Funds from Operations (“FFO”), and Funds Available for Distribution (“FAD”) are supplemental measures of
a real estate investment trust’s (“REIT”) financial performance that are not defined by U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Investors, analysts and the Company use FFO, and FAD as
supplemental measures of operating performance. The Company believes FFO, and FAD are helpful in
evaluating the operating performance of a REIT. Real estate values historically rise and fall with
market conditions, but cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the
value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. We believe that by excluding the effect of
historical cost depreciation, which may be of limited relevance in evaluating current performance, FFO,
and FAD facilitate like comparisons of operating performance between periods. Occasionally, the Company
may exclude non-recurring items from FFO and FAD in order to allow investors, analysts and our
management to compare the Company’s operating performance on a consistent basis without having to
account for differences caused by unanticipated items.
FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), means net income
available to common stockholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains or losses on the
sale of real estate and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate depreciation
and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The
Company’s computation of FFO may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the
term in accordance with the current NAREIT definition or have a different interpretation of the current
NAREIT definition from that of the Company; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing our
Company’s FFO to that of other REITs.
We define FAD as FFO excluding the effects of non-cash income such as straight-line rent, amortization of
lease inducement, effective interest income and deferred income from unconsolidated joint ventures and
non-cash expense such as non-cash compensation charges, capitalized interest and non-cash interest
charges. FAD is useful in analyzing the portion of cash flow that is available for distribution to
stockholders. Investors, analysts and the Company utilize FAD as an indicator of common dividend
potential. The FAD payout ratio, which represents annual distributions to common shareholders expressed
as a percentage of FAD, facilitates the comparison of dividend coverage between REITs.
While the Company uses FFO, and FAD as supplemental performance measures of our cash flow generated by
operations and cash available for distribution to stockholders, such measures are not representative of
cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and are not necessarily indicative of
cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net income available to
common stockholders.
The Company measures credit strength both in terms of leverage ratios and coverage ratios. Leverage
ratios and coverage ratios are widely used by investors, analysts and rating agencies in the valuation,
comparison, rating and investment recommendations of companies. Leverage ratios include debt to gross
asset value and debt to enterprise value. The leverage ratios indicate how much of our consolidated
balance sheet capitalization is related to long term obligations. Coverage ratios are based on NAREIT
defined earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for real estate (“EBITDAre”),
which is a financial measure not derived in accordance with GAAP. Coverage ratios include interest
coverage ratio, which is EBITDAre divided by total interest incurred, and fixed charge coverage ratio,
which is EBITDAre divided by fixed charges. Fixed charges include total interest incurred and preferred
stock dividends. The coverage ratios indicate our ability to service interest and fixed charges.
EBITDAre is calculated as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding (i) interest expense,
(ii) income tax expense, (iii) real estate depreciation and amortization, (iv) impairment write-downs of
depreciable real estate, (v) gains or losses on the sale of depreciable real estate, and (vi)
adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. EBITDAre is not an alternative to net
income, operating income, income from continuing operations or cash flows from operating activities as
calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. You should not rely on EBITDAre as a substitute for
any such GAAP financial measures or consider it in isolation, for the purpose of analyzing our financial
performance, financial position or cash flows. Net income is the most directly comparable GAAP measure
to EBITDAre. Normalized EBITDAre represents EBITDAre adjusted for non-recurring, infrequent or unusual
items.