Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) announced today that it will record its 32.7% share of Toys ?R? Us' second quarter financial results in its third quarter ending September 30, 2010. Vornado's results will include a net loss of $2,557,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to net income of $22,077,000, or $0.11 per diluted share recorded in the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Vornado's share of negative Funds From Operations (?FFO?) before income taxes for the quarter ending September 30, 2010 will be $11,926,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to FFO before income taxes of $3,476,000, or $0.02 per diluted share in the prior year's quarter. Vornado's share of FFO after income taxes for the quarter ending September 30, 2010 will be $9,228,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to FFO after income taxes of $33,466,000, or $0.17 per diluted share in the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Vornado's share of FFO before income taxes for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 includes litigation settlement income of $16,672,000. Net income and FFO after income taxes includes this item in the net amount of $10,200,000.

The business of Toys is highly seasonal; historically, Toys' fourth quarter net income accounts for more than 80% of its fiscal year net income.

Attached is a summary of Toys' financial results and Vornado's 32.7% share of its equity in Toys' net income, as well as reconciliations of net income to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (?EBITDA?) and FFO.

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust.

Certain statements contained herein may constitute ?forward-looking statements? within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments and general competitive factors.

 
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Unaudited
 
For the Quarter Ended
July 31, 2010     August 1, 2009
(Amounts in thousands) Results on a
Historical
Basis 		    Results on
Vornado's
Purchase Price
Accounting
Basis 		Results on
Vornado's
Purchase Price
Accounting
Basis
Net sales $ 2,565,000 $ 2,565,000 $ 2,567,000
Cost of sales 1,606,000 1,606,000 1,616,000
Gross margin 959,000 959,000 951,000
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses 855,000 853,500 839,100
Depreciation and amortization 98,000 91,900 109,200
Other income, net (17,000 ) (10,300 ) (64,200 )
Total operating expenses 936,000 935,100 884,100
Operating income 23,000 23,900 66,900
Interest expense (120,000 ) (124,700 ) (121,400 )
Interest income 1,000 1,000 2,000
Loss before income taxes (96,000 ) (99,800 ) (52,500 )
Income tax benefit 82,000 84,300 112,100
Net (loss) earnings (14,000 ) (15,500 ) 59,600
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest - - 2,000
Net (loss) earnings attributable to Toys ?R? Us, Inc. $ (14,000 ) $ (15,500 ) $ 61,600
 
Vornado's 32.7% equity in Toys' net (loss) earnings $ (5,073 ) $ 20,137
Management fee from Toys, net 1,978 1,570
Interest income on credit facility 538 370
Total Vornado net (loss) income from its investment in Toys $ (2,557 ) $ 22,077
 
See page 3 for a reconciliation of net (loss) income to FFO.
 

Reconciliation of Vornado's net (loss) income from its

investment in Toys to EBITDA (1):

Net (loss) income $ (2,557 ) $ 22,077
Interest and debt expense 40,558 39,136
Depreciation and amortization 30,079 34,357
Income tax benefit (27,501 ) (36,122 )
Vornado's share of Toys' EBITDA (1) $ 40,579 $ 59,448
 
(1) EBITDA represents ?Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.? Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the unlevered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets as opposed to the levered return on equity. EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for net income. EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.
 
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Funds From Operations - Unaudited
 
(Amounts in thousands) For the Quarter Ended
July 31, 2010   August 1, 2009

Reconciliation of Vornado's net (loss) income from

 

its investment in Toys to FFO (1):

Net (loss) income $ (2,557 ) $ 22,077
Depreciation and amortization of real property 18,132 17,521
Income tax effect of above adjustment (6,347 ) (6,132 )
Vornado's share of Toys' FFO (1) $ 9,228 $ 33,466
 
(1)

FFO is computed in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (?NAREIT?). NAREIT defines FFO as GAAP net income or loss adjusted to exclude net gains from sales of depreciated real estate assets, depreciation and amortization expense from real estate assets, extraordinary items and other specified non-cash items, including the pro rata share of such adjustments of unconsolidated subsidiaries. FFO and FFO per diluted share are used by management, investors and analysts to facilitate meaningful comparisons of operating performance between periods and among our peers because it excludes the effect of real estate depreciation and amortization and net gains on sales, which are based on historical costs and implicitly assume that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time, rather than fluctuating based on existing market conditions. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash requirements and should not be considered as an alternative to net income as a performance measure or cash flows as a liquidity measure. FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

Vornado Realty Trust
Joseph Macnow, 201-587-1000