UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES | |
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For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004 | |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES | |
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Commission File Number 01-12846
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(303) 375-9292
Maryland
74-2604728
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
14100 East 35
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Place, Aurora, Colorado
80011
(Address or principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(Registrants 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 for the past 90 days.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934).
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The number of shares outstanding of the Registrants common shares as of November 5, 2004 was 183,900,455.
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PROLOGIS
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF
(Continued)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
See Note 12 for information on non-cash investing and financing activities
and other information.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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PROLOGIS
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. General:
Business
ProLogis (collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries and partnerships
ProLogis) is a publicly held real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates and develops
(directly or through unconsolidated investees) industrial distribution properties in North America (the United States and
Mexico), Europe (11 countries) and Asia (Japan and China). At September 30,
2004, ProLogis real estate investments in China were all through
unconsolidated investees. ProLogis has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
ProLogis business consists of two reportable business segments: property
operations and the corporate distribution facilities services business (CDFS
business). The property operations segment represents the long-term ownership,
management and leasing of industrial distribution properties. The CDFS business segment
primarily encompasses Prologis development of industrial distribution properties that are
either contributed to an unconsolidated property fund in which ProLogis has an
ownership interest and acts as manager, or sold to third parties. Additionally,
ProLogis will acquire industrial distribution properties that
are generally rehabilitated and/or repositioned in the CDFS business
segment prior to being contributed to a
property fund. See Note 11.
Principles of Financial Presentation
ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements are prepared in
accordance with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The
accounts of ProLogis, its wholly owned subsidiaries and its majority owned and
controlled subsidiaries and partnerships are consolidated in the accompanying
financial statements and are presented in ProLogis functional currency, the
U.S. dollar. ProLogis consolidates all entities in which it owns a majority
voting interest and those variable interest entities, as defined, in which it
is the primary beneficiary. All material intercompany transactions, including
transactions with unconsolidated investees, have been eliminated.
The Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements of ProLogis as of
September 30, 2004 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003 are unaudited and, pursuant to the rules of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), certain information and
footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements have been
omitted. Management of ProLogis believes that the disclosures
presented in these financial statements are
adequate. However, these interim Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
should be read in conjunction with ProLogis December 31, 2003 audited
Consolidated Financial Statements contained in ProLogis 2003 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, was
issued in January 2003 and revised in December 2003. ProLogis adopted the
revised Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46R) as of January 1, 2004. FIN 46R
clarifies the application of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated
Financial Statements, and requires that variable interest entities in which
ProLogis is the primary beneficiary be presented on a consolidated basis in its
financial statements. As a result of adopting FIN 46R on January 1, 2004,
ProLogis began consolidating its investments in TCL Holding S.A. (TCL
Holding), formerly Frigoscandia Holding S.A., and CSI/Frigo LLC, a company
that holds the voting ownership interest in TCL Holding. Through December 31,
2003, ProLogis presented its investments in TCL Holding and CSI/Frigo LLC under
the equity method. ProLogis combined effective ownership in these entities was
99.75% at both September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
The adoption of FIN 46R did not change the presentation of any of ProLogis other unconsolidated investments,
as these investees are not variable interest entities. Therefore, ProLogis will
continue to present its investments in these entities under the equity method.
See Note 4.
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income
and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
Certain amounts included in ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial
Statements for the prior period have been reclassified to conform to the 2004
financial statement presentation.
2. Keystone Transaction:
On May 3, 2004, ProLogis and affiliates of four investment funds managed
by Eaton Vance Management (the Fund Affiliates) established five property funds
(the Acquiring Property Funds and also referred to by ProLogis as ProLogis
North American Properties Funds VI, VII, VIII, IX and Xsee Note
4). ProLogis has a 20% ownership interest in each of the Acquiring Property Funds with
the remainder owned by the Fund Affiliates. Also on May 3, 2004, ProLogis and the Acquiring Property Funds entered into an agreement to
acquire the outstanding equity of Keystone Property Trust
(Keystone), a publicly traded REIT, and the operating
units of Keystone Operating Partnership, L.P., a subsidiary of
Keystone (the Keystone Transaction). Keystone
owned and leased industrial distribution properties located in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, South Carolina and Ohio. The acquisition of
Keystone by ProLogis and the Acquiring Property Funds was approved by
Keystones shareholders on July 30, 2004 and was closed on August 4, 2004.
Consideration for the common shares
of Keystone was paid in cash at $23.80 per share. Also, the Acquiring Property Funds
retired approximately $567 million of Keystones outstanding debt at closing.
On September 3, 2004, Keystone was liquidated and, in conjunction with such
liquidation, all of the then outstanding preferred shares of Keystone were cancelled
and holders received a cash liquidation distribution in the aggregate amount of
approximately $125 million, including accrued dividends.
The
total consideration for the Keystone Transaction was approximately
$1.70 billion, including cash, assumed liabilities, preferred share liquidation
payments and estimated transaction costs. ProLogis share of the total
consideration was approximately $579 million, including ProLogis investment in
the Acquiring Property Funds of approximately $279 million and ProLogis direct
acquisition of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of approximately
$300 million. ProLogis direct acquisition included the acquisition of nine
operating properties aggregating 2.3 million square feet and land parcels
aggregating 14 acres valued on a combined basis at approximately $143 million,
ownership interests in two unconsolidated property funds (20% interest in each)
valued at approximately $102 million (including the
proportionate assumption of approximately
$26 million of secured debt of the property funds), a 50% ownership interest in
an unconsolidated entity and an interest in another entity that each
engage in CDFS business activities valued on a
combined basis at approximately $19 million (including the
proportionate assumption of
approximately $6 million of secured debt), a preferred equity interest in an
unconsolidated investee valued at approximately $20 million and certain other
assets, net of certain other liabilities valued at approximately $16 million.
The allocation of the purchase price to the net assets acquired in the Keystone
Transaction is based on a preliminary assessment and is subject to change as
additional information becomes available.
ProLogis share of the total consideration was funded in cash
(approximately $504 million), through the issuance of approximately 879,000
limited partnership units that are redeemable for cash or, at ProLogis
election, into one share of ProLogis common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per
share (Common Shares) valued at approximately $30 million, the direct
assumption of secured debt valued at approximately $13 million and the indirect
assumption of secured debt of unconsolidated investees valued at approximately
$32 million.
The two unconsolidated property funds in which ProLogis acquired a 20%
ownership interest own, on a combined basis, 7.7 million square feet of
operating properties. The entity in which ProLogis holds a 50%
ownership interest owns a 0.8 million square foot property that was recently
developed by Keystone.
ProLogis
and the Fund Affiliates funded approximately $892 million of cash at
closing (ProLogis share was approximately $178 million) on
a short-term basis, pending completion of long-term, secured
financing arrangements by the Acquiring Property Fund. Such
arrangements aggregating $473 million were completed by the
Acquiring Property Funds in October 2004, the proceeds of which
have been returned to the
Fund
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Affiliates and ProLogis. ProLogis share of the returned funds was
approximately $95 million. The remaining financing arrangements
aggregating $419 million are expected to be completed before the end
of 2004. The average term of the financing arrangements is expected
to be eight years. The average
annual interest rate associated with the financing
arrangements is expected to be 5.48%, based on the rates included in the completed
transactions and existing interest rate-lock agreements for the
remaining financing arrangements.
In May 2004, the Acquiring Property Funds entered into interest rate swap
agreements to hedge a portion of the future interest payments associated with
the long-term, secured financing arrangements. These interest rate swap agreements
qualified for hedge accounting treatment. Certain of the interest rate swap
agreements were subject to an indemnification agreement between the Acquiring
Property Funds and ProLogis that obligated ProLogis
to make any settlement payments that became due and, alternatively,
entitled
ProLogis to receive any settlement proceeds that were paid. The
indemnification agreement relates to interest swap agreements with an aggregate
notional amount of $185.2 million, originally estimated to be the amount of the
financing arrangements to be incurred by the Acquiring Property Funds attributable to
ProLogis 20% ownership interest. Upon settlement of the swap agreements in
June and July 2004, ProLogis paid $1.2 million under the indemnification
agreement. The portion of this payment attributable to each of the
Acquiring Property Funds has been included in ProLogis
investment basis and will be amortized to ProLogis share of the
earnings or losses of the respective property fund over the term of the
associated debt.
On June 30, 2004, ProLogis contributed 21 operating properties aggregating
3.0 million square feet to the Acquiring Property Funds. Total proceeds from
these contributions were $127.4 million. These properties are
being used to secure a
portion of the financing arrangements of the Acquiring Property Funds. See Note 4.
3. Real Estate:
Real Estate Assets
Real estate assets directly owned by ProLogis consist of income producing
industrial distribution properties, industrial distribution properties under
development and land held for future development of industrial distribution
properties. ProLogis real estate assets, presented at cost, include the
following as of the dates indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
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The
real estate assets that ProLogis owns through a direct
investment rather than through investments in unconsolidated entities are located in North America
(the United States and Mexico), 11 countries in Europe and Japan. No individual
market in any country, as defined by ProLogis and presented in Item 2 of
ProLogis 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, represents more than 10% of ProLogis total
real estate assets, before depreciation. See Note 4 for information on
the locations of the real estate assets owned by ProLogis
unconsolidated investees.
Operating Lease Agreements
ProLogis leases its operating properties to customers under agreements
that are generally classified as operating leases. At September 30, 2004,
minimum lease payments on leases with lease periods greater than one year for
space in ProLogis directly owned properties for the remainder of 2004 and the
other years in the five-year period ending December 31, 2008 and thereafter are
as follows (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
For ProLogis directly owned properties, the largest customer and the 25
largest customers accounted for 1.38% and 15.97%, respectively, of ProLogis
annualized collected base rents at September 30, 2004.
4. Unconsolidated Investees:
Summary of Investments and Income
Since 1997, ProLogis has invested in various entities in which its
ownership interest is less than 100% and in which it does not have control as
defined under GAAP. Accordingly, these investments are presented under the
equity method in ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.
Certain of these investments were originally structured such
that ProLogis ownership interest would allow ProLogis to continue to comply
with the requirements of the Code to qualify as a REIT. However, with respect
to ProLogis investments in property funds, having an ownership interest of 50%
or less is part of ProLogis business strategy.
ProLogis investments in entities that are accounted for under the equity
method are summarized by type of investee as follows as of the dates indicated
(in thousands of U.S. dollars):
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ProLogis recognizes income or losses from its investments in
unconsolidated investees consisting of its proportionate shares of the
earnings or losses of these investees recognized under the equity method and
interest income on advances made to these investees, if any. Further, ProLogis
earns fees for providing services to the property funds. The amounts recognized
by ProLogis from its investments in unconsolidated investees are summarized as
follows for the periods indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
Property Funds
Contributions of developed
properties to a property fund allow ProLogis to realize, for financial
reporting purposes, a portion of the profits from its development activities
while at the same time allowing ProLogis to maintain a long-term ownership
interest in its developed properties. This business strategy also provides
liquidity to fund ProLogis future development activities and generates fee
income to ProLogis. ProLogis has investments in 15 property funds (13 of which
were formed by ProLogis). ProLogis ownership interests in these property funds
ranged from 11.5% to 50% at September 30, 2004. The property funds formed by
ProLogis own operating properties that have generally been contributed to them
by ProLogis, although certain of the property funds have also acquired properties from
third parties. Interests in two property funds were acquired by
ProLogis as part of the
Keystone Transaction (see Note 2). In most cases, ProLogis receives ownership
interests in the property funds as part of the proceeds generated by
the
contributions of properties to the property funds. ProLogis recognizes its proportionate share of the
earnings or losses of each property fund under the equity method. ProLogis
earns fees for acting as the manager of each of the property funds and may earn
additional fees by providing other services to certain of the property funds
including, but not limited to, acquisition, development and leasing activities
performed on their behalf.
ProLogis investments in the 15 property funds, presented under the equity
method, were as follows as of the dates indicated (in thousands of U.S.
dollars):
ProLogis
investments in the 15 property funds at September 30, 2004
consisted of the following components (in millions of U.S. dollars):
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ProLogis proportionate shares of the earnings or losses of the
property funds recognized under the equity method, interest income on advances
to the property funds, if any, and fees earned for services provided to the
property funds were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands of U.S.
dollars):
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ProLogis, from time to time, enters into Special Limited Contribution
Agreements (SLCA) in connection with certain of its contributions of
properties to certain of its property funds. Under the SLCAs, ProLogis is
obligated to make an additional capital contribution to the respective property
fund under certain circumstances, the occurrence of which ProLogis believes to
be remote. Specifically, ProLogis would be required to make an additional
capital contribution to the property fund if the property funds third-party
lender, whose loans to the property fund are generally secured by the property
funds assets and are non-recourse, does not receive a specified minimum level
of debt repayment. However, the proceeds received by the third-party lender
from the exhaustion of all of the assets of the property fund combined with the
debt repayments received directly from the property fund will reduce ProLogis
obligations under the SLCA on a dollar-for-dollar basis. ProLogis potential
obligations under the respective SLCAs, as a percentage of the assets in the
property funds, range from 2% to 28%. Accordingly, the value of the assets of
the respective property funds would have to decline by between 98% and 72%
before ProLogis would be required to make an additional capital contribution.
ProLogis believes that the likelihood of declines in the values of the assets
that support the third-party loans of the magnitude necessary to require an
additional capital contribution is remote, especially in light of the
geographically diversified portfolios of properties owned by the property
funds. Accordingly, these potential obligations have not been recognized as a
liability by ProLogis at September 30, 2004 and ProLogis has assessed a nominal
value to the obligation undertaken through the SLCAs. The potential obligations
under the SLCAs aggregate $402.8 million at September 30, 2004 and the combined
book value of the assets in the property funds, before depreciation, that are
subject to the provisions of the SLCAs was approximately $5.8 billion at
September 30, 2004.
In August 2003, ProLogis entered into an indemnification agreement with
ProLogis European Properties Fund whereby ProLogis would indemnify ProLogis
European Properties Fund for certain future capital gains tax liabilities that
could be incurred by ProLogis European Properties Fund associated with
contributions of properties to ProLogis European Properties Fund after March
31, 2003. ProLogis contributions to ProLogis European Properties Fund are
structured as contributions of the shares of companies that own the real estate
assets. Accordingly, the capital gains tax liability associated with the step
up in the value, if any, of the underlying real estate assets is deferred and
transferred to ProLogis European Properties Fund at contribution. ProLogis has
indemnified ProLogis European Properties Fund to the extent that ProLogis
European Properties Fund: (i) incurs capital gains tax as a result of a direct
sale of the real estate asset, as opposed to a transaction in which the shares
of the company owning the real estate asset are transferred or sold or (ii) is
required to grant a discount to the buyer of shares under a share transfer
transaction as a result of ProLogis European Properties Fund transferring the
embedded capital gain tax liability to the buyer of the shares in the
transaction. Further, if an initial public offering of units in ProLogis
European Properties Fund is undertaken, ProLogis has indemnified the unit
holders of ProLogis European Properties Fund in the event the unit holders are
required to accept a discount to the value of their units because the capital
gain tax liability is being transferred to the holders of units in the new
public entity. The agreement limits the amount that is subject to ProLogis
indemnification with respect to each property to 100% of the actual capital
gains tax liability that is deferred and transferred by ProLogis to ProLogis
European Properties Fund at the time of the initial contribution. Pursuant to
the indemnification agreement, ProLogis has recognized a deferred income tax
liability of $9.1 million associated with the contributions of 36 properties to
ProLogis European Properties Fund during the period from April 1, 2003 to
September 30, 2004.
In June 2004, ProLogis entered into an indemnification agreement with
ProLogis North American Properties Fund V whereby ProLogis would indemnify
ProLogis North American Properties Fund V for certain future capital gains tax
liabilities that could be incurred by ProLogis North American Properties Fund V
associated with the contribution of assets located in Mexico. ProLogis
contributions of properties located in Mexico to ProLogis North American
Properties Fund V are structured as contributions of the shares of companies
that own the real estate assets. Accordingly, the capital gains tax
liability in Mexico associated with the step up in the value, if any, of the underlying
real estate assets is deferred and transferred to ProLogis North American
Properties Fund V at contribution. ProLogis has indemnified ProLogis North
American Properties Fund V to the extent that ProLogis North American
Properties Fund V incurs capital gains tax in Mexico as a result of a sale of the
real estate asset or an interest in the real estate asset. The agreement limits
the amount that is subject to ProLogis indemnification with respect to each
property located in Mexico to the lesser of (1) the actual capital gains tax paid
in Mexico upon the sale of the real
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estate assets or
(2) 100% of the capital gains tax liability in Mexico that
is deferred and transferred by ProLogis to ProLogis North American Properties
Fund V at the time of the initial contribution. Pursuant to the indemnification
agreement, ProLogis has recognized a deferred income tax liability of $4.0
million associated with the contributions of 20 properties located in Mexico to ProLogis North
American Properties Fund V during the period from March 28, 2002 to September
30, 2004.
Summarized financial information of the property funds as of and for the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 is presented below (in millions of U.S.
dollars). The information presented is for the entire entity, not ProLogis
proportionate share of the entity.
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Other Investees
At
September 30, 2004, ProLogis had investments in six entities that
perform some of ProLogis CDFS business activities (the CDFS Joint Ventures),
in a temperature-controlled distribution company and in other companies that
are not included in one of ProLogis
two reportable business segments. Generally these
investments were structured to allow ProLogis to continue to meet the REIT
requirements of the Code. ProLogis investments in these companies were as
follows as of the dates indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
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ProLogis recognized its proportionate shares of the net earnings or losses
of its other unconsolidated investees including interest income, if any, as
follows for the periods indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
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5. Discontinued Operations:
Discontinued operations are defined in Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (SFAS) No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets, as a component of an entity that has either been disposed
of or is classified as held for sale if both the operations and cash flows of
the component have been or will be eliminated from ongoing operations of the
entity as a result of the disposal transaction and the entity will not have any
significant continuing involvement in the operations of the component after the
disposal transaction. SFAS No. 144 further provides that the assets and
liabilities of the component of the entity that has been classified as
discontinued operations be presented separately in the entitys balance sheet.
The results of operations of the component of the entity that has been
classified as discontinued operations are also reported as discontinued
operations for all periods presented.
Properties that ProLogis disposed of to third parties are considered to be
discontinued operations unless ProLogis developed such properties under a
pre-sale agreement. However, properties that ProLogis contributes to property
funds in which ProLogis maintains an ownership interest and acts as manager are
not considered to be discontinued operations due to ProLogis continuing
involvement with the properties. Discontinued operations recognized directly by
ProLogis unconsolidated investees, if any, are not required to be reflected
separately from ProLogis investment balance or separately from the earnings or
losses of those entities of which ProLogis recognizes its proportionate share
under the equity method.
During the period prior to the contribution or sale but after the
completion of CDFS business activities (development, rehabilitation or
repositioning), ProLogis includes CDFS business assets in its operating
portfolio and as a part of the property operations segment. These
assets do not generally meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale or
as discontinued operations. See Note 11.
Assets Held For Sale
The
net assets of TCL Holdings temperature - controlled
distribution operations in France that are classified
as held for sale consisted of the following at September 30, 2004 (in thousands
of U.S. dollars):
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TCL Holdings operations in France that are classified as held for sale
generated earnings of $4.0 million and $10.8 million for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. ProLogis began consolidating its
investments in TCL Holding on January 1, 2004 (see Notes 1 and 4). Certain of
these operations were classified as held for sale during portions of 2003.
However, because ProLogis investments in TCL Holding were presented under the
equity method during 2003, it was not required to separately reflect
as discontinued operations in 2003 the portion of its
investments in TCL Holding related to the French operations that were held for
sale or the portion of its earnings recognized under the equity method from TCL
Holding attributable to the French operations that were held for sale.
Assets Disposed of in 2004
ProLogis disposed of three properties during the three months ended
September 30, 2004 and 15 properties during the nine months ended September 30,
2004 that met the criteria to be presented as discontinued operations and
recognized net gains of $23.6 million and $30.2 million, respectively,
associated with these dispositions. Of the 15 properties disposed of during
2004, eight properties were CDFS business assets. These properties generated an
aggregate net gain of $31.1 million from aggregate net disposition proceeds of
$232.6 million. The remaining seven properties disposed of in 2004 were held
and used in ProLogis property operations segment. The dispositions of these
properties generated an aggregate net gain of $0.7 million from aggregate net
disposition proceeds of $26.4 million. Also, ProLogis recognized a net loss for
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 in discontinued
operations of $1.6 million, representing an
adjustment to the net gain previously recognized upon the sale of TCL Holdings
operating assets in the United Kingdom in December 2003.
The operating amounts attributable to the 15 properties that are presented
as discontinued operations (other than the amounts recognized upon disposition)
are as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
6. Borrowings:
Lines of Credit and Short-term Borrowings
On August 18, 2004, ProLogis entered into a credit agreement with U.S.
Bank National Association providing for a $95.0 million short-term borrowing
arrangement that expires on December 16, 2004. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest generally at the
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin (average
annual interest rate of 2.19% at September 30, 2004). The balance outstanding
at September 30, 2004 was repaid in October 2004 and
ProLogis cannot now reborrow additional amounts under the
agreement.
On September 17, 2004, ProLogis increased its borrowing capacity under its
credit agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, acting as
agent for a syndicate of 20 banks, from 45.0 billion yen to 65.0 billion yen
(the currency equivalent of approximately $588.0 million at September 30,
2004). All other terms of the credit agreement remain the same.
Senior Notes
On April 13, 2004, ProLogis issued 350.0 million euro of senior notes (the
currency equivalent of approximately $427.4 million as of September 30, 2004)
that are registered on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the Euro Notes). The
Euro Notes will mature in April 2011 and bear interest at a fixed coupon rate
of 4.375% per annum (an
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effective interest rate of 4.414% per annum) to be paid on an annual basis
beginning in April 2005. The net proceeds from the issuance of the Euro Notes
were 347.8 million euro (approximately $420.6 million). A portion of the
proceeds was used to repay 76.8 million euro of borrowings under one of
ProLogis revolving lines of credit. The remaining cash was repatriated to the
United States. As of September 30, 2004, the carrying balance of the Euro
Notes, net of applicable original issue discount, was $426.5 million.
ProLogis has issued senior notes that bear interest at fixed rates to be
paid on a semi-annual basis. At September 30, 2004, ProLogis had $1.34 billion
of publicly issued senior notes (the Public Notes) and $160.0 million of
senior notes issued pursuant to a private placement (the Private Placement
Notes) (collectively the Notes) outstanding. The holders of the Euro Notes
and the Notes, together with various other creditors of ProLogis, share in the
benefits of the pledge of intercompany debt obligations pledged by certain
subsidiaries of ProLogis. However, the Euro Notes and the Notes are effectively
subordinated in certain respects to: (i) any debt of ProLogis secured by a lien
on its real property, to the extent of the value of such real property; (ii)
debt of certain subsidiaries of ProLogis that can borrow under ProLogis 65.0
billion yen revolving line of credit agented by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation; (iii) borrowings under ProLogis 25.0 million pound sterling
revolving line of credit provided by the Royal Bank of Scotland plc; and (iv)
debt of certain other subsidiaries of ProLogis that due to restrictions under
applicable law or tax considerations, or by agreement, are not required to
pledge assets to secure debt of ProLogis. In addition, as a result of the
termination of a guaranty by certain subsidiaries that was temporarily in place
with respect to the Public Notes, the Public Notes are effectively subordinated
in certain respects to any debt of ProLogis that has the benefit of a guaranty
by one or more subsidiaries of ProLogis.
Long-Term Debt Maturities
The approximate principal payments on ProLogis senior notes, secured debt
and assessment bonds outstanding at September 30, 2004 that are due during the
remainder of 2004, during the other years in the five-year period ending
December 31, 2008 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
7. Shareholders Equity:
Common Shares
ProLogis had 183,468,734 and 180,182,615 Common Shares outstanding at
September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively.
ProLogis sells and/or issues Common Shares under various Common Share
plans, including share - based compensation plans:
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In 2004, ProLogis issued 16,000 Common Shares upon exchange of limited
partnership units in two of ProLogis majority-owned and controlled real
estate partnerships.
Preferred Shares
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis had three series of preferred shares of
beneficial interest (Preferred Shares) outstanding (Series C Preferred
Shares, Series F Preferred Shares and Series G Preferred Shares). Holders
of each series of Preferred Shares outstanding have, subject to certain
conditions, limited voting rights and all holders are entitled to receive
cumulative preferential dividends based upon each series respective
liquidation preference. After the respective redemption
dates, each series of Preferred Shares can be redeemed at ProLogis option. The
cash redemption price (other than the portion consisting of accrued and unpaid
dividends) with respect to Series C Preferred Shares is payable solely out of
the cumulative sales proceeds of other capital shares of ProLogis, which may
include shares of other series of Preferred Shares. With respect to the payment
of dividends, each series of Preferred Shares ranks on parity with ProLogis
other series of Preferred Shares.
ProLogis Preferred Shares outstanding at September 30, 2004 are
summarized as follows (amounts in U.S. dollars as applicable):
ProLogis outstanding Series D Preferred Shares (5,000,000
shares) were redeemed on January 12, 2004 at the price of $25.00 per share,
plus $0.066 in accrued and unpaid dividends. The total redemption value
(including accrued dividends) was $125.3 million. ProLogis recognized a charge
of $4.2 million representing the excess of the redemption value over the
carrying value of the Series D Preferred Shares redeemed.
ProLogis redeemed its outstanding Series E Preferred
Shares (2,000,000 shares) at a price of $25.00 per share, plus $0.3685 in
accrued and unpaid dividends on July 1, 2003. The total redemption value (including accrued
dividends) was $50.7 million. ProLogis recognized a charge of $3.6 million
representing the excess of the redemption value over the carrying value of the
Series E Preferred Shares redeemed.
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8. Distributions and Dividends:
Common Share Distributions
Distributions of $0.365 per Common
Share for the first, second and third quarters of 2004 were paid on February
27, 2004, May 28, 2004 and August 31, 2004, respectively, to holders of Common
Shares on February 13, 2004, May 14, 2004 and
August 17, 2004, respectively. Quarterly
Common Share distributions paid in 2004 are based on the annual
distribution level of $1.46 per Common Share (as compared to
$1.44 per Common Share in 2003) set by the Board in December 2003. The payment of Common Share distributions is
subject to the discretion of the Board and is dependent upon ProLogis
financial condition and operating results, and may be adjusted at the
discretion of the Board during the year.
Preferred Share Dividends
The annual dividends on ProLogis Preferred Shares are $4.27 per share
(Series C) and $1.6875 per share (Series F and Series G). On March 31, 2004,
June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004, ProLogis paid quarterly dividends of
$1.0675 per share (Series C) and $0.421875 per share (Series F and Series G).
Such dividends are payable quarterly in arrears on the
last day of March, June, September and December. Dividends on Preferred Shares
are payable when, and if, they have been declared by the Board, out of funds
legally available for the payment of dividends.
Pursuant to the terms of its Preferred Shares, ProLogis is restricted from
declaring or paying any distribution with respect to its Common Shares unless
and until all cumulative dividends with respect to the Preferred Shares have
been paid and sufficient funds have been set aside for dividends that have been
declared for the then-current dividend period with respect to the Preferred
Shares.
9. Earnings Per Common Share:
Reconciliations of the numerator and denominator used to calculate basic
net earnings attributable to Common Shares per share to the numerator and
denominator used to calculate diluted net earnings attributable to Common
Shares per share for the periods indicated are as follows (in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts):
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10. Long-Term Compensation:
ProLogis recognizes the costs of its share-based compensation plans under
the provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, that
allow ProLogis to continue to account for these plans using Accounting
Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees, and related interpretations. Under APB No. 25, if the exercise
price of the share options granted equals or exceeds the market price of the
underlying share on the date of grant, no compensation expense is recognized.
SFAS No. 123 requires that the fair value of the share options granted be
recognized as compensation expense, regardless of the relationship of the
exercise price to the market price. ProLogis grants share options to employees
and members of its Board that have an exercise price that is equal to the
average of the high and low market prices on the day the options are granted.
Therefore, no compensation expense is recognized. ProLogis recognizes
compensation expense if the terms of the share options or other instruments
awarded are changed in such a manner that the variable accounting rules as
provided in APB No. 25 become applicable.
Had ProLogis recognized compensation expense for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 using an option valuation model as provided
in SFAS No. 123, its net earnings (loss) attributable to Common Shares and net
earnings (loss) attributable to Common Shares per share for these periods would
have changed as follows (in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share
amounts):
Since share options vest over several years and additional grants are
likely to be made in future years, the pro forma compensation
expense used in the
presentation
above may not be representative of compensation expense to be expected in
future years.
The pro forma amounts above were calculated using the Black-Scholes model
to value the option grants and the following assumptions:
11. Business Segments:
ProLogis has two reportable business segments:
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The assets of the CDFS business segment generally include properties under
development and land held for development. During the period between the
completion of CDFS business segment activities (development,
rehabilitation and/or repositioning) associated with a property and
the date the property is contributed to a property fund or sold to a third
party, the property and its associated rental income and rental expenses are
included in the property operations segment because the primary activity
associated with the property during that period is leasing. Upon contribution
or sale, the resulting gain or loss is part of the net operating income of the
CDFS business segment. Certain sales to third parties are presented as
discontinued operations. See Note 5.
Reconciliations are presented below for: (i) each reportable business
segments income from external customers to ProLogis total revenues; (ii) each
reportable business segments net operating income from external customers to
ProLogis earnings before minority interest; and (iii) each reportable business
segments assets to ProLogis total assets. ProLogis chief operating decision
makers rely primarily on net operating income and similar measures to make
decisions about allocating resources and assessing segment performance. The
applicable components of ProLogis revenues, earnings before minority interest
and assets are allocated to each reportable business segments income, net
operating income and assets. Items that are not directly assignable
to a segment are reflected as reconciling
items. The following reconciliations are presented in thousands of U.S.
dollars:
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12. Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
Non-cash investing and financing activities for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003 are as follows:
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Other Information
The amount of interest paid in cash for the three months ended September
30, 2004 and 2003 was $46.1 million and $44.9 million, respectively, and for
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 was $137.2 million and $134.3
million, respectively.
In connection with the Keystone Transaction described in Note 2, ProLogis
assumed minority interest liabilities valued at $41.1 million
(including approximately $30.0 million of limited partnership
units issued by ProLogis) and secured debt
valued at $13.1 million. See Note 2.
13. Derivative Financial Instruments:
ProLogis uses derivative financial instruments as hedges to manage
well-defined risk associated with interest and foreign currency exchange rate
fluctuations on existing or anticipated obligations and transactions. ProLogis
does not use derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.
The primary risks associated with derivative instruments are market risk
and credit risk. Market risk is defined as the potential for loss in the value
of the derivative due to adverse changes in market prices (interest rates or
foreign currency exchange rates). The use of derivative financial instruments
allows ProLogis to manage the risks of increases in interest rates and
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates with respect to the effects
these fluctuations would have on ProLogis income and cash flows.
Credit risk is the risk that one of the parties to a derivative contract
fails to perform or meet their financial obligation under the contract.
ProLogis does not obtain collateral to support financial instruments subject to
credit risk but monitors the credit standing of counterparties, primarily
global commercial banks. ProLogis does not anticipate non-performance by any of
the counterparties to its derivative instruments. However, should a
counterparty fail to perform, ProLogis would incur a financial loss to the
extent a positive fair market value is attributable to ProLogis derivative
contract position.
The following table summarizes the activity in ProLogis derivative
instruments for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 (in millions of U.S.
dollars):
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14. Commitments and Contingencies:
Environmental Matters
All of the properties acquired by ProLogis were subjected to environmental
reviews by either ProLogis or by the predecessor owners. While some of these
assessments have led to further investigation and sampling, none of the
environmental assessments have revealed an environmental liability (including
any asbestos related liability) that ProLogis believes would have a material
adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
Further, ProLogis is not currently aware of any environmental liability
(including any asbestos related liability) that it believes would have a
material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of
operations.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheet of
ProLogis and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2004, and the related
consolidated condensed statements of earnings (loss) and comprehensive income
(loss) for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 and
2003, and the consolidated condensed statements of cash flows for the nine
month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003. These consolidated condensed
financial statements are the responsibility of ProLogis management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards established by the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim
financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to
financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion
regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not
express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that
should be made to the consolidated condensed financial statements referred to
above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
We have previously audited, in accordance with standards established by
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated
balance sheet of ProLogis and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003, and the
related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented
herein); and in our report dated February 3, 2004, we expressed an unqualified
opinion on those consolidated financial statements. Our report refers to our
audit of the adjustments that were applied to revise the 2001 consolidated
financial statements, as more fully described in Note 2 to the consolidated
financial statements. However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply
any procedures to the 2001 consolidated financial statements other than with
respect to such adjustments. In our opinion, the information set forth in the
accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2003, is
fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated
balance sheet from which it has been derived.
KPMG LLP
Los Angeles, California
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ITEM 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with ProLogis
Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements and the related notes included in
Item 1 of this report and ProLogis 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Some statements contained in this discussion are not historical facts but
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because these forward-looking statements are
based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and
markets in which ProLogis operates, managements beliefs and assumptions made
by management, they involve uncertainties that could significantly impact
ProLogis financial results. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends,
plans, believes, seeks, estimates, variations of such words and similar
expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include discussions of strategy, plans or intentions
of management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and
involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to
predict. The discussions concerning ProLogis expectations with respect to
economic conditions in the geographic areas where it has operations and its
ability to raise private capital and generate income in the CDFS business
segment (including the discussions with respect to ProLogis expectations as to
the availability of capital in its existing property funds such that these
property funds will be able to acquire ProLogis stabilized developed
properties that are expected to be available for contribution in the future)
contain forward-looking statements. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may
differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking
statements. Factors that may affect outcomes and results include: (i) changes
in general economic conditions in ProLogis markets that could adversely affect
demand for ProLogis properties and the creditworthiness of ProLogis
customers; (ii) changes in financial markets, interest rates and foreign
currency exchange rates that could adversely affect ProLogis cost of capital,
its ability to meet its financial needs and obligations and its results of
operations; (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for distribution
properties in ProLogis markets; (iv) the availability of private capital to
ProLogis; (v) geopolitical concerns and uncertainties; and (vi) those
additional factors discussed in ProLogis 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
A summary of the discussions that follow in Item 2. Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is
presented below.
Results of Operations:
Liquidity and Capital Resources:
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Results of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003
ProLogis net earnings attributable to Common Shares were $202.6 million
and $78.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. Basic and diluted net earnings attributable to Common Shares were
$1.12 and $1.08 per share, respectively, for the nine months ended September
30, 2004 and $0.44 and $0.43 per share, respectively, for the nine months ended
September 30, 2003.
Property Operations
In addition to its directly owned operating properties, ProLogis includes
its investments in the property funds that are presented under the equity
method in its property operations segment. See Notes 4 and 11 to ProLogis
Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1. ProLogis owned operating
properties directly or had ownership interests in operating properties through
its investments in the property funds as follows as of the dates indicated
(square feet in thousands):
The net operating income of ProLogis property operations segment consists
of: (i) rental income and rental expenses from the operating properties that
are directly owned by ProLogis; (ii) income recognized by ProLogis under the
equity method from its investments in the property funds; (iii) fees and other
income earned by ProLogis for services performed on behalf of the property
funds, primarily property management and asset management services; and (iv)
interest earned on advances to the property funds, if any. The net operating
income generated by operating properties that were developed or acquired in the
CDFS business segment is included in the property operations segment during the
interim period that these properties are included in the property operations
segment, generally from the date of completion or acquisition through the date
the properties are contributed or sold. See Note 11 to ProLogis Consolidated
Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
The amounts recognized under the equity method represent ProLogis
proportionate share of the earnings or loss of each property fund based on its
ownership interest in the property fund for the period. The earnings or losses
of the property funds include the following income and expense items, in
addition to rental income and rental expenses: (i) interest income and interest
expense; (ii) depreciation and amortization expense; (iii) general and
administrative expenses; (iv) income taxes; and (v) foreign currency exchange
gains and losses, with respect to ProLogis European Properties Fund. See Notes
4 and 11 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
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in Item 1. ProLogis net operating income from the property operations
segment was as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands of U.S.
dollars):
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The stabilized operating properties owned by ProLogis and the property
funds were 91.03% leased at September 30, 2004, 90.21% leased at December 31,
2003 and 90.78% leased at September 30, 2003. A property enters the stabilized
pool at the earlier of 12 months or when it becomes substantially leased, which
is defined by ProLogis generally as 93%. Therefore, ProLogis stabilized
properties are those properties where the capital improvements, repositioning
efforts, new management and new marketing programs for acquisitions or the
marketing programs in the case of newly developed properties, have been
completed and in effect for a sufficient period of time.
Changes in economic
conditions will generally impact customer leasing
decisions and absorption of new distribution properties. Weakening economic
conditions in the United States and certain Western European countries and
certain geopolitical concerns and uncertainties, primarily in Europe,
negatively impacted ProLogis stabilized occupancy levels in the last half of
2002 and continued into 2003 (91.24% leased at December 31, 2002 as compared to 93.09% leased at
December 31, 2001). With respect to Japan, ProLogis has not observed similar
trends in economic conditions and continues to experience consistent demand for
distribution space in its properties. ProLogis observed improvements in North
American absorption and occupancy levels in the second and third
quarters of 2004. Also in the second and third quarters of 2004, ProLogis experienced
improvements in leasing activity in Europe, primarily with respect to its
existing CDFS business assets that were included in the
property operations segment prior to being contributed or sold.
ProLogis does not expect economic conditions to change significantly
during the remainder of 2004 and through early 2005 even though there have been
some positive trends in occupancies in North America and Europe. While
ProLogis believes that occupancies may continue to increase through early 2005,
it does not believe that occupancies will improve to the late 2001 levels
during that time. ProLogis continues to believe that shifts in distribution patterns
of its customers in Europe and Japan and their needs to reduce their
distribution costs have been, and will continue to be, key drivers of leasing
decisions. ProLogis believes that the diversification of its global operating
platform and the ProLogis Operating System® have somewhat mitigated the effects
of market occupancy decreases.
Rental rates during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 for both new
and renewed leases for previously leased space (35.1 million square feet) for
all properties including those owned by the property funds decreased by 5.4% as
compared to a decrease in rental rates of 3.9% during the same period in 2003
for similar transactions. ProLogis believes that the negative rental rate
growth experienced so far in 2004 continues to be the result of economic conditions
that have depressed current market rents such that they are generally below the
rents that ProLogis was earning on expiring leases. ProLogis beleives
that this trend in rental rates could continue into 2005.
ProLogis management evaluates the operating performance of its property
operations segment, its management personnel and individual markets using a
same store analysis because the population of properties in this analysis is
consistent from period to period, thereby eliminating the effects of changes in
the composition of the portfolio on performance measures. ProLogis includes
properties owned directly and properties owned by its property funds in the
same store analysis. Accordingly, ProLogis defines its same store portfolio of
operating properties for each quarter as those properties that have been in
operation throughout the full quarter in both the current year and the prior
year. When a property is disposed of to a third party it will be removed from
the population for the current quarter and the corresponding quarter of the
prior year only. ProLogis same store portfolio for the first, second and
third quarters of 2004 included 207.2 million square feet,
206.7 million square feet and 206.7 million square feet, respectively. Net operating income, defined for the same store
analysis as rental income, excluding termination and renegotiation fees, less
rental expenses, generated by the same store portfolio increased by 0.04% for
the nine-month period in 2004 from the same period in 2003. For the nine-month
period in 2003, the net operating income of the same store portfolio applicable
to that period increased by 0.69% over the comparable 2002 period. The same
store portfolios rental rates decreased during the nine months ended
September 30, 2004. ProLogis believes that the
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factors that are resulting in decreases in net
operating income and decreases in rental rates in the same store portfolio are the same as for its
total portfolio. The percentage change presented is the weighted average of the
measure computed separately for ProLogis and each of the property funds with
the weighting based on each entitys proportionate share of the combined
component on which the change is computed. In order to derive an appropriate
measure of period-to-period operating performance, the percentage change
computation removes the effects of foreign currency exchange rate movements by
computing each propertys components in that propertys functional currency.
Rental income computed under GAAP applicable to the properties included in
the same store portfolio is adjusted to remove the net termination and
renegotiation fees recognized in each period. Net termination and renegotiation
fees excluded from rental income for the same stock portfolio
(including properties directly owned and properties owned by property
funds) were $3.4 million for the
2004 period and $5.3 million for the 2003 period. Net
termination and renegotiation fees represent the gross fee negotiated to allow
a customer to terminate or renegotiate their lease, offset by that customers rent leveling
asset that has been previously recognized under GAAP, if any. Removing the net
termination fees from the same store calculation of rental income allows
ProLogis management to evaluate the growth or decline in each propertys
rental income without regard to items that are not indicative of the propertys
recurring operating performance. Customer terminations are negotiated under
specific circumstances and are not subject to specific provisions or rights
allowed under the lease agreements.
In computing the percentage change in rental expenses, the rental expenses
applicable to the properties in the same store portfolio include property
management expenses for ProLogis directly owned properties. These expenses are
based on the property management fee that is provided for in the individual
agreements under which ProLogis wholly owned management company provides
property management services to each property (generally the fee is based on a
percentage of revenues). On consolidation, the management fee income earned by
the management company and the management fee expense recognized by the
properties are eliminated and the direct costs of providing property management
services are recognized as part of ProLogis rental expenses reported under
GAAP.
CDFS Business
Net operating income from ProLogis CDFS business segment consists
primarily of: (i) gains and losses resulting from the contributions and sales of
developed properties and from the contributions of properties that were
acquired with the intent to contribute the properties to a property fund,
including properties that have been rehabilitated and/or repositioned; (ii)
gains and losses from the dispositions of land parcels; (iii) development
management fees earned by ProLogis for services provided to third parties; and
(iv) land holding costs and pursuit cost write-offs associated with CDFS
business assets.
Income from the CDFS business segment is dependent on ProLogis ability to
develop and timely lease properties, or to acquire properties that eventually
can be contributed to property funds or sold to third parties, generating
profits to ProLogis, and ProLogis success in raising private capital that can
be used to acquire its properties, generally accomplished through the formation
of property funds, but also from other sources. For the nine months in 2004,
ProLogis net operating income in this segment increased from the same period
in 2003 by $48.4 million (an increase of $79.5 million when the
gains from dispositions of CDFS business properties that are presented as
discontinued operations are included). However, if the net contingent proceeds recognized in
2004 related to a 2003 contribution are excluded, the net operating income of
this segment (including discontinued operations) increased by $74.8 million.
The increase in the gains recognized in 2004 from 2003 reflects higher
gross margins, particularly associated with the 2004 transactions in the United
Kingdom and Japan, a higher volume of transactions (based on cost) in
2004, including more sales of land parcels in 2004, and
increases in the foreign currency exchange rates that were used to translate gains
recognized in Europe and Japan to U.S. dollars in 2004. ProLogis attributes the
volume of transactions in 2004 to improved leasing activity for CDFS business
properties, mostly in Europe, and also to its ability to raise private capital
($90.4 million of third party capital raised in the second quarter of 2004 as a
result of forming five new property funds). ProLogis believes that the increase
in leasing activity results from improvements in economic conditions that have
positively impacted its customers decision-making processes with respect to
changes in their distribution networks. There can be no assurance that ProLogis
will be able to maintain or increase the current level of net operating income
in this
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segment. ProLogis cannot predict the effects that any continuing economic
or other uncertainties will have on its ability to lease its properties, or
the length of time that such uncertainties will continue. If ProLogis is unable
to timely lease its completed developments and repositioned acquisitions, it
will be unable to contribute these properties to property funds or otherwise
dispose of the properties and would be unable to recognize profits from its
CDFS business activities in the anticipated reporting
period.
The CDFS business segments net operating income includes the following
components for the periods indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
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ProLogis continues to monitor leasing activity and general economic
conditions in the United States as it pertains to its CDFS business segment
operations with the expectation that an economic recovery, early signs of which
have been observed, could provide increased CDFS business opportunities to
ProLogis as companies continue optimizing their supply chains. In Europe,
ProLogis believes that the continued demand for state-of-the-art distribution
properties, improvement in economic conditions and lessening of geopolitical
concerns have resulted, and could continue to result, in the acceleration of
leasing decisions that provide opportunities for ProLogis in the CDFS business
segment. Further, ProLogis believes its development activities will not be
significantly affected by land entitlement constraints that currently exist in
Europe because it has over 1,800 acres of land owned or controlled in Europe at
September 30, 2004 and its personnel are experienced in the land entitlement
process. As in Europe, ProLogis believes that demand for state-of-the-art
distribution properties in Japan will continue to provide opportunities for
ProLogis in the CDFS business segment. ProLogis has not observed similar trends
in Japan with respect to economic and other uncertainties. In Japan, the CDFS
business opportunities available to ProLogis will be limited if ProLogis is
unable to acquire adequate land parcels for development.
Other Items
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $60.4 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004 as compared to $46.7 million for the same period in
2003. Included in the expense recognized for 2004 are $0.9 million of expenses
associated with TCL Holding. TCL Holding is presented on a consolidated basis
only in 2004. See Notes 1 and 4 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial
Statements in Item 1. General and administrative expenses are primarily a
function of the various business initiatives being undertaken in a given period
and can vary from period to period based on these initiatives. Increases in the
first nine months of 2004 over the same period in 2003 are the result of
expanded operations in Japan and China, additional share-based compensation
costs and increases in the foreign currency exchange rates that are used to
translate expenses incurred in Europe and Asia to U.S. dollars.
Relocation Expenses
ProLogis is relocating its corporate accounting and information technology
functions from El Paso, Texas to Denver, Colorado. This process, which began in
June 2004, is expected to occur over a period of six to nine
months. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004, ProLogis recognized relocation expenses of $2.8 million,
including $1.4 million of
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severance-related employee costs, $0.5 million of other costs and $0.9
million of additional depreciation associated with the non-real estate assets
located in El Paso. ProLogis expects the total cost of this relocation project
to be between $8.0 million and $12.0 million.
Losses from Other Unconsolidated Investees, Net
Amounts recognized by ProLogis under the equity method from its
investments in unconsolidated investees that are not part of ProLogis two
reportable business segments were as follows for the periods indicated (in
thousands of U.S. dollars). For a discussion of these unconsolidated investees,
see Note 4 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in
Item 1.
Interest Expense
Interest expense is a function of the level of borrowings outstanding,
interest rates charged on borrowings and the amount of interest capitalization
that is calculated based on the volume of ProLogis qualifying development
activities. Interest expense for the periods indicated includes the following
components (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
Gains Recognized on Dispositions of Non-CDFS Business Assets, Net
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From time to time, ProLogis has contributed or sold properties that have
been held and used in the property operations segment. Certain sales to third
parties will occur when a property is determined to have become non-strategic.
Non-strategic properties are assets located in markets or submarkets that are
no longer considered to be target markets or assets that were
acquired as part of previous portfolio acquisitions that are not consistent
with ProLogis core portfolio based on the assets size or configuration. Also,
ProLogis contributes properties to property funds that have been held for
direct, long-term investment in the property operations segment to complement
the portfolio of CDFS business properties that are contributed to the property
funds. In 2004, such properties that were sold to third parties have been
classified as discontinued operations. The net gains or losses recognized from
contributions of properties that had been held and used in the property
operations segment to a property fund are included in income from continuing
operations due to ProLogis continuing involvement with the properties. In
2003, ProLogis did not classify any sales or contributions of properties
that had been held and used in the property operations segment as discontinued
operations, as the effect of such reclassification would not have had a
material effect on ProLogis financial statements.
Contributions of long-term investment properties for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and sales and contributions of long-term investment
properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2003 were as follows:
Included in the net gain recognized for the nine months ended September
30, 2003 is $1.1 million ($1.0 million in the first quarter, $0.1 million in
the second quarter) related to previous sales transactions. Adjustments to
previously recognized gains or losses generally occur upon the settlement of
contractual issues or due to changes in the original estimates of costs related
to previous transactions.
Gain on Partial Disposition of Investment in Property Fund
ProLogis recognized a gain of $3.3 million in the second quarter of 2004
resulting from its exchange of a portion of its investment in
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund into units of MPR, the listed property trust in
Australia that had an effective ownership interest in the ProLogis-Macquarie
Fund of 86% at June 30, 2004. Upon receipt of the units in MPR, ProLogis sold
them in the public market, generating net proceeds of $13.2 million. See Note 4
to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
Foreign Currency Exchange Gains (Expenses/Losses), Net
ProLogis and certain of its foreign consolidated subsidiaries have
intercompany or third party debt that is not denominated in that entitys
functional currency. When the debt is remeasured against the functional
currency of the entity, a gain or loss can result. To mitigate its foreign
currency exchange exposure, ProLogis borrows in the functional currency of the
borrowing entity when possible. Certain of ProLogis intercompany debt are
remeasured with the resulting adjustment recognized as a cumulative translation
adjustment in accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders equity.
This treatment is applicable to intercompany debt that is deemed to be a permanent
source of capital to the subsidiary or investee. Additionally, ProLogis
utilizes derivative financial instruments to manage certain foreign
currency exchange risks, primarily put option contracts with notional amounts
corresponding to ProLogis projected net income from its operations in Europe
and Japan. See Note 13 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
Generally, the amount of net foreign currency exchange gains or losses
recognized in results of operations is a function of movements in exchange
rates, the levels of intercompany and third party debt outstanding and the
currency in which such debt is denominated as compared to the functional
currency of the entities that are parties to
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the debt agreements. The net foreign currency exchange amounts recognized
in ProLogis results of operations were as follows for the periods indicated
(in thousands of U.S. dollars):
Income Taxes
ProLogis has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code and is not
generally required to pay federal income taxes if it meets the REIT
requirements of the Code. ProLogis consolidated subsidiaries in the United
States that are not qualified REIT subsidiaries for tax purposes are subject to
federal income taxes, and ProLogis is taxed in certain states in which it
operates. Also, the foreign countries where ProLogis has operations do not
necessarily recognize REITs under their respective tax laws. Accordingly,
ProLogis recognizes income taxes for these jurisdictions in accordance with
GAAP, as necessary.
Current income tax expense was $18.2 million and $1.9 million for the nine
months in 2004 and 2003, respectively. ProLogis recognized deferred income tax
expense of $12.0 million and $9.9 million for the nine months in 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
Current income tax expense is generally a function of the level of income
recognized by ProLogis taxable subsidiaries operating in the CDFS business
segment in addition to state income taxes and taxes incurred in foreign
jurisdictions. During the third quarter of 2004, ProLogis disposed of a higher
volume of properties to third parties that were located in the United Kingdom
generating a higher level of net gains that are included in its taxable income in that country. The deferred income
tax component of total income taxes is a function of the periods temporary
differences (items that are treated differently for tax purposes than for book
purposes) and the utilization of tax net operating losses generated in prior
years that had been previously recognized as deferred tax assets. Upon
execution of certain indemnification agreements, ProLogis began recognizing
deferred income tax liabilities associated with certain property contributions to
ProLogis European Properties Fund (beginning in the third quarter of 2003) and
ProLogis North American Properties Fund (beginning in the second quarter of
2004). Under these indemnification agreements, ProLogis will continue to
recognize deferred income tax liabilities related to its future contributions
to ProLogis European Properties Fund and ProLogis North American Properties
Fund V (contributions of properties located in Mexico only). Of the total
deferred income tax expense recognized during the first nine months of 2004 and
2003, $9.5 million and $2.9 million, respectively, are related to the
indemnification agreements. See Note 4 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed
Financial Statements in Item 1.
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Discontinued Operations
Discontinued operations represent a component of an entity that has either
been disposed of or is classified as held for sale if both the operations and
cash flows of the component have been or will be eliminated from ongoing
operations of the entity as a result of the disposal transaction and the entity
will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the
component after the disposal transaction. The assets and liabilities of the
component of the entity that has been classified as discontinued operations are
presented separately in the balance sheet and the results of operations of the
component of the entity that has been classified as discontinued operations are
reported as discontinued operations in the statement of earnings. See Note 5 to
ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, ProLogis has
reported discontinued operations as follows:
Excess of Redemption Values over Carrying Values of Preferred Shares
Redeemed
ProLogis recognized charges to net earnings of $4.2 million for the nine
months in 2004 (all in the first quarter) and $3.6 million for the nine months
in 2003 (all in the third quarter), representing the excess of the redemption
values over the carrying values of the remaining Series D Preferred Shares that
were redeemed in January 2004 and the Series E Preferred Shares that were
redeemed in July 2003. After the 2004 redemption, all of ProLogis series of
Preferred Shares that have met their optional redemption date have been
redeemed. The next optional redemption date for a series of Preferred Shares is
in 2008.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003
The changes in net earnings attributable to Common Shares and its
components for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared to the three
months ended September 30, 2003 are similar to the changes for the nine-month
periods ended on the same dates. Further, the three-month period changes are
attributable to the same reasons discussed and specific
discussions of the three-month periods are included
under - Losses from Other Unconsolidated Investees, net,
- Income Taxes and - Excess of Redemption Values
over Carrying Values of Preferred Shares Redeemed.
Environmental Matters
ProLogis has not experienced any environmental condition associated with
its properties which materially adversely affected its results of operations or
financial position, nor is ProLogis aware of any environmental liability that
it believes would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial
condition or results of operations. See Risk Factors - General
Real Estate Risks - Potential Environmental Liability in
ProLogis 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
ProLogis considers its liquidity and its ability to generate cash from its
operating activities, from the contributions and sales of properties
and from its other available
financing sources to be adequate and expects it to continue to be adequate to
meet its anticipated future development, acquisition, operating and debt
service needs, as well as its shareholder distribution requirements.
The Keystone Transaction was closed on August 4, 2004 (see Note 2 to
ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1). ProLogis
made a cash payment of approximately $510 million at closing, including ProLogis share of
cash consideration and the funding of working capital reserves of approximately
$6 million. ProLogis revolving lines of credit and a short-term
borrowing agreement provided cash for this transaction. Of the total cash
outlay, ProLogis funded approximately $178 million on a short-term basis. Of
this amount, approximately $95 million has been returned to
ProLogis as a result of the completion of approximately $473 million of long-term,
secured
financing arrangements by the
Acquiring Property Funds in October 2004. ProLogis expects that the remainder
will be returned after long-term, secured financing arrangements
of approximately $419 million are completed
by the Acquiring Property Funds during the remainder of 2004. Amounts returned to
ProLogis were used to repay $95 million of short-term borrowings that were
outstanding at September 30, 2004.
ProLogis revolving lines of credit provide liquidity and financial
flexibility, thereby allowing ProLogis to efficiently respond to market
opportunities and execute its business strategy. ProLogis anticipates that
future repayments of its revolving lines of credit borrowings will be funded
primarily through the proceeds from future property contributions and sales and
from the proceeds generated by future issuances of debt or equity securities,
depending on market conditions. Such regular repayments of line of
credit borrowings are necessary to allow
ProLogis to maintain adequate liquidity.
In
addition to its Common Share distribution requirements, ProLogis expects that its primary cash needs will consist of the following
for the remainder of 2004 and future years:
While ProLogis has a Common Share repurchase program under which it may
repurchase an additional $84.1 million of Common Shares at November 5, 2004,
ProLogis has not repurchased any Common Shares in 2004 and does not currently
expect that it will require cash for this program in the
remainder of 2004.
ProLogis expects to fund its primary cash needs for the remainder of 2004
and future years with cash from the following sources:
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At November 5, 2004, ProLogis had $725.7 million of shelf-registered
securities that can be issued in the form of senior notes, Preferred Shares,
Common Shares, rights to purchase Common Shares and Preferred Share purchase
rights on an as-needed basis, subject to ProLogis ability to affect an
offering on satisfactory terms. ProLogis continues to evaluate the global
public debt markets with the objective of reducing its shorter-term borrowings in
favor of longer-term, fixed-rate debt, when it is deemed appropriate.
ProLogis is committed to offer to contribute its stabilized developed
properties available in specific markets in Europe to ProLogis European
Properties Fund through September 2019 and all of its stabilized developed
properties available in Japan to ProLogis Japan Properties Fund through June
2006. ProLogis believes that, while the current capital commitments and
borrowing capacities of these property funds will be expended prior to the
expiration dates of these commitments, each property fund does have sufficient
capital to acquire the properties that ProLogis expects to have available
during the remainder of 2004 and in early 2005.
ProLogis was committed to offer to contribute all of the properties that
it developed and stabilized during 2003 in North America (excluding properties
that are covered under an agreement with ProLogis California) to ProLogis North
American Properties Fund V. This commitment originally expired on December 31,
2003. However, on June 29, 2004, both parties agreed to extend the commitment
through December 31, 2004 with respect to properties that ProLogis develops,
stabilizes and desires to dispose of in North America during 2004 (excluding
properties that are covered under an agreement with ProLogis California).
ProLogis North American Properties Fund V is not obligated to acquire any of
the properties that ProLogis expects it will offer to contribute. While
ProLogis North American Properties Fund Vs majority owner is a listed property
trust in Australia that is able to raise capital in the public market, there
can be no assurance that ProLogis North American Properties Fund V will have
the available capital to acquire additional properties from ProLogis during the
remainder of 2004 or, if capital is available, that ProLogis North American
Properties Fund V will want to use its capital to acquire properties from
ProLogis. ProLogis North American Properties Fund V did acquire 18 properties
aggregating 3.3 million square feet from ProLogis during 2004. However,
ProLogis cannot predict the extent to which ProLogis North American Properties
Fund V will continue to acquire properties from ProLogis during the fourth
quarter of 2004.
Should the property funds not have sufficient capital to acquire the
properties that ProLogis has available or otherwise choose not to acquire
properties from ProLogis, ProLogis is allowed to pursue other disposition
opportunities. However, there can be no assurance that ProLogis can readily
dispose of its CDFS business properties to third parties or that ProLogis could
raise private capital through the formation of another property fund that would
acquire the properties. Also, ProLogis could experience delays in completing
dispositions to third parties or to new property funds. Such delays could
result in the recognition of the expected CDFS business income in a reporting period
that is later than originally anticipated. See the discussion of risks factors
involved with the disposition of properties and the raising of capital in
ProLogis 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $344.7 million for the nine
months in 2004 and $263.6 million for the same period in 2003. Operational
items that impact net cash provided by operating activities are discussed in
Results of Operations. Additionally, cash provided by operating activities in
2004 is higher than in 2003 due to the change in working capital balances.
Such changes are primarily a function of the timing of receipts and
disbursements. Cash provided by operating activities exceeded the cash
distributions paid on Common Shares in both periods.
Cash Investing and Cash Financing Activities
For the nine months in 2004 and 2003, ProLogis investing activities used
net cash of $627.9 million and $186.0 million, respectively. The net cash used
is summarized as follows:
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For the nine months in 2004, ProLogis financing activities provided net
cash of $158.7 million. For the nine months in 2003, ProLogis financing
activities used net cash of $33.8 million. Excluding cash distributions on
Common Shares and to minority interest holders and Preferred Share dividends
paid in cash, ProLogis financing activities are summarized as follows:
Distributions paid to holders of Common Shares were $198.6 million and
$194.1 million for the nine months in 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Distributions paid to minority interest holders were $5.6 million and $7.6
million for the nine months in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Dividends paid on
Preferred Shares were $19.4 million and $23.5 million for the nine months in
2004 and 2003, respectively.
Borrowing Capacities
ProLogis
has over $1.8 billion of short-term borrowing capacity through
six revolving lines of credit under which ProLogis may borrow in four
currencies. The revolving lines of credit are summarized below for the periods
indicated (dollar amounts in millions of U.S. dollars, as applicable):
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Liquidity and Capital Resources of ProLogis Unconsolidated Investees
ProLogis had investments in and advances to unconsolidated investees of
$1.0 billion at September 30, 2004. Summarized financial information for
certain of these unconsolidated investees at September 30, 2004 is presented
below (in millions of U.S. dollars, as applicable). The information presented
is for the entire entity, not ProLogis proportionate share of the entity.
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Contractual Obligations
Long-Term Contractual Obligations
ProLogis had long-term contractual obligations at September 30, 2004
related to long-term debt (senior notes, secured debt and assessment bonds),
unfunded commitments on development projects, an unfunded commitment to a
property fund, short-term borrowings and amounts due on revolving lines of credit as follows (in
millions of U.S. dollars):
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Distribution and Dividend Requirements
ProLogis Common Share distribution policy is to distribute a percentage
of its cash flow that ensures that ProLogis will meet the distribution
requirements of the Code and that allows ProLogis to maximize the cash retained
to meet other cash needs such as capital improvements and other investment
activities. Because depreciation is a non-cash expense, cash flow typically
will be greater than operating income and net earnings.
The Board set an annual distribution rate for 2004 of $1.46 per
Common Share (as compared to actual distributions of $1.44 per Common Share in
2003). ProLogis paid a quarterly distribution of $0.365 per Common Share on
February 27, 2004, May 28, 2004 and August 31, 2004 to holders of Common Shares
at February 13, 2004, May 14, 2004 and August 17, 2004. On November 1, 2004,
the Board declared a Common Share distribution of $0.365 per share for the
fourth quarter of 2004 to be paid on November 30, 2004 to holders of Common
Shares as of November 16, 2004.
The payment of Common Share distributions is subject to the discretion of
the Board, is dependent on ProLogis financial condition and operating results
and may be adjusted at the discretion of the Board during the year. ProLogis
has increased its Common Share distribution level every year since its Common
Shares became publicly traded in 1994.
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis had three series of Preferred Shares
outstanding. The annual dividend rates on ProLogis Preferred Shares are $4.27
per Series C Preferred Share, $1.69 per Series F Preferred Share and $1.69 per
Series G Preferred Share. Dividends on each series of Preferred Shares are paid
on the last day of the calendar quarter and ProLogis paid a quarterly dividend
on all series of its Preferred Shares on March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004 and
September 30, 2004.
Pursuant to the terms of its Preferred Shares, ProLogis is restricted from
declaring or paying any distribution with respect to its Common Shares unless
and until all cumulative dividends with respect to the Preferred Shares have
been paid and sufficient funds have been set aside for dividends that have been
declared for the then current dividend period with respect to the Preferred
Shares.
Other Commitments
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis had letters of intent or contingent
contracts, subject to ProLogis final due diligence, for the acquisition of
operating properties aggregating 6.1 million square feet at an estimated total
acquisition cost of $129.6 million. ProLogis acquired one of
these operating properties (0.2 million square feet at a total
acquisition cost of $6.9 million) in October 2004. The remaining transactions are subject to a number
of conditions and ProLogis cannot predict with certainty that they will be
consummated.
ProLogis, from time to time, enters into Special Limited Contribution
Agreements (SLCA) in connection with certain of its contributions of
properties to certain of its property funds. Under the SLCAs, ProLogis is
obligated to make an additional capital contribution to the respective property
fund under certain circumstances, the occurrence of which ProLogis believes to
be remote. Specifically, ProLogis would be required to make an additional
capital contribution to the property fund if the property funds third-party
lender, whose loans to the property fund are generally secured by the property
funds assets and are non-recourse, does not receive a specified minimum level
of debt repayment. However, the proceeds received by the third-party lender
from the exhaustion of all of the assets of the property fund combined with the
debt repayments received directly from the property fund will reduce ProLogis
obligations under the SLCA on a dollar-for-dollar basis. ProLogis potential
obligations under the respective SLCAs, as a percentage of the assets in the
property funds, range from 2% to 28%. Accordingly, the value of the assets of
the respective property funds would have to decline by between 98% and 72%
before ProLogis would be required to make an additional capital contribution.
ProLogis believes that the likelihood of declines in the values of the assets
that support the third-party loans of the magnitude necessary to require an
additional capital contribution is remote, especially in light of the
geographically diversified portfolios of properties owned by the property
funds. Accordingly, these potential obligations have not been recognized as a
liability by ProLogis at September 30, 2004 and ProLogis has assessed a nominal
value to the obligation undertaken through the SLCAs. The potential
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obligations under the SLCAs aggregate $402.8 million at September 30, 2004
and the combined book value of the assets in the property funds, before
depreciation, that are subject to the provisions of the SLCAs was approximately
$5.8 billion at September 30, 2004.
Funds from Operations
Funds from operations is a non-GAAP measure that is commonly used in the
real estate industry. The most directly comparable GAAP measure to funds from
operations is net earnings. Although the National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts (NAREIT) has published a definition of funds from
operations, modifications to the NAREIT calculation of funds from operations
are common among REITs, as companies seek to provide financial measures that
meaningfully reflect their business. Funds from operations, as defined by
ProLogis, is presented as a supplemental financial measure. Funds from
operations is not used by ProLogis as, nor should it be considered to be, an
alternative to net earnings computed under GAAP as an indicator of ProLogis
operating performance or as an alternative to cash from operating activities
computed under GAAP as an indicator of ProLogis ability to fund its cash
needs.
Funds from operations is not meant to represent a comprehensive system of
financial reporting and does not present, nor does ProLogis intend it to
present, a complete picture of its financial condition and operating
performance. ProLogis believes that net earnings computed under GAAP remains
the primary measure of performance and that funds from operations is only
meaningful when it is used in conjunction with net earnings computed under
GAAP. Further, ProLogis believes that its consolidated financial statements,
prepared in accordance with GAAP, provide the most meaningful picture of its
financial condition and its operating performance.
NAREITs funds from operations measure adjusts net earnings computed under
GAAP to exclude historical cost depreciation and gains and losses from the
sales of previously depreciated properties. ProLogis agrees that these two
NAREIT adjustments are useful to investors for the following reasons:
(a) historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with
GAAP assumes, through depreciation charges, that the value of real estate
assets diminishes predictably over time. NAREIT stated in its White Paper on
Funds from Operations since real estate asset values have historically risen
or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered
presentations of operating results for real estate companies that use
historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. Consequently,
NAREITs definition of funds from operations reflects the fact that real
estate, as an asset class, generally appreciates over time and the
depreciation charges required by GAAP do not reflect the underlying economic
realities.
(b) REITs were created as a legal form of organization in order to
encourage public ownership of real estate as an asset class through
investment in firms that were in the business of long-term ownership and
management of real estate. The exclusion, in NAREITs definition of funds
from operations, of gains and losses from the sales of previously depreciated
operating real estate assets allows investors and analysts to readily
identify the operating results of the long-term assets that form the core of
a REITs activities and assists in comparing those operating results between
periods.
At the same time that NAREIT created and defined its funds from operations
concept for the REIT industry, it also recognized that management of each of
its member companies has the responsibility and authority to publish financial
information that it regards as useful to the financial community. ProLogis
believes that financial analysts, potential investors and shareholders who
review its operating results are best served by a defined funds from operations
measure that includes other adjustments to net earnings computed under GAAP in
addition to those included in the NAREIT defined measure of funds from
operations.
The ProLogis defined funds from operations measure excludes the following
items from net earnings computed under GAAP that are not excluded in the NAREIT
defined funds from operations measure: (i) deferred income tax benefits and
deferred income tax expenses recognized by ProLogis taxable subsidiaries; (ii)
certain foreign currency exchange gains and losses resulting from certain debt
transactions between ProLogis and its foreign consolidated subsidiaries and its
foreign unconsolidated investees; (iii) foreign currency exchange gains and
losses from the remeasurement (based on current foreign currency exchange
rates) of certain third party debt of ProLogis
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foreign consolidated subsidiaries and its foreign unconsolidated
investees; and (iv) mark-to-market adjustments associated with derivative
financial instruments utilized to manage ProLogis foreign currency risks.
Funds from operations of ProLogis unconsolidated investees is calculated on
the same basis as ProLogis.
The items that ProLogis excludes from net earnings computed under GAAP,
while not infrequent or unusual, are subject to significant fluctuations from
period to period that cause both positive and negative effects on ProLogis
results of operations, in inconsistent and unpredictable directions. Most
importantly, the economics underlying the items that ProLogis excludes from net
earnings computed under GAAP are not the primary drivers in managements
decision-making process and capital investment decisions. Period to period
fluctuations in these items can be driven by accounting for short-term factors
that are not relevant to long-term investment decisions, long-term capital
structures or long-term tax planning and tax structuring decisions.
Accordingly, ProLogis believes that investors are best served if the
information that is made available to them allows them to align their analysis
and evaluation of ProLogis operating results along the same lines that
ProLogis management uses in planning and executing its business strategy.
Real estate is a capital-intensive business. Investors analyses of the
performance of real estate companies tend to be centered on understanding the
asset value created by real estate investment decisions and understanding
current operating returns that are being generated by those same investment
decisions. The adjustments to net earnings computed under GAAP that are
included in arriving at the ProLogis defined funds from operations measure are
helpful to management in making real estate investment decisions and evaluating
its current operating performance. ProLogis believes that these adjustments are
also helpful to industry analysts, potential investors and shareholders in
their understanding and evaluation of ProLogis performance on the key measures
of net asset value and current operating returns generated on real estate
investments.
While ProLogis believes that its defined funds from operations measure is
an important supplemental measure, neither NAREITs nor ProLogis measure of
funds from operations should be used alone because they exclude significant
economic components of net earnings computed under GAAP and are, therefore,
limited as an analytical tool. Some of these limitations are:
ProLogis compensates for these limitations by using its funds from
operations measure only in conjunction with net earnings computed under GAAP.
To further compensate, ProLogis always reconciles its funds from operations
measure to net earnings computed under GAAP in its financial reports.
Additionally, ProLogis provides investors with its complete financial
statements prepared under GAAP, its definition of funds from operations which
includes a discussion of the limitations of using ProLogis non-GAAP measure
and a reconciliation of ProLogis GAAP
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measure (net earnings) to its non-GAAP measure (funds from operations as
defined by ProLogis) so that investors can appropriately incorporate this
ProLogis measure and its limitations into their analyses.
Funds from operations attributable to Common Shares as defined by ProLogis
was $347.1 million and $255.1 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2004 and 2003, respectively. The reconciliations of funds from operations
attributable to Common Shares as defined by ProLogis to net earnings
attributable to Common Shares computed under GAAP are as follows for the
periods indicated (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As of September 30, 2004, no significant change had occurred in ProLogis
interest rate risk or foreign currency risk as discussed in ProLogis 2003
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the
participation of ProLogis management, including its Chief Executive Officer
and its Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14(c)) under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2004. Based on
this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer
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have concluded that ProLogis disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by ProLogis in
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and
forms.
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September 30,
December 31,
2004
2003
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
$
6,075,860
$
5,854,047
953,242
847,221
5,122,618
5,006,826
1,009,584
677,293
207,095
331,503
102,507
44,906
386,282
306,938
164,790
$
6,992,876
$
6,367,466
$
928,975
$
699,468
95,000
1,925,415
1,776,789
494,478
514,412
184,511
155,874
46,162
26,825
143,020
97,389
57,505
3,875,066
3,270,757
76,490
37,777
100,000
100,000
125,000
125,000
125,000
125,000
125,000
1,835
1,802
3,171,147
3,073,959
144,438
138,235
(626,100
)
(630,064
)
3,041,320
3,058,932
$
6,992,876
$
6,367,466
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EARNINGS (LOSS) AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2004
2003
2004
2003
$
135,504
$
132,642
$
411,089
$
411,369
12,931
11,012
36,050
32,449
373
1,014
2,422
1,609
148,808
144,668
449,561
445,427
34,598
32,206
106,591
103,774
20,678
16,432
60,381
46,671
42,730
41,310
127,646
123,410
2,154
2,845
1,201
1,307
3,673
3,006
101,361
91,255
301,136
276,861
281,692
209,007
911,732
733,858
227,738
183,924
777,132
648,449
53,954
25,083
134,600
85,409
101,401
78,496
283,025
253,975
11,576
4,750
30,529
16,056
(621
)
(34,201
)
(1,004
)
(26,858
)
(38,287
)
(39,069
)
(115,601
)
(115,856
)
829
223
2,037
1,199
74,898
10,199
198,986
128,516
(1,344
)
(1,186
)
(3,811
)
(3,796
)
73,554
9,013
195,175
124,720
(216
)
6,072
3,374
3,328
(1,343
)
(1,970
)
9,882
(10,741
)
72,211
6,827
214,457
117,353
12,180
(727
)
18,177
1,869
2,390
4,380
11,975
9,929
14,570
3,653
30,152
11,798
57,641
3,174
184,305
105,555
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EARNINGS (LOSS) AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2004
2003
2004
2003
3,993
10,841
853
126
786
289
1,956
(887
)
21,669
31,133
23,625
30,246
28,471
126
41,873
289
86,112
3,300
226,178
105,844
6,354
7,092
19,392
23,450
3,587
4,236
3,587
79,758
(7,379
)
202,550
78,807
(14,530
)
(53,086
)
10,385
45,536
(411
)
(4,182
)
$
64,817
$
(60,465
)
$
208,753
$
124,343
182,213
179,458
181,451
179,023
192,043
179,458
190,751
181,906
$
0.28
$
(0.04
)
$
0.89
$
0.44
0.16
0.23
$
0.44
$
(0.04
)
$
1.12
$
0.44
$
0.27
$
(0.04
)
$
0.86
$
0.43
0.15
0.22
$
0.42
$
(0.04
)
$
1.08
$
0.43
$
0.365
$
0.36
$
1.095
$
1.08
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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2004
2003
$
226,178
$
105,844
3,811
3,796
(7,574
)
(5,271
)
13,238
9,879
127,833
123,613
(30,612
)
11,600
4,183
4,471
(5,185
)
(3,374
)
(3,328
)
(6,497
)
9,942
11,975
9,929
(56,625
)
(31,913
)
67,333
25,080
344,730
263,596
(1,153,769
)
(878,826
)
(31,904
)
(30,746
)
(16,848
)
(17,510
)
(510,560
)
1,036,052
730,694
32,669
10,424
13,209
3,284
(627,867
)
(185,964
)
76,487
33,931
(9,771
)
(125,000
)
(50,000
)
(198,586
)
(194,141
)
(5,613
)
(7,593
)
(19,392
)
(23,450
)
(3,169
)
(3,239
)
420,573
300,000
31,000
(278,125
)
(28,125
)
324,507
(12,636
)
(4,243
)
(5,059
)
(28,298
)
(62,844
)
(412
)
(1,874
)
158,729
(33,801
)
(124,408
)
43,831
331,503
110,809
$
207,095
$
154,640
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September 30, 2004 and 2003
(Unaudited)
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September 30,
December 31,
2004
2003
$
774,447
$
815,606
4,100,338
4,053,189
4,874,785
4,868,795
611,697
404,581
472,413
511,163
116,965
69,508
6,075,860
5,854,047
953,242
847,221
$
5,122,618
$
5,006,826
(1)
At September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, ProLogis had 1,228 and 1,252
operating properties, respectively. These properties consisted of 132.3
million square feet at September 30, 2004 and 133.1 million square feet at
December 31, 2003.
(2)
Properties under development consisted of 53
properties aggregating 14.9
million square feet at September 30, 2004 and 27 properties aggregating 9.8
million square feet at December 31, 2003.
(3)
In addition to the construction costs payable balance of $46.2 million,
ProLogis had aggregate unfunded commitments on its contracts for
properties under development of $345.1 million at September 30, 2004.
(4)
Land held for future development consisted of 2,936 acres at September
30, 2004 and 2,706 acres at December 31, 2003.
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(5)
Other investments include: (i) restricted funds that are held in escrow
pending the completion of tax-deferred exchange transactions involving
operating properties ($37.2 million on deposit at
September 30, 2004, no amounts were on deposit at December 31, 2003); (ii) earnest money deposits associated with
potential acquisitions; (iii) costs incurred during the pre-acquisition
due diligence process; and (iv) costs incurred during the pre-construction
phase of future development projects.
$
103,299
363,206
277,590
208,847
153,298
265,093
$
1,371,333
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(1)
As of January 1, 2004, ProLogis began presenting its investments in TCL
Holding and CSI/Frigo LLC on a consolidated basis as a result of adopting
FIN 46R. See Note 1.
(1)
As of January 1, 2004, ProLogis began presenting its investments in TCL
Holding and CSI/Frigo LLC on a consolidated basis as a result of adopting
FIN 46R. See Note 1.
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(1)
ProLogis California I LLC (ProLogis California):
Began operations on August 26, 1999;
Members are ProLogis (50%) and New York State Common
Retirement Fund (50%);
Owned 79 properties aggregating 13.0 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
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Acquired two properties aggregating 0.3 million square feet from
third parties and disposed of two properties aggregating 0.3 million
square feet during the nine months ended September 30, 2004;
All but three of the properties owned were contributed by
ProLogis or were developed by ProLogis on behalf of the property fund;
Properties are located in the Los Angeles/Orange County market;
ProLogis California has the right of first offer with respect to
properties that ProLogis develops, excluding properties developed
under build to suit lease agreements, in certain counties included in
ProLogis Los Angeles/Orange County market; and
Property management, asset management, leasing and other fees
recognized by ProLogis were $0.8 million for both the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $2.6 million and
$2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
(2)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund I LLC (ProLogis North American
Properties Fund I):
Began operations on June 30, 2000;
Members are ProLogis (41.3%) and State Teachers
Retirement Board of Ohio (58.7%) ;
Owned 36 properties aggregating 9.4 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
All properties were contributed by ProLogis;
Properties are located in 16 markets in the United States;
ProLogis ownership interest was 20% prior to January 15,
2001; and
Property management, asset management, leasing and other fees
recognized by ProLogis were $0.6 million for both the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, and $1.8 million and $1.6 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(3)
ProLogis First U.S. Properties LP (ProLogis North American Properties
Fund II):
Began operations on June 30, 2000;
Partners are ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of First Islamic
Investment Bank E.C. (First Islamic Bank) (80%);
Owned 27 properties aggregating 4.5 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
All properties were contributed by ProLogis;
Properties are located in 13 markets in the United States; and
Property management, asset management, leasing and other fees
recognized by ProLogis were $0.5 million for both the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and $1.7 million and $1.4 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(4)
ProLogis Second U.S. Properties LP (ProLogis North American Properties
Fund III):
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Began operations on June 15, 2001;
Partners are ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of First Islamic
Bank (80%);
Owned 34 properties aggregating 4.4 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
All properties were acquired from ProLogis;
Properties are located in 15 markets in the United States; and
Property management, asset management, leasing and other fees
recognized by ProLogis were $0.6 million and $0.5 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $1.7
million and $1.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003, respectively.
(5)
ProLogis Third U.S. Properties LP (ProLogis North American Properties
Fund IV):
Began operations on September 21, 2001;
Partners are ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of First Islamic
Bank; (80%)
Owned 17 properties aggregating 3.5 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
All properties were acquired from ProLogis;
Properties are located in 10 markets in the United States; and
Property management, asset management, leasing and other fees
recognized by ProLogis were $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $0.9
million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.
(6)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund V:
Began operations on March 28, 2002;
Ownership interests (direct and indirect) of the
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund at September 30, 2004 are held directly or
indirectly by ProLogis, Macquarie ProLogis Trust (MPR), a listed
property trust in Australia, and a company that was formed to act as
manager of the ProLogis-Macquarie Fund. ProLogis and a United States
subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Limited (Macquarie Bank) each have a
50% ownership interest in the manager of the ProLogis-Macquarie Fund;
MPRs effective ownership interest in the ProLogis-Macquarie Fund
was 85.8% at September 30, 2004 through its 96.4% weighted ownership
interest in two entities that collectively owned 89.0% of the
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund. MPRs effective ownership interest in the
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund was 83.1% at September 30, 2003;
ProLogis effective ownership interest in the ProLogis-Macquarie
Fund was 11.5% at September 30, 2004 based on its 11.0% direct
ownership interest in the ProLogis-Macquarie Fund and its 0.6%
ownership interest in two entities that collectively own 89.0% of the
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund. ProLogis effective ownership interest in the
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund was 14.0% at September 30, 2003;
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Macquarie Banks effective ownership interest in the
ProLogis-Macquarie Fund was 2.7% at September 30, 2004 based on its
3.0% ownership interest in two entities that collectively own 89.0% of
the ProLogis-Macquarie Fund. Macquarie Banks effective ownership
interest was 2.9% at September 30, 2003;
ProLogis refers to the combined entities in which it has
ownership interests (ProLogis-Macquarie Fund and the
management company) as one property fund named ProLogis North American
Properties Fund V. ProLogis combined ownership interest in this
property fund has ranged from 11.4% to 16.9% since the property funds
inception;
ProLogis reduced its ownership interest in the ProLogis-Macquarie
Fund in June 2004 by exchanging a portion of its investment into
units of MPR as allowed under certain formation agreements. Upon
receipt of the units of MPR, ProLogis sold them in the public
market. The sale generated net proceeds of $13.2 million. ProLogis
recognized a net gain on the disposition of the investment of $3.3
million;
Owned 114 properties aggregating 26.7 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 18 properties aggregating 3.3 million
square feet that have been contributed by ProLogis during 2004);
Acquired seven properties aggregating 2.7 million square feet from third parties during 2004;
All but seven of the properties owned were acquired from ProLogis;
Properties are located in 24 markets in the United States and four markets in Mexico;
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis had guaranteed $29.4 million
of borrowings of ProLogis North American Properties Fund V. ProLogis
provided these guarantees on short-term borrowings associated with the
contribution of properties. The borrowings that are guaranteed mature
in December 2004 and ProLogis expects that they will be repaid with
the proceeds from a secured debt financing that will not be
guaranteed by ProLogis;
ProLogis committed to offer to contribute all of the
properties that it developed and stabilized during 2003 in North
America (excluding properties that are covered under the agreement
with ProLogis California) to ProLogis North American Properties Fund
V. This commitment originally expired on December 31, 2003. However,
on June 29, 2004, both parties agreed to extend the commitment through
December 31, 2004 with respect to properties that ProLogis develops,
stabilizes and desires to dispose of in North America during 2004
(excluding properties that are covered under an agreement with
ProLogis California). ProLogis North American Properties Fund V is not
obligated to acquire any of the properties that ProLogis expects it
will offer to contribute in 2004. Accordingly, ProLogis cannot predict
the extent to which ProLogis North American Properties Fund V will
continue to acquire properties from ProLogis during the remainder of
2004; and
Property management, asset management, leasing and other fees
recognized by ProLogis were $2.0 million and $1.8 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $5.6
million and $6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003, respectively.
In addition to property management and asset management fees recognized
in 2004, ProLogis recognized fees associated with the acquisition of
properties directly by the property fund of $0.2 million and $1.1
million for the three and nine months, respectively, and with debt
placement of $0.3 million for both the three and nine months.
In addition to property management and asset management fees recognized
in 2003, ProLogis recognized fees associated with the acquisition of
properties directly by the property fund of $0.2 million and $1.0
million for the three and nine months, respectively, and with debt
placement of $0.2 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine
months, respectively. Also, in the second quarter of 2003, ProLogis
recognized $1.6 million of income that was earned based on certain
performance criteria.
(7)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund VI:
Formed on May 3, 2004 and began operations on June 30, 2004;
Originally formed to acquire properties as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
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Ownership interests held by ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of an investment fund
managed by Eaton Vance Management (80%);
Owned 22 properties aggregating 8.6 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 17 properties aggregating 7.5 million
square feet acquired in the Keystone Transaction see Note 2);
Five properties aggregating 1.1 million square feet were contributed by ProLogis on June 30, 2004;
Properties are located in seven markets in the United States;
and
Property and asset management fees recognized by ProLogis were
$0.3 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30,
2004.
(8)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund VII:
Formed on May 3, 2004 and began operations on June 30, 2004;
Originally formed to acquire properties as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
Ownership interests held by ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of an investment fund
managed by Eaton Vance Management (80%);
Owned 29 properties aggregating 6.1 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 25 properties aggregating 5.5 million
square feet acquired in the Keystone Transaction see Note 2);
Four properties aggregating 0.6 million square feet were contributed by ProLogis on June 30, 2004;
Properties are located in eight markets in the United States;
and
Property and asset management fees recognized by ProLogis were
$0.3 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30,
2004.
(9)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund VIII:
Formed on May 3, 2004 and began operations on June 30, 2004;
Originally formed to acquire properties as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
Ownership interests held by ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of an investment fund
managed by Eaton Vance Management (80%);
Owned 24 properties aggregating 3.1 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 20 properties aggregating 2.7 million
square feet acquired in the Keystone Transaction see Note 2);
Four properties aggregating 0.4 million square feet were contributed by ProLogis on June 30, 2004;
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Properties are located in 10 markets in the United States; and
Property and asset management fees recognized by ProLogis were
$0.1 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30,
2004.
(10)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund IX:
Formed on May 3, 2004 and began operations on June 30, 2004;
Originally formed to acquire properties as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
Ownership interests held by ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of an investment fund
managed by Eaton Vance Management (80%);
Owned 21 properties aggregating 3.5 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 18 properties aggregating 3.2 million
square feet acquired in the Keystone Transaction see Note 2);
Three properties aggregating 0.3 million square feet were contributed by ProLogis on June 30, 2004;
Properties are located in seven markets in the United States;
and
Property and asset management fees recognized by ProLogis were
$0.2 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30,
2004.
(11)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund X:
Formed on May 3, 2004 and began operations on June 30, 2004;
Originally formed to acquire properties as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
Ownership interests held by ProLogis (20%) and an affiliate of an investment fund
managed by Eaton Vance Management (80%);
Owned 29 properties aggregating 4.2 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 24 properties aggregating 3.6 million
square feet acquired in the Keystone Transaction see Note 2);
Five properties aggregating 0.6 million square feet were contributed by ProLogis on June 30, 2004;
Properties are located in nine markets in the United States;
and
Property and asset management fees recognized by ProLogis were
$0.2 million for both the three and nine months ended September 30,
2004.
(12)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund XI:
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Ownership interest in existing property fund acquired by ProLogis
on August 4, 2004 as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
Partners are ProLogis (20%) and AFL-CIO Building Investment
Trust (80%);
Owned 14 properties aggregating 4.3 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
Properties are located in three markets in the United States;
and
Property management fees recognized by ProLogis were $0.1 million
for both the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2004.
(13)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund XII:
Ownership interest in existing property fund acquired by ProLogis
on August 4, 2004 as part of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2);
Partners are ProLogis (20%) and CalEast Industrial Investors,
LLC (80%);
Owned 12 properties aggregating 3.4 million square feet at September 30, 2004;
Properties are located in the New Jersey market; and
Property management fees recognized by ProLogis were $0.1 million
for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.
(14)
ProLogis European Properties Fund:
Began operations on September 23, 1999;
ProLogis and 21 third parties, primarily institutional
investors, own units in
the property fund. ProLogis European Properties Fund has equity
commitments from 11 investors through subscription agreements aggregating 636.6 million
euro (the currency equivalent of approximately $777.4 million at
September 30, 2004) of which 428.3 million euro (the currency
equivalent of approximately $522.9 million at September 30, 2004) was
unfunded at September 30, 2004. The subscription agreements expire on
August 29, 2006;
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis was committed to make additional
equity contributions to ProLogis European Properties Fund of 135.4
million euro (the currency equivalent of approximately $165.3 million
as of September 30, 2004) through September 15, 2009;
Owned 220 properties aggregating 45.2 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including 22 properties aggregating 4.5 million
square feet that were contributed by ProLogis during 2004);
Acquired a 0.2 million square foot property from a third party
during 2004;
Properties have been contributed by ProLogis (174 properties,
34.0 million square feet) and acquired from third parties (46
properties, 11.2 million square feet);
Properties are located in 26 markets in 11 countries in Europe;
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ProLogis is committed to offer to contribute all of the
properties that it develops and stabilizes in specified markets in
Europe through September 2019 to ProLogis European Properties Fund,
subject to the property meeting certain criteria, including leasing
criteria;
ProLogis ownership interest was 21.6% and 29.9% at September 30,
2004 and 2003, respectively; and
Property management, asset management and other fees recognized
by ProLogis were $6.2 million and $6.0 million for the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $18.5 million and
$17.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
(15)
PLD/RECO Japan TMK Property Trust (ProLogis Japan Properties Fund):
Began operations on September 24, 2002;
Partners are ProLogis (20%) and a real estate investment subsidiary of
the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) (80%);
The total capital commitment by the real estate investment
subsidiary of GIC to the property fund is $300.0 million, of which
$135.6 million was unfunded at September 30, 2004;
Owned 13 properties aggregating 3.9 million square feet at
September 30, 2004 (including three properties aggregating 1.2 million
square feet that were contributed by ProLogis during 2004);
Acquired five properties aggregating 1.1 million square feet from third parties during 2004;
Seven of the 13 properties owned by the property fund were contributed by ProLogis;
Properties are located in three markets in Japan;
ProLogis is committed to offer to contribute all of the
properties that it develops and stabilizes in Japan through June 2006
to ProLogis Japan Properties Fund, subject to the property meeting
certain criteria, including leasing criteria; and
Property management and asset management fees recognized by
ProLogis were $0.7 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $1.9 million and $0.5
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively.
(16)
Under GAAP, a portion of the proceeds resulting from ProLogis
contribution of a property to a property fund is deferred due to ProLogis
continuing ownership in the property fund that acquires the property. The
amount of the proceeds that ProLogis is unable to recognize in computing the
gain on the contribution is recorded as a reduction to ProLogis balance sheet
investment in the property fund that acquires the property. The proceeds that
have not been recognized are eventually recognized when ProLogis adjusts its
proportionate share of the earnings or loss of the property fund,
recognized under the equity method, to reflect lower depreciation expense
within the property fund. The lower depreciation expense is the result of
ProLogis reduced investment in the property fund and, accordingly, its lower
basis in the contributed property. The proceeds not recognized are eventually
recognized in results of operations by ProLogis if the property fund disposes
of a property to a third party that was originally contributed to the property
fund by ProLogis. ProLogis also recognizes gains associated with the previously
deferred proceeds in amounts proportionate to reductions in its ownership
interest in the property fund after the contribution is made. If a loss results
when a property is contributed to a property fund, the entire loss is
recognized.
(17)
Includes costs associated with ProLogis investment in the property fund,
ProLogis proportionate share of the accumulated other comprehensive
income or loss recognized by ProLogis European Properties Fund (cumulative
translation adjustments and hedge accounting adjustments) and ProLogis
Japan Properties Fund
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(cumulative translation adjustments) and settlement amounts
either paid or reserved
associated with the interest rate swap agreements and a related
indemnification agreement between ProLogis and ProLogis North American
Properties Funds VI through X (see Note 2).
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ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
ProLogis
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
California
Fund I
Fund II
Fund III
Fund IV
Fund V
Fund VI (1)
Fund VII (1)
$
567.9
$
347.4
$
225.9
$
200.6
$
139.3
$
1,149.7
$
530.8
$
401.4
$
283.5
$
242.3
$
165.0
$
150.3
$
103.2
$
551.2
$
$
14.4
$
0.2
$
0.3
$
0.2
$
0.2
$
0.1
$
11.4
$
0.3
$
0.2
$
290.8
$
248.3
$
170.1
$
153.2
$
105.6
$
600.2
$
6.4
$
18.0
$
$
$
$
$
$
54.1
$
$
$
277.1
$
99.1
$
55.8
$
47.4
$
33.7
$
495.4
$
524.4
$
383.4
$
56.0
$
32.5
$
20.2
$
17.3
$
12.8
$
85.0
$
5.6
$
4.5
$
17.6
$
4.4
$
2.2
$
0.9
$
2.0
$
31.8
$
2.5
$
2.1
50
%
41.3
%
20
%
20
%
20
%
11.5
%
20
%
20
%
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
European
Japan
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Fund VIII (1)
Fund IX (1)
Fund X (1)
Fund XI (2)
Fund XII (2)
Fund
Fund
$
199.8
$
207.1
$
228.2
$
239.4
$
280.0
$
3,404.6
$
711.3
$
$
$
$
51.3
$
80.8
$
1,642.9
$
314.8
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
11.8
$
37.5
$
4.2
$
3.2
$
3.3
$
53.2
$
83.0
$
1,942.3
$
493.1
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
195.6
$
203.9
$
224.9
$
186.2
$
197.0
$
1,462.3
$
218.2
$
2.8
$
2.8
$
3.5
$
3.0
$
3.5
$
174.4
$
26.2
$
1.6
$
1.5
$
2.0
$
0.7
$
0.9
$
34.4
$
13.3
20
%
20
%
20
%
20
%
20
%
21.6
%
20
%
(1)
ProLogis North American Properties Funds VI through X began operations on
June 30, 2004 and acquired additional properties on August 4, 2004 with
the closing of the Keystone Transaction. See Note 2.
(2)
ProLogis acquired its interests in ProLogis North American Properties
Funds XI and XII on August 4, 2004 as part of the Keystone
Transaction. Balance sheet amounts presented are 100% of the fair values of the assets and
liabilities that were determined as part of the purchase accounting
adjustments associated with the Keystone Transaction. See Note 2.
(3)
ProLogis recognizes its proportionate shares of the earnings or
losses of the property funds, fees that it earns from services it provides
to the property funds and interest income on advances made to
the property funds, if any, in its Consolidated Condensed Statements of
Earnings (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) under the equity method.
The earnings of the property funds include interest expense on amounts
due to ProLogis, if any. The earnings of ProLogis European Properties
Fund include a net foreign currency exchange loss of $3.4 million.
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(1)
Represents investments in two entities that were acquired as part
of the Keystone Transaction (see Note 2). One entity in which
ProLogis owns a 50% interest owns a recently developed operating
property with 0.8 million square feet in Indianapolis and one
entity was formed to hold option rights to land in Indianapolis.
(2)
Represents ProLogis active investments in three joint ventures and an
investment in one joint venture in which ProLogis discontinued its
participation and significantly reduced its investment in November 2003.
ProLogis ownership interest in each joint venture is 50%. At September
30, 2004, on a combined basis the three joint ventures owned land for future development (19
acres) or controlled land positions (368 acres).
(3)
In July 2004, ProLogis invested in a joint venture that
subsequently acquired four
operating properties aggregating 203,000 square feet in the Shanghai,
China market.
Also in July 2004, the joint venture acquired seven acres of land
for future development. ProLogis has a 50% ownership
interest in the joint venture. This joint venture intends to acquire
properties that will be rehabilitated and/or repositioned as well as
develop properties.
(4)
CSI/Frigo LLC is a limited liability company that owns 100% of the
voting common stock of TCL Holding, representing 5% of its net earnings
or losses. ProLogis owns 89% of the membership interests (all non-voting)
of CSI/Frigo LLC and K. Dane Brooksher, ProLogis Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, owns the remaining 11% of the membership interests
(all voting) and is the managing member of CSI/Frigo LLC. Through a
participating note agreement between ProLogis and CSI/Frigo LLC, ProLogis
can recognize 95% of the net earnings or losses of CSI/Frigo LLC.
(5)
TCL Holding, through a wholly owned subsidiary, owns and operates a
temperature-controlled distribution network in Europe, primarily in
France. ProLogis directly owns 100% of the non-voting preferred stock of
TCL Holding, representing a 95% interest in its net earnings or losses.
ProLogis ownership interests in TCL Holding and CSI/Frigo LLC, a holding
company that has an ownership interest in TCL Holding, did not result in
ProLogis having ownership of or control of the voting common stock or the
voting membership interests of these entities. Therefore, these entities
were not consolidated in ProLogis
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financial statements in 2003. However, upon adopting FIN 46R, ProLogis
was required to consolidate these investments as of January 1, 2004. See
Notes 1 and 5.
(6)
TCL Holding has an investment in a temperature-controlled distribution
company operating in Austria. While ProLogis investment in TCL Holding
was presented under the equity method, this investment was not separately
reported in ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. See Note 1.
(7)
Represents a preferred equity interest in a real estate company that
was acquired by ProLogis as part of the Keystone Transaction. The
preferred interest entitles ProLogis to an annual return of
approximately $3 million. However, prior to the closing of the Keystone
Transaction in August 2004, Nocha LLC advised Keystone and ProLogis
that it was experiencing cash flow constraints and that the payment
of monthly cash distributions would be impacted. While ProLogis is
entitled to receive its full return on the investment, no income was
recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.
ProLogis considered this situation in determining the fair value of
this investment as part of its purchase accounting adjustments. See Note
2.
(1)
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, includes
ProLogis proportionate shares of the earnings or losses of its CDFS
Joint Ventures ($18,000 of income in the United States, a loss of $18,000
in China and a loss of $31,000 in the United Kingdom). For both periods
in 2003, represents ProLogis proportionate share of the earnings of the
CDFS Joint Venture in the United Kingdom in which ProLogis no longer
actively participates. This CDFS Joint Venture owned 11 operating
properties in 2003.
(2)
CSI/Frigo LLC recognized its 5% share of the earnings or losses of
TCL Holding under the equity method through its ownership of 100% of TCL
Holdings voting common stock. ProLogis non-voting membership interest
in CSI/Frigo entitles it to recognize 89% of the earnings or losses
of CSI/Frigo LLC. However, ProLogis and CSI/Frigo LLC entered into a note
agreement that allows ProLogis to participate in up to 95% of CSI/Frigo
LLCs earnings or losses. This investment is presented on a
consolidated basis in 2004.
(3)
ProLogis share of the losses of CSI/Frigo
LLC and TCL Holding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003
includes its proportionate share of an impairment loss recognized by
TCL Holding associated with its operations in the United Kingdom that
were disposed of in December 2003.
(4)
ProLogis directly owns 100% of the non-voting preferred stock of TCL
Holding, representing a 95% interest in the earnings or losses of TCL
Holding. On a combined basis through its direct and indirect ownership
interests, ProLogis recognized 99.75% of the earnings of TCL Holding
under the equity method during the three and nine months ended September
30, 2003. This investment is presented on a consolidated basis in 2004.
(5)
ProLogis, through TCL Holding, has a 50% ownership interest in an
operating company and recognizes its proportionate share of the earnings
or losses of this entity under the equity method. While ProLogis
investments in TCL Holding were presented under the equity method, this
income was not separately reported by ProLogis.
(6)
Represents adjustments to the operating expenses of CS Integrated LLC
(CSI) incurred prior to October 2002 and
additional losses associated with CSIs disposition of a significant
portion of its operating assets in October 2002. CSI is owned by
ProLogis Logistics Services Incorporated (ProLogis Logistics). Prior
to the disposition transaction in October 2002, ProLogis recognized
99.23% of the earnings or losses of ProLogis Logistics under the equity
method through its direct and indirect ownership interests in CSI.
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$
227,882
(148,798
)
79,084
30,946
29,260
25,500
164,790
237
15,986
13,038
28,244
57,505
$
107,285
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$
2,411
109,618
321,139
343,124
308,832
1,337,364
2,422,488
(2,595
)
$
2,419,893
1999 Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan, amended in
November 2002 (the 1999 Common Share Plan): Allows holders of
Common Shares to automatically reinvest Common Share distributions
and certain holders and persons who are not holders of Common Shares
to purchase a limited number of additional Common Shares by making
optional cash payments, without payment of any brokerage commission
or service charge. Common Shares that are acquired under the 1999
Common Share Plan, either through reinvestment of distributions or
through optional cash payments, are acquired at a price ranging from
98% to 100% of the market price of such Common Shares, as determined
by ProLogis. ProLogis generated net proceeds of $21.3 million from
the issuance of 792,000 Common Shares during the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 under the 1999 Common Share Plan.
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Continuous equity offering plan: Allows ProLogis to sell up to
7,400,000 Common Shares through two designated agents who earn a fee
of between 2.0% and 2.25% of the gross proceeds. Through September 30, 2004, ProLogis
sold 679,000 Common Shares under this plan generating net proceeds
to ProLogis of $23.8 million.
Long-term incentive plan (the Incentive Plan) and Share
Option Plan for Outside Trustees (the Outside Trustees Plan):
Certain employees and members of the Board of Trustees (the
Board) participate in these share - based compensation plans that provide compensation,
generally in the form of Common Shares. Under the Incentive Plan and
the Outside Trustees Plan, the exercise of share options and other
share awards generated net proceeds to ProLogis of $31.2 million and resulted in
the issuance of 1,769,000 Common Shares during the nine months ended
September 30, 2004. Also in 2004, certain employees who earned share
awards under the Incentive Plan received cash payments of $0.6
million in lieu of Common Shares.
ProLogis Trust Employee Share Purchase Plan (the Employee
Share Plan): Employees of ProLogis and its participating entities
may purchase Common Shares, through payroll deductions only, at a
discounted price of 85% of the market price of the Common Shares,
subject to certain restrictions. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2004, 30,000 Common Shares were purchased under the
Employee Share Plan generating net proceeds to ProLogis of $0.8 million.
Dividend
Stated
Equivalent Based
Optional
Number of Shares
Liquidation
Dividend
on Liquidation
Redemption
Outstanding
Preference
Rate
Preference
Date
2,000,000
$
50.00
8.54
%
$4.27 per share
11/13/26
5,000,000
$
25.00
6.75
%
$1.69 per share
11/28/08
5,000,000
$
25.00
6.75
%
$1.69 per share
12/30/08
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(1)
All potentially dilutive items are antidilutive for the three months
ended September 30, 2003 because a net loss was recognized for that
period.
(2)
Weighted average limited partnership units of 4,791,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2003 were not included in the calculation of
diluted net earnings attributable to Common Shares per share as the
effect, on an as-converted basis, was antidilutive.
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(3)
Total weighted average potentially dilutive instruments outstanding were
10,946,000 and 10,255,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003, respectively, and 11,287,000 and 10,525,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of the total potentially
dilutive instruments, 155,100 and 102,500 were antidilutive for the three
months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and 70,000 and
34,500 were antidilutive for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and
2003, respectively.
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2004
2003
2004
2003
$
79,758
$
(7,379
)
$
202,550
$
78,807
78,578
(8,333
)
199,152
76,109
$
0.44
$
(0.04
)
$
1.12
$
0.44
0.42
(0.04
)
1.08
0.43
0.43
(0.05
)
1.10
0.43
0.42
(0.05
)
1.06
0.42
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2004
2003
2004
2003
3.71
%
3.33
%
3.34
%
3.32
%
4.18
%
5.68
%
4.18
%
5.68
%
20.57
%
20.13
%
20.57
%
20.13
%
6.25 years
6.25 years
6.25 years
6.25 years
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Property operations Representing the long-term ownership, management and
leasing of industrial distribution properties in the United States, Mexico,
Europe and Japan (either directly or through investments in unconsolidated
property funds in which ProLogis has an ownership interest and acts as
manager). Each operating property and each investment in a property fund is
considered to be an individual operating segment having similar economic
characteristics that are combined within the reportable business segment based upon
geographic location.
CDFS business representing the development, acquisition and
rehabilitation and/or acquisition and repositioning of industrial
distribution properties in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan and
China (either directly or through unconsolidated investees) with the intent to contribute the properties to unconsolidated
property funds in which ProLogis has an ownership interest and acts as
manager or to sell the developed properties to third parties. Additionally,
ProLogis earns fees for development activities on behalf of customers or
third parties and realizes profits from the sales of land parcels when its
development plans no longer include these parcels. The separate activities
in this segment are considered to be individual operating segments having
similar economic characteristics that are combined within the reportable
business segment based upon geographic location.
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(1)
Amounts include the revenues generated by ProLogis operations that are
reported on a consolidated basis, including the fees earned by ProLogis
for providing services to its unconsolidated property funds. See Note 4.
(2)
Although certain properties owned by ProLogis North American Properties
Fund V are located in Mexico (20 properties at September 30, 2004 and 15
properties at September 30, 2003), ProLogis classifies its entire
investment in ProLogis North American Properties Fund V, the associated
income recognized under the equity method from its investment in this
property fund and the fees earned from this property fund as part of the
United States income, net operating income and assets of the property
operations segment.
(3)
Excludes rental income of $902,000 ($23,000 for the United States and
$879,000 for Europe) and $401,000 (all for the United States) for the
three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and
$1,347,000 ($468,000 for the United States and $879,000 for Europe) and
$1,037,000 (all for the United
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States) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively, associated with properties sold to third parties during 2004.
These amounts are presented as discontinued operations in ProLogis
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings (Loss) and Comprehensive
Income (Loss). See Note 5.
(4)
Amounts include the operations of ProLogis that are reported on a
consolidated basis, including the fees earned by ProLogis for providing
services to its unconsolidated property funds and ProLogis
proportionate shares of the earnings or losses of its unconsolidated property funds
recognized under the equity method. See Note 4.
(5)
Excludes rental expenses of $46,000 ($15,000 for the United States and
$31,000 for Europe) and $207,000 ($140,000 for the United States and
$67,000 for Europe) for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and
2003, respectively, and $374,000 ($189,000 for the United States and
$185,000 for Europe) and $545,000 ($367,000 for the United States and
$178,000 for Europe) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and
2003, respectively, associated with properties sold to third parties in
2004. These amounts are presented as discontinued operations in ProLogis
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings (Loss) and Comprehensive
Income (Loss). See Note 5.
(6)
Amounts recognized under the equity method from an
unconsolidated property fund operating in Europe include net foreign currency
exchange losses of $0.5 million and $4.4 million for the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $0.8 million and
$12.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. See Note 4.
(7)
Net proceeds from dispositions of CDFS business assets were as follows:
United States: $42.5 million and $83.4 million for the three
months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $237.0
million and $357.2 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2004 and 2003, respectively;
Mexico: $23.9 million for the three months ended September 30,
2003 and $21.2 million and $24.2 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively;
Europe: $168.8 million and $66.1 million for the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $436.2 million
and $276.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and
2003, respectively; and
Japan: $70.4 million and $35.6 million for the three months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $217.3 million and
$76.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003,
respectively.
(8)
Excludes net gains from dispositions of $21.7 million (all for Europe)
for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and $31.1 million ($2.6
million for the United States and $28.5 million for Europe) for the nine
months ended September 30, 2004 associated with properties sold to third
parties in 2004. These amounts are presented as discontinued operations in
ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings (Loss) and
Comprehensive Income (Loss). See Note 5.
(9)
Includes amounts recognized under the equity method. See Note 4.
(10)
Includes $6.4 million and $10.9 million of net gains (including
previously deferred amounts) for the three months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003, respectively, and $20.0 million and $44.3 million of net gains
(including previously deferred amounts) for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, recognized by ProLogis related
to the contributions of properties to ProLogis North American Properties
Fund V. See Note 4.
(11)
For the nine months ended September 30, 2004, includes $10.9 million of
net gains recognized by ProLogis related to the contributions of
properties to ProLogis North American Properties Funds VI through X on
June 30, 2004. See Notes 2 and 4.
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(12)
Includes $4.0 million of net gains (including previously deferred
amounts) for the three months ended September 30, 2003 and $5.3 million
and $4.4 million of net gains (including previously deferred amounts) for
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively,
recognized by ProLogis related to the contributions of properties to
ProLogis North American Properties Fund V. See Note 4.
(13)
Includes $13.9 million and $4.0 million of net gains (including
previously deferred amounts) for the three months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003, respectively, and $41.4 million and $22.4 million of net gains
(excluding previously deferred amounts) for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, recognized by ProLogis related
to the contributions of properties to ProLogis European Properties Fund.
See Note 4.
(14)
Amounts recognized by ProLogis are all related to the contributions of
properties to ProLogis Japan Properties Fund. Gains recognized for the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 include a net gain of $4.7 million
recognized by ProLogis as a result of earning contingent proceeds
associated with a 2003 contribution of a property to ProLogis Japan
Properties Fund. See Note 4.
(15)
These amounts relate to unconsolidated investees that do not operate in
one of ProLogis two reportable business segments. See Note 4.
(16)
Includes properties that were developed or acquired in the CDFS business
segment that have not yet been contributed or sold as follows:
United States: $374.6 million and $388.2 million at September 30,
2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively;
Mexico: $46.8 million and $59.8 million at September 30, 2004 and
December 31, 2003, respectively; and
Europe: $347.1 million and $480.3 million at September 30, 2004
and December 31, 2003, respectively.
(17)
Amounts include investments presented under the equity method. See Note
4.
ProLogis received $84.8 million and $50.4 million of equity
interests in property funds from the contributions of properties to
the respective property funds during the nine months ended September 30, 2004
and 2003, respectively.
Net foreign currency translation adjustments of $10.4 million and
$45.5 million were recognized during the nine months ended September
30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
ProLogis capitalized portions of the total cost of its share-based
compensation awards of $3.5 million and $3.3 million, respectively, to
the investment basis of its real estate assets.
As partial consideration for certain property contributions,
ProLogis received $12.1 million and $94.6 million in the form of notes
receivable from ProLogis North American Properties Fund V during the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of the
notes received in 2003, $69.7 million was repaid prior to September 2003. Of
the notes received in 2004, $3.2 million was repaid prior to September
2004.
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As partial consideration for certain dispositions of properties
to third parties during the nine months ended September 30, 2004,
ProLogis received notes receivable of $50.9 million.
ProLogis assumed $14.5 million of secured debt in connection with
the acquisition of a property in 2004. This property was contributed
to ProLogis North American Properties Fund VII in June 2004 and the
property fund assumed the debt.
Minority interest liability of $201,000 was settled with the
conversion of limited partnership units
into Common Shares in 2004.
(1)
The foreign currency put option contracts are paid in full at execution
and are related to ProLogis operations in Europe and Japan. The put
option contracts provide ProLogis with the option to exchange euro, pound
sterling or yen for U.S. dollars at a fixed exchange rate such that, if
the euro, pound sterling or yen were to depreciate against the U.S. dollar
to predetermined levels set by the contracts, ProLogis could exercise
its options and mitigate its foreign currency exchange losses. The
notional amounts of the put option contracts outstanding at September 30,
2004 represent the U.S. dollar equivalent of 9.0 million euro and 4.7
million pound sterling. The outstanding contracts do not qualify for hedge
accounting treatment and have been marked-to-market through results of
operations at both September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003.
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(2)
The foreign currency forward swap contracts were designated as net
investment hedges of certain of ProLogis investments in Europe
and
allowed ProLogis to sell euro at a fixed exchange rate to the U.S. dollar.
The contracts were entered into in anticipation of the issuance of the
Euro Notes (see Note 6). The aggregate notional amount of these contracts
was 97.5 million euro (the currency equivalent of approximately $119.2
million at settlement). The contracts were settled in April 2004 when the
Euro Notes were issued. These contracts qualified for hedge accounting
treatment and ProLogis recognized the total increase in value of the
contracts of $1.7 million in other comprehensive income in shareholders
equity upon settlement.
(3)
In 2003 and 2004, ProLogis entered into interest rate swap contracts with
an aggregate notional amount of 150.0 million euro (the currency
equivalent of approximately $185.6 million at settlement) related to the
anticipated issuance of the Euro Notes (see Note 6). The contracts,
designated as cash flow hedges, allowed ProLogis to fix a portion of the
interest rate associated with the seven-year Euro Notes that were issued
in April 2004. These contracts qualified for hedge accounting
treatment and ProLogis recognized a total decrease in value of $5.6 million in other
comprehensive income in shareholders equity upon settlement of the
contracts. No ineffectiveness was recognized. The amount reported in other
comprehensive income related to these derivative contract is
reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Euro
Notes. Through September 30, 2004, $0.3 million of expense had been
reclassified.
In July 2004, ProLogis entered into two interest rate swap contracts, each
with a notional amount of $50.0 million, in anticipation of a future debt
offering. These contracts qualified for hedge accounting treatment.
ProLogis recognized $0.3 million of expense upon termination of one of the
contracts in the third quarter of 2004 prior to the completion of a
debt offering. ProLogis recognized a
mark-to-market adjustment of $1.3 million in
other comprehensive income in shareholders equity representing
a decrease in value of the contract that is still in effect at September 30, 2004.
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ProLogis:
October 27, 2004
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ProLogis recognized net earnings attributable to Common Shares of
$202.6 million and $78.8 million for the nine months ended September
30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. ProLogis recognized net earnings
attributable to Common Shares of $79.8 million for the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and a net loss attributable to Common Shares
of $7.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2003.
Net operating income of ProLogis property operations segment
increased by $15.0 million for the nine months in 2004 over the same
period in 2003; stabilized leased percentage at September 30, 2004 was
0.25% higher than at September 30, 2003; rental rates on new leases of
previously leased space decreased by 5.4% for the nine months in 2004;
and same store net operating income, as defined, for the nine months
in 2004 increased by 0.04% from the nine months in 2003.
Income from ProLogis property funds increased by $18.1 million
for the nine months in 2004 over the same period in 2003, including an
increase in fees earned from property funds of $3.6 million.
Net operating income of ProLogis CDFS business segment was $48.4
million higher for the nine months in 2004 than for the same period in
2003 (when considering the net gains that are presented as
discontinued operations in 2004, this segments net operating income
increased by $79.5 million for the nine months in 2004 over the
same period in 2003).
ProLogis generated net cash flow from operating activities for
the nine months in 2004 of $344.7 million.
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ProLogis used net cash in its investing activities of $627.9
million for the nine months in 2004 (used $1.20 billion for real
estate investments, used $510.6 million for the Keystone Transaction
and generated $1.04 billion from contributions and sales of properties
and land parcels).
ProLogis issued 350.0 million of Euro Notes in April 2004
generating net proceeds of 347.8 million euro (the currency equivalent
of approximately $420.6 million at the date of issue).
ProLogis redeemed its outstanding Series D Preferred Shares using
cash of $125.0 million.
ProLogis distributed $0.365 per Common Share in February 2004,
May 2004 and August 2004 for aggregate distributions paid of $198.6
million.
(1)
ProLogis ownership interests in the property funds ranged from 11.5% to
50% at September 30, 2004, from 14% to 50% at December 31, 2003 and from
14% to 50% at September 30, 2003.
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(1)
Amounts do not include rental income and rental expenses associated with 15
properties that are presented as discontinued operations in ProLogis
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings (Loss) and Comprehensive
Income (Loss) in Item 1. These amounts are:
Rental income of $1,347,000 for 2004 and $1,037,000 for 2003 and
Rental expenses of $374,000 for 2004 and $545,000 for 2003.
(2)
The number and composition of operating properties that are directly
owned by ProLogis throughout the periods presented impact rental income
for each period. Rental income for the nine months in 2004 includes $2.1
million of termination and renegotiation fees as compared to similar fees
recognized for the same period in 2003 of $4.3 million. In certain leasing
situations, ProLogis finds it advantageous to negotiate lease terminations
with a customer, particularly when the customer is experiencing financial
difficulties or when ProLogis believes that it can re-lease the space at
rates that, when combined with the termination fee, provide a total return
to ProLogis in excess of what was being earned under the original lease
terms. ProLogis cannot predict the levels of such fees that will be earned
in the future or whether ProLogis will be successful in re-leasing the
vacant space associated with the lease terminations in a timely manner.
Rental expense recoveries from customers, a component of rental income,
were $77.2 million for the nine months in 2004 and $76.2 million for the
nine months in 2003. Total rental expense recoveries were 72.4% and 73.4%
of total rental expenses for the nine months in 2004 and 2003,
respectively, excluding discontinued operations.
Rental income, excluding termination and renegotiation fees and rental
expense recoveries, was $331.8 million for the nine months in 2004 and
$330.9 million for the same period in 2003.
(3)
The number and composition of operating properties that are directly
owned by ProLogis throughout the periods presented impact rental expenses
for each period. Rental expenses are presented before any recoveries from
customers, which are a component of rental income. Rental expenses as a
percentage of
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rental income, before rental expense recoveries and termination and
renegotiation fees, were 32.1% for the nine months in 2004 as compared to
31.4% for the nine months in 2003.
(4)
The income from property funds includes fees of
$36.1 million earned by ProLogis for
providing services to the property funds for the nine
months in 2004 and $32.5 million for the nine months in 2003. As part of
the Keystone Transaction, ProLogis began earning fees in the third quarter
of 2004 for property management and asset management services provided to
ProLogis North American Properties Funds VI through XII associated with
the additional 33.1 million square feet of properties acquired in August
2004. See Note 2 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
in Item 1.
(5)
ProLogis ownership interest in the property fund was the same for both
periods presented and each of the property funds was in operation with
substantially the same portfolio of properties for both periods presented.
ProLogis ownership interests are: ProLogis California (50%); ProLogis
North American Properties Fund I (41.3%); ProLogis North American
Properties Fund II (20%); ProLogis North American Properties Fund III
(20%); and ProLogis North American Properties Fund IV (20%). With respect
to each property fund, fluctuations between periods in the amount that ProLogis recognizes
under the equity method are generally due to occupancy levels and the
amount of termination and renegotiation fees earned by the property fund.
Additionally, fees earned by ProLogis for providing services to the property
funds other than for property management and asset management services, can fluctuate from
period to period. ProLogis share of the net earnings of ProLogis
California for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes $0.7
million of net gains from the dispositions of properties.
(6)
ProLogis North American Properties Fund V has continued to acquire
properties, generally from ProLogis, since it began operations in March
2002. At September 30, 2003, this property fund owned 90 properties
aggregating 20.7 million square feet and, at September 30, 2004, it owned
114 properties aggregating 26.7 million square feet. ProLogis ownership
interest in ProLogis North American Properties Fund V was 11.5% at
September 30, 2004 and 14% at September 30, 2003. During the nine months
in 2004 and 2003, ProLogis earned $1.4 million and $3.6 million,
respectively, of fees from ProLogis North American Properties Fund V for
services other than property and asset management.
(7)
ProLogis North American Properties Funds VI through X began operations on June 30, 2004 when
ProLogis contributed 21 properties aggregating 3.0 million square feet to
the five property funds. Upon completion of the Keystone Transaction,
ProLogis North American Properties Funds VI through X collectively
acquired an additional 22.5 million square feet of properties.
ProLogis has a 20% ownership interest in each property fund. See Notes 2
and 4 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
(8)
ProLogis North American Properties Funds XI and XII were formed by
Keystone. ProLogis acquired Keystones 20% ownership interests in these
property funds as part of the Keystone Transaction. These property funds
own a combined 26 properties aggregating 7.7 million square feet. See
Notes 2 and 4 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in
Item 1.
(9)
ProLogis European Properties Fund has continued to acquire properties,
generally from ProLogis, since it began operations in September 1999. At
September 30, 2003, this property fund owned 210 properties aggregating
42.2 million square feet and, at September 30, 2004, it owned 220
properties aggregating 45.2 million square feet. ProLogis ownership
interest in ProLogis European Properties Fund was 21.6% at September 30,
2004 and 29.9% at September 30, 2003.
Amounts presented for ProLogis European Properties Fund include ProLogis
proportionate share of net foreign currency exchange gains and losses
recognized by the property fund (net losses of $0.8 million and $12.2
million for the nine months in 2004 and 2003, respectively). Excluding
these net foreign currency exchange losses, ProLogis proportionate share
of the earnings of ProLogis European Properties Fund would be $27.9
million and $29.9 million for the nine months in 2004 and 2003,
respectively. The decrease in the income recognized by ProLogis, excluding
net foreign currency exchange
losses, is primarily the result of ProLogis lower ownership interest in
2004 from the 2003 level and higher interest expense in 2004 which offset
the positive impacts of the higher average foreign currency
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exchange rate at which ProLogis translated the earnings of the
ProLogis European Properties Fund to U.S. dollars in 2004 and the larger number of
properties owned in 2004.
(10)
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis Japan Properties Fund owned 13 properties
aggregating 3.9 million square feet (seven of these properties were
contributed to the property fund by ProLogis). At September 30, 2003, this
property fund owned four properties aggregating 1.2 million square feet.
ProLogis ownership interest in ProLogis Japan Properties Fund was 20% at
both September 30, 2004 and 2003.
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(1)
Represents the net gains from the dispositions of land parcels and
contributions and sales of properties as follows:
2004: 131 acres; 11.7 million square feet; and
2003: 203 acres; 13.2 million square feet.
(2)
A contribution to ProLogis Japan Properties Fund in 2003 provided for an
additional $5.9 million of proceeds, the receipt of which was contingent
on the satisfactory performance of certain activities by ProLogis. These
activities were completed in 2004. The receipt of these proceeds resulted
in the recognition of an additional gain in 2004 of $4.7 million, after
deferral.
(3)
When ProLogis contributes a property to a property fund in which it has
an ownership interest, ProLogis does not recognize a portion of the
proceeds in its computation of the gain resulting from the contribution.
The amount of the proceeds that cannot be recognized is determined based
on ProLogis continuing ownership interest in the contributed property
that arises due to ProLogis ownership interest in the property fund that
acquires the property. ProLogis defers this portion of the proceeds by
recognizing a reduction to its balance sheet investment in the respective
property fund. ProLogis adjusts its proportionate share of the
earnings or loss that it recognizes under the equity method from the
property fund in later periods to reflect the property funds depreciation
expense as if the depreciation expense was computed on ProLogis lower
basis in the contributed property rather than on the property funds basis
in the contributed property. If a loss results when a property is
contributed to a property fund, the entire loss is recognized.
When a property that ProLogis originally contributed to a property fund is
disposed of to a third party by the property fund, ProLogis recognizes the net amount of the
proceeds that it had previously deferred in results of operations in the
period that the disposition to the third party occurs. Further, during
periods when ProLogis ownership interest in a property fund decreases,
ProLogis will recognize gains to the extent that previously deferred
proceeds are recognized to coincide with ProLogis new ownership interest
in the property fund. ProLogis
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ownership interest in ProLogis North American Properties Fund V and
ProLogis European Properties Fund decreased during 2004. Accordingly,
previously deferred proceeds of $4.1 million were recognized as gains in
the nine months ended September 30, 2004 ($0.9 million in the third
quarter). Based on decreases in ProLogis ownership interests in certain
property funds during the first nine months in 2003, ProLogis recognized
gains of $1.4 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2003 ($0.2
million in the third quarter).
(4)
Represents the income that ProLogis recognizes under the equity method
from the CDFS Joint Ventures. ProLogis discontinued its participation and
significantly reduced its investment in a CDFS Joint Venture
operating in the United Kingdom in November
2003. The CDFS Joint Ventures in which ProLogis currently actively
participates engage primarily in development activities (currently the
holding of land positions for future development) However, two CDFS
Joint Ventures own a total of five operating properties. The CDFS Joint Venture in which ProLogis ceased its
participation and significantly reduced its investment in November 2003
owned 11 operating properties at September 30, 2003. ProLogis ownership
interest in each of the CDFS Joint Ventures is 50%.
(5)
Includes land holding costs of $2.2 million and $2.0 million and the
write-off of previously capitalized pursuit costs related to potential
CDFS business segment projects of $1.5 million and $1.0 million for the
nine months in 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(6)
Eight CDFS business properties aggregating 2.1 million square feet that
were sold to third parties in 2004 met the criteria to be presented as
discontinued operations in 2004. See Note 5 to ProLogis Consolidated
Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2004
2003
Temperature - controlled distribution investees:
$
$
(1,868
)
(25,944
)
856
(1,571
)
Subtotals
(715
)
(27,812
)
Other investees:
(258
)
(5
)
57
Subtotals
(258
)
52
$
(973
)
$
(27,760
)
(1)
These investments are presented on a consolidated basis in 2004. Prologis share of the losses of CSI/Frigo LLC and TCL Holding for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 includes its proportionate shares of an impairment loss recognized by TCL Holding associated with its operations in the United Kingdom that were disposed of in December 2003. See
Notes 1 and 4 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in
Item 1.
(2)
Represents adjustments to the operating expenses of CSI (which is owned
by ProLogis Logistics) incurred prior to October 2002 and additional losses associated with CSIs disposition of a
significant portion of its operating assets in October 2002. Prior to the
disposition transaction in October 2002, ProLogis recognized 99.23% of the
earnings or losses of ProLogis Logistics under the equity method through
its direct and indirect ownership interests in CSI.
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2004
2003
$
137,775
$
139,930
314
276
4,183
4,471
142,272
144,677
26,671
28,821
$
115,601
$
115,856
(1)
The decrease in gross interest expense is due to lower average interest
rates in 2004, which offset the higher weighted average borrowing levels
during 2004.
(2)
The decrease in capitalized interest results from ProLogis lower average
cost of debt in 2004, which offsets the effect of an increase in the
volume of qualifying development activities in 2004 from 2003 levels.
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2004: 0.4 million square feet of properties generating net proceeds
of $17.6 million and an aggregate net gain of $6.1 million
and;
2003: 0.5 million square feet of properties generating net proceeds
of $52.5 million and an aggregate net gain of $3.4 million (a $0.4
million net gain in the first quarter of 2003, a $3.2 million net gain
in the second quarter of 2003 and a $0.2 million net loss in the third
quarter of 2003).
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(1)
At the time certain debt balances are settled, remeasurement gains or
losses that have been recognized in results of operations as unrealized
are reversed and the cumulative foreign currency exchange gain or loss
realized with respect to the settled balance is recognized in results of
operations as a realized gain or loss in the period that the settlement
occurs.
(2)
ProLogis enters into foreign currency put option contracts related to its
operations in Europe and Japan. These put option contracts do not qualify
for hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, the cost of the contract is
capitalized at the contracts inception and is marked-to-market by
ProLogis as of the end of each subsequent reporting period. Upon
expiration of the contract, the mark-to-market adjustment is reversed, the
total cost of the contract is expensed and any proceeds received are
recognized as a gain.
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Assets held for sale: Certain of TCL Holdings
temperature - controlled distribution operations in
France were classified as held for sale during 2003. However, because
ProLogis investments in TCL Holding were presented under the equity
method in 2003, ProLogis was not required to reflect the portion of
the earnings of TCL Holding recognized under the equity method
attributable to the French operations that are held for sale
separately as discontinued operations. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2004, the French operations that are held for sale
are preserved as discontinued operations. These operations
generated net earnings of $10.8 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004.
Assets disposed of in 2004: During the nine months ended
September 30, 2004, ProLogis disposed of 15 properties to third
parties that had not been developed under pre-sale agreements.
ProLogis has reported the operations of these properties and the net
gains or losses resulting from their dispositions as discontinued
operations. The dispositions of eight CDFS business properties
generated an aggregate net gain of $31.1 million (seeCDFS
Business) and the dispositions of seven properties that were held
and used in the property operations segment generated an aggregate
net loss of $0.9 million. The operations of these properties have
been presented as discontinued operations in ProLogis Consolidated
Condensed Statements of Earnings (Loss) and Comprehensive Income
(Loss) in Item 1 for both 2004 and 2003. The net earnings
attributable to these properties were $0.8 million and $0.3 million
for the nine months in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Also included in
the net loss recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2004
was a charge of $1.6 million representing an adjustment to the net gain
recognized upon the sale of TCL Holdings operating assets in the
United Kingdom in December 2003.
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Acquisitions of land for future development;
Development and acquisitions of properties in the CDFS business segment;
Direct acquisitions of operating properties and/or portfolios of
operating properties on a limited basis in key distribution markets
for direct, long-term investment in the property operations segment;
and
Repayment of debt that is scheduled to mature.
Property operations;
Proceeds from the disposition of the French operations of TCL
Holding that are classified as held for sale;
Proceeds from the contributions of properties to property funds;
Proceeds from the sales of properties to third parties;
Proceeds from the issuance of longer-term senior notes;
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Utilization of ProLogis revolving lines of credit; and
Proceeds from the sales of Common Shares, including sales of
Common Shares under ProLogis various Common Share plans, and sales of
Preferred Shares.
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Investments in real estate (both acquisition and development
expenditures), as well as recurring capital expenditures, tenant
improvements and lease commissions on previously leased space
required cash of $1.20 billion for the first nine months of 2004 and $927.1
million for the first nine months in 2003.
The Keystone
Transaction during the third quarter of 2004 required a cash payment
of $510.6 million (see Notes 2 and 12 to ProLogis
Consolidated Condensed Financial Statement in Item 1).
ProLogis unconsolidated investees generated net cash to ProLogis
of $32.7 million and $10.4 million for the nine months in 2004 and
2003, respectively, consisting primarily of the periodic cash
distributions made by the property funds to ProLogis. ProLogis also
generated net proceeds of $13.2 million upon the partial disposition
of its investment in a property fund during the nine months in 2004.
Net cash generated from contributions and sales of properties and
land parcels were $1.04 billion and $730.7 million for the nine months
in 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Generated net cash of $382.3 million in 2004 Net borrowings on
ProLogis revolving lines of credit ($324.5 million), proceeds
from the issuance of the Euro Notes ($420.6 million) and net proceeds
from sales and issuances of Common Shares ($76.5 million)
provided cash while the redemption of Preferred Shares
($125.0 million), principal payments on debt
($310.7 million), debt and equity issuance costs
($3.2 million) and purchases of
derivative contracts ($0.4 million) used cash.
Generated net cash of $191.4 million in 2003 Proceeds from
long-term debt issuances ($331.0 million) and net proceeds from sales
and issuances of Common Shares ($33.9 million) provided cash
while net repayments on ProLogis revolving lines of
credit ($12.6 million), repurchases of Common Shares ($9.8
million), the redemption of Preferred Shares ($50.0 million),
principal payments on debt ($96.0 million), debt and equity
issuance costs ($3.2 million) and purchases of
derivative contracts ($1.9 million) used cash.
Maximum Borrowing
Capacities at
Outstanding Balances at
Weighted
Average
Interest
Facility
09/30/04
11/5/04
09/30/04
11/5/04
Rate(1)
Expiration
$
400.0
$
400.0
$
126.0
$
134.0
2.49
%
11/08/05
(3)
100.0
100.0
4.4
2.59
%
11/04/05
(5)
60.0
60.0
25.0
3.5
2.59
%
11/08/05
(7)
549.5
582.7
460.6
524.9
2.82
%
08/08/06
44.9
46.4
17.7
07/31/05
588.0
614.7
313.0
341.4
0.97
%
08/05/06
(3)
$
1,742.4
$
1,803.8
$
929.0
$
1,021.5
2.14
%
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(1)
Represents the weighted average interest rate on borrowings outstanding
at September 30, 2004.
(2)
Borrowing capacity under the line of credit is fully committed.
(3)
The credit agreement may be extended for one year from this date at
ProLogis option.
(4)
Borrowings can be denominated in U.S. dollar, euro, pound sterling and
yen.
(5)
On November 5, 2004, ProLogis extended the expiration of this credit
agreement to November 4, 2005 under similar terms.
(6)
ProLogis maximum borrowing capacity at September 30, 2004 and
November 5, 2004 is reduced by letters of credit outstanding of $9.6
million and $7.4 million, respectively.
(7)
On November 8, 2004, ProLogis extended the expiration of this facility to
November 8, 2005 under similar terms.
(8)
Total committed borrowing capacity under the agreement is 450.0 million
euro. At September 30, 2004 and November 5, 2004, amounts outstanding
represent the U.S. dollar equivalent of borrowings of 377.2 million euro
and 405.4 million euro, respectively.
(9)
Borrowings are denominated in pound sterling with a maximum borrowing
capacity of 25.0 million pound sterling. ProLogis maximum borrowing
capacity at September 30, 2004 and November 5, 2004, is reduced by letters
of credit outstanding of approximately $23.6 million (the currency
equivalent of 13.1 million pound sterling at September 30, 2004) and
approximately $25.6 million (the currency equivalent of 13.1 million
pound sterling at November 5, 2004), respectively. Borrowings outstanding at November
5, 2004 bear interest at 5.75% per annum.
(10)
Borrowings are denominated in yen with a committed borrowing capacity of
65.0 billion yen (increased from 45.0 billion yen in September 2004). At
September 30, 2004 and November 5, 2004, amounts outstanding represent the
U.S. dollar equivalent of borrowings of 34.6 billion yen and 36.1 billion
yen, respectively.
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
ProLogis
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
California
Fund I
Fund II
Fund III
Fund IV
Fund V
Fund VI
Fund VII
$
567.9
$
347.4
$
225.9
$
200.6
$
139.3
$
1,149.7
$
530.8
$
401.4
$
283.5
(2)
$
242.3
(3)
$
165.0
(4)
$
150.3
(5)
$
103.2
(6)
$
551.2
(7)
$
$
14.4
(8)
$
0.2
$
0.3
$
0.2
$
0.2
$
0.1
$
11.4
$
0.3
$
0.2
$
290.8
$
248.3
$
170.1
$
153.2
$
105.6
$
654.3
$
6.4
$
18.0
$
277.1
$
99.1
$
55.8
$
47.4
$
33.7
$
495.4
$
524.4
$
383.4
50
%
41.3
%
20
%
20
%
20
%
11.5
%
20
%
20
%
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ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
ProLogis
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
European
Japan
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Properties
Fund VIII
Fund IX
Fund X
Fund XI(9)
Fund XII(9)
Fund
Fund
$
199.8
$
207.1
$
228.2
$
239.4
$
280.0
$
3,404.6
$
711.3
$
$
$
$
51.3
(10)
$
80.8
(11)
$
1,642.9
(12)
$
314.8
(13)
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
0.1
$
11.8
$
37.5
$
4.2
$
3.2
$
3.3
$
53.2
$
83.0
$
1,942.3
$
493.1
$
195.6
$
203.9
$
224.9
$
186.2
$
197.0
$
1,462.3
$
218.2
20
%
20
%
20
%
20
%
20
%
21.6
%
20
%
(1)
Of the total third party debt, ProLogis has guaranteed $29.4 million of
borrowings of ProLogis North American Properties Fund V. Also, see
Contractual Obligations Other Commitments. ProLogis may in the future
provide guarantees of short-term financing arrangements that property
funds enter into associated with ProLogis contributions of properties to
the property funds. ProLogis would provide these guarantees only with
respect to short-term financing arrangements that the property funds enter
into on an interim basis prior to finalizing long-term secured debt
arrangements.
(2)
Third party debt of ProLogis California is due as follows:
$17.2 million due May 2005, bearing interest at 8.67% per annum;
$174.9 million due March 2009, bearing interest at 7.20% per annum; and
$91.4 million due August 2009, bearing interest at 7.63% per annum.
(3)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund I is due as
follows:
$130.5 million due December 2010, bearing interest at 7.65% per annum;
$9.8 million due March 2011, bearing interest at 5.16% per annum; and
$102.0 million due March 2011, bearing interest at 7.75% per annum.
(4)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund II is due in
June 2007 and bears interest at 6.74% per annum.
(5)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund III is due as
follows:
$150.0 million due September 2007, bearing interest at 7.03% per
annum and
$0.3 million (three assessment bond issues) due on various dates
between June 2005 and March 2021, bearing interest at a weighted average
interest rate of 6.41% per annum.
(6)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund IV is due as
follows:
$103.0 million due January 2008, bearing interest at 6.65% per annum and
$0.2 million (two assessment bond issues) due March 2021, bearing interest at 5.32% per annum.
(7)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund V is due as
follows:
$19.1 million due December 2004, bearing interest at 2.64% per annum;
this debt is guaranteed by
ProLogis (expected to be repaid with proceeds from a secured debt
financing that will not be guaranteed by ProLogis);
$10.3 million due December 2004, bearing interest at 2.64% per annum; this
debt is guaranteed by
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ProLogis (expected to be repaid with proceeds from a secured debt
financing that will not be guaranteed by ProLogis);
$173.0 million due July 2007, bearing interest at 5.85% per annum;
$102.0 million due June 2008, bearing interest at 4.18% per annum;
$62.0 million due January 2009, bearing interest at 4.11% per annum;
$35.7 million due August 2009, bearing interest at 4.66% per annum;
$10.3 million due August 2009, bearing interest at 4.68% per annum;
$74.8 million due September 2010, bearing interest at 4.39% per annum; and
$64.0 million due January 2013, bearing interest at 5.43% per annum.
(8)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund VII is due
January 2013 and bears interest at 6.29% per annum.
(9)
Balance sheet amounts presented are 100% of the fair values
of the assets and liabilities
that were determined a part of the purchase accounting adjustments associated with the Keystone
Transaction. See Note 2 to ProLogis Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Item 1.
(10)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund XI is due as
follows:
$15.6 million due June 2009, bearing interest at 4.99% per annum;
$30.6 million due September 2010, bearing interest at 4.96% per annum; and
$5.1 million due July 2013, bearing interest at 5.32% per annum.
(11)
Third party debt of ProLogis North American Properties Fund XII is due as
follows:
$65.1 million due April 2007, bearing interest at 4.20% per annum; and
$15.7 million due March 2009, bearing interest at 4.55% per annum.
(12)
Third party debt of ProLogis European Properties Fund is due as follows:
$369.5 million due December 2005, bearing interest at 2.92% per annum;
$133.9 million (four mortgage issues) due March 2009, bearing interest at a weighted average of 3.52%
per annum;
$261.0 million due April 2008, bearing interest at 5.75% per annum;
$175.9 million due April 2009, bearing interest at 5.69% per annum;
$434.7 million due July 2009, bearing interest at 5.72% per annum;
$232.6 million due May 2010, bearing interest at 4.61% per annum; and
$35.3 million (eight mortgage issues) due December 2014, bearing
interest at a weighted average of 5.47%
per annum.
(13)
Third party debt of ProLogis Japan Properties Fund is due as follows:
$29.9 million due and repaid in November 2004, bearing interest at 0.77% per annum;
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$26.2 million due November 2004, bearing interest at 0.66% per annum;
$25.3 million due December 2004, bearing interest at 0.66% per annum;
$28.0 million due June 2010, bearing interest at 1.04% per annum;
$17.2 million due October 2010, bearing interest at 1.94% per annum;
$43.4 million due December 2010, bearing interest at 1.63% per annum;
$33.5 million due March 2011, bearing interest at 1.53% per annum;
$25.3 million due March 2011, bearing interest at 1.59% per annum;
$57.0 million due July 2011, bearing interest at 1.93% per annum;
$14.5 million due September 2011, bearing interest at 1.50% per annum; and
$14.5 million due January 2013, bearing interest at 1.75% per annum.
Payments Due By Period
Less than
1 to 3
3 to 5
More than
Total
1 year
years
years
5 years
$
2,420
$
2
$
774
$
386
$
1,258
345
345
165
165
95
95
929
929
$
3,954
$
442
$
1,703
$
551
$
1,258
(1)
ProLogis had properties under development at September 30, 2004 with a
total expected cost at completion of $956.8 million. ProLogis has entered
into contracts for certain phases of the construction of these projects.
However, these contracts do not generally cover all of the costs that are
necessary to place the property into service, including the costs of
tenant improvements and marketing and leasing costs. The unfunded
commitments presented include all such costs, not only those costs that
ProLogis is obligated to fund under construction contracts.
(2)
At September 30, 2004, ProLogis was committed to make additional equity
contributions to ProLogis European Properties Fund of 135.4 million euro
(the currency equivalent of approximately $165.3 million at September 30,
2004) as required through September 15, 2009. For purposes of this
presentation, the total commitment is included in the earliest time period
as there is no schedule for when the commitment will be funded.
(3)
Short-term borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2004 were
repaid in October 2004 and ProLogis cannot now reborrow additional amounts under the credit agreement that expires in
December 2004.
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(4)
For purposes of this presentation, the expiration dates of three of the
six credit agreements include extension periods that are at ProLogis
option. See Borrowing Capacities.
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Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets are economic
costs that are excluded from funds from operations. Funds from
operations is limited as it does not reflect the cash requirements
that may be necessary for future replacements of the real estate
assets. Further, the amortization of capital expenditures and leasing
costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of distribution
properties are not reflected in funds from operations.
Gains or losses from property dispositions represent changes in
the value of the disposed properties. Funds from operations, by
excluding these gains and losses, does not capture realized changes in
the value of disposed properties arising from changes in market
conditions.
The deferred income tax benefits and expenses that are excluded
from ProLogis defined funds from operations measure result from the
creation of a deferred income tax asset or liability that may have to
be settled at some future point. ProLogis defined funds from
operations measure does not currently reflect any income or expense
that may result from such settlement.
The foreign currency exchange gains and losses that are excluded
from ProLogis defined funds from operations measure are generally
recognized based on movements in foreign currency exchange rates
through a specific point in time. The ultimate settlement of ProLogis
foreign currency-denominated net assets is indefinite as to timing and
amount. ProLogis funds from operations measure is limited in that it
does not reflect the current period changes in these net assets that
result from periodic foreign currency exchange rate movements.
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PART II
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, ProLogis and its unconsolidated investees are parties
to a variety of legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of their
businesses. ProLogis believes that, with respect to any such matters that it is
currently a party to, the ultimate disposition of any such matters will not
result in a material adverse effect on ProLogis business, financial position
or results of operations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
In 2004, ProLogis issued 16,000 Common Shares upon exchange of limited
partnership units in two of ProLogis majority-owned and controlled real estate
partnerships. The Common Shares were issued in transactions exempt from
registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Also on August 4, 2004,
a majority-owned and controlled real estate partnership of ProLogis issued
879,283 limited partnership units as part of the consideration given in the Keystone
Transaction. These units are redeemable for cash or, at ProLogis election, for
Common Shares on a one for one basis.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to Vote of Securities Holders
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits:
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
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Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of ProLogis
Fraser, L.P.
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Share Dividends
Letter from KPMG LLP regarding unaudited financial information dated November 8, 2004
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Date
Items
Reported
Financial
Statements
5,7
No
5,7
No
5,7
No
2.01
No
2.01, 9.01
No
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 9, 2004
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PROLOGIS
By:
/s/ WALTER C. RAKOWICH
Walter C. Rakowich
Managing Director and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
By:
/s/ LUKE A. LANDS
Luke A. Lands
Senior Vice President and Controller
By:
/s/ SHARI J. JONES
Shari J. Jones
First Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of ProLogis
Fraser, L.P.
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Share Dividends
Letter from KPMG LLP regarding unaudited financial information dated November 8, 2004
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
PROLOGIS FRASER, L.P.
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PAGE ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS..................................................... 1 ARTICLE II ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS............................................ 11 Section 2.1.Organization; Application of Act............................... 11 Section 2.2.Name........................................................... 11 Section 2.3.Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office.................. 11 Section 2.4.Term........................................................... 11 ARTICLE III PURPOSE........................................................... 12 Section 3.1.Purpose and Business........................................... 12 Section 3.2.Powers......................................................... 12 ARTICLE IV CAPITALIZATION.................................................... 12 Section 4.1.Capital Contributions of the Partners.......................... 12 Section 4.2.Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.................. 13 Section 4.3.No Preemptive Rights........................................... 14 Section 4.4.Capital Accounts of the Partners............................... 14 ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS..................................................... 16 Section 5.1.Requirement and Characterization of Distributions.............. 16 Section 5.2.Amounts Withheld............................................... 17 Section 5.3.Distributions Upon Liquidation................................. 17 ARTICLE VI ALLOCATIONS....................................................... 17 Section 6.1.Allocations For Capital Account Purposes....................... 17 Section 6.2.Special Allocation Rules....................................... 18 Section 6.3.Allocations for Tax Purposes................................... 20 ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS............................. 21 Section 7.1.Management..................................................... 21 Section 7.2.Certificate of Limited Partnership............................. 24 Section 7.3.Restrictions on General Partner's Authority.................... 25 Section 7.4.Responsibility for Expenses.................................... 26 Section 7.5.Outside Activities of the General Partner and its Affiliates... 26 Section 7.6.Transactions with Affiliates................................... 27 Section 7.7.Indemnification................................................ 28 |
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PAGE Section 7.8.Liability of the General Partner............................... 30 Section 7.9.Other Matters Concerning the General Partner................... 31 Section 7.10.Title to Partnership Assets................................... 31 Section 7.11.Reliance by Third Parties..................................... 32 ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS........................ 32 Section 8.1.Limitation of Liability........................................ 32 Section 8.2.Management of Business......................................... 32 Section 8.3.Outside Activities of Limited Partners......................... 32 Section 8.4.Representations, Warranties and Covenants of ProLogis to Limited Partners................................................... 33 Section 8.5.Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership......... 33 Section 8.6.Redemption of Partnership Units................................ 34 ARTICLE IX BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS............................ 36 Section 9.1.Records and Accounting......................................... 36 Section 9.2.Fiscal Year.................................................... 36 Section 9.3.Reports........................................................ 36 ARTICLE X TAX MATTERS....................................................... 36 Section 10.1.Preparation of Tax Returns.................................... 36 Section 10.2.Tax Elections................................................. 36 Section 10.3.Tax Matters Partner........................................... 37 Section 10.4.Organizational Expenses....................................... 37 Section 10.5.Withholding................................................... 37 ARTICLE XI TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS......................................... 38 Section 11.1.Transfer...................................................... 38 Section 11.2.Transfer of ProLogis' Partnership Interest.................... 39 Section 11.3.Limited Partners' Rights to Transfer.......................... 40 Section 11.4.Substituted Limited Partners.................................. 41 Section 11.5.Assignees..................................................... 42 Section 11.6.General Provisions............................................ 42 Section 11.7.Transfer Rights............................................... 43 ARTICLE XII ADMISSION OF PARTNERS............................................. 43 |
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PAGE Section 12.1.Admission of Successor General Partner........................ 43 Section 12.2.Admission of Additional Limited Partners...................... 43 Section 12.3.Amendment of Agreement and Certificate........................ 44 ARTICLE XIII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION....................................... 44 Section 13.1.Dissolution................................................... 44 Section 13.2.Winding Up.................................................... 44 Section 13.3.Regulatory Compliance......................................... 45 Section 13.4.Rights of Limited Partners.................................... 46 Section 13.5.Notice of Dissolution......................................... 46 Section 13.6.Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership............ 46 Section 13.7.Reasonable Time for Winding-Up................................ 46 Section 13.8.Liability of Liquidator....................................... 46 ARTICLE XIV AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS...................... 47 Section 14.1.Amendments.................................................... 47 Section 14.2.Meetings...................................................... 48 ARTICLE XV REGISTRATION RIGHTS............................................... 49 Section 15.1.Shelf Registration Under the Securities Act................... 49 Section 15.2.Registration.................................................. 50 Section 15.3.Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities......................................................... 53 Section 15.4.Indemnification; Contribution................................. 54 Section 15.5.Rule 144 Sales................................................ 57 ARTICLE XVI GENERAL PROVISIONS................................................ 57 Section 16.1.Addresses and Notice.......................................... 57 Section 16.2.Titles and Captions........................................... 58 Section 16.3.Pronouns and Plurals.......................................... 58 Section 16.4.Further Action................................................ 58 Section 16.5.Binding Effect................................................ 58 Section 16.6.Waiver of Partition........................................... 58 Section 16.7.Entire Agreement.............................................. 58 Section 16.8.Securities Law Provisions..................................... 58 |
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PAGE Section 16.9.Remedies Not Exclusive........................................ 59 Section 16.10.Time......................................................... 59 Section 16.11.Creditors.................................................... 59 Section 16.12.Waiver....................................................... 59 Section 16.13.Execution Counterparts....................................... 59 Section 16.14.Applicable Law............................................... 59 Section 16.15.Invalidity of Provisions..................................... 59 Section 16.16.Limitation of Liability...................................... 59 Section 16.17.No Rights as Shareholders.................................... 59 Section 16.18.Dividends on Shares.......................................... 59 ARTICLE XVII POWER OF ATTORNEY................................................. 60 Section 17.1.Power of Attorney............................................. 60 |
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
PROLOGIS FRASER, L.P.
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (this
"Agreement"), dated as of August 4, 2004, of ProLogis Fraser, L.P. (the
"Partnership") is entered into by and among ProLogis Fraser GP LLC (the "General
Partner"), a Delaware limited liability company, ProLogis, a Maryland real
estate investment trust ("ProLogis"), as a Limited Partner, and the Person(s)
whose names are set forth on Exhibit A as attached hereto, as the Limited
Partners, together with any other Persons who become Partners in the Partnership
as provided herein.
WHEREAS, the Partnership has been formed by the filing of a certificate of limited partnership with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of April 30, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Partners wish to amend and restate the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of April 30, 2004 (the "Original Agreement") and in connection therewith have agreed to enter into this Agreement to provide for the continuation of the Partnership as a limited partnership under the Act (as hereafter defined) and on the terms provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual promises and agreements herein made, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.
"Accrual Account" means an account maintained with respect to each Class A
Limited Partnership Unit to which shall be credited on a monthly basis an
amount, calculated like interest at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate (as
said rate may be adjusted from time to time), plus one percentage point, on the
average daily balance of such Class A Limited Partnership Unit's Unpaid
Distribution Account, and from which shall be debited the amount of any
distributions pursuant to Section 5.1(i) and Section 13.2(a)(3) to the extent
attributable to the Accrual Account. The amount to be credited to each Accrual
Account shall be cumulative and shall compound annually if unpaid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no further credits to the Accrual
Account with respect to a Class A Limited Partnership Unit from and after the
date that there has been a Step-Up Event (as defined in the following sentence)
with respect to such Class A Limited Partnership Unit. As used herein, a Step-Up
Event shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Class A Limited
Partnership Unit when the basis of such Class A Limited Partnership Unit for
federal income tax purposes is adjusted to "fair market value" by reason of a
transfer for value, death, or otherwise.
"Act" means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
"Additional Limited Partner" means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.2(a) and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.
"Adjusted Capital Account" means the Capital Account maintained for each
Partner as of the end of each Partnership taxable year (a) increased by any
amounts which such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) and (b) decreased by the items
described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6). The foregoing definition
of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
"Adjusted Capital Account Deficit" means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner's Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership taxable year.
"Adjusted Property" means any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to Section 4.4(d).
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition "control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise; the terms "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of clarity, a Person whose shares are registered on a public securities exchange or who is controlled by a Person (other than the General Partner) whose shares are so registered is not an Affiliate of the General Partner.
"Agreed Value" means (a) in the case of any Contributed Property as of the time of its contribution to the Partnership, the 704(c) Value of such property or other consideration, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed pursuant to Section 752 of the Code, and (b) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the Partnership's Carrying Value of such property at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time of distribution as determined under Section 752 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
"Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Assignee" means a Person to whom one or more Partnership Units have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5.
"Available Cash" means with respect to any period for which such calculation is being made:
(a) all cash revenues and funds received by the Partnership from whatever source (excluding the proceeds of any Capital Contribution) plus the amount of any reduction (including, without limitation, a reduction resulting because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer necessary) in reserves of the Partnership, which reserves are referred to in clause (b)(iv) below;
(b) less the sum of the following (except to the extent made with the proceeds of any Capital Contribution):
(i) all interest, principal and other debt payments made during such period by the Partnership,
(ii) all cash expenditures of whatever kind (including capital expenditures) made by the Partnership during such period,
(iii) investments in any entity (including loans made thereto) that are not otherwise described in clauses (b)(i) or (ii), and
(iv) the amount of any increase in reserves established during such period which the General Partner determines is necessary or appropriate in the exercise of its good faith judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include any cash received or reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made or reserves established, after commencement of the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership.
"Book-Tax Disparities" means, with respect to any item of Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, as of the date of any determination, the difference between the Carrying Value of such Contributed Property or Adjusted Property and the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax purposes as of such date.
"Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
"Capital Account" means the Capital Account maintained for a Partner pursuant to Section 4.4.
"Capital Contribution" means, with respect to any Partner, any cash, cash equivalents or the Agreed Value of Contributed Property which such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2.
"Carrying Value" means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the
704(c) Value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all Depreciation
with respect to such property charged to the Partners' Capital Accounts, (b)
with respect to an Adjusted Property, the fair market value of such property
immediately following the latest adjustment to such property as
provided in Section 4.4(d) reduced (but not below zero) by all Depreciation with respect to such property charged to the Partners' Capital Accounts, and (c) with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination. The Carrying Value of any property shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 4.4(d), and to reflect changes, additions or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and acquisitions of Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the General Partner.
"Cash Amount" means an amount of cash equal to the number of Partnership
Units that are the subject of a Notice of Redemption, multiplied by the Unit
Adjustment Factor, multiplied by the Value of a Share that the Partner
delivering the Notice of Redemption would have been entitled to receive under
Section 8.6.
"Certificate" means the Certificate of Limited Partnership relating to the Partnership filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.
"Class A Limited Partnership Interest" means a Partnership Interest held by a Limited Partner other than ProLogis or an Affiliate of ProLogis in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners other than ProLogis or such Affiliate of ProLogis and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Class A Limited Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.
"Common Share Rights" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Consent" means the consent of or vote in favor by a Partner with respect to a Partnership or General Partner action given in accordance with Article XIV.
"Contributed Property" means each property or other asset (but excluding cash), in such form as may be permitted by the Act contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership. Once the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to Section 4.4(d), such property shall no longer constitute a Contributed Property for purposes of Section 4.4(d), but shall be deemed an Adjusted Property for such purposes. The Contributed Properties as of the date of this Agreement are set forth on Exhibit E hereto.
"Debt" means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services; (b) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other
performance of obligations by such Person; (c) all indebtedness for money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person's interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (d) lease obligations of such Person which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.
"Depreciation" means for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Carrying Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner, provided that the General Partner shall determine Depreciation consistently with the method used in respect of real property owned directly by ProLogis.
"Event of Dissolution" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"General Partner" shall initially mean ProLogis Fraser GP LLC and thereafter shall mean such Person that holds the General Partnership Interest in accordance with the terms hereof.
"General Partnership Interest" means a Partnership Interest held by a General Partner that is a general partnership interest. A General Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
"Incapacity" or "Incapacitated" means, (a) as to any individual Partner,
death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction
adjudicating him incompetent to manage his Person or his estate; (b) as to any
corporation which is a Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or
its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (c) as to
any partnership which is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding
up of the partnership; (d) as to any estate which is a Partner, the distribution
by the fiduciary of the estate's entire interest in the Partnership; (e) as to
any trustee of a trust which is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not
the substitution of a new trustee); or (f) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of
such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be
deemed to have occurred when the Partner (i) makes an assignment for the benefit
of creditors, (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) is adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against him an order of relief in any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for
himself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) files an
answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material
allegations of a petition filed against him in any proceeding of this nature,
(vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in
the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Partner or of all or any substantial part of his properties, (vii) the Partner is the debtor in any proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, which has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof, (viii) the appointment without the Partner's consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days after the appointment or such appointment is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.
"Indemnitee" means (a) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason
of his status as (i) the General Partner or an Affiliate of the General Partner,
(ii) a Limited Partner or (iii) a director or officer of the Partnership, the
General Partner or an Affiliate of the General Partner or a Partner, and (b)
such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the
Partnership) acting in good faith on behalf of the Partnership as determined by
the General Partner in its good faith judgment.
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service, which administers the internal revenue laws of the United States.
"Limited Partner" means any Person named as a Limited Partner in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person's capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.
"Limited Partnership Interest" means a Partnership Interest held by a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
"Liquidator" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.
"Net Income" means for any taxable period, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership's items of income and gain for such taxable period over the
Partnership's items of loss and deduction for such taxable period. The items
included in the calculation of Net Income shall be determined in accordance with
Section 4.4. Once an item of income, gain, loss or deduction that has been
included in the initial computation of Net Income is subjected to the special
allocation rules in Section 6.2, Net Income or the resulting Net Loss, whichever
the case may be, shall be recomputed without regard to such item.
"Net Loss" means for any taxable period, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership's items of loss and deduction for such taxable period over the
Partnership's items of income and gain for such taxable period. The items
included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with
Section 4.4. Once an item of income, gain, loss or deduction that has been
included in the initial computation of Net Loss is subjected to the special
allocation rules in Section 6.2, Net Loss or the resulting Net Income, whichever
the case may be, shall be recomputed without regard to such item.
"Nonrecourse Built-in Gain" means, with respect to any Contributed Properties or Adjusted Properties that are subject to a mortgage or negative pledge securing a Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of any taxable gain that would be allocated to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.3(b) if such properties were disposed of in a taxable transaction in full satisfaction of such liabilities and for no other consideration.
"Nonrecourse Deductions" has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section
1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership
taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(c).
"Nonrecourse Liability" has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
"Notice of Redemption" means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement.
"Partner" means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and "Partners" means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
"Partner Minimum Gain" means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
"Partner Nonrecourse Deductions" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with
respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined
in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
"Partnership" means the limited partnership formed under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.
"Partnership Interest" means an ownership interest in the Partnership representing a Capital Contribution by either a Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
"Partnership Minimum Gain" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as
any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership
taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d).
"Partnership Record Date" means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a dividend to its shareholders.
"Partnership Units" means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2, in such number as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Partnership Year" means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.
"Percentage Interest" means, as to a Partner, its interest in the Partnership, expressed as a percentage, as determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then outstanding and as specified in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time.
"Person" means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association or other entity.
"Prime Rate" means, for any day, the rate of interest announced from time to time by Bank of America, N.A. (or any successor bank thereto) as its prime commercial lending rate.
"Proceeding" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8.
"Protected Partner Agreements" means the agreements set forth in Exhibit D to this Agreement.
"Recapture Income" means any gain recognized by the Partnership (computed without regard to any adjustment required by Section 734 or Section 743 of the Code) upon the disposition of any property or asset of the Partnership, which gain is characterized as ordinary income because it represents the recapture of deductions previously taken with respect to such property or asset.
"Redeeming Partner" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
"Redemption Right" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
"Regulations" means the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"REIT" means a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the Code.
"Representative" means the General Partner, a trustee or officer of the General Partner, or any Person serving at the request of the General Partner or the Partnership as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another entity.
"Residual Gain" or "Residual Loss" means any item of gain or loss, as the case may be, of the Partnership recognized for federal income tax purposes resulting from a sale, exchange or other disposition of Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, to the extent such item of gain or
loss is not allocated pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(1)(i) or 6.3(b)(2)(i) to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"704(c) Value" of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such property or other consideration at the time of contribution as determined by the General Partner in its discretion using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt; provided that the 704(c) value of the Contributed Properties contributed on the date hereof and the indirect interest in the properties of Keystone Operating Partnership, L.P. received in liquidation of Keystone Operating Partnership, L.P. as of the date hereof shall be as set forth on Schedule I and agreed to by the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
"Shares" means the common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share, of ProLogis or, in the event there is a Successor, the common or equivalent equity interests of the Successor.
"Shares Amount" means a number of Shares equal to the number of Partnership Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Partner, multiplied by the Unit Adjustment Factor.
"Specified Redemption Date" means the tenth Business Day after receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (a) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (b) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
"Substituted Limited Partner" means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4.
"Successor" means any Person succeeding to ProLogis pursuant to a Transaction; provided, however, that, if the person succeeding to ProLogis pursuant to a Transaction is a direct or indirect subsidiary of an entity which has publicly traded common securities, ProLogis agrees to cause such public entity to be, and such public entity shall be, the "Successor" solely for purposes of the definitions of "Shares" and "Unit Adjustment Factor".
"Transaction" means any merger, consolidation, or other combination by ProLogis with or into another Person or sale by ProLogis of all or substantially all of its assets, or any reclassification, or recapitalization or change of outstanding Shares (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination as described in the definition of "Unit Adjustment Factor").
"Unit Adjustment Factor" means initially 1.0; provided that in the event that ProLogis (i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding Shares in Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding Shares in Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding Shares, or (iii) combines its outstanding Shares into a smaller number of Shares, the Unit Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Unit Adjustment Factor then in effect by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Shares issued and outstanding on the record date
for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of which shall be the actual number of Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination. Any adjustment to the Unit Adjustment Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event; provided, further, that immediately subsequent to any Transaction under which ProLogis (or, if the Unit Adjustment Factor has previously been adjusted under this proviso, the applicable Successor) is not the surviving party or in which ProLogis survives but becomes the subsidiary of another Person, the Unit Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying it by the number of Shares of the Successor to which the holders of Shares of ProLogis (or, if applicable, Shares of the Successor) are entitled to receive for each such Share in connection with such Transaction.
"Unpaid Distribution Account" means an account maintained with respect to
each Class A Limited Partnership Unit to which shall be credited on a quarterly
basis, but only to the extent not distributed currently in accordance with
Section 5.1(iii), an amount per Class A Limited Partnership Unit (multiplied by
the Unit Adjustment Factor) equal to the dividend per Share paid by ProLogis for
such quarter, and from which shall be debited the amount of any distributions
pursuant to Section 5.1(ii) and Section 13.2(a)(3) to the extent attributable to
the Unpaid Distribution Account. For purposes hereof, a Limited Partner's Unpaid
Distribution Account will not be credited with respect to a quarter in which
such Partner redeems its Units under Section 8.6 but only to the extent it
receives a dividend for such quarter on Shares resulting from such redemption.
"Unrealized Gain" attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of such property (as determined under Section 4.4(d)) as of such date, over (b) the Carrying Value of such property (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 4.4(d)) as of such date.
"Unrealized Loss" attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value of such property (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 4.4(d)) as of such date, over (b) the fair market value of such property (as determined under Section 4.4(d)) as of such date.
"Value" means, with respect to a Share, the average of the daily market price for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of determination. The market price for each such trading day shall be: (a) if the Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market System, the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, (b) if the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market System, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (c) if the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market System and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable
quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided, that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the Value of the Shares shall be determined by the board of trustees of ProLogis acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.1. Organization; Application of Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partners do hereby continue the Partnership as a limited partnership according to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with the Act. The General Partner is the sole general partner and the Limited Partners are the sole limited partners of the Partnership. The Partnership is a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. No Partner has any interest in any Partnership property, and the Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes.
Section 2.2. Name. The name of the Partnership is "ProLogis Fraser, L.P." The Partnership's business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words "Limited Partnership," "L.P.," "Ltd." or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership's name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall promptly notify the Limited Partners of such change; provided, that the name of the Partnership may not be changed to include the name, or any variant thereof, of any Limited Partner without the written consent of that Limited Partner.
Section 2.3. Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is located at c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400,, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such registered office is Corporation Service Company. The principal office of the Partnership is located at 14100 East 35th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80011, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable.
Section 2.4. Term. The term of the Partnership shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue until it is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII or as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
Section 3.1. Purpose and Business. The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (a) to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act and in connection therewith to sell or otherwise dispose of Partnership assets, (b) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing and (c) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing which, in each case, is not in breach of this Agreement; provided, however, that each of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be limited and conducted in such a manner as to permit the sole member of the General Partner at all times to be classified as a REIT, unless the sole member of the General Partner provides notice to the Partnership that it intends to cease or has ceased to qualify as a REIT.
Section 3.2. Powers. The Partnership is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership; provided, that the Partnership shall not take any action which, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) could adversely affect the ability of the sole member of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT, (b) could subject the sole member of the General Partner to any additional taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code or (c) could violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the sole member of the General Partner or its securities, unless the sole member of the General Partner shall have given its prior, specific written consent to such action (or inaction).
ARTICLE IV
CAPITALIZATION
Section 4.1. Capital Contributions of the Partners.
(a) Partnership Units. The Partners shall own Partnership Units in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A, which Percentage Interest shall be adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately redemptions, exchanges, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units, or similar events having an effect on a Partner's Percentage Interest. Partnership Units held by the General Partner shall be deemed to be the General Partnership Interest.
(b) Additional Capital Contributions or Assessments. No Partner
shall be assessed or, except for any such amounts which a Limited Partner
may be obligated to repay under Section 10.5 and, except as provided in
Section 7.1, be required to contribute additional funds or other property
to the Partnership. If and as any Partner makes additional Capital
Contributions to the Partnership, each such Partner shall receive
additional Partnership Units as provided for in Section 4.2 and such
Partner's Capital Account shall be adjusted as provided in Section 4.4.
(c) Return of Capital Contributions. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Capital Contribution of each Partner will be returned to that Partner only in the manner and to the extent provided in Article V and Article XIII, and no Partner may withdraw from the Partnership or otherwise have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital Contribution to the Partnership (as such), except as specifically provided herein. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital Contribution, no Partner shall have the right to receive property other than cash, except as specifically provided herein. No Partner shall be entitled to interest on any Capital Contribution or Capital Account notwithstanding any disproportion therein as between the Partners. Except as specifically provided herein, the General Partner shall not be liable for the return of any portion of the Capital Contribution of any Limited Partner, and the return of such Capital Contributions shall be made solely from Partnership assets.
(d) Liability of Limited Partners. No Limited Partner shall have any further personal liability to contribute money to, or in respect of, the liabilities or the obligations of the Partnership, nor shall any Limited Partner be personally liable for any obligations of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(b) or in the Act. No Limited Partner shall be required to make any contributions to the capital of the Partnership other than its Capital Contribution.
Section 4.2. Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.
(a) General. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units to Partners or other Persons, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, additional Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests in one or more classes, one or more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests, (ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions and (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, however, that no Additional Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General Partner, ProLogis or any Affiliate of the General Partner or ProLogis unless either: (1) the additional Partnership Interests or Partnership Units are issued to all Partners in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, or (2) the General Partner, ProLogis or such Affiliate makes an additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the fair market value of the additional Partnership Units or Partnership Interests, as determined in good faith by the General Partner.
(b) Additional Capital Contributions by the General Partner. The General Partner may make Capital Contributions to the Partnership at such times and in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine advisable, but
under no circumstances shall the General Partner be obligated to make any such Capital Contributions.
Section 4.3. No Preemptive Rights. Except as may be specifically provided in this Agreement, no Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to (a) additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership or (b) issuance or sale of any Partnership Units.
Section 4.4. Capital Accounts of the Partners.
(a) General. The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner a
separate Capital Account in accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and subject to such Regulations Section, such
Capital Account shall be increased by (i) the amount of all Capital
Contributions made by such Partner to the Partnership pursuant to this
Agreement and (ii) all items of Partnership income and gain (including
income and gain exempt from tax) computed in accordance with Section
4.4(b) and allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, and
decreased by (x) the amount of cash or Agreed Value of all actual and
deemed distributions of cash or property made to such Partner pursuant to
this Agreement and (y) all items of Partnership deduction and loss
computed in accordance with Section 4.4(b) and allocated to such Partner
pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
(b) Income, Gains, Deductions, and Losses. For purposes of computing
the amount of any item of income, gain, loss or deduction to be reflected
in the Partners' Capital Accounts, unless otherwise specified in this
Agreement, the determination, recognition and classification of any such
item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and
classification for federal income tax purposes determined in accordance
with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose all items of income,
gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to
Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in taxable income or
loss), with the following adjustments:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code which may be made by the Partnership; provided, that the amounts of any adjustments to the adjusted bases of the assets of the Partnership made pursuant to Section 734 of the Code as a result of the distribution of property by the Partnership to a Partner (to the extent that such adjustments have not previously been reflected in the Partners' Capital Accounts) shall be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Partners in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m).
(2) The computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made without regard to the fact that items described in Sections 705(a)(1)(B) or 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code are not includable in gross income or are neither currently deductible nor capitalized for federal income tax purposes.
(3) Any income, gain or loss attributable to the taxable disposition of any Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property as of such date of disposition were equal in amount to the Partnership's Carrying Value with respect to such property as of such date.
(4) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year.
(5) In the event the Carrying Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 4.4(d), the amount of any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss as a result of any such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset.
(6) Any items specially allocated under Section 6.3 shall not be taken into account.
(c) Transfers of Partnership Units. A transferee of a Partnership Unit shall succeed to a pro rata portion of the Capital Account of the transferor. The Capital Accounts of such reconstituted Partnership shall be maintained in accordance with the principles of this Section 4.4.
(d) Unrealized Gains and Losses.
(1) Consistent with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), and as provided in Section 4.4(d)(2), the Carrying Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as of the times of the adjustments provided in Section 4.4(d)(2), as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property and allocated pursuant to Section 6.1 and Section 6.2.
(2) Such adjustments shall be made as of the following times:
(i) immediately prior to the acquisition of an additional interest
in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner in exchange for
more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii) immediately prior
to the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a
de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in
the Partnership; and (iii) immediately prior to the liquidation of
the Partnership or the General Partner's interest in the Partnership
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
above shall be made only if such adjustments are necessary or
appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the
Partners in the Partnership.
(3) In accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) the Carrying Value of Partnership assets distributed in kind shall be adjusted upward
or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as of the time any such asset is distributed.
(4) In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership assets (including cash or cash equivalents) shall be determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, or in the case of a liquidating distribution pursuant to Article XIII, be determined and allocated by the Liquidator using such reasonable methods of valuation as it may adopt. The General Partner, or the Liquidator, as the case may be, shall allocate such aggregate value among the assets of the Partnership (in such manner as it determines in its reasonable discretion to arrive at a fair market value for individual properties).
(e) Modification by General Partner. The provisions of this
Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to
comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted and
applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. In the event the
General Partner shall determine that it is prudent to (i) modify the
manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto
(including, without limitation, debits or credits relating to liabilities
which are secured by contributed or distributed property or which are
assumed by the Partnership, the General Partner, or any Limited Partners)
are computed in order to comply with such Regulations or (ii) (A) make any
adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between
the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital
reflected on the Partnership's balance sheet, as computed for book
purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q), and
(B) make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events
might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b), the General Partner may make such modification;
provided, that the General Partner gives prompt written notice to each
Limited Partner of such modification and such modification will not have a
material effect on the amounts distributable to any Person pursuant to
Article V or Article XIII.
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1. Requirement and Characterization of Distributions. The General Partner shall make distributions quarterly in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of Available Cash generated by the Partnership during such quarter to the Partners who are Partners on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter in the following order of priority and to the extent of such Available Cash, subject to the rights and preferences of any Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Section 4.2 (after obtaining the requisite consent of the Class A Limited Partners): (i) first, to each Limited Partner to the extent of and in proportion to the then unreturned balance of the Accrual Account maintained with respect to each Partnership Unit held by such Limited Partner; (ii) second, to each Limited Partner to the extent of and in proportion to the then unreturned balance of the Unpaid Distribution Account maintained with respect to each Partnership Unit held by such Limited Partner; (iii) third, to each Limited Partner to the extent of and in proportion to an amount per Class A Limited Partnership Unit (multiplied by the Unit
Adjustment Factor) held by such Limited Partner equal to the dividend per Share paid by ProLogis for such quarter; and (iv) fourth, the balance, if any, of the Available Cash for such quarter shall be distributed one percent (1%) to the General Partner in respect of its Partnership Units and ninety-nine percent (99%) to ProLogis in respect of its Limited Partnership Units, provided, however, that in the event ProLogis issues by dividend to all holders of Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the shareholders to subscribe for or purchase Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the "Common Share Rights"), then ProLogis agrees that each Limited Partner holding Class A Limited Partnership Units (except to the extent such rights have already been reflected in an adjustment to the Unit Adjustment Factor) shall also be entitled to receive such Common Share Rights that a holder of that number of Shares would be entitled to receive. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event may a Partner receive a distribution of Available Cash with respect to a Partnership Unit if such Partner is entitled to receive a duplicative dividend from ProLogis with respect to a Share for which such Partnership Unit has been redeemed or exchanged.
Section 5.2. Amounts Withheld. All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any state or local tax law and Section 10.5 with respect to any allocation, payment or distribution to the General Partner, or any Limited Partners or Assignees shall be promptly paid, solely out of funds of the Partnership, by the General Partner to the appropriate taxing authority and treated as amounts distributed to the General Partner or such Limited Partners, or Assignees pursuant to Section 5.1 for all purposes under this Agreement.
Section 5.3. Distributions Upon Liquidation. Proceeds from any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, results in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section 13.2.
ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATIONS
Section 6.1. Allocations For Capital Account Purposes. For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the rights of the Partners among themselves, the Partnership's items of income, gain, loss and deduction (computed in accordance with Section 4.4) shall be allocated among the Partners for each taxable year (or portion thereof) as provided herein below.
(a) Net Income. After giving effect to the special allocations set
forth in Section 6.2, Net Income shall be allocated in the following order
of priority: (i) first, to the General Partner until the aggregate amount
of Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section
6.1(a)(i) is equal to the aggregate amount of Excess Losses, if any,
allocated to the General Partner pursuant to the second sentence of
Section 6.1(b); (ii) second, to the Partners that have been previously
allocated Net Losses pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii) in amounts and among
such Partners in the reverse order (and in corresponding amounts) of all
Net Losses previously allocated to them until the aggregate amount of Net
Income allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(ii) equals the aggregate
amount of Net Losses theretofore allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii);
(iii) third, to each Limited Partner holding Class A Limited Partnership
Units until each such Limited Partner has been allocated pursuant to this
Section 6.1(a)(i), on a cumulative basis, Net Income equal to the
distributions paid to such Limited Partner with respect to its Class A
Limited Partnership Units; and then (iv) fourth, one percent (1%) to the
General Partner and ninety-nine percent (99%) to ProLogis.
(b) Net Losses. After giving effect to the special allocations set
forth in Section 6.2, Net Losses shall be allocated in the following order
of priority: (i) first, one percent (1%) to the General Partner and
ninety-nine percent (99%) to ProLogis to the extent of any prior
allocations of Net Income to the General Partner and ProLogis pursuant to
Section 6.1(a)(iv); and then (ii) second, to the Partners in accordance
with their respective Percentage Interests; provided, that Net Losses
shall not be allocated to any Limited Partner pursuant to this Section
6.1(b) to the extent that such allocation would cause such Limited Partner
to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of such taxable
year (or increase any existing Adjusted Capital Account Deficit). All Net
Losses in excess of the limitations set forth in the preceding sentence of
this Section 6.1(b) ("Excess Losses") shall be allocated to the General
Partner.
(c) Nonrecourse Liabilities. For purposes of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a), the Partners agree that Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Partnership in excess of the sum of (i) the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain and (ii) the total amount of Nonrecourse Built-in Gain shall be allocated among the Partners to the extent that any remaining "built-in-gain" with respect to the Partnership's properties exceeds the Nonrecourse Built-in-Gain (which will have the effect of increasing the allocation of Nonrecourse Liabilities to the Partners who would be allocated built-in-gain under Section 704(c)).
(d) Recapture Income. Any gain allocated to the Partners upon the sale or other taxable disposition of any Partnership asset shall to the extent possible, after taking into account other required allocations of gain pursuant to Section 6.2, be characterized as Recapture Income in the same proportions and to the same extent as such Partners have been allocated any deductions directly or indirectly giving rise to the treatment of such gains as Recapture Income.
Section 6.2. Special Allocation Rules. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the following special allocations shall be made in the following order:
(a) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other provisions of Article VI, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Year, each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Partner's share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(6). This Section 6.2(a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(b) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other
provision of Article VI (except Section 6.2(a)), if there is a net
decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse
Debt during any Partnership fiscal year, each Partner who has a share of
the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt,
determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be
specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year
(and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Partner's
share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such
Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(5). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall
be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated
to each Partner pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). This
Section 6.2(b) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback
requirement in such Section of the Regulations and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.
(c) Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Limited Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), as a result of which such Partner has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations, its Adjusted Capital Account Deficit created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.2(c) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Limited Partner would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all allocations provided for in this Article VI have been tentatively made as if Section 6.2(c) was not in the Agreement.
(d) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. If the General Partner determines in its good faith discretion that the Partnership's Nonrecourse Deductions must be allocated in a different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the General Partner is authorized, upon notice to the Limited Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio to the numerically closest ratio which does satisfy such requirements.
(e) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any fiscal year shall be specially allocated to the Partner who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
(f) Code Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be
specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such Section of the Regulations.
(g) Curative Allocation. The allocations set forth in Section 6.2 (the "Regulatory Allocations") are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.1, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account by the General Partner in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Partners so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Partner shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Partner if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.
(h) Allocations in Year of Liquidation. Notwithstanding Section 6.1, for any taxable year in which the Partnership liquidates or sells all or substantially all of its assets or, if necessary, the taxable year preceding such event, any Net Income (or, if necessary, items thereof) shall first be allocated to each Limited Partner holding Class A Limited Partnership Units in an amount equal to the sum of (A) the then unreturned balance of the Accrual Account maintained with respect to each Partnership Unit held by such Limited Partner, plus (B) the then unreturned balance of the Unpaid Distribution Account maintained with respect to each Partnership Unit held by such Limited Partner, plus (C) the amount per Class A Limited Partnership Unit (multiplied by the Unit Adjustment Factor) held by such Limited Partner equal to the dividend per Share paid by ProLogis for such quarter. Any remaining Net Income shall be allocated in the manner set forth in Section 6.1(a), except that no additional Net Income shall be allocated to the Limited Partners holding Class A Limited Partnership Units.
Section 6.3. Allocations for Tax Purposes.
(a) General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.3, for federal income tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of "book" income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
(b) To Eliminate Book-Tax Disparities. In an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities attributable to a Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, items of income, gain, loss, and deduction shall be allocated for federal income tax purposes among the Partners as follows:
(1) (i) In the case of a Contributed Property, such items
attributable thereto shall be allocated among the Partners
consistent with the principles of Section 704(c) of the Code that
takes into account the variation between the 704(c) Value of such
property and its adjusted basis at the time of contribution; and
(ii) any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss attributable to a
Contributed Property shall be allocated among the Partners in the
same manner as its correlative item of "book" gain or loss is
allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
(2) (i) In the case of an Adjusted Property, such items shall (A) first, be allocated among the Partners in a manner consistent with the principles of Section 704(c) of the Code to take into account the variation between the Carrying Value of such property and its 704(c) Value and (B) second, in the event such property was originally a Contributed Property, be allocated among the Partners in a manner consistent with Section 6.3(b)(1)(i); and (ii) any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss attributable to an Adjusted Property shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of "book" gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
(3) All other items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as their correlative item of "book" gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
(c) Power of General Partner to Elect Method. To the extent Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Code permit a partnership to utilize alternative methods to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities, the General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method used by the Partnership; provided that with respect to properties that are the subject of a Protected Partner Agreement the Partnership shall use the method set forth in the applicable Protected Partner Agreement to account for Book-Tax Disparities with respect to such property.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS
Section 7.1. Management.
(a) Powers of General Partner. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners with or without cause. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.2 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.1, including, without limitation:
(1) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit the sole member of the General Partner (so long as the sole member of the General Partner desires to qualify as a REIT) to avoid the payment of any federal income tax (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and to make distributions to its
shareholders sufficient to permit the sole member of the General Partner to maintain REIT status), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership's assets) and the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership;
(2) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership;
(3) the acquisition, disposition, conveyance, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any assets of the Partnership or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity on such terms as the General Partner deems proper, which powers shall include, without limitation, the power to pledge any or all of the assets of the Partnership to secure a loan or other financing to the General Partner or any Affiliate (the proceeds of which are not required to be contributed or loaned to the Partnership);
(4) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including,
without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with
the terms of this Agreement and on any terms it sees fit, including,
without limitation, the financing of the conduct of the operations
of the General Partner or its sole member, the Partnership or any of
the Partnership's Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other
Persons (including the Partnership's Subsidiaries) and the repayment
of obligations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries and any other
Person in which it has an equity investment and the making of
capital contributions to its Subsidiaries, the holding of any real,
personal and mixed property of the Partnership in the name of the
Partnership or in the name of a nominee or trustee (subject to
Section 7.10), the creation, by grant or otherwise, of easements or
servitudes, and the performance of any and all acts necessary or
appropriate to the operation of the Partnership assets including,
but not limited to, applications for rezoning, objections to
rezoning, constructing, altering, improving, repairing, renovating,
rehabilitating, razing, demolishing or condemning any improvements
or property of the Partnership;
(5) the negotiation, execution, and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments (including with Affiliates of the Partnership to the extent provided in Section 7.6) that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership's operations or the implementation of the General Partner's powers under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of leases on behalf of or in the name of the Partnership (including the lease of Partnership property for any purpose and without limit as to the term thereof, whether or not such term (including renewal terms) shall extend beyond the date of termination of the Partnership and whether or not the portion so leased is to be occupied by the lessee or, in turn, subleased in whole or in part to others);
(6) the opening and closing of bank accounts, the investment of Partnership funds in securities, certificates of deposit and other instruments, and the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement;
(7) the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership or the General Partner (including, without limitation, employees having titles such as "president," "vice president," "secretary" and "treasurer"), and the engagement and dismissal of agents, outside attorneys, accountants, engineers, appraisers, consultants, contractors and other professionals on behalf of the General Partner or the Partnership and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;
(8) the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners as it deems necessary or appropriate;
(9) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contribution of property to, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity investment from time to time);
(10) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the conduct of litigation and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement of claims and litigation, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;
(11) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership's direct or indirect investment in its Subsidiaries or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);
(12) except as otherwise expressly required in this Agreement, the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt; and
(13) the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of any and all documents and instruments to effectuate any or all of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (including without limitation the foregoing provisions of Section 7.1), if pursuant to the powers granted it under this Agreement, the General Partner (x) uses, takes or borrows Partnership assets (including without limitation a mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of Partnership assets to secure indebtedness of the General Partner or an Affiliate of the General Partner) for other than an exclusive Partnership purpose or (y) causes the Partnership to make a loan to the General Partner or to an Affiliate of the General Partner or causes the Partnership to make an investment in any other entity (in either case other than a loan to
or investment in the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership), then
the General Partner shall indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership for
any loss, cost, expense or damage as a result of any such transaction
(including without limitation, loss of Partnership income and, without
duplication, loss in annual cash proceeds sufficient to pay the amounts
distributable pursuant to Section 5.1(i)-(iii) or payable pursuant to
Section 8.6(d)).
(b) No Approval Required for Above Powers. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that the General Partner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the above-mentioned agreements and transactions on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (except where Consent of the Limited Partners is expressly required herein), the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation. The execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner or the Partnership of any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity.
(c) Insurance. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain casualty, liability and other insurance on the properties of the Partnership and liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder; provided, that in maintaining liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder, the Partnership shall be allocated the cost thereof on a fair and equitable basis as determined by the General Partner.
(d) Working Capital Reserves. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time to time.
(e) No Obligation to Consider Tax Consequences to Limited Partners. Other than complying with the terms of the Protected Partner Agreements and Section 8.5(e) hereof, in exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner of any action taken by it and the General Partner and the Partnership shall not have liability to a Limited Partner holding Class A Limited Partnership Units under any circumstances as a result of an income tax liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.
Section 7.2. Certificate of Limited Partnership. To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware and each other jurisdiction in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Within five Business Days after filing, the General Partner will deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate, as it may be amended or restated from time to time, to each Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable
efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.
Section 7.3. Restrictions on General Partner's Authority. The General Partner may not, without the Consent of all of the Limited Partners, take any action in contravention of this Agreement including, without limitation:
(a) take any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement (provided that this restriction shall not be deemed to restrict the sale, lease, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the Partnership's assets or the merger or combination of the Partnership with or into another entity, in each case as may otherwise be permitted herein);
(b) possess Partnership property, or assign any rights in specific Partnership property, for other than a Partnership purpose except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement;
(c) admit a Person as a Partner, except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement;
(d) perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as permitted herein or under the Act;
(e) take any action or enter into any agreement that would conflict
with the ability of the Partnership to perform its obligations under
Section 8.6, conflict with the ability of the General Partner to exercise
its option under Section 8.6, or conflict with the ability of any Limited
Partner to exercise its rights under Section 8.6; or
(f) take any action which would cause the Partnership to become taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes.
In addition, the Partnership may not, and the General Partner may not cause the Partnership to, without the Consent of holders of at least two-thirds of the Class A Limited Partnership Units:
(a) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or appoint or acquiesce in the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for all or any part of the assets of the Partnership;
(b) institute any proceeding for bankruptcy on behalf of the Partnership;
(c) act or cause the taking of any action with respect to the dissolution and winding up of the Partnership or an election to continue the Partnership or to continue the business of the Partnership;
(d) issue additional Limited Partnership Interests or Limited Partnership Units (other than to Affiliates of the General Partner in accordance with Section 4.2), authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any Senior Units, or reclassify any equity or equity-like security issued or to be issued by the Partnership into a Senior Unit, or create, authorize or issue any obligations or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any Senior Units; or
(e) exchange equity securities with, consolidate with, merge into or with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets, to any corporation or other entity where such transaction would adversely affect the contractual protections of the Class A Limited Partnership Units (including those contained in Exhibit D); provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (e), the occurrence of an equity securities exchange, merger, consolidation or a conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the Partnership's assets shall not be deemed to adversely affect such contractual protections, so long as (w) Class A Limited Partnership Interests (or securities of the surviving entity corresponding thereto, in the case of an equity securities exchange, merger or consolidation) remain outstanding with the terms thereof unchanged, except as may be necessary to reflect the occurrence of such transaction, (x) the surviving entity assumes the obligations of the Partnership with respect to Class A Limited Partnership Interests, and (y) such equity securities exchange, merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or lease does not result in breach of Section 8.5(f).
Section 7.4. Responsibility for Expenses.
(a) No Compensation. Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles V and VI regarding distributions, payments, and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership.
(b) Responsibility for Ownership and Operation Expenses. The Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Partnership's ownership of its assets, and the operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership, and the General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all expenses it incurs relating to the Partnership's ownership of its assets and the operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the General Partner pursuant to Section 10.3(c) and as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7.
(c) Responsibility for Organization Expenses. The General Partner shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses incurred relating to the organization of the Partnership.
Section 7.5. Outside Activities of the General Partner and its Affiliates.
(a) General. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit the General Partner or any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or shareholder
of the General Partner from having business interests and engaging in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership (including, without limitation, owning and operating real estate and incurring indebtedness in its own name, whether or not the proceeds of such indebtedness are used for the benefit of the Partnership), including, without limitation, engaging in other business interests and activities in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partners shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in or to such other ventures or activities or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the business of the Partnership (including, without limitation, causing tenants to transfer from one of the Partnership's properties to other properties in which the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner has an interest, directly or indirectly, without compensation to the Partnership, or taking other actions for the benefit of the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner that are detrimental to the Partnership), shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Neither the General Partner nor any Affiliate of the General Partner shall be obligated to present any particular opportunity to the Partnership even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership, could be taken by the Partnership, and, regardless of whether or not such opportunity is competitive with the Partnership, the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a trustee, partner or fiduciary), or to recommend to others, any such particular opportunity. The General Partner and any Affiliate of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partnership Interests and , except as otherwise provided in Article XIV, shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partnership Interests.
(b) Sale and Purchase of Shares. ProLogis may issue additional Shares or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase Shares ("New Securities"), or purchase or redeem Shares, at such times and in such amounts and for such consideration as ProLogis, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines. Under no circumstances shall ProLogis be obligated to contribute to the Partnership all or any part of the proceeds from any issuance of such New Securities or from the exercise of rights contained in such New Securities, and ProLogis may, in its sole and absolute discretion, retain all such proceeds, to be used by ProLogis as it determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be advisable.
Section 7.6. Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Permitted Transactions. Subject to Section 7.6(b) below, the Partnership may lend or contribute funds to, borrow funds from, and enter into any other transactions with (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of any property or the transfer of a tenant from one of the Partnership's properties to other properties in which the General Partner has an interest, directly or indirectly, without compensation to the Partnership), the General Partner, the Partnership's Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, or Affiliates of the Partnership, the General Partner or such Subsidiaries or other Persons, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person. The Partnership may
transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.
(b) Transactions with Certain Affiliates. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Partnership shall not, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, or borrow funds from, or lend funds to, any Affiliate of the Partnership or the General Partner that is not a Subsidiary of the Partnership or the General Partner, except pursuant to transactions that are on terms that are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to the Partnership than would be obtained from an unaffiliated third party.
(c) Benefit Plans. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Limited Partners, may propose and adopt on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner, or any of the Partnership's Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of any of them.
Section 7.7. Indemnification.
(a) General. Each Person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether formal or informal, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature (hereinafter a "Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that the Person or a Person of whom the Person is the legal representative, is or was a Representative, whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving in that official capacity, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law, as the same exists or may hereafter exist in the future (but, in the case of any future change, only to the extent that such change permits the Partnership to provide broader indemnification rights than the law permitted prior to such change), against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Representative in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the Person's successors, heirs, executors and administrators.
(b) Advancement of Expenses. The Partnership shall pay expenses actually incurred by a Representative in connection with any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that if Delaware law then requires, the payment of such expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Partnership of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Representative, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Representative is not entitled to be indemnified.
(c) No Limitation of Rights. If a claim under Section 7.7(a) is not paid in full by the Partnership within thirty (30) days after a written claim has been received by the Partnership, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Partnership to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the Partnership (including its Partners or its independent legal counsel) to have made a determination that indemnification of the claimant is permissible in the circumstances because the claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct, if any, nor an actual determination by the Partnership (including its Partners or its independent legal counsel) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct.
(d) Witness. To the extent that any trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Partnership or the General Partner is by reason of such position, or position with another entity at the request of the Partnership or the General Partner, a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, the Person shall be indemnified against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Person on the Person's behalf in connection therewith.
(e) Insurance. The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Partnership or the General Partner or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Partnership or the General Partner would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the law governing their formation and existence, respectively.
(f) Further Agreement. The Partnership may enter into agreements with any trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Partnership or the General Partner providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law.
(g) Severability. Each and every paragraph, sentence, term and provision of this Section 7.7 is separate and distinct, so that if any paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or unenforceability of any other paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof. To the extent required, any paragraph, sentence, term or provision of this Section 7.7 may be modified by a court of competent jurisdiction to preserve its validity and to provide the claimant with, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 7.7 and any agreement between the Partnership and claimant, the broadest possible indemnification permitted under applicable law.
(h) Contract Right. Each of the rights conferred on Representatives by paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.7 and on employees or agents of the Partnership or the General Partner by Section 7.7(d) shall be a contract right and any repeal or amendment of the provisions of this Section 7.7 shall not adversely affect any right hereunder of any Person existing at the time of such repeal or amendment with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or amendment, and, further, shall not apply to any proceeding, irrespective of when the proceeding is initiated, arising from the service of such Person prior to such repeal or amendment.
(i) Rights Not Exclusive. The rights conferred in this Section 7.7 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of Partners or otherwise.
(j) No Obligation to Contribute. No Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide funds, to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.7.
(k) Interested Transaction. A Representative shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.7 because the Representative had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 7.8. Liability of the General Partner.
(a) General. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership, any Partners or any Assignees for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of errors in judgment or of any act or omission if the General Partner acted in good faith.
(b) No Obligation to Consider Interests of Limited Partners. Other
than complying with the terms of the Protected Partner Agreements and
Section 8.5(e) hereof, the Limited Partners holding Class A Limited
Partnership Units expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting
on behalf of the Partnership and the General Partner, its sole member and
the shareholders of its sole member collectively, that the General Partner
is under no obligation to consider the separate interests of such Limited
Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to such
Limited Partners or Assignees) in deciding whether to cause the
Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions which the General
Partner has undertaken in good faith on behalf of the Partnership, and
that the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for
losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by such
Limited Partners in connection with such decisions, provided that the
General Partner has acted in good faith. For purposes hereof, a Person
acting in a manner which does not violate the Protected Partner Agreements
and Section 8.5(e) hereof and either (i) is in the best interests of the
shareholders of ProLogis or (ii) furthers compliance by ProLogis with the
REIT requirements of the Code, shall be deemed to satisfy the standard of
conduct hereunder.
(c) Acts of Agents. Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 7.1(a), the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by it in good faith.
(d) Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner's liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment,
modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
Section 7.9. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.
(a) Reliance on Documents. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b) Reliance on Consultants and Advisers. The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon and in accordance with the opinion of such Persons as to matters which such General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person's professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.
(c) Action Through Officers and Attorneys. The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers and a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and duty which is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner hereunder.
(d) Actions to Maintain REIT Status or Avoid Taxation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of ProLogis to continue to qualify as a REIT or (ii) except with respect to the distribution of Available Cash to the Limited Partners in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof, to allow ProLogis to avoid incurring any taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.
Section 7.10. Title to Partnership Assets. Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the General Partner shall use its best
efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.
Section 7.11. Reliance by Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, in connection with any pledge of Partnership assets to secure a loan or other financing to the General Partner as provided by Section 7.1(a)(3)) and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if it were the Partnership's sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies which may be available against such Person (but not the General Partner) to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (a) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (c) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.
ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
Section 8.1. Limitation of Liability. The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in Section 10.5, or under the Act or except as expressly agreed by any Limited Partner.
Section 8.2. Management of Business. No Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such) of a Limited Partner shall take part in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership's business, transact any business in the Partnership's name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees of Limited Partners under this Agreement.
Section 8.3. Outside Activities of Limited Partners. Any Limited Partner (including, without limitation, any Affiliate of the General Partner which is a Limited Partner in the
Partnership) and any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate, partner, beneficiary or shareholder of any Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the Partnership, the General Partner or their Affiliates; neither the Partnership nor any Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. None of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person, and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Partner or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership, any Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person.
Section 8.4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of ProLogis to Limited Partners . ProLogis hereby makes the representations and warranties to each holder of Class A Limited Partnership Units and covenants as set forth on Exhibit C hereto.
Section 8.5. Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership.
(a) Copies of Business Records. In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5(c), each Limited Partner shall be provided the following without demand, except as otherwise provided below, at the Partnership's expense:
(1) promptly after becoming available, a copy of the most recent annual, quarterly and current reports and proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by ProLogis pursuant to the Exchange Act, if any;
(2) promptly after becoming available, a copy of the Partnership's federal, state and local income tax returns for each Partnership Year;
(3) upon demand and for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner's interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, a current list of the name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner;
(4) a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments hereto and thereto, together with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate and all amendments hereto and thereto have been executed; and
(5) upon demand, true and full information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of any other property or services contributed by each Partner and which each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each became a Partner.
(b) Notification of Changes in Unit Adjustment Factor. The Partnership shall notify each Limited Partner in writing of any change made to the Unit Adjustment Factor within ten (10) Business Days of the date such change becomes effective.
(c) Notification of Extraordinary Transaction of the General Partner. The General Partner shall not make any extraordinary distributions of cash or property to its shareholders or effect a merger or sale of all or substantially all of its assets without notifying the Limited Partners of its intention to make such distribution or effect such merger or sale at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the record date to determine shareholders eligible to receive such distribution or to vote upon the approval of such merger or sale.
(d) Confidential Information. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information relating to the General Partner or the conduct of its business that the General Partner believes, in its good faith judgment, the disclosure of which information would adversely affect a material financing, acquisition, disposition of assets or securities or other comparable transaction to which the General Partner is a party. Nothing contained in this Section 8.5(c) shall permit the General Partner to keep confidential from the Limited Partners any information relating to the Partnership or its business.
(e) Debt Maintenance and Allocation. The General Partner shall cause the Partnership to have a sufficient amount of indebtedness to be allocated to Limited Partners to enable them to avoid recognizing gain pursuant to Section 731(a)(1) of the Code as a result of a deemed distribution of money to such Limited Partner pursuant to Section 752(b) of the Code or as a result of a minimum gain chargeback, and may allow any Limited Partner to guarantee on a "bottom dollar basis" an amount of indebtedness of the Partnership or any successor thereto, as is necessary from time to time to provide an allocation of debt to such Limited Partner; provided that the Partnership shall not be required to have indebtedness in excess of $75,000,000.
Section 8.6. Redemption of Partnership Units.
(a) Redemption Right. Subject to the further provisions of this
Section 8.6, on or after the date hereof, each Limited Partner shall have
the right from time to time and at any time (the "Redemption Right") to
require the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a
portion of the Class A Limited Partnership Units held by such Limited
Partner at a redemption price equal to and in the form of the Cash Amount
to be paid by the Partnership. The Redemption Right shall be exercised
pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the Partnership (with a
copy to ProLogis) by the Limited Partner who is exercising the Redemption
Right (the "Redeeming Partner"); provided; however, that the Partnership
shall not be obligated to satisfy such Redemption Right if ProLogis
elects, pursuant to Section 8.6(b), to purchase the Class A Limited
Partnership Units subject to the Notice of Redemption. A Limited Partner
may not exercise the Redemption Right for less than five hundred (500)
Class A Limited Partnership Units or, if such Limited Partner holds less
than five hundred (500) Class A Limited Partnership Units, all of the
Class A Limited Partnership Units held by such Partner.
(b) The ProLogis Acquisition Right. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(a), a Limited Partner that exercises the Redemption Right shall be deemed to have offered to sell the Class A Limited Partnership Units described in the Notice of Redemption to ProLogis, and ProLogis may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to assume directly and satisfy a Redemption Right, and acquire such Class A Limited Partnership Units by paying to the Redeeming Partner either the Cash Amount, or the Shares Amount, as elected by ProLogis (in its sole and absolute discretion), on the Specified Redemption Date, whereupon ProLogis shall acquire the Class A Limited Partnership Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Partner. In the event ProLogis acquires any Class A Limited Partnership Units pursuant to this Section 8.6(b), any such Class A Limited Partnership Units so acquired by ProLogis shall thereafter become a part of ProLogis' Partnership Interest for all purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer represent Class A Limited Partnership Units. If ProLogis shall elect to exercise its right to purchase Class A Limited Partnership Units under this Section 8.6(b) with respect to a Notice of Redemption, it shall so notify the Redeeming Partner within five Business Days after the receipt by the Partnership of such Notice of Redemption by delivering an irrevocable written notice to the Redeeming Partner. In the event ProLogis shall exercise its right to purchase Class A Limited Partnership Units with respect to the exercise of a Redemption Right in the manner described in the first sentence of this Section 8.6(b), the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay, except as provided in Section 8.6(d) below, any amount to the Redeeming Partner with respect to Redeeming Partner's exercise of the Redemption Right, and each of the Redeeming Partner, the Partnership, the General Partner and ProLogis shall treat the transaction between ProLogis and the Redeeming Partner for federal income tax purposes as a sale of the Redeeming Partner's Class A Limited Partnership Units to ProLogis. Each Redeeming Partner agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner and ProLogis may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of Shares upon exercise of the Redemption Right.
(c) Payment of Cash Amount or Shares Amount. Any Cash Amount or Shares Amount to be paid to a Redeeming Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be paid on the Specified Redemption Date relating to the Partnership Units to be redeemed.
(d) Payment of Accrued and Unpaid Distributions. On any Specified Redemption Date, the Partnership shall pay to any Redeeming Partner, in addition to the Cash Amount or the Shares Amount pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 8.6, the amount of the outstanding balance in the Accrual Account and the Unpaid Distribution Account maintained with respect to the Partnership Units being redeemed.
(e) No Shareholder Rights. No Limited Partner shall, solely by virtue of being the holder of one or more Partnership Units, be deemed to be a shareholder of or have any other interest in the General Partner.
(f) Reservation of Shares. At all times during the pendency of the Redemption Rights, ProLogis shall reserve for issuance such number of Shares as may be necessary to enable it to issue such Shares in full satisfaction of the Redemption Rights in regard to all Class A Limited Partnership Interests which are from time to time outstanding.
ARTICLE IX
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
Section 9.1. Records and Accounting. The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect to the Partnership's business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Sections 8.5 or 9.3. Any records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on, or be in the form of, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device; provided, that the records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained for financial purposes on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and for tax reporting purposes on the accrual basis.
Section 9.2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year.
Section 9.3. Reports.
(a) Annual Reports. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than the date when mailed to the shareholders of ProLogis, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the close of the Partnership Year, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of ProLogis if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with ProLogis for such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner.
(b) Quarterly Reports. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than the date when mailed to the shareholders of ProLogis, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the last day of the calendar quarter (except the last calendar quarter of each year), a report containing unaudited financial statements of the Partnership, or of ProLogis, if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with ProLogis, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulation, or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.
ARTICLE X
TAX MATTERS
Section 10.1. Preparation of Tax Returns. The General Partner shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal and state income tax reporting purposes.
Section 10.2. Tax Elections. Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election
pursuant to the Code; provided, however, that the General Partner shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code in accordance with applicable Regulations thereunder and shall do so effective for its first taxable year. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election (including, without limitation, the election under Section 754 of the Code) upon the General Partner's determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners but in no event in the first taxable year.
Section 10.3. Tax Matters Partner.
(a) General. The General Partner shall be the "tax matters partner" of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to Section 6223(c) of the Code, upon receipt of notice from the IRS of the beginning of an administrative proceeding with respect to the Partnership, the tax matters partner shall furnish the IRS with the name, address and profit interest of each of the Limited Partners; provided, however, that such information is provided to the Partnership by the Limited Partners.
(1) Powers. The tax matters partner shall have the rights and obligations to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code.
The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner, and the provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 7.7 shall be fully applicable to the tax matters partner in its capacity as such.
(b) Reimbursement. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All third-party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees) shall be borne by the Partnership. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm and a law firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging his duties hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the Partnership for such services is reasonable.
Section 10.4. Organizational Expenses. The Partnership shall elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 60 month period as provided in Section 709 of the Code.
Section 10.5. Withholding. Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local, or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines that the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Section 1441, 1442, 1445, or 1446 of the Code. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within fifteen (15) days after notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made unless (a) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution which would otherwise be made to the Limited
Partner or (b) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute
discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the available funds of the
Partnership which would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited
Partner. Any amounts withheld pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) shall
be treated as having been distributed to such Limited Partner and shall be
promptly paid, solely out of funds of the Partnership, by the General Partner to
the appropriate taxing authority. Each Limited Partner hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably grants to the Partnership a security interest in such Limited
Partner's Partnership Interest to secure such Limited Partner's obligation to
pay to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section
10.5. In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay any amounts owed to the
Partnership pursuant to this Section 10.5 when due, the General Partner may, in
its sole and absolute discretion, elect to make the payment to the Partnership
on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and in such event shall be deemed
to have loaned such amount to such defaulting Limited Partner and shall succeed
to all rights and remedies of the Partnership as against such defaulting Limited
Partner (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions). Any
amounts payable by a Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at the base
rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as
published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal, plus four percentage
points (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate) from the date such amount
is due (i.e., fifteen (15) days after demand) until such amount is paid in full.
Each Limited Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or the General
Partner shall request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest
created hereunder.
ARTICLE XI
TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
Section 11.1. Transfer.
(a) Definition. The term "transfer," when used in this Article XI
with respect to a Partnership Unit, shall be deemed to refer to a
transaction by which the General Partner purports to assign all or a
portion of its General Partnership Interest to another Person or by which
a Limited Partner purports to assign all or a portion of its Limited
Partnership Interest to another Person, and includes a sale, assignment,
gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other
disposition by law or otherwise. The term "transfer" when used in this
Article XI does not include any exchange or redemption of Partnership
Units by a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 8.6 or acquisition of
Partnership Units from a Limited Partner by ProLogis pursuant to Section
8.6. The General Partner shall not transfer its General Partnership
Interest to any Person other than an Affiliate without the Consent of the
Limited Partners.
(b) Requirements. No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article XI. Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article XI shall be null and void.
Section 11.2. Transfer of ProLogis' Partnership Interest.
(a) General. ProLogis shall not be permitted to transfer its
Partnership Interest except (i) to an Affiliate of ProLogis, (ii) in
connection with a sale of all or substantially all of ProLogis' assets, or
(iii) in connection with a merger, consolidation or other business
combination involving ProLogis; provided, that the foregoing transfers
shall be permitted only if the Person succeeding ProLogis pursuant to
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above assumes all of the obligations of ProLogis
under the Partnership Agreement and provided further, any transfers by
ProLogis pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above must meet the conditions
of Section 11.2(c) below.
(b) Pledge. The General Partner and ProLogis may transfer their Partnership Interests in connection with a pledge to a lender to secure a loan to the General Partner or ProLogis, as the case may be. The General Partner shall indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership for any loss, cost, expense or damage as a result of any such pledge (including without limitation, loss of Partnership income and, without duplication, loss in annual cash proceeds sufficient to pay the amounts distributable pursuant to Section 5.1(i)-(iii) or payable pursuant to Section 8.6(d)).
(c) Transfer in Connection with a Transaction. ProLogis shall not engage in any Transaction unless as a result of the Transaction one of the following conditions is met:
(i) all Limited Partners either will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each Class A Limited Partnership Unit an amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the product of the Shares Amount and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid to a holder of one Share in consideration of one Share pursuant to the terms of the Transaction; provided that, if a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by holders of the outstanding Shares as part of a Transaction, each holder of Class A Limited Partnership Units shall receive, or shall have the right to elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property which such holder would have received had it exercised its Redemption Right (as set forth in Section 8.6) and received Shares in exchange for its Class A Limited Partnership Units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and had thereupon accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer and then such Transaction shall have been consummated; or
(ii) (A) immediately after such merger or other combination, substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly owned by the Partnership immediately prior to such Transaction are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company which is the survivor of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with the Partnership (in each case, the "Surviving Partnership"); (B) the Limited Partners own a percentage interest of the Surviving Partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of the Partnership (as determined pursuant to Section 11.2(d)) and the other net assets of the Surviving Partnership (as determined pursuant to Section 11.2(d)) immediately prior to the consummation
of such transaction; (C) the rights preferences and privileges of the Limited Partners in the Surviving Partnership are at least as favorable as those in effect immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the Surviving Partnership; and (D) such rights of the Limited Partners include the right to exchange their interest in the Surviving Partnership for at least one of: (i) the consideration available to such Limited Partners pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(i) or (ii) if the ultimate controlling person of the Surviving Partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, such common equity securities, with an exchange ratio based on the relative fair market value of such securities (as determined pursuant to Section 11.2(d)) and the Shares.
(d) Determination of Relative Values. In connection with any Transaction permitted by Section 11.2(c), the relative fair market values shall be reasonably determined by the General Partner as of the time of such Transaction and, to the extent applicable, shall be no less favorable to the Limited Partners than the relative values reflected in the terms of such Transaction.
Section 11.3. Limited Partners' Rights to Transfer.
(a) General. Subject to the remaining provisions of this Section
11.3 as well as Section 11.4, a Limited Partner may transfer all or any
portion of his Class A Limited Partnership Interest, or any of such
Limited Partner's rights as a Limited Partner, without the prior written
consent of the General Partner. In order to effect such transfer, the
Limited Partner must deliver to the General Partner a duly executed copy
of the instrument making such transfer and such instrument must evidence
the written acceptance by the assignee of all of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and represent that such assignment was made in
accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Limited Partner
shall provide the General Partner ten days prior written notice of a
proposed transfer that provides information sufficient to enable the
General Partner to make the determinations described under Section 11.3
(c) and (d).
(b) Incapacitated Limited Partners. If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner's estate shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners for the purpose of settling or managing the estate and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to transfer all or any part of his or its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.
(c) Transfers Contrary to Securities Laws. The General Partner may prohibit any transfer otherwise permitted under this Section 11.3 by a Limited Partner of its Class A Limited Partnership Units if, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership, such transfer would require filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act, or would otherwise violate any Federal, state or foreign securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Units.
(d) Transfers Resulting in Corporation Status; Transfers Through
Established Securities or Secondary Markets. No transfer by a Partner of
his Class A Limited Partnership Units (or any economic or other interest,
right or attribute therein) may be made to any Person if (i) in the
opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, it would result in the
Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation, or
(ii) such transfer is effectuated through an "established securities
market" or a "secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)"
within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, any admission (or purported admission)
of a Partner and any transfer or assignment (or purported transfer or
assignment) of all or part of a Partner's interest (or any interest or
right or attribute therein) in the Partnership, whether to another Partner
or to a third party, shall not be effective, and any such transfer or
assignment (or purported transfer or assignment) shall be void ab initio,
and no person shall otherwise become a Partner if after such transfer or
assignment (or purported transfer or assignment) the Partnership would
have more than 100 Partners. For purposes of determining whether the
Partnership will have more than 100 Partners, each person indirectly
owning an interest in the Partnership through a partnership (including any
entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a
grantor trust or an S corporation (each such entity a "flow-through
entity") shall be treated as a Partner unless the General Partner
determines in its sole and absolute discretion that less than
substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner's interest in the
flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity's interest
(direct or indirect) in the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 11.3(d), the exercise of the Redemption Right by
a Limited Partner will not be subject to the restrictions set forth in
this Section 11.3(d).
(e) Transfers to Holders of Nonrecourse Liabilities. No transfer or
pledge of any Class A Limited Partnership Units may be made to a lender to
the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of
Section 1.752-4(b) of the Regulations) to any lender to the Partnership
whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability without the prior written
consent of the General Partner, provided that as a condition to such
consent the lender will be required to enter into an arrangement with the
Partnership and the General Partner to exchange or redeem for the
Redemption Amount any Class A Limited Partnership Units in which a
security interest is held simultaneously with the time at which such
lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of
allocating liabilities to such lender under Section 752 of the Code.
Section 11.4. Substituted Limited Partners.
(a) Consent of General Partner Required. Subject to Section 11.3, a Limited Partner shall have the right in its discretion to substitute a transferee as a Limited Partner in his place, in which event such substitution shall occur if the Limited Partner so provides, subject to compliance with Section 12.2(a); provided, however, that any transferee desiring to become a Substituted Limited Partner must furnish to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Article XVI and (ii) such other documents or instruments as may be
required in the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person's admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.
(b) Rights and Duties of Substituted Limited Partners. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article XI shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement.
(c) Amendment of Exhibit A. Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the name, address, number of Partnership Units, and Percentage Interest of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and interest of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.
Section 11.5. Assignees. If a transferee under Section 11.4(a) is not a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4, such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to redeem or exchange Class A Limited Partnership Units for Shares or cash under Section 8.6, the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net Losses, gain, loss and Recapture Income attributable to the Partnership Units assigned to such transferee, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of Partnership Units for any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to vote such Partnership Units in any matter presented to the Limited Partners for a vote (such Partnership Units being deemed to have been voted on such matter in the same proportion as all Partnership Units held by Limited Partners are voted). In the event any such transferee desires to make a further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article XI to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Partnership Units.
Section 11.6. General Provisions.
(a) Withdrawal of Limited Partner. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a permitted transfer of all of such Limited Partner's Partnership Units in accordance with this Article XI or pursuant to the exchange or redemption of all of its Partnership Units under Section 8.6.
(b) Transfer of All Partnership Units by Limited Partner. Any Limited Partner who shall transfer all of its Partnership Units in a transfer permitted pursuant to this Article XI or pursuant to the exchange or redemption of all of its Partnership Units under Section 8.6 shall cease to be a Limited Partner.
(c) Timing of Transfers. Transfers pursuant to this Article XI may be made only on the first day of a calendar month, unless the General Partner otherwise agrees.
(d) Allocation When Transfer Occurs. If any Partnership Interest is transferred during any quarterly segment of the Partnership's fiscal year in compliance with the provisions of this Article XI or exchanged or redeemed pursuant to Section 8.6, Net
Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such interest for such fiscal year shall be divided and allocated between the transferor Partner and the transferee Partner by taking into account their varying interests during the fiscal year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method (other than Net Income attributable to a capital transaction, which shall be allocated as of the date of the capital transaction). Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which the transfer or redemption occurs shall be allocated to the Person who is a Partner as of midnight on the last day of said month. All distributions of Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such transfer or redemption shall be made to the transferor Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash thereafter shall be made to the transferee Partner.
Section 11.7. Transfer Rights. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.3(d) hereof, notwithstanding anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, an Affiliate of the General Partner may transfer all or any portion of its Limited Partnership Interests, or any of the rights associated with such Limited Partnership Interests, to any party without the Consent of the Partnership or any Partner (regardless of whether such transfer triggers a termination of the Partnership for tax purposes under Section 708 of the Code).
ARTICLE XII
ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
Section 12.1. Admission of Successor General Partner. A successor to all of the General Partner's General Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 11.1 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective upon such transfer. Any such transferee shall carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission.
Section 12.2. Admission of Additional Limited Partners.
(a) General. A Person who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Article XVI and (ii) such other documents or instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person's admission as an Additional Limited Partner.
(b) Consent of General Partner Required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the prior written consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner's sole and absolute discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon
which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the consent of the General Partner to such admission.
Section 12.3. Amendment of Agreement and Certificate. For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Article XVI.
ARTICLE XIII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 13.1. Dissolution. The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (each an "Event of Dissolution"):
(a) Withdrawal of General Partner -- an event of withdrawal of the last remaining General Partner, as defined in the Act (other than an event of bankruptcy), unless, within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal all the remaining Partners agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of withdrawal, of a substitute General Partner;
(b) Judicial Dissolution Decree -- entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act;
(c) Sale of Partnership's Assets -- the sale of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Partnership in exchange for cash;
(d) Bankruptcy or Insolvency of General Partner -- a final and non-appealable judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction ruling that the General Partner is bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction against the General Partner, in each case under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect, unless prior to the entry of such order or judgment all of the remaining Partners agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such order or judgment, of a substitute General Partner; or
(e) Election to Dissolve -- an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner.
Section 13.2. Winding Up.
(a) General. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Dissolution, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors and Partners. No Partner
shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership's business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event there is no remaining General Partner, any Person elected by a majority in interest of the Limited Partners (the "Liquidator")) shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership's liabilities and property and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom shall be applied and distributed in the following order:
(1) First, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership's debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Partners;
(2) Second, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership's debts and liabilities to the Partners, pro rata in accordance with amounts owed to each such Partner; and
(3) The balance, if any, to the Partners in accordance with their Capital Accounts, after giving effect to all contributions, distributions, adjustments and allocations for all periods.
Prior to the forgoing distributions, the General Partner shall have made adjustments to Capital Accounts of the Partners to reflect the fair market value of the Partnership assets as of the date of the Partnership's liquidation in a manner consistent with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any services performed pursuant to this Article XIII.
(b) Where Immediate Sale of Partnership's Assets Impractical. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2(a) which require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership's assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Partners as creditors) or, with the consent of all Limited Partners, distribute to the Partners, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2(a), undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Partners, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.
Section 13.3. Regulatory Compliance. In the discretion of the General
Partner, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to
the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this Article XIII may be:
(i) distributed to a liquidating trust established for
the benefit of the General Partner and Limited Partners for the purposes of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or of the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership (the assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner, in the same proportions as the amount distributed to such trust by the Partnership would otherwise have been distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement); or (ii) withheld to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership; provided, that such withheld amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners as soon as practicable.
Section 13.4. Rights of Limited Partners. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of his Capital Contribution and shall have no right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Partnership. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, no Limited Partner shall have priority over any other Limited Partner as to the return of his Capital Contributions, distributions, or allocations.
Section 13.5. Notice of Dissolution. In the event an Event of Dissolution or an event occurs that would, but for provisions of Section 13.1, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners and to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the General Partner) and shall publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the General Partner).
Section 13.6. Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership. Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership as provided in Section 13.2, the Partnership shall be terminated and the Certificate and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.
Section 13.7. Reasonable Time for Winding-Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between the Partners during the period of liquidation.
Section 13.8. Liability of Liquidator. The Liquidator shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs, damages and causes of action of any nature whatsoever arising out of or incidental to the Liquidator's taking of any action authorized under or within the scope of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Liquidator shall not be entitled to indemnification, and shall not be held harmless, where the claim, demand, liability, cost, damage or cause of action at issue arises out of (i) a matter entirely unrelated to the Liquidator's action or conduct pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, or, (ii) the proven willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Liquidator.
ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS
Section 14.1. Amendments.
(a) General. Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed by the General Partner or by any Limited Partners holding 25 percent or more of the Percentage Interests. Following such proposal, the General Partner shall submit any proposed amendment to the Limited Partners. The General Partner shall seek the written vote of the Partners on the proposed amendment or shall call a meeting to vote thereon and to transact any other business that it may deem appropriate. For purposes of obtaining a written vote, the General Partner may require a response within a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to respond in such time period shall constitute a vote which is consistent with the General Partner's recommendation with respect to the proposal. Except as provided in Section 14.1(b), 14.1(c), or 14.1(d), a proposed amendment shall be adopted and be effective as an amendment hereto if it is approved by the General Partner and it receives the Consent of the Partners holding a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners (excluding any Limited Partnership Interest held by the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner).
(b) General Partner's Power to Amend. Notwithstanding Section 14.1(a), the General Partner shall have the power, without the Consent of the Limited Partners, to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes:
(1) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners;
(2) to reflect the admission, substitution, termination, or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement;
(3) to set forth the rights, powers, duties and preferences of the holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Section 4.2(a) or (b), which rights, powers, duties and preferences may be set forth in one or more exhibits to this Agreement, which shall be incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
(4) to reflect a change that does not adversely affect the Limited Partners, or to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement not inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement; and
(5) to satisfy any requirements, conditions, or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in federal or state law.
Without limiting the other limitations on the General Partner's right to take action under this Section 14.1(b), the General Partner will not make any amendment to Section 8.6 that would materially and adversely affect any Limited Partner's rights thereunder without the Consent of such Limited Partner.
(c) Amendments Requiring Unanimous Limited Partner Approval. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 14.1, this Agreement shall not be amended without the Consent of each Partner adversely affected if such amendment would (i) convert a Limited Partner's interest in the Partnership into a General Partnership Interest, (ii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter the rights of the Partner to receive distributions pursuant to Article V or the allocations specified in Article IV (except as permitted in Section 4.2 and Section 14.1(b)(3)) or (iv) alter or modify the Redemption Right as set forth in Section 8.6.
Section 14.2. Meetings.
(a) General. Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a written request by Limited Partners holding 25% or more of the Partnership Interests. The request shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Within sixty (60) days after receipt of such a call from Limited Partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for the Partnership to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing agreements or similar requirements governing the holding of a meeting, or the solicitation of proxies for use at such a meeting, the General Partner shall send a notice of the meeting to the Limited Partners. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Whenever the vote or consent of the Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or consent may be given at a meeting of the Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedures prescribed in Section 14.1(a). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the vote or consent of holders of a majority of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners (excluding any Limited Partnership Interest held by the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner) shall control. The Limited Partners shall not vote on matters that would cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership so as to subject the Limited Partners to unlimited liability therefor.
(b) Notice; Record Date. Notice of a meeting shall be given either personally, in writing or by mail or other means of written communication addressed to the Limited Partner at the address of the Limited Partner appearing on the books of the Partnership. The notice shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered or, if mailed or otherwise sent, on the third business day after such notice is mailed or otherwise sent to such address. For purposes of determining Limited Partners entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of the Limited Partners or to give consents without a meeting, the General Partner may set a record date, which shall not be less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting.
(c) Quorum. A majority of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners, represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Limited Partners. The Limited Partners present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Limited Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the requisite percentage of Partnership Interests held by the Limited Partners specified in this Agreement. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of the Limited Partners may be adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Partnership Interests represented either in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted.
(d) Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Limited Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by the holders of a majority of the Partnership Interests of the Limited Partners (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement). Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as a vote of the holders of a majority of the Partnership Interests of the Limited Partners (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement). Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified.
(e) Proxies. Each Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for him by proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date hereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership's receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Limited Partner executing such proxy.
(f) Conduct of Meeting. Each meeting of the Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the shareholders of the General Partner and may be held at the same time, and as part of, meetings of the shareholders of the General Partner.
ARTICLE XV
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Section 15.1. Shelf Registration Under the Securities Act. Filing of Shelf Registration Statement. Within 120 days following the date of this Agreement, ProLogis shall cause to be filed a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the resale by the Class A Limited Partners on
the date of this Agreement (together with their permitted transferees and assigns, the "Registration Partners") of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable. ProLogis agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until such time as the aggregate number of Class A Limited Partnership Units held by Registration Partners and Registrable Securities outstanding is less than 10% of the aggregate number of Class A Limited Partnership Units held by Registration Partners and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and, subject to Section 15.2(b) and Section 15.2(i), further agrees to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if and as required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by ProLogis for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for Shelf Registration. Each Registration Partner who sells Shares as part of the Shelf Registration shall be deemed to have agreed to all of the terms and conditions of this Article XV and to have agreed to perform any and all obligations of a Registration Partner hereunder.
(a) Expenses. ProLogis shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 15.1(a). Each Registration Partner shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage or dealer fees, the fees and disbursements of counsel, accountants or other representatives of such Registration Partner and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Registration Partner's Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(b) Inclusion in Shelf Registration Statement. Any Registration Partner who does not provide information reasonably requested by ProLogis in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement as promptly as practicable after receipt of such request, but in no event later than 20 days thereafter, shall not be entitled to have its Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement at the time it becomes effective.
Section 15.2. Registration. Procedures. In connection with the obligations of ProLogis with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, ProLogis shall:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC, within the time period set forth in Section 15.1(a) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement, which Shelf Registration Statement (i) shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Registration Partners thereof and (ii) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith;
(b) subject to the last three sentences of this Section 15.2(b) and to Section 15.2(i) hereof, (i) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective for the applicable period; (ii) cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 or any similar rule that may be adopted
under the Securities Act; (iii) respond promptly to any comments received
from the SEC with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement, or any
amendment, post-effective amendment or supplement relating thereto; and
(iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution by the selling Registration Partners thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, ProLogis shall
not be required to take any of the actions described in clauses (i), (ii)
or (iii) above with respect to each particular Registration Partner
holding Registrable Securities unless and until ProLogis has received
either a written notice (a "Registration Notice") from a Registration
Partner that such Registration Partner intends to make offers or sales
under the Shelf Registration Statement as specified in such Registration
Notice or a written response from such Registration Partner of the type
contemplated by Section 15.1(c); provided, however, that ProLogis shall
have 15 business days to prepare and file any such amendment or supplement
after receipt of a Registration Notice. Offers or sales under the Shelf
Registration Statement may be made only during a Sale Period. Such
Registration Partner also shall notify ProLogis in writing upon completion
of such offer or sale or at such time as such Registration Partner no
longer intends to make offers or sales under the Shelf Registration
Statement;
(c) furnish to each Registration Partner holding Registrable Securities that has delivered a Registration Notice to ProLogis, without charge, as many copies of each applicable Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and such other documents as such Registration Partner may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; ProLogis consents to the use of such Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, by each such Registration Partner in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or the preliminary Prospectus;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities by the time the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as any Registration Partner holding Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing, keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period the Shelf Registration Statement is required to be kept effective or during the period offers or sales are being made by a Registration Partner that has delivered a Registration Notice to ProLogis, whichever is shorter, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Registration Partner to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Registration Partner; provided, however, that ProLogis shall not be required (i) to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction or to register as a broker or dealer in such jurisdiction where it would not be required so to qualify or register but for this Section 15.2(d), (ii) to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) to submit to the general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(e) notify each Registration Partner when the Shelf Registration Statement has become effective and notify each Registration Partner holding Registrable Securities that has delivered a Registration Notice to ProLogis promptly and, if requested by such Registration Partner, confirm such advice in writing (i) when any post-effective amendments and supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement become effective, (ii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if ProLogis receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose and (iv) of the happening of any event during the period the Shelf Registration Statement is effective as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement or a related Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
(f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment;
(g) furnish to each Registration Partner holding Registrable Securities that has delivered a Registration Notice to ProLogis, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);
(h) cooperate with the selling Registration Partners holding Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any Securities Act legend; and enable certificates for such Registrable Securities to be issued for such numbers of shares and registered in such names as the selling Registration Partners may reasonably request;
(i) subject to the last three sentences of Section 15.2(b) hereof, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 15.2(e)(iv) hereof, use its commercially reasonable efforts promptly to prepare and file a supplement or prepare, file and obtain effectiveness of a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Prospectus, any amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus, provide copies of such document (not including any documents incorporated by reference therein unless requested) to the Registration Partners holding Registrable Securities that have provided a Registration Notice to ProLogis;
(k) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by ProLogis are then listed;
(l) otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder; and
(m) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of ProLogis to enable Registration Partners that have delivered Registration Notices to ProLogis to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
ProLogis may require each Registration Partner holding Registrable Securities to furnish to ProLogis in writing such information regarding the proposed distribution by such Registration Partner as ProLogis may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
In connection with and as a condition to ProLogis' obligations with
respect to the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof and
this Section 15.2, each Registration Partner agrees that (i) it will not offer
or sell its Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement until
(A) it has either (1) provided a Registration Notice pursuant to Section 15.2(b)
hereof or (2) had Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration
Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Section 15.1(c) hereof and
(B) it has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 15.2(b) hereof and receives notice that any
post-effective amendment has become effective; (ii) upon receipt of any notice
from ProLogis of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section
15.2(b)(iv) hereof, such Registration Partner will forthwith discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement until such Registration Partner receives copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 15.2(i) hereof and receives notice
that any post-effective amendment has become effective, and, if so directed by
ProLogis, such Registration Partner will deliver to ProLogis (at the expense of
ProLogis) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in
such Registration Partner's possession, of the Prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice; and (iii)
all offers and sales under the Shelf Registration Statement shall be completed
within forty-five (45) days after the first date on which offers or sales can be
made pursuant to clause (i) above, and upon expiration of such forty-five (45)
day period the Registration Partner will not offer or sell its Registrable
Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement until it has again complied
with the provisions of clause (i)(B) above.
Section 15.3. Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each Registration Partner agrees with ProLogis that:
(a) If the Board of Trustees of ProLogis determines in its good
faith judgment that the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement under
Section 15.1 hereof or the use of any Prospectus would materially impede,
delay or interfere with any pending material financing, acquisition or
corporate reorganization or other material corporate development involving
ProLogis or any of its subsidiaries, or require the disclosure of
important information which ProLogis has a bona fide business purpose for
preserving as confidential or the disclosure of which would impede
ProLogis' ability to consummate a significant transaction, upon written
notice of such determination by ProLogis, the rights of the Registration
Partners to offer, sell or distribute any Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement or to require ProLogis to take action
with respect to the registration or sale of any Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (including any action
contemplated by Section 15.2 hereof) will be suspended until the date upon
which ProLogis notifies the Registration Partners in writing that
suspension of such rights for the grounds set forth in this Section
15.3(a) is no longer necessary, but no such period shall extend for longer
than 90 days.
(b) In the case of the registration of any underwritten equity offering proposed by ProLogis (other than any registration by ProLogis on Form S-8, or a successor or substantially similar form, of (i) an employee stock option, stock purchase or compensation plan or of securities issued or issuable pursuant to any such plan or (ii) a dividend reinvestment plan), each Registration Partner agrees, if requested in writing by the managing underwriter or underwriters administering such offering, not to effect any offer, sale or distribution of Registrable Securities (or any option or right to acquire Registrable Securities) during the period commencing on the 7th day prior to the expected effective date (which date shall be stated in such notice) of the registration statement covering such underwritten primary equity offering and ending on the date specified by such managing underwriter in such written request to such Registration Partner, which date shall not be later than 90 days after such expected date of effectiveness.
(c) In the event that any Registration Partner uses a Prospectus in connection with the offering and sale of Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus, such Registration Partner will use only the latest version of such Prospectus provided to it by ProLogis.
Section 15.4. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by ProLogis. ProLogis agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Registration Partner and its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls any Registration Partner within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act as follows:
(1) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(2) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any untrue statement or omission, or any alleged untrue statement or omission contained in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of ProLogis; and
(3) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, in each case whether or not a party, or any claim whatsoever based upon any untrue statement or omission, or any alleged untrue statement or omission contained in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under clause (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to this
Section 15.4(a) does not apply to any Registration Partner with
respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the
extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission contained in the Shelf Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus, including
all documents incorporated therein by reference made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
ProLogis by such Registration Partner expressly for use in the Shelf
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus.
(b) Indemnification by Registration Partners. Each Registration Partner severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless ProLogis and the other selling Registration Partners, and each of their respective directors and officers (including each director and officer of ProLogis who signed the Shelf Registration Statement), and each person, if any, who controls ProLogis or any other selling Registration Partner within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, to the same extent as the indemnity contained in Section 15.4(a) hereof (except that any settlement described in Section 15.4(a)(2) shall be effected with the written consent of such Registration Partner), but only insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or omission, or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to ProLogis by such selling Registration Partner expressly for use in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such Prospectus. In no event shall the liability of any Registration Partner under this Section 15.4(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the
proceeds received by such Registration Partner upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Each indemnified party shall give reasonably prompt notice to
each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced against it
in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure so to
notify an indemnifying party (i) shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have under the indemnity agreement provided in Section
15.4(a) or (b) unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such
action and the lack of notice by the indemnified party results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) shall not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any
obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided under Section 15.4(a) or (b). If the indemnifying
party so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, the
indemnifying company may assume the defense of such action or proceeding
at such indemnifying party's own expense with counsel chosen by the
indemnifying party; provided, however, that, if such indemnified party or
parties reasonably determine that a conflict of interest exists where it
is advisable for such indemnified party or parties to be represented by
separate counsel or that, upon advice of counsel, there may be legal
defenses available to them which are different from or in addition to
those available to the indemnifying party, then the indemnifying party
shall not be entitled to assume such defense and the indemnified party or
parties in the aggregate shall be entitled to one separate counsel at the
indemnifying party's expense. If an indemnifying party is not so entitled
to assume the defense of such action or does not assume such defense,
after having received the notice referred to in the first sentence of this
Section 15.4(c), the indemnifying party or parties will pay the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified party or parties. In such
event however, no indemnifying party will be liable for any settlement
effected without the written consent of such indemnifying party. If an
indemnifying party is entitled to assume, and assumes, the defense of such
action or proceeding in accordance with this paragraph, such indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the
indemnified parties incurred thereafter in connection with such action or
proceeding.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in this
Section 15.4 is for any reason held to be unenforceable although
applicable in accordance with its terms, ProLogis and the selling
Registration Partners shall contribute to the aggregate losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by
such indemnity agreement incurred by ProLogis and the selling Registration
Partners, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of and benefits to ProLogis on the one hand and the selling
Registration Partners on the other (in such proportions that the selling
Registration Partners are severally, not jointly, responsible for the
balance), in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits to the
indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, the total proceeds received by the
indemnifying party and indemnified parties in connection with the offering
to which such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, or expenses relate.
The relative fault of the indemnifying party and
indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or the indemnified parties, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.
ProLogis and the Registration Partners agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 15.4(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 15.4(d), no selling Registration Partner shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable Securities of such selling Registration Partner were sold to the public, exceeds the amount of any damages which such selling Registration Partner is otherwise required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 15.4(d), each Person,
if any, who controls a Registration Partner within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act and directors and officers of a Registration Partner shall
have the same rights to contribution as such Registration Partner, and each
director of ProLogis, each officer of ProLogis who signed the Shelf Registration
Statement and each Person, if any, who controls ProLogis within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
ProLogis.
Section 15.5. Rule 144 Sales.
(a) ProLogis covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by ProLogis under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, so as to enable any Limited Partner to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(b) In connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition by any Limited Partner of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, ProLogis shall cooperate with such Limited Partner to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any Securities Act legend, and enable certificates for such Registrable Securities to be for such number of shares and registered in such names as the selling Limited Partners may reasonably request.
ARTICLE XVI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 16.1. Addresses and Notice. All notices and demands under this Agreement shall be in writing, and may be either delivered personally (which shall include deliveries by courier) by U.S. mail or a nationally recognized overnight courier, by telefax, telex or other wire
transmission (with request for assurance of receipt in a manner appropriate with respect to communications of that type; provided, that a confirmation copy is concurrently sent by a nationally recognized express courier for overnight delivery) or mailed, postage prepaid, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the parties at their respective addresses set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as it may be amended from time to time, and, if to the Partnership, such notices and demands sent in the aforesaid manner must be delivered at its principal place of business set forth above. Unless delivered personally or by telefax, telex or other wire transmission as above (which shall be effective on the date of such delivery or transmission), any notice shall be deemed to have been made three (3) days following the date so mailed. Any party hereto may designate a different address to which notices and demands shall thereafter be directed by written notice given in the same manner and directed to the Partnership at its office hereinabove set forth, except that, if the General Partner has provided notice of a different address in accordance with this Section 15.1, such notice shall be sent to such different address.
Section 16.2. Titles and Captions. All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to "Articles" and "Sections" are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.
Section 16.3. Pronouns and Plurals. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.
Section 16.4. Further Action. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
Section 16.5. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. Each party shall be bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.
Section 16.6. Waiver of Partition. The Partners hereby agree that the Partnership properties are not and will not be suitable for partition. Accordingly, each of the Partners hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights (if any) that it may have to maintain any action for partition of any of the Partnership properties.
Section 16.7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters contained herein; it supersedes any prior agreements or understandings among them with respect to the matters contained herein and it may not be modified or amended in any manner other than pursuant to Article XIV.
Section 16.8. Securities Law Provisions. The Partnership Units have not been registered under the federal or state securities laws of any state and, therefore, may not be resold unless
appropriate federal and state securities laws, as well as the provisions of Article XI, have been complied with.
Section 16.9. Remedies Not Exclusive. Any remedies herein contained for breaches of obligations hereunder shall not be deemed to be exclusive and shall not impair the right of any party to exercise any other right or remedy, whether for damages, injunction or otherwise.
Section 16.10. Time. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
Section 16.11. Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.
Section 16.12. Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
Section 16.13. Execution Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart.
Section 16.14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.
Section 16.15. Invalidity of Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
Section 16.16. Limitation of Liability. Any obligation or liability whatsoever of the General Partner which may arise at any time under this Agreement or any obligation or liability which may be incurred by it pursuant to any other instrument, transaction or undertaking contemplated hereby shall be satisfied, if at all, out of the General Partner's assets only. No such obligation or liability shall be personally binding upon, nor shall resort for the enforcement thereof be had to, the property of any of its shareholders, trustees, officers, employees or agents, regardless of whether such obligation or liability is in the nature of contract, tort or otherwise.
Section 16.17. No Rights as Shareholders. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the holders of the Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as shareholders of the General Partner, including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to shareholders of the General Partner or to vote or to consent or receive notice as shareholders in respect to any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.
Section 16.18. Dividends on Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any reference herein to dividends paid or payable by the General
Partner on Shares shall be deemed to be a reference to such dividends as have been paid or are payable by the General Partner.
ARTICLE XVII
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Section 17.1. Power of Attorney.
(a) Scope. Each Limited Partner and each Assignee constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:
(1) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (i) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (ii) all instruments that the General Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (iii) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (iv) all instruments or documents and all certificates and acknowledgments relating to any mortgage, pledge, or other form of encumbrance in connection with any loan or other financing to the General Partner as provided by Section 7.1(a)(3); (v) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Article XI, XII or XIII or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (vi) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of Partnership Interests; and
(2) execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article XIV or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(b) Irrevocable. The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner's or Assignee's Partnership Units and shall extend to such Limited Partner's or Assignee's heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner's request therefor, such further designations, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership; provided, however, that no such designations, powers of attorney or other instruments shall obligate any Partner to make any additional Capital Contribution or increase the personal liability of any Partner for the obligations of the Partnership.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF PROLOGIS FRASER, L.P.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date written below.
GENERAL PARTNER:
PROLOGIS FRASER GP LLC
By: ProLogis, its sole member
By: /s/ EDWARD S. NEKRITZ ---------------------------------- Name: Edward S. Nekritz Title Managing Director and Secretary |
LIMITED PARTNER:
PROLOGIS
By: /s/ EDWARD S. NEKRITZ ---------------------------------- Name: Edward S. Nekritz Title Managing Director and Secretary Dated: August 4, 2004 |
EXHIBIT A
PARTNERS, CONTRIBUTIONS,
PARTNERSHIP UNITS, AND PERCENTAGE INTERESTS
(As of September 3, 2004)
AGREED VALUE OF NAME AND ADDRESS CASH CONTRIBUTED TOTAL PARTNERSHIP OF PARTNER CONTRIBUTION PROPERTY CONTRIBUTION UNITS ---------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ----------- GENERAL PARTNER: ProLogis Fraser GP LLC $ 2,072,568.95 -- $ 2,072,568.95 61,336.72 c/o ProLogis 14100 East 35th Place Aurora, CO 80011 LIMITED PARTNERS: ProLogis $205,184,325.72 -- $205,184,325.72 6,072,335.22 14100 East 35th Place Aurora, CO 80011 Jeffrey E. Kelter -- $ 4,999,999.20 $ 4,999,999.20 147,972.66 40 Duck Pond Road Glen Cove, NY 11542 Robert F. Savage -- $ 532,977.20 $ 532,977.20 15,773.21 670 West End Ave. #8F New York, NY 10025 Northeastern Industrial -- $10,453,697.80 $ 10,453,697.80 309,372.35 Park, Inc. Rotterdam Industrial Park, Building 6 Schenectady, NY12306 Washington Avenue -- $ 1,272,348.00 $ 1,272,348.00 37,654.55 Ventures, Inc. Rotterdam Industrial Park, Building 6 Schenectady, NY 12306 Rotterdam Ventures, Inc. -- $ 2,292,011.40 $ 2,292,011.40 67,831.02 Rotterdam Industrial Park, Building 6 Schenectady, NY 12306 Michael F. Bette -- $ 1,898,621.20 $ 1,898,621.20 56,188.82 P.O. Box 12789 Albany, NY 12212-2789 NAME AND ADDRESS DATE ADMITTED PERCENTAGE OF PARTNER TO PARTNERSHIP INTEREST ---------------- -------------- ---------- GENERAL PARTNER: ProLogis Fraser GP LLC April 30, 2004 0.875% c/o ProLogis 14100 East 35th Place Aurora, CO 80011 LIMITED PARTNERS: ProLogis April 30, 2004 86.587% 14100 East 35th Place Aurora, CO 80011 Jeffrey E. Kelter August 4, 2004 2.110% 40 Duck Pond Road Glen Cove, NY 11542 Robert F. Savage August 4, 2004 0.225% 670 West End Ave. #8F New York, NY 10025 Northeastern Industrial August 4, 2004 4.411% Park, Inc. Rotterdam Industrial Park, Building 6 Schenectady, NY12306 Washington Avenue August 4, 2004 0.537% Ventures, Inc. Rotterdam Industrial Park, Building 6 Schenectady, NY 12306 Rotterdam Ventures, Inc. August 4, 2004 0.967% Rotterdam Industrial Park, Building 6 Schenectady, NY 12306 Michael F. Bette August 4, 2004 0.801% P.O. Box 12789 Albany, NY 12212-2789 |
AGREED VALUE OF NAME AND ADDRESS CASH CONTRIBUTED TOTAL PARTNERSHIP DATE ADMITTED PERCENTAGE OF PARTNER CONTRIBUTION PROPERTY CONTRIBUTION UNITS TO PARTNERSHIP INTEREST ----------------------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------ -------------- ---------- Gary F. Mazurkowitz -- $ 815,150.00 $ 815,150.00 24,123.99 August 4, 2004 0.344% 4860 Armstrong Road Manlius, NY 13104 Michael G. Browning -- $ 5,769,381.80 $ 5,769,381.80 170,742.19 August 4, 2004 2.435% c/o Browning Investments 251 North Illinois Street, Ste 200 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Airtech Parkway -- $ 1,676,805.20 $ 1,676,805.20 49,624.27 August 4, 2004 0.708% Associates, LLC 251 N. Illinois Street, Ste. 200 Indianapolis, IN 46204 TOTAL $207,256,894.67 $ 29,710,991.80 $236,967,886.47 7,012,954.99 -- 100.000% =============== =============== =============== ============ ======= |
EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably (i) redeems _______________ Partnership Units in ProLogis Fraser, L.P. (the "Partnership"), in accordance with the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the "Agreement") and the redemption rights referred to therein, (ii) surrenders such Partnership Units and all right, title and interest therein and (iii) directs that the Cash Amount or Shares Amount (as determined by the General Partner) deliverable upon exercise of the Redemption Right be delivered to, and registered or placed in, the name and at the address specified below, and, if applicable, that a new certificate representing ownership of Partnership Units not so redeemed be issued and delivered to the undersigned, and, if Shares are to be delivered, such Shares be registered or placed in the name(s) and at the address(es) specified below.
Dated: ____________
Name of Limited Partner:
If the Shares are to be issued in another person's name, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed.
Name in which Shares are to be
issued:________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________
Signature Guaranteed by:
EXHIBIT C
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
I. Representations and Warranties
ProLogis hereby represents and warrants to each holder of Class A Limited Partnership Units, as of the date of this Agreement, as follows:
(a) Capital Structure of the Partnership.
(i) Partnership Units.
(A) As of the date of this Agreement, no Class A Limited Partnership Units are outstanding and all Class A Limited Partnership Units to be issued in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement will, when issued be, validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights.
(B) The General Partner owns all of the General Partnership Units (comprising 0.1% of all outstanding Partnership Units) and is the sole general partner of the Partnership. ProLogis owns all of the Partnership Common Units (comprising 99.9% of all outstanding Partnership Units) and is the sole limited partner of the Partnership. Except for ProLogis and the Contributing OP Unit Holders, the Partnership shall have no other limited partners as of the Closing Date.
(ii) Miscellaneous.
(A) Except as set forth in this Agreement, including this Exhibit C, there are issued and outstanding or reserved for issuance: (1) no partnership interests, bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to vote (or convertible not, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of Class A Limited Partnership Units may vote ("Voting Debt"), or other voting securities of the Partnership; (2) no securities of the Partnership or securities or assets of any other entity convertible into or exchangeable for Partnership Interests, Voting Debt or other voting securities of the Partnership and (3) no options, warrants, calls, rights (including preemptive rights), commitments or agreements to which the Partnership is a party or by which it is bound in any case obligating the Partnership to issue, deliver, sell, purchase, redeem or acquire, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, purchased, redeemed or acquired, additional Partnership Interests, Voting Debt or other voting securities of the Partnership, or obligating the Partnership to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement.
(B) The Partnership has no Subsidiaries and owns no capital stock or other ownership interest in any Person.
(C) Except as set forth in this Agreement, there are no agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Partnership is a party or by
which it is bound relating to the voting of any Partnership Interests or other securities of the Partnership.
(b) Authority; No Violations; Consents and Approvals.
(i) Each of ProLogis and the General Partner has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the General Partner and ProLogis.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the General Partner and ProLogis, and assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the holders of Class A Limited Partnership Units, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of the General Partner and ProLogis, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and compliance with the provisions hereof, will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation, or give rise to a right of purchase under, result in the creation of any Lien (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) upon any of the properties or assets of any of the General Partner or ProLogis under, or require the consent or approval of any third-party lender under any provision of (A) the organizational documents of the General Partner or ProLogis or, (B) any Material Contract (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) applicable to the General Partner or ProLogis, the respective properties or assets of the General Partner or ProLogis, or any guarantee by the General Partner or ProLogis, (C) any joint venture or other ownership arrangement to which the General Partner or ProLogis is a party or (D) any judgment, order, decree or law applicable to the General Partner or ProLogis or any of their respective properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (B), (C) and (D), any such conflicts, violations, defaults, rights or Liens that, individually or in the aggregate, (x) would not have, or would not be reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of ProLogis or its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) would not, or would not be reasonably likely to, prevent or materially delay the performance by the General Partner or ProLogis of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement (a "Material Adverse Effect").
(iv) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or permit from any Governmental Entity (as defined in the Merger Agreement) is required by or with respect to the General Partner or ProLogis in connection with the execution and delivery by the General Partner or ProLogis of this
Agreement or the consummation by the General Partner or ProLogis of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for: (A) the filing with the SEC of such reports under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and such other compliance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (B) any such consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing or permit that the failure to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the General Partner or ProLogis to perform its obligations hereunder or prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Litigation. There is no suit, action or proceeding pending, or, to the knowledge of the General Partner or ProLogis, threatened against or affecting the General Partner or ProLogis that would be likely to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Interim Operations of the Partnership. The Partnership was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated hereby and, except for obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its organization and the transactions, agreements and arrangements contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, has engaged in no other business or activities, has incurred no other obligations or liabilities, has no assets and has conducted its operations only as contemplated hereby.
(e) SEC Documents. ProLogis has made available to each holder of Class A Limited Partnership Units (by public filing with the SEC or otherwise) a true and complete copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and definitive proxy statement filed by ProLogis or any ProLogis Subsidiary, with the SEC since January 1, 2001 (the "ProLogis SEC Documents"), which are all of the documents required to have been filed by any of them with the SEC since that date. As of their respective dates, the ProLogis SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such ProLogis SEC Documents and none of the ProLogis SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent such statements have been modified or superseded by later ProLogis SEC Documents filed and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement. Neither ProLogis nor any ProLogis Subsidiary has any outstanding and unresolved comments from the SEC with respect to the ProLogis SEC Documents. The consolidated financial statements of ProLogis included in the ProLogis SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto, or, in the case of the unaudited statements, as permitted by Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) and fairly presented, in accordance with applicable requirements of GAAP and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (subject, in the case of the unaudited statements, to normal, recurring adjustments, none of which are material), the consolidated financial position of ProLogis and the ProLogis Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as
of their respective dates and the consolidated statements of income and the consolidated cash flows of ProLogis and the ProLogis Subsidiaries for the periods presented therein. Other than ProLogis no other ProLogis Subsidiary is required to make any filing with the SEC.
II. Covenants
ProLogis hereby agrees for the benefit of the holders of Class A Limited Partnership Units that ProLogis shall be liable for any violation or default by Keystone Operating Partnership, L.P. or any successor entity of the Protected Partner Agreements and any violation or default by Keystone Operating Partnership, L.P. of Section 8.5(e) of this Agreement, in each case from and after the date of this Agreement.
EXHIBIT D
PROPERTIES WITH TAX PROTECTION AGREEMENTS
PENNSYLVANIA
355 Independence Avenue
2040 North Union Street
INDIANA
8677 Logo Court
EXHIBIT E
CONTRIBUTED PROPERTIES
KOP UNITS CONTRIBUTED ----------- Jeffrey E. Kelter 210,084 Robert F. Savage 22,394 Northeastern Industrial Park, Inc. 439,231 Washington Avenue Ventures, Inc. 53,460 Rotterdam Ventures, Inc. 96,303 Michael F. Bette 79,774 Gary F. Mazurkowitz 34,250 Michael G. Browning 242,411 Airtech Parkway Associates, LLC 70,454 --------- TOTAL 1,248,361 ========= |
SCHEDULE I
704(c) VALUES
KOP UNITS CONTRIBUTED 704(c) VALUE --------------------- -------------- Jeffrey E. Kelter 210,084 $ 4,999,999.20 Robert F. Savage 22,394 532,977.20 Northeastern Industrial Park, Inc. 439,231 10,453,697.80 Washington Avenue Ventures, Inc. 53,460 1,272,348.00 Rotterdam Ventures, Inc. 96,303 2,292,011.40 Michael F. Bette 79,774 1,898,621.20 Gary F. Mazurkowitz 34,250 815,150.00 Michael G. Browning 242,411 5,769,381.80 Airtech Parkway Associates, LLC 70,454 1,676,805.20 --------- -------------- TOTAL 1,248,361 $29,710,991.80 ========= ============== |
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 704(c) VALUE ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- 8677 Logo Court Indianapolis IN $ 21,788,617 Goldstar South Brunswick Township NJ 12,000,166 Stults Land South Brunswick Township NJ 600,008 6813 Ruppsville Road Allentown PA 3,383,991 7220 Schantz Court Allentown PA 2,689,289 7351 Morris Court Allentown PA 1,066,682 7485 Industrial Boulevard Allentown PA 11,878,698 7529 Morris Court Allentown PA 22,304,022 7553 Morris Court Allentown PA 14,703,891 7584 Morris Court Allentown PA 4,723,955 355 Independence Avenue Harrisburg PA 14,167,971 2040 North Union Street Middletown PA 26,679,453 ------------ Subtotal 135,986,743 ------------ |
JOINT VENTURE INTERESTS ------------------------------------------------------- 20% managing partner interest in KPJV, LLP,* which indirectly owns: 501 Airtech Parkway Indianapolis IN 7,231,908 558 Airtech Parkway Indianapolis IN 5,977,278 595 Perry Road Indianapolis IN 3,415,068 849 Whitaker Road Indianapolis IN 2,581,389 909 Whitaker Road Indianapolis IN 2,420,680 923 Whitaker Road Indianapolis IN 1,104,875 4400 West 96th Street Indianapolis IN 2,531,168 5252 Decatur Boulevard Indianapolis IN 1,124,963 34 Englehard Drive Cranbury NJ 2,511,079 861 Nestle Way Breinigsville PA 9,240,771 6829 - 31 Ruppsville Road Allentown PA 1,888,332 7520 Morris Court Allentown PA 1,787,888 7566 Morris Court Allentown PA 1,225,407 ---------- Subtotal 43,040,806 ---------- |
* Net value of the 20% managing partner interest in KPJV, LLP is equal to $32,442,827 ($43,040,806 gross asset value less $10,597,979 debt)
704(c) VALUE -------------- 20% managing member interest in Keystone New Jersey Associates, LLC,** which owns: 66 Station Road Cranbury NJ 9,182,046 66 Station Road Expansion Land Exit 8-A NJ 1,000,014 100-400 Nixon Lane Edison NJ 14,294,777 118 Moonachie Avenue Carlstadt NJ 5,008,389 200-250 Kennedy Drive Sayreville NJ 2,253,775 230 Brighton Road Clifton NJ 2,399,853 300-350 Kennedy Drive Sayreville NJ 2,232,907 309 Kennedy Drive Sayreville NJ 2,817,219 409 Kennedy Drive Sayreville NJ 3,005,033 510 Commercial Avenue Carlstadt NJ 1,460,780 1250 Valley Brook Avenue Lyndhurst NJ 2,900,692 1275 Valley Brook Avenue Lyndhurst NJ 2,921,560 One Nixon Lane Edison NJ 2,504,194 ---------- Subtotal 51,981,239 ---------- |
** Net value of the 20% managing member interest in Keystone New Jersey Associates, LLC is equal to $37,094,038 ($51,981,239 gross asset value less $14,887,201 debt)
50% non-managing member interest in 5 Points Associates, LLC,*** which owns:
381 Airtech Parkway Indianapolis IN 14,245,992 |
*** Net value of the 50% non-managing member interest in 5 Points Associates, LLC is equal to $7,574,836 ($14,245,992 gross asset value less $6,671,156 debt)
$27 million non-controlling preferred equity interest in Nocha LLC 27,000,000 ------------ TOTAL $272,254,780 ============ |
EXHIBIT 12.1
PROLOGIS
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30,
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Year Ended December 31,
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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Earnings from operations
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$ | 198,986 | $ | 128,516 | $ | 205,241 | $ | 277,941 | $ | 133,043 | $ | 241,807 | $ | 166,627 | ||||||||||||||
Add:
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Interest Expense
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115,601 | 115,856 | 155,475 | 152,958 | 163,629 | 172,191 | 170,746 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Earnings, as Adjusted
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$ | 314,587 | $ | 244,372 | $ | 360,716 | $ | 430,899 | $ | 296,672 | $ | 413,998 | $ | 337,373 | ||||||||||||||
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Fixed Charges:
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Interest Expense
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$ | 115,601 | $ | 115,856 | $ | 155,475 | $ | 152,958 | $ | 163,629 | $ | 172,191 | $ | 170,746 | ||||||||||||||
Capitalized Interest
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26,671 | 28,821 | 36,425 | 30,534 | 24,276 | 18,549 | 15,980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Fixed Charges
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$ | 142,272 | $ | 144,677 | $ | 191,900 | $ | 183,492 | $ | 187,905 | $ | 190,740 | $ | 186,726 | ||||||||||||||
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Ratio of Earnings, as Adjusted
to Fixed Charges
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2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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EXHIBIT 12.2
PROLOGIS
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED SHARE DIVIDENDS
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30,
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Year Ended December 31,
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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Earnings from operations
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$ | 198,986 | $ | 128,516 | $ | 205,241 | $ | 277,941 | $ | 133,043 | $ | 241,807 | $ | 166,627 | ||||||||||||||
Add:
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Interest Expense
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115,601 | 115,856 | 155,475 | 152,958 | 163,629 | 172,191 | 170,746 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Earnings, as Adjusted
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$ | 314,587 | $ | 244,372 | $ | 360,716 | $ | 430,899 | $ | 296,672 | $ | 413,998 | $ | 337,373 | ||||||||||||||
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Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Share Dividends:
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Interest Expense
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$ | 115,601 | $ | 115,856 | $ | 155,475 | $ | 152,958 | $ | 163,629 | $ | 172,191 | $ | 170,746 | ||||||||||||||
Capitalized Interest
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26,671 | 28,821 | 36,425 | 30,534 | 24,276 | 18,549 | 15,980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Fixed Charges
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142,272 | 144,677 | 191,900 | 183,492 | 187,905 | 190,740 | 186,726 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred Share Dividends
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19,392 | 23,450 | 30,485 | 32,715 | 37,309 | 56,763 | 56,835 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Share Dividends
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$ | 161,664 | $ | 168,127 | $ | 222,385 | $ | 216,207 | $ | 225,214 | $ | 247,503 | $ | 243,561 | ||||||||||||||
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Ratio of Earnings, as Adjusted
to Combined Fixed Charges
and Preferred Share Dividends
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2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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EXHIBIT 15.1
November 8, 2004
The Board of Trustees and
Shareholders of ProLogis
Aurora, Colorado
Re: Registration Statement Nos. 33-92490, 333-38515, 333-74917, 333-79813, 333-86081, 333-43546, 333-43544, 333-36578, 333-04961, 333-60374, 333-63992, 333-95737, 333-75722, 333-88150, 333-102166 and 333-105717 on Form S-3 and Registration Statements Nos. 333-31421, 333-26597, 333-69001, 333-46700, 333-46698, 333-70274 and 333-97895 on Form S-8.
With respect to the subject registration statements, we acknowledge our awareness of the use therein of our report dated October 27, 2004 related to our review of interim financial information.
Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant, or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
KPMG LLP
Los Angeles, California
EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, K. Dane Brooksher, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ProLogis;
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 registrants 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)) 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) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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
c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants internal control over
financial reporting.
/s/ K. Dane Brooksher
Name:
K. Dane Brooksher
Title:
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Walter C. Rakowich, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ProLogis;
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 registrants 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)) 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) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants 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
c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants internal control over
financial reporting.
/s/ Walter C. Rakowich
Name:
Walter C. Rakowich
Title:
Managing Director and
Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned,
being the Chief Executive Officer of ProLogis (the Company), hereby certifies
that the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2004 (the Report), which accompanies this certification, fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
/s/ K. Dane Brooksher
Name:
K. Dane Brooksher
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned,
being the Chief Financial Officer of ProLogis (the Company), hereby certifies
that the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2004 (the Report), which accompanies this certification, fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
/s/ Walter C. Rakowich
Name:
Walter C. Rakowich
Title:
Managing Director and
Chief Financial Officer