverse change in estimated cash flows of a beneficial interest.

Our other-than-temporary impairment analysis of seed money holdings includes a review of the market returns required for each fund portfolio to enable us to recover our original investment. As part of the review, we analyze several scenarios to project the anticipated recovery period of our original investments based on one-, three-, and five-year historical index returns and historical trends in the equity markets. We also analyze the absolute amount of any loss to date, the trend of the losses, and percent declines in values of the seed money investments. Along with intent and ability to hold, all of these scenarios are considered as part of our other-than-temporary impairment analysis of seed money holdings.

The company provides investment management services to a number of collateralized loan obligation entities (CLOs). These entities are investment vehicles created for the sole purpose of issuing CLO instruments that offer investors the opportunity for returns that vary with the risk level of their investment. The notes issued by the CLOs are backed by diversified portfolios consisting

 

 

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primarily of loans or structured debt. For managing the collateral for the CLO entities, the company earns investment management fees, including in some cases subordinated management fees, as well as contingent incentive fees. The company has invested in certain of the entities, generally taking a relatively small portion of the unrated, junior subordinated position. At March 31, 2009, the company held $13.5 million of investment in these CLOs (December 31, 2008: $17.5 million), which represents its maximum risk of loss. Our investments in CLOs are generally subordinated to other interests in the entity and entitle the investor to receive the residual cash flows, if any, from the entity. As a result, the company’s investment is sensitive to changes in the credit quality of the issuers of the collateral securities, including changes in the forecasted default rates and any declines in anticipated recovery rates. Investors in CLOs have no recourse against the company for any losses sustained in the CLO structure.

 

The company has recorded its investments at fair value primarily using an income approach. Fair value is determined using current information, notably market yields and projected cash flows based on forecasted default and recovery rates that a market participant would use in determining the current fair value of the equity interest. Market yields, default rates and recovery rates used in the company’s estimate of fair value vary based on the nature of the investments in the underlying collateral pools. In periods of rising market yields, default rates and lower debt recovery rates, the fair value, and therefore carrying value, of the company’s investments in these CLO entities may be adversely affected. The current liquidity constraints within the market for CLO products require the use of unobservable inputs for CLO valuation. The excess of actual and anticipated future cash flows over the initial investment at the date of purchase is recognized as interest income over the life of the investment using the effective yield method in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 99-20, “Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased and Retained Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets.” The company reviews cash flow estimates throughout the life of each CLO entity. Cash flow estimates are based on the underlying pool of securities and take into account the overall credit quality of the issuers, the forecasted default rate of the securities and the company’s past experience in managing similar securities. If the updated estimate of future cash flows (taking into account both timing and amounts) is less than the last revised estimate, an impairment loss is recognized based on the excess of the carrying amount of the investment over its fair value and is recorded through the income statement. An increase or decrease in the discount rate of 1.0% would change the valuation of the CLOs by $0.6 million as of March 31, 2009.

 

Consolidated Investment Products. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) No. 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” requires that the primary beneficiary of variable interest entities (VIEs) consolidate the VIEs. A VIE is an entity that does not have sufficient equity to finance its operations without additional subordinated financial support, or an entity for which the risks and rewards of ownership are not directly linked to voting interests. Generally, limited partnership entities where the general partner does not have substantive equity investment at risk and where the other limited partners do not have substantive (greater than 50%) rights to remove the general partner or to dissolve the limited partnership are also VIEs. The primary beneficiary is the party to the VIE who absorbs a majority of the losses or retains the majority of the rewards generated by the VIE. Additionally, certain investment products are structured as limited partnerships of which the company is the general partner and is deemed to have control with the lack of substantive kick-out, liquidation or participation rights of the other limited partners. These investment products are also consolidated into the company’s financial statements under Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights.” The company also consolidates certain investment products under FASB Statement No. 94, “Consolidation of All Majority-Owned Subsidiaries” (FASB Statement No. 94).

 

Assessing if an entity is a VIE or an entity falling under the consolidation requirements of EITF 04-5 involves judgment and analysis on a structure-by-structure basis. Factors included in this assessment include the legal organization of the entity, the company’s contractual involvement with the entity and any related party or de facto agent implications of the company’s involvement with the entity. Determining if the company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE also requires significant judgment, as the calculation of expected losses and residual returns involves estimation and probability assumptions. If current financial statements are not available for consolidated VIEs or an investment product consolidated under EITF 04-5, estimation of investment valuation is required, which includes assessing available quantitative and qualitative data. Significant changes in these estimates could impact the reported value of the investments held by consolidated investment products and the related offsetting equity attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the other gains and losses of consolidated investment products, net, and related offsetting gains and losses attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities, net, amounts on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. As of March 31, 2009, the company consolidated VIEs that held investments of $71.7 million (December 31, 2008: $141.9 million) and partnership investments under EITF 04-5 and FASB Statement No. 94 of $636.2 million (2008: $701.9 million). As circumstances supporting estimates and factors change, the determination of VIE and primary beneficiary status may change, as could the determination of the necessity of consolidation under EITF 04-5.

 

 

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Recent Accounting Standards

 

See Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements — Note 1, Accounting Policies — Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted and Pending Accounting Pronouncements.”

 

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

In the normal course of its business, the company is primarily exposed to market risk in the form of securities market risk, interest rate risk, and foreign exchange rate risk.

 

AUM Market Price Risk

 

The company’s investment management revenues are comprised of fees based on a percentage of the value of AUM. Declines in equity or fixed income security market prices could cause revenues to decline because of lower investment management fees by:

 

 

Causing the value of AUM to decrease.

 

 

Causing the returns realized on AUM to decrease (impacting performance fees).

 

 

Causing clients to withdraw funds in favor of investments in markets that they perceive to offer greater opportunity and that the company does not serve.

 

 

Causing clients to rebalance assets away from investments that the company manages into investments that the company does not manage.

 

 

Causing clients to reallocate assets away from products that earn higher revenues into products that earn lower revenues.

 

Underperformance of client accounts relative to competing products could exacerbate these factors.

 

Securities Market Risk

 

The company has investments in sponsored investment products that invest in a variety of asset classes. Investments are generally made to establish a track record or to hedge exposure to certain deferred compensation plans. The company’s exposure to market risk arises from its investments. A 20% increase or decrease in the fair value of investments exposed to market risk is not material to the operating results of the company.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

Interest rate risk relates to the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The company is exposed to interest rate risk primarily through its external debt and cash and cash equivalent investments. On March 31, 2009, the interest rates on 99% of the company’s borrowings were fixed for an average period of 3.2 years. The interest rates on the remainder of the company’s borrowings were floating. A 1% change in the level of interest rates would not have a material impact on the operating results or financial assets of the company.

 

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

 

The company has transactional currency exposures that occur when any of the company’s subsidiaries receives or pays cash in a currency different from its functional currency. Such exposure arises from sales or purchases by an operating unit in currencies other than the unit’s functional currency. These exposures are not actively managed.

 

The company also has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets and related goodwill are exposed to foreign currency translation risk. The company does not hedge these exposures.

 

 

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The company is exposed to foreign exchange revaluation into the income statement on monetary assets and liabilities that are held by subsidiaries in different functional currencies than the subsidiaries’ functional currencies. Net foreign exchange revaluation losses were $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, and $1.8 million in the comparable prior year period, and are included in general and administrative and other gains and losses, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. We continue to monitor our exposure to foreign exchange revaluation.

 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information the company is required to disclose in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

We have evaluated, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2009. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon our evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms, and that it is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

We have evaluated any change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2009, and have concluded that there was no change that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

 

Following the industry-wide regulatory investigations, multiple lawsuits based on market timing allegations were filed against various parties affiliated with Invesco. These lawsuits were consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, together with market timing lawsuits brought against affiliates of other mutual fund companies, and on September 29, 2004, three amended complaints were filed against company-affiliated parties: (1) a putative shareholder class action complaint brought on behalf of shareholders of AIM funds formerly advised by Invesco Funds Group, Inc.; (2) a derivative complaint purportedly brought on behalf of certain AIM funds and the shareholders of such funds; and (3) an ERISA complaint purportedly brought on behalf of participants in the company’s 401(k) plan. The company and plaintiffs have reached settlements in principle of these lawsuits. The proposed settlements, which are subject to court approval, call for a payment by the company of $9.8 million, recorded in general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Income during the three months ended December 31, 2007, in exchange for dismissal with prejudice of all pending claims. In addition, under the terms of the proposed settlements, the company may incur certain costs in connection with providing notice of the proposed settlements to affected shareholders. Based on information currently available, it is not believed that any such incremental notice costs will have any material effect on the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the company.

 

The asset management industry also is subject to extensive levels of ongoing regulatory oversight and examination. In the United States and other jurisdictions in which the company operates, governmental authorities regularly make inquiries, hold investigations and administer market conduct examinations with respect to compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Additional lawsuits or regulatory enforcement actions arising out of these inquiries may in the future be filed against the company and related entities and individuals in the U.S. and other jurisdictions in which the company and its affiliates operate. Any material loss of investor and/or client confidence as a result of such inquiries and/or litigation could result in a significant decline in assets under management, which would have an adverse effect on the company’s future financial results and its ability to grow its business.

 

In the normal course of its business, the company is subject to various litigation matters. Although there can be no assurances, at this time management believes, based on information currently available to it, that it is not probable that the ultimate outcome of any of these actions will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the company.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

The company has had no significant changes in its risk factors from those previously disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

There was no share repurchase activity during the three months ended March 31, 2009.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

None.

 

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Index

 

     3

.1

Memorandum of Association of Invesco Ltd., incorporating amendments up to and including December 4, 2007, incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1 to Invesco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2007

     3

.2

Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Invesco Ltd., incorporating amendments up to and including December 4, 2007, incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.2 to Invesco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2007

     10

.1

Invesco Global Stock Plan, as amended and restated as of April 1, 2009

     31

.1

Certification of Martin L. Flanagan pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

     31

.2

Certification of Loren M. Starr pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

     32

.1

Certification of Martin L. Flanagan pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

     32

.2

Certification of Loren M. Starr pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

INVESCO LTD.

 

May 8, 2009

By:/s/ MARTIN L. FLANAGAN

 

Martin L. Flanagan

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

May 8, 2009

By:/s/ LOREN M. STARR

 

Loren M. Starr

 

Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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INVESCO GLOBAL STOCK PLAN

Assumed by Invesco Ltd. on November 30, 2007

Amended and Restated as of April 1, 2009

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


        INVESCO GLOBAL STOCK PLAN

 

         ARTICLE I

 PURPOSES OF THE PLAN

 

The main purposes of the Invesco Global Stock Plan are (i) to provide additional incentives to employees, including directors who are also employees, of Invesco Ltd. and its Subsidiaries in the form of contingent awards of common shares of Invesco Ltd., (ii) to seek to retain such Participants by making a portion of their compensation contingent upon the satisfaction of certain vesting requirements, and (iii) to enhance a long-term mutuality of interest between Participants and shareholders of the Company.

                                                   ARTICLE II

             DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan, the terms set forth below shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Where the context so admits or requires, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and vice versa.

Account. "Account" shall mean a book account which may be maintained by a Participant's employer (the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be) reflecting the Shares, cash and other property, together with earnings and distributions thereon, credited to a Participant with respect to his Deferred Share Award(s) pursuant to Section 6.2(a).

Average Cost Per Share. "Average Cost Per Share," with respect to a Deferred Share Award and any crediting or reinvestment of amounts pursuant to Section 6.2(a), as the case may be ("Reinvestment"), shall mean the average cost per share purchased with respect to such Award or Reinvestment, as the case may be, as determined in any reasonable manner by the Plan Administration Committee

Award Certificate. "Award Certificate" shall mean a written instrument which evidences a Share Award and includes such provisions governing such Share Award, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Plan Administration Committee.

Award Date. "Award Date" shall mean, with respect to a Share Award, the date specified by the Plan Administration Committee with respect to the grant of such Share Award.

 

Beneficiary. "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons determined to be a Participant's beneficiary pursuant to Section 9.3.

Board of Directors. "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 Cause. "Cause" shall mean, when used in connection with the termination of a Participant's employment, the termination of the Participant's employment by the Company or a Subsidiary on account of (i) the willful violation by the Participant of (x) any law, (y) any rule of the Company or such Subsidiary or (z) any rule or regulation of any regulatory body to which the Company or such Subsidiary is subject, including, without limitation, The Stock Exchange or any other exchange or contract market of which the Company or such Subsidiary is a member, which violation would materially reflect on the Participant's character, competence or integrity, (ii) a breach by a Participant of the Participant's duty of loyalty to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries in contemplation of the Participant's termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary, such as the Participant's solicitation of customers or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary prior to the

 

 

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termination of his employment or (iii) the Participant's unauthorized removal from the premises of the Company or a Subsidiary of any records, files, memoranda, data in machine readable form, reports, fee lists, customer lists, drawings, plans, sketches, or other documents (in any medium or form) relating to the business of the Company or a Subsidiary or the customers of the Company or a Subsidiary, including, but not limited to, all intellectual property and proprietary research which the Participant uses, develops or comes in contact with in the course of or as the result of his employment with the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be. Any rights the Company or a Subsidiary may have hereunder in respect of the events giving rise to Cause shall be in addition to the rights the Company or such Subsidiary may have under any other agreement with the employee or at law or in equity. If, subsequent to a Participant's voluntary termination of employment or involuntary termination of employment without Cause, it is discovered that the Participant's employment could have been terminated for Cause, such Participant's employment shall, at the election of the Plan Administration Committee in its sole discretion, be deemed for the purposes of this Plan to have been terminated for Cause.

Change in Control. "Change in Control" shall mean (x) with respect to the Company, the occurrence of any of the following events:

                             (i)          (a) the effective time of the merger or other business combination of the Company

with or into another corporation, and with respect to the surviving public company, a majority of the directors of which were not directors of the Company immediately prior to such merger or combination and in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the effective date of such merger or combination directly or indirectly own less than a majority of the voting power in such corporation, or (b) consummation of the direct or indirect sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 

(ii)        (a) the acquisition by purchase, subscription or otherwise (including pursuant to a reconstruction or scheme of arrangement) by any person (or persons acting together, meaning persons party to an agreement to which section 204 of the Companies Act or other equivalent legislation applying to the Company applies) of 20 percent or more of the relevant share capital of the Company (or any successor company to which all or the majority of the assets of the Company are transferred pursuant to any such reconstruction or scheme of arrangement); (b) the giving of notice of any general meeting of the Company at which a resolution will be proposed for the winding-up of the Company; (c) if under section 425 of the Companies Act or other equivalent legislation applying to the Company, the Court sanctions a compromise or arrangement proposed for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction of the Company or its amalgamation with any other company or companies; or (d) any scheme of arrangement involving the reconstruction of the Company or the amalgamation of the Company with any other entity that is approved by the holders of Shares;

(iii)        any person obtains Control of the Company as a result of making an offer to acquire Shares which is either unconditional or is made on a condition such that, if it is satisfied, the person making the offer will have Control of the Company; or

(iv)        a change in the composition of the Board of Directors such that individuals who, as of December 1, 2002, constituted the Board of Directors (generally the "Directors" and as of November 30, 2004, the "Continuing Directors") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a Director subsequent to November 30, 2004, whose nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors (other than a nomination of an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest

 

 

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relating to the election of the Directors) shall be deemed to be a Continuing Director; and

(y) with respect to a Subsidiary, the consummation of the sale of the capital stock or all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary to a third party that is not affiliated with the Company or any Subsidiary, or the effective time of the merger or other business combination of such Subsidiary with or into, a third party that is not. affiliated with the Company or any Subsidiary.

For the purpose of clause (x)(iii) above, (A) a person shall be deemed to have obtained "Control of the Company" if he and others acting in concert with him have together obtained Control of it and (B) "Control" shall mean, in relation to the Company, the power of a person to secure that the affairs of the Company are conducted in accordance with the wishes of that person by means of the holding of shares or the possession of voting power in or in relation to the Company or by virtue of any powers conferred by the articles of association of the Company.

   Code. "Code" shall mean the United States of America Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Companies Act. "Companies Act" shall mean the Companies Act 1985 of Great Britain, as amended from time to time.

Company. "Company" shall mean Invesco Ltd., a company incorporated in Bermuda, and any successor corporation which continues the Plan pursuant to Section 9.10.

Compensation Committee. "Compensation Committee" shall mean the duly appointed Compensation Committee, or any successor thereto, of the Board of Directors; provided that, in the event that the Compensation Committee is comprised of less than a majority of United States persons within the meaning of Section 7701 (a)(30) of the Code, all powers of the Compensation Committee described herein shall be exercised by a majority of those members of the Compensation Committee who are United States persons within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Controlling Company. "Controlling Company," with respect to any Participant, shall mean an entity which is party to a transaction or series of transactions resulting in a Change in Control, or is a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of such an entity, and which becomes the employer of the Participant as a result of such Change in Control.

Deferred Share Award. "Deferred Share Award" shall mean an award issued pursuant to this Plan which represents the right to receive Shares, cash or other property (or a combination of the foregoing) upon the satisfaction of vesting and other conditions determined by the Plan Administration Committee.

Disability. "Disability" shall mean any physical or mental condition that would qualify a Participant for a disability benefit under the long-term disability plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary under which the Participant is covered.

ERISA. "ERISA" shall mean the United States of America Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

Exchange Act. "Exchange Act" shall mean the United States of America Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Good Reason. "Good Reason" shall mean a material reduction in a Participant's cash compensation, or a material reduction in a Participant's responsibilities or position,

 

 

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with the Company and its Subsidiaries (or the Controlling Company and its subsidiaries, as the case may be) following a Change in Control.

Investment Company Act. "Investment Company Act" shall mean the United States of America Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

Participant. "Participant" shall mean a person who, as an employee (or director who is also an employee) of the Company or any Subsidiary, has been granted a Share Award under the Plan and which Share Award remains outstanding; provided that in the case of the death of a Participant, the term "Participant" refers to a beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 9.3 or the legal guardian or other legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant under applicable state law and court supervision.

Plan. "Plan" shall mean the Invesco Global Stock Plan, as constituted by these rules, as qualified by the attached Appendices, and as amended from time to time.

Plan Administration Committee. "Plan Administration Committee" shall mean the plan, administration committee, or any successor committee, comprised of a majority of United States persons within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and

appointed by the Compensation Committee from time to time to administer the Plan in accordance with the terms hereof and direct the Trustee and serving at the pleasure of the Compensation Committee.

Restricted Share Award. "Restricted Share Award" shall mean, with respect to each Participant, Shares awarded to such Participant under the Plan by the Plan Administration Committee pursuant to Section 6.1 that are subject to the restrictions contained in Section 6.3, so long as such restrictions are in effect.

Securities Act. ''Securities Act" shall mean the United States of America Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Share Award. "Share Award" shall mean any Deferred Share Award and any Restricted Share Award, in each case, granted pursuant to the Plan.

Shares. "Shares" shall mean the common shares of the Company, or any other shares and/or other property into which the common shares of the Company are converted pursuant to a stock split, reverse split, subdivision, reconstruction, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, combination, consolidation, split-up or other similar corporate event.

Subsidiary. "Subsidiary" shall mean a corporation with respect to which the Company, directly or indirectly, has the power, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, to elect at least a majority of the members of such corporation's board of directors.

The Stock Exchange. "The Stock Exchange" shall mean the stock exchange on which Shares are listed from time to time.

Trust. "Trust" shall mean the grantor trust of the Company from time to time to which contributions are made in respect of the Plan and, in the case of any Subsidiary, the term 'Trust" shall be limited to such Subsidiary's Sub-Trust as described in Section 1.3 of the Trust Agreement.

Trust Agreement. "Trust Agreement" shall mean the trust agreement between the Company and the Trustee as amended from time to time with respect to the Trust.

Trustee. "Trustee" shall mean the entity from time to time serving as trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

 

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             ARTICLE III

 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM

Section 3.1   In General. The Plan was assumed as of November 30, 2007 by Invesco Ltd.. The Plan shall continue in effect, as amended from time to time, in accordance with its terms until terminated by the Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors. The Plan is a plan of the Company and a plan of each Subsidiary that is the employer of a Participant.

Section 3.2  Transition and Effect on Outstanding Awards. The purpose of this provision is to change the provisions of the Plan to comply with Section 409A of the Code with respect to Share Awards which become vested or non-forfeitable on or after December 31, 2004, and the Plan shall be so interpreted. Amounts deferred prior to December 31, 2004, and awards granted prior to November 30, 2004, shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Plan in effect prior to the third amendment and restatement of this Plan on November 30, 2004; provided, however, that no elective deferrals shall be permitted with respect to any awards which remained unvested or forfeitable as of December 31, 2004, and distributions with respect to such awards shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable following vesting and in no event later than such time as may be required to prevent the distribution from constituting the deferral of compensation for purposes of Code Section 409A.

  ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION

          OF THE PLAN                

Section 4.1   In General. Except as provided below, the Plan shall be administered by the Plan Administration Committee. The Plan Administration Committee shall have full authority, consistent with the Plan, to administer the Plan, including authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and procedures for administering the Plan. The Plan Administration Committee also shall have full authority to prescribe the form of each Award Certificate and any other agreements or documents under the Plan, which need not be identical for each Participant, and to make all other decisions and determinations that maybe required under the Plan or as the Plan Administration Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Compensation Committee shall have the exclusive power, authority and discretion to take all actions under the Plan with respect to "directors and senior management" of the Company, as such term is defined in the general instructions to Form 20-F promulgated under the Exchange Act, and with respect to Share Awards granted to such persons. The Compensation Committee also may reserve to itself any or all of the authority and responsibility of the Plan Administration Committee under the Plan or may act as administrator of the Plan for any and all purposes. To the extent the Compensation Committee (a) is acting with respect to "directors and senior management" of the Company, or with respect to a Share Award granted to such persons, or (b) has reserved any authority and responsibility or during any time that the Compensation Committee is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Plan Administration Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Plan Administration Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Compensation Committee. To the extent any action of the Compensation Committee under the Plan conflicts with actions taken by the Plan Administration Committee, the actions of the Compensation Committee shall control. Decisions of the Compensation Committee or the Plan Administration Committee, as the case may be, regarding any matter connected with the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties.

Section 4.2 Authority of the Plan Administration Committee. Except as provided in Section 4.1, the Plan Administration Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:

 

 

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                                (i)         Grant Share Awards;

 

                               (ii)         Designate Participants;

(iii)         Determine the type or types of Share Awards to be granted to each Participant;

(iv)         Determine the number of Share Awards to be granted and the number of Shares, cash, or other property to which a Share Award will relate;

(v)          Determine the terms and conditions of any Share Award granted under the Plan, including but not limited to, the ability to receive Restricted Shares in lieu of Deferred Shares, the ability to receive dividends or other distributions paid with respect to the Shares underlying such award, any restrictions or limitations on the Share Award, and any schedule for vesting or lapse of forfeiture restrictions (including any accelerations or waivers thereof), based in each case on such considerations as the Plan Administration Committee in its sole discretion determines;

(vi)          Accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any outstanding Share Award, in accordance with Section 6.1 (d), based in each case on such considerations as the Plan Administration Committee in its sole discretion determines;

(vii)         Determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances a Share Award may be cancelled, forfeited, or surrendered;

(viii)        Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with a Share Award;

 (ix)         Amend any Award Certificate as provided herein; and

 (x)          Adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions' of the laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company or any Subsidiary may operate, in order to assure the viability of the benefits of Share Awards granted to participants located in such other jurisdictions and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

Section 4.3   Award Certificates. Each Share Award shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate. Each Award Certificate shall include such provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Plan Administration Committee.

Section 4.4   Indemnification. No member of the Plan Administration Committee or the Compensation Committee shall be liable for any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, and the Company and the Subsidiaries shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Plan Administration Committee and the Compensation Committee, and each other director or employee of the Company or a Subsidiary to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated, against any cost, expense (including counsel fees, which fees shall be paid as incurred) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Board of Directors) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, if such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such member had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of  itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

 

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   ARTICLE V

   ELIGIBILITY

Section 5.1   In General. Share Awards may be granted to any employee, officer, or director who is also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary selected by the Plan Administration Committee as a Participant in the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the rules and procedures established by the Plan Administration Committee. Non-employee directors shall not be eligible to receive Share Awards under the Plan.

Section 5.2  Investment Company Act Limitation. With respect to any Participant, the Plan Administration Committee may, in its discretion, use its authority under Section 6.1(d) to accelerate the vesting of such Participant's Share Award(s) so that neither the Plan nor the Trust will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

     ARTICLE VI

SHARE AWARDS

 

                 Section 6.1          Grant of Share Awards.

 

               (a)          In General. The Plan Administration Committee may grant Share Awards

to any Participant in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be

selected by the Plan Administration Committee in its sole discretion. Each Share Award

shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate setting forth the terms, conditions, and

restrictions applicable to the Share Award. Each Participant who has been granted a

Share Award shall receive a Deferred Share Award on the Award Date; provided that, the

Plan Administration Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide in an Award

Certificate that a Participant who has been granted a Deferred Share Award shall have the

opportunity to elect to receive in lieu of such Deferred Share Award a Restricted Share

Award for all of the Shares subject to such Deferred Share Award. Such Participant shall

notify the Plan Administration Committee (or its delegate) of his election to receive a

Restricted Share Award no later than the thirtieth day after the Award Date. If such

Participant fails to respond prior to such date, the Participant shall be deemed to have

made no election and shall retain the Deferred Share Award. Following such date, the

Participant cannot elect to change the type of Share Award(s) so granted.

Each Participant's Share Award shall be subject to the terms of the Plan applicable to that type of Share Award, the applicable Award Certificate, the rules and procedures established by the Plan Administration Committee, and such additional terms as may be adopted from time to time applicable to particular jurisdictions. No Participant shall have any right to receive any Shares other than in accordance with the terms of the Plan applicable to the type of Share Award granted to such Participant, including any applicable additional terms.

(b)          Issuance and Restrictions. Deferred Shares and Restricted Shares shall be

subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Plan

Administration Committee may impose. These restrictions may lapse separately or in

combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the

satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Plan Administration Committee

determines on the Award Date or thereafter.

(c)          Forfeiture. Upon termination of a Participant's employment with the

Company and its Subsidiaries during the applicable vesting or restriction period, or upon

failure to satisfy a performance goal during the applicable vesting or restriction period,

any Share Award(s) granted to such Participant which at that time have not vested or are

subject to restrictions, as the case may be, shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in

 

 

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the Award Certificate or determined by the Plan Administration Committee in its sole discretion. The date of a Participant's termination of employment shall be determined at the sole discretion of the Plan Administration Committee. Any Shares, cash or other property underlying forfeited Share Awards, including, if applicable, amounts credited to the Participant's Account with respect to such Share Awards, shall revert to the Trust and, unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administration Committee, shall be added to and allocated as part of subsequent Award(s) made under the Plan. Under no circumstances shall such Shares, cash or other property held in the Trust revert to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; however such Shares, cash or other property shall be available to creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary in the event of the Company's or such Subsidiary's insolvency in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 7.2 and the Trust Agreement.

(d) Acceleration of Vesting and Lapse of Restrictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing and unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administration Committee, any Share Award(s) of a Participant not previously forfeited shall immediately vest, and any restrictions thereon shall lapse, in the event of:

(i)         such Participant's termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary by reason of his death or Disability; or

(ii)        the involuntary termination, other than for Cause, of such Participant's employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries following a Change in Control, unless the Participant is subsequently employed by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or the Controlling Company; or

(iii)        the Participant's resignation from employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for Good Reason following a Change in Control, unless the Participant is subsequently employed by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or the Controlling Company; or

(iv)         in the event that the Participant is employed by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or the Controlling Company following a Change in Control, the involuntary termination, other than for Cause, of such Participant's employment with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or the Controlling Company or the Participant's resignation from employment with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or the Controlling Company for Good Reason.

In addition, the Plan Administration Committee may accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any Share Award at any time in its sole discretion.

Section 6.2           Deferred Share Awards.

(a)        Accounts and Dividends. The Plan Administration Committee may, in its sole discretion, establish an Account comprised of one or more sub-accounts, each relating to a particular Deferred Share Award granted to a Participant and initially credited with the amount of such Deferred Share Award. To the extent required by the terms of a particular Deferred Share Award, each sub-account of the Participant's Account may be adjusted to reflect the earnings, distributions, dividends, gains and losses with respect to the Shares, cash and/or other property allocated to the sub-account for each Deferred Share Award. In the discretion of the Plan Administration Committee, such amounts may be credited in cash or reinvested to purchase additional Shares based upon the Average Cost Per Share, and such amounts or additional shares shall be subject to the same vesting and other restrictions to which such initial Deferred Share Award is subject.

(b)       Distributions; In General. Subject to any applicable withholding obligations and Section 9.1, upon the vesting of a Deferred Share Award, the Plan Administration Committee shall direct the Company or the Trustee to deliver or cause to be delivered to

 

 

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the Participant the Shares, cash or other property subject to such Share Award including, if applicable, the amount credited to such Participant's Account in respect of the vested Deferred Share Award, as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than the 15th day of the third month of the year following the year in which the Deferred Share Award became vested.

(c)       Termination of Trust or Court-Ordered Distribution. In the event that the Trust is terminated prior to the vesting of a Deferred Share Award or in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that the Company or a Subsidiary is obligated to distribute to a Participant, Beneficiary or any other person any Shares underlying the Deferred Share Awards prior to the time of vesting otherwise provided for in the Award Certificate and Article VI, the Shares so distributed to such Participant, Beneficiary or other person shall, in the sole discretion of the Plan Administration Committee, be restricted as to transferability and shall be subject to forfeiture until the date that the Shares would otherwise have been vested under the terms of the Plan and the relevant Award Certificate had they not been distributed to the Participant, Beneficiary or other person and had remained subject to the Plan, and each stock certificate representing such Shares shall bear the legend provided for in Section 6.3(f). If the Shares are issued in uncertificated form, the Company shall instruct the transfer agent to restrict the sale or transfer of the Shares pursuant to this Section 6.2(c).

(d)       No Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing a Share Award, a Participant shall have no right to vote the Shares subject to a Deferred Share Award, and shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to such Shares, until such time as Shares are distributed to the Participant in settlement of the Deferred Share Award.

 

                (e)          Voting of Shares.

(i)       The Plan Administration Committee shall direct the Trustee, and the Trustee shall have no discretion, as to the manner in which the voting rights attaching to Shares that are allocated to unvested Deferred Share Awards are to be voted.

(ii)      The Plan Administration Committee shall direct the Trustee, and the Trustee shall have no discretion, as to the manner in which the voting rights attaching to Shares that are allocated to vested Deferred Share Awards are to be voted; provided that, the Plan Administration Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct the Trustee to take direction from any or all Participants as to the manner in which the Shares subject to the relevant Participant's vested Deferred Share Awards are to be voted. If the Plan Administration Committee directs the Trustee to take voting directions from any Participant(s), (x) the Trusttee shall vote combined fractional Shares, to the extent possible, to reflect the directions of the Participant(s) holding such Shares and (y) if the Trustee does not receive valid Participant voting directions with respect to the Shares allocated to a Participant's vested Deferred Share Award(s), the Trustee shall have no discretion as to the voting of such Shares but shall vote such Shares in the manner directed by the Plan Administration Committee.

(iii)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.2(e), the Shares allocated to a Participant's Deferred Share Awards shall be voted by the' Trustee, at the direction of the Plan Administration Committee, with respect to any Participant(s) with respect to whom counsel to the Company advises that the Participant might be taxed on the value of the Participant's Deferred Share Awards if the Participant(s) were permitted to direct the voting of such Shares.

 

 

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               (f)            Tender of Shares.

(i)         If any person shall commence a tender or exchange offer or any similar transaction with respect to Shares, the Plan Administration Committee shall be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee shall have no discretion, as to whether the Shares underlying unvested Deferred Share Awards allocated to Participants' Accounts are to be tendered and whether such tender is to be revoked (to the extent such a revocation is permitted by the terms of such tender or exchange offer or applicable law).

(ii)        If any person shall commence a tender or exchange offer or any similar transaction with respect to Shares, the Plan Administration Committee shall be entitled to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee shall have no discretion, as to whether the Shares underlying vested Deferred Share Awards allocated to Participants' Accounts are to be tendered and whether such tender is to be revoked (to the extent such a revocation is permitted by the terms of such tender or exchange offer or applicable law); provided that, the Plan Administration Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct the Trustee to take direction from any or all Participant(s) as to whether such Shares are to be tendered and whether such tender is to be revoked (to the extent such a revocation is permitted by the terms of such tender or exchange offer or applicable law). If the Plan Administration Committee directs the Trustee to take tender directions from any Participant(s), (x) the Trustee shall tender Shares underlying vested Deferred Share Awards allocated to any Participants' Accounts for which the Trustee shall have received affirmative and valid Participant directions to tender (except to the extent such directions are revoked prior to such tender); (y) the Trustee shall revoke the tender of Shares allocated to any Participants' Accounts underlying vested Deferred Share Awards for which the Trustee shall have received affirmative and valid Participant directions to revoke such tender; and (z) the Trustee shall not tender, or revoke the tender of, Shares allocated to Participants' Accounts for which the Trustee does not receive affirmative and valid Participant directions.

(iii)       To the extent that a Participant or the Plan Administration Committee elects to tender Shares allocated to a Participant's Account, the Trustee shall transfer the consideration the Trustee receives as a result of such tender into the Trust and the Participant's Share Award and Account, if applicable, shall reflect die transfer.

(iv)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.2(f), the Plan Administration Committee, in its sole discretion, shall make tender decisions with respect to Shares held in the Accounts of Participants with respect to whom counsel to the Company advises that the Participant(s) might be taxed on the value of the Participant's Account if the Participant(s) were permitted to direct the tender of Shares.

 

                 Section 6.3         Restricted Share Awards.

(a)       Grant of Restricted Share Awards. Subject to Sections 6.3(b), 6.3(c) and 9.1, the Plan Administration Committee shall direct the Trustee to deliver or cause to be delivered to any Participant who has elected to receive a Restricted Share Award pursuant to Section 6.1 certificates for the Shares subject to his Restricted Share Award, which shall be subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 6.3 from the Award Date until such Restricted Share Award vests in accordance with the Award Certificate or Section 6.1(d). The Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award shall be held by the Invesco Employee Share Service; provided that a Participant may transfer any Shares that have vested in accordance with the Award Certificate or Section 6.1(d), from such Employee Share Service. The Plan Administration Committee shall issue appropriate stop-transfer restrictions to the Invesco Employee Share Service in respect of the Shares that are subject

 

 

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to a Restricted Share Award. In connection with any election to receive a Restricted Share Award, if a Participant fails to comply with Sections 6.3(b), 6.3(c) and 9.1 by the thirtieth day after the Award Date, such Participant shall not receive a Restricted Share Award but instead shall continue to hold a Deferred Share Award.

(b)       Acknowledgement of Restrictions. Each Participant who has elected to receive a Restricted Share Award shall, no later than the thirtieth day after the Award Date, execute and deliver an acknowledgement form, on a form approved by the Plan Administration Committee (an "Acknowledgement Form"), acknowledging such Participant's participation subject to the terms of the Plan including this Section 6.3 and such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan as the Plan Administration Committee shall determine on or before the Award Date. Each Participant shall also deliver to the Plan Administration Committee on or before such time a duly executed undated instrument of transfer or assignment in blank, having attached thereto or to such certificate all requisite stock or other applicable or documentary tax stamps, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Plan Administration Committee, relating the Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award.

(c)       Section 83(b) Election. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing a Share Award, each Participant who has received a Restricted Share Award shall make a timely election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to such Restricted Share Award. A copy of such executed election shall be filed with the Plan Administration Committee, On or before the distribution of Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award, a Participant shall remit to the Company or a Subsidiary (as determined by the Plan Administration Committee) an amount sufficient to discharge the Company's or such Subsidiary's obligations with respect to any taxes, withholding, assessment or governmental charge imposed on the distribution of such Shares to such, Participant, Each Participant will be solely responsible for any and all tax liabilities payable by him in connection with the grant and receipt of the Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award or attributable to his making or failing to make such an election.

(d)       Restrictions on Transferability. No Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until such Restricted Share Award vests in accordance with the Award Certificate or Section 6.1(d). Thereafter, none of the Shares may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless (i) such disposition is pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, and (ii) such disposition is pursuant to registration under any applicable state or foreign securities laws or an exemption therefrom. Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan including this Section 6.3 shall be void and of no effect.

(e)      Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing a Share Award, a Participant holding Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award granted pursuant to Section 6.1 may exercise full voting rights and other rights as a shareholder with respect to the Shares subject to the Restricted Share Award during the period in which such Shares remain unvested.

   (f)       Dividends and Other Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing a Share Award, a Participant holding Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares; provided that, if any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares or other securities, such Shares and other securities shall be subject to the same vesting restrictions and restrictions on transferability

 

 

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as apply to the Shares subject to a Restricted Share Award with respect to which they were paid.

       ARTICLE VII

FUNDING OF THE PLAN

Section 7.1 Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded, including without limitation for purposes of the United States of America Department of Labor Regulation § 2520.104-23. Benefits under the Plan to a Participant shall be the unfunded obligation of such Participant's employer or former employer (the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be). Notwithstanding the fact that the Company established the Trust for the purpose of assisting itself and its Subsidiaries in meeting their respective compensatory obligations to their employees, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries, respectively, shall remain obligated to pay the amounts credited to Participant's Accounts as a result of Awards under the Plan. In the event that assets of the Trust are used to satisfy the claims of general creditors of the Company in accordance with Section 7.2 and the Trust Agreement, such assets shall be deemed to be sold at their fair market value. Nothing shall relieve the Company and each of the Subsidiaries of their respective liabilities under the Plan except to the extent amounts are paid to Participants or Beneficiaries from the assets of the Trust.

Section 7.2  Trust. Effective as of December 24, 1997, the Company established the Trust, which is intended to be Q a "grantor trust" within the meaning of sections 671 of the Code of the Company and (ii) a "United States person" within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries in meeting their respective compensatory obligations to their employees. The Trust is part of an employees' share scheme as defined in section 743 of the Companies Act. The Trustee is State Street Bank and Trust Company, and the Trust is domiciled in the State of New York. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Plan Administration Committee may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee and may change the domicile of the Trust. The Trust can hold Shares, cash and other property contributed to the Trust by the Company to provide itself and the Subsidiaries with a source of funds to assist each of them in meeting their respective compensatory obligations to their employees. The Plan Administration Committee shall direct that the assets of the Trust be invested and reinvested primarily in Shares.

The trust agreement creating the Trust contains procedures to the following effect: In the event of the insolvency of the Company or any Subsidiary, the assets of the Trust shall be available to pay the claims of creditors of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. The Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to be "insolvent" if the Company or such Subsidiary is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or if the Company is subject to a pending proceeding under the bankruptcy laws of the United Kingdom or other equivalent local legislation, or if such Subsidiary is subject to a pending proceeding under the bankruptcy laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or incorporated. In the event the Company or any Subsidiary becomes insolvent, the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, have a duty to inform the Trustee in

 

 

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writing of the Company's or such Subsidiary's insolvency. Upon receipt of such notice, or if the Trustee receives written notice from a person claiming to be a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary alleging such insolvency, the Trustee shall cease making payments from the assets of the Trust on behalf of the Company or such Subsidiary, shall hold such assets for the benefit of creditors of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and shall resume payments from the assets of the Trust only after the Trustee has determined that the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is not, or is no longer, insolvent.

Section 7.3 Internal Funding. The Subsidiaries shall have no obligations to make contributions to the Trust, although a Subsidiary may reimburse the Company for contributions to the Trust made by the Company on behalf of employees of such Subsidiary.

                     ARTICLE VIII

ADDITIONAL SECURITIES MATTERS

Subject to Sections 6.2(c) and 6.3, the Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that any securities distributed to Participants hereunder are marketable at the time of distribution. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obliged to cause to be delivered any certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the Plan unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that the delivery of such certificates is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of The Stock Exchange and any other securities exchange on which Shares are traded. In addition to the covenants, agreements and representations contained in Section 6.3, the Plan Administration Committee may require, as a condition of the delivery of certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the terms hereof, the recipient of such Shares to make such additional covenants, agreements and representations, and that such certificates bear such additional legends, as the Plan Administration Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable, provided that any such legends shall not contravene any rules or regulations of The Stock Exchange or any applicable statute.

                 ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 9.1  Taxes. As a condition to the making of any Award, the vesting of any Award, the lapse of the restrictions pertaining thereto or the distribution of Shares subject to a Share Award, the Company or a Subsidiary may require a Participant to pay such sum to the Company or such Subsidiary as may be necessary to discharge the Company's or such Subsidiary's obligations with respect to any taxes, withholding, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on property or income received by the Participant pursuant to the Plan. In accordance with the rules and procedures established by the Plan Administration Committee and in the discretion of the Plan Administration Committee, such payment may be in the form of cash, Shares, or other property. The Company and the Subsidiaries shall have the right to withhold from any cash, Shares, or property payable to a Participant (including any salary, bonus or any other amount payable from the Company or a Subsidiary to the Participant) an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable withholding tax requirements, prior to a distribution of cash, Share certificates or other property under the Plan or to direct the Trustee to withhold and sell any Shares subject to a Participant's vested Share Awards to satisfy applicable withholding tax requirements. In order to satisfy such taxes, assessments or other governmental charges, the Plan Administration Committee may direct the Trustee to pay to the Company or a Subsidiary an amount to satisfy such obligation and to pay the balance to the Participant. At the direction of the Participant and subject to the approval of the Plan Administration Committee, the Company and its Subsidiaries may deduct or withhold from any payment or distribution to a Participant whether or not pursuant to the Plan in order to satisfy required withholding obligations under the Plan.

 

 

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Section 9.2  No Special Employment Rights. Nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Certificate shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of the Participant's employment by the Company or a Subsidiary or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or a Subsidiary at any time to terminate such employment or demote such Participant without prior notice at any time for any or no reason. Each Participant shall, by participating in the Plan, waive all and any right to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of his office or employment with the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason whatsoever in so far as these rights arise or may arise from his ceasing to have rights under the Plan as a result of such termination. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any employee of the Company or a Subsidiary any right to participate in the Plan.

Section 9.3  Beneficiaries. Each Participant shall have the right to designate in writing from time to time a Beneficiary by filing a written notice of such designation with the Plan Administration Committee. A Participant may revoke his Beneficiary designation by filing with the Plan Administration Committee an instrument of revocation or a later designation. Any designation or revocation shall be effective when received by the Plan Administration Committee. In the event of the death of a Participant, certificates for Shares payable in respect of vested Deferred Share Awards shall be distributed to the Participant's Beneficiary as soon as reasonably practicable. Unless the Participant's Beneficiary designation provides otherwise, no person shall be entitled to benefits upon the death of the Participant unless such person survives the Participant. If the Beneficiary designated by a Participant does not survive the Participant or if the Participant has not made a valid Beneficiary designation, such Participant's Beneficiary shall be such Participant's estate.

Section 9.4  Expenses. Subject to the Trust Agreement, all expenses and costs in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company and the Subsidiaries.

Section 9.5  Titles and Headings Not to Control. The titles to Articles and headings of Sections in the Plan are placed herein for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any of the provisions of the Plan.

 

Section 9.6  Amendment or Termination of Plan. The Compensation Committee may modify, amend, suspend or terminate this Plan in whole or in part at any time, provided that, such modification, amendment, suspension or termination shall not, without a Participant's consent, affect adversely the rights of a Participant with respect to outstanding Share Awards that have not previously been forfeited; provided further, that the Compensation Committee may, without a Participant's consent, amend the Plan from time to time in such a manner as may be necessary to avoid having the Plan, the Trust Agreement or the Trust being subject to ERISA, to avoid the current taxation of the assets held in the Trust, or to avoid the imposition of any excise tax, penalty, or acceleration of taxation under Section 409A of the Code. In this regard, neither a Participant's incurring tax liability nor the loss of an investment opportunity as a result of the termination of the Plan shall be considered an impairment of the rights of a Participant.

Upon termination of the Trust, unvested Share Awards of each Participant shall immediately vest and the Shares, cash or other property subject to such Share Awards including, if applicable, the amount credited to each such Participant's Account, shall be distributed to each such Participant. In the event that Shares or other property allocated to unvested Awards have been previously forfeited, the Plan Administration Committee shall determine how such Shares, cash or other property shall be applied to provide compensation and benefits to employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries. No portion of the assets held in the Trust shall revert to the Company or the Subsidiaries at any time except for the reimbursement of taxes pursuant to Section 9.1 and the Trust Agreement; provided that, in the event of the insolvency of the Company or any Subsidiary, the assets

 

 

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of the Trust shall be available to pay the claims of creditors of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, as provided in Section 7.2 and the Trust Agreement.

Section 9.7 Governing Law. The Plan, as amended from time to time, and all rights hereunder shall be governed by, administered and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia (without reference to the choice of law doctrine).

Section 9.8 Waiver of Punitive Damages. There is no right to punitive, exemplary or similar damages as a result of any controversy or claim arising out of, relating to or in connection with the Plan, or the breach, termination or validity thereof, and each Participant shall, by participating in the Plan, waive all and any of such rights.

Section 9.9 Restrictions on Transfer. No transfer (other than any transfer made by will or by the laws of descent and distribution), charge or encumbrance by a Participant of any right to any payment hereunder, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall vest the transferee with any interest or right in or with respect to such payment, and the transfer, charge or encumbrance shall be of no force and effect.

Section 9.10 Consolidation or Merger of the Company. In the event of the consolidation, amalgamation, combination or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, or the sale by the Company of substantially all of its assets, the resulting successor may continue the Plan by adopting the same by resolution of its board of directors and by executing a proper supplemental agreement to the Trust Agreement with the Trustee. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, if within ninety days from the effective date of such consolidation, amalgamation, combination, merger or sale of assets, such new corporation does not adopt the Plan, the rights of all affected Participants to their respective benefits with respect to vested and unvested Awards shall be non-forfeitable as of the effective date of such consolidation, amalgamation, combination, merger or sale of assets.

Section 9.11 Set-off. In the event that the Company or a Subsidiary has any claims against a Participant, the Company or Subsidiary (as the case may be) may, in its discretion, offset such claims against its obligations to such Participant under the Plan. The Company or Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall give notice to the Participant of any set-off effected under this Section 9.11.

Section 9.12 Special Rules Regarding Plan Administration Committee. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, with respect to any power of the Plan Administration Committee described herein that is exercised with respect to a Participant who is a member of the Plan Administration Committee and the exercise of such power does not affect all Participants relatively equally, such power shall be exercised with respect to such Participant by the non-Participant members of the Plan Administration Committee who are United States persons within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, if any; provided that, if all members of the Plan Administration Committee are Participants or none of the non-Participant members of the Plan Administration Committee are United States persons within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, then such powers shall be exercised with respect to such Participants by the members of the Plan Administration Committee who are United States persons within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Section 9.13 Changes in Share Capital. In the event of a variation in the equity share capital of the Company, whether through a reorganization, recapitalization, statutory share exchange, reclassification, stock split, combination of shares, share consolidation, or otherwise the Plan Administration Committee will adjust the number of Shares subject to a Share Award in any way in considers fair and reasonable.

 

 

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Section 9.14 Special Provisions Related to Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, in the event (a) any amounts payable pursuant to an Award or Award Certificate constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, and (b) the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (as determined in accordance with the uniform policy adopted by the Company with respect to all of the arrangements subject to Section 409A of the Code maintained by the Company and its affiliates), any payments to be made with respect to the Award upon the Participant’s separation of service shall be delayed until the earlier of a date no later than 30 days following the Participant’s death or the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s separation from service.

 

 

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Appendix A

      SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO

          PARTICIPANTS IN JAPAN

In order to comply with laws and regulations of Japan and notwithstanding Section 6.1 (d) or any other provision of the Plan, the Plan Administration Committee shall not accelerate the time of distribution with respect to any Awards of a Participant resident in, or employed by a Subsidiary that is resident in, Japan.

 

 

 


Appendix B

SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO

          SECTIONS 6.1 and 6.3

In order to comply with laws and regulations of France and notwithstanding Sections 6.1(a) or 6.3 or any other provision of the Plan, Participants resident for tax purposes in France, Canada, or Germany shall not have the ability to elect to receive a Restricted Share Award in lieu of a Deferred Share Award.

Notwithstanding Section 6.3(c) or any other provision of the Plan, Participants resident for tax purposes in the following countries shall not be required to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code as a condition to receiving a Restricted Share Award:

United Kingdom

Belgium

Ireland

Italy

France

Austria

Taiwan

Japan

Australia

China

Hong Kong

 

 

 


Appendix C 

 

SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO

 PARTICIPANTS IN CANADA

 

In order to comply with the laws and regulations of Canada and notwithstanding Sections 6.1 (a), 6.2(b), 6.2(c) or any other provision of the Plan, (1) no distribution of Shares, cash or other property equivalent to the amount credited to the Account of a Participant that was or, at the time of such distribution, is considered a participant in a Retirement Compensation Arrangement under Canadian tax law in respect of vested Deferred Share Awards made prior to December 1, 2002 will be made to such Participant until his termination of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries or unless there has been a "substantial change in the sendees rendered" by such Participant for purposes of Section 248(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada); and (2) No term or condition imposed under an Award Certificate may have the effect of causing the payment to a Participant or Beneficiary in satisfaction of his or her Deferred Share Awards to occur after December 15 of the third calendar year following the calendar year in respect of which such Deferred Shares Awards were granted.

 

 

 


Appendix D

SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO

 PARTICIPANTS IN IRELAND

Notwithstanding Sections 6.1(d), 6.2(c), or 6.3 or any other provision of the Plan, Participants resident for tax purposes in Ireland (1) shall not be entitled to accelerated vesting of unvested Restricted Share Awards except in the event of such Participant's termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary by reason of his death; (2) shall not be entitled to vote Shares that are allocated to unvested Deferred Share Awards; and (3) shall not be entitled to receive distributions in respect of vested and unvested Deferred Share Awards other than in the form of Shares.

 

 

 


Appendix E

SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO

 AUSTALIAN PARTICIPANTS

 

Notwithstanding Sections 6.1(a), 6.2(a), or 6.2(b) or any other provision of the Plan, Participants resident for tax purposes in Australia shall not be entitled to receive distributions in respect of vested and unvested Deferred Share Awards other than in the form of Shares.

Anything in the Plan or any Award Certificate to the contrary notwithstanding, no Share Award granted to an Australian Participant shall automatically vest by reason of the Participant’s “Permissive Retirement” or other retirement, however defined.

The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Australian Participant from all costs and expenses arising out of the assertion by any taxing authority of a claim that such Participant’s Share Award has become taxable prior to the actual vesting thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Certificate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Certification Pursuant to

Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Martin L. Flanagan, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Invesco Ltd.;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

May 8, 2009

/s/ Martin L. Flanagan

 

 

     Martin L. Flanagan

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-31.2 7 exhibit312.htm CERTIFICATION OF LOREN M. STARR RULE 13A-14(A)

Certification Pursuant to

Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Loren M. Starr, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Invesco Ltd.;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ Loren M. Starr

 

 

      Loren M. Starr

 

 

Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EX-32.1 8 exhibit321.htm CERTIFICATION OF MARTIN L. FLANAGAN SECTION 1350

CERTIFICATION OF MARTIN L. FLANAGAN

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with Invesco Ltd.’s (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009 (the “Report”), I, Martin L. Flanagan, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

 

 

1.

the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

2.

the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

May 8, 2009

/s/ Martin L. Flanagan

 

 

      Martin L. Flanagan

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-32.2 9 exhibit322.htm CERTIFICATION OF LOREN M. STARR SECTION 1350

CERTIFICATION OF LOREN M. STARR

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with Invesco Ltd.’s (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009 (the “Report”), I, Loren M. Starr, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

 

 

1.

the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

2.

the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

May 8, 2009

/s/ Loren M. Starr

 

 

      Loren M. Starr

 

 

Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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