NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Business and Organization

Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation, is one of North America’s largest publicly traded owners and operators of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use assets.  The terms “Kimco,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” each refers to Kimco Realty Corporation and our subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. The Company, its affiliates and related real estate joint ventures are engaged principally in the ownership, management, development and operation of open-air shopping centers, which are anchored generally by grocery stores, off-price retailers, home improvement centers, discounters and/or service-oriented tenants. Additionally, the Company provides complementary services that capitalize on the Company’s established retail real estate expertise.

The Company elected status as a Real Estate Investment Trust (a “REIT”) for federal income tax purposes beginning in its taxable year ended December 31, 1991 and operates in a manner that enables the Company to maintain its status as a REIT.  As a REIT, with respect to each taxable year, the Company must distribute at least 90 percent of its taxable income (excluding capital gain) and does not pay federal income taxes on the amount distributed to its shareholders.  The Company is not generally subject to federal income taxes if it distributes 100 percent of its taxable income.  Most states where the Company holds investments in real estate conform to the federal rules recognizing REITs.  Certain subsidiaries have made a joint election with the Company to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”), which permit the Company to engage in certain business activities which the REIT may not conduct directly.  A TRS is subject to federal and state income taxes on its income, and the Company includes, when applicable, a provision for taxes in its condensed consolidated financial statements.  The Company is subject to and also includes in its tax provision non-U.S. income taxes on certain investments located in jurisdictions outside the U.S. These investments are held by the Company at the REIT level and not in the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Company does not expect a U.S. income tax impact associated with the repatriation of undistributed earnings from the Company’s foreign subsidiaries.

COVID-19 Pandemic –

The coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic has and continues to impact the retail real estate industry for both landlords and tenants.  The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, in the near term, will continue to depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time. The Company’s business, operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors that the Company is not able to predict at this time, including the duration and scope of the pandemic, governmental, business and individual actions that have been and continue to be, taken in response to the pandemic, the distribution and effectiveness of vaccines, the impact on economic activity from the pandemic and actions taken in response, the effect on the Company’s tenants and their businesses, the ability of tenants to make their rental payments, additional closures of tenants’ businesses and the impact of opening and reclosing of communities in response to the resurgence of COVID-19. Any of these events could materially adversely impact the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations or stock price. The Company will continue to monitor the economic, financial, and social conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and will assess its asset portfolio for any impairment indicators. In addition, the Company will continue to monitor for any material or adverse effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. If the Company has determined that any of its assets are impaired, the Company would be required to take impairment charges, and such amounts could be material.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company’s shopping centers have remained open; however, a substantial number of tenants had or continue to have temporarily or permanently closed their businesses. Others had, or continue to have, shortened their operating hours or offered reduced services. The Company has, and continues to have, worked with tenants to grant rent deferrals or forgiveness of rent on a tenant-by-tenant basis. The development and distribution of COVID vaccines throughout the country have assisted in allowing many restrictions to be lifted, providing a path to recovery.  There have been additional improvements to the real estate industry as the pandemic continues to redefine the needs of consumers across the country.  There has been an increase in demand for warehouse space to satisfy fulfilment and distribution needs as well as certain retail spaces, which provide essential goods such as grocers and pharmacies.    

The Company continues to see an increase in collections of rental payments, however, the effects COVID-19 has had on its tenants is still heavily considered when evaluating the adequacy of the collectability of the lessee’s total accounts receivable balance, including the corresponding straight-line rent receivable. Management’s estimate of the collectability of accrued rents and accounts receivable is based on the best information available to management at the time of evaluation. 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation -

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company. The Company’s subsidiaries include subsidiaries which are wholly-owned or which the Company has a controlling interest, including where the Company has been determined to be a primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (“VIE”) in accordance with the Consolidation guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The information presented in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements is unaudited and reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to reflect a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented, and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.  These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the “10-K”), as certain disclosures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021 that would duplicate those included in the 10-K are not included in these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Reclassifications -

Certain amounts in the prior period have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period’s presentation.  For comparative purposes, the Company reclassified $4.7 million of loss on marketable securities, net from Other income, net to Gain/(loss) on marketable securities, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2020. On the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company reclassified (i) $5.1 million of Cash flows used for Change in other financing liabilities to Cash flows used for Shares repurchased for employee tax withholdings on equity awards of $5.1 million and Cash flows provided by Change in tenant’s security deposits of $0.1 million and (ii) $4.7 million in Change in other operating assets and liabilities to (Gain)/loss on marketable securities, net, for comparative purposes. 

Subsequent Events -

The Company has evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (see Footnote 17 of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

3. Real Estate

* Gross leasable area ("GLA")

** Consists of the fair value of the assets acquired which exceeded the purchase price upon closing.  The transaction was a sale-leaseback with the seller which resulted in the recognition of a prepayment of rent of $17.7 million in accordance with ASC 842, Leases at closing.  The prepayment of rent will be amortized over the initial term of the lease through Revenues from rental properties, net on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.  See Footnote 10 of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion regarding fair value allocation of partnership interest for noncontrolling interests.

Included in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income is $1.6 million in total revenues from the date of acquisition through March 31, 2021 for operating properties acquired during the year.

Purchase Price Allocation -

The purchase price for these acquisitions is allocated to real estate and related intangible assets acquired, as applicable, in accordance with our accounting policies for asset acquisitions. The purchase price allocation for properties acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2021, is as follows (in thousands): 

4. Investments in and Advances to Real Estate Joint Ventures

The Company has investments in and advances to various real estate joint ventures. These joint ventures are engaged primarily in the operation of shopping centers which are either owned or held under long-term operating leases. The Company and the joint venture partners have joint approval rights for major decisions, including those regarding property operations. As such, the Company holds noncontrolling interests in these joint ventures and accounts for them under the equity method of accounting.

The table below presents joint venture investments for which the Company held an ownership interest at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

The table below presents the Company’s share of net income for the above investments which is included in Equity in income of joint ventures, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in millions):

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, certain of the Company’s real estate joint ventures disposed of two properties, in separate transactions, for an aggregate sales price of $53.7 million. These transactions resulted in an aggregate net gain to the Company of $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

The table below presents debt balances within the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture investments for which the Company held noncontrolling ownership interests at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

* Includes extension options

The Company will continue to monitor the economic, financial, and social conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and will assess its joint venture portfolio for any impairment indicators. If the Company has determined that any of its assets are impaired, the Company would be required to take impairment charges, and such amounts could be material.

5. Other Real Estate Investments

The Company has provided capital to owners and developers of real estate properties and loans through its Preferred Equity Program. The Company’s maximum exposure to losses associated with its preferred equity investments is primarily limited to its net investment. As of March 31, 2021, the Company’s net investment under the Preferred Equity Program was $99.4 million relating to 111 properties, including 101 net leased properties.  During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized income of $3.2 million from its preferred equity investments. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized income of $11.1 million from its preferred equity investments, including profit participation of $6.3 million. These amounts are included in Equity in income of other real estate investments, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

6. Marketable Securities

The amortized cost and unrealized gains, net of marketable securities as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, are as follows (in thousands):

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, there were net unrealized gains on marketable securities of $61.1 million and net unrealized losses on marketable securities of $4.7 million, respectively. These net unrealized gains and losses are included in Gain/(loss) on marketable securities, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. See Footnote 12 of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for fair value disclosure.

7. Accounts and Notes Receivable

The components of accounts and notes receivable, net of potentially uncollectible amounts as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, are as follows (in thousands):

8. Leases

Lessor Leases

The Company’s primary source of revenues is derived from lease agreements, which includes rental income and expense reimbursement. The Company’s lease income is comprised of minimum base rent, expense reimbursements, percentage rent, lease termination fee income, ancillary income, amortization of above-market and below-market rent adjustments and straight-line rent adjustments.

The disaggregation of the Company’s lease income, which is included in Revenues from rental properties on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, as either fixed or variable lease income based on the criteria specified in ASC 842, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, is as follows (in thousands):

Lessee Leases

The Company currently leases real estate space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements for ground leases and administrative office leases. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms ranging from less than one year to 64.8 years, some of which include options to extend the terms for up to an additional 75 years. The Company does not include any of its renewal options in its lease terms for calculating its lease liability as the renewal options allow the Company to maintain operational flexibility and the Company is not reasonably certain it will exercise these renewal options at this time. At March 31, 2021, the weighted average remaining non-cancelable lease term for the Company’s operating leases was 20.5 years and the weighted average discount rate was 6.54%. The Company’s operating lease liabilities are determined based on the estimated present value of the Company’s minimum lease payments under its lease agreements. The discount rate used to determine the lease liabilities is based on the estimated incremental borrowing rate on a lease by lease basis. When calculating the incremental borrowing rates, the Company utilized data from (i) its recent debt issuances, (ii) publicly available data for instruments with similar characteristics, (iii) observable mortgage rates and (iv) unlevered property yields and discount rates. The Company then applied adjustments to account for considerations related to term and security that may not be fully incorporated by the data sets.

The components of the Company’s lease expense, which are included in rent expense and general and administrative expense on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, were as follows (in thousands):

9. Notes and Mortgages Payable

Notes Payable –

In February 2020, the Company obtained a $2.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with a group of banks. The Credit Facility is scheduled to expire in March 2024, with two additional six-month options to extend the maturity date, at the Company’s discretion, to March 2025. The Credit Facility is a green credit facility tied to sustainability metric targets, as described in the agreement. The Company achieved such targets, which effectively reduced the rate on the Credit Facility by one basis point. The Credit Facility, which accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 76.5 basis points (0.88% as of March 31, 2021), can be increased to $2.75 billion through an accordion feature. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility, the Company, among other things, is subject to covenants requiring the maintenance of (i) maximum indebtedness ratios and (ii) minimum interest and fixed charge coverage ratios. As of March 31, 2021, the Credit Facility had no outstanding balance, $0.3 million appropriated for letters of credit and the Company was in compliance with its covenants.

Mortgages Payable -

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company repaid $12.3 million of mortgage debt (including fair market value adjustment of $0.1 million) that encumbered an operating property.

10. Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests represent the portion of equity that the Company does not own in entities it consolidates as a result of having a controlling interest or determining that the Company was the primary beneficiary of a VIE in accordance with the provisions of the FASB’s Consolidation guidance.  The Company accounts and reports for noncontrolling interests in accordance with the Consolidation guidance and the Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity guidance issued by the FASB. The Company identifies its noncontrolling interests separately within the equity section on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the Company and to the noncontrolling interests are presented separately on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Included within noncontrolling interests are units that were determined to be contingently redeemable that are classified as Redeemable noncontrolling interests and presented in the mezzanine section between Total liabilities and Stockholder’s equity on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table presents the change in the redemption value of the Redeemable noncontrolling interests for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands): 

11. Variable Interest Entities (“VIE”)

Included within the Company’s consolidated operating properties at both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, are 23 and 22 consolidated entities, respectively, that are VIEs, for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. These entities have been established to own and operate real estate property. The Company’s involvement with these entities is through its majority ownership and management of the properties. The entities were deemed VIEs primarily because the unrelated investors do not have substantive kick-out rights to remove the general or managing partner by a vote of a simple majority or less, and they do not have substantive participating rights. The Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary of these VIEs as a result of its controlling financial interest. At March 31, 2021, total assets of these VIEs were $1.1 billion and total liabilities were $96.7 million. At December 31, 2020, total assets of these VIEs were $1.0 billion and total liabilities were $62.1 million.

The majority of the operations of these VIEs are funded with cash flows generated from the properties. The Company has not provided financial support to any of these VIEs that it was not previously contractually required to provide, which consists primarily of funding any capital expenditures, including tenant improvements, which are deemed necessary to continue to operate the entity and any operating cash shortfalls the entity may experience.

All liabilities of these consolidated VIEs are non-recourse to the Company (“VIE Liabilities”). The assets of the unencumbered VIEs are not restricted for use to settle only the obligations of these VIEs. The remaining VIE assets are encumbered by third party non-recourse mortgage debt. The assets associated with these encumbered VIEs (“Restricted Assets”) are collateral under the respective mortgages and are therefore restricted and can only be used to settle the corresponding liabilities of the VIE. The table below summarizes the consolidated VIEs and the classification of the Restricted Assets and VIE Liabilities on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows (dollars in millions):

12. Fair Value Measurements

All financial instruments of the Company are reflected in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at amounts which, in management’s estimation, based upon an interpretation of available market information and valuation methodologies, reasonably approximate their fair values except those listed below, for which fair values are disclosed. The valuation method used to estimate fair value for fixed-rate and variable-rate debt is based on discounted cash flow analyses, with assumptions that include credit spreads, market yield curves, trading activity, loan amounts and debt maturities. The fair values for marketable securities are based on published values, securities dealers’ estimated market values or comparable market sales. Such fair value estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized upon disposition.

As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, the FASB’s Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

The following are financial instruments for which the Company’s estimated fair value differs from the carrying value (in thousands):

The Company has certain financial instruments that must be measured under the FASB’s Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures guidance, including available for sale securities. The Company currently does not have non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

The tables below present the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at  March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (in thousands):

Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at December 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

The Company’s estimated fair values of these properties were primarily based upon estimated sales prices, which were less than the carrying value of the assets, from signed contracts or letters of intent from third party offers. The Company does not have access to the unobservable inputs used to determine the estimated fair values of third party offers. Based on these inputs, the Company determined that its valuation of these investments was classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. 

13. Incentive Plans

In May 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Equity Participation Plan (the “2020 Plan”), which is a successor to the Restated Kimco Realty Corporation 2010 Equity Participation Plan that expired in March 2020.  The 2020 Plan provides for a maximum of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to be reserved for the issuance of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, dividend equivalents, stock payments and deferred stock awards.  At March 31, 2021, the Company had 8.5 million shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2020 Plan.

The Company accounts for equity awards in accordance with FASB’s Compensation – Stock Compensation guidance which requires that all share-based payments to employees, including restricted stock and performance shares, be recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income over the service period based on their fair values. Fair value of performance awards are determined using the Monte Carlo method which is intended to estimate the fair value of the awards at the grant date. Fair value of restricted shares is calculated based on the price on the date of grant.

The Company recognized expenses associated with its equity awards of $6.5 million and $5.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $53.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock compensation granted under the Plans.  That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3.2 years.

14. Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of earnings and the weighted average number of shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (amounts presented in thousands except per share data):

The Company's unvested restricted share awards contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions or distribution equivalents. The impact of the unvested restricted share awards on earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method whereby earnings are allocated to the unvested restricted share awards based on dividends declared and the unvested restricted shares' participation rights in undistributed earnings.

15. Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock -

During February 2020, the Company extended its share repurchase program for a term of two years, which will expire in February 2022, pursuant to which the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, with an aggregate gross purchase price of up to $300.0 million. The Company did not repurchase any shares under the share repurchase program during the three months ended March 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $224.9 million available under this share repurchase program.

16. Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Investing / Financing Activities

The following schedule summarizes the non-cash investing and financing activities of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

17. Subsequent Events

Pending Merger with Weingarten Realty Investors

On April 15, 2021, the Company and Weingarten Realty Investors (“Weingarten”) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Weingarten will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving public company. The parties currently expect the transaction to close during the second half of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of both the Company and Weingarten shareholders.  This strategic transaction was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Board of Trust Managers of Weingarten.  Under the terms of the merger agreement, each Weingarten common share will be converted into 1.408 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock plus $2.89 in cash. Based on the closing stock price for the Company on April 14, 2021, this represents a total consideration of approximately $30.32 per Weingarten share.