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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010
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 1-11690
DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Ohio
 
  34-1723097
 
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
3300 Enterprise Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio 44122
(Address of principal executive offices - zip code)
(216) 755-5500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ 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 (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ 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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
     Large accelerated filer þ
  Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
 
      (Do not check if 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 þ
     As of October 29, 2010, the registrant had 256,161,006 outstanding common shares, $0.10 par value per share.
 
 

 


 

PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — Unaudited
         
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    3  
 
    4  
 
    5  
 
    6  
  EX-4.1
  EX-31.1
  EX-31.2
  EX-32.1
  EX-32.2
  EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
  EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
  EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
  EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
  EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
  EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                 
    September 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Assets
               
Land
  $ 1,834,172     $ 1,971,782  
Buildings
    5,451,694       5,694,659  
Fixtures and tenant improvements
    320,067       287,143  
 
           
 
    7,605,933       7,953,584  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (1,412,607 )     (1,332,534 )
 
           
 
    6,193,326       6,621,050  
Land held for development and construction in progress
    817,742       858,900  
Real estate held for sale, net
    2,471       10,453  
 
           
Total real estate assets, net — (variable interest entities $369.8 million at September 30, 2010)
    7,013,539       7,490,403  
Investments in and advances to joint ventures
    417,750       420,541  
Cash and cash equivalents
    21,335       26,172  
Restricted cash
    14,383       95,673  
Notes receivable, net
    119,585       74,997  
Other assets, net — (variable interest entities $6.3 million at September 30, 2010)
    290,487       318,820  
 
           
 
  $ 7,877,079     $ 8,426,606  
 
           
Liabilities and Equity
               
Unsecured indebtedness:
               
Senior notes
  $ 1,746,387     $ 1,689,841  
Revolving credit facilities
    483,138       775,028  
 
           
 
    2,229,525       2,464,869  
Secured indebtedness:
               
Term debt
    800,000       800,000  
Mortgage and other secured indebtedness — (variable interest entities $42.9 million at September 30, 2010)
    1,365,777       1,913,794  
 
           
 
    2,165,777       2,713,794  
 
           
Total indebtedness
    4,395,302       5,178,663  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses — (variable interest entities $13.9 million at September 30, 2010)
    154,839       130,404  
Dividends payable
    12,044       10,985  
Other liabilities
    145,085       153,591  
 
           
Total liabilities
    4,707,270       5,473,643  
 
           
Redeemable operating partnership units
    627       627  
 
               
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
               
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation Equity:
               
Class G — 8.0% cumulative redeemable preferred shares, without par value, $250 liquidation value; 750,000 shares authorized; 720,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
    180,000       180,000  
Class H — 7.375% cumulative redeemable preferred shares, without par value, $500 liquidation value; 750,000 shares authorized; 410,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
    205,000       205,000  
Class I — 7.5% cumulative redeemable preferred shares, without par value, $500 liquidation value; 750,000 shares authorized; 340,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
    170,000       170,000  
Common shares, with par value, $0.10 stated value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 256,155,006 and 201,742,589 shares issued at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
    25,616       20,174  
Paid-in-capital
    3,813,293       3,374,528  
Accumulated distributions in excess of net income
    (1,278,423 )     (1,098,661 )
Deferred compensation obligation
    12,984       17,838  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    14,283       9,549  
Less: Common shares in treasury at cost: 509,570 and 657,012 shares at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
    (11,887 )     (15,866 )
Non-controlling interests — (variable interest entities $27.5 million at September 30, 2010)
    38,316       89,774  
 
           
Total equity
    3,169,182       2,952,336  
 
           
 
  $ 7,877,079     $ 8,426,606  
 
           
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                 
    2010     2009  
Revenues from operations:
               
Minimum rents
  $ 133,549     $ 130,938  
Percentage and overage rents
    1,016       1,183  
Recoveries from tenants
    44,431       42,475  
Ancillary and other property income
    5,846       5,223  
Management fees, development fees and other fee income
    12,961       14,693  
Other
    995       1,191  
 
           
 
    198,798       195,703  
 
           
Rental operation expenses:
               
Operating and maintenance
    33,676       34,521  
Real estate taxes
    29,518       26,023  
Impairment charges
    5,063       500  
General and administrative
    20,180       25,886  
Depreciation and amortization
    54,903       51,379  
 
           
 
    143,340       138,309  
 
           
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income
    1,614       3,257  
Interest expense
    (53,774 )     (52,736 )
Gain on debt retirement, net
    333       23,881  
Loss on equity derivative instruments
    (11,278 )     (118,174 )
Other (expense) income, net
    (3,899 )     2,235  
 
           
 
    (67,004 )     (141,537 )
 
           
Loss from continuing operations before impairment of joint ventures, equity in net loss of joint ventures, tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes and gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    (11,546 )     (84,143 )
Impairment of joint ventures
          (61,200 )
Equity in net loss of joint ventures
    (4,801 )     (183 )
 
           
Loss from continuing operations before tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes and gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    (16,347 )     (145,526 )
Tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes
    (1,120 )     (610 )
 
           
Loss from continuing operations
    (17,467 )     (146,136 )
 
           
Discontinued operations:
               
Loss from discontinued operations
    (4,548 )     (6,090 )
Gain on deconsolidation of interests
    5,221        
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    889       4,448  
 
           
 
    1,562       (1,642 )
 
           
Loss before gain on disposition of real estate
    (15,905 )     (147,778 )
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    145       7,128  
 
           
Net loss
    (15,760 )     (140,650 )
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests
    1,450       2,804  
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR
  $ (14,310 )   $ (137,846 )
 
           
Preferred dividends
    (10,567 )     (10,567 )
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (24,877 )   $ (148,413 )
 
           
 
               
Per share data:
               
Basic earnings per share data:
               
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.11 )   $ (0.91 )
Income from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    0.01       0.01  
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.10 )   $ (0.90 )
 
           
Diluted earnings per share data:
               
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.11 )   $ (0.91 )
Income from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    0.01       0.01  
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.10 )   $ (0.90 )
 
           
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                 
    2010     2009  
Revenues from operations:
               
Minimum rents
  $ 401,606     $ 395,319  
Percentage and overage rents
    3,700       4,397  
Recoveries from tenants
    133,242       131,232  
Ancillary and other property income
    15,330       14,884  
Management fees, development fees and other fee income
    40,122       43,194  
Other
    6,803       6,172  
 
           
 
    600,803       595,198  
 
           
Rental operation expenses:
               
Operating and maintenance
    104,599       99,734  
Real estate taxes
    82,466       76,827  
Impairment charges
    78,189       12,739  
General and administrative
    62,546       73,469  
Depreciation and amortization
    165,544       164,017  
 
           
 
    493,344       426,786  
 
           
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income
    4,425       9,420  
Interest expense
    (166,809 )     (161,691 )
Gain on debt retirement, net
    333       142,360  
Loss on equity derivative instruments
    (14,618 )     (198,199 )
Other expense, net
    (18,398 )     (8,897 )
 
           
 
    (195,067 )     (217,007 )
 
           
Loss from continuing operations before impairment of joint ventures, equity in net loss of joint ventures, tax benefit (expense) of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes and gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    (87,608 )     (48,595 )
Impairment of joint ventures
          (101,571 )
Equity in net loss of joint ventures
    (3,777 )     (8,984 )
 
           
Loss from continuing operations before tax benefit (expense) of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes and gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    (91,385 )     (159,150 )
Tax benefit (expense) of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes
    1,518       (426 )
 
           
Loss from continuing operations
    (89,867 )     (159,576 )
 
           
Discontinued operations:
               
Loss from discontinued operations
    (76,323 )     (145,558 )
Gain on deconsolidation of interests
    5,221        
Loss on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    (2,602 )     (19,965 )
 
           
 
    (73,704 )     (165,523 )
 
           
Loss before gain on disposition of real estate
    (163,571 )     (325,099 )
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    61       8,222  
 
           
Net loss
    (163,510 )     (316,877 )
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests
    38,378       39,848  
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR
  $ (125,132 )   $ (277,029 )
 
           
Preferred dividends
    (31,702 )     (31,702 )
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (156,834 )   $ (308,731 )
 
           
 
               
Per share data:
               
Basic earnings per share data:
               
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.45 )   $ (1.26 )
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    (0.20 )     (0.85 )
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.65 )   $ (2.11 )
 
           
Diluted earnings per share data:
               
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.45 )   $ (1.26 )
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    (0.20 )     (0.85 )
 
           
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.65 )   $ (2.11 )
 
           
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
                 
    2010     2009  
Net cash flow provided by operating activities:
  $ 211,038     $ 216,651  
 
           
Cash flow from investing activities:
               
Real estate developed or acquired, net of liabilities assumed
    (123,808 )     (168,669 )
Equity contributions to joint ventures
    (24,999 )     (18,817 )
Repayments (issuance) of joint venture advances, net
    28       (7,335 )
Proceeds from sale and refinancing of joint venture interests
    5,109       7,442  
Return of investments in joint ventures
    19,084       15,314  
Issuance of notes receivable, net
    (62,848 )     (5,173 )
Decrease in restricted cash
    76,075       9,076  
Proceeds from disposition of real estate
    120,671       304,490  
 
           
Net cash flow provided by investing activities:
    9,312       136,328  
 
           
Cash flow from financing activities:
               
Repayments of revolving credit facilities, net
    (286,697 )     (217,448 )
Repayment of senior notes
    (539,127 )     (725,131 )
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of underwriting commissions and offering expenses of $843 and $200 in 2010 and 2009, respectively
    590,710       294,685  
Proceeds from mortgage and other secured debt
    4,460       343,369  
Principal payments on mortgage debt
    (384,151 )     (278,818 )
Payment of debt issuance costs
    (2,537 )     (3,590 )
Proceeds from issuance of common shares, net of underwriting commissions and issuance costs of $956 and $524 in 2010 and 2009, respectively
    440,472       267,457  
Payment from issuance of common shares in conjunction with the exercise of stock options and dividend reinvestment plan
    (630 )     (1,576 )
Contributions from non-controlling interests
    486       5,640  
Return on investment non-controlling interests
    (2,358 )      
Distributions to non-controlling interest and redeemable operating partnership units
    (24 )     (1,454 )
Dividends paid
    (45,722 )     (37,838 )
 
           
Net cash flow used for financing activities
    (225,118 )     (354,704 )
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents
               
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (4,768 )     (1,725 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (69 )     (1,354 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    26,172       29,494  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 21,335     $ 26,415  
 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
     At September 30, 2010, dividends payable were $12.0 million. As disclosed in Note 1, the Company deconsolidated one entity in connection with the adoption of the consolidation rules effective January 1, 2010. This resulted in a reduction to real estate assets, net, of approximately $28.7 million, an increase to investments in and advances to joint ventures of approximately $8.4 million, a reduction in non-controlling interests of approximately $12.4 million and an increase to accumulated distributions in excess of net income of approximately $7.8 million. In addition, the Company foreclosed on its interest in a note receivable secured by a development project resulting in an increase to real estate assets and a decrease to notes receivable of approximately $19.0 million.
     At September 30, 2010, in accordance with ASC 810, 26 assets were deconsolidated. This deconsolidation resulted in a reduction of real estate assets, net of approximately $156.3 million, restricted cash of approximately $5.2 million, and mortgages payable by approximately $166.7 million, In addition, non controlling interest increased by $3.9 million as a result of the deconsolidation. The foregoing transactions did not provide for or require the use of cash for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010.
     At September 30, 2009, dividends payable were $10.9 million. In connection with the acquisition of a joint venture interest, the Company acquired real estate of approximately $22.0 million and assumed mortgage debt of $17.0 million in September 2009. The foregoing transactions did not provide for or require the use of cash for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009.
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION
          Developers Diversified Realty Corporation and its related real estate joint ventures and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “DDR”) are primarily engaged in the business of acquiring, expanding, owning, developing, redeveloping, leasing, managing and operating shopping centers. Unless otherwise provided, references herein to the Company or DDR include Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and its consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures.
           Use of Estimates
          The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
           Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
          These financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. However, in the opinion of management, the interim financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of the periods presented. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
           Principles of Consolidation
          In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended its guidance on accounting for variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and issued Accounting Standards Codification No. 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”) and introduced a more qualitative approach to evaluating VIEs for consolidation. The new accounting guidance resulted in a change in the Company’s accounting policy effective January 1, 2010. This standard requires a company to perform an analysis to determine whether its variable interests give it a controlling financial interest in a VIE. This analysis identifies the primary beneficiary of a VIE as the entity that has (a) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance and (b) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. In determining whether

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it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly affect the VIE’s performance, this standard requires a company to assess whether it has an implicit financial responsibility to ensure that a VIE operates as designed. This standard requires continuous reassessment of primary beneficiary status rather than periodic, event-driven reassessments as previously required and incorporates expanded disclosure requirements. This new accounting guidance was effective for the Company on January 1, 2010, and is being applied prospectively.
          The Company’s adoption of this standard resulted in the deconsolidation of one entity in which the Company has a 50% interest (the “Deconsolidated Land Entity”). The Deconsolidated Land Entity owns one real estate project, consisting primarily of land under development, which had $28.5 million of assets as of December 31, 2009. As a result of the initial application of ASC 810, the Company recorded its retained interest in the Deconsolidated Land Entity at its carrying amount. The difference between the net amount removed from the balance sheet of the Deconsolidated Land Entity and the amount reflected in investments in and advances to joint ventures of approximately $7.8 million was recognized as a cumulative effect adjustment to accumulated distributions in excess of net income. This difference was primarily due to the recognition of an other than temporary impairment charge that would have been recorded had ASC 810 been effective when the Company first became involved with the Deconsolidated Land Entity. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss at September 30, 2010 is equal to its investment in the Deconsolidated Land Entity of $12.5 million and certain future fees that may be earned by the Company.
          The Company has a 50% interest in a joint venture with EDT Retail Trust (formerly, Macquarie DDR Trust (“MDT”)), DDR MDT MV, that currently owns the underlying real estate of 25 assets formerly occupied by Mervyns, which declared bankruptcy in 2008 and vacated all sites as of December 31, 2008 ( the “Mervyns Joint Venture”). In connection with the recapitalization of MDT in June 2010, EDT Retail Trust (ASX: EDT) (“EDT”) assumed MDT’s 50% interest in the Mervyns Joint Venture. The Company holds a 50% economic interest in the Mervyns Joint Venture, which is considered a VIE. DDR provided management, financing, expansion, re-tenanting and oversight services for this real estate investment through August 2010.
     The Company was determined to be the primary beneficiary due to related party considerations, as well as being the member determined to have a greater exposure to variability in expected losses as DDR was entitled to earn certain fees from the Mervyns Joint Venture. All fees earned from the joint venture were eliminated in consolidation. The amounts relating to this entity are aggregated with the Company’s other consolidated VIEs on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2009.
          In August 2010, the assets owned by the Mervyns Joint Venture were transferred to the control of a court appointed receiver. As a result, the Company no longer has a controlling financial interest in the entity. Consequently, the Mervyns Joint Venture was deconsolidated as the Company was no longer in control of the entity. Upon deconsolidation, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $5.6 million because the carrying value of the non-recourse debt exceeded the carrying value of the collateralized assets of the joint venture. Following the deconsolidation, the Company will no longer have any economic rights or obligations in the Mervyns Joint Venture. The revenues and expenses associated with the Mervyns Joint Venture for all of the periods presented, including the $5.6 million gain, are classified within discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of

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operations (Note 12). Subsequent to deconsolidating this joint venture, the Company accounts for its retained interest in this joint venture investment, which approximates zero at September 30, 2010, under the cost method of accounting because the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence.
           Comprehensive Loss
          Comprehensive loss is as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Net loss
  $ (15,760 )   $ (140,650 )   $ (163,510 )   $ (316,877 )
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
                               
Change in fair value of interest-rate contracts
    1,708       4,093       9,278       7,315  
Amortization of interest-rate contracts
    (46 )     (93 )     (200 )     (279 )
Foreign currency translation
    9,136       24,806       (7,021 )     48,243  
 
                       
Total other comprehensive (loss) income
    10,798       28,806       2,057       55,279  
 
                       
Comprehensive loss
  $ (4,962 )   $ (111,844 )   $ (161,453 )   $ (261,598 )
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
    (249 )     930       41,055       36,706  
 
                       
Total comprehensive loss attributable to DDR
  $ (5,211 )   $ (110,914 )   $ (120,398 )   $ (224,892 )
 
                       
 
                               

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2. EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES
     At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had ownership interests in various unconsolidated joint ventures which owned 245 and 327 shopping center properties, respectively. Condensed combined financial information of the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture investments is as follows (in thousands):
                 
    September 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Condensed Combined Balance Sheets
               
Land
  $ 1,605,772     $ 1,782,431  
Buildings
    4,858,997       5,207,234  
Fixtures and tenant improvements
    150,455       146,716  
 
           
 
    6,615,224       7,136,381  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (707,053 )     (636,897 )
 
           
 
    5,908,171       6,499,484  
Land held for development and construction in progress (A)
    173,293       130,410  
 
           
Real estate, net
    6,081,464       6,629,894  
Receivables, net
    126,394       113,630  
Leasehold interests
    10,586       11,455  
Other assets
    305,909       342,192  
 
           
 
  $ 6,524,353     $ 7,097,171  
 
           
 
               
Mortgage debt
  $ 3,997,117     $ 4,547,711  
Notes and accrued interest payable to DDR
    85,780       73,477  
Other liabilities
    211,362       194,065  
 
           
 
    4,294,259       4,815,253  
Accumulated equity
    2,230,094       2,281,918  
 
           
 
  $ 6,524,353     $ 7,097,171  
 
           
DDR share of accumulated equity
  $ 482,723     $ 473,738  
 
           
 
(A)   The Deconsolidated Land Entity (Note 1) was combined with the unconsolidated investments effective January 1, 2010.

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    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
                               
Revenues from operations
  $ 169,730     $ 206,423     $ 507,766     $ 617,278  
 
                       
Operating expenses
    60,838       81,076       196,846       237,446  
Impairment charges (A)
    8,815             19,737        
Depreciation and amortization of real estate investments
    47,684       57,267       143,227       172,153  
Interest expense
    54,025       78,686       174,186       219,696  
 
                       
 
    171,362       217,029       533,996       629,295  
 
                       
Loss before income tax expense, other (expense) income, discontinued operations and (loss) gain on disposition of real estate
    (1,632 )     (10,606 )     (26,230 )     (12,017 )
Income tax expense (primarily Sonae Sierra Brasil), net
    (4,114 )     (2,513 )     (13,947 )     (7,065 )
Other (expense) income, net
          (3,602 )           5,833  
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations
    (5,746 )     (16,721 )     (40,177 )     (13,249 )
Discontinued operations:
                               
Loss from discontinued operations
    (2,192 )     (1,682 )     (4,110 )     (35,263 )
Loss on disposition of real estate, net of tax (B)
    (13,340 )     (13,767 )     (25,303 )     (19,852 )
 
                       
Loss before (loss) gain on disposition of real estate, net
    (21,278 )     (32,170 )     (69,590 )     (68,364 )
(Loss) gain on disposition of real estate, net (C)
          (74 )     17       (26,815 )
 
                       
Net loss
  $ (21,278 )   $ (32,244 )   $ (69,573 )   $ (95,179 )
 
                       
Company’s share of equity in net loss of joint ventures (D)
  $ (4,193 )   $ (1,302 )   $ (4,362 )   $ (12,375 )
 
                       
 
(A)   For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, impairment charges were recorded on three and four assets, respectively, of which the Company’s proportionate share of the loss was approximately $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively.
 
(B)   For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, loss on disposition of discontinued operations includes the sale of properties by four separate unconsolidated joint ventures. The Company’s proportionate share of the loss for the assets sold during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, was approximately $2.8 million and $4.1 million, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2009, these joint ventures recorded impairment charges aggregating $170.9 million related to certain of these asset sales in anticipation of the sales transactions. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, loss from discontinued operations consisted of the sale of 12 properties by three separate unconsolidated joint ventures resulting in a loss of $19.9 million of which the Company’s proportionate share was $1.4 million.
 
(C)   In the first quarter of 2009, a joint venture with Coventry transferred its interest in the Kansas City, Missouri project (Ward Parkway) to the lender. The joint venture recorded a loss of $26.7 million on the transfer, which is included in loss on disposition of real estate in the condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The Company recorded a $5.8 million loss in March 2009 related to the write-off of the book value of its equity investment, which is included within equity in net loss of joint ventures in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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(D)   The difference between the Company’s share of net loss, as reported above, and the amounts included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations is attributable to the amortization of basis differentials, deferred gains and differences in gain (loss) on sale of certain assets due to the basis differentials and other than temporary impairment charges. Adjustments to the Company’s share of joint venture net loss for these items are reflected as follows (in millions):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods   Nine-Month Periods
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
(Loss) income, net
  $ (0.6 )   $ 1.2     $ 0.6     $ 3.4  
     Investments in and advances to joint ventures include the following items, which represent the difference between the Company’s investment and its share of all of the unconsolidated joint ventures’ underlying net assets (in millions):
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Company’s share of accumulated equity
  $ 482.7     $ 473.7  
Basis differentials (A)
    (148.3 )     (123.5 )
Deferred development fees, net of portion relating to the Company’s interest
    (3.4 )     (4.4 )
Notes receivable from investments
    1.0       1.2  
Amounts payable to DDR
    85.8       73.5  
 
           
Investments in and advances to joint ventures
  $ 417.8     $ 420.5  
 
           
 
(A)   This amount represents the aggregate difference between the Company’s historical cost basis and the equity basis reflected at the joint venture level. Basis differentials recorded upon transfer of assets are primarily associated with assets previously owned by the Company that have been transferred into an unconsolidated joint venture at fair value. Other basis differentials occur primarily when the Company has purchased interests in existing unconsolidated joint ventures at fair market values, which differ from their proportionate share of the historical net assets of the unconsolidated joint ventures. In addition, certain acquisition, transaction and other costs, including capitalized interest and impairments of the Company’s investments that were other than temporary may not be reflected in the net assets at the joint venture level. Certain basis differentials indicated above are amortized over the life of the related assets.
     Service fees and income earned by the Company through management, acquisition, financing, leasing and development activities performed related to all of the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures are as follows (in millions):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods   Nine-Month Periods
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
Management and other fees
  $ 8.3     $ 12.2     $ 25.2     $ 36.6  
Financing and other fees
          0.4       0.2       1.0  
Development fees and leasing commissions
    1.5       2.1       5.2       5.8  
Interest income
    0.1       2.1       0.3       5.9  

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3. OTHER ASSETS, NET
Other assets consist of the following (in thousands):
                 
    September 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Intangible assets:
               
In-place leases (including lease origination costs and fair market value of leases), net
  $ 9,260     $ 15,556  
Tenant relations, net
    9,453       11,318  
 
           
Total intangible assets (A)
    18,713       26,874  
Other assets:
               
Accounts receivable, net (B)
    134,066       146,809  
Deferred charges, net
    31,157       33,162  
Prepaids, deposits and other assets
    106,551       111,975  
 
           
Total other assets, net
  $ 290,487     $ 318,820  
 
           
 
(A)   The Company recorded amortization expense of $1.6 million and $1.7 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $5.0 million and $5.3 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, related to these intangible assets. The amortization periods of the in-place leases and tenant relations are approximately two to 31 years and ten years, respectively.
 
(B)   Includes straight-line rent receivables, net, of $55.6 million and $54.9 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
4. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES
     At September 30, 2010, the Company maintained an unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions, for which JP Morgan Securities, Inc. serves as the administrative agent (the “Unsecured Credit Facility”). A new facility was entered into in October 2010 to replace this facility (Note 16). The prior Unsecured Credit Facility provided for borrowings of $1.25 billion, if certain financial covenants were maintained, and an accordion feature for expansion to $1.4 billion upon the Company’s request, provided that new or existing lenders agreed to the existing terms of the facility and increased their commitment level, and had a maturity date of June 2011. The prior Unsecured Credit Facility included a competitive bid option on periodic interest rates for up to 50% of the facility. The Company’s borrowings under the prior Unsecured Credit Facility bore interest at variable rates at the Company’s election, based on either (i) the prime rate plus a specified spread (-0.125% at September 30, 2010), as defined in the facility, or (ii) LIBOR, plus a specified spread (0.75% at September 30, 2010). The specified spreads varied depending on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured debt rating from Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”). The Company was required to comply with certain covenants relating to total outstanding indebtedness, secured indebtedness, maintenance of unencumbered real estate assets and fixed charge coverage. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at September 30, 2010. The Unsecured Credit Facility was used to temporarily finance redevelopment, development and acquisition of shopping center properties, to provide working capital and for general corporate purposes. The Unsecured Credit Facility also provided for an annual facility fee of 0.175% on the entire facility. At September 30, 2010, total borrowings under the Unsecured Credit Facility aggregated $463.6 million with a weighted average interest rate of 1.2%.

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     The Company also maintained a $75 million unsecured revolving credit facility with PNC Bank, National Association ( the “PNC Facility” and together with the Unsecured Credit Facility, the “Revolving Credit Facilities”). A new facility was also entered into in October 2010 to replace the PNC Facility (Note 16). This prior facility had a maturity date of June 2011. The prior PNC Facility reflected terms consistent with those contained in the prior Unsecured Credit Facility. Borrowings under this prior facility bore interest at variable rates based on (i) the prime rate plus a specified spread (0.125% at September 30, 2010), as defined in the facility, or (ii) LIBOR, plus a specified spread (1.0% at September 30, 2010). The specified spreads are dependent on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured debt rating from S&P and Moody’s. The Company was required to comply with certain covenants relating to total outstanding indebtedness, secured indebtedness, maintenance of unencumbered real estate assets and fixed charge coverage. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at September 30, 2010. At September 30, 2010, total borrowings under the PNC Facility aggregated $19.5 million with a weighted average interest rate of 1.3%.
5. SENIOR NOTES
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company purchased approximately $256.6 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding senior unsecured notes of which $138.1 million related to the senior convertible notes. The amount of the gain or loss recognized by the Company relating to the purchases of the senior convertible notes is based on the difference between the amount of consideration paid as compared to the carrying amount of the debt, net of the unamortized discount and unamortized deferred financing fees. The Company recorded a write-off of $5.9 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, related to unamortized deferred financing costs and accretion related to the senior unsecured notes repurchased, which is included in gain on debt retirement in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
     In August 2010, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% senior unsecured notes with an effective yield to maturity of 8.0% due September 2020. Proceeds from the issuance were used to repay amounts outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facilities.
     In March 2010, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% senior unsecured notes with an effective yield to maturity of 7.5% due April 2017. Proceeds from the issuance were used to repay debt with shorter-term maturities and to repay amounts outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facilities.
6. MORTGAGES PAYABLE
     As disclosed in Note 1, the Company owns a 50% interest in the Mervyns Joint Venture, which was deconsolidated by the Company during the third quarter of 2010. In June 2010, the Mervyns Joint Venture received a notice of default from the servicer for the non-recourse loan secured by all of the remaining former Mervyns stores, due to the non-payment of required monthly debt service. In August 2010, the court appointed a third-party receiver to manage and liquidate the remaining former Mervyns stores. The amount outstanding under this mortgage note payable was $155.7 million upon deconsolidation. Upon deconsolidation, the assets and liabilities of the Mervyns Joint Venture, including the mortgage note payable, are no longer reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010. The loan matured on October 1, 2010.

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7. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
      Measurement of Fair Value
     At September 30, 2010, the Company used pay-fixed interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in benchmark interest rates. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative.
     In the third quarter of 2010, the Company has determined that the significant inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Previously, the credit valuation adjustments associated with the Company’s counterparties and its own credit risk utilized Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties. As a result, the Company had determined that its derivative valuations in their entirety were classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. These inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions.
      Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
     The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities (in millions), which consist of interest rate swap agreements and marketable securities included in the Company’s elective deferred compensation plan that are both included in other liabilities at September 30, 2010, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2010, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value (in millions):
                                 
    Fair Value Measurement at
    September 30, 2010
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Derivative financial instruments
  $     $ (6.2 )   $     $ (6.2 )
Marketable securities
  $ (3.4 )   $     $     $ (3.4 )
     The Company transferred its derivatives into Level 2 from Level 3 during the third quarter of 2010 due to changes in the significance on the Company’s derivative’s valuation as a result of changes in nonperformance risk associated with the Company’s credit standing. The table presented below presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of interest rate swap agreements that are included in other liabilities having fair value measurements based on significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in millions):
         
    Derivative  
    Financial  
    Instruments  
Balance of Level 3 at December 31, 2009
  $ (15.4 )
Total unrealized gain included in other comprehensive (loss) income
    7.6  
 
     
Balance of Level 3 at June 30, 2010
    (7.8 )
Transfers into Level 2
    7.8  
 
     
Balance of Level 3 at September 30, 2010
  $  
 
     

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     The unrealized gain of $9.2 million included in other comprehensive (loss) income (“OCI”) is attributable to the net change in unrealized gains or losses relating to derivative liabilities that remain outstanding at September 30, 2010, none of which were reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations because they are documented and qualify as hedging instruments.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
     The carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments, excluding the liability associated with the equity derivative instruments, approximated fair value because of their short-term maturities.
      Notes Receivable and Advances to Affiliates
     The fair value is estimated by discounting the current rates at which management believes similar loans would be made. The fair value of these notes, excluding those that are fully reserved, was approximately $120.5 million and $74.6 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, as compared to the carrying amounts of $122.2 million and $76.2 million, respectively. The carrying value of the tax increment financing bonds, which was $12.7 million and $14.2 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, approximated its fair value at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. The fair value of loans to affiliates is not readily determinable and has been estimated by management based upon its assessment of the interest rate, credit risk and performance risk.
      Debt
     The fair market value of debt is determined using the trading price of public debt, or a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates a market interest yield curve with adjustments for duration, optionality and risk profile including the Company’s non-performance risk.
     Considerable judgment is necessary to develop estimated fair values of financial instruments. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments.
     Debt instruments at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, with carrying values that are different than estimated fair values, are summarized as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    September 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
    Carrying             Carrying        
    Amount     Fair Value     Amount     Fair Value  
Senior notes
  $ 1,746,387     $ 1,844,482     $ 1,689,841     $ 1,691,445  
Revolving Credit Facilities and Term Debt
    1,283,138       1,273,609       1,575,028       1,544,481  
Mortgage payables and other indebtedness
    1,365,777       1,401,694       1,913,794       1,875,187  
 
                       
 
  $ 4,395,302     $ 4,519,785     $ 5,178,663     $ 5,111,113  
 
                       

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      Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives
     The Company is exposed to certain risk arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and, from time to time, the use of derivative financial instruments. Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to the Company’s investments and borrowings.
     The Company entered into consolidated joint ventures that own real estate assets in Canada and Russia. The net assets of these subsidiaries are exposed to volatility in currency exchange rates. As such, the Company may use non-derivative financial instruments to economically hedge a portion of this exposure. The Company manages currency exposure related to the net assets of its Canadian and European subsidiaries primarily through foreign currency-denominated debt agreements.
      Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
     The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company generally uses interest rate swaps (“Swaps”) as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. The Company has one Swap that expires in 2012 with an aggregate notional amount of $100 million, which effectively converts variable-rate debt to a fixed-rate of 4.8% at September 30, 2010.
     All components of the Swaps were included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. The Company expects that within the next 12 months, it will reflect an increase to interest expense (and a corresponding decrease to earnings) of approximately $4.5 million.
     The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated OCI and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. During 2010, such derivatives were used to hedge the forcasted variable cash flows associated with existing obligations. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009, the amount of hedge ineffectiveness recorded was not material.

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     The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s Swaps as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, as follows (in millions):
                                 
    Liability Derivatives
    September 30, 2010   December 31, 2009
Derivatives Designated as   Balance Sheet   Fair   Balance Sheet    
Hedging Instruments   Location   Value   Location   Fair Value
Interest rate products
  Other liabilities   $ 6.2     Other liabilities   $ 15.4  
     The effect of the Company’s derivative instruments on net loss is as follows (in millions):
                                                                         
                                    Location of    
                                    Gain or    
                                    (Loss)    
                                    Reclassified   Amount of Gain Reclassified from
    Amount of Gain Recognized in OCI   from   Accumulated OCI into Loss
    on Derivatives (Effective Portion)   Accumulated   (Effective Portion)
Derivatives   Three-Month   Nine-Month   OCI into   Three-Month   Nine-Month
in Cash   Periods Ended   Periods Ended   Loss   Periods Ended   Periods Ended
Flow   September 30   September 30   (Effective   September 30   September 30
Hedging   2010   2009   2010   2009   Portion)   2010   2009   2010   2009
Interest rate products
  $ 1.7     $ 1.6     $ 9.2     $ 1.8     Interest expense         $ 0.1     $ 0.2     $ 0.3  
     The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to the Swaps. The Company believes it mitigates its credit risk by entering into Swaps with major financial institutions. The Company continually monitors and actively manages interest costs on its variable-rate debt portfolio and may enter into additional interest rate swap positions or other derivative interest rate instruments based on market conditions. The Company has not, and does not plan to, enter into any derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
      Credit-Risk-Related Contingent Features
     The Company has agreements with each of its swap counterparties that contain a provision whereby if the Company defaults on certain of its unsecured indebtedness, then the Company could also be declared in default on its Swaps resulting in an acceleration of payment.
      Net Investment Hedges
     The Company is exposed to foreign exchange risk from its consolidated and unconsolidated international investments. The Company has foreign currency-denominated debt agreements, which exposes the Company to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Company has designated these foreign currency borrowings as a hedge of its net investment in its Canadian and European subsidiaries. Changes in the spot rate value are recorded as adjustments to the debt balance with offsetting unrealized gains and losses recorded in OCI. As the notional amount of the non-derivative instrument substantially matches the portion of the net investment designated as being hedged and the non-derivative instrument is denominated in the functional currency of the hedged net investment, the hedge ineffectiveness recognized in earnings was not material.

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     The effect of the Company’s net investment hedge derivative instruments on OCI is as follows (in millions):
                                 
    Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI
    on Derivatives (Effective Portion)
    Three-Month   Nine-Month
    Periods Ended   Periods Ended
    September 30   September 30
Derivatives in Net Investment Hedging Relationships   2010   2009   2010   2009
Euro denominated revolving credit facilities designated as hedge of the Company’s net investment in its subsidiary
  $ (4.9 )   $ (3.4 )   $ 7.5     $ (4.1 )
Canadian denominated revolving credit facilities designated as hedge of the Company’s net investment in its subsidiaries
  $ (2.1 )   $ (6.7 )   $ (2.3 )   $ (12.4 )
     See discussion of equity derivative instruments in Note 9.
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
      Legal Matters
     The Company is a party to various joint ventures with Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C., which funds are advised and managed by Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C. (collectively, the “Coventry II Fund”), through which 11 existing or proposed retail properties, along with a portfolio of former Service Merchandise locations, were acquired at various times from 2003 through 2006. The properties were acquired by the joint ventures as value-add investments, with major renovation and/or ground-up development contemplated for many of the properties. The Company is generally responsible for day-to-day management of the properties. On November 4, 2009, Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C., Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C. (collectively, “Coventry”) filed suit against the Company and certain of its affiliates and officers in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. The complaint alleges that the Company: (i) breached contractual obligations under a co-investment agreement and various joint venture limited liability company agreements, project development agreements and management and leasing agreements, (ii) breached its fiduciary duties as a member of various limited liability companies, (iii) fraudulently induced the plaintiffs to enter into certain agreements and (iv) made certain material misrepresentations. The complaint also requests that a general release made by Coventry in favor of the Company in connection with one of the joint venture properties be voided on the grounds of economic duress. The complaint seeks compensatory and consequential damages in an amount not less than $500 million, as well as punitive damages. In response, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to sever the plaintiffs’ claims. In June 2010, the court granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion. Coventry has filed a notice of appeal regarding that portion of the motion granted by the court. The Company filed an answer to the complaint, and has asserted various counterclaims against Coventry.

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     The Company believes that the allegations in the lawsuit are without merit and that it has strong defenses against this lawsuit. The Company will vigorously defend itself against the allegations contained in the complaint. This lawsuit is subject to the uncertainties inherent in the litigation process and, therefore, no assurance can be given as to its ultimate outcome. However, based on the information presently available to the Company, the Company does not expect that the ultimate resolution of this lawsuit will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
     On November 18, 2009, the Company filed a complaint against Coventry in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, seeking, among other things, a temporary restraining order enjoining Coventry from terminating “for cause” the management agreements between the Company and the various joint ventures because the Company believes that the requisite conduct in a “for-cause” termination (i.e., fraud or willful misconduct committed by an executive of the Company at the level of at least senior vice president) did not occur. The court heard testimony in support of the Company’s motion (and Coventry’s opposition) and on December 4, 2009 issued a ruling in the Company’s favor. Specifically, the court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining Coventry from terminating the Company as property manager “for cause.” The court found that the Company was likely to succeed on the merits, that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage would result to the Company in the absence of such restraint, and that the balance of equities favored injunctive relief in the Company’s favor. A trial on the Company’s request for a permanent injunction is currently scheduled in January 2011. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until the trial. Due to the inherent uncertainties of the litigation process, no assurance can be given as to the ultimate outcome of this action.
     The Company is also a party to litigation filed in November 2006 by a tenant in a Company property located in Long Beach, California. The tenant filed suit against the Company and certain affiliates, claiming the Company and its affiliates failed to provide adequate valet parking at the property pursuant to the terms of the lease with the tenant. After a six-week trial, the jury returned a verdict in October 2008, finding the Company liable for compensatory damages in the amount of approximately $7.8 million. In addition, the trial court awarded the tenant attorney’s fees and expenses in the amount of approximately $1.5 million. The Company filed motions for a new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, both of which were denied. The Company strongly disagrees with the verdict, as well as the denial of the post-trial motions. As a result, the Company appealed the verdict. In July 2010, the California Court of Appeals entered an order affirming the jury verdict. Included in other liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010 is a provision of $11.1 million that represents the full amount of the verdict, plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and accrued interest. An charge of approximately $2.7 million, net of tax, was recorded in the second quarter of 2010 relating to this matter.
     In addition to the litigation discussed above, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to various legal proceedings, which, taken together, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company is also subject to a variety of legal actions for personal injury or property damage arising in the ordinary course of its business, most of which are covered by insurance. While the resolution of all matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of such legal proceedings and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, financial position or results of operations.

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9. EQUITY
     The following table summarizes the changes in equity since December 31, 2009 (in thousands):
                                                                         
    Developers Diversified Realty Corporation Equity              
                            Accumulated                                  
                            Distributions             Accumulated                    
                            in Excess of     Deferred     Other     Treasury     Non-        
    Preferred     Common     Paid-in-     Net Income     Compensation     Comprehensive     Stock at     Controlling        
    Shares     Shares     Capital     (Loss)     Obligation     Income (Loss)     Cost     Interests     Total  
Balance, December 31, 2009
  $ 555,000     $ 20,174     $ 3,374,528     $ (1,098,661 )   $ 17,838     $ 9,549     $ (15,866 )   $ 89,774     $ 2,952,336  
Cumulative effect of adoption of a new accounting standard
                      (7,848 )                       (12,384 )     (20,232 )
Deconsolidation of interests
                                                            3,876       3,876  
Issuance of common shares related to dividend reinvestment plan and director compensation
          13       602                         232             847  
Issuance of common shares related to cash offerings
          5,279       433,515                         1,678             440,472  
Contributions from non-controlling interests
                                              486       486  
Issuance of restricted stock
          150       (197 )           619             (1,543 )           (971 )
Vesting of restricted stock
                3,029             (5,473 )           3,612             1,168  
Stock-based compensation expense
                1,816                                     1,816  
Dividends declared-common shares
                      (15,080 )                             (15,080 )
Dividends declared-preferred shares
                      (31,702 )                             (31,702 )
Distributions to non-controlling interests
                                              (2,381 )     (2,381 )
Comprehensive loss:
                                                                       
Net loss
                      (125,132 )                       (38,378 )     (163,510 )
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
                                                                       
Change in fair value of interest rate contracts
                                  9,278                   9,278  
Amortization of interest rate contracts
                                  (200 )                 (200 )
 
                                                                       
Foreign currency translation
                                  (4,344 )           (2,677 )     (7,021 )
 
                                                     
Comprehensive loss
                      (125,132 )           4,734             (41,055 )     (161,453 )
 
                                                     
Balance, September 30, 2010
  $ 555,000     $ 25,616     $ 3,813,293     $ (1,278,423 )   $ 12,984     $ 14,283     $ (11,887 )   $ 38,316     $ 3,169,182  
 
                                                     

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      Common Shares Issued
     In 2010, the Company issued common shares of which substantially all net proceeds were used to repay debt and invest in two loans aggregating $58.3 million that are collateralized by seven shopping centers, six of which are managed and leased by the Company. The issuances are as follows (in millions):
                 
Issuance Date   Shares     Gross Proceeds  
January 2010
    5.0     $ 46.1  
February 2010
    42.9       350.0  
September 2010
    5.1       58.3  
 
           
Total issued
    53.0     $ 454.4  
 
           
      Equity Derivative Instruments — Otto Transaction
     In February 2009, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Mr. Alexander Otto (the “Investor”) and certain members of the Otto family (collectively with the Investor, the “Otto Family”) which provided for the issuance of common shares and warrants to purchase up to 10.0 million common shares with an exercise price of $6.00 per share to members of the Otto Family. The Company issued 32.9 million common shares to the Otto Family in two closings, May and September 2009. The purchase price for the common shares was subject to a downward adjustment if the weighted average purchase price of all additional common shares sold, as defined, from February 23, 2009, until the applicable closing date was less than $2.94 per share. The exercise price of the warrants is subject to downward adjustment if the weighted average purchase price of all additional common shares sold, as defined, from the date of issuance of the applicable warrant is less than $6.00 per share (herein referred to as “Downward Price Protection Provisions”). Each warrant may be exercised at any time on or after the issuance thereof for a five-year term ending in 2014. None of the warrants had been exercised as of September 30, 2010.
     The Downward Price Protection Provisions described above resulted in the warrants being required to be recorded at fair value as of the shareholder approval date of the Stock Purchase Agreement of April 9, 2009, and marked-to-market through earnings as of each balance sheet date thereafter until exercise or expiration. These equity instruments were issued as part of the Company’s overall deleveraging strategy and were not issued in connection with any speculative trading activity or to mitigate any market risks.
     The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s equity derivative instruments as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as follows (in millions):
                                 
    Liability Derivatives
    September 30, 2010   December 31, 2009
Derivatives not Designated   Balance Sheet   Fair   Balance Sheet    
as Hedging Instruments   Location   Value   Location   Fair Value
Warrants
  Other liabilities   $ (70.7 )   Other liabilities   $ (56.1 )

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     The effect of the Company’s equity derivative instruments on net loss is as follows (in millions):
                                         
            Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
            Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
Derivatives not Designated   Income Statement     2010     2009     2010     2009  
as Hedging Instruments   Location     Loss     Loss  
Warrants
  Loss on equity derivative instruments   $ (11.3 )   $ (35.0 )   $ (14.6 )   $ (45.4 )
Equity forward — issued shares
  Loss on equity derivative instruments           (83.2 )           (152.8 )
 
                             
 
          $ (11.3 )   $ (118.2 )   $ (14.6 )   $ (198.2 )
 
                             
     The above losses for the warrant contracts were derived principally from changes in the Company’s stock price from the date of issuance. The above losses for the equity forward were a result of the increase in the stock price through the date of issuance of the shares.
      Measurement of Fair Value — Equity Derivative Instruments Valued on a Recurring Basis
     The valuation of these instruments is determined using a Bloomberg pricing model. The Company has determined that the warrants fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy due to the significance of the volatility and dividend yield assumptions in the overall valuation. The Company utilized historical volatility assumptions as it believes this better reflects the true valuation of the instruments. Although the Company considered using an implied volatility based upon certain short-term publicly traded options on its common shares, it instead utilized its historical share price volatility when determining an estimate of fair value of its five-year warrants. The Company believes that the long-term historic volatility better represents long-term future volatility and is more consistent with how an investor would view the value of these securities. The Company will continually evaluate its significant assumptions to determine what it believes provides the most relevant measurements of fair value at each reporting date.
                                 
    Fair Value Measurement at
    September 30, 2010 (in millions)
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Warrants
  $     $     $ (70.7 )   $ (70.7 )
     The table presented below presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the equity derivative instruments that are included in other liabilities as noted above having fair value measurements based on significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in millions):
         
    Equity  
    Derivative  
    Instruments –  
    Liability  
Balance of Level 3 at December 31, 2009
  $ (56.1 )
Unrealized loss
    (14.6 )
 
     
Balance of Level 3 at September 30, 2010
  $ (70.7 )
 
     

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      Dividends
     Common share dividends declared were $0.02 and $0.06 per share for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, respectively, which were paid in cash. The Company declared an all-cash dividend of $0.02 per common share in the third quarter of 2009. The Company declared a common share dividend in both the first and second quarter of 2009 of $0.20 per share that was paid in a combination of cash and the Company’s common shares. The aggregate amount of cash paid to shareholders was limited to 10% of the total dividend paid. In connection with the first and second quarter of 2009 dividends, the Company issued approximately 8.3 million and 6.1 million common shares, respectively, based on the volume weighted average trading price of $2.80 and $4.49 per share, respectively, and paid $2.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively, in cash.
      Deferred Obligations
     Certain officers elected to have their deferred compensation distributed in 2010, which resulted in a reduction of the deferred obligation and corresponding increase to paid-in-capital of approximately $5.5 million.
10. OTHER REVENUES
     Other revenues were comprised of the following (in millions):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Lease termination fees
  $ 0.5     $ 0.8     $ 4.1     $ 3.4  
Financing fees
    0.3       0.2       0.7       0.9  
Other miscellaneous
    0.2       0.2       2.0       1.9  
 
                       
 
  $ 1.0     $ 1.2     $ 6.8     $ 6.2  
 
                       

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11. IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
     The Company recorded impairment charges during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, on the following consolidated assets and unconsolidated joint venture investments because the book basis of the assets was in excess of the estimated fair market value (in millions):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Land held for development (A)
  $     $     $ 54.3     $  
Undeveloped land
                4.9       0.4  
Assets marketed for sale (B)
    5.1       0.5       19.0       12.3  
 
                       
Impairments from continuing operations
  $ 5.1     $ 0.5     $ 78.2     $ 12.7  
 
                       
Sold assets included in discontinued operations
    2.0       2.2       29.5       71.9  
Assets formerly occupied by Mervyns included in discontinued operations (C)
                35.3       61.0  
 
                       
Total discontinued operations
    2.0       2.2       64.8       132.9  
 
                       
 
                               
Joint venture investments
          61.2             101.6  
 
                       
Total impairment charges
  $ 7.1     $ 63.9     $ 143.0     $ 247.2  
 
                       
 
(A)   Amounts reported in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, relate to land held for development in Togliatti and Yaroslavl, Russia, of which the Company’s proportionate share was $41.9 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest in this consolidated joint venture. The asset impairments were triggered primarily due to a change in the Company’s investment plans for these projects. Both investments relate to large-scale development projects in Russia. During the second quarter of 2010, the Company determined that it was no longer committed to invest the necessary amount of capital to complete the projects without alternative sources of capital from third-party investors or lending institutions.
 
(B)   The impairment charges were triggered primarily due to the Company’s marketing of these assets for sale during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. These assets were not classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2010, due to outstanding substantive contingencies associated with the respective contracts.
 
(C)   As discussed in Notes 1 and 6, these assets were deconsolidated in the third quarter of 2010 and all operating results have been reclassified as discontinued operations.
 
    For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, the Company’s proportionate share of these impairment charges was $16.5 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest in this consolidated joint venture. The 2010 impairment charges were triggered primarily due to a change in the Company’s business plans for these assets and the resulting impact on its holding period assumptions for this substantially vacant portfolio. During the second quarter of 2010, the Company determined it was no longer committed to the long-term management and investment in these assets.

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For the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009, the Company’s proportionate share of these impairments was $29.7 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest in this consolidated joint venture. The 2009 impairment charges were triggered primarily due to the Company’s marketing of certain assets for sale combined with the then overall economic downturn in the retail real estate environment. A full write down of this portfolio was not recorded in 2009 due to the Company’s then holding period assumptions and future investment plans for these assets.
Items Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
     The following table presents information about the Company’s impairment charges that were measured on a fair value basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The table indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value (in millions):
                                         
    Fair Value Measurement at September 30, 2010
                                    Total
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total   Losses
Long-lived assets — held and used and held for sale
  $     $     $ 223.4     $ 223.4     $ 143.0  
12. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
     All revenues and expenses of discontinued operations sold have been reclassified in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. The Company has one asset considered held for sale at September 30, 2010. The Company considers assets held for sale when the transaction has been approved by the appropriate levels of management and there are no known significant contingencies relating to the sale such that the sale of the property within one year is considered probable. Additionally, the activity associated with the Mervyns Joint Venture (Note 1), which was deconsolidated during the three-month period ended September 30, 2010 is included in discontinued operations for all periods presented. Included in discontinued operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, are 23 properties sold in 2010 (including one held for sale at December 31, 2009), one property held for sale at September 30, 2010 and 26 other properties that were deconsolidated for accounting purposes aggregating 4.3 million square feet, and 32 properties sold in 2009 aggregating 3.8 million square feet, respectively. The balance sheet relating to the asset held for sale and the operating results relating to assets sold or designated as held for sale as of September 30, 2010, are as follows (in thousands):
         
    September 30, 2010  
Land
  $ 1,025  
Building
    3,403  
 
     
 
    4,428  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (1,957 )
 
     
Total assets held for sale
  $ 2,471  
 
     

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    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Revenues from operations
  $ 2,084     $ 8,762     $ 9,913     $ 37,830  
 
                       
 
                               
Operating expenses
    1,571       5,326       7,754       19,275  
Impairment charges
    2,000       2,153       64,833       132,924  
Interest, net
    2,473       4,588       9,588       17,822  
Depreciation and amortization
    588       2,785       4,061       13,367  
 
                       
Total expenses
    6,632       14,852       86,236       183,388  
 
                       
Loss before disposition of real estate
    (4,548 )     (6,090 )     (76,323 )     (145,558 )
Gain on deconsolidation of interests, net
    5,221             5,221        
Gain (loss) on disposition of real estate, net
    889       4,448       (2,602 )     (19,965 )
 
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,562     $ (1,642 )   $ (73,704 )   $ (165,523 )
 
                       
13. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
     In May 2010, the Company repaid a $60 million collateralized loan, at par, with an affiliate of the Otto Family, which was included in mortgage and other secured indebtedness on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2009.
     In September 2010, the Company funded a $31.7 million mezzanine loan to a subsidiary of EDT collateralized by equity interests in six shopping center assets owned by EDT and managed by the Company. The mezzanine loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 10% and matures in 2017. Although the Company’s interest in these assets was redeemed in 2009, the Company retained two board positions on EDT’s board of directors.
14. EARNINGS PER SHARE
     The Company’s unvested restricted share units contain rights to receive nonforfeitable dividends, and thus are participating securities requiring the two-class method of computing earnings per share (“EPS”). Under the two-class method, EPS is computed by dividing the sum of distributed earnings to common shareholders and undistributed earnings allocated to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. In applying the two-class method, undistributed earnings are allocated to both common shares and participating securities based on the weighted average shares outstanding during the period. The following table provides a reconciliation of net loss from continuing operations and the number of common shares used in the computations of “basic” EPS, which utilizes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding without regard to dilutive potential common shares, and “diluted” EPS, which includes all such shares (in thousands, except per share amounts):

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    Three-Month Periods Ended     Nine-Month Periods Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Basic and Diluted Earnings:
                               
Continuing Operations:
                               
Loss from continuing operations
  $ (17,467 )   $ (146,136 )   $ (89,867 )   $ (159,576 )
Plus: Gain on disposition of real estate
    145       7,128       61       8,222  
Plus: (Income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
    (108 )     (198 )     12,088       (706 )
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR
    (17,430 )     (139,206 )     (77,718 )     (152,060 )
Less: Preferred dividends
    (10,567 )     (10,567 )     (31,702 )     (31,702 )
 
                       
Basic and Diluted — Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    (27,997 )     (149,773 )     (109,420 )     (183,762 )
Less: Earnings attributable to unvested shares and operating partnership units
    (46 )     (30 )     (138 )     (236 )
 
                       
Basic and Diluted — Loss from continuing operations
  $ (28,043 )   $ (149,803 )   $ (109,558 )   $ (183,998 )
 
                               
Discontinued Operations:
                               
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    1,562       (1,642 )     (73,704 )     (165,523 )
Plus: Loss attributable to non-controlling interests
    1,558       3,003       26,292       40,566  
 
                       
Basic and Diluted — Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    3,120       1,361       (47,412 )     (124,957 )
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders after allocation to participating securities
  $ (24,923 )   $ (148,442 )   $ (156,970 )   $ (308,955 )
 
                       
 
                               
Number of Shares:
                               
Basic and Diluted— Average shares outstanding
    249,139       165,073       241,679       146,151  
 
                       
 
                               
Basic Earnings Per Share:
                               
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.11 )   $ (0.91 )   $ (0.45 )   $ (1.26 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    0.01       0.01       (0.20 )     (0.85 )
 
                       
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.10 )   $ (0.90 )   $ (0.65 )   $ (2.11 )
 
                       
 
                               
Dilutive Earnings Per Share:
                               
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.11 )   $ (0.91 )   $ (0.45 )   $ (1.26 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders
    0.01       0.01       (0.20 )     (0.85 )
 
                       
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ (0.10 )   $ (0.90 )   $ (0.65 )   $ (2.11 )
 
                       
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    Options to purchase 3.3 million and 3.4 million common shares were outstanding at September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, all of which were anti-dilutive in the calculations at September 30, 2010 and 2009. Accordingly, the anti-dilutive options were excluded from the computations.
 
    Shares subject to issuance under the Company’s value sharing equity program (“VSEP”) are not considered in the computation of diluted EPS for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, as the shares were considered anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss from continuing operations. In July 2010, approximately 1.0 million common shares were awarded in accordance with the first measurement date of the VSEP.
 
    Warrants to purchase 5.0 million common shares issued in May 2009 and warrants to purchase 5.0 million common shares issued in September 2009 are not considered in the computation of basic and diluted EPS for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, as the warrants were considered anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss from continuing operations.
 
    The Company’s two series of senior convertible notes, which are convertible into common shares of the Company with conversion prices of approximately $74.56 and $64.23 at September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, because the Company’s stock price did not exceed the conversion price of the conversion feature of the senior convertible notes in these periods and would therefore be anti-dilutive. In addition, the purchased option related to the senior convertible notes is not included in the computation of diluted EPS as the purchase option is anti-dilutive.
15. SEGMENT INFORMATION
     The Company has two reportable segments, shopping centers and other investments. Each shopping center is considered a separate operating segment; however, each shopping center on a stand-alone basis is less than 10% of the revenues, profit or loss, and assets of the combined reported operating segments and meets the majority of the aggregation criteria under the applicable accounting standard.
     The following table summarizes the Company’s combined shopping and business center portfolios as of each balance sheet date:
                 
    September 30,
    2010   2009
Shopping centers owned
    541       664  
Unconsolidated joint ventures
    245       318  
Consolidated joint ventures
    3       35  
States (A)
    42       44  
Business centers
    6       6  
States
    4       4  
 
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     The tables below present information about the Company’s reportable segments (in thousands).
                                 
    Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2010  
    Other     Shopping              
    Investments     Centers     Other     Total  
Total revenues
  $ 1,316     $ 197,482             $ 198,798  
Operating expenses
    (419 )     (67,838 ) (A)           (68,257 )
 
                         
Net operating income
    897       129,644               130,541  
Unallocated expenses (B)
                  $ (143,207 )     (143,207 )
Equity in net loss of joint ventures
            (4,801 )             (4,801 )
 
                             
Loss from continuing operations
                          $ (17,467 )
 
                             
                                 
    Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2009  
    Other     Shopping              
    Investments     Centers     Other     Total  
Total revenues
  $ 1,327     $ 194,376             $ 195,703  
Operating expenses
    (466 )     (60,578 ) (A)           (61,044 )
 
                         
Net operating income
    861       133,798               134,659  
Unallocated expenses (B)
                  $ (219,412 )     (219,412 )
Equity in net loss of joint ventures
            (61,383 )             (61,383 )
 
                             
Loss from continuing operations
                          $ (146,136 )
 
                             
                                 
    Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2010  
    Other     Shopping              
    Investments     Centers     Other     Total  
Total revenues
  $ 3,714     $ 597,089             $ 600,803  
Operating expenses
    (1,682 )     (263,572 ) (A)           (265,254 )
 
                         
Net operating income
    2,032       333,517               335,549  
Unallocated expenses (B)
                  $ (421,639 )     (421,639 )
Equity in net loss of joint ventures and impairment of joint ventures
            (3,777 )             (3,777 )
 
                             
Loss from continuing operations
                          $ (89,867 )
 
                             
Total real estate assets
  $ 49,573     $ 8,378,529             $ 8,428,102  
 
                         

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    Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2009  
    Other     Shopping              
    Investments     Centers     Other     Total  
Total revenues
  $ 4,134     $ 591,064             $ 595,198  
Operating expenses
    (1,898 )     (187,402 ) (A)           (189,300 )
 
                         
Net operating income
    2,236       403,662               405,898  
Unallocated expenses (B)
                  $ (454,919 )     (454,919 )
Equity in net loss of joint ventures and impairment of joint ventures
            (110,555 )             (110,555 )
 
                             
Loss from continuing operations
                          $ (159,576 )
 
                             
Total real estate assets
  $ 49,469     $ 8,727,430             $ 8,776,899  
 
                         
 
(A)   Includes impairment charges of $5.1 million and $0.5 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $78.2 million and $12.7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
(B)   Unallocated expenses consist of general and administrative, depreciation and amortization, other income/expense and tax benefit/expense as listed in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
     In November 2010, the Company issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of 1.75% convertible senior notes due November 2040. The notes have an initial conversion rate of 61.0361 per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, representing a conversion price of approximately $16.38 per common share. The initial conversion rate is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. The Company may redeem the notes anytime on or after November 15, 2015 in whole or in part for cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date. Holders may require the Company to repurchase the notes in whole or in part for cash at 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the repurchase date, on November 15, 2015; November 15, 2020; November 15, 2025; November 15, 2030; and November 15, 2035, as well as following the occurrence of certain change of control transactions. Additionally, the holders of the notes may convert the notes upon the occurrence of specified events, as well as anytime during the period beginning on May 15, 2040 through the second business day preceding the maturity date. In these instances, the principal amount of the notes will be converted into cash and the remainder, if any, of the conversion value in excess of such principal amount will be converted into cash, the Company’s common shares or a combination thereof (at the Company’s election).
     In October 2010, the Company entered into a new unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions arranged by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Note 4) (“the New Unsecured Credit Facility”). The syndicates in the new facility are substantially the same as the original facility. The size of the New Unsecured Credit Facility was reduced from $1.25 billion to $950 million with an accordion feature up to $1.2 billion. In addition, the Company also entered into a new $65 million unsecured credit facility with PNC Bank, N.A. ( the

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“New PNC Facility” and, together with the New Unsecured Credit Facility, the “New Revolving Credit Facilities”) (Note 4). The size of the New PNC Facility was reduced from $75 million to $65 million. Both of the New Revolving Credit Facilities mature in February 2014 and currently bear interest at variable rates based on LIBOR plus 275 basis points and, subject to adjustment as determined by the Company’s current corporate credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P.
     The New Unsecured Credit Facility includes a competitive bid option on periodic interest rates for up to 50% of the facility. The New Revolving Credit Facilities require the Company to comply with certain covenants relating to total outstanding indebtedness, secured indebtedness, maintenance of unencumbered real estate assets, unencumbered debt yield and fixed charge coverage. The New Unsecured Credit Facility also provides for an annual facility fee, currently at 0.50% on the entire facility. The New PNC Facility generally reflects terms consistent with those contained in the New Unsecured Credit Facility.
     In October 2010, the Company amended its secured term loan with KeyBank National Association to conform the covenants to the New Revolving Credit Facility provisions and repaid $200 million of the outstanding balance using proceeds drawn on the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility.

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is designed to provide a reader of these financial statements with a narrative from the perspective of management on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and other factors that may affect the Company’s future results. The Company believes it is important to read the MD&A in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 as well as other publicly available information.
Executive Summary
     The Company is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”), in the business of owning, managing and developing a portfolio of shopping centers. As of September 30, 2010, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 541 shopping centers, including 245 shopping centers owned through unconsolidated joint ventures and three that are otherwise consolidated by the Company, and six business centers. These properties consist of shopping centers, lifestyle centers and enclosed malls owned in the United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil. At September 30, 2010, the Company owned and/or managed approximately 117.7 million total square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”), which includes all of the aforementioned properties and 41 properties owned by a third party. The Company also owns land in Canada and Russia at which active development is currently deferred. At September 30, 2010, the aggregate occupancy of the Company’s shopping center portfolio was 88.0%, as compared to 87.1% at September 30, 2009. The Company owned 664 shopping centers and six business centers at September 30, 2009. The average annualized base rent per occupied square foot was $12.95 at September 30, 2010, as compared to $12.59 at September 30, 2009.
     Net loss applicable to DDR common shareholders for the three-month period ended September 30, 2010, was $24.9 million, or $0.10 per share (diluted and basic), compared to net loss applicable to DDR common shareholders of $148.4 million, or $0.90 per share (diluted and basic), for the prior-year comparable period. Net loss applicable to DDR common shareholders for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, was $156.8 million, or $0.65 per share (diluted and basic), compared to net loss applicable to DDR common shareholders of $308.7 million, or $2.11 per share (diluted and basic), for the prior-year comparable period. Funds from operations (“FFO”) applicable to DDR common shareholders for the three-month period ended September 30, 2010, was $37.1 million compared to a loss of $90.1 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2009. FFO applicable to DDR common shareholders for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, was $32.7 million compared to a loss of $116.6 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009. The increase in FFO for both the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, was primarily the result of a decrease in impairment-related charges, gain on debt retirement and the equity derivative adjustment associated with the Otto Family investment in the Company.
Third Quarter 2010 Operating Results
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improve during the quarter. Improvements in economic lease terms vary depending on market and property type. Overall, the Company is experiencing the most improvement in the junior anchor category. As available retail space supply continues to be absorbed and minimal new space is expected to come online, retailers, especially in the anchor and junior anchor categories, appear to be securing the space necessary to meet their store opening plans for 2011 and 2012. In addition, the increasing demand for temporary space continues to put upward pressure on rents.
     The Company remains encouraged by the continued leasing of large-box space (generally greater than 20,000 GLA). In the third quarter, the Company executed 14 new leases for 397,000 square feet of large-box space. Re-tenanting these large-box vacancies provide potential for income growth and an improved quality of the tenants in the portfolio. The Company’s retail tenants continue to demonstrate flexibility in their size and configuration for their new store openings. Smaller and more flexible prototypes have enabled retailers to gain market-share by opening stores in smaller markets or adding another store within an existing proven market. Much of the space that the Company has leased over the past year has not yet taken occupancy and therefore is not yet paying rent. Most of the junior anchor leases that are expected to be signed in the next several quarters are not expected to impact the Company’s revenues until late 2011 or early 2012.
     The Company continues to remain focused on its initiatives to delever the balance sheet and identify opportunities to extend debt maturities. As of September 30, 2010, total consolidated outstanding indebtedness was $4.4 billion as compared to $5.2 billion at December 31, 2009. In October 2010, the Company refinanced its unsecured revolving credit facilities, which now have an aggregate capacity of just over $1.0 billion and each has a 40-month term that expires in February 2014. The refinancing of the unsecured revolving credit facilities was a significant financial goal and an important step toward extending the maturity profile of the Company’s debt and lowering its corporate risk profile. The reduction in the overall size of the credit facilities is consistent with the Company’s plan to continue to implement a longer-term financing strategy and shift away from reliance on short-term debt. The Company’s financial covenants remained largely the same, with the exception of the unencumbered asset coverage test, which now has a 1.67 times minimum ratio as compared to 1.60 times minimum ratio in the previous agreements and the addition of an unencumbered net operating income (“NOI”) yield covenant, which measures unencumbered asset NOI to unsecured debt. In conjunction with the refinancings, the Company repaid $200.0 million of its secured term loan using proceeds from the revolving credit facilities. The pricing on the term loan remains the same, at LIBOR plus 120 basis points, and the maturity remains February 2012.
     In the third quarter of 2010, the Company issued approximately 5.1 million common shares through the use of its continuous equity program, generating $58.3 million of gross proceeds that were used for investments in two loans that are collateralized by seven high quality shopping centers, six of which the Company leases and manages. The Company prudently evaluates the underwriting of its loan investments and only invests in opportunities in which the Company believes both the loan investment and loan collateral are aligned with the Company’s long-term strategic goals.
     Through September 30, 2010, the Company generated more than approximately $625 million of proceeds from the sale of wholly-owned and joint venture assets, of which the Company’s share was more than approximately $185 million. The Company continues to be focused on selling those assets that are not part of its prime portfolio, including non-income producing or negative income

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producing assets. Prime assets are considered those assets that the Company intends to hold for a long term and not offer for sale to a third party. The Company intends to pursue additional sales of non-prime assets where pricing and terms are acceptable.
     The Company has addressed all of its consolidated debt maturing in 2010. At September 30, 2010, the Company’s share of unconsolidated mortgages maturing in 2010 was approximately $51.8 million, all of which is non-recourse to DDR. The Company anticipates that these unconsolidated mortgages will be refinanced, extended or repaid by the applicable joint venture. The Company has extended its weighted average debt duration to over four years. The issuance of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 10-year unsecured notes completed in August 2010, the 40-month term on the new credit facilities and the issuance of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 30-year convertible unsecured notes completed in November 2010 contributed to the extended duration, and have helped to balance the Company’s debt maturity profile.
     The Company continues to be selective in development spending. Capital spending on developments in through the first nine months of 2010 was primarily related to new tenants in existing developments or redevelopments.
     The Company continues to monitor the economic environment in which it operates and believes the careful operating decisions will allow the Company to take advantage of opportunities and challenges that arise, and to create value for its shareholders. Overall, the Company is pleased with its progress on these initiatives. The Company remains committed to its disciplined strategy of simplifying the business and reducing risk for its shareholders, bondholders and lenders.
Results of Operations
Continuing Operations
     Shopping center properties owned as of January 1, 2009, but excluding properties under development or redevelopment and those classified in discontinued operations, are referred to herein as the “Core Portfolio Properties.”

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Revenues from Operations (in thousands)
                                 
    Three-Month Periods              
    Ended September 30,              
    2010     2009     $ Change     % Change  
Base and percentage rental revenues
  $ 134,565     $ 132,121     $ 2,444       1.9 %
Recoveries from tenants
    44,431       42,475       1,956       4.6  
Ancillary and other property income
    5,846       5,223       623       11.9  
Management fees, development fees and other fee income
    12,961       14,693       (1,732 )     (11.8 )
Other
    995       1,191       (196 )     (16.5 )
 
                       
Total revenues
  $ 198,798     $ 195,703     $ 3,095       1.6 %
 
                       
                                 
    Nine-Month Periods              
    Ended September 30,              
    2010     2009     $ Change     % Change  
Base and percentage rental revenues (A)
  $ 405,306     $ 399,716     $ 5,590       1.4 %
Recoveries from tenants (B)
    133,242       131,232       2,010       1.5  
Ancillary and other property income (C)
    15,330       14,884       446       3.0  
Management fees, development fees and other fee income (D)
    40,122       43,194       (3,072 )     (7.1 )
Other (E)
    6,803       6,172       631       10.2  
 
                       
Total revenues
  $ 600,803     $ 595,198     $ 5,605       0.9 %
 
                       
 
(A)   The increase was due to the following (in millions):
         
    (Decrease)  
    Increase  
Core Portfolio Properties
  $ (1.8 )
Acquisition of real estate assets
    7.9  
Development/redevelopment of shopping center properties
    0.1  
Straight-line rents
    (0.6 )
 
     
 
  $ 5.6  
 
     
    The decrease in Core Portfolio Properties is primarily attributable to the major tenant bankruptcies that occurred in the first quarter of 2009. These bankruptcies have also significantly contributed to the current lower occupancy level compared to the Company’s historical levels. The Company acquired three assets in the fourth quarter of 2009 contributing to the increase above.

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    The following tables present the operating statistics impacting base and percentage rental revenues summarized by the following portfolios: combined shopping center portfolio, business center portfolio, wholly-owned shopping center portfolio and joint venture shopping center portfolio:
                                 
    Shopping Center   Business Center
    Portfolio   Portfolio
    September 30,   September 30,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
Centers owned
    541       664       6       6  
Aggregate occupancy rate
    88.0 %     87.1 %     80.7 %     71.4 %
Average annualized base rent per occupied square foot
  $ 12.95     $ 12.59     $ 11.00     $ 12.33  
                                 
    Wholly-Owned   Joint Venture Shopping
    Shopping Centers   Centers
    September 30,   September 30,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
Centers owned
    293       311       245       318  
Consolidated centers primarily owned through a joint venture previously occupied by Mervyns in 2009
    n/a       n/a       3       35  
Aggregate occupancy rate
    88.3 %     89.8 %     87.9 %     84.8 %
Average annualized base rent per occupied square foot
  $ 11.96     $ 11.73     $ 14.31     $ 13.36  
 
(B)   The increase in recoveries is primarily a function of the acquisition of three assets in 2009. Recoveries were approximately 71.2% and 74.3% of operating expenses and real estate taxes including the impact of bad debt expense recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in the recoveries percentage is primarily a function of real estate tax assessments discussed below that may not be recoverable from tenants at varying amounts.
 
(C)   Ancillary revenue opportunities have historically included short-term and seasonal leasing programs, outdoor advertising programs, wireless tower development programs, energy management programs, sponsorship programs and various other programs.
 
(D)   Decreased primarily due to the following (in millions):
         
    (Decrease)  
    Increase  
Development fee income
  $ 0.2  
Leasing commissions
    1.2  
Management fee income associated with asset sales
    (2.6 )
Property and asset management fee income at various unconsolidated joint ventures
    (1.9 )
 
     
 
  $ (3.1 )
 
     

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(E)   Composed of the following (in millions):
                 
    Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009  
Lease terminations
  $ 4.1     $ 3.4  
Financing fees
    0.7       0.9  
Other miscellaneous
    2.0       1.9  
 
           
 
  $ 6.8     $ 6.2  
 
           
Expenses from Operations (in thousands)
                                 
    Three-Month Periods              
    Ended September 30,              
    2010     2009     $ Change     % Change  
Operating and maintenance
  $ 33,676     $ 34,521     $ (845 )     (2.4 )%
Real estate taxes
    29,518       26,023       3,495       13.4  
Impairment charges (B)
    5,063       500       4,563       912.6  
General and administrative
    20,180       25,886       (5,706 )     (22.0 )
Depreciation and amortization
    54,903       51,379       3,524       6.9  
 
                       
 
  $ 143,340     $ 138,309     $ 5,031       3.6 %
 
                       
                                 
    Nine-Month Periods              
    Ended September 30,              
    2010     2009     $ Change     % Change  
Operating and maintenance (A)
  $ 104,599     $ 99,734     $ 4,865       4.9 %
Real estate taxes (A)
    82,466       76,827       5,639       7.3  
Impairment charges (B)
    78,189       12,739       65,450       513.8  
General and administrative (C)
    62,546       73,469       (10,923 )     (14.9 )
Depreciation and amortization (A)
    165,544       164,017       1,527       0.9  
 
                       
 
  $ 493,344     $ 426,786     $ 66,558       15.6 %
 
                       
 
(A)   The changes for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to 2009, are due to the following (in millions):
                         
    Operating             Depreciation  
    and     Real Estate     and  
    Maintenance     Taxes     Amortization  
Core Portfolio Properties
  $ 1.0     $ 4.1     $ (2.6 )
Acquisitions of real estate assets
    1.2       1.4       1.9  
Development/redevelopment of shopping center properties
    2.7       0.1       1.2  
Personal property
                1.0  
 
                 
 
  $ 4.9     $ 5.6     $ 1.5  
 
                 
    The increase in real estate taxes is primarily due to an approximately $3.0 million real estate tax assessment retroactive to 2006 for one of the Company’s largest properties in California. The entire expense for the four-year supplemental tax bill is included in the 2010 results. In addition, the real estate taxes for the Puerto Rico assets increased $1.4 million due to a reassessment effective in the third quarter of 2009. The Company continues to aggressively appeal real estate tax valuations, as

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    appropriate, particularly for those shopping centers impacted by major tenant bankruptcies. The fluctuations in depreciation expense are attributable to accelerated depreciation and real estate assets written off in 2009 related to major tenant bankruptcies. This decrease in depreciation expense was partially offset by the impact of additional assets placed in service in 2010.
 
(B)   The Company recorded impairment charges during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, on the following consolidated assets and investments (in millions):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Land held for development (1)
  $     $     $ 54.3     $  
Undeveloped land (2)
                4.9       0.4  
Assets marketed for sale (2)
    5.1       0.5       19.0       12.3  
 
                       
Impairments from continuing operations
  $ 5.1     $ 0.5     $ 78.2     $ 12.7  
 
                       
Sold assets included in discontinued operations
    2.0       2.2       29.5       71.9  
Assets formerly occupied by Mervyns included in discontinued operations (3)
                35.3       61.0  
 
                       
Total discontinued operations
    2.0       2.2       64.8       132.9  
 
                       
 
                       
Joint venture investments
          61.2             101.6  
 
                       
Total impairment charges
  $ 7.1     $ 63.9     $ 143.0     $ 247.2  
 
                       
 
(1)   Amounts relate to land held for development in Togliatti and Yaroslavl, Russia, of which the Company’s proportionate share was $41.9 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest in this consolidated joint venture. The asset impairments were triggered primarily due to a change in the Company’s investment plans for these projects. Both investments relate to large-scale development projects in Russia. During the second quarter of 2010, the Company determined that it was no longer committed to invest the necessary amount of capital to complete the projects without alternative sources of capital from third-party investors or lending institutions.
 
(2)   The impairment charges were triggered primarily due to the Company’s marketing of these assets for sale. These assets were not classified as held for sale as of September 30, 2010, due to outstanding substantive contingencies associated with the respective contracts.
 
(3)   These assets were deconsolidated in the third quarter of 2010 and all operating results have been reclassified as discontinued operations.
 
    For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, the Company’s proportionate share of these impairments was $16.5 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest in this previously consolidated joint venture. The 2010 impairment charges were triggered primarily due to a change in the Company’s holding period assumptions for this substantially vacant portfolio. During the second quarter of 2010, the Company determined it was no longer committed to the long-term management and investment in these assets. (See discussion of the default status of the joint venture’s mortgage note payable and asset receivership status in Liquidity and Capital Resources.)
 
    For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company’s proportionate share of these impairments was $29.7 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest in this consolidated joint venture. The 2009 impairment charges were triggered primarily due to the Company’s marketing of certain assets for sale combined with the then overall economic downturn in the retail real estate environment. A full write down of this portfolio was not recorded in 2009 due to the Company’s then holding period assumptions and future investment plans for these assets.

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(C)   Total general and administrative expenses were approximately 5.0% and 5.6% of total revenues, including total revenues of unconsolidated joint ventures and managed properties and discontinued operations, for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company incurred a $2.1 million separation charge relating to the departure of an executive officer. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded an accelerated charge of approximately $15.4 million related to certain equity awards as a result of the Company’s change in control provisions included in its equity-based award plans. The Company continues to expense internal leasing salaries, legal salaries and related expenses associated with certain leasing and re-leasing of existing space.
Other Income and Expenses (in thousands)
                                 
    Three-Month Periods              
    Ended September 30,              
    2010     2009     $ Change     % Change  
Interest income
  $ 1,614     $ 3,257     $ (1,643 )     (50.5 )%
Interest expense
    (53,774 )     (52,736 )     (1,038 )     2.0  
Gain on retirement of debt, net
    333       23,881       (23,548 )     (98.6 )
Loss on equity derivative instruments
    (11,278 )     (118,174 )     106,896       (90.5 )
Other (expense) income, net
    (3,899 )     2,235       (6,134 )     (274.5 )
 
                       
 
  $ (67,004 )   $ (141,537 )   $ 74,533       (52.7 )%
 
                       
                                 
    Nine-Month Periods              
    Ended September 30,              
    2010     2009     $ Change     % Change  
Interest income (A)
  $ 4,425     $ 9,420     $ (4,995 )     (53.0 )%
Interest expense (B)
    (166,809 )     (161,691 )     (5,118 )     3.2  
Gain on retirement of debt, net (C)
    333       142,360       (142,027 )     (99.8 )
Loss on equity derivative instruments (D)
    (14,618 )     (198,199 )     183,581       (92.6 )
Other expense, net (E)
    (18,398 )     (8,897 )     (9,501 )     106.8  
 
                       
 
  $ (195,067 )   $ (217,007 )   $ (21,940 )     (10.1 )%
 
                       
 
(A)   Decreased primarily due to interest earned from mortgage receivables, which aggregated $102.9 million and $123.7 million, net of reserves, at September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company established a full reserve on an advance to an affiliate of $66.9 million and ceased the recognition of interest income. The Company recorded $5.7 million of interest income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009 relating to this advance. In addition, $58.3 million in mortgage receivables were issued in mid-September 2010 and thus did not reflect a full period of income in 2010.

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(B)   The weighted-average debt outstanding and related weighted-average interest rates including amounts allocated to discontinued operations are as follows:
                 
    Nine-Month Periods Ended
    September 30,
    2010   2009
Weighted-average debt outstanding (in billions)
  $ 4.7     $ 5.6  
Weighted-average interest rate
    5.0 %     4.5 %
                 
    At September 30,
    2010   2009
Weighted-average interest rate
    5.0 %     4.7 %
    The increase in 2010 interest expense is primarily due to an increase in short-term interest rates, partially offset by a reduction in outstanding debt. The Company ceases the capitalization of interest as assets are placed in service or upon the suspension of construction. Interest costs capitalized in conjunction with development and expansion projects and unconsolidated development joint venture interests were $3.3 million and $9.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, as compared to $5.7 million and $17.3 million for the respective periods in 2009. Because the Company has suspended certain construction activities, the amount of capitalized interest has significantly decreased in 2010.
 
(C)   Primarily relates to the Company’s purchase of approximately $256.6 million and $673.6 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding senior unsecured notes, including senior convertible notes, at a net discount to par during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Approximately $83.1 million and $250.1 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes repurchased in March 2010 and September 2009, respectively, occurred through cash tender offers. The Company recorded $5.9 million and $22.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, related to the required write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and accretion related to the senior unsecured notes repurchased.
 
(D)   Represents the impact of the valuation adjustments for the equity derivative instruments issued as part of the stock purchase agreement with Mr. Alexander Otto (the “Investor”) and certain members of the Otto family (collectively with the Investor, the “Otto Family”). The valuation and resulting charges/gains primarily relate to the difference between the closing trading value of the Company’s common shares from January 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010 with respect to the warrants and April 9, 2009 through the actual purchase date with respect to the common shares or April 9, 2009 through September 30, 2009 with respect to the warrants.

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(E)   Other (expenses) income were comprised of the following (in millions):
                 
    Nine-Month Period  
    Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009  
Litigation-related expenses
  $ (13.5 )   $ (4.3 )
Debt extinguishment costs
    (3.3 )     (0.3 )
Note receivable reserve
    0.1       (5.4 )
Gain from change in control
          0.4  
Gain on sale of MDT units
          2.7  
Abandoned projects and other expenses
    (1.7 )     (2.0 )
 
           
 
  $ (18.4 )   $ (8.9 )
 
           
    The nine-month period ended September 30, 2010 included a $5.1 million reserve recorded in connection with a legal matter at a property in Long Beach, California (see discussion in Economic Conditions — Legal Matters). This reserve was partially offset by a tax benefit of approximately $2.4 million, classified in the tax (expense) benefit of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes line item in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, because the asset is owned through the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiary. Litigation-related expenses also include costs incurred by the Company to defend the Coventry II Fund litigation (see discussion in Economic Conditions — Legal Matters). Total litigation-related expenditures, net of the tax benefit, were $11.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010.
Other Items (in thousands)
                                       
    Three-Month Periods        
    Ended September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Equity in net loss of joint ventures
  $ (4,801 )   $ (183 )   $ (4,618 )     2,523.5 %
Impairment of joint venture investments
          (61,200 )     61,200       (100.0 )
Tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes
    (1,120 )     (610 )     (510 )     83.6  
 
    Nine-Month Periods Ended        
    September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Equity in net loss of joint ventures (A)
  $ (3,777 )   $ (8,984 )   $ 5,207       (58.0 )%
Impairment of joint venture investments
          (101,571 )     101,571       (100.0 )
Tax benefit (expense) of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes (B)
    1,518       (426 )     1,944       (456.3 )
 
(A)   The reduced loss of equity in net loss of joint ventures for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period is primarily a result of both a decrease in impairments and losses from joint ventures sold prior to January 1, 2010 and losses from Coventry II investments recorded in 2009. Because the Company wrote off its basis in certain of the Coventry II investments in 2009, and it has no intention or obligation to fund any additional losses, no additional losses were recorded in 2010 (see Coventry II Fund discussion in Off Balance Sheet Arrangements).
 
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    a gross deferred tax asset of $50.3 million as of September 30, 2010 relating primarily to three components: tax basis in assets in excess of GAAP basis, interest expense loss carryforwards and net operating loss carryforwards. The Company does not have a valuation allowance recorded for this deferred tax asset based on the Company’s projection of future income to be recognized.
Discontinued Operations (in thousands)
                                 
    Three-Month Periods        
    Ended        
    September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Loss from discontinued operations
  $ (4,548 )   $ (6,090 )   $ 1,542       (25.3 )%
Gain on deconsolidation of interests, net
    5,221             5,221       100.0  
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    889       4,448       (3,559 )     (80.0 )
 
                       
 
  $ 1,562     $ (1,642 )   $ 3,204       (195.1 )%
 
                       
                                 
    Nine-Month Periods        
    Ended        
    September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Loss from discontinued operations (A)
  $ (76,323 )   $ (145,558 )   $ 69,235       (47.6 )%
Gain on deconsolidation of interests, net
    5,221             5,221       100.0  
Loss on disposition of real estate, net of tax
    (2,602 )     (19,965 )     17,363       (87.0 )
 
                       
 
  $ (73,704 )   $ (165,523 )   $ 91,819       (55.5 )%
 
                       
 
(A)   Included in discontinued operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, are 23 properties sold in 2010 (including one property held for sale at December 31, 2009), one property held for sale at September 30, 2010 and 26 other properties that were deconsolidated for accounting purposes at September 30, 2010, aggregating 4.3 million square feet, and 32 properties sold in 2009 aggregating 3.8 million square feet, respectively. In addition, included in the reported loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, is $64.8 million and $132.9 million, respectively, of impairment charges related to these assets reflected as discontinued operations. Gain on deconsolidation of interests is primarily the result of the deconsolidation of the Mervyns Joint Venture (as defined below), which resulted in a $5.6 million gain as the carrying value of the non-recourse debt exceeded the carrying value of the collateralized assets. (See Mervyns Joint Venture discussion in Liquidity and Capital Resources.)
Gain on Disposition of Real Estate (in thousands)
                                 
    Three-Month Periods            
    Ended September 30,            
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Gain on disposition of real estate, net
  $ 145     $ 7,128     $ (6,983 )     (98.0 )%
                                 
    Nine-Month Periods        
    Ended September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Gain on disposition of real estate, net (A)
  $ 61     $ 8,222     $ (8,161 )     (99.3 )%

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(A)   The Company recorded net gains on disposition of real estate and real estate investments as follows (in millions):
                 
    Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009  
Land sales
  $ 0.4     $ 7.3  
Previously deferred gains and other gains and losses on dispositions
    (0.3 )     0.9  
 
           
 
  $ 0.1     $ 8.2  
 
           
    The sales of land did not meet the criteria for discontinued operations because the land did not have any significant operations prior to disposition. The previously deferred gains are a result of assets that were contributed to joint ventures in prior years.
Non-Controlling Interests (in thousands)
                                 
    For the Three Months        
    Ended September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests
  $ 1,450     $ 2,804     $ (1,354 )     (48.3 )%
                                 
    For the Nine Months        
    Ended September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests (A)
  $ 38,378     $ 39,848     $ (1,470 )     (3.7 )%
 
(A)   The Company recorded Loss attributable to non-controlling interests as follows (in millions):
         
    (Increase)  
    Decrease  
Mervyns Joint Venture (owned approximately 50% by the Company)
  $ (14.3 )
Other non-controlling interests
    12.7  
Decrease in the quarterly distribution to operating partnership unit investments
    0.1  
 
     
 
  $ (1.5 )
 
     
    DDR MDT MV (“Mervyns Joint Venture”) owns real estate formerly occupied by Mervyns, which declared bankruptcy in 2008 and vacated all sites as of December 31, 2008. The change in the non-controlling interest is primarily a result of the decrease in the amount of impairment charges recorded in 2010 compared to 2009. The share of impairment charges for the holder of the non-controlling interest was approximately $18.8 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to $61.0 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009, including discontinued operations. This entity was deconsolidated for accounting purposes by the Company in the third quarter of 2010 and the operating results are reported as a component of discontinued operations. (See discussion of the default status of the joint venture’s mortgage note payable and asset receivership status in Liquidity and Capital Resources.) Partially offsetting this decrease is income primarily attributable to impairment charges recorded in the second quarter of 2010 by one of the Company’s 75% owned consolidated investments, which owns land held for development in Togliatti and Yaroslavl, Russia.

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Net Loss (in thousands)
                                 
    Three-Month Periods        
    Ended September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Net loss attributable to DDR
  $ (14,310 )   $ (137,846 )   $ 123,536       (89.6 )%
                                 
    Nine-Month Periods        
    Ended September 30,        
    2010   2009   $ Change   % Change
Net loss attributable to DDR
  $ (125,132 )   $ (277,029 )   $ 151,897       (54.8 )%
     The increase in net loss attributable to DDR for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to 2009, was primarily the result of a decrease in impairment-related charges, gain on debt retirement and the equity derivative adjustment associated with the Otto Family investment in the Company.
A summary of changes in 2010 as compared to 2009 is as follows (in millions):
                 
    Three-Month     Nine-Month  
    Period Ended     Period Ended  
    September 30     September 30  
Increase (decrease) in net operating revenues (total revenues in excess of operating and maintenance expenses and real estate taxes)
  $ 0.3     $ (4.9 )
Increase in impairment charges
    (4.6 )     (65.5 )
Decrease in general and administrative expenses
    5.7       10.9  
Increase in depreciation expense
    (3.5 )     (1.5 )
Decrease in interest income
    (1.6 )     (5.0 )
Increase in interest expense
    (1.0 )     (5.1 )
Decrease in gain on retirement of debt, net
    (23.5 )     (142.0 )
Decrease in loss on equity derivative instruments
    106.9       183.6  
Change in other expense (income)
    (6.1 )     (9.5 )
(Increase) decrease in equity in net loss of joint ventures
    (4.6 )     5.2  
Decrease in impairment of joint venture investments
    61.2       101.6  
Change in income tax (expense) benefit
    (0.5 )     2.0  
Increase from discontinued operations
    3.2       91.8  
Increase in net loss on disposition of real estate
    (7.0 )     (8.2 )
Change in non-controlling interests
    (1.4 )     (1.5 )
 
           
Decrease in net loss attributable to DDR
  $ 123.5     $ 151.9  
 
           

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Funds From Operations
     The Company believes that FFO, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, provides an additional and useful means to assess the financial performance of REITs. FFO is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate the performance of REITs, most of which present FFO along with net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP.
     FFO excludes GAAP historical cost depreciation and amortization of real estate and real estate investments, which assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes ratably over time. Historically, however, real estate values have risen or fallen with market conditions, and many companies utilize different depreciable lives and methods. Because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization unique to real estate, gains and certain losses from depreciable property dispositions, and extraordinary items, it can provide a performance measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, acquisition and development activities and interest costs. This provides a perspective of the Company’s financial performance not immediately apparent from net income determined in accordance with GAAP.
     FFO is generally defined and calculated by the Company as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude (i) preferred share dividends, (ii) gains from disposition of depreciable real estate property, except for those properties sold through the Company’s merchant building program, which are presented net of taxes, and those gains that represent the recapture of a previously recognized impairment charge, (iii) extraordinary items and (iv) certain non-cash items. These non-cash items principally include real property depreciation, equity income (loss) from joint ventures and equity income (loss) from non-controlling interests, and adding the Company’s proportionate share of FFO from its unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests, determined on a consistent basis.
     For the reasons described above, management believes that FFO and Operating FFO (as described below) provide the Company and investors with an important indicator of the Company’s operating performance. It provides a recognized measure of performance other than GAAP net income, which may include non-cash items (often significant). Other real estate companies may calculate FFO and Operating FFO in a different manner.
     These measures of performance are used by the Company for several business purposes and by other REITs. The Company uses FFO and/or Operating FFO in part (i) as a measure of a real estate asset’s performance, (ii) to shape acquisition, disposition and capital investment strategies, and (iii) to compare the Company’s performance to that of other publicly traded shopping center REITs.
     Management recognizes FFO’s and Operating FFO’s limitations when compared to GAAP’s income from continuing operations. FFO and Operating FFO do not represent amounts available for needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations, or other commitments and uncertainties. Management does not use FFO or Operating FFO as an indicator of the Company’s cash obligations and funding requirements for future commitments, acquisitions or development activities. Neither FFO nor Operating FFO represents cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and neither is necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs, including the payment of dividends. Neither FFO nor Operating FFO should be considered an alternative to net

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income (computed in accordance with GAAP) or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. FFO and Operating FFO are simply used as additional indicators of the Company’s operating performance.
     For the three-month period ended September 30, 2010, FFO applicable to DDR common shareholders was $37.1 million, compared to a loss of $90.1 million for the same period in 2009. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, FFO applicable to DDR common shareholders was $32.7 million, compared to a loss of $116.6 million for the same period in 2009. The increase in FFO for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, was primarily the result of a decrease in impairment-related charges, gain on debt retirement and the equity derivative adjustment associated with the Otto Family investment in the Company.
     The Company’s calculation of FFO is as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods Ended     Nine-Month Periods Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Net loss applicable to common shareholders (A)
  $ (24,877 )   $ (148,413 )   $ (156,834 )   $ (308,731 )
Depreciation and amortization of real estate investments
    53,026       51,635       161,769       170,236  
Equity in net loss of joint ventures
    4,801       183       3,777       8,557  
Joint ventures’ FFO (B)
    10,457       13,584       32,319       32,553  
Non-controlling interests (OP Units)
    8       8       24       167  
Gain on disposition of depreciable real estate (C)
    (6,339 )     (7,130 )     (8,394 )     (19,405 )
 
                       
FFO applicable to common shareholders
    37,076       (90,133 )     32,661       (116,623 )
Preferred dividends
    10,567       10,567       31,702       31,702  
 
                       
Total FFO
  $ 47,643     $ (79,566 )   $ 64,363     $ (84,921 )
 
                       
 
(A)   Includes straight-line rental revenue of approximately $0.4 million and $1.1 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1.7 million and $2.5 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In addition, includes straight-line ground rent expense of approximately $0.5 million and $0.6 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1.5 million and $1.4 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively (including discontinued operations).
 
(B)   At September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company owned unconsolidated joint venture interests relating to 245 and 318 operating shopping center properties, respectively.
     Joint ventures’ FFO is summarized as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods     Nine-Month Periods  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Net loss (1)
  $ (21,278 )   $ (32,244 )   $ (69,573 )   $ (95,179 )
Loss on sale of real estate
                (47 )      
Depreciation and amortization of real estate investments
    47,814       62,434       149,815       189,472  
 
                       
FFO
  $ 26,536     $ 30,190     $ 80,195     $ 94,293  
 
                       
DDR’s share of FFO
  $ 10,457     $ 13,584     $ 32,319     $ 32,553  
 
                       

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(1)   Revenues for the three- and nine-month periods includes the following (in millions):
                                 
    Three-Month Periods   Nine-Month Periods
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
    2010   2009   2010   2009
Straight-line rents
  $ 0.9     $ 1.4     $ 3.0     $ 3.0  
DDR’s proportionate share
  $ 0.1     $ 0.2     $ 0.4     $ 0.3  
 
(C)   The amount reflected as gains on disposition of real estate and real estate investments from continuing operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations includes residual land sales, which management considers to be the disposition of non-depreciable real property and the sale of newly developed shopping centers. These dispositions are included in the Company’s FFO and therefore are not reflected as an adjustment to FFO. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded $0.4 million of gain on land sales. Net gains resulting from residual land sales aggregated $7.3 million for both the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.
Operating FFO
     FFO excluding the net non-operating charges detailed below, or Operating FFO, is useful to investors as the Company removes these net charges to analyze the results of its operations and assess performance of the core operating real estate portfolio.

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     The Company incurred non-operating charges and gains for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, aggregating $26.1 million and $164.6 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, aggregating $160.7 million and $352.0 million, respectively, summarized as follows (in millions):
                                 
    For the Three-Month     For the Nine-Month  
    Periods Ended     Periods Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Impairment charges — consolidated assets
  $ 5.1     $ 0.5     $ 78.2     $ 12.7  
Less portion of impairment charges allocated to non-controlling interests
                (31.2 )     (31.4 )
Executive separation charge
                2.1        
Gain on debt retirement, net
    (0.3 )     (23.9 )     (0.3 )     (142.4 )
Loss on equity derivative instruments related to Otto investment
    11.3       118.2       14.6       198.2  
Litigation expenditures, debt extinguishment costs, and other expenses, net of tax
    3.9             16.0        
Loss on asset sales and impairment charges — equity method investments
    3.0       0.7       6.4       16.4  
Consolidated impairment charges and loss on sales — discontinued operations
    7.3       5.2       75.3       171.9  
FFO associated with Mervyns Joint Venture, net of non-controlling interest
    1.0             4.8        
Gain on deconsolidation of interests, net
    (5.2 )           (5.2 )      
Change in control compensation charge
          4.9             15.4  
(Gain) loss on sale of MDT units, net loan loss reserve and other expenses
          (2.2 )           9.6  
Impairment charges on equity method investments
          61.2             101.6  
 
                       
Total non-operating items
    26.1       164.6       160.7       352.0  
FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders
    37.1       (90.1 )     32.7       (116.6 )
 
                       
Operating FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders
  $ 63.2     $ 74.5     $ 193.4     $ 235.4  
 
                       
     During 2008, due to the volatility and volume of significant and unusual accounting charges and gains recorded in the Company’s operating results, management began computing Operating FFO and discussing it with the users of the Company’s financial statements, in addition to other measures such as net loss determined in accordance with GAAP as well as FFO. The Company believes that FFO and Operating FFO along with reported GAAP measures, enables management to analyze the results of its operations and assess the performance of its operating real estate and also may be useful to investors. The Company will continue to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of the reported non-GAAP measures, and such reported measures could change. Additionally, the Company provides no assurances that these charges and gains are non-recurring. These charges and gains could be reasonably expected to recur in future results of operations.
     Operating FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure and, as described above, its use combined with the required primary GAAP presentations, has been beneficial to management in improving the understanding of the Company’s operating results among the investing public and making comparisons of other REITs’ operating results to the Company’s more meaningful. The adjustments above may not be comparable to how other REITs or real estate companies calculate their results of

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operations and the Company’s calculation of Operating FFO differs from NAREIT’s definition of FFO.
     Operating FFO has the same limitations as FFO as described above and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of the Company’s performance. Operating FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP, and is not a measure of liquidity or an indicator of the Company’s ability to make cash distributions. The Company believes that to further understand its performance, Operating FFO should be compared with the Company’s reported net loss and considered in addition to cash flows in accordance with GAAP, as presented in its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
     The Company periodically evaluates opportunities to issue and sell additional debt or equity securities, obtain credit facilities from lenders, or repurchase, refinance or otherwise restructure long-term debt for strategic reasons, or to further strengthen the financial position of the Company. In 2010, the Company has strategically allocated cash flow from operating and financing activities. The Company utilized public debt and equity offerings to strengthen the balance sheet and improve its financial flexibility.
     In October 2010, the Company entered into a new unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions arranged by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“the New Unsecured Credit Facility”). The syndicates in the New Unsecured Credit Facility are substantially the same as the original facility. The size of the New Unsecured Credit Facility was reduced from $1.25 billion to $950 million with an accordion feature up to $1.2 billion upon the Company’s request, provided that new or existing lenders agree to the existing terms of the facility and certain financial covenants are maintained. In addition, the Company also entered into a new $65 million unsecured credit facility with PNC Bank, N.A. (the “New PNC Facility” and, together with the New Unsecured Credit Facility, the “New Revolving Credit Facilities”). The size of the New PNC Facility was reduced from $75 million to $65 million. Both of the New Revolving Credit Facilities mature in February 2014 and, currently bear interest at variable rates based on LIBOR plus 275 basis points and, subject to adjustment as determined by the Company’s current corporate credit ratings from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”).
     The New Revolving Credit Facilities and the indentures under which the Company’s senior and subordinated unsecured indebtedness is, or may be, issued contain certain financial and operating covenants and require the Company to comply with certain covenants including, among other things, leverage ratios and debt service coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios, as well as limitations on the Company’s ability to incur secured and unsecured indebtedness, sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, and engage in mergers and certain acquisitions. These credit facilities and indentures also contain customary default provisions including the failure to make timely payments of principal and interest payable thereunder, the failure to comply with the Company’s financial and operating covenants, the occurrence of a material adverse effect on the Company, and the failure of the Company or its majority-owned subsidiaries (i.e., entities in which the Company has a greater than 50% interest) to pay when due certain indebtedness in excess of certain thresholds beyond applicable

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grace and cure periods. In the event the Company’s lenders or bondholders declare a default, as defined in the applicable debt documentation, this could result in the Company’s inability to obtain further funding and/or an acceleration of any outstanding borrowings. As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants. The Company’s current business plans indicate that it will continue to be able to operate in compliance with these covenants for the remainder of 2010 and beyond.
     The Company anticipates that cash flow from operating activities will continue to provide adequate capital to funds its obligations such as all scheduled interest and monthly principal payments on outstanding indebtedness, recurring tenant improvements and dividend payments in accordance with REIT requirements. Certain of the Company’s credit facilities and indentures permit the acceleration of the maturity of the underlying debt in the event certain other debt of the Company has been accelerated. Furthermore, a default under a loan to the Company or its affiliates, a foreclosure on a mortgaged property owned by the Company or its affiliates or the inability to refinance existing indebtedness may have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. These facts, and an inability to predict future economic conditions, have encouraged the Company to adopt a strict focus on lowering leverage and increasing financial flexibility.
     The Company expects to fund its obligations from available cash, current operations and utilization of its New Revolving Credit Facilities. The following information summarizes the availability of the New Revolving Credit Facilities based on the borrowing capacity of the new facilities entered into in October 2010 and reflecting the borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2010 (in millions):
         
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 21.3  
 
     
 
       
New Revolving Credit Facilities
  $ 1,015.0  
Less:
       
Amount outstanding
    (483.1 )
Letters of credit
    (20.4 )
 
     
Borrowing capacity available
  $ 511.5  
 
     
     As of September 30, 2010, the Company also had unencumbered consolidated operating properties generating approximately $259.1 million of NOI for the twelve-month trailing period ended September 30, 2010, as calculated pursuant to the New Revolving Credit Facilities, thereby providing a potential collateral base for future borrowings or to sell to generate cash proceeds, subject to consideration of the financial covenants on unsecured borrowings.
     The Company is committed to prudently managing and minimizing discretionary operating and capital expenditures and raising the necessary equity and debt capital to maximize liquidity, repay outstanding borrowings as they mature and comply with financial covenants in 2010 and beyond. Over the past 12 months, the Company has already implemented several steps integral to the successful execution of its capital raising plans through a combination of retained capital, the issuance of common shares, debt financing and refinancing, and asset sales.

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     The Company intends to continue implementing a longer-term financing strategy and reduce its reliance on short-term debt. The Company believes its New Revolving Credit Facilities should be appropriately sized for the Company’s liquidity strategy. The execution of these agreements was an integral part of the Company’s strategy to extend debt maturities and align the New Revolving Credit Facilities with longer term capital structure needs.
     Part of the Company’s overall strategy includes addressing debt maturing in 2010 and years following. As part of this strategy, through September 30, 2010, the Company purchased approximately $256.6 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding senior unsecured notes, which includes the repurchase of $83.1 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding senior unsecured notes repurchased through a cash tender offer at par in March 2010.
     In March 2010, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.5% senior unsecured notes due April 2017. In August 2010, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% senior unsecured notes due September 2020. In November 2010, the Company issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.75% convertible senior unsecured notes due November 2040. In addition, the Company issued 53.0 million of its common shares in 2010 for aggregate gross proceeds of $454.4 million. Substantially all of the net proceeds from these offerings were used to repay debt with shorter-term maturities, to repay amounts outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facilities and to invest in two loans aggregating $58.3 million that are secured by seven shopping centers, six of which are managed and leased by the Company.
     The Company has been focused on balancing the amount and timing of its debt maturities. As a result of the debt repurchases, unsecured debt issuances and New Revolving Credit Facilities all completed in 2010, the Company extended its weighted average debt duration to over four years in October 2010. At September 30, 2010, the Company did not have any remaining consolidated 2010 debt maturities. The Company is focused on the timing and deleveraging opportunities for the consolidated debt maturing in 2011. In October 2010, the Company extended the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facilities to 2014 and repaid $200 million of the term loan maturing in 2011. The wholly-owned maturities for 2011 include the remainder of the term loan, unsecured notes due in April and August 2011 aggregating $180.6 million and mortgage maturities of approximately $210 million. The Company continually evaluates its debt maturities, and based on management’s current assessment, believes it has viable financing and refinancing alternatives.
     The Company continues to look beyond 2010 to ensure that it executes its strategy to lower leverage, increase liquidity, improve the Company’s credit ratings and extend debt duration with the goal of lowering the Company’s risk profile and long-term cost of capital.
Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
     At September 30, 2010, the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture mortgage debt maturing in 2010 was $285.2 million (of which the Company’s proportionate share was $51.8 million). Of this amount, $250.1 million (of which the Company’s proportionate share was $41.1 million) is attributable to the Coventry II Fund assets (see Coventry II Fund discussion below) that all have matured and two of which are in default as of November 8, 2010. At September 30, 2010, the remainder of the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture mortgage debt maturing in 2010 aggregated

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$35.1 million, of which the Company’s proportionate share was approximately $10.7 million. At September 30, 2010, the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture mortgage debt maturing in 2011 was $763.9 million (of which the Company’s proportionate share is $250.7 million). Of this amount, $64.4 million (of which the Company’s proportionate share was $12.9 million) was attributable to the Coventry II Fund assets (see Coventry II Fund discussion below).
     These obligations generally require monthly payments of principal and/or interest over the term of the obligation. In light of the current economic conditions, no assurance can be provided that the aforementioned obligations will be refinanced or repaid as currently anticipated. Also, additional financing may not be available at all or on terms favorable to the Company or its joint ventures (see Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments).
Deconsolidation of Mervyns Joint Venture
     As of September 30, 2010, the Company’s joint venture with EDT Retail Trust (formerly Macquarie DDR Trust, (“MDT”)), Mervyns Joint Venture, owned the underlying real estate of 25 assets formerly occupied by Mervyns, which declared bankruptcy in 2008 and vacated all sites as of December 31, 2008. The Company owns a 50% interest in the Mervyns Joint Venture, which was previously consolidated by the Company. In June 2010, the Mervyns Joint Venture received a notice of default from the servicer for the non-recourse loan secured by all of the remaining former Mervyns stores due to the non-payment of required monthly debt service. In August 2010, a court appointed a third-party receiver to manage and liquidate the remaining former Mervyns stores. The amount outstanding under this mortgage note payable was $155.7 million at August 31, 2010. In October 2010, the mortgage note matured.
     During the second quarter of 2010, the Company changed its holding period assumptions for this primarily vacant portfolio as it was no longer committed to providing any additional capital. This triggered the recording of consolidated impairment charges of approximately $37.6 million on the Mervyns Joint Venture assets of which the Company’s proportionate share was $16.5 million after adjusting for the allocation of loss to the non-controlling interest. Due to the appointment of a third-party receiver, the Company no longer has the contractual ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the Mervyns Joint Venture nor does it have the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefit from the Mervyns Joint Venture that could potentially be significant to the entity. As a result, in September 2010, the Company deconsolidated the assets and obligations of the Mervyns Joint Venture. Upon deconsolidation, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $5.6 million because the carrying value of the nonrecourse debt exceeded the carrying value of the collateralized assets of the joint venture. The revenues and expenses associated with the Mervyns Joint Venture for all of the periods presented, including the $5.6 million gain, are classified within discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Cash Flow Activity
     The Company’s core business of leasing space to well-capitalized retailers continues to perform well, as the Company’s primarily discount-oriented tenants gain market share from retailers offering higher price points and more discretionary goods. These long-term leases generate consistent and predictable cash flow after expenses, interest payments and preferred share dividends. This capital

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is available for use at the Company’s discretion for investment, debt repayment, share repurchases and the payment of dividends on the common shares.
The Company’s cash flow activities are summarized as follows (in thousands):
                 
    Nine-Month Periods Ended
    September 30,
    2010   2009
Cash flow provided by operating activities
  $ 211,038     $ 216,651  
Cash flow provided by investing activities
    9,312       136,328  
Cash flow used for financing activities
    (225,118 )     (354,704 )
      Operating Activities: The decrease in cash flow from operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009 was primarily due to the impact of asset sales.
      Investing Activities: The change in cash flow from investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009 was primarily due to a reduction in capital expenditure spending for redevelopment and ground-up development projects as well as the release of restricted cash partially offset by the issuance of notes receivable and a reduction in proceeds from the disposition of real estate.
      Financing Activities: The change in cash flow used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009 was primarily due to proceeds received from the issuance of common shares and senior notes in 2010.
     The Company satisfied its REIT requirement of distributing at least 90% of ordinary taxable income with declared common and preferred share cash dividends of $46.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to $92.2 million of dividends paid in a combination of cash and the Company’s shares for the same period in 2009. Because actual distributions were greater than 100% of taxable income, federal income taxes have not been incurred by the Company thus far during 2010.
     The Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per common share for the first three quarters of 2010. The Company will continue to monitor the 2010 dividend policy and provide for adjustments, as determined to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, to maximize the Company’s free cash flow while still adhering to REIT payout requirements.
Sources and Uses of Capital
Dispositions
     During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, the Company sold 23 consolidated properties, aggregating 2.1 million square feet, generating gross proceeds of $116.9 million, and recorded an aggregate loss on disposition of approximately $2.6 million. The Company previously recorded approximately $69.8 million of impairment charges in prior quarters relating to these disposed assets. Four separate unconsolidated joint ventures sold 25 properties, aggregating 4.7 million square feet through September 30, 2010, generating gross proceeds of $495.5 million. The

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Company’s proportionate share of the aggregate loss recorded by these joint ventures was approximately $4.1 million.
     As part of the Company’s deleveraging strategy, the Company has been marketing non-prime assets for sale. The Company is focusing on selling single-tenant assets and smaller shopping centers with limited opportunity for growth. For certain real estate assets for which the Company has entered into agreements that are subject to contingencies, including contracts executed subsequent to September 30, 2010, a loss of approximately $15 million could be recorded if all such sales were consummated on the terms currently being negotiated. Given the current state of the financial markets and the Company’s experience over the past few years, it is difficult for many buyers to complete these transactions in the timing contemplated or at all. The Company has not recorded an impairment charge on these assets at September 30, 2010 as the undiscounted cash flows, when considering and evaluating the various alternative courses of action that may occur, exceed the assets current carrying value. The Company evaluates all potential sale opportunities taking into account the long-term growth prospects of assets being sold, the use of proceeds and the impact to the Company’s balance sheet, including financial covenants, in addition to the impact on operating results. As a result, it is possible that additional assets could be sold for a loss after taking into account the above considerations and such loss could be material.
Developments, Redevelopments and Expansions
     In 2010, the Company expects to expend an aggregate of approximately $93.4 million, net, of which approximately $77.1 million, net, was spent through September 30, 2010 to develop, expand, improve and re-tenant various consolidated properties.
     The Company will continue to closely monitor its spending in 2010 and 2011 for developments and redevelopments, both for consolidated and unconsolidated projects, as the Company considers this funding to be discretionary spending. The Company does not anticipate expending a significant amount of funds on joint venture development projects in 2010 or 2011. One of the important benefits of the Company’s asset class is the ability to phase development projects over time until appropriate leasing levels can be achieved. To maximize the return on capital spending and balance the Company’s de-leveraging strategy, the Company has revised its investment criteria thresholds. The revised underwriting criteria include a higher cash-on-cost project return threshold, a longer period before the leases commence and a higher stabilized vacancy rate. The Company applies this revised strategy to both its consolidated and certain unconsolidated joint ventures that own assets under development because the Company has significant influence and, in some cases, approval rights over decisions relating to capital expenditures.
     The Company has two consolidated projects that are being developed in phases at a projected aggregate net cost of approximately $204 million. At September 30, 2010, approximately $183.9 million of costs had been incurred in relation to these projects. The Company is also currently expanding/redeveloping a wholly-owned shopping center in Miami (Plantation), Florida, at a projected aggregate net cost of approximately $51.6 million. At September 30, 2010, approximately $37.8 million of costs had been incurred in relation to this redevelopment project.

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     At September 30, 2010, the Company had approximately $537.4 million of recorded costs related to land and projects under development, for which active construction has ceased. Based on the Company’s current intentions and business plans, the Company believes that the expected undiscounted cash flows exceed its current carrying value. However, if the Company were to dispose of certain of these assets in the current market, the Company would likely incur a loss, which would be material. The Company evaluates its intentions with respect to these assets each reporting period and records an impairment charge equal to the difference between the current carrying value and fair value when the expected undiscounted cash flows is less than the asset’s carrying value.
     The Company and its joint venture partners intend to commence construction on various other developments, including several international projects only after substantial tenant leasing has occurred and acceptable construction financing is available.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
     The Company has a number of off-balance sheet joint ventures and other unconsolidated entities with varying economic structures. Through these interests, the Company has investments in operating properties, development properties and two management and development companies. Such arrangements are generally with institutional investors and various developers located throughout the United States.
     The unconsolidated joint ventures that have total assets greater than $250 million (based on the historical cost of acquisition by the unconsolidated joint venture) are as follows:
                             
                Company-    
    Effective       Owned Square    
Unconsolidated Real Estate   Ownership       Feet   Total Debt
Ventures   Percentage (A)   Assets Owned   (Thousands)   (Millions)
 
DDRTC Core Retail Fund LLC
    15.0 %   49 shopping centers in several states     12,161     $ 1,230.6  
Domestic Retail Fund
    20.0 %   63 shopping centers in several states     8,282       965.8  
Sonae Sierra Brasil BV Sarl
    47.8 %  
10 shopping centers and a management company in Brazil
    3,803       94.8  
DDR — SAU Retail Fund
    20.0 %   28 shopping centers in several states     2,371       196.3  
 
(A)   Ownership may be held through different investment structures. Percentage ownerships are subject to change, as certain investments contain promoted structures.
Funding for Joint Ventures
     In connection with the development of shopping centers owned by certain affiliates and for which the Company is the development manager, the Company and/or its equity affiliates have agreed to fund the required capital associated with approved development projects aggregating approximately $5.0 million at September 30, 2010. These obligations, composed principally of construction contracts, are generally due in 12 to 36 months as the related construction costs are incurred and are expected to be financed through new or existing construction loans, revolving credit facilities and retained capital.
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advanced $66.9 million of financing to one of its unconsolidated joint ventures, which accrues interest at the greater of LIBOR plus 700 basis points or 12%, and has a default rate of 16% and an initial maturity of July 2011. The Company established a reserve for the full amount recorded related to this advance in 2009 (see Coventry II Fund discussion below).
Coventry II Fund
     At September 30, 2010, Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C. sponsored, and its affiliate served as managing member of, Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C. (collectively the “Coventry II Fund”) which, along with the Company, through a series of joint ventures, owned nine value-added retail properties and 38 sites formerly occupied by Service Merchandise. The Company co-invested approximately 20% in each joint venture and is generally responsible for day-to-day management of the properties. Pursuant to the terms of the joint venture, the Company earns fees for property management, leasing and construction management. The Company also could earn a promoted interest, along with Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C., above a preferred return after return of capital to fund investors (see Legal Matters).
     As of September 30, 2010, the aggregate carrying amount of the Company’s net investment in the Coventry II Fund joint ventures was approximately $13.9 million. The Company advanced $66.9 million of financing to one of the Coventry II Fund joint ventures, Coventry II DDR Bloomfield which is subordinate to a senior lender. At September 30, 2010, this advance was fully reserved. In addition to its existing equity and note receivable, the Company has provided partial payment guaranties to third-party lenders in connection with the financings for five of the Coventry II Fund projects. The amount of each such guaranty is not greater than the proportion to the Company’s investment percentage in the underlying project, and the aggregate amount of the Company’s guaranties is approximately $39.7 million at September 30, 2010.
     Although the Company will not acquire additional assets through the Coventry II Fund joint ventures, additional funds may be required to address ongoing operational needs and costs associated with the joint ventures undergoing development or redevelopment. The Coventry II Fund is exploring a variety of strategies to obtain such funds, including potential dispositions and financings. The Company continues to maintain the position that it does not intend to fund any of its joint venture partners’ capital contributions or their share of debt maturities.
     In 2009, in connection with the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan project, the senior secured lender sent to the borrower a formal notice of default and filed a foreclosure action, and initiated legal proceedings against the Coventry II Fund for its failure to fund its 80% payment guaranty. The Company paid its 20% guarantee of this loan in July 2009.
     Also in 2009, the mortgages on the Kirkland, Washington project and the Benton Harbor, Michigan project matured. The Company provided payment guaranties with respect to such loans. In June 2010, these loans were extended for one year.
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the Service Merchandise loan was extended for two years. The Coventry II Fund is exploring a variety of strategies with the lenders for the Orland Park and Cincinnati projects.
     On July 23, 2010, the construction loan for the Allen, Texas project matured, and on August 2, 2010, the borrower received from the lender formal notice of default. The Company provided a payment guaranty with respect to such loan. The loan has been extended until November 20, 2010. The Coventry II Fund is exploring a variety of further extension and forbearance strategies.
Other Joint Ventures
     The Company is involved with overseeing the development activities for several of its unconsolidated joint ventures that are constructing, redeveloping or expanding shopping centers. The Company earns a fee for its services commensurate with the level of oversight provided. The Company generally provides a completion guaranty to the third party lending institution(s) providing construction financing.
     The Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures had aggregate outstanding indebtedness to third parties of approximately $4.0 billion and $5.6 billion at September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively (see Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk). Such mortgages and construction loans are generally non-recourse to the Company and its partners; however, certain mortgages may have industry-standard recourse provisions to the Company and its partners in certain limited situations, such as misuse of funds and material misrepresentations. In connection with certain of the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures, the Company agreed to fund any amounts due to the joint venture’s lender if such amounts are not paid by the joint venture based on the Company’s pro rata share of such amount which aggregated $43.5 million at September 30, 2010, including guarantees associated with the Coventry II Fund.
     The Company entered into an unconsolidated joint venture that owns real estate assets in Brazil and has generally chosen not to mitigate any of the residual foreign currency risk through the use of hedging instruments for this entity. The Company will continue to monitor and evaluate this risk and may enter into hedging agreements at a later date.
     The Company entered into consolidated joint ventures that own real estate assets in Canada and Russia. The net assets of these subsidiaries are exposed to volatility in currency exchange rates. As such, the Company uses non-derivative financial instruments to hedge this exposure. The Company manages currency exposure related to the net assets of the Company’s Canadian and European subsidiaries primarily through foreign currency-denominated debt agreements into which the Company enters. Gains and losses in the parent company’s net investments in its subsidiaries are economically offset by losses and gains in the parent company’s foreign currency-denominated debt obligations.
     For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, $5.2 million of net gains related to the foreign currency-denominated debt agreements was included in the Company’s cumulative translation adjustment. As the notional amount of the non-derivative instrument substantially matches the portion of the net investment designated as being hedged and the non-derivative instrument is denominated in

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the functional currency of the hedged net investment, the hedge ineffectiveness recognized in earnings was not material.
Financing Activities
     The Company has historically accessed capital sources through both the public and private markets. The Company’s acquisitions, developments, redevelopments and expansions are generally financed through cash provided from operating activities, revolving credit facilities, mortgages assumed, construction loans, secured debt, unsecured debt, common and preferred equity offerings, joint venture capital, preferred OP Units and asset sales. Total consolidated debt outstanding at September 30, 2010, was approximately $4.4 billion, as compared to approximately $5.2 billion at both December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009.
     In November 2010, the Company issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of 1.75% convertible senior notes due November 2040. The notes have an initial conversion rate of 61.0361 per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, representing a conversion price of approximately $16.38 per common share. The initial conversion rate is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. The Company may redeem the notes anytime on or after November 15, 2015 in whole or in part for cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date. Holders may require the Company to repurchase the notes in whole or in part for cash at 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the repurchase date, on November 15, 2015; November 15, 2020; November 15, 2025; November 15, 2030; and November 15, 2035, as well as following the occurrence of certain change of control transactions. Additionally, the holders of the notes may convert the notes upon the occurrence of specified events, as well as anytime during the period beginning on May 15, 2040 through the second business day preceding the maturity date. In these instances, the principal amount of the notes will be converted into cash and the remainder, if any, of the conversion value in excess of such principal amount will be converted into cash, the Company’s common shares or a combination thereof (at the Company’s election).
     In October 2010, the Company entered into the New Unsecured Credit Facility and the New PNC Facility. The size of the New Unsecured Credit Facility was reduced from $1.25 billion to $950 million with an accordion feature up to $1.2 billion. The size of New PNC Facility was reduced from $75 million to $65 million. Both of the New Revolving Credit Facilities mature in February 2014 and, currently bear interest at variable rates based on LIBOR plus 275 basis points and, subject to adjustment as determined by the Company’s current corporate credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P.
     In October 2010, the Company amended its secured term loan with KeyBank National Association to conform the covenants to the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility provisions and repaid $200 million of the outstanding balance.
     In August 2010, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% senior unsecured notes due September 2020. In March 2010, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% senior unsecured notes due April 2017. Net proceeds from these

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offerings were used to repay debt with shorter-term maturities and to reduce amounts outstanding on the Company’s unsecured credit facilities.
     In the first nine months of 2010, the Company purchased approximately $256.6 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding senior unsecured notes, including senior convertible notes, at a discount to par, resulting in a gross gain of approximately $5.9 million prior to the write-off of $5.9 million of unamortized convertible debt accretion, unamortized deferred financing costs and unamortized discount. Included in the first quarter purchases was approximately $83.1 million aggregate principal amount of near-term outstanding senior unsecured notes repurchased through a cash tender offer at par in March 2010. These purchases included debt maturities in 2010 and 2011 as well as convertible senior unsecured notes due in 2012.
     In 2010, the Company issued common shares of which substantially all net proceeds were used to repay amounts outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facilities and invest in two loans aggregating $58.3 million that are secured by seven shopping centers, six of which are managed and leased by the Company. The issuances are as follows (in millions):
                 
Issuance Date   Shares     Gross Proceeds  
January 2010
    5.0     $ 46.1  
February 2010
    42.9       350.0  
September 2010
    5.1       58.3  
 
           
Total issued
    53.0     $ 454.4  
 
           
Capitalization
     At September 30, 2010, the Company’s capitalization consisted of $4.4 billion of debt, $555.0 million of preferred shares and $2.9 billion of market equity (market equity is defined as common shares and OP Units outstanding multiplied by $11.22, the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange at September 30, 2010), resulting in a debt to total market capitalization ratio of 0.6 to 1.0, as compared to a ratio of 0.7 to 1.0 at September 30, 2009. The closing price of the common shares on the New York Stock Exchange was $9.24 at September 30, 2009. At September 30, 2010, the Company’s total debt consisted of $3.1 billion of fixed-rate debt and $1.3 billion of variable-rate debt, including $100.0 million of variable-rate debt that had been effectively swapped to a fixed rate through the use of interest rate derivative contracts. At September 30, 2009, the Company’s total debt consisted of $3.8 billion of fixed-rate debt and $1.4 billion of variable-rate debt, including $600 million of variable-rate debt that had been effectively swapped to a fixed rate through the use of interest rate derivative contracts.
     It is management’s current strategy to have access to the capital resources necessary to manage its balance sheet, to repay upcoming maturities and to consider making prudent investments should such opportunities arise. Accordingly, the Company may seek to obtain funds through additional debt or equity financings and/or joint venture capital in a manner consistent with its intention to operate with a conservative debt capitalization policy and to reduce the Company’s cost of capital by maintaining an investment grade rating with Moody’s and re-establish an investment grade rating with S&P and Fitch. The security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, as it may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the rating organization. Each rating should be

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evaluated independently of any other rating. In light of the current economic conditions, the Company may not be able to obtain financing on favorable terms, or at all, which may negatively affect future ratings.
Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments
     The Company has repaid all consolidated debt maturities for the remainder of 2010. The Company has turned its focus to the timing and deleveraging opportunities for the consolidated debt maturing in 2011. In October 2010, the Company extended the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facilities to 2014 and repaid $200 million of the term loan maturing in 2011. The wholly-owned maturities for 2011 include the remainder of the term loan, unsecured notes due in April and August 2011 aggregating $180.6 million and mortgage maturities of approximately $210 million. The Company expects to repay this indebtedness through new debt or equity issuances, extension of existing lending options, refinancing or utilizing the availability on its New Revolving Credit Facilities. No assurance can be provided that the aforementioned obligations will be refinanced or repaid as anticipated (see Liquidity and Capital Resources).
     At September 30, 2010, the Company had letters of credit outstanding of approximately $54.0 million on its consolidated assets. The Company has not recorded any obligation associated with these letters of credit. The majority of letters of credit are collateral for existing indebtedness and other obligations of the Company.
     In conjunction with the development of shopping centers, the Company has entered into commitments aggregating approximately $38.1 million with general contractors for its wholly-owned and consolidated joint venture properties at September 30, 2010. These obligations, comprised principally of construction contracts, are generally due in 12 to 18 months as the related construction costs are incurred and are expected to be financed through operating cash flow and/or new or existing construction loans, assets sales or revolving credit facilities.
     The Company routinely enters into contracts for the maintenance of its properties, which typically can be cancelled upon 30 to 60 days notice without penalty. At September 30, 2010, the Company had purchase order obligations, typically payable within one year, aggregating approximately $3.7 million related to the maintenance of its properties and general and administrative expenses.
     The Company continually monitors its obligations and commitments. There have been no other material items entered into by the Company since December 31, 2003, through September 30, 2010, other than as described above. (see discussion of commitments relating to the Company’s joint ventures and other unconsolidated arrangements in Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.)
Inflation
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Company’s leases are for terms of less than ten years, permitting the Company to seek increased rents at market rates upon renewal. Most of the Company’s leases require the tenants to pay their share of operating expenses, including common area maintenance, real estate taxes, insurance and utilities, thereby reducing the Company’s exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.
Economic Conditions
     The retail market in the United States significantly weakened in 2008 and continued to be challenged in 2009. Retail sales declined and tenants became more selective for new store openings. Some retailers closed existing locations and, as a result, the Company experienced a loss in occupancy compared to its historic levels. The reduction in occupancy in 2009 has continued to have a negative impact on the Company’s consolidated cash flows, results of operations and financial position in 2010. However, the Company believes there is an improvement in the level of optimism within its tenant base. Many retailers executed contracts in 2010 to open new stores and have strong store opening plans for 2011 and 2012. The lack of new supply is causing retailers to reconsider opportunities to open new stores in quality locations in well positioned shopping centers. The Company continues to see strong demand from a broad range of retailers, particularly in the off-price sector, which is a reflection on the general outlook of consumers who are responding to the broader economic uncertainty by demanding more value for their dollars. Offsetting some of the impact resulting from the reduced occupancy is that the Company has a low occupancy cost relative to other retail formats and historic averages, as well as a diversified tenant base with only one tenant exceeding 2.0% of total 2010 consolidated revenues (Walmart at 5.0%). Other significant tenants include Target, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx/Marshalls, Publix Supermarkets, PetSmart and Bed Bath & Beyond, all of which have relatively strong credit ratings, remain well-capitalized and have outperformed other retail categories on a relative basis. The Company believes these tenants should continue providing it with a stable revenue base for the foreseeable future, given the long-term nature of these leases. Moreover, the majority of the tenants in the Company’s shopping centers provide day-to-day consumer necessities with a focus toward value and convenience versus high-priced discretionary luxury items, which the Company believes will enable many of the tenants to continue operating within this challenging economic environment.
     The Company continously monitors potential credit issues of its tenants, and analyzes the possible effects to the financial statements of the Company and its unconsolidated joint ventures. In addition to the collectability assessment of outstanding accounts receivable, the Company evaluates the related real estate for recoverability, as well as any tenant related deferred charges for recoverability, which may include straight-line rents, deferred lease costs, tenant improvements, tenant inducements and intangible assets (“Tenant Related Deferred Charges”). The Company routinely evaluates its exposure relating to tenants in financial distress. Where appropriate, the Company has either written off the unamortized balance or accelerated depreciation and amortization expense associated with the Tenant Related Deferred Charges for such tenants.
     The retail shopping sector has been affected by the competitive nature of the retail business and the competition for market share as well as general economic conditions where stronger retailers have out-positioned some of the weaker retailers. These shifts have forced some market share away from weaker retailers and required them, in some cases, to declare bankruptcy and/or close stores.

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Certain retailers have announced store closings even though they have not filed for bankruptcy protection. However, these store closings often represent a relatively small percentage of the Company’s overall gross leasable area and, therefore, the Company does not expect these closings to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s overall long-term performance. Overall, the Company’s portfolio remains stable. However, there can be no assurance that these events will not adversely affect the Company (see Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).
     Historically, the Company’s portfolio has performed consistently throughout many economic cycles, including downward cycles. Broadly speaking, national retail sales have grown since World War II, including during several recessions and housing slowdowns. In the past, the Company has not experienced significant volatility in its long-term portfolio occupancy rate. The Company has experienced downward cycles before and has made the necessary adjustments to leasing and development strategies to accommodate the changes in the operating environment and mitigate risk. In many cases, the loss of a weaker tenant creates an opportunity to re-lease space at higher rents to a stronger retailer. More importantly, the quality of the property revenue stream is high and consistent, as it is generally derived from retailers with good credit profiles under long-term leases, with very little reliance on overage rents generated by tenant sales performance. The Company believes that the quality of its shopping center portfolio is strong, as evidenced by the high historical occupancy rates, which have previously ranged from 92% to 96% since the Company’s initial public offering in 1993. Although the Company experienced a significant decline in occupancy in 2009 due to the major tenant bankruptcies, the shopping center portfolio occupancy was at 88.0% at September 30, 2010. Notwithstanding the decline in occupancy compared to historic levels, the Company continues to sign a large number of new leases at rental rates that are returning to historic averages. Moreover, the Company has been able to achieve these results without significant capital investment in tenant improvements or leasing commissions. The Company is very conscious of, and sensitive to, the risks posed to the economy, but is currently comfortable that the position of its portfolio and the general diversity and credit quality of its tenant base should enable it to successfully navigate through these challenging economic times.
Legal Matters
     The Company is a party to various joint ventures with Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C., which funds are advised and managed by Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C. (collectively, the “Coventry II Fund”), through which 11 existing or proposed retail properties, along with a portfolio of former Service Merchandise locations, were acquired at various times from 2003 through 2006. The properties were acquired by the joint ventures as value-add investments, with major renovation and/or ground-up development contemplated for many of the properties. The Company is generally responsible for day-to-day management of the properties. On November 4, 2009, Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C., Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C. (collectively, “Coventry”) filed suit against the Company and certain of its affiliates and officers in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. The complaint alleges that the Company: (i) breached contractual obligations under a co-investment agreement and various joint venture limited liability company agreements, project development agreements and management and leasing agreements, (ii) breached its fiduciary duties as a member of various limited liability companies, (iii) fraudulently induced the plaintiffs to enter into

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certain agreements and (iv) made certain material misrepresentations. The complaint also requests that a general release made by Coventry in favor of the Company in connection with one of the joint venture properties be voided on the grounds of economic duress. The complaint seeks compensatory and consequential damages in an amount not less than $500 million, as well as punitive damages. In response, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to sever the plaintiffs’ claims. In June 2010, the court granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion. Coventry has filed a notice of appeal regarding that portion of the motion granted by the court. The Company filed an answer to the complaint, and had asserted various counterclaims against Coventry.
     The Company believes that the allegations in the lawsuit are without merit and that it has strong defenses against this lawsuit. The Company will vigorously defend itself against the allegations contained in the complaint. This lawsuit is subject to the uncertainties inherent in the litigation process and, therefore, no assurance can be given as to its ultimate outcome. However, based on the information presently available to the Company, the Company does not expect that the ultimate resolution of this lawsuit will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
     On November 18, 2009, the Company filed a complaint against Coventry in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, seeking, among other things, a temporary restraining order enjoining Coventry from terminating “for cause” the management agreements between the Company and the various joint ventures because the Company believes that the requisite conduct in a “for-cause” termination (i.e., fraud or willful misconduct committed by an executive of the Company at the level of at least senior vice president) did not occur. The court heard testimony in support of the Company’s motion (and Coventry’s opposition) and on December 4, 2009 issued a ruling in the Company’s favor. Specifically, the court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining Coventry from terminating the Company as property manager “for cause.” The court found that the Company was likely to succeed on the merits, that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage would result to the Company in the absence of such restraint, and that the balance of equities favored injunctive relief in the Company’s favor. A trial on the Company’s request for a permanent injunction is currently scheduled in January 2011. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until the trial. Due to the inherent uncertainties of the litigation process, no assurance can be given as to the ultimate outcome of this action.
     The Company is also a party to litigation filed in November 2006 by a tenant in a Company property located in Long Beach, California. The tenant filed suit against the Company and certain affiliates, claiming the Company and its affiliates failed to provide adequate valet parking at the property pursuant to the terms of the lease with the tenant. After a six-week trial, the jury returned a verdict in October 2008, finding the Company liable for compensatory damages in the amount of approximately $7.8 million. In addition, the trial court awarded the tenant attorney’s fees and expenses in the amount of approximately $1.5 million. The Company filed motions for a new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, both of which were denied. The Company strongly disagrees with the verdict, as well as the denial of the post-trial motions. As a result, the Company appealed the verdict. In July 2010, the California Court of Appeals entered an order affirming the jury verdict. Included in other liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010 is a provision of $11.1 million that represents the full amount of the verdict, plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and

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accrued interest. A charge of approximately $5.1 million ($2.7 million net of tax), was recorded in the second quarter of 2010 relating to this matter.
     In addition to the litigation discussed above, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to various legal proceedings, which, taken together, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company is also subject to a variety of legal actions for personal injury or property damage arising in the ordinary course of its business, most of which are covered by insurance. While the resolution of all matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of such legal proceedings and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, financial position or results of operations.
      New Accounting Standards Implemented
Amendments to Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities
     In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Codification No. 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”), which was effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009, and introduced a more qualitative approach to evaluating Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) for consolidation. This standard requires a company to perform an analysis to determine whether its variable interests give it a controlling financial interest in a VIE. This analysis identifies the primary beneficiary of a VIE as the entity that has (a) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance and (b) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. In determining whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly affect the VIE’s performance, this standard requires a company to assess whether it has an implicit financial responsibility to ensure that a VIE operates as designed. This standard requires continuous reassessment of primary beneficiary status rather than periodic, event-driven reassessments as previously required, and incorporates expanded disclosure requirements. This new accounting guidance was effective for the Company on January 1, 2010, and is being applied prospectively.
     The Company’s adoption of this standard resulted in the deconsolidation of one entity in which the Company has a 50% interest. The deconsolidated entity owns one real estate project, consisting primarily of land under development, which had $28.5 million of assets as of December 31, 2009. As a result of the initial application of ASC 810, the Company recorded its retained interest in the deconsolidated entity at its carrying amount. The difference between the net amount removed from the balance sheet of the deconsolidated entity and the amount reflected investments in and advances to joint ventures of approximately $7.8 million was recognized as a cumulative effect adjustment to accumulated distributions in excess of net income. This difference was primarily due to the recognition of an other than temporary impairment charge that would have been recorded had ASC 810 been effective when the Company first became involved with the deconsolidated entity.
     As previously discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources, the Company deconsolidated the Mervyns Joint Venture, which had total assets and non-recourse liabilities of $151.3 million and $156.9 million, respectively, upon the appointment by the court of a receiver (“Receivership”) in August 2010. As a result of the Receivership agreement, the Company deconsolidated the Mervyns Joint Venture because it no longer has the contractual ability to direct the activities that most

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significantly impact the Mervyns Joint Venture’s economic performance nor does it have the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits from the Mervyns Joint Venture that could potentially be significant to the entity. The Company’s accounting policy for evaluating receivership transactions is based upon ASC 810, whereas diversity in practice exists whereby others may apply the provisions of ASC 360-20, Property, Plant, and Equipment—Real Estate Sales (“Alternative View”). Under the Alternative View, the Company would likely not record a gain (or loss) and would continue to consolidate the entity (and its assets and non-recourse liabilities) until it legally transferred the title of the underlying assets and was relieved of its obligations. The Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) of the FASB discussed this type of transaction at its September 2010 meeting but did not reach a conclusion. The EITF determined that further research was necessary to more fully understand the scope and implications of the matter, prior to issuing a consensus for exposure. If the EITF reaches a consensus in favor of the Alternative View, the Company will evaluate the impact of such conclusion on its financial statements.
Forward-Looking Statements
     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. Historical results and percentage relationships set forth in the condensed consolidated financial statements, including trends that might appear, should not be taken as indicative of future operations. The Company considers portions of this information to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, with respect to the Company’s expectations for future periods. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements related to acquisitions (including any related pro forma financial information) and other business development activities, future capital expenditures, financing sources and availability, and the effects of environmental and other regulations. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact should be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Readers should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements and that could materially affect the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements.
     Factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:
    The Company is subject to general risks affecting the real estate industry, including the need to enter into new leases or renew leases on favorable terms to generate rental revenues, and the economic downturn may adversely affect the ability of the Company’s tenants, or new tenants, to enter into new leases or the ability of the Company’s existing tenants to renew their leases at rates at least as favorable as their current rates;

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    The Company could be adversely affected by changes in the local markets where its properties are located, as well as by adverse changes in national economic and market conditions;
    The Company may fail to anticipate the effects on its properties of changes in consumer buying practices, including catalog sales and sales over the internet and the resulting retailing practices and space needs of its tenants or a general downturn in its tenants’ businesses, which may cause tenants to close stores or default in payment of rent;
    The Company is subject to competition for tenants from other owners of retail properties, and its tenants are subject to competition from other retailers and methods of distribution. The Company is dependent upon the successful operations and financial condition of its tenants, in particular of its major tenants, and could be adversely affected by the bankruptcy of those tenants;
    The Company relies on major tenants, which makes it vulnerable to changes in the business and financial condition of, or demand for its space, by such tenants;
    The Company may not realize the intended benefits of acquisition or merger transactions. The acquired assets may not perform as well as the Company anticipated, or the Company may not successfully integrate the assets and realize the improvements in occupancy and operating results that the Company anticipates. The acquisition of certain assets may subject the Company to liabilities, including environmental liabilities;
    The Company may fail to identify, acquire, construct or develop additional properties that produce a desired yield on invested capital, or may fail to effectively integrate acquisitions of properties or portfolios of properties. In addition, the Company may be limited in its acquisition opportunities due to competition, the inability to obtain financing on reasonable terms or any financing at all, and other factors;
    The Company may fail to dispose of properties on favorable terms. In addition, real estate investments can be illiquid, particularly as prospective buyers may experience increased costs of financing or difficulties obtaining financing, and could limit the Company’s ability to promptly make changes to its portfolio to respond to economic and other conditions;
    The Company may abandon a development opportunity after expending resources if it determines that the development opportunity is not feasible due to a variety of factors, including a lack of availability of construction financing on reasonable terms, the impact of the economic environment on prospective tenants’ ability to enter into new leases or pay contractual rent, or the inability of the Company to obtain all necessary zoning and other required governmental permits and authorizations;
    The Company may not complete development projects on schedule as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, such as weather, labor conditions, governmental approvals, material shortages or general economic downturn resulting in limited availability of capital, increased debt service expense and construction costs, and decreases in revenue;

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    The Company’s financial condition may be affected by required debt service payments, the risk of default, and restrictions on its ability to incur additional debt or to enter into certain transactions under its credit facilities and other documents governing its debt obligations. In addition, the Company may encounter difficulties in obtaining permanent financing or refinancing existing debt. Borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facilities are subject to certain representations and warranties and customary events of default, including any event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial condition;
    Changes in interest rates could adversely affect the market price of the Company’s common shares, as well as its performance and cash flow;
    Debt and/or equity financing necessary for the Company to continue to grow and operate its business may not be available or may not be available on favorable terms;
    Disruptions in the financial markets could affect the Company’s ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms and have other adverse effects on the Company and the market price of the Company’s common shares;
    The Company is subject to complex regulations related to its status as a REIT and would be adversely affected if it failed to qualify as a REIT;
    The Company must make distributions to shareholders to continue to qualify as a REIT, and if the Company must borrow funds to make distributions, those borrowings may not be available on favorable terms or at all;
    Joint venture investments may involve risks not otherwise present for investments made solely by the Company, including the possibility that a partner or co-venturer may become bankrupt, may at any time have different interests or goals than those of the Company and may take action contrary to the Company’s instructions, requests, policies or objectives, including the Company’s policy with respect to maintaining its qualification as a REIT. In addition, a partner or co-venturer may not have access to sufficient capital to satisfy its funding obligations to the joint venture. The partner could cause a default under the joint venture loan for reasons outside of the Company’s control. Furthermore, the Company could be required to reduce the carrying value of its equity method investments if a loss in the carrying value of the investment is other than temporary;
    The outcome of pending or future litigation, including litigation with tenants or joint venture partners, may adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and financial condition;
    The Company may not realize anticipated returns from its real estate assets outside the United States. The Company expects to continue to pursue international opportunities that may subject the Company to different or greater risks than those associated with its domestic operations. The Company owns assets in Puerto Rico, an interest in an unconsolidated joint venture that owns properties in Brazil and an interest in consolidated joint ventures that were formed to develop and own properties in Canada and Russia;
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    Adverse effects of changes in exchange rates for foreign currencies;
    Changes in foreign political or economic environments;
 
    Challenges of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws, including tax laws, and addressing different practices and customs relating to corporate governance, operations and litigation;
    Different lending practices;
    Cultural and consumer differences;
    Changes in applicable laws and regulations in the United States that affect foreign operations;
    Difficulties in managing international operations and
    Obstacles to the repatriation of earnings and cash;
    Although the Company’s international activities are currently a relatively small portion of its business, to the extent the Company expands its international activities, these risks could significantly increase and adversely affect its results of operations and financial condition;
    The Company is subject to potential environmental liabilities;
    The Company may incur losses that are uninsured or exceed policy coverage due to its liability for certain injuries to persons, property or the environment occurring on its properties;
    The Company could incur additional expenses in order to comply with or respond to claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act or otherwise be adversely affected by changes in government regulations, including changes in environmental, zoning, tax and other regulations and
    The Company may have to restate certain financial statements as a result of changes in, or the adoption of, new accounting rules and regulations to which the Company is subject, including accounting rules and regulations affecting the Company’s accounting policies.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
     The Company’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. The Company’s debt, excluding unconsolidated joint venture debt, is summarized as follows:
                                                                 
    September 30, 2010   December 31, 2009
            Weighted-   Weighted-                   Weighted-   Weighted-    
            Average   Average                   Average   Average    
    Amount   Maturity   Interest   Percentage   Amount   Maturity   Interest   Percentage
    (Millions)   (Years)   Rate   of Total   (Millions)   (Years)   Rate   of Total
Fixed-Rate Debt (A)
  $ 3,077.1       4.4       6.2 %     70.0 %   $ 3,684.0       3.3       5.7 %     71.1 %
Variable-Rate Debt (A)
  $ 1,318.2       1.7       1.5 %     30.0 %   $ 1,494.7       2.0       1.5 %     28.9 %
 
(A)   Adjusted to reflect the $100 million and $400 million of variable-rate debt that LIBOR was swapped to a fixed-rate of 4.8% and 5.0% at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
     The Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures’ fixed-rate indebtedness is summarized as follows:
                                                                 
    September 30, 2010   December 31, 2009
    Joint   Company’s   Weighted-   Weighted-   Joint   Company’s   Weighted-   Weighted-
    Venture   Proportionate   Average   Average   Venture   Proportionate   Average   Average
    Debt   Share   Maturity   Interest   Debt   Share   Maturity   Interest
    (Millions)   (Millions)   (Years)   Rate   (Millions)   (Millions)   (Years)   Rate
Fixed-Rate Debt
  $ 3,305.9     $ 710.6       4.2       5.7 %   $ 3,807.2     $ 785.4       4.8       5.6 %
Variable-Rate Debt
  $ 691.2     $ 131.0       1.5       3.3 %   $ 740.5     $ 131.6       0.6       3.0 %
     The Company intends to utilize retained cash flow, proceeds from asset sales, financing and variable-rate indebtedness available under its Revolving Credit Facilities to repay indebtedness and fund capital expenditures of the Company’s shopping centers. Thus, to the extent the Company incurs additional variable-rate indebtedness, its exposure to increases in interest rates in an inflationary period would increase. The Company does not believe, however, that increases in interest expense as a result of inflation will significantly impact the Company’s distributable cash flow.
     The interest rate risk on a portion of the Company’s and its unconsolidated joint ventures’ variable-rate debt described above has been mitigated through the use of interest rate swap agreements (the “Swaps”) with major financial institutions. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the interest rate on the Company’s $100 million and $400 million, respectively, consolidated floating rate debt, was swapped to fixed rates. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties to the Swaps. The Company believes it mitigates its credit risk by entering into Swaps with major financial institutions.

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     The fair value of the Company’s fixed-rate debt is adjusted to include (i) include the $100 million and $400 million that were swapped to a fixed rate at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, and (ii) the Company’s proportionate share of the joint venture fixed-rate debt. An estimate of the effect of a 100-point increase at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, is summarized as follows (in millions):
                                                 
    September 30, 2010   December 31, 2009
                    100 Basis Point                   100 Basis Point
                    Increase in                   Increase in
    Carrying   Fair   Market Interest   Carrying   Fair   Market Interest
    Value   Value   Rates   Value   Value   Rates
Company’s fixed-rate debt
  $ 3,077.1     $ 3,218.6   (A)   $ 3,111.6   (B)   $ 3,684.0     $ 3,672.1   (A)   $ 3,579.4   (B)
Company’s proportionate share of joint venture fixed-rate debt
  $ 710.6     $ 683.0     $ 661.6     $ 785.4     $ 703.1     $ 681.0  
 
(A)   Includes the fair value of interest rate swaps, which was a liability of $6.2 million and $15.4 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
(B)   Includes the fair value of interest rate swaps, which was a liability of $4.9 million and $12.2 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
     The sensitivity to changes in interest rates of the Company’s fixed-rate debt was determined utilizing a valuation model based upon factors that measure the net present value of such obligations that arise from the hypothetical estimate as discussed above.
     Further, a 100 basis point increase in short-term market interest rates on variable-rate debt at September 30, 2010 would result in an increase in interest expense of approximately $9.9 million for the Company and $1.0 million representing the Company’s proportionate share of the joint ventures’ interest expense relating to variable-rate debt outstanding for the nine-month period. The estimated increase in interest expense for the year does not give effect to possible changes in the daily balance for the Company’s or joint ventures’ outstanding variable-rate debt.
     The Company and its joint ventures intend to continually monitor and actively manage interest costs on their variable-rate debt portfolio and may enter into swap positions based on market fluctuations. In addition, the Company believes that it has the ability to obtain funds through additional equity and/or debt offerings and joint venture capital. Accordingly, the cost of obtaining such protection agreements in relation to the Company’s access to capital markets will continue to be evaluated. The Company has not entered, and does not plan to enter, into any derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had no other material exposure to market risk.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
     Based on their evaluation as required by Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b), the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) are effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and were effective as of the end of such period to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company issuer in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its CEO and CFO, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
     During the three-month period ended September 30, 2010, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
     Other than as described below and other than routine litigation and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, the Company is not currently involved in any litigation nor, to its knowledge, is any litigation threatened against the Company or its properties that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the liquidity or results of operations of the Company other than described below.
     The Company is a party to various joint ventures with Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C., which funds are advised and managed by Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C. (collectively, the “Coventry II Fund”), through which 11 existing or proposed retail properties, along with a portfolio of former Service Merchandise locations, were acquired at various times from 2003 through 2006. The properties were acquired by the joint ventures as value-add investments, with major renovation and/or ground-up development contemplated for many of the properties. The Company is generally responsible for day-to-day management of the properties. On November 4, 2009, Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C., Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C. (collectively, “Coventry”) filed suit against the Company and certain of its affiliates and officers in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. The complaint alleges that the Company: (i) breached contractual obligations under a co-investment agreement and various joint venture limited liability company agreements, project development agreements and management and leasing agreements, (ii) breached its fiduciary duties as a member of various limited liability companies, (iii) fraudulently induced the plaintiffs to enter into certain agreements and (iv) made certain material misrepresentations. The complaint also requests that a general release made by Coventry in favor of the Company in connection with one of the joint venture properties be voided on the grounds of economic duress. The complaint seeks compensatory and consequential damages in an amount not less than $500 million, as well as punitive damages. In response, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to sever the plaintiffs’ claims. In June 2010, the court granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion. Coventry has filed a notice of appeal regarding that portion of the motion granted by the court. The Company filed an answer to the complaint, and has asserted various counterclaims against Coventry.
     The Company believes that the allegations in the lawsuit are without merit and that it has strong defenses against this lawsuit. The Company will vigorously defend itself against the allegations contained in the complaint. This lawsuit is subject to the uncertainties inherent in the litigation process and, therefore, no assurance can be given as to its ultimate outcome. However, based on the information presently available to the Company, the Company does not expect that the ultimate resolution of this lawsuit will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
     On November 18, 2009, the Company filed a complaint against Coventry in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, seeking, among other things, a temporary restraining order enjoining Coventry from terminating “for cause” the management agreements between the Company

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and the various joint ventures because the Company believes that the requisite conduct in a “for-cause” termination (i.e., fraud or willful misconduct committed by an executive of the Company at the level of at least senior vice president) did not occur. The court heard testimony in support of the Company’s motion (and Coventry’s opposition) and on December 4, 2009 issued a ruling in the Company’s favor. Specifically, the court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining Coventry from terminating the Company as property manager “for cause.” The court found that the Company was likely to succeed on the merits, that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage would result to the Company in the absence of such restraint, and that the balance of equities favored injunctive relief in the Company’s favor. A trial on the Company’s request for a permanent injunction is currently scheduled in January 2011. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until the trial. Due to the inherent uncertainties of the litigation process, no assurance can be given as to the ultimate outcome of this action.
     The Company is also a party to litigation filed in November 2006 by a tenant in a Company property located in Long Beach, California. The tenant filed suit against the Company and certain affiliates, claiming the Company and its affiliates failed to provide adequate valet parking at the property pursuant to the terms of the lease with the tenant. After a six-week trial, the jury returned a verdict in October 2008, finding the Company liable for compensatory damages in the amount of approximately $7.8 million. In addition, the trial court awarded the tenant attorney’s fees and expenses in the amount of approximately $1.5 million. The Company filed motions for a new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, both of which were denied. The Company strongly disagrees with the verdict, as well as the denial of the post-trial motions. As a result, the Company appealed the verdict. In July 2010, the California Court of Appeals entered an order affirming the jury verdict. Included in other liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010 is a provision of $11.1 million that represents the full amount of the verdict, plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and accrued interest.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
                                 
                    (c) Total Number     (d) Maximum Number  
                    of Shares     (or Approximate  
                    Purchased as Part     Dollar Value) of  
                    of Publicly     Shares that May Yet  
    (a) Total number of     (b) Average Price     Announced Plans     Be Purchased Under  
    shares purchased (1)     Paid per Share     or Programs     the Plans or Programs  
July 1 — 31, 2010
    96     $ 10.03              
August 1 — 31, 2010
    72,301       11.35              
September 1 — 30, 2010
                       
 
                       
Total
    72,397     $ 11.35              
 
(1)   Consists of common shares surrendered or deemed surrendered to the Company to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting and/or exercise of awards under the Company’s equity-based compensation plans.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
     None.
ITEM 4. RESERVED
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
     
4.1
  Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2010, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association
 
   
31.1
  Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934
 
   
31.2
  Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934
 
   
32.1
  Certification of CEO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 1
 
   
32.2
  Certification of CFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 1
 
   
101.INS
  XBRL Instance Document. 2
 
   
101.SCH
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. 2
 
   
101.CAL
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. 2
 
   
101.DEF
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. 2
 
   
101.LAB
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. 2
 
   
101.PRE
  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. 2
 
1   Pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-4751, these exhibits are deemed to accompany this report and are not “filed” as part of this report.
 
2   Submitted electronically herewith.
     Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
     In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be part of any

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registration or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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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.
DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
         
          November 8, 2010
 
                      (Date)
  /s/ Christa A. Vesy
 
Christa A. Vesy, Senior Vice President and Chief
   
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
                 
Exhibit No.               Filed Herewith or
Under Reg.   Form 10-Q       Incorporated Herein
S-K Item 601   Exhibit No.   Description   by Reference
4.1
    4.1     Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2010, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association   Filed herewith
 
               
31
    31.1     Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934   Filed herewith
 
               
31
    31.2     Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934   Filed herewith
 
               
32
    32.1     Certification of CEO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 1   Filed herewith
 
               
32
    32.2     Certification of CFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 1   Filed herewith
 
               
101
  101.INS   XBRL Instance Document   Submitted electronically herewith
 
               
101
  101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document   Submitted electronically herewith
 
               
101
  101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document   Submitted electronically herewith
 
               
101
  101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document   Submitted electronically herewith
 
               
101
  101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document   Submitted electronically herewith
 
               
101
  101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document   Submitted electronically herewith

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Exhibit 4.1
ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
          THIS ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is entered into as of August 12, 2010, by and between Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as successor trustee to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor to National City Bank.
          WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the Indenture dated as of May 1, 1994 (as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 10, 1995, by a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 18, 2003, by a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 23, 2004, by a Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 22, 2004, by a Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 28, 2005, by a Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 7, 2005, by a Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 28, 2006, by an Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 13, 2007, by a Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 30, 2009, and by a Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 19, 2010, the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s senior debt securities;
          WHEREAS, the Company has made a request to the Trustee that the Trustee join with it, in accordance with Section 901 of the Indenture, in the execution of this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture to include the Company’s $300,000,000 principal amount of 7.875% Notes Due 2020 (the “Notes”) in the definition of Designated Securities such that the covenant in Section 1015 of the Indenture will inure to their benefit;
          WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the form and terms of the Notes;
          WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are authorized to enter into this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture; and
          NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows:
          Section 1. Relation to Indenture . This Eleventh Supplemental Indenture supplements the Indenture and shall be a part and subject to all the terms thereof. Except as supplemented hereby, the Indenture and the Securities issued thereunder shall continue in full force and effect.
          Section 2. Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.
          Section 3. Definitions .
          The definition of “Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) plus amounts which have been deducted for (i) interest on Debt of the

 


 

Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) provision for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iii) amortization of debt discount, and (iv) depreciation and amortization, and (b) excluding (i) any extraordinary, non-recurring and other unusual noncash charge, (ii) any gains and losses on sale of real estate, and (iii) the equity in net income or loss of joint ventures in which the Company or its Subsidiaries owns an interest to the extent not providing a source of, or requiring a use of, cash, respectively.
          The amendment of the definition of “Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
          The definition of “Designated Securities” is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Designated Securities” means the Company’s $300,000,000 principal amount of 4.625% Notes Due 2010, the Company’s $275,000,000 principal amount of 3.875% Notes Due 2009, the Company’s $250,000,000 principal amount of 5.25% Notes Due 2011, the Company’s $200,000,000 principal amount of 5.0% Notes Due 2010, the Company’s $200,000,000 principal amount of 5.5% Notes Due 2015, the Company’s $350,000,000 principal amount of 5.375% Notes Due 2012, the Company’s $300,000,000 principal amount of 9.625% Notes Due 2016, the Company’s $300,000,000 principal amount of 7.50% Notes Due 2017 and the Company’s $300,000,000 principal amount of 7.875% Notes Due 2020.
          The definition of “Maximum Annual Service Charge” is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Maximum Annual Service Charge” as of any date means the maximum amount payable during the Company’s four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended before such date for interest on, and required amortization of, Debt (including, in the case of the additional Debt being incurred, the pro forma effect of the Debt and intended application of the proceeds thereof as if such Debt had been outstanding for such four-quarter period). The amount payable for amortization shall include the amount of any sinking fund or other analogous fund for the retirement of Debt and the amount payable on account of principal of any such Debt that matures serially other than at the final maturity date of such Debt.
          The amendment of the definition of “Maximum Annual Service Charge” relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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          The definition of “Total Assets” is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (i) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding goodwill and unamortized debt costs) after eliminating intercompany accounts and transactions.
          The amendment of the definition of “Total Assets” relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
          The definition of “Unencumbered Real Estate Asset Value” is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Unencumbered Real Estate Asset Value” as of any date means the sum of: (a) the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets, which are not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest, as of the end of the Company’s latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if that filing is not required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the Trustee) prior to such date; provided, however, that all investments in unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Unencumbered Real Estate Asset Value; and (b) the purchase price of any real estate assets that are not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, or security interest and were acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after the end of such quarter; provided however, that all investments in unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Unencumbered Real Estate Asset Value.
          The amendment of the definition of “Unencumbered Real Estate Asset Value” relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
          Section 4. Form and Terms of the Notes .
          The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, as amended hereby, shall be $300,000,000. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue additional securities ranking pari passu with the Notes in all respects and so that such additional Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series having the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes initially issued.

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          The terms of the Notes are established as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture. The terms and notations contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture as supplemented by this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
          Clause five of Section 501 of the Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
     “If any event of default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of the Company (including any event of default with respect to any other series of Securities), or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Company under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness of the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been waived, rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Notes a written notice specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder. Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such event of default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such event of default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or”.
          The amendment to clause five of Section 501 of the Indenture relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
          Section 1004 of the Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Section 1004. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt. (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 65% of the sum of (i) the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets as of the end of the Company’s fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form

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10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets from the end of such quarter, including, without limitation, any increase in the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of additional Debt.
(b) In addition to the limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 1004, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service for the Company’s four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended before the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5 times the Maximum Annual Service Charge on the Debt of the Company and all Subsidiaries to be outstanding immediately after the incurrence of such additional Debt.
(c) For purposes of this Section 1004, Debt shall be deemed to be “incurred” by the Company or a Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.”
          The amendment of Section 1004 of the Indenture relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
          Section 1005 of the Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
          “Section 1005. Restrictions on Dividends and Other Distributions.
The Company will not, in respect of any shares of any class of its capital stock, (a) declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable in capital stock of the Company) thereon, (b) apply any of its property or assets to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement thereof, (c) set apart any sum for the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement thereof, or (d) make any other distribution thereon, by reduction of capital or otherwise if, immediately after such declaration or other action referred to above, the aggregate of all such declarations and other actions since the date on which this Indenture was originally executed shall exceed the sum of (i) Funds from Operations from December 31, 1993 until the end of the Company’s latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the Trustee) prior to such declaration or other action and (ii) $20,000,000; PROVIDED,

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HOWEVER, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any declaration or other action referred to above which is necessary to maintain the Company’s status as a “real estate investment trust” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP at such time is less than 65% of the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets as of the end of the Company’s latest fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the Trustee) prior to such declaration or other action.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 1005 will not prohibit the payment of any dividend within 30 days of the declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions hereof.”
          The amendment of Section 1005 of the Indenture relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
          Section 1015 of the Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
“Section 1015. Limitations on Incurrence of Secured Debt. So long as any of the Designated Securities remain outstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt, if immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds from such Secured Debt, the aggregate amount of all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Secured Debt on a consolidated basis is greater than 40% of the sum of (i) the Total Assets as of the end of the Company’s fiscal quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and (ii) the increase, if any, in Total Assets from the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets caused by the application of the proceeds of additional Debt.”
          The amendment of Section 1015 of the Indenture relates solely to the rights of the Holders of the Notes and shall not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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          Section 5. Counterparts . This Eleventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
          Section 6. Governing Law . THIS ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
          Section 7. Concerning the Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible for any recital herein (other than the fourth recital as it appears as it applies to the Trustee) as such recitals shall be taken as statements of the Company, or the validity of the execution by the Company of this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eleventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
                 
Attest:       DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION    
 
               
 
               
 
               
/s/ Joan U. Allgood
      By:   /s/ David J. Oakes    
 
               
Name: Joan U. Allgood
          Name: David J. Oakes    
Title:   Executive Vice President of Corporate Transactions and Governance and Secretary
         
Title:   Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
Attest:       U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee    
 
               
 
               
 
               
/s/ Beverly A. Freeney
      By:   /s/ K. Wendy Kumar    
 
               
Name: Beverly A. Freeney
          Name: K. Wendy Kumar    
Title:   Vice President
          Title:  Vice President    

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EXHIBIT A
     
REGISTERED   REGISTERED
     
NO. 001   PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
     
CUSIP NO. 251591AV5   $300,000,000
[FACE OF NOTE]
DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
7.875% Notes Due 2020
     UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION (THE “COMPANY”) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
     UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.
     DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., c/o The Depository Trust Company, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, or registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED MILLION Dollars ($300,000,000) on September 1, 2020 (the “Stated Maturity Date”), unless redeemed prior to such date in accordance with the provisions referred to on the reverse hereof (the Stated Maturity Date or date of earlier redemption, as the case may be, is referred to herein as the “Maturity Date” with respect to the principal payable on such date), and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from August 12, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on March 1 and September 1, of each year, commencing March 1, 2011 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), and on the Maturity Date, at a rate of 7.875% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for.

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     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be fifteen calendar days (whether or not a Business Day, as defined below) next preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
     The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at either of the offices or agencies of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and Cleveland, Ohio. The Company hereby appoints U.S. Bank National Association as Paying Agent for the Notes where Notes of the series may be presented and surrendered for payment and where notices, designations or requests in respect of payments with respect to the Notes may be served.
     Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will include interest accrued from and including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including August 12, 2010, if no interest has been paid on this Note) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, principal, premium, if any, and/or interest payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City, New York, are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
     All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest by the Company in respect of this Note will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
     Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Date:                
         
  DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
 
 
  By:         
    Name:   David J. Oakes   
    Title:   Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
Attest:
       
 
       
 
       
      
     
Name:
  Joan U. Allgood    
Title:
  Executive Vice President of Corporate Transactions and Governance and Secretary    
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
     Dated:                
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Officer   
       
 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
7.875% Notes Due 2020
     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1994, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 10, 1995, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 18, 2003, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 23, 2004, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 22, 2004, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 28, 2005, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 7, 2005, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 28, 2006, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 13, 2007, the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 30, 2009, the Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 19, 2010 and the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 12, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as successor to National City Bank (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the duly authorized series of Securities designated as “7.875% Notes Due 2020” (collectively, the “Notes”), and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued under such series is limited to $300,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes). The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of any Securities, create and issue additional notes in the future having the same terms other than the date of original issuance, the issue price and the date on which interest begins to accrue so as to form a single series with the Notes. No additional notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the Notes. The Notes are the unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. All terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
     If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
     The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest through the Maturity Date on the Notes being redeemed (not including the portion of any payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to the Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt,

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any calculation of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not include interest accrued as of the applicable Redemption Date.
     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Notes, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which established yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Maturity Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Independent Investment Banker on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.
     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
     “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that has been appointed by the Company.
     “Comparable Treasury Price” means with respect to any Redemption Date for the Notes (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and their respective successors and two other nationally recognized investment banking firms that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in The City of New York (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) appointed by the Company, provided that prior written notice of the Company’s appointment of such other Primary Treasury Dealers shall be provided to the Trustee; provided, further, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute in its place another Primary Treasury Dealer.
     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its

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principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
     Notice of any redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If the Company redeems less than all of the Notes, the Trustee will select the particular Notes to be redeemed pro rata by lot or by another method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.
     This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.
     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Securities issued under the Indenture at the time Outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of all of the Holders of Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different

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authorized denominations but otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the same.
     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in such State.

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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Daniel B. Hurwitz, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation;
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 the 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.
November 8, 2010
Date
         
     
  /s/ Daniel B. Hurwitz    
  Daniel B. Hurwitz   
  President and Chief Executive Officer   
 

 

Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, David J. Oakes, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation;
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 the 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.
November 8, 2010
Date
         
     
  /s/ David J. Oakes    
  David J. Oakes   
  Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

 

Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
          I, Daniel B. Hurwitz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
(1) The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), which this certification accompanies, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) 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 as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.
         
     
  /s/ Daniel B. Hurwitz    
  Daniel B. Hurwitz   
  President and Chief Executive Officer 
November 8, 2010
 
 

 

Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
          I, David J. Oakes, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
(1) The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), which this certification accompanies, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) 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 as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.
         
     
  /s/ David J. Oakes    
  David J. Oakes   
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
November 8, 2010