SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(X) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from: ________ to ________
Commission File Number 001-13937
ANTHRACITE CAPITAL, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 13-3978906
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant's telephone number including area code): (212) 409-3333
NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former name, former address, and for new fiscal year;
if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
(1) Yes X No
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(2) Yes X No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
(1) Yes X No
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As of August 13, 2003, 48,343,695 shares of common stock ($.001 par
value per share) were outstanding.
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ANTHRACITE CAPITAL, INC.,
FORM 10-Q
INDEX
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION Page
Item 1. Interim Financial Statements........................................................4
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
At June 30, 2003 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2002..................................4
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002...........................5
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2003..............................................6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002.....................................7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)..............................8
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations..............................................................20
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.........................40
Item 4. Controls and Procedures............................................................45
Part II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings..................................................................46
Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds..........................................46
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders................................46
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K...................................................46
SIGNATURES ......................................................................................48
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
with respect to future financial or business performance, strategies or
expectations. Forward-looking statements which are based on various
assumptions (some of which are beyond the Company's control) may be identified
by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking
terminology, such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate,"
"sustain," "seek," "position," "target," "mission," "assume," "achievable,"
"potential," "comfortable," "current," "strategy," "goal," "objective,"
"plan," "aspiration," "outlook," "outcome," "continue," "remain,"
"opportunity," "maintain," "strive," "trend," and variations of such words and
similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would,"
"should," "could," "may," or similar terms or variations on those terms, or
the negative of those terms.
Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from
historical performance. In addition to factors previously disclosed in
Anthracite Capital, Inc.'s (the "Company") Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") reports and those identified elsewhere in this report, the following
factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from
forward-looking statements or historical performance: (1) the introduction,
withdrawal, success and timing of business initiatives and strategies; (2)
changes in political, economic or industry conditions, the interest rate
environment or financial and capital markets, which could result in changes in
the value of the Company's assets; (3) the performance and operations of the
Company's manager, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (the "Manager"); (4)
the impact of increased competition; (5) the impact of capital improvement
projects; (6) the impact of future acquisitions; (7) the unfavorable
resolution of legal proceedings; (8) the extent and timing of any share
repurchases; (9) the impact, extent and timing of technological changes and
the adequacy of intellectual property protection; (10) the impact of
legislative and regulatory actions and reforms and regulatory, supervisory or
enforcement actions of government agencies relating to the Company, the
Manager or PNC Bank, National Association; (11) terrorist activities and
international hostilities, which may adversely affect the general economy,
financial and capital markets, the real estate industry and the Company and
the Manager; and (12) the ability of the Manager to attract and retain highly
talented professionals. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date
they are made. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any
obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made
to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002
and the Company's subsequent reports filed with the SEC, accessible on the
SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and on the Company's website at
http://www.anthracitecapital.com, discuss these factors in more detail and
identify additional factors that can affect forward-looking statements.
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Part I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Interim Financial Statements
Anthracite Capital, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
(in thousands, except per share data)
June 30, 2003 December 31, 2002
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 14,259 $ 24,698
Restricted cash equivalents 56,756 84,485
Securities available for sale, at fair value
Subordinated commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS") $ 689,662 $ 602,706
Residential mortgage backed securities ("RMBS") 853,977 78,717
Investment grade securities 457,736 291,639
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Total securities available for sale 2,001,375 973,062
Securities held for trading, at fair value (RMBS) 34,901 1,427,733
Commercial mortgage loans, net 55,556 65,664
Investments in real estate joint ventures 7,844 8,265
Equity investment in Carbon Capital, Inc. 18,570 14,997
Receivable for investments sold 670 -
Other assets 71,899 40,447
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Total Assets $2,261,830 $2,639,351
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Borrowings:
Collateralized debt obligations ("CDO") $ 684,778 $ 684,590
Secured by pledge of subordinated CMBS 33,710 7,295
Secured by pledge of other securities available for sale
and restricted cash equivalents 946,957 98,439
Secured by pledge of securities held for trading 33,130 1,355,333
Secured by pledge of investments in real estate joint ventures 512 1,337
Secured by pledge of commercial mortgage loans 14,667 14,667
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Total borrowings $1,713,754 $2,161,661
Payable for investments purchased 21,653 524
Distributions payable 17,299 16,589
Other liabilities 75,221 54,361
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Total Liabilities $1,827,927 $2,233,135
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Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 400,000 shares authorized; 48,142
shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2003; and
47,398 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2002 48 47
10% Series B preferred stock, liquidation preference $43,942 at June 30, 2003
and $47,817 at December 31, 2002 33,431 36,379
9.375% Series C preferred stock, liquidation preference $57,500 55,513
Additional paid-in capital 522,334 515,180
Distributions in excess of earnings (61,830) (24,161)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (115,593) (121,229)
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Total Stockholders' Equity 433,903 406,216
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $2,261,830 $2,639,351
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Anthracite Capital, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
For the Three Months Ended For the Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
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2003 2002 2003 2002
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Income:
Interest from securities $ 30,036 $ 26,938 $ 54,688 $ 55,617
Interest from commercial mortgage loans 2,105 3,427 3,290 7,046
Interest from trading securities 9,120 7,420 24,951 13,708
Earnings from real estate joint ventures 238 262 473 523
Earnings from equity investment 702 194 1,446 379
Interest from cash and cash equivalents 209 491 385 810
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Total income $42,410 $38,732 $85,233 $78,083
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Expenses:
Interest 20,785 13,047 36,288 21,079
Interest-trading securities 952 2,427 5,154 6,035
Management and incentive fee 2,649 2,278 5,226 7,685
Other expenses - net 591 497 1,173 1,073
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Total expenses 24,977 18,249 47,841 35,872
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Other net gain (loss):
Gain on sale of available-for-sale securities 3,294 4,154 3,435 75
Loss on securities held for trading (4,716) (11,914) (15,119) (7,900)
Foreign currency gain (loss) 18 (229)
Loss on impairment of securities (27,014) - (27,014) -
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Total other loss (28,436) (7,742) (38,698) (8,054)
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(Loss) income before cumulative transition adjustment (11,003) 12,741 (1,306) 34,157
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Cumulative transition adjustment - SFAS 142 - - - 6,327
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Net (loss) income (11,003) 12,741 (1,306) 40,484
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Dividends and accretion on preferred stock 1,611 1,382 2,807 2,771
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Net (loss) income to Common Shareholders $ (12,614) $ 11,359 $ (4,113) $ 37,713
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Net (loss) income per common share, basic:
(Loss) income before cumulative transition adjustment $(0.26) $0.25 $(0.09) $0.68
Cumulative transition adjustment - SFAS 142 - - - 0.14
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Net (loss) income $(0.26) $0.25 $(0.09) $0.82
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Net (loss) income per common share, diluted:
(Loss) income before cumulative transition adjustment $(0.26) $0.25 $(0.09) $0.68
Cumulative transition adjustment - SFAS 142 - - - 0.14
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Net (loss) income $(0.26) $0.25 $(0.09) $0.82
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic 47,862 46,144 47,728 45,901
Diluted 47,883 46,183 47,746 45,951
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Anthracite Capital, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2003
(in thousands)
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Series Series Accumulated Total
Common B C Additional Distributions Other Compre- Stock-
Stock, Preferred Preferred Paid-In In Excess Comprehensive hensive holders'
Par Value Stock Stock Capital Of Earnings Loss Income Equity
Balance at January 1, 2003 $47 $36,379 $515,180 $(24,161) $(121,229) $406,216
Net loss (1,306) $(1,306) (1,306)
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Unrealized loss on cash flow hedges (22,316) (22,316) (22,316)
Reclassification adjustments from
cash flow hedges included in net loss 1,909 1,909 1,909
Change in net unrealized gain on
securities available for sale, net
of reclassification adjustment 26,043 26,043 26,043
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Other Comprehensive income 5,636
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Comprehensive Income $4,330
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Dividends declared-common stock (33,556) (33,556)
Issuance of Series C preferred stock $55,513 55,513
Redemption of Series B preferred
stock (2,948) (926) (3,874)
Dividends on preferred stock (2,807) (2,807)
Issuance of common stock 1 8,080 8,081
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Balance at June 30, 2003 $48 $33,431 $55,513 $522,334 $(61,830) $(115,593) $433,903
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Disclosure of reclassification
adjustment:
Unrealized holding gain $22,608
Reclassification for realized gains
previously recorded as unrealized 3,435
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$26,043
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Anthracite Capital, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
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For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2003 June 30, 2002
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income $ (1,306) $ 40,484
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Net sale of trading securities 704,938 41,462
Net loss on sale of securities 11,684 7,825
Cumulative transition adjustment -- (6,327)
Loss on impairment of securities 27,014 --
Discount accretion (4,854) (2,176)
Non-cash portion of net foreign currency loss -- (69)
Distributions from joint ventures in excess of equity in earnings 421 108
Distributions from equity investment in excess of equity in earnings (893) --
Increase in other assets (18,097) (8,405)
Increase in other liabilities 20,861 4,701
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Net cash provided by operating activities 739,768 77,603
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of securities available for sale (1,486,343) (338,673)
Funding of commercial mortgage loans -- (3,370)
Repayments received from commercial mortgage loans 11,991 12,033
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash equivalents 27,729 (1,309)
Principal payments received on securities available for sale 148,736 120,235
Investment in Carbon Capital, Inc. (2,680) --
Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale 977,843 678,724
Net payments on hedging securities (3,643) (6,609)
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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (326,367) 461,031
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Net repayment of borrowings (447,907) (536,883)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of offering costs 7,155 10,853
Redemption of Series B preferred stock (2,948) --
Proceeds from issuance of Series C preferred stock, net of offering costs 55,513 --
Dividends paid on common stock (33,296) (33,344)
Dividends paid on preferred stock (2,357) (2,766)
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Net cash used in financing activities (423,840) (562,140)
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(10,439) (23,506)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 24,698 43,071
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 14,259 $ 19,565
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid $ 41,641 $ 43,071
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Investments purchased not settled $ 21,653 $ 391,870
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Investments sold not settled $ 670 $ 13,999
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Anthracite Capital, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per shares and share data)
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Note 1 ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Anthracite Capital, Inc. (the "Company"), a Maryland corporation, is a real
estate finance company that generates income based on the spread between the
interest income on its mortgage loans and securities investments and the
interest expense from borrowings used to finance its investments. The Company
seeks to earn high returns on a risk-adjusted basis to support a consistent
quarterly dividend. The Company has elected to be taxed as a Real Estate
Investment Trust ("REIT") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and,
therefore, its income is largely exempt from corporate taxation. The Company
commenced operations on March 24, 1998.
The Company's business focuses on (i) investing in below investment grade CMBS
where the Company has the right to control the foreclosure/workout process on
the underlying loans, (ii) originating high yield commercial real estate
loans, and (iii) acquiring investment grade real estate related securities as
a liquidity diversification.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10, Rule
10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do
not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for
complete financial statements. These consolidated financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for 2002
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In the opinion of the Company's management, the accompanying consolidated
financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal and
recurring accruals (except for the cumulative transition adjustment for SFAS
142 in the first quarter of 2002 - see Note 2 of the consolidated financial
statements), necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim
periods. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative
of the results that may be expected for the entire year.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates
of the statements of financial condition and operations for the periods
covered. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.
Significant estimates in the consolidated financial statements include the
valuation of certain of the Company's mortgage-backed securities and certain
other investments.
Note 2 ACCOUNTING CHANGE - BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statements of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 141, "Business
Combinations," and No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" ("SFAS
142"). These standards changed the accounting for business combinations by,
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among other things, prohibiting the prospective use of pooling-of-interests
accounting and requiring companies to stop amortizing goodwill and certain
intangible assets with an indefinite useful life. Instead, goodwill and
intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life will be subject to
an annual review for impairment. The new standards generally were effective
for the Company in the first quarter of 2002. Upon adoption of SFAS 142 in the
first quarter of 2002, the Company recorded a one-time, non-cash adjustment of
approximately $6,327 to write off the unamortized balance of its negative
goodwill. Such charge is non-operational in nature and is reflected as a
cumulative transition adjustment in the accompanying consolidated statement of
operations.
In January of 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities". This Interpretation clarifies the application of
existing accounting pronouncements to certain entities in which equity
investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest
or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its
activities without additional subordinated financial support from other
parties. The provisions of the Interpretation will be immediately effective
for all variable interests in variable interest entities created after January
31, 2003, and the Company will need to apply its provisions to any existing
variable interests in variable interest entities by no later than the third
quarter of 2003. The Company believes that it does not hold any investments in
entities that will be deemed variable interest entities; however, until the
Company completes its evaluation it cannot make any definitive conclusion what
effect if any that the implementation of this Interpretation will have on the
Company's consolidated financial statements.
In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No.149, "Amendment of Statement 133 on
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS 149"). SFAS 149 amends
and clarifies the accounting for derivative instruments, including certain
derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities
under SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities." SFAS 149 is generally effective for contracts entered into or
modified after June 30, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after
June 30, 2003. The Company's adoption of SFAS 149 on July 1, 2003, as
required, had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial
Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity." SFAS No. 150
addresses the standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain
financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity and
requires the issuer to classify a financial instrument that is within its
scope as a liability (or asset in some circumstances). SFAS No. 150 became
effective for all instruments issued after May 1, 2003 and is required to be
applied to all financial instruments as of the beginning of the first interim
or annual reporting period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of this
statement did not have a material impact on the Company's financial
statements.
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Note 3 NET INCOME PER SHARE
Net income per share is computed in accordance with SFAS No. 128, "Earnings
Per Share." Basic income per share is calculated by dividing net (loss) income
to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share is calculated using
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period
plus the additional dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. The dilutive
effect of outstanding stock options is calculated using the treasury stock
method, and the dilutive effect of preferred stock is calculated using the "if
converted" method.
For the Three Months Ended For the Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2003 2002 2003 2002
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Numerator:
Net (loss) income to common shareholders before
cumulative transition adjustment $ (12,614) $ 11,359 $ (4,113) $ 31,386
Cumulative transition adjustment -- -- -- 6,327
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Numerator for basic earnings per share (12,614) 11,359 (4,113) 37,713
Effect of 10.5% series A senior cumulative redeemable
preferred stock -- -- -- --
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Numerator for diluted earnings per share $ (12,614) $ 11,359 $ (4,113) $ 37,713
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Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share--weighted
average common shares outstanding 47,861,980 46,144,187 47,727,556 45,900,639
Effect of 10.5% series A senior cumulative redeemable
preferred stock -- -- -- 14,646
Dilutive effect of stock options 20,678 38,940 18,908 35,916
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Denominator for diluted earnings per share--weighted
average common shares outstanding and common share
equivalents outstanding 47,882,658 46,183,127 47,746,464 45,951,201
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Basic net (loss) income per weighted average common share:
(Loss) income before cumulative transition adjustment $ (0.26) $ 0.25 $ (0.09) $ 0.68
Cumulative transition adjustment - SFAS 142 -- -- -- 0.14
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Net (loss) income $ (0.26) $ 0.25 $ (0.09) $ 0.82
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Diluted net (loss) income per weighted average
common share and common share equivalents:
(Loss) income before cumulative transition adjustment $ (0.26) $ 0.25 $ (0.09) $ 0.68
Cumulative transition adjustment - SFAS 142 -- -- -- 0.14
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Net (loss) income $ (0.26) $ 0.25 $ (0.09) $ 0.82
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Note 4 SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE
The Company's securities available for sale are carried at estimated fair
value. The amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities available for
sale as of June 30, 2003 are summarized as follows:
Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Fair
Security Description Cost Gain Loss Value
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CMBS:
CMBS IOs $ 38,251 $ 2,546 $ (318) $ 40,479
Investment grade CMBS 173,189 7,867 (1,406) 179,650
Non-investment grade rated subordinated securities 714,724 23,228 (67,657) 670,295
Non-rated subordinated securities 19,227 3,659 (3,519) 19,367
Credit tenant lease 8,973 342 - 9,315
Investment grade REIT debt 207,104 21,711 (523) 228,292
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Total CMBS 1,161,468 59,353 (73,423) 1,147,398
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Single-family residential mortgage-backed securities:
Agency adjustable rate securities 36,303 410 (158) 36,555
Agency fixed rate securities 797,499 3,293 (2,488) 798,304
Residential CMOs 8,082 183 (1) 8,264
Hybrid Arms 10,770 84 - 10,854
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Total RMBS 852,654 3,970 (2,647) 853,977
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Total securities available for sale $ 2,014,122 $ 63,323 $ (76,070) $ 2,001,375
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As of June 30, 2003, an aggregate of $1,821,471 in estimated fair value of the
Company's securities available for sale was pledged to secure its
collateralized borrowings.
As of June 30, 2003, the anticipated weighted average yield to maturity based
upon the amortized cost of the subordinated CMBS ("Reported Yield") was 9.6%
per annum. The anticipated Reported Yield of the Company's investment grade
securities available for sale was 4.7%. The Company's Reported Yields on its
subordinated CMBS and investment grade securities available for sale are based
upon a number of assumptions that are subject to certain business and economic
uncertainties and contingencies. Examples of these include, among other
things, the rate and timing of principal payments (including prepayments,
repurchases, defaults, and liquidations), the pass-through or coupon rate, and
interest rate fluctuations. Additional factors that may affect the Company's
anticipated yields to maturity on its subordinated CMBS include interest
payment shortfalls due to delinquencies on the underlying mortgage loans, and
the timing and magnitude of credit losses on the mortgage loans underlying the
subordinated CMBS that are a result of the general condition of the real
estate market (including competition for tenants and their related credit
quality) and changes in market rental rates. As these uncertainties and
contingencies are difficult to predict and are subject to future events which
may alter these assumptions, no assurance can be given that the anticipated
yields to maturity, discussed above and elsewhere, will be achieved.
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The Company performed an analysis of its current underlying loan loss
expectations and credit performance of its 1998 vintage CMBS in which it
maintains the right to control the foreclosure/workout process on the
underlying loans ("Controlling Class CMBS"). The Company increased expected
underlying loan loss expectations on four securities from three 1998 vintage
CMBS transactions. As a result of the increase in loss expectations, the
Company recorded an impairment charge of $27,014 during the second quarter of
2003, to reduce the amortized cost of these securities to their fair value, as
required by Emerging Issue Task Force standard 99-20, "Recognition of Interest
Income and Impairment on Purchased and Retained Beneficial Interests in
Securitized Financial Assets" ("EITF 99-20"). Three of the four impaired
securities are not rated and the fourth security is rated CCC by Fitch
Ratings. Securities which are not rated are highly sensitive to changes in the
timing of losses recognized on the underlying loans. Even though actual losses
recognized on the underlying loans to date are still significantly less than
original estimates, the Company believes that losses in 2003 will continue to
rise due to weak conditions in many commercial real estate markets. The
Company believes it was appropriate to increase the total amount of expected
losses of these transactions.
The $27,014 impairment charge is comprised of $19,217 ($0.40 per share)
related to the non-rated and CCC rated classes of CMAC 98-C2, $5,573 ($0.12
per share) related to LBCMT 98-C1, and $2,224 ($0.05 per share) related to
GMAC 98-C1.
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The Company monitors credit performance on a monthly basis and debt service
coverage ratios on a quarterly basis. Using these and other statistics, the
Company maintains watch lists for loans that are delinquent thirty days or
more and for loans that are not delinquent but have issues that the Company
believes require close monitoring.
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the aggregate
principal balance and payment status of delinquent mortgage loans underlying
the subordinated CMBS held by the Company as of June 30, 2003:
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June 30, 2003
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Number of % of
Principal Loans Collateral
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Past due 30 days to 60 days $ 14,712 4 0.15%
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Past due 60 days to 90 days 11,978 3 0.12
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Past due 90 days or more 139,340 17 1.38
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Real estate owned ("REO") 20,903 5 0.21
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Total delinquent 186,933 29 1.85
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Total principal balance $10,117,191* 2,007
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*net of defeased loans
To the extent that the Company's expectation of realized losses on individual
loans supporting the CMBS or resolutions differ significantly from the
Company's original loss estimates, it may be
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necessary to reduce the projected Reported Yield on the applicable CMBS
investment to better reflect such investment's expected earnings net of
expected losses, and write the investment down to its fair value. While
realized losses on individual loans may be higher or lower than original
estimates, the Company believes its revised loss estimates and Reported Yields
are appropriate on all investments.
Note 5 SECURITIES HELD FOR TRADING
Securities held for trading reflect investments that the Company may make for
short periods of time. The Company may acquire long or short positions in U.S.
Treasury or agency securities, forward commitments to purchase such
securities, financial futures contracts and other fixed income or fixed income
derivative securities.
The Company's securities held for trading are carried at estimated fair value.
At June 30, 2003, the Company's securities held for trading consisted of FNMA
Hybrid ARM Mortgage Pools with an estimated fair value of $34,901, and a
forward commitment with an estimated fair value of ($14,571). The FNMA
Mortgage Pools, and the underlying mortgages, bear interest at fixed rates for
specified periods, generally three to seven years, after which the rates are
periodically reset to market.
For the three months ended June 30, 2003, losses on securities held for
trading in the consolidated statements of operations of $4,716 are largely
attributable to a reduction in the Company's exposure to RMBS. The Company's
longstanding policy has been to maintain limits on the exposure of the
Company's equity to changes in long-term rates as well as the exposure of
earnings to changes in short-term funding rates. The Company continues to
reduce its reliance on RMBS as its need for a liquidity reserve continues to
diminish.
Note 6 COMMON STOCK
On March 6, 2003, the Company declared dividends to its common stockholders of
$0.35 per share, which were paid on April 30, 2003 to stockholders of record
on March 31, 2003. For U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the dividends are
expected to be ordinary income to the Company's stockholders.
On May 20, 2003, the Company declared dividends to its common stockholders of
$0.35 per share, which were paid on July 31, 2003 to stockholders of record on
June 30, 2003. For U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the dividends are
expected to be ordinary income to the Company's stockholders.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, the Company
issued 353,065 and 686,393 shares of common stock of the Company, par value
$0.001 per share (the "Common Stock") under its Dividend Reinvestment and
Stock Purchase Plan. Net proceeds to the Company were approximately $4,179 and
$7,697, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2002,
respectively, the Company issued 302,655 and 821,968 shares of Common Stock
under its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan. Net proceeds to the
Company were approximately $3,459 and $9,120, respectively.
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In March 2002, the remaining 10,000 shares of the Company's 10.5% Series A
Senior Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock") were
converted to 34,427 shares of Common Stock at a price of $7.26 per share in
accordance with the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Note 7 PREFERRED STOCK
On May 29, 2003, the Company authorized and issued 2,300,000 shares of 9.375%
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series C Preferred Stock"),
$0.001 par value per share, including 300,000 shares of Series C Preferred
Stock issued pursuant to an option granted to the underwriters to cover
over-allotments. The Series C Preferred Stock is perpetual, carries a 9.375%
coupon, and has a preference in liquidation of $57,500. The aggregate net
proceeds to the Company (after deducting underwriting fees and expenses) were
approximately $55,513.
On May 29, 2003, the Company redeemed 155,000 shares of the Company's 10%
Series B Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001
per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), at its par value of $25 per share.
Note 8 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Company has a Management Agreement with BlackRock Financial Management,
Inc. (the "Manager"), a majority owned indirect subsidiary of The PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc. ("PNC Bank") and the employer of certain
directors and officers of the Company, under which the Manager manages the
Company's day-to-day operations, subject to the direction and oversight of the
Company's Board of Directors. On March 25, 2002, the Management Agreement was
extended for one year through March 27, 2003, with the approval of the
unaffiliated directors, on terms similar to the prior agreement with the
following changes: (i) the incentive fee calculation would be based on
earnings determined in accordance with GAAP instead of funds from operations,
(ii) the removal of the four-year period to value the Management Agreement in
the event of termination and (iii) subsequent renewal periods of the
Management Agreement would be for one year instead of two years. The Board was
advised by Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc., a national
investment banking and financial advisory firm, in the renewal process.
On March 6, 2003, the unaffiliated directors approved an extension of the
Management Agreement from its expiration of March 27, 2003 for one year
through March 31, 2004. The terms of the renewed agreement are similar to the
prior agreement except for the incentive fee calculation which would provide
for a rolling four-quarter high watermark rather than a quarterly calculation.
In determining the rolling four-quarter high watermark, the Company would
calculate the incentive fee, as defined, based upon the current and prior
three quarters' net income. The Manager would be paid an incentive fee in the
current quarter if the Yearly Incentive Fee ("Yearly Incentive Fee") is
greater than what was paid to the Manager in the prior three quarters
cumulatively. The Company commenced the phase-in of the rolling four-quarter
high watermark during the second quarter of 2003. Calculation of the incentive
fee will be based on GAAP and adjusted to exclude special one-
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time events pursuant to changes in GAAP accounting pronouncements after
discussion between the Manager and the unaffiliated directors. The incentive
fee threshold did not change. The high watermark will be based on the existing
incentive fee hurdle, which provides for the Manager to be paid 25% of the
amount of earnings (calculated in accordance with GAAP) per share that exceeds
the product of the adjusted issue price of the Company's common stock per
share ($11.38 as of June 30, 2003) and the greater of 9.5% or 350 basis points
over the ten-year Treasury note, which equates to an annual net income
threshold of $1.08 per share.
The Company pays the Manager an annual base management fee equal to a
percentage of the average invested assets of the Company as defined in the
Management Agreement. The base management fee is equal to 1% per annum of the
average invested assets rated less than BB- or not rated, 0.75% of average
invested assets rated BB- to BB+, and 0.20% of average invested assets rated
above BB+. In order to coincide with the increased size of the Company,
effective July 1, 2001, the Manager reduced the base management fee from 0.35%
of average invested assets rated above BB+.
The Company incurred $2,649 and $5,226 in base management fees in accordance
with the terms of the Management Agreement for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2003, respectively, and $2,278 and $4,497 in base management fees for
the three and six months ended June 30,2002, respectively. In accordance with
the provisions of the Management Agreement, the Company recorded
reimbursements to the Manager of $12 and $18 for certain expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company during the three and six months ended June 30, 2003,
respectively, and $6 and $11 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002,
respectively.
Pursuant to the March 25, 2002 one-year Management Agreement extension, the
incentive fee paid to the Manager was based on 25% of earnings (calculated in
accordance with GAAP) of the Company. For purposes of calculating the
incentive fee during 2002, the cumulative transition adjustment of $6,327
resulting from the Company's adoption of SFAS 142 was excluded from earnings
in its entirety and included using an amortization period of three years. The
Company incurred $3,188 in incentive fees for the six months ended June 30,
2002. There was no incentive fee due to the Manager for the three or six
months ended June 30, 2003 and the three months ended June 30, 2002.
On March 17, 1999, the Company's Board of Directors approved an administration
agreement with the Manager and the termination of a previous agreement with an
unaffiliated third party. Under the terms of the administration agreement, the
Manager provides financial reporting, audit coordination and accounting
oversight services to the Company. The Company pays the Manager a monthly
administrative fee at an annual rate of 0.06% of the first $125 million of
average net assets, 0.04% of the next $125 million of average net assets and
0.03% of average net assets in excess of $250 million subject to a minimum
annual fee of $120. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, the
administration fee was $43 and $86, respectively. For the three and six months
ended June 30, 2002, the administration fee was $43 and $86, respectively.
On July 20, 2001, the Company entered into a $50 million commitment to acquire
shares in Carbon Capital, Inc. ("Carbon"), a private commercial real estate
income opportunity fund managed by the Manager. The period during which the
Company may be required to purchase shares under the commitment expires in July
2004. On June 30, 2003, the Company owned 18.8% of the outstanding shares in
Carbon. The Company's remaining commitment at June 30, 2003 and December 31,
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2002 was $32,436 and $35,116, respectively. On February 6, 2003, the Company
funded a capital call notice in the amount of $2,680, which was used by Carbon
to acquire a mezzanine loan secured by ownership interests in an entity that
owns a mixed-use development.
On May 15, 2000, the Company completed the acquisition of CORE Cap, Inc. The
merger was a stock for stock acquisition where the Company issued 4,180,552
shares of its Common Stock and 2,261,000 shares of its Series B Preferred
Stock. At the time of the CORE Cap acquisition, the Manager agreed to pay GMAC
(CORE Cap, Inc.'s external advisor) $12,500 over a ten-year period (the
"Installment Payment") to purchase the right to manage the assets under the
existing management contract (the "GMAC Contract"). The GMAC Contract had to
be terminated in order to allow for the Company to complete the merger, as the
Company's Management Agreement with the Manager did not provide for multiple
managers. As a result, the Manager offered to buy-out the GMAC Contract as the
Manager estimated it would receive incremental fees above and beyond the
Installment Payment, and thus was willing to pay for, and separately
negotiate, the termination of the GMAC Contract. Accordingly, the value of the
Installment Payment was not considered in the Company's allocation of its
purchase price to the net assets acquired in the acquisition of CORE Cap, Inc.
The Company agreed that should the Management Agreement with its Manager be
terminated, not renewed or not extended for any reason other than for cause,
the Company would pay to the Manager an amount equal to the Installment
Payment less the sum of all payments made by the Manager to GMAC. As of June
30, 2003, the Installment Payment would be $8,000 payable over seven years.
The Company does not accrue for this contingent liability.
Note 9 BORROWINGS
Certain information with respect to the Company's collateralized borrowings at
June 30, 2003 is summarized as follows:
Lines of Reverse Collateralized Total
Credit and Repurchase Debt Collateralized
Term Loans Agreements Obligations Borrowings
------------------ --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------------
Outstanding borrowings $35,824 $993,152 $684,778 $1,713,754
Weighted average
borrowing rate 3.63% 1.10% 6.60% 3.35%
Weighted average
remaining maturity 552 days 18 days 3,217 days 1,307 days
Estimated fair value of
assets pledged $127,859 $1,062,852 $774,257 $1,964,968
As of June 30, 2003, the Company's collateralized borrowings had the following
remaining maturities:
Lines of Reverse Total
Credit and Term Repurchase Collateralized Debt Collateralized
Loans Agreements Obligations Borrowings
------------------ --------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------
Within 30 days $ - $993,152 $ - $993,152
31 to 59 days - - - -
Over 60 days 35,824 - 684,778 720,602
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$35,824 $993,152 $684,778 $1,713,754
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Under the lines of credit and the reverse repurchase agreements, the
respective lender retains the right to mark the underlying collateral to
estimated market value. A reduction in the value of its pledged assets will
require the Company to provide additional collateral or fund margin calls.
From time to time, the Company expects that it will be required to provide
such additional collateral or fund margin calls.
Note 10 DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,"
as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative
instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other
contracts and for hedging activities. All derivatives, whether designated in
hedging relationships or not, are required to be recorded on the balance sheet
at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge, the
changes in the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item
attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. If the derivative
is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of change in the
fair value of the derivative are recorded in other comprehensive income
("OCI") and are recognized in the income statement when the hedged item
affects earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash
flow hedges are recognized in earnings.
The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage exposure to variable cash flows
on portions of its borrowings under reverse repurchase agreements and as
trading derivatives intended to offset changes in fair value related to
securities held as trading assets. On the date in which the derivative
contract is entered, the Company designates the derivative as either a cash
flow hedge or a trading derivative.
As of June 30, 2003, the Company had interest rate swaps with notional amounts
aggregating $1,152,927 that were designated as cash flow hedges of borrowings
under reverse repurchase agreements. Their aggregate fair value was a $65,225
liability included in other liabilities on the consolidated statements of
financial condition. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, the net change in
the fair value of the interest rate swaps was a decrease of $22,557, of which
$241 was deemed ineffective and is included as an increase of interest expense
and $22,316 was recorded as a reduction of OCI. As of June 30, 2003, the
$1,152,927 notional of swaps which were designated as cash flow hedges had a
weighted average remaining term of 5.84 years.
During the three months ended June 30, 2003, the Company terminated one of its
interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $200,000 that was designated as
a cash flow hedge of borrowings under reverse repurchase agreements. The
Company will reclassify from OCI as an increase to interest expense the $1,593
loss in value incurred, over 1.9 years, which was the remaining term of the
swap at the time it was closed out. For the three months ended June 30, 2003,
$52 was reclassified as an increase to interest expense and $212 will be
reclassified as an increase to interest expense each quarter for the next 12
months.
As of June 30, 2003, the Company had two interest rate swaps with notional
amounts aggregating $171,545 designated as trading derivatives. These swaps
exchange semi-annual interest payments from CDO collateral for monthly
interest payments. Their aggregate fair value was approximately zero on the
consolidated statements of financial condition. For the six months ended June
30, 2003, the change in fair
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value for these trading derivatives was a decrease of $540 and is included as
an addition to loss on securities held for trading in the consolidated
statements of operations. As of June 30, 2003, the $171,545 notional of swaps
which were designated as trading derivatives had a weighted average remaining
term of 9.11 years.
Occasionally, counterparties will require the Company or the Company will
require counterparties to provide collateral for the interest rate swap
agreements in the form of margin deposits. Net deposits are recorded as a
component of either other assets or other liabilities. Should the counterparty
fail to return deposits paid, the Company would be at risk for the fair market
value of that agreement. At June 30, 2003 and 2002, the balance of such net
margin deposits owed to counterparties as collateral under these agreements
totaled $39,130 and $1,610, respectively. The Company does not anticipate
non-performance by any Counterparty.
The contracts identified in the remaining portion of this note have been
entered into to limit the Company's mark to market exposure to long-term
interest rates.
At June 30, 2003, the Company had outstanding short positions of 123 ten-year
U.S. Treasury Note future contracts expiring in July 2003, which represented
$12,300 in face amount of U.S. Treasury Notes. The estimated fair value of
these contracts was approximately $(14,571) included in other assets at June
30, 2003, and the change in fair value related to these contracts is included
as a component of loss on securities held for trading in the consolidated
statements of operations.
Note 11 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
After the close of the three months ended June 30, 2003, the Company acquired
$62,111 of par of a 2003 vintage controlling-class CMBS transaction. $20,000
of these securities will be used to complete the use of the ramp-up financing
facility as part of the December 2002 CDO. Loss expectations from the
underlying loans are estimated at 2.35%. The loss-adjusted yield on the
securities rated B- and lower in aggregate is 11.36%. The non-rated and B-
rated tranches of this transaction were purchased to yield an initial
cash-on-cash return of 21.17% and 18.86%, respectively, and loss-adjusted
yields of 9.00% and 14.42%, respectively. The coupon for these two securities
is 5.11%.
On June 30, 2003, the Company's loan on a Los Angeles office building matured.
Upon transfer of the asset securing the Los Angeles loan and pursuant to the
loan documents, the Company was entitled to a supplemental exit fee that was
to be paid upon repayment of the loan. The loan was repaid in full; however,
the borrower has refused to pay the supplemental exit fee. The Company filed
suit on July 15, 2003 against the co-borrowers, MP-555 West Fifth Mezzanine,
LLC and MP-808 South Olive Mezzanine, LLC, which are both affiliates of
Maguire Properties, Inc (NYSE: MPG). The suit also names the Guarantor, Robert
F. Maguire, III.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
All dollar figures are expressed in thousands, except share or per share
amounts.
I. General
The Company's primary long-term objective is to distribute consistent
dividends supported by earnings. Over the long term, the Company's earnings
are primarily maintained by consistent credit performance on its commercial
real estate investments, stability of the capital structure and reinvestment
rates. Historically, the Company has not changed its dividend policy to follow
quarterly earnings. The Company continues to believe that a dividend policy
based on long-term earnings projections creates added shareholder value.
Commercial real estate credit performance has been good. The recent impairment
charge is expected to increase the likelihood that credit performance will
remain consistent with or better than expectations. The capital structure of
the Company improved during the quarter with the issuance of $57,500 of Series
C Preferred Stock. Recent sharp increases in interest rates create greater
opportunity to deploy new capital at higher absolute yields. See "Item
3-Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" for a discussion
of interest rates and their effect on earnings and book value.
In the second half of 2003, the Company expects to continue redeploying
capital raised from the Series C Preferred Stock combined with additional
equity capital raised from the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan. Issuing stock at a premium and investing in the new higher rate
environment can lead to the accretion of both earnings and book value per
share as well as to greater diversification of credit exposure.
The Company continues to maintain a positive, though controlled, exposure to
both long- and short-term rates through its active hedging strategies. The
Company also will continue to seek out the best long-term matched financing
solutions to lock in attractive spreads on the Company's commercial real
estate securities portfolio, which will likely be by way of another CDO
transaction as the market continues to offer opportunities to issue
cost-effective debt.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2003, the Company recorded a net loss of $0.26
per share. For the quarter ended June 30, 2002, the Company recorded net
income of $0.25 per share.
The second quarter net loss includes a charge of $0.56 per share which
resulted from an increase in expected underlying loan losses on certain 1998
vintage CMBS assets. The increase in loss expectations triggered an impairment
charge according to the Company's accounting policies and as required by the
accounting standard EITF 99-20. Actual underlying loan losses recognized to
date are still below original expectations, but the Company believes
additional loss expectations are warranted. The increase in expected losses on
these 1998 vintage CMBS assets will decrease the Company's income by
approximately $0.07 per share annually. The current value of the affected
securities has been reflected in the March 31, 2003 and prior quarters' book
values because these assets are held as "available for sale" and marked to
market in "accumulated other comprehensive loss" on the balance sheet.
Therefore, the majority of the impairment charge taken has been represented in
the Company's book value based on historical market value changes.
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Although the actual performance of the majority of the Company's credit
sensitive portfolios remains consistent with or better than original
expectations, the Company determined it is necessary and prudent in the
current commercial real estate environment to increase underlying loan loss
expectations and reduce the income attributable to certain transactions. In
future periods, strong underlying loan collateral performance on these or
other transactions may enable the Company to decrease loan loss expectations
and increase interest income. The increase in investment in newer vintage CMBS
and the reduction in RMBS exposure over the past quarter supports the
Company's goal of stable earnings and dividends. While low interest rates in
the second quarter provided a challenging environment for reinvestment, the
Company was able to lower its cost of capital by issuing fixed rate redeemable
preferred stock. The recent increase in long-term interest rates and credit
spreads should provide more compelling investment opportunities to enable the
Company to enhance the Company's earnings and support the dividend.
The Company's investment activities encompass three distinct lines of
investments:
1) Commercial Real Estate Securities
2) Commercial Real Estate Loans
3) Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
The Company believes that these three investment activities represent an
integrated strategy where each line of investment supports the others and
creates value over and above operating each investment line in isolation. The
commercial real estate securities portfolio represents broad exposure to
commercial real estate lending and provides diversification and high yields
that are adjusted for anticipated losses over a long period of time
(typically, a ten year weighted average life). These securities can be
financed through the issuance of secured debt that matches the life of the
investment. Commercial real estate loans provide attractive risk adjusted
returns over shorter periods of time (typically, a three to five year weighted
average life) through investments in loans secured by specific property types
in specific regions. The RMBS portfolio is a highly liquid portfolio that
supports the liquidity needs of the Company while typically earning attractive
returns after hedging costs relative to other liquid investments. The RMBS
sector can sometimes be very volatile, so the Company's allocation to this
sector has been reduced to maintain stable earnings. The Company believes the
risks of these portfolios are not always highly correlated and thus can serve
to provide stable earnings over long periods of time.
The following table illustrates the change in the mix of the Company's three
investment activities:
Carrying Value as of
June 30, 2003 December 31, 2002
Amount % Amount %
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Commercial real estate securities $1,147,398 54.7% $894,345 36.1%
Commercial real estate loans(1) 63,400 3.0 73,929 3.0
Residential mortgage backed securities 888,878 42.3 1,506,450 60.9
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Total $2,099,676 100.0% $2,474,724 100.0%
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(1) Includes real estate joint ventures
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Commercial Real Estate Securities Portfolio Activity
The Company continues to increase its investments in commercial real estate
debt securities. Commercial real estate debt securities include CMBS and
investment grade REIT debt. During the six months ended June 30, 2003, the
Company increased total assets in this sector by 28% from $894,345 to
$1,147,398.
The CMBS added during the six months ended June 30, 2003 includes $47,804 par
of 2003 vintage CMBS rated BB- through a non-rated tranche where the Company
has the right to direct foreclosure on $1,006,389 of underlying loans. The
loss adjusted yield of the Controlling Class (CMBS rated BB- and lower) CMBS
acquired during the six months ended June 30, 2003 is estimated to be 11.23%.
In computing the loss adjusted yields, the Company assumed 2.30% of the
principal of the underlying loans would result in losses over a weighted
average of 8.6 years. The yield of these CMBS assuming there would not be any
losses is 16.44%. This is the eighth Controlling Class trust the Company
acquired since its inception, and it closed on March 14, 2003.
Included in the Company's December 10, 2002 collateralized debt obligation
("CDO II") was a ramp facility to fund the purchase of $50,000 of par of below
investment grade CMBS by September 30, 2003. The increase in commercial real
estate securities for the six months ended June 30, 2003 includes $30,000 of
par of CMBS that was purchased with proceeds from the ramp facility. At June
30, 2003, the balance of the ramp facility permits another $20,000 of par to
be contributed to CDO II; in August 2003, this ramp was fully utilized when
the Company acquired $62,111 of par of a 2003 vintage controlling class CMBS
transaction. The total par of the underlying loans in this transaction is
$1,183,080; the underlying loan loss expectation is estimated at 2.35% and the
loss-adjusted yield on the securities rated B- and lower in aggregate is
11.36%. The non-rated and B- rated tranches of this transaction were purchased
to yield an initial cash-on-cash return of 21.17% and 18.86%, respectively,
and loss-adjusted yields of 9.00% and 14.42%, respectively.
The following table details the par, fair market value, adjusted purchase
price and loss adjusted yield of the Company's commercial real estate
securities included in the two CDOs as of June 30, 2003:
Adjusted Loss
Fair Market Dollar Purchase Dollar Adjusted
Par Value Price Price Price Yield
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Investment grade CMBS $47,730 $54,416 114.01 $46,714 97.87 7.6%
Investment grade REIT debt 171,545 196,056 114.29 174,345 101.63 6.5
CMBS rated BB+ to B 610,264 492,486 80.70 497,581 81.54 9.2
Whole Loans 8,980 9,315 103.73 8,973 99.92 6.1
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Total $838,519 $752,273 89.71 $727,613 86.77 8.4%
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The following table details the par, fair market value, adjusted purchase
price and loss adjusted yield of the Company's commercial real estate
securities outside of the two CDOs as of June 30, 2003:
Adjusted Loss
Fair Market Dollar Purchase Dollar Adjusted
Par Value Price Price Price Yield
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Investment grade CMBS $ 118,377 $121,846 102.93 $123,239 104.11 4.2%
Investment grade REIT debt 30,000 32,237 107.46 32,759 109.20 4.6
CMBS rated BB+ to B 162,736 119,319 73.32 134,176 82.45 8.7
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Sub-Total 311,113 273,402 87.88 290,174 93.27 6.3%
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CMBS rated B- or lower 285,948 77,856 27.23 102,193 35.74 12.7
CMBS IOs 894,396 40,479 4.53 38,252 4.28 9.5
Whole Loans 4,000 3,388 84.69 3,236 80.90 7.0
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Total $1,495,457 $395,125 26.42 $433,855 29.01 8.1%
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Below Investment Grade CMBS and Underlying Loan Performance
The Company divides its below investment grade CMBS investment activity into
two portfolios: the eight Controlling Class CMBS and other below investment
grade CMBS. The distinction between the two is in the Controlling Class
rights. Controlling Class rights allow the Company to control the workout
and/or disposition of defaults that occur in the underlying loans. The
Controlling Class CMBS owned by the Company represents control over a loan
portfolio of $10,117,191 par. These loans are owned in the form of securities.
This form of ownership does not alter the fact that the Company has full
credit risk of the loan portfolio. The Company's risk process treats all of
these loans as if owned directly. Credit loss expectations are made after
careful underwriting of all loans in the pool. The Company's loss expectations
on the entire underlying loan balance at June 30, 2003 is 2.21%; therefore,
the Company expects that $223,854 of the $10,117,191 of underlying loans will
not be recovered. Because the Company's loss expectations are conservative and
therefore much greater than industry experience, the Company believes there is
a greater likelihood of stable earnings.
The Company's other below investment grade CMBS have no rights to control the
workout and/or disposition of underlying loan defaults, however they are not
the first to absorb losses from defaulted loans in the underlying pools.
Impairment
The Company performed an analysis of its current underlying loan loss
expectations and credit performance of all five of its 1998 vintage
Controlling Class CMBS. The Company increased expected underlying loan loss
expectations on four securities from three 1998 vintage CMBS transactions. As
a result of the increase in loss expectations, the Company is incurring an
impairment charge of $27,014, as required by EITF 99-20. Three of the four
impaired securities are not rated and the fourth security is rated CCC by
Fitch Ratings. Securities which are not rated are highly sensitive to changes
in the timing
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of losses recognized on the underlying loans. Even though losses recognized on
the underlying loans to date are still significantly less than original
estimates, the Company believes that losses in 2003 will continue to rise due
to weak conditions in many commercial real estate markets. The Company
believes it was appropriate to increase the total amount of expected losses of
these transactions. The Company's increased loss expectations do not affect
the market value of the securities.
Loss expectations of the underlying loans for the 1998 vintage transactions
prior to June 30, 2003 were $127,080, or 1.71% of collateral outstanding, net
of defeased loans. A defeased loan is a loan that has not paid off, but is
fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury obligations. The Company's loss
expectations for its 1998 vintage transactions now total $158,292, or 2.13% of
collateral outstanding, net of defeased loans. These loss expectation levels
are consistent with the current loss estimates for transactions underwritten
by the Company after 1998. As of June 30, 2003, the Company's loss
expectations by vintage year are described in the following table. The Company
did not acquire Controlling Class CMBS in 2000 and 2002.
Loss Underlying Loan
Expectation Balance * % of Collateral
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1998 $158,292 $7,418,035 2.13%
1999 18,675 727,525 2.57%
2001 23,756 968,448 2.45%
2003 23,131 1,003,183 2.31%
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$223,854 $10,117,191 2.21%
*net of defeased loans
The CMAC 98-C2 CMBS transaction credit performance has lagged all other
transactions in the Company's CMBS portfolio and is the only 1998 vintage
transaction owned by the Company which has delinquencies above that of the
Lehman Brothers Conduit Guide covering 1998 vintage transactions. During the
second quarter of 2003, the outstanding principal balance of the CMAC 98-C2
Class M security was reduced by $6,996 to $36,406 by the servicer of the CMBS
trust. Eleven underlying loans with an original principal of $24,342 have been
resolved with a weighted average loss severity of 34.6%; five loans resulted
in no loss. The Company has active loss mitigation strategies with respect to
the loan seller including pursuing an indemnification, initiating a put back
of an asset, and initiating litigation against the loan seller regarding
misrepresentations made in connection with one of the loans.
Over the remainder of 2003, the Company expects an additional seven underlying
loan resolutions for CMAC 98-C2. These seven loans have an original principal
balance of $62,768. Fitch Ratings has placed the B and B- rated classes of
CMAC 98-C2 on negative watch due to the pending loan resolutions. The
delinquency experience of the underlying loans in CMAC 98-C2 is 3.67% and is
the highest of the three transactions and significantly above delinquencies
for comparable 1998 transactions as reported in the Lehman Brothers Conduit
Guide. The June 30, 2003 impairment charge related to the non-rated and CCC
rated classes of this transaction is $19,217, or $0.40 per share. As of June
30, 2003, the adjusted purchase price of the CCC rated class is $2,001; the
non-rated security does not have an adjusted purchase price.
The Company owns 65% of the non-rated Class M security from the LBCMT 98-C1
CMBS transaction. During the second quarter of 2003, the outstanding principal
balance for this security was reduced by $9,284 to $7,991 by the servicer of
the CMBS trust. Two loans with an original par of $29,779 were
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resolved and resulted in a 32.1% loss severity. The June 30, 2003 impairment
charge related to this security is $5,573, or $0.12 per share. As of June 30,
2003, the adjusted purchase price for this security is $572.
The Company also owns 65% of the non-rated Class N security of the GMAC
1998-C1 CMBS transaction. During the second quarter 2003, the principal
balance for this security was reduced by $904 to $8,396 by the servicer of the
CMBS trust. One loan was resolved at a loss of $887, which represented a 17.1%
loss severity. The June 30, 2003 impairment charge related to this security is
$2,224, or $0.05 per share. As of June 30, 2003, the adjusted purchase price
for this security is $149.
Prior to the impairment charge, the weighted average loss-adjusted yield on
the Company's Controlling Class CMBS was 10.25%. After the impairment charge,
the weighted average loss-adjusted yield is 10.14%.
The Company monitors credit performance on a monthly basis and debt service
coverage ratios on a quarterly basis. Using these and other statistics, the
Company maintains watch lists for loans that are delinquent thirty days or
more and for loans that are not delinquent but have issues that the Company
feels require close monitoring.
The Company considers delinquency and loss information from the Lehman
Brothers Conduit Guide to be the most relevant measure of credit performance
and market conditions applicable to its Controlling Class CMBS holdings. The
year of issuance, or vintage year, is important, as older loan pools will tend
to have more delinquencies than newly underwritten loans and different
vintages will have different credit performance based on the real estate
credit cycle.
The table below shows the Lehman Brothers June 2003 Conduit Guide delinquency
statistics by vintage year.
Delinquency as a % of Losses Recognized as % of
Underlying Loans Underlying Loans
------------------------- ---------------------------------
1998 2.22% 0.42%
1999 1.91% 0.15%
2001 0.77% 0.03%
2003 0.02% 0.00%
Morgan Stanley also tracks CMBS loan delinquencies for specific CMBS
transactions with more than $200,000 of collateral and that have been seasoned
for at least one year. This seasoning criterion will generally adjust for the
lower delinquencies that occur in newly originated collateral. As of June 30,
2003, the Morgan Stanley index indicated that delinquencies on 219
securitizations was 2.19%, and as of March 31, 2003, this same index indicated
that delinquencies on 210 securitizations was 2.12%. See Item 3 -
"Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks" for a detailed
discussion of how delinquencies and loan losses affect the Company.
The table below shows current delinquency and underlying loan losses
recognized on the Company's Controlling Class CMBS, and the impact of
increased underlying loan loss expectations as a percentage of underlying
loans.
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Actual Losses
June 30, 2003 Revised Underlying Recognized as % Actual Losses
Underlying Loan Loan Loss of Loss Recognized as % of
Delinquency Expectations*** Expectations Underlying Loans*
----------------- ---------------------- ----------------- --------------------
CMAC 98-C2 3.67% 2.63% 26.46% 0.57%
LBCMT 98-C1 1.92 2.63 28.67 0.65
GMAC 98-C1 2.12 1.56 3.83 0.06
CMAC 98-C1 0.23 1.44 28.66 0.45
DLJ 98-CG1 1.27 1.76 20.25 0.32
----------------- ---------------------- ----------------- --------------------
Sub-total 1998 transactions 2.16% 2.13% 23.09% 0.45%
1999 Transactions 1.39% 2.57% 2.93% 0.07%
2001 Transactions 0.11 2.45 0.00 0.00
2003 Transactions **0.43 2.31 0.00 0.00
----------------- ---------------------- ----------------- --------------------
Total-All Transactions 1.74% 2.21% 16.85% 0.34%
*As a % of cutoff balance
**As of July 31, 2003 there are no delinquencies in 2003 underlying
loans as one delinquent loan became current.
***Net of defeased loans
As shown, the Company's delinquency experience and loss experience are both
lower than the Lehman Brothers Conduit Guide information for all vintage years
with the exception of one transaction.
At June 30, 2003, the total par of the Company's other below investment grade
CMBS was $268,569; the total credit protection, or subordination level, of
this portfolio is 5.96%. The total par of the Company's Controlling Class CMBS
at June 30, 2003 was $761,622 and the total par of the loans (net of defeased
loans) underlying these securities was $10,117,191. The non-rated security is
the first to absorb underlying loan losses until its par is completely written
off.
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The Company's investment in its Controlling Class CMBS by credit rating
category at June 30, 2003 is as follows:
Fair Market Dollar Adjusted Dollar Subordination
Par Value Price Purchase Price Price Level
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BB+ $80,286 $70,960 88.38 $68,792 85.68 7.59%
BB 88,266 75,743 85.81 75,033 85.01 5.92
BB- 92,520 67,633 73.10 74,301 80.31 5.14
B+ 39,877 26,244 65.81 28,070 70.39 3.57
B 174,725 102,671 58.76 129,520 74.13 3.02
B- 92,263 41,424 44.90 57,356 62.17 2.08
CCC 79,213 17,066 21.54 25,609 32.33 1.23
NR 114,472 19,351 16.90 19,227 16.80 n/a
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Total $761,622 $421,092 55.29 $477,908 62.75
The Company's investment in its Controlling Class CMBS by credit rating
category at December 31, 2002 is as follows:
Fair Market Dollar Adjusted Dollar Subordination
Par Value Price Purchase Price Price Level
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BB+ $65,159 $56,543 86.78 $56,181 86.22 8.26%
BB 58,170 48,674 83.68 48,560 83.48 6.73
BB- 84,972 59,415 69.92 68,623 80.76 5.48
B+ 32,329 21,533 66.61 23,173 71.68 3.72
B 168,435 99,815 59.26 125,197 74.33 3.35
B- 87,231 40,335 46.24 53,415 61.23 2.32
CCC 70,407 17,715 25.16 28,942 41.11 1.46
NR 123,349 25,335 20.54 34,171 27.70 n/a
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Total $690,052 $369,365 53.53 $438,262 63.51
As additional Controlling Class CMBS are added, the Company has been
increasing the loss assumptions to take into account slower economic activity.
Additionally, the Company plans to perform a detailed re-underwriting for a
significant amount of the collateral from its 1998 vintage CMBS over the next
15 months. Upon completion, the Company may determine that its Reported Yields
and book values need to be adjusted. The result of assuming greater losses, if
that were the conclusion, would be an other than temporary writedown of CMBS
to their market value which would include the realization of the amounts
currently carried as unrealized losses on the Company's consolidated
statements of financial condition. The result of assuming lower losses, if
that were the conclusion, would be to increase the yield on the security,
which would increase income. The Company feels this approach provides the
appropriate discipline to maintain steady earnings over the long-term from
this portfolio.
See Item 3 -"Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" for a
discussion of how differences between estimated and actual losses could affect
Company earnings.
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Of the 29 delinquent loans shown on the chart in Note 4 of the consolidated
financial statements, one was delinquent due to technical reasons, five were
REO and being marketed for sale and the remaining 23 loans were in some form
of workout negotiations. Aggregate realized losses of $702 were realized in
the second quarter of 2003. This brings cumulative net losses realized to
$25,149, which is 10.9% of total estimated losses. These losses include
special servicer and other workout expenses. This experience to date is in
line with the Company's loss expectations. Realized losses are expected to
increase on the underlying loans as the portfolio ages. Special servicer
expenses are also expected to increase as portfolios mature and U.S. economic
activity remains weak.
During the second quarter of 2003, the underlying loans were paid down by
$23,323. Pay down proceeds are distributed to the highest rated CMBS class
first and reduce the percent of total underlying collateral represented by
each rating category.
The Company manages its credit risk through disciplined underwriting,
diversification, active monitoring of loan performance and exercise of its
right to control the workout process as early as possible. The Company
maintains diversification of credit exposures through its underwriting process
and can shift its focus in future investments by adjusting the mix of loans in
subsequent acquisitions. The comparative profiles of the loans underlying the
Company's CMBS by property type as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002 is
as follows:
6/30/03 Exposure 12/31/02 Exposure
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Property Type Loan Balance % of Total Loan Balance % of Total
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Multifamily $3,538,106 34.0% $3,302,387 34.4%
Retail 2,999,191 28.8 2,704,952 28.1
Office 2,134,521 20.5 1,809,519 18.8
Lodging 791,500 7.6 834,854 8.7
Industrial 587,920 5.6 589,044 6.1
Healthcare 342,382 3.3 346,298 3.6
Parking 25,817 0.2 29,743 0.3
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Total $10,419,437 100% $9,616,797 100%
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As of June 30, 2003, the fair market value of the Company's holdings of
subordinated CMBS is $44,289 lower than the adjusted cost for these
securities. This difference relates primarily to 1998 vintage CMBS
transactions. This decline in the value of the investment portfolio represents
market valuation changes since 1998 and is not due to actual credit experience
or credit expectations. The adjusted purchase price of the Company's
Controlling Class CMBS portfolio as of June 30, 2003 represents approximately
63% of its par amount. The market value of the Company's Controlling Class
CMBS portfolio as of June 30, 2003 represents approximately 55% of its par
amount. As the portfolio matures, the Company expects to recoup the unrealized
losses, provided that the actual credit losses experienced for each class of
security in a transaction are not greater than the credit losses assumed in
the purchase analysis of those individual securities.
As the portfolio matures and expected losses occur, subordination levels of
the lower rated classes of a CMBS investment will be reduced. This may cause
the lower rated classes to be downgraded, which
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would negatively affect their market value and therefore the Company's net
asset value even though the expected cash flows might not change. Reduced
market value will negatively affect the Company's ability to finance any such
securities that are not financed through a CDO or similar matched funding
vehicle. In some cases, securities held by the Company may be upgraded to
reflect seasoning of the underlying loans and thus would increase the market
value of the securities.
The Company's income for its CMBS securities is computed based upon a yield
which assumes credit losses. The yield to compute the Company's taxable income
does not assume the occurrence of credit losses, as a loss can only be
deducted for tax purposes when it has occurred. As a result, for the years
ended December 31, 1998 through the six months ended June 30, 2003, the
Company's income accrued on its CMBS assets was approximately $23,619 lower
than the taxable income accrued on the CMBS assets.
Commercial Real Estate Loan Activity
The Company's commercial real estate loan portfolio generally emphasizes
larger transactions located in metropolitan markets, as compared to the
typical loan in the CMBS portfolio. There are no delinquencies in the
Company's commercial real estate loan portfolio, which is relatively small and
heterogeneous. The Company has determined it is not necessary to establish a
loan loss reserve for this portfolio.
The following table summarizes the Company's commercial real estate loan
portfolio by property type as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002:
June 30, 2003 December 31, 2002
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Weighted Weighted
Average Average
Par Outstanding Coupon Par Outstanding Coupon
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Property Type Amount % % Amount % %
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Office $50,487 73.9% 8.7% $69,431 91.4% 9.5%
Hotel 15,000 21.9 6.6 - - -
Multifamily 2,867 4.2 3.9 3,013 4.0 3.6
Retail - - - 3,500 4.6 10.0
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Total $68,354 100.0% 8.1% $75,944 100.0% 9.2%
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Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
During the second quarter of 2003, the Company reduced its investments in RMBS
as the need to maintain liquid assets continued to decline. Total investment
in RMBS was reduced by over 40% from December 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003
levels. The Company's remaining investments in RMBS at June 30, 2003 is
$888,878. By reducing the Company's investments in RMBS, net income will be
reduced; however, less reliance on RMBS is expected to provide greater
stability of the Company's net income over the long term. The RMBS markets
have been extremely volatile on a mark-to-market basis as prepayments reached
record levels through June 2003, and as interest rates increased sharply in
June and July 2003. While the Company intends to limit its investment in RMBS,
its ability to do so may be
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hampered in the near term by the Company's requirement to maintain 55% of its
assets as qualified real estate in order to qualify for exclusion from
regulation as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Company changed its strategy of
hedging RMBS from U.S. Treasury futures to utilizing interest rate swaps
which, while more expensive to use, have tended to demonstrate a more
consistent relationship with RMBS. This change resulted in an increase in the
Company's swap notional by $606,000, and caused a reduction in net income of
$0.04 per share for the quarter. A breakdown of the RMBS portfolio income
performance for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 is as follows:
For the three months ended For the six months ended
June 30, 2003 June 30, 2003
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Interest Income $16,126 $34,036
Interest Expense * (9,867) (17,807)
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Net Interest Income 6,259 16,229
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Realized gain (loss) 506 (1,225)
Unrealized (loss) in value (1,928) (10,600)
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Net Income (loss) from RMBS $4,837 $4,404
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Net Income Per Share $0.10 $0.09
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* Includes hedging expense
Recent Events
On June 30, 2003, the Company's loan on a Los Angeles office building matured.
Upon transfer of the asset securing the Los Angeles loan and pursuant to the
loan documents, the Company was entitled to a supplemental exit fee that was
to be paid upon repayment of the loan. The loan was repaid in full; however,
the borrower has refused to pay the supplemental exit fee. The Company filed
suit on July 15, 2003 against the co-borrowers, MP-555 West Fifth Mezzanine,
LLC and MP-808 South Olive Mezzanine, LLC, which are both affiliates of
Maguire Properties, Inc. (NYSE: MPG). The suit also names the Guarantor,
Robert F. Maguire, III.
During the month of July 2003, the RMBS index turned in its worst performance
ever according to the fixed income research department at Lehman Brothers.
This caused RMBS investors to continuously increase hedges in the swap market.
Swap spreads reacted by widening out from 34.25 basis points at June 30, 2003
to 58 basis points at July 31, 2003. The Company believes this caused the
significant drop in stock prices for the mortgage REIT sector that started
late July and continued into August. The Company was able to navigate the
unfavorable RMBS market as the Company had sufficient liquidity to avoid
selling at distressed levels. Switching to swaps as a hedge before the market
turmoil started in late July enabled the Company to maintain a much greater
degree of stability in the RMBS portfolio.
Long-term interest rates rose dramatically in July and early August of 2003
with the yield on the ten-year Treasury rising by over 80 basis points from
June 30, 2003. Since the Company typically maintains a positive sensitivity of
book value to changes in long term rates, any increase in interest rates will
tend to
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lower the Company's book value absent offsetting factors. (See "Item
3-Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk"). For assets
such as RMBS financed with repurchase agreements, an increase in yields can
result in a decline in value forcing a sale of assets to maintain liquidity.
The sale of income producing assets would result in a decline in net interest
income. The Company was not required to sell assets to maintain liquidity in
the second or third quarter.
II. Results of Operations
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2003 was $(11,003) or $(0.26) per
share ($(0.26) diluted per share). Net income for the three months ended June
30, 2002 was $12,741 or $0.25 per share ($0.25 diluted per share). The
decrease in income from 2002 to 2003 is primarily due to a $27,014 impairment
charge on the Company's below investment grade CMBS securities.
Interest Income: The following tables set forth information regarding the
total amount of income from certain of the Company's interest-earning assets.
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2003 2002
----------------------- ------------------------
Interest Interest
Income Income
----------------------- ------------------------
CMBS $17,823 $14,470
Other securities 12,213 12,468
Commercial mortgage loans 2,105 3,427
Cash and cash equivalents 209 491
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Total $32,350 $30,856
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For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2003 2002
----------------------- ------------------------
Interest Interest
Income Income
----------------------- ------------------------
CMBS $35,232 $27,749
Other securities 19,456 27,868
Commercial mortgage loans 3,290 7,046
Cash and cash equivalents 385 810
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Total $58,363 $63,473
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In addition to the foregoing, the Company earned $9,120 and $24,951 in
interest income from securities held for trading, $238 and $473 in earnings
from real estate joint ventures and $702 and $1,446 in earnings from an equity
investment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively; and
the Company earned $7,420 and $13,708 in interest income from securities held
for trading, $262 and $523 in earnings from real estate joint ventures and
$194 and $379 in earnings from an equity investment for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2002, respectively.
Interest Expense: The following table sets forth information regarding the
total amount of interest expense from certain of the Company's collateralized
borrowings. Information is based on daily average balances during the period.
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2003 2002
------------------------- ------------------------
Interest Interest
Expense Expense
------------------------- ------------------------
Reverse repurchase agreements $5,608 $7,862
Lines of credit and term loan 234 852
CDO liabilities 6,825 1,376
========================= ========================
Total $12,667 $10,090
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For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2003 2002
---------------------- ------------------------
Interest Interest
Expense Expense
---------------------- ------------------------
Reverse repurchase agreements $11,065 $16,009
Lines of credit and term loan 370 1,547
CDO liabilities 13,625 1,376
====================== ========================
Total $25,060 $18,932
====================== ========================
The foregoing interest expense amounts for the three and six months ended June
30, 2003 do not include $(21) and $241, respectively, of interest expense
related to hedge ineffectiveness and $9,091 and $16,141, respectively, of
interest expense related to swaps; and for the three and six months ended June
30, 2002 do not include $963 and ($212), respectively, of interest expense
related to hedge ineffectiveness and $4,421 and $8,394, respectively, of
interest expense related to swaps. See Note 10 in the consolidated financial
statements, Derivative Instruments, for a further description of the Company's
hedge ineffectiveness.
Net Interest Margin and Net Interest Spread from the Portfolio: The Company
considers its portfolio to consist of its securities available-for-sale,
mortgage loan pools, commercial mortgage loans and cash and cash equivalents
because these assets relate to its core strategy of acquiring and originating
high yield loans and securities backed by commercial real estate, while at the
same time maintaining a portfolio of investment grade securities to enhance
the Company's liquidity.
Net interest margin from the portfolio is annualized net interest income from
the portfolio divided by the average market value of interest-earning assets
in the portfolio. Net interest income from the portfolio is total interest
income from the portfolio less interest expense relating to collateralized
borrowings. Net interest spread from the portfolio equals the yield on average
assets for the period less the average cost of funds for the period. The yield
on average assets is interest income from the portfolio divided by average
amortized cost of interest earning assets in the portfolio. The average cost
of funds is interest expense from the portfolio divided by average outstanding
collateralized borrowings.
The following chart summarizes the interest income, interest expense, net
interest margin and net interest spread for the Company's portfolio. The
interest income and interest expense amounts exclude income and expense
related to real estate joint ventures, equity investment and hedge
ineffectiveness.
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2003 2002
---------------------- ---------------------
Interest income $41,470 $38,276
Interest expense $21,751 $14,498
Net interest margin 3.05% 4.67%
Net interest spread 2.66% 4.12%
Other Expenses: Expenses other than interest expense consist primarily of
management fees and general and administrative expenses. Management fees paid
to the Manager of $2,649 and $5,226 for the three and six months ended June
30, 2003, respectively, and were solely base management fees. Management fees
paid to the Manager of $2,278 for the three months ended June 30, 2002 were
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solely base management fees and fees paid to the Manager of $7,685 for the six
months ended June 30, 2002 were comprised of base management fees of $4,496
and incentive fees of $3,189. Other expenses/income-net of $591 and $1,173 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, respectively, and $497 and
$1,073 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively, were
comprised of accounting agent fees, custodial agent fees, directors' fees,
fees for professional services, insurance premiums and due diligence costs.
Other Net Gain (Loss): During the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, the
Company sold a portion of its securities available-for-sale for total proceeds
of $977,843 and $678,724, respectively, resulting in a realized gain of $3,435
and $75 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The
losses on securities held for trading were $(4,716) and $(11,914) for the
three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $(15,119) and
$(7,900) for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The
foreign currency gains (losses) of $18 for the three months ended June 30,
2002 and $(229) for the six months ended June 30, 2002 relate to the Company's
net investment in a commercial mortgage loan denominated in pounds sterling
and associated hedging, which was subsequently paid off in December 2002.
Dividends Declared: On May 20, 2003, the Company declared dividends to its
stockholders of $.35 per share, which was paid on July 31, 2003 to
stockholders of record on June 30, 2003.
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Changes in Financial Condition
Securities Available for Sale: The Company's securities available for sale,
which are carried at estimated fair value, included the following at June 30,
2003 and December 31, 2002:
June 30, 2003 December 31, 2002
Estimated Estimated
Fair Fair
Security Description Value Percentage Value Percentage
-------------------------------------------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
Commercial mortgage-backed securities:
CMBS IOs $ 40,479 2.0% $ 43,634 4.5%
Investment grade CMBS 179,650 9.0 55,120 5.7
Non-investment grade rated subordinated
securities 670,295 33.5 577,371 59.3
Non-rated subordinated securities 19,367 0.9 25,335 2.7
Credit tenant lease 9,315 0.5 9,063 0.9
Investment grade REIT debt 228,292 11.4 183,822 18.9
---------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
Total CMBS 1,147,398 57.3 894,345 92.0
---------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
Single-family residential mortgage-backed securities:
Agency adjustable rate securities 36,555 1.8 41,299 4.2
Agency fixed rate securities 798,304 39.9 8,833 0.9
Residential CMOs 8,264 0.4 13,834 1.4
Hybrid arms 10,854 0.6 14,751 1.5
---------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
Total RMBS 853,977 42.7 78,717 8.0
---------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
---------------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
Total securities available for sale $2,001,375 100.0% $973,062 100.0%
================ =============== ================= ================
The increase in the CMBS and investment grade REIT debt is attributable to the
attractive opportunities available to the Company to match fund these assets
in its two CDOs.
Borrowings: As of June 30, 2003, the Company's debt consisted of
collateralized debt obligations, line-of-credit borrowings, and reverse
repurchase agreements, collateralized by a pledge of most of the Company's
securities available for sale, securities held for trading, and its commercial
mortgage loans. The Company's financial flexibility is affected by its ability
to renew or replace on a continuous basis its maturing short-term borrowings.
As of June 30, 2003, the Company has obtained financing in amounts and at
interest rates consistent with the Company's short-term financing objectives.
Under the lines of credit and reverse repurchase agreements, the lender
retains the right to mark the underlying collateral to market value. A
reduction in the value of its pledged assets would require the Company to
provide additional collateral or fund margin calls. From time to time, the
Company expects that it will be required to provide such additional collateral
or fund margin calls.
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The following table sets forth information regarding the Company's
collateralized borrowings:
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2003
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June 30, 2003 Maximum Range of
Balance Balance Maturities
--------------------- ---------------- --------------------------
Collateralized debt obligations $684,778 $684,902 8.4 to 10.2 years
Reverse repurchase agreements 993,152 1,858,434 1 to 30 days
Line of credit and term loan borrowings 35,824 36,761 284 to 746 days
--------------------- ---------------- --------------------------
Hedging Instruments: From time to time, the Company may reduce its exposure to
market interest rates by entering into various financial instruments that
adjust portfolio duration. These financial instruments are intended to
mitigate the effect of changes in interest rates on the value of certain
assets in the Company's portfolio. At June 30, 2003, the Company had
outstanding short positions of 123 ten-year U.S. Treasury Note future
contracts. At December 31, 2002, the Company had outstanding short positions
of 3,166 five-year and 1,126 ten-year U.S. Treasury Note future contracts.
Interest rate swap agreements as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002
consisted of the following:
June 30, 2003
Estimated Weighted
Notional Fair Unamortized Average
Value Value Cost Remaining Term
-----------------------------------------------------
Interest rate swaps $695,000 $(19,721) $0 3.76 years
Interest rate swaps - CDO 629,472 (45,504) 0 9.68 years
-----------------------------------------------------
Total $1,324,472 $(65,225) $0 6.57 years
=====================================================
December 31, 2002
Estimated Weighted
Notional Fair Unamortized Average
Value Value Cost Remaining Term
------------------------------------------------------
Interest rate swaps $489,000 $(11,948) $0 1.79 years
Interest rate swaps - CDO 653,832 (33,654) 0 9.60 years
-----------------------------------------------------
Total $1,142,832 $(45,602) $0 6.31 years
=====================================================
As of June 30, 2003, the Company had designated $1,152,927 notional of the
interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges. As of December 31, 2002,
the Company had designated $771,287 notional of the interest rate swap
agreements as cash flow hedges.
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Capital Resources and Liquidity
Liquidity is a measurement of the Company's ability to meet potential cash
requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay borrowings, fund
investments, loan acquisition and lending activities and for other general
business purposes. The primary sources of funds for liquidity consist of
collateralized borrowings, principal and interest payments on and maturities
of securities available for sale, securities held for trading and commercial
mortgage loans, and proceeds from the maturity or sales thereof.
To the extent that the Company may become unable to maintain its borrowings at
their current level due to changes in the financing markets for the Company's
assets, the Company may be required to sell assets in order to achieve lower
borrowing levels. In this event, the Company's level of net income would
decline. The Company's principal strategies for mitigating this risk are to
maintain portfolio leverage at levels it believes are sustainable and to
diversify the sources and types of available borrowing and capital. The
Company has utilized committed bank facilities and preferred stock offerings,
and will consider resecuritization or other achievable term funding of
existing assets.
On May 29, 2003, the Company authorized and issued 2,300,000 shares of Series
C Preferred Stock, including 300,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued
pursuant to an option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments.
The Series C Preferred Stock is perpetual, carries a 9.375% coupon, and has a
preference in liquidation of $57,500. The aggregate net proceeds to the
Company (after deducting underwriting fees and expenses) were approximately
$55,513.
On May 29, 2003, the Company redeemed 155,000 shares of the Company's 10%
Series B Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001
per share ("Series B Preferred Stock"), at its par value of $25 per share.
In March 2002, the holders of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock converted
its remaining 10,000 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into 34,427 shares
of Common Stock at a price of $7.26 per share pursuant to the terms of such
preferred stock, which is $0.09 per share lower than the original conversion
price due to the effects of anti-dilution provisions in the Series A Preferred
Stock.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, the Company issued 353,065
and 686,393 shares, respectively, of Common Stock under its Dividend
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan. Net proceeds to the Company were
approximately $4,179 and $7,697, respectively.
As of June 30, 2003, $149,176 of the Company's $185,000 committed credit
facility with Deutsche Bank, AG was available for future borrowings. As of
June 30, 2003, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Company's
$75,000 committed credit facility with Greenwich Capital, Inc.
The Company's operating activities provided cash flows of $739,768 and $77,603
during the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, primarily
through net income (loss) and sales of trading securities in excess of
purchases.
The Company's investing activities (used) provided cash flows totaling
$(326,367) and $461,031 during the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002,
respectively, primarily to purchase securities available for sale offset by
significant sales of securities.
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The Company's financing activities used $(423,840) and $(562,140) during the
six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, primarily from
reductions of the level of short-term borrowings and net of the Series C
Preferred Stock offering in 2003.
Although the Company's portfolio of securities available for sale was acquired
at a net discount to the face amount of such securities, the Company has
received to date, and expects to continue to have, sufficient cash flows from
its portfolio to fund dividends to stockholders.
The Company is subject to various covenants in its lines of credit, including
maintaining a minimum GAAP net worth of $305,000, a debt-to-equity ratio not
to exceed 5.5 to 1, a minimum cash requirement based upon certain debt to
equity ratios, a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.5, and a minimum
liquidity reserve of $10,000. As a result of the June 30, 2003 impairment
charge the Company did not maintain the minimum debt service coverage ratio
for the quarter of 1.5; the lender Deutsche Bank, AG agreed to waive this
requirement. As of June 30, 2003, the Company was in compliance with all other
covenants.
The Company's ability to execute its business strategy depends to a
significant degree on its ability to obtain additional capital. Factors that
could affect the Company's access to the capital markets, or the costs of such
capital, include changes in interest rates, general economic conditions and
perception in the capital markets of the Company's business, covenants under
the Company's current and future credit facilities, results of operations,
leverage, financial conditions and business prospects. Current conditions in
the capital markets for REITs such as the Company have made permanent
financing transactions difficult and more expensive than at the time of the
Company's initial public offering. Consequently, there can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to effectively fund future growth. Except as
discussed herein, management is not aware of any other trends, events,
commitments or uncertainties that may have a significant effect on liquidity.
Contingent Liability
On May 15, 2000, the Company completed the acquisition of CORE Cap, Inc. The
merger was a stock for stock acquisition where the Company issued 4,180,552
shares of its Common Stock and 2,261,000 shares of its Series B Preferred
Stock. At the time of the CORE Cap acquisition, the Manager agreed to pay GMAC
(CORE Cap, Inc.'s external advisor) $12,500 over a ten-year period (the
"Installment Payment") to purchase the right to manage the assets under the
existing management contract (the "GMAC Contract"). The GMAC Contract had to
be terminated in order to allow for the Company to complete the merger, as the
Company's Management Agreement with the Manager did not provide for multiple
managers. As a result, the Manager offered to buy-out the GMAC Contract as the
Manager estimated it would receive incremental fees above and beyond the
Installment Payment, and thus was willing to pay for, and separately
negotiate, the termination of the GMAC Contract. Accordingly, the value of the
Installment Payment was not considered in the Company's allocation of its
purchase price to the net assets acquired in the acquisition of CORE Cap, Inc.
The Company agreed that should the Management Agreement with its Manager be
terminated, not renewed or not extended for any reason other than for cause,
the Company would pay to the Manager an amount equal to the Installment
Payment less the sum of all payments made by the Manager to
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GMAC. As of June 30, 2003, the Installment Payment would be $8,000 payable
over seven years. The Company does not accrue for this contingent liability.
Transactions with Affiliates
The Company has a Management Agreement with the Manager, a majority owned
indirect subsidiary of PNC Bank and the employer of certain directors and
officers of the Company, under which the Manager manages the Company's
day-to-day operations, subject to the direction and oversight of the Company's
Board of Directors. On March 25, 2002, the Management Agreement was extended
for one year through March 27, 2003, with the approval of the unaffiliated
directors, on terms similar to the prior agreement with the following changes:
(i) the incentive fee calculation would be based on earnings determined in
accordance with GAAP instead of funds from operations, (ii) the removal of the
four-year period to value the Management Agreement in the event of termination
and (iii) subsequent renewal periods of the Management Agreement would be for
one year instead of two years. The Board was advised by Houlihan Lokey Howard
& Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc., a national investment banking and financial
advisory firm, in the renewal process.
On March 6, 2003, the unaffiliated directors approved an extension of the
Management Agreement from its expiration of March 27, 2003 for one year
through March 31, 2004. The terms of the renewed agreement are similar to the
prior agreement except for the incentive fee calculation which would provide
for a rolling four-quarter high watermark rather than a quarterly calculation.
In determining the rolling four-quarter high watermark, the Company would
calculate the incentive fee as defined, based upon the current and prior three
quarters' net income. The Manager would be paid an incentive fee in the
current quarter if the Yearly Incentive Fee is greater than what was paid to
the Manager in the prior three quarters cumulatively. The Company commenced
the phase-in of the rolling four-quarter high watermark commencing during the
second quarter of 2003. Calculation of the incentive fee will be based on GAAP
and adjusted to exclude special one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP
accounting pronouncements after discussion between the Manager and the
unaffiliated directors. The incentive fee threshold did not change. The high
watermark will be based on the existing incentive fee hurdle, which provides
for the Manager to be paid 25% of the amount of earnings (calculated in
accordance with GAAP) per share that exceeds the product of the adjusted issue
price of the Company's common stock per share ($11.38 as of June 30, 2003) and
the greater of 9.5% or 350 basis points over the ten-year Treasury note, which
equates to an annual net income threshold of $1.08 per share.
The Company pays the Manager an annual base management fee equal to a
percentage of the average invested assets of the Company as defined in the
Management Agreement. The base management fee is equal to 1% per annum of the
average invested assets rated less than BB- or not rated, 0.75% of average
invested assets rated BB- to BB+, and 0.20% of average invested assets rated
above BB+.
The Company incurred $2,649 and $5,226 in base management fees in accordance
with the terms of the Management Agreement for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2003, respectively, and $2,278 and $4,497 in base management fees for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively. In accordance with
the provisions of the Management Agreement, the Company recorded
reimbursements to the Manager of $12 and $18 for certain expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company during the three and six months ended June 30, 2003,
respectively, and $6 and $11 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002,
respectively.
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Pursuant to the March 25, 2002 one-year Management Agreement extension, the
incentive fee paid to the Manager was based on 25% of earnings (calculated in
accordance with GAAP) of the Company. For purposes of calculating the
incentive fee during 2002, the cumulative transition adjustment of $6,327
resulting from the Company's adoption of SFAS 142 was excluded from earnings
in its entirety and included using an amortization period of three years. The
Company incurred $3,188 in incentive fees for the six months ended June 30,
2002. There was no incentive fee due to the Manager for the three or six
months ended June 30, 2003 and the three months ended June 30, 2002.
On March 17, 1999, the Company's Board of Directors approved an administration
agreement with the Manager and the termination of a previous agreement with an
unaffiliated third party. Under the terms of the administration agreement, the
Manager provides financial reporting, audit coordination and accounting
oversight services to the Company. The Company pays the Manager a monthly
administrative fee at an annual rate of 0.06% of the first $125 million of
average net assets, 0.04% of the next $125 million of average net assets and
0.03% of average net assets in excess of $250 million subject to a minimum
annual fee of $120. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, the
administration fee was $43 and $86, respectively. For the three and six months
ended June 30, 2002, the administration fee was $43 and $86, respectively.
On July 20, 2001, the Company entered into a $50 million commitment to acquire
shares in Carbon Capital, Inc. ("Carbon"), a private commercial real estate
income opportunity fund managed by the Manager. The period during which the
Company may be required to purchase shares under the commitment expires in
July 2004. On June 30, 2003, the Company owned 18.8% of the outstanding shares
in Carbon. The Company's remaining commitment at June 30, 2003 and December
31, 2002 was $32,436 and $35,116, respectively. On February 6, 2003, the
Company funded a capital call notice in the amount of $2,680, which was used
by Carbon to acquire a mezzanine loan secured by ownership interests in an
entity that owns a mixed-use development.
REIT Status:
The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and therefore must comply with
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect thereto.
Accordingly, the Company generally will not be subject to Federal income tax
to the extent of its distributions to stockholders and as long as certain
asset, income and stock ownership tests are met. The Company may, however, be
subject to tax at corporate rates or at excise tax rates on net income or
capital gains not distributed.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market Risk: Market risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in
interest rates, credit curve spreads, foreign currency exchange rates,
commodity prices and equity prices. The primary market risks to which the
Company is exposed are interest rate risk and credit curve risk. Interest rate
risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental, monetary and
tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations
and other factors beyond the control of the Company. Credit curve risk is
highly sensitive to dynamics of the markets for commercial mortgage securities
and other loans and securities held by the Company. Excessive supply of these
assets combined with reduced demand will cause the market to require a higher
yield. This demand for higher yield will cause the market to use a higher
spread over the U.S. Treasury securities yield curve, or other benchmark
interest rates, to value these assets. Changes in the general level of the
U.S. Treasury yield curve can have significant effects on the market value of
the Company's portfolio.
The majority of the Company's assets are fixed rate securities valued based on
a market credit spread to U.S. Treasuries. As U.S. Treasury securities are
priced to a higher yield and/or the spread to U.S. Treasuries used to price
the Company's assets is increased, the market value of the Company's portfolio
may decline. Conversely, as U.S. Treasury securities are priced to a lower
yield and/or the spread to U.S. Treasuries used to price the Company's assets
is decreased, the market value of the Company's portfolio may increase.
Changes in the market value of the Company's portfolio may affect the
Company's net income or cash flow directly through their impact on unrealized
gains or losses on securities held for trading or indirectly through their
impact on the Company's ability to borrow. Changes in the level of the U.S.
Treasury yield curve can also affect, among other things, the prepayment
assumptions used to value certain of the Company's securities and the
Company's ability to realize gains from the sale of such assets. In addition,
changes in the general level of the LIBOR money market rates can affect the
Company's net interest income. The majority of the Company's liabilities are
floating rate based on a market spread to U.S. LIBOR. As the level of LIBOR
increases or decreases, the Company's interest expense will move in the same
direction.
The Company may utilize a variety of financial instruments, including interest
rate swaps, caps, floors and other interest rate exchange contracts, in order
to limit the effects of fluctuations in interest rates on its operations. The
use of these types of derivatives to hedge interest-earning assets and/or
interest-bearing liabilities carries certain risks, including the risk that
losses on a hedge position will reduce the funds available for payments to
holders of securities and that such losses may exceed the amount invested in
such instruments. A hedge may not perform its intended purpose of offsetting
losses or increased costs. Moreover, with respect to certain of the
instruments used as hedges, the Company is exposed to the risk that the
counterparties with which the Company trades may cease making markets and
quoting prices in such instruments, which may render the Company unable to
enter into an offsetting transaction with respect to an open position. If the
Company anticipates that the income from any such hedging transaction will not
be qualifying income for REIT income test purposes, the Company may conduct
part or all of its hedging activities through a to-be-formed corporate
subsidiary that is fully subject to federal corporate income taxation. The
profitability of the Company may be adversely affected during any period as a
result of changing interest rates.
The following tables quantify the potential changes in the Company's net
portfolio value and net interest income under various interest rates and
credit-spread scenarios. The Company views the probability of
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interest rate changes in terms of standard deviation units. Based on
historical data, there is a 68% and 95% statistical probability that rates
remained in a range of one and two standard deviation units, respectively.
This statistical computation provides a historical context for analyzing
changes in interest rates. Net portfolio value is defined as the value of
interest-earning assets net of the value of interest-bearing liabilities. It
is evaluated using an assumption that interest rates, as defined by the U.S.
Treasury yield curve, increase or decrease and the assumption that the yield
curves of the rate shocks will be parallel to each other.
Net interest income is defined as interest income earned from interest-earning
assets net of the interest expense incurred by the interest-bearing
liabilities. It is evaluated using the assumptions that interest rates, as
defined by the U.S. LIBOR curve, increase or decrease and the assumption that
the yield curves of the LIBOR rate shocks will be parallel to each other.
Market value in this scenario is calculated using the assumption that the U.S.
Treasury yield curve remains constant.
All changes in income and value are measured as percentage changes from the
respective values calculated in the scenario labeled as "Base Case." The base
interest rate scenario assumes interest rates as of June 30, 2003. Actual
results could differ significantly from these estimates.
Projected Percentage Change In Portfolio Net Market Value
Given U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Movements
Change in Projected Change in
Treasury Yield Curve, Portfolio
+/- Basis Points Net Market Value
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-200 4.8%
-100 4.1%
-50 2.5%
Base Case 0
+50 (3.3)%
+100 (7.5)%
+200 (18.5)%
Projected Percentage Change In Portfolio Net Market Value
Given Credit Spread Movements
Change in Projected Change in
Credit Spreads, Portfolio
+/- Basis Points Net Market Value
------------------------------- --------------------------
-200 9.2%
-100 6.3%
-50 3.6%
Base Case 0
+50 (4.4)%
+100 (9.8)%
+200 (22.9)%
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Projected Percentage Change In Portfolio Net Interest Income
Given LIBOR Movements
Projected Change in Projected Change in
Change in LIBOR, Portfolio Portfolio Net Interest
+/- Basis Points Net Interest Income Income per Share
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-100 4.2% $0.07
-50 2.1% $0.03
Base Case 0 0
+50 (2.1)% $(0.03)
+100 (4.2)% $(0.07)
+200 (8.5)% $(0.14)
The Company's exposure to changes in short-term interest rates would result in
a $0.035 change in net income for every 50 basis point change in LIBOR. The
aggregate sensitivity to short-term rates has not changed year over year.
However, as detailed above, a significant portion of the Company's illiquid
credit sensitive CMBS was match funded in 2002 with no short-term rate risk.
As of June 30, 2003, the majority of the Company's short-term rate exposure
was concentrated in the highly liquid RMBS portfolio which can be adjusted
quickly to react to changes in short-term rates.
Credit Risk: The Company's portfolios of commercial real estate assets are
subject to a high degree of credit risk. Credit risk is the exposure to loss
from loan defaults. Default rates are subject to a wide variety of factors,
including, but not limited to, property performance, property management,
supply/demand factors, construction trends, consumer behavior, regional
economics, interest rates, the strength of the American economy and other
factors beyond the control of the Company.
All loans are subject to a certain probability of default. The Company
underwrites its CMBS investments assuming the underlying loans will suffer a
certain dollar amount of defaults and these defaults will lead to some level
of realized losses. Loss adjusted yields are computed based on these
assumptions and applied to each class of security supported by the cash flow
on the underlying loans. The most significant variables affecting loss
adjusted yields include, but are not limited to, the number of defaults, the
severity of loss that occurs subsequent to a default and the timing of the
actual loss. The different rating levels of CMBS will react differently to
changes in these assumptions. The lowest rated securities (B- or lower) are
generally more sensitive to changes in timing of actual losses. The higher
rated securities (B or higher) are more sensitive to the severity of losses.
The Company generally assumes that all of the principal of a non-rated
security and a significant portion, if not all, of CCC and a portion of B-
rated securities will not be recoverable over time. The loss adjusted yields
of these classes reflect that assumption; therefore, the timing of when the
total loss of principal occurs is the key assumption. The interest coupon
generated by a security will cease when there is a total loss of its principal
regardless of whether that principal is paid. Therefore, timing is of
paramount importance because the longer the principal balance remains
outstanding, the more interest coupon the holder receives to support a greater
economic return. Alternatively, if principal is lost faster than originally
assumed, there is less opportunity to receive interest coupon; therefore, a
lower or possibly negative return may result. Additional losses occurring due
to greater severity will not have a significant effect as all principal is
already assumed to be non-recoverable.
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If actual principal losses on the underlying loans exceed assumptions, the
higher rated securities will be affected more significantly as a loss of
principal may not have been assumed. The Company generally assumes that most,
if not all, principal will be recovered by classes rated B or higher.
The Company manages credit risk through the underwriting process, establishing
loss assumptions and careful monitoring of loan performance. Before acquiring
a Controlling Class security that represents a proposed pool of loans, the
Company will perform a rigorous analysis of the quality of all of the loans
proposed. As a result of this analysis, loans with unacceptable risk profiles
will be removed from the proposed pool. Information from this review is then
used to establish loss assumptions. The Company will assume that a certain
portion of the loans will default and calculate an expected or loss adjusted
yield based on that assumption. After the securities have been acquired, the
Company monitors the performance of the loans, as well as external factors
that may affect their value.
Factors that indicate a higher loss severity or acceleration of the timing of
an expected loss will cause a reduction in the expected yield and therefore
reduce the earnings of the Company. Furthermore, the Company may be required
to write down a portion of the adjusted purchase price of the affected assets
through its income statement.
For purposes of illustration, a doubling of the losses in the Company's
Controlling Class CMBS, without a significant acceleration of those losses
would reduce GAAP income going forward by approximately $0.21 per share of
Common Stock per year and cause a significant write down at the time the loss
assumption is changed The amount of the write down depends on several factors,
including which securities are most affected at the time of the write down,
but is estimated to be in the range of $0.60 to $0.80 per share based on a
doubling of expected losses. A significant acceleration of the timing of these
losses would cause the Company's net income to decrease. The total adjusted
purchase price of Controlling Class CMBS at June 30, 2003 was $9.93 per share.
The amount of adjusted purchase price that is not match funded in a CDO is
$4.26 per share. The Company's exposure to a write down is mitigated by the
fact that most of these assets are financed on a non-recourse basis in the
Company's CDOs, where a significant portion of the risk of loss is transferred
to the CDO bondholders.
Asset and Liability Management: Asset and liability management is concerned
with the timing and magnitude of the repricing and/or maturing of assets and
liabilities. It is the Company's objective to attempt to control risks
associated with interest rate movements. In general, management's strategy is
to match the term of the Company's liabilities as closely as possible with the
expected holding period of the Company's assets. This is less important for
those assets in the Company's portfolio considered liquid as there is a very
stable market for the financing of these securities.
Other methods for evaluating interest rate risk, such as interest rate
sensitivity "gap" (defined as the difference between interest-earning assets
and interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within a given time
period), are used but are considered of lesser significance in the daily
management of the Company's portfolio. Management considers this relationship
when reviewing the Company's hedging strategies. Because different types of
assets and liabilities with the same or similar maturities react differently
to changes in overall market rates or conditions, changes in interest rates
may affect the Company's net interest income positively or negatively even if
the Company were to be perfectly matched in each maturity category.
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The Company currently has positions in forward currency exchange contracts to
hedge currency exposure in connection with its commercial mortgage loan
denominated in pounds sterling. The purpose of the Company's foreign currency
hedging activities is to protect the Company from the risk that the eventual
U.S. dollar net cash inflows from the commercial mortgage loan will be
adversely affected by changes in exchange rates. The Company's current
strategy is to roll these contracts from time to time to hedge the expected
cash flows from the loan. Fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are not
expected to have a material impact on the Company's net portfolio value or net
interest income.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company's management, with the
participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls
and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), as of
the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded
that, as of the end of such period, the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting,
on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act.
(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes
in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the
fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or
are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control
over financial reporting.
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Part II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
At June 30, 2003, there were no pending legal proceedings to which the Company
was a party or to which any of its property was subject.
ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On June 24, 2003, the Company issued 7,700 shares of its Common Stock for an
aggregate amount of $65,162 to a former director of a company that was
acquired by the Company pursuant to the exercise of stock options held by such
former director. These shares were issued in a private placement pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The Company held an Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 20, 2003, pursuant
to a Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated April
25, 2003, a copy of which has been filed previously with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, at which the Company's stockholders approved the election
of two directors for a term of three years and the ratification for the
appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the auditors of the financial
statements for fiscal year 2003.
Proposal 1: To elect two directors for a three-year term.
Results:
In Favor Withheld
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Laurence D. Fink 37,736,260 6,351,748
Kendrick R. Wilson, III 43,778,689 309,319
Proposal 2: To ratify and approve the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as
the Company's Independent Auditors for the year ending December 31, 2003.
Results:
For Against Abstain
--- ------- -------
43,840,322 188,008 59,678
There were no broker non-votes with respect to the two proposals. The
continuing directors of the Company are Hugh R. Frater, Donald G. Drapkin,
Carl F. Geuther, Jeffrey C. Keil and Leon Kendall. David M. Applegate resigned
from the Company's Board of Directors on May 20, 2003.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
3.1 Articles Supplementary, dated as of May 21, 2003, relating to the
Series C Cumulative
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Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company
on May 30, 2003).
4.1 Form of 9.375% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on May 30, 2003).
31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)
and 15d-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)
and 15d-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
32.1 Certification of CEO and CFO pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
On May 13, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to report
under Item 12 the Company's earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.
On May 23, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to report
under Item 5 the declaration of a cash dividend on the common stock of the
Company for the quarter ending June 30, 2003, the terms of a public offering
of $50 million of Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and the
resignation of David M. Applegate from the Board of Directors of the Company.
On May 30, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to report
under Item 5 and file certain documents relating to the sale of the Series C
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ANTHRACITE CAPITAL, INC.
Dated: August 14, 2003 By: /s/ Hugh R. Frater
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Name: Hugh R. Frater
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
Dated: August 14, 2003 By: /s/ Richard M. Shea
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Name: Richard M. Shea
Title: Chief Operating Officer
and Chief Financial
Officer
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