Vornado Announces Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results

VORNADO REALTY TRUST (NYSE:VNO) filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 today and reported:

NET INCOME attributable to common shareholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 was $131.2 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, compared to $83.0 million, or $0.44 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Net income for the quarters ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 include $57.8 million and $16.1 million, respectively, of net gains on sale of real estate and $2.5 million of real estate impairment losses in the quarter ended September 30, 2013. In addition, the quarters ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 include certain other items that affect comparability, which are listed in the table below. Adjusting net income attributable to common shareholders for net gains on sale of real estate, real estate impairment losses and the items in the table below, net of amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests, net income attributable to common shareholders for the quarters ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $107.9 million and $103.6 million, or $0.57 and $0.55 per diluted share, respectively.

FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS attributable to common shareholders plus assumed conversions (“FFO”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 was $217.4 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, compared to $210.6 million, or $1.12 per diluted share for the prior year’s quarter. Adjusting FFO for certain items that affect comparability which are listed in the table below, FFO for the quarters ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $248.2 million and $231.9 million, or $1.31 and $1.23 per diluted share, respectively.

Nine Months 2014 Results

NET INCOME attributable to common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $270.2 million, or $1.43 per diluted share, compared to $460.9 million, or $2.46 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 include $57.8 million and $284.5 million, respectively, of net gains on sale of real estate, and $20.8 million and $10.8 million, respectively, of real estate impairment losses. In addition, the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 include certain items that affect comparability, which are listed in the table below. Adjusting net income attributable to common shareholders for real estate impairment losses, net gains on sale of real estate, and the items in the table below, net of amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests, net income attributable to common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $315.6 million and $282.5 million, or $1.67 and $1.51 per diluted share, respectively.

FFO for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $684.2 million, or $3.63 per diluted share, compared to $647.8 million, or $3.45 per diluted share for the prior year’s nine months. Adjusting FFO for certain items that affect comparability which are listed in the table below, FFO for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was $750.4 million and $683.3 million, or $3.98 and $3.64 per diluted share, respectively.

Supplemental Financial Information

Further details regarding results of operations, properties and tenants can be accessed at the Company’s website www.vno.com. 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. For a discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements and our future results and financial condition, see “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2013. Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments and general competitive factors.

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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 gain from sales of depreciated real estate assets, real estate impairment losses, 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 non-GAAP financial measures 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 flow as a liquidity measure. FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. A reconciliation of our net income to FFO is provided above. In addition to FFO, we also disclose FFO before certain items that affect comparability. Although this non-GAAP measure clearly differs from NAREIT’s definition of FFO, we believe it provides a meaningful presentation of operating performance. Reconciliations of FFO to FFO as adjusted for comparability is provided on page 1 and page 2 of this press release.

Conference Call and Audio Webcast

As previously announced, the Company will host a quarterly earnings conference call and an audio webcast on Tuesday November 4, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The conference call can be accessed by dialing 800-708-4539 (domestic) or 847-619-6396 (international) and indicating to the operator the passcode 38322664. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET on November 4, 2014 through December 4, 2014. To access the replay, please dial 888-843-7419 and enter the passcode 38322664#. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company’s website at www.vno.com and an online playback of the webcast will be available on the website for 90 days following the conference call.