Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

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 September 30, 2006

 

¨ 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 001-32336

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland   26-0081711

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS employer

identification number)

560 Mission Street, Suite 2900  
San Francisco, CA   94105
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(415) 738-6500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x     No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer   x    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

  

Outstanding at October 31, 2006

Common Stock, $.01 par value per share    45,458,937

 



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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006

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           Page
number

PART I.

   FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

ITEM 1.

  

Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements:

  
  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2006 (unaudited) and December 31, 2005

   1
  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)

   2
  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)

   3
  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)

   4
  

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

   6

ITEM 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   23

ITEM 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   39

ITEM 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

   41

PART II.

  

OTHER INFORMATION

  

ITEM 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

   41

ITEM 1A.

  

Risk factors

   41

ITEM 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   41

ITEM 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   41

ITEM 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   41

ITEM 5.

  

Other Information

   41

ITEM 6.

  

Exhibits

   42
  

Signatures

   43


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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands except share data)

 

    

September 30,
2006

(unaudited)

    December 31,
2005
 

ASSETS

    

Investments in real estate:

    

Land

   $ 210,897     $ 191,961  

Acquired ground leases

     2,969       1,477  

Buildings and improvements

     1,259,769       941,115  

Tenant improvements

     153,344       123,957  
                

Investments in real estate

     1,626,979       1,258,510  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (94,412 )     (64,404 )
                

Net investments in real estate

     1,532,567       1,194,106  

Cash and cash equivalents

     27,650       10,930  

Accounts and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,917 and $763 as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively

     17,586       7,587  

Deferred rent

     34,385       25,094  

Acquired above market leases, net

     43,052       48,237  

Acquired in place lease value and deferred leasing costs, net

     219,675       201,141  

Deferred financing costs, net

     15,276       7,659  

Restricted cash

     24,477       22,123  

Other assets

     57,094       12,293  
                

Total Assets

   $ 1,971,762     $ 1,529,170  
                

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Notes payable under line of credit

   $ 233,767     $ 181,000  

Mortgage loans

     668,490       568,067  

Exchangeable senior debentures

     172,500       —    

Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

     54,209       36,869  

Accrued dividends and distributions

     20,052       15,639  

Acquired below market leases, net

     83,633       67,177  

Security deposits and prepaid rents

     14,700       11,476  
                

Total liabilities

     1,247,351       880,228  

Commitments and contingencies

    

Minority interests in consolidated joint venture

     —         206  

Minority interests in operating partnership

     241,152       262,239  

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred Stock: $0.01 par value, 20,000,000 authorized:

    

Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.50%, $103,500,000 liquidation preference ($25.00 per share), 4,140,000 issued and outstanding

     99,297       99,297  

Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 7.875%, $63,250,000 liquidation preference ($25.00 per share), 2,530,000 issued and outstanding

     60,502       60,502  

Common Stock; $0.01 par value: 100,000,000 authorized, 36,155,367 and 27,363,408 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

     362       274  

Additional paid-in capital

     359,966       252,562  

Dividends in excess of earnings

     (39,540 )     (27,782 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net

     2,672       1,644  
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     483,259       386,497  
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 1,971,762     $ 1,529,170  
                

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited in thousands except share data)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Operating Revenues:

        

Rental

   $ 59,552     $ 43,587     $ 159,409     $ 110,924  

Tenant reimbursements

     13,637       10,970       37,812       25,527  

Other

     —         265       168       4,397  
                                

Total operating revenues

     73,189       54,822       197,389       140,848  
                                

Operating Expenses:

        

Rental property operating and maintenance

     15,474       11,854       40,802       27,664  

Property taxes

     7,238       6,052       21,173       14,255  

Insurance

     953       751       2,911       1,842  

Depreciation and amortization

     24,739       16,309       61,763       41,576  

General and administrative

     4,986       3,324       13,906       8,190  

Other

     607       106       938       1,588  
                                

Total operating expenses

     53,997       38,396       141,493       95,115  
                                

Operating income

     19,192       16,426       55,896       45,733  

Other Income (Expenses):

        

Interest and other income

     365       165       856       404  

Interest expense

     (14,486 )     (10,373 )     (37,355 )     (27,081 )

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

     (39 )     —         (521 )     (125 )
                                

Income from continuing operations before minority interests

     5,032       6,218       18,876       18,931  

Minority interests in continuing operations of operating partnership

     (678 )     (1,719 )     (4,113 )     (7,226 )
                                

Income from continuing operations

     4,354       4,499       14,763       11,705  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before gain on sale of assets and minority interests

     203       (169 )     (288 )     (513 )

Gain on sale of assets

     18,016       —         18,016       —    

Minority interests attributable to discontinued operations

     (7,786 )     95       (7,522 )     307  
                                

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

     10,433       (74 )     10,206       (206 )

Net income

     14,787       4,425       24,969       11,499  

Preferred stock dividends

     (3,445 )     (3,099 )     (10,335 )     (6,569 )
                                

Net income available to common stockholders

   $ 11,342     $ 1,326     $ 14,634     $ 4,930  
                                

Income per share from continuing operations available to common stockholders:

        

Basic

   $ 0.02     $ 0.05     $ 0.14     $ 0.23  

Diluted

   $ 0.02     $ 0.05     $ 0.13     $ 0.22  
                                

Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations:

        

Basic

   $ 0.29     $ —       $ 0.31     $ (0.01 )

Diluted

   $ 0.28     $ —       $ 0.30     $ (0.01 )
                                

Net income per share available to common stockholders:

        

Basic

   $ 0.31     $ 0.05     $ 0.45     $ 0.22  

Diluted

   $ 0.30     $ 0.05     $ 0.43     $ 0.21  
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     36,114,253       25,704,721       32,361,456       22,864,797  

Diluted

     37,446,894       26,004,324       33,684,081       23,037,992  

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(unaudited in thousands)

 

     Three months ended
September 30,
    Nine months ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Net income

   $ 14,787     $ 4,425     $ 24,969     $ 11,499  

Other comprehensive income:

        

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     121       19       3,397       1,186  

Minority interests in foreign currency translation adjustments

     (52 )     (11 )     (1,569 )     (705 )

Increase (decrease) in fair value of interest rate swaps

     (1,721 )     2,244       544       2,243  

Minority interests in change in fair value of interest rate swaps

     735       (1,236 )     (382 )     (1,235 )

Reclassification of other comprehensive income to interest expense

     (716 )     179       (1,781 )     724  

Minority interests in reclassification of other comprehensive income to interest expense

     306       (99 )     819       (423 )
                                

Comprehensive income

   $ 13,460     $ 5,521     $ 25,997     $ 13,289  
                                

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited in thousands)

 

     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,
2006
    September 30,
2005
 

Cash flows from operating activities (including discontinued operations):

    

Net income

   $ 24,969     $ 11,499  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

    

Gain on sale of assets

     (18,016 )     —    

Minority interests in operating partnership and discontinued operations

     11,635       6,919  

Write-off of net assets due to early lease terminations

     450       (197 )

Depreciation and amortization of buildings and improvements, tenant improvements and acquired ground leases, including amounts for discontinued operations

     35,665       23,500  

Amortization over the vesting period of the fair value of share-based compensation

     1,296       146  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     1,154       389  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     2,618       2,172  

Write-off of deferred financing costs, included in net loss on early extinguishment of debt

     106       125  

Amortization of debt premium

     (172 )     (81 )

Amortization of acquired in place lease value and deferred leasing costs

     27,132       19,928  

Amortization of acquired above market leases and acquired below market leases, net

     (5,047 )     (1,234 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts and other receivables

     (4,206 )     (3,132 )

Deferred rent

     (9,291 )     (8,701 )

Deferred leasing costs

     (5,428 )     (2,066 )

Other assets

     (3,240 )     255  

Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

     (782 )     10,126  

Security deposits and prepaid rents

     3,224       4,654  
                

Net cash provided by operating activities (including discontinued operations)

     62,067       64,302  
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Acquisitions of properties (including $16.5 million paid to GI Partners in 2005)

     (348,216 )     (382,538 )

Proceeds from sale of assets, net of sales costs

     58,923       —    

Deposits paid for acquisitions of properties

     (46,258 )     (1,953 )

Receipt of value added tax refund

     3,121       —    

Refundable value added tax paid in conjunction with acquisition

     (795 )     —    

Change in restricted cash

     (2,354 )     (14,818 )

Improvements to investments in real estate

     (52,326 )     (9,463 )

Other deposits

     (911 )     —    

Tenant improvement advances to tenants

     (26,152 )     —    

Repayment of tenant improvement advances

     20,000       —    

Purchase of joint venture partner’s interest

     (5,353 )     —    
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (400,321 )     (408,772 )
                

 

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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(unaudited in thousands)

 

     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,
2006
    September 30,
2005
 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Borrowings on line of credit

   $ 492,739     $ 293,755  

Repayments on line of credit

     (440,000 )     (234,000 )

Proceeds from mortgage loans

     211,872       100,000  

Principal payments on mortgage loans

     (112,745 )     (13,742 )

Proceeds from exchangeable senior debentures

     172,500       —    

Settlement of foreign currency forward sale contract

     694       (2,519 )

Reimbursement by GI Partners of settlement cost of foreign currency forward sale contract

     —         1,911  

Payment of loan fees and costs

     (11,431 )     (1,660 )

Refund of rate-lock deposit

     1,200       —    

Gross proceeds from the sale of common stock

     97,600       104,502  

Gross proceeds from the sale of preferred stock

     —         166,750  

Common stock offering costs paid

     (3,632 )     (6,305 )

Preferred stock offering costs paid

     —         (6,714 )

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     1,057       —    

Payment of dividends to preferred stockholders

     (6,890 )     (6,569 )

Payment of dividends to common stockholders and distributions to limited partners of operating partnership

     (47,990 )     (48,426 )
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     354,974       346,983  
                

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     16,720       2,513  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     10,930       4,557  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 27,650     $ 7,070  
                

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

    

Cash paid for interest, including amounts capitalized

   $ 36,400     $ 25,449  

Cash paid for taxes

     102       —    

Supplementary disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:

    

Change in net assets related to foreign currency translation adjustments

   $ 3,397     $ 481  

Accrual of dividends and distributions

     20,052       —    

Increase in other assets related to increase in fair value of interest rate swaps

     544       2,967  

Reclassification of owner’s equity to minority interest in the Operating Partnership

     (41,919 )     —    

Operating Partnership units converted to common stock

     53,842       —    

Accrual for additions to investments in real estate and tenant improvement advances included in accounts payable and accrued expenses

     17,548       828  

Allocation of purchase of properties to:

    

Investments in real estate

     334,256       339,972  

Accounts and other receivables

     —         200  

Acquired above market leases

     287       14,365  

Acquired below market leases

     (26,894 )     (21,055 )

Acquired in place lease value and deferred leasing costs

     42,441       74,104  

Other Assets (2005 includes $3.3 million of refundable value added tax)

     —         3,786  

Mortgage loans assumed

     —         (15,838 )

Loan premium

     —         (2,333 )

Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

     (1,874 )     (11,508 )

Reverse minority interest in consolidated joint venture

     —         845  
                

Cash paid for acquisition of properties

     348,216       382,538  

Increase to components of net investment foreign currency hedge upon settlement:

    

Investment in real estate

     —         5,304  

Mortgage loans

     —         (3,307 )

Other accrued liabilities

     —         (1,997 )
                
     —         —    

Accrual of common and preferred stock offering costs

     200       588  

Reallocation of limited partners’ interests in Operating Partnership to the general partner

     —         27,929  
                

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2006 and 2005

(unaudited)

1. Organization and Description of Business

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. through its controlling interest in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (the Operating Partnership) and the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership (collectively, “we” or the Company) is engaged in the business of owning, acquiring, repositioning and managing technology-related real estate. As of September 30, 2006, our portfolio consists of 53 properties; 48 are located throughout North America and five are located in Europe. Our properties are diversified in major markets where corporate data center and technology tenants are concentrated, including the Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Silicon Valley metropolitan areas. The portfolio consists of Internet gateway properties, data center properties, technology manufacturing properties and regional or national headquarters of technology companies.

We completed our initial public offering (IPO) on November 3, 2004 and commenced operations on that date. The Operating Partnership was formed on July 21, 2004 in anticipation of our IPO. As of September 30, 2006, we own a 57.3% common interest and a 100% preferred interest in the Operating Partnership. As general partner, we have control over the Operating Partnership. The limited partners of the Operating Partnership do not have rights to replace us as the general partner nor do they have participating rights, although they do have certain protective rights.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of Digital Realty Trust, Inc., the Operating Partnership, the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership and its consolidated joint venture. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The interests of the joint venture partner, a third party, is reflected in minority interests in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. We purchased this interest on July 12, 2006 (see note 5).

Property interests contributed to the Operating Partnership by Global Innovation Partners, LLC (GI Partners) in exchange for units in anticipation of completion of our IPO have been accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. Accordingly, the contributed assets and assumed liabilities were recorded at the historical cost basis. Property interests acquired from third parties for cash or Units are accounted for using purchase accounting.

The accompanying condensed interim financial statements are unaudited, but have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments are of a normal recurring nature and necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for these interim periods have been included. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for the full fiscal year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

(b) Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, we consider short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, cash equivalents consist of investments in a money market fund.

 

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(c) Share Based Compensation

We account for share based compensation, including stock options and fully vested long-term incentive units granted using the fair value method of accounting. The estimated fair value of each of the long-term incentive units granted in connection with our IPO was equal to the IPO price of our stock and such amount was recorded as an expense upon closing of the IPO since those long-term incentive units were fully vested as of the grant date. The estimated fair value of the stock options granted by us is being amortized over the vesting period of the stock options. The estimated fair value of the Class C Units and long-term incentive units granted after our IPO (discussed in note 9) are being amortized over the expected service period of five years.

(d) Income Taxes

We have elected to be treated and believe that we have operated in a manner that has enabled us to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). As a REIT, we generally are not required to pay federal corporate income taxes on our taxable income to the extent it is currently distributed to our stockholders.

However, qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon our ability to meet the various qualification tests imposed under the Code including tests related to annual operating results, asset composition, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that we will be organized or be able to operate in a manner so as to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate tax rates.

We have elected to treat three of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (each, a TRS). In general, a TRS may perform non-customary services for tenants, hold assets that we cannot hold directly and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate related business (except for the operation or management of health care facilities or lodging facilities or the provision to any person, under a franchise, license or otherwise, rights to any brand name under which any lodging facility or health care facility is operated). Our TRS’s are subject to corporate federal and state income taxes based on their taxable income. These rates are generally those rates which are charged for regular corporate entities. Income taxes are recorded using the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. A valuation allowance is recorded against the combined federal and state net deferred taxes reducing the deferred tax asset to a net amount. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

As of September 30, 2006, one of our TRS’s is estimated to have a net operating loss carryforward for federal and state income tax purposes. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Due to the uncertainty of future realizability, management has fully offset the net deferred tax assets with a valuation allowance.

To the extent that any foreign taxes are incurred by the subsidiaries invested in real estate located outside of the United States, a provision is made for such taxes.

(e) Asset Retirement Obligations

We record accruals for estimated retirement obligations, as required by SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations” and FASB Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations”. The amount of asset retirement obligations relates primarily to estimated asbestos removal costs at the end of the economic life of properties that were built before 1984. As of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the amount included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets was approximately $0.7 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and the equivalent asset is recorded at $0.7 million, net of amortization.

 

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(f) Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2006 presentation. These include the reclassification of 7979 East Tufts Avenue revenues and expenses to discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, as further described in note 5.

(g) Management’s Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

3. Minority Interests in the Operating Partnership

Minority interests in the Operating Partnership relate to the interests that are not owned by us. The following table shows the ownership interest in the Operating Partnership as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:

 

     September 30, 2006     December 31, 2005  
     Common units and
long term incentive
units
   Percentage
of total
    Common units and
long term
incentive units
   Percentage of
total
 

The Company

   36,155,367    57.3 %   27,363,408    46.4 %

Minority interest consisting of:

          

GI Partners

   19,669,175    31.2     23,699,359    40.2  

Third Parties

   5,655,846    8.9     6,331,511    10.7  

Employees (long term incentive units, see note 9)

   1,630,142    2.6     1,622,671    2.7  
                      
   63,110,530    100.0 %   59,016,949    100.0 %
                      

The following table shows activity for the Operating Partnership units that are not owned by us for the nine months ended September 30, 2006:

 

     GI Partners     Third
Parties
    Long Term
Incentive Units
(note 9)
   Total  

As of January 1, 2006

   23,699,359     6,331,511     1,622,671    31,653,541  

April 2006 distribution to investors of GI Partners who redeemed the founder Operating Partnership common units for shares of our common stock and sold to third parties (1) (2)

   (4,030,184 )   —       —      (4,030,184 )

Redemption of third party common Operating Partnership units for shares of our common stock (1) (2)

   —       (675,665 )   —      (675,665 )

Grant of units to employee

       7,471    7,471  
                       

As of September 30, 2006

   19,669,175     5,655,846     1,630,142    26,955,163  
                       

 

(1) This redemption was recorded as a reduction to minority interest and an increase to common stock and additional paid in capital based on the book value per unit in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

(2) These redemptions were recorded as a reduction to minority interest and an increase to common stock and additional paid in capital based on the book value per unit in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. We did not receive any cash proceeds upon redemption of these Operating Partnership units.

 

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Limited partners who acquired common units have the right to require the Operating Partnership to redeem part or all of their common units for cash based on the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock at the time of the redemption. Alternatively, we may elect to acquire those common units in exchange for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, issuance of stock rights, specified extraordinary distributions and similar events. We have filed a shelf registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of our common stock issuable upon redemption of the common units, and the resale of those shares of common stock by the holders. Richard Magnuson, the Executive Chairman of our board of directors, Michael Foust, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors, and Scott Peterson, our Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, are minority indirect investors in GI Partners.

Under the terms of certain third parties’ (the eXchange parties) contribution agreement signed in the third quarter of 2004, we have agreed to indemnify each eXchange party against adverse tax consequences in the event the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, sells, exchanges or otherwise disposes of (whether by way of merger, sale of assets or otherwise) in a taxable transaction any interest in 200 Paul Avenue 1-4 or 1100 Space Park Drive until the earlier of November 3, 2013 and the date on which these contributors hold less than 25% of the Units issued to them in the formation transactions consummated concurrently with the IPO. Under the eXchange parties’ contribution agreement, these parties have agreed to guarantee $20.0 million of indebtedness until the earlier of November 3, 2013 and the date on which these contributors or certain transferees hold less than 25% of the Units issued to them in the formation transactions consummated concurrently with the IPO.

See note 15 for the redemption of 4.6 million common units held by GI Partners on October 4, 2006.

4. Investments in Real Estate Acquired During the Three Months Ended September 30, 2006

We made the following acquisitions of real estate assets during the three months ended September 30, 2006:

 

Property

  

Metropolitan Area

   Date acquired    Purchase Price
(in millions)

120 E. Van Buren Street

   Phoenix    July 25, 2006    $ 175.0

Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F (1)

   Amsterdam, Netherlands    July 27, 2006      12.4

600 Winter Street

   Boston    September 13, 2006      8.7

2300 NW 89th Place

   Miami    September 26, 2006      5.6
            
         $ 201.7
            

 

(1) Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F contains a ground lease under which we pay approximately €75,000 per annum (approximately $95,200 based on the Euro exchange rate as of September 30, 2006). This lease is continuous and indexed to inflation every five years, and will be remeasured on January 1, 2042.

The purchase prices of these acquisitions have been allocated on a preliminary basis to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. We expect to finalize our purchase price allocation no later than twelve months from the date of each acquisition.

5. Discontinued Operations

In June 2006, we classified 7979 East Tufts Avenue as “held for sale” upon committing to sell this property and we also ceased recording depreciation expense at that time. We purchased the minority interest joint venture partner’s limited partnership interest in 7979 East Tufts Avenue on July 12, 2006 for approximately $5.3 million which was included in the cost basis of the property in calculating the gain on sale. We sold this property on July 12, 2006 for approximately $60.4 million which resulted in a gain on sale of approximately $18.0 million.

 

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The results of operations of 7979 East Tufts Avenue are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements. The following table summarizes the income and expense components that comprise loss from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Operating revenues

   $ 307     $ 1,563     $ 3,458     $ 4,597  

Operating expenses

     (65 )     (1,387 )     (3,014 )     (4,070 )

Interest and other income

     8       6       15       13  

Interest expense

     (47 )     (351 )     (747 )     (1,053 )
                                
     203       (169 )     (288 )     (513 )

Gain on sale of assets

     18,016       —         18,016       —    

Minority interests attributable to discontinued operations

     (7,786 )     95       (7,522 )     307  
                                

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

   $ 10,433     $ (74 )   $ 10,206     $ (206 )
                                

 

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6. Debt

A summary of outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

 

Properties

   Interest Rate at September 30, 2006   Maturity Date   Principal
Outstanding
September 30, 2006
    Principal
Outstanding
December 31, 2005
 

Mortgage loans:

        

Secured Term Debt (1)

   5.65%   Nov. 11, 2014   $ 151,412     $ 152,918  

350 East Cermak Road

   1-month LIBOR + 2.20% (2)(3)   Jun. 9, 2008 (4)     99,686       100,000  

200 Paul Avenue 1-4

   5.74%   Oct. 8, 2015     81,000       81,000  

2323 Bryan Street (5)

   6.04%   Nov. 6, 2009     56,761       57,282  

34551 Ardenwood Boulevard 1-4, 2334 Lundy Place, 2440 Marsh Lane

   1-month LIBOR + 1.59% (2)   Aug. 9, 2006     —         43,000  

34551 Ardenwood Boulevard 1-4

   5.95%   Nov. 11, 2016     55,000       —    

2334 Lundy Place

   5.96%   Nov. 11, 2016     40,000       —    

7979 East Tufts Avenue

   5.14%       —         26,000  

6 Braham Street

   6.85%       —         22,490 (7)

6 Braham Street

   3-month GBP LIBOR + 0.90% (2)   Apr. 10, 2011     24,708 (7)     —    

4055 Valley View Lane

   3-month LIBOR + 1.20% (2)   Jan. 1, 2009     20,745       21,150  

100 Technology Center Drive

   3-month LIBOR + 1.70% (2)   Apr. 1, 2009     20,000       20,000  

Paul van Vlissingenstraat 16

   3-month EURIBOR + 1.60% (2)   Jul. 18, 2013     14,155 (8)     —    

Chemin de l’Epinglier 2

   3-month EURIBOR + 1.50% (2)   Jul. 18, 2013     10,239 (8)     —    

Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F (6)

   3-month EURIBOR + 1.50% (2)   Oct. 18, 2013     9,007       —    

47700 Kato Road & 1055 Page Avenue

   1-month LIBOR + 2.25%       —         17,540  

1125 Energy Park Drive

   7.62% (9)   Mar. 1, 2032     9,597       9,675  

375 Riverside Parkway

   3-month LIBOR + 1.85% (2)   Nov. 25, 2006 (4)     8,775       8,775  

600 West Seventh Street

   5.80%   Mar. 15, 2016     59,458       —    

731 East Trade Street

   8.22%   Jul. 1, 2020     5,924       6,042  
                    
         666,467       565,872  

Unsecured line of credit

   1-month LIBOR + 1.50% (10)   Oct. 31, 2008 (11)     233,767       181,000  

Exchangeable senior debentures

   4.13%   Aug. 15, 2026 (12)     172,500       —    
                    

Total principal outstanding

         1,072,734       746,872  

Loan premium—1125 Energy Park Drive and 731 East Trade Street mortgages

         2,023       2,195  
                    

Total indebtedness

       $ 1,074,757     $ 749,067  
                    

 

(1) This amount represents six mortgage loans secured by our interests in 36 NE 2nd Street, 3300 East Birch Street, 100 & 200 Quannapowitt Parkway, 300 Boulevard East, 4849 Alpha Road, and 11830 Webb Chapel Road. Each of these loans is cross-collateralized by the six properties.

 

(2) We have entered into interest rate swap agreements as a cash flow hedge for interest generated by these LIBOR, EURIBOR and GBP LIBOR based loans. The total notional amount of the swap agreements was $207.2 million as of September 30, 2006 and $192.9 million as of December 31, 2005. See note 10 for further information.

 

(3) This is the weighted average interest rate as of September 30, 2006. The first note, in a principal amount of $79.8 million, bears interest at a rate of 1-month LIBOR + 1.375% per annum and the second note, in a principal amount of $19.9 million, bears interest at a rate of 1-month LIBOR + 5.5% per annum.

 

(4) Two one-year extensions are available, which we may exercise if certain conditions are met.

 

(5) This loan is also secured by a $5.0 million letter of credit.

 

(6) This loan is also secured by a €1.3 million letter of credit.

 

(7) Based on exchange rate of $1.87 to £1.00 as of September 30, 2006 and $1.72 to £1.00 as of December 31, 2005.

 

(8) Based on exchange rate of $1.27 to €1.00 as of September 30, 2006.

 

(9) If the loan is not repaid by March 1, 2012, the interest rate increases to the greater of 9.62% or the then treasury rate plus 2%.

 

(10) The interest rate under our unsecured line of credit equals either (i) LIBOR (ranging from 1- to 6-month LIBOR) plus a margin of between 1.250% and 1.625% or (ii) the greater of (x) the base rate announced by the lender and (y) the federal funds rate, plus a margin of between 0.375%-0.750%. In each case, the margin is based on our leverage ratio. We incur a fee ranging from 0.15% to 0.25% for the unused portion of our unsecured line of credit.

 

(11) A one-year extension option is available.

 

(12) The holders of the debentures have the right to require the Operating Partnership to repurchase the debentures in cash in whole or in part for a price of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest on each of August 15, 2011, August 15, 2016 and August 15, 2021. We have the right to redeem the debentures in cash for a price of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest commencing on August 18, 2011.

 

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As of September 30, 2006, our Operating Partnership has an unsecured revolving line of credit facility (credit facility) for $500.0 million. As of September 30, 2006 borrowings under the credit facility bear interest at a rate of 6.82%, which is based on 1-month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.250% to 1.625%, depending on our Operating Partnership’s overall leverage and this margin was 1.50% as of September 30, 2006. The credit facility matures in October 2008, subject to a one-year extension option and has a $150.0 million sub-facility for foreign exchange advances in Euros and British Sterling. As of September 30, 2006, approximately $233.8 million was drawn under this facility. The credit facility contains various restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments or merge with another company, and requirements to maintain financial coverage ratios and maintain a pool of unencumbered assets. In addition, except to enable us to maintain our status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we will not during any four consecutive fiscal quarters make distributions with respect to common stock or other equity interests in an aggregate amount in excess of 95% of Funds From Operations, as defined, for such period, subject to certain other adjustments. As of September 30, 2006, we were in compliance with all the covenants.

Some of the loans impose penalties upon prepayment. The terms of the following mortgage loans do not permit prepayment of the loan prior to the dates listed below:

 

Loan

   Date

2323 Bryan Street

   August 2009

200 Paul Avenue 1-4

   November 2010

1125 Energy Park Drive

   December 2011

Secured Term Debt

   September 2014

2334 Lundy Place

   August 2016

34551 Ardenwood Boulevard 1-4 (1)

   August 2016

 

(1) We can prepay this loan prior to June 11, 2007.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, we capitalized interest of approximately $0.9 million and $2.7 million, respectively. We did not capitalize any interest during the same periods in 2005.

Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2026

On August 15, 2006, our Operating Partnership issued $172.5 million of its 4.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due August 15, 2026 (the “Debentures”). Costs incurred to issue the Debentures were approximately $6.2 million. These costs are being amortized over a period of five years, which represents the projected estimated term of the Debentures, and are included in Deferred Financing costs, net in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2006. The Debentures are general unsecured senior obligations of the Operating Partnership and rank equally in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of the Operating Partnership.

Interest is payable on August 15 and February 15 of each year beginning February 15, 2007 until the maturity date of August 15, 2026. The Debentures bear interest at 4.125% per annum and contain an exchange settlement feature, which provides that the Debentures may, under certain circumstances, be exchangeable for cash (up to the principal amount of the Debentures) and, with respect to any excess exchange value, into cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock at an initial exchange rate of approximately 30.68 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures.

Prior to August 18, 2011, the Operating Partnership may not redeem the Debentures except to preserve its status as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. On or after August 18, 2011, at the Operating Partnership’s option, the Debentures are redeemable in cash in whole or in part at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the redemption date, upon at least 30 days’ but not more than 60 days’ prior written notice to holders of the Debentures.

The holders of the Debentures have the right to require the Operating Partnership to repurchase the Debentures in cash in whole or in part on each of August 15, 2011, August 15, 2016 and August 15, 2021, and in the event of a designated event, for a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the repurchase date. Designated events include certain merger or combination transactions, non-affiliates becoming the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the total voting power of our capital stock, a substantial turnover of our company’s directors within a 12-month period, or if we cease to be the general partner of the Operating Partnership.

 

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Certain events are considered “Events of Default,” which may result in the accelerated maturity of the Debentures, including a default for 30 days in payment of any installment of interest under the Debentures, a default in the payment of the principal amount or any repurchase price or redemption price due with respect to the Debentures and the Operating Partnership’s failure to deliver cash or any shares of our common stock within 15 days after the due date upon an exchange of the Debentures, together with any cash due in lieu of fractional shares of our common stock.

We have entered into a registration rights agreement whereby we must register the shares of common stock which could be issued in the future upon exchange. If we fail to file a shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 270 days of the closing of the offering of the Debentures, and such registration statement is not declared effective within such 270-day period, for the first 90 days following such failure, the annual interest rate of the Debentures will increase to 4.375% per annum until the registration statement is declared effective. Thereafter, the annual interest rate of the Debentures will increase to 4.625% per annum until the registration statement is declared effective.

7. Income per Share

The following is a summary of basic and diluted income per share (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 

     Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Income from continuing operations

   $ 4,354     $ 4,499     $ 14,763     $ 11,705  

Preferred stock dividends

     (3,445 )     (3,099 )     (10,335 )     (6,569 )
                                

Income from continuing operations available to common stockholders

     909       1,400       4,428       5,136  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

     10,433       (74 )     10,206       (206 )
                                

Net income available to common stockholders

   $ 11,342     $ 1,326     $ 14,634     $ 4,930  
                                

Weighted average shares outstanding—basic

     36,114,253       25,704,721       32,361,456       22,864,797  

Potentially dilutive common shares:

        

Stock options

     388,770       299,603       393,567       173,195  

Class C Units

     943,871       —         929,058       —    
                                

Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted

     37,446,894       26,004,324       33,684,081       23,037,992  
                                

Income (loss) per share - basic:

        

Income per share from continuing operations available to common stockholders

   $ 0.02     $ 0.05     $ 0.14     $ 0.23  

Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations

     0.29       —         0.31       (0.01 )
                                

Net income per share available to common stockholders

   $ 0.31     $ 0.05     $ 0.45     $ 0.22  
                                

Income (loss) per share - diluted:

        

Income per share from continuing operations available to common stockholders

   $ 0.02     $ 0.05     $ 0.13     $ 0.22  

Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations

     0.28       —         0.30       (0.01 )
                                

Net income per share available to common stockholders

   $ 0.30     $ 0.05     $ 0.43     $ 0.21  
                                

 

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We have excluded the following potentially dilutive effect of the following amounts in the calculations above:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2006    2005    2006    2005

Common Operating Partnership units not owned by us as their effect would not be dilutive.

   26,950,372    31,521,431    28,502,124    31,521,431

Potentially dilutive outstanding stock options as this effect is antidilutive.

   55,000    —      55,000    —  
                   
   27,005,372    31,521,431    28,557,124    31,521,431
                   

On or after July 15, 2026, the $172.5 million exchangeable senior debentures may be exchanged at the then applicable exchange rate for cash (up to the principal amount of the Debentures) and, with respect to any excess exchange value, into cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock at an initial exchange rate of 30.6828 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures. The exchangeable senior debentures will also be exchangeable prior to July 15, 2026, but only upon the occurrence of certain specified events. During the three months ended September 30, 2006, the weighted average common stock price did not exceed the current strike price of $32.59 per share and no excess exchange value existed as of September 30, 2006. Therefore, using the treasury method, no common stock contingently issuable upon settlement of the excess exchange value was included in the diluted share count in determining diluted earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2006.

8. Stockholders’ Equity

(a) Redeemable Preferred Stock

Underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering costs totaling approximately $7.0 million are reflected as a reduction to preferred stock in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

We currently have outstanding 4,140,000 shares of our 8.50% series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock, or series A preferred stock. Dividends are cumulative on our series A preferred stock from the date of original issuance in the amount of $2.125 per share each year, which is equivalent to 8.50% of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share. Dividends on our series A preferred stock are payable quarterly in arrears. Our series A preferred stock does not have a stated maturity date and is not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption provisions. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, our series A preferred stock will rank senior to our common stock with respect to the payment of distributions and other amounts and rank on parity with our Series B Preferred Stock. We are not allowed to redeem our series A preferred stock before February 9, 2010, except in limited circumstances to preserve our status as a REIT. On or after February 9, 2010, we may, at our option, redeem our series A preferred stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on such series A preferred stock up to but excluding the redemption date. Holders of our series A preferred stock generally have no voting rights except for limited voting rights if we fail to pay dividends for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive) and in certain other circumstances. Our series A preferred stock is not convertible into or exchangeable for any other property or securities of our company.

7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

We currently have outstanding 2,530,000 shares of our 7.875% series B cumulative redeemable preferred stock, or series B preferred stock. Dividends are cumulative on our series B preferred stock from the date of original issuance in the amount of $1.96875 per share each year, which is equivalent to 7.875% of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share. Dividends

 

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on our series B preferred stock are payable quarterly in arrears. Our series B preferred stock does not have a stated maturity date and is not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption provisions. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, our series B preferred stock will rank senior to our common stock with respect to the payment of distributions and other amounts and rank on parity with our Series A Preferred Stock. We are not allowed to redeem our series B preferred stock before July 26, 2010, except in limited circumstances to preserve our status as a REIT. On or after July 26, 2010, we may, at our option, redeem our series B preferred stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on such series B preferred stock up to but excluding the redemption date. Holders of our series B preferred stock generally have no voting rights except for limited voting rights if we fail to pay dividends for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive) and in certain other circumstances. Our series B preferred stock is not convertible into or exchangeable for any other property or securities of our company.

(b) Shares and Units

A common unit and a share of our common stock have essentially the same economic characteristics as they share equally in the total net income or loss and distributions of the Operating Partnership. The common units are further discussed in note 3 and the long term incentive units are discussed in note 9, including the redemption of Operating Partnership common units for shares of our common stock during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006.

In May 2006, we issued 4.0 million shares of common stock at a price of $24.40, which resulted in net proceeds of approximately $94.5 million after offering costs.

 

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(c) Dividends and Distributions

In 2006, we have declared the following dividends and equivalent distributions on common units in our Operating Partnership:

 

Date dividend and
distribution declared

 

Share class

  Dividend and
distribution
amount per share
  Period covered  

Dividend and distribution
payable date

  Annual equivalent
rate of dividend and
distribution per
share
  Dividend and
distribution
amount (in
thousands)

February 27, 2006

  Series A Preferred Stock   $ 0.53125   January 1, 2006 to
March 31, 2006
  March 31, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2006.   $ 2.125   $ 2,199

February 27, 2006

  Series B Preferred Stock   $ 0.49219   January 1, 2006 to
March 31, 2006
  March 31, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2006.   $ 1.969     1,246

February 27, 2006

  Common stock and operating partnership common units and long term incentive units.   $ 0.26500   January 1, 2006 to
March 31, 2006
  March 31, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2006.   $ 1.060     15,642

May 1, 2006

  Series A Preferred Stock   $ 0.53125   April 1, 2006 to
June 30, 2006
  June 30, 2006 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2006.   $ 2.125     2,199

May 1, 2006

  Series B Preferred Stock   $ 0.49219   April 1, 2006 to
June 30, 2006
  June 30, 2006 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2006.   $ 1.969     1,246

May 1, 2006

  Common stock and operating partnership common units and long term incentive units.   $ 0.26500   April 1, 2006 to
June 30, 2006
  June 30, 2006 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2006.   $ 1.060     16,709

July 31, 2006

  Series A Preferred Stock   $ 0.53125   July 1, 2006 to
September 30,
2006
  October 2, 2006 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2006.   $ 2.125     2,199

July 31, 2006

  Series B Preferred Stock   $ 0.49219   July 1, 2006 to
September 30,
2006
  October 2, 2006 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2006.   $ 1.969     1,246

July 31, 2006

  Common stock and operating partnership common units and long term incentive units.   $ 0.26500   July 1, 2006 to
September 30,
2006
  October 2, 2006 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2006.   $ 1.060     16,607

Total 2006 dividends and distributions declared through September 30, 2006:

     

Series A Preferred Stock

        6,597

Series B Preferred Stock

        3,738

Common stock and operating partnership common units and long term incentive units.

        48,958
               
            $ 59,293
               

(d) Stock Options

The fair value of each option granted under the 2004 Incentive Award Plan is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the weighted-average assumptions listed below for grants in 2006 and 2005. The fair values are being expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the options, which ranges from four to five years. The expense recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $71,000 and $50,000, respectively, and was $221,000 and $146,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Unearned compensation representing the unvested portion of the stock options totaled $1.1 million and $1.0 million as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. We expect to recognize this unearned compensation over the next 3.3 years on a weighted average basis.

 

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The following table sets forth the weighted-average assumptions used to calculate the fair value of the stock options granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2006     2005  

Dividend yield

   3.80 %   6.88 %

Expected life of option

   120 months     120 months  

Risk-free interest rate

   4.65 %   4.13 %

Expected stock price volatility

   25.72 %   20.00 %

The following table summarizes the 2004 Incentive Award Plan’s stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2006:

 

     Shares     Weighted
average
exercise price

Options outstanding, January 1, 2006

   939,841     $ 13.27

Granted

   62,500       27.88

Exercised

   (86,110 )     12.28

Forfeited

   (71,260 )     14.00
            

Options outstanding, September 30, 2006

   844,971     $ 14.39

Exercisable, end of period

   97,016     $ 12.22

Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period

     $ 6.58

We issued new common shares for the common stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The intrinsic value of options exercised in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was approximately $1.4 million.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2006:

 

Options outstanding

   Options exercisable

Exercise price

   Number
outstanding
   Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
   Weighted
average
exercise price
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
   Number
exercisable
   Weighted
average
exercise
price
   Aggregate
Exercisable
Intrinsic
Value
$12.00-13.02    620,471    8.08    $ 12.06    $ 11,948,230    90,266    $ 12.06    $ 1,738,521
$13.47-14.50    49,500    8.34      14.16      849,328    6,750      14.31      114,823
$20.37-28.09    175,000    9.23      22.72      1,504,850    —        —        —  
                                          
   844,971    8.34    $ 14.39    $ 14,302,408    97,016    $ 12.22    $ 1,853,344
                                          

9. Incentive Plan

(a) Incentive Award Plan

Our 2004 Incentive Award Plan provides for the grant of incentive awards to employees, directors and consultants. Awards issuable under the 2004 Incentive Award Plan include stock options, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, stock appreciation rights, long-term incentive units, cash performance bonuses and other incentive awards. Only employees are eligible to receive incentive stock options under the 2004 Incentive Award Plan. We have reserved a total of 4,474,102

 

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shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to the 2004 Incentive Award Plan, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the 2004 Incentive Award Plan. As of September 30, 2006, 564,994 shares of common stock or awards convertible into or exchangeable for common stock remained available for future issuance under the 2004 Incentive Award Plan. Each long-term incentive and Class C unit issued under the 2004 Incentive Award Plan will count as one share of common stock for purposes of calculating the limit on shares that may be issued under the 2004 Incentive Award Plan and the individual award limit discussed below.

(b) Long Term Incentive Units

Long-term incentive units may be issued to eligible participants for the performance of services to or for the benefit of the Operating Partnership. Long-term incentive units, whether vested or not, will receive the same quarterly per unit distributions as common units in the Operating Partnership, which equal per share distributions on our common stock. Initially, long-term incentive units do not have full parity with common units with respect to liquidating distributions. Upon the occurrence of specified events, long-term incentive units may over time achieve full parity with common units in the Operating Partnership for all purposes, and therefore accrete to an economic value for participants equivalent to our common stock on a one-for-one basis. If such parity is reached, vested long-term incentive units may be converted into an equal number of common units of the Operating Partnership at any time, and thereafter enjoy all the rights of common units of the Operating Partnership.

In connection with the IPO, an aggregate of 1,490,561 of fully vested long-term incentive units were issued and compensation expense totaling $17.9 million was recorded at the completion of the IPO. Parity was reached for these units on February 9, 2005 upon completion of our series A preferred stock offering. The compensation cost associated with approximately 140,000 long-term incentive units granted after our IPO is being amortized over a 5 year period.

(c) Class C Profits Interests Units

During the fourth quarter of 2005, we granted to each of our named executive officers and certain other employees an award of Class C Profits Interest Units (Class C Units) of the Operating Partnership under our 2004 Incentive Award Plan. If the performance condition and the other vesting conditions are satisfied with respect to a Class C Unit, as described below, the Class C Unit will be treated in the same manner as the existing long-term incentive units issued by the Operating Partnership.

The Class C Units subject to each award will vest based on the achievement of a 10% or greater compound annual total shareholder return, as defined, for the period from the grant date through earlier of September 30, 2008 and the date of a change of control of our Company (the Performance Condition) combined with the employee’s continued service with our company or the Operating Partnership through September 30, 2010. Upon achievement of the Performance Condition, the Class C units will receive the same quarterly per unit distribution as common units in the Operating Partnership.

The aggregate amount of the performance award pool will be equal to 7% of the excess shareholder value, as defined, created during the applicable performance period, but in no event will the amount of the pool exceed the lesser of $40,000,000 or the value of 2.5% of the total number of shares of our common stock and limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership at the end of the performance period.

Except in the event of a change in control of our company, 60% of the Class C Units that satisfy the Performance Condition will vest at the end of the three year performance period and an additional 1/60th of such Class C Units will vest on the date of each monthly anniversary thereafter, provided that the employee’s service has not terminated prior to the applicable vesting date.

To the extent that any Class C Units fail to satisfy the Performance Condition, such Class C Units will automatically be cancelled and forfeited by the employee. In addition, any Class C Units which are not eligible for pro rata vesting in the event of a termination of the employee’s employment due to death or disability or without cause (or for good reason, if applicable) will automatically be cancelled and forfeited upon a termination of the employee’s employment.

In the event that the value of the employee’s allocated portion of the award pool that satisfies the performance condition equates to a number of Class C Units that is greater than the number of Class C Units awarded to the executive, we will make an additional payment to the executive in the form of a number of shares of our restricted stock equal to the difference subject to the same vesting requirements as the Class C Units.

 

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A portion of the award pool remains unallocated and available for grants to other future senior executives or to the then current grantees (including the named executive officers) if the compensation committee determines that the award pool percentage allocated to one or more of such executives should be increased.

On October 26, 2005, the Operating Partnership amended and restated its agreement of limited partnership in order to create the Class C Units. As of September 30, 2006, approximately 1,203,000 Class C units had been awarded to our executive officers and other employees, and approximately 57,000 Class C units are currently available for future awards. The fair value of these awards of approximately $4.0 million will be recognized as compensation expense on a straight line basis over the expected service period of five years. The unearned compensation as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 was $3.2 million and $3.8 million respectively, respectively. As of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, none of the above awards had vested. We recognized compensation expense related to these Class C units of $0.2 million and $0.6 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. If the Performance Condition is not met, the unamortized amount will be recognized as an expense at that time.

10. Derivative Instruments

(a) Interest rate swap agreements

As of September 30, 2006, we were a party to interest rate swap agreements which hedge variability in cash flows related to LIBOR, GBP LIBOR and EURIBOR based mortgage loans. The fair value of these derivatives was $2.3 million and $3.3 million at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

As of September 30, 2006, we estimate that $1.7 million of accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified to earnings through a reduction to interest expense during the twelve months ending September 30, 2007, when hedged forecasted transactions impact earnings.

The table below summarizes the terms of these interest rate swaps and their fair values as of September 30, 2006 (in thousands):

 

Current
Notional
Amount
    Strike
Rate
  

Effective Date

  

Expiration Date

   Fair Value  
$ 20,700     3.754    Nov. 26, 2004    Jan. 2, 2009      523  
  20,000     3.824    Nov. 26, 2004    Apr. 1, 2009      543  
  8,775     3.331    Nov. 26, 2004    Dec. 1, 2006      30  
  99,571     4.025    May 26, 2005    Jun. 15, 2008      1,617  
  24,712 (1)   4.944    Jul. 10, 2006    Apr. 10, 2011      101  
  14,203 (2)   3.981    May 17, 2006    Jul. 18, 2013      (189 )
  10,236 (2)   4.070    Jun. 23, 2006    Jul. 18, 2013      (189 )
  9,004 (2)   3.989    Jul. 27, 2006    Oct. 18, 2013      (125 )
                      
$ 207,201              $ 2,311  
                      

 

(1) Translation to US amounts is based on exchange rate of $1.87 to £1.00 as of September 30, 2006.

 

(2) Translation to US amounts is based on exchange rate of $1.27 to €1.00 as of September 30, 2006.

We have two LIBOR interest rate caps that are not designated as hedges. The fair values of the caps were immaterial as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005.

 

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(b) Foreign currency contract

On January 4, 2006, we received net proceeds of $0.7 million when we terminated a foreign currency forward sale contract entered into on January 24, 2005 which was used to hedge our equity investment in 6 Braham Street, located in London, England. This forward contract was designated as a net investment hedge. The cumulative translation adjustment amounts related to the net investment hedge (including the $0.7 million received upon termination in January 2006) are included in other accumulated comprehensive income and will be reclassified to earnings when the hedged investment is sold or liquidated.

11. Related Party Transactions

We paid CB Richard Ellis, an affiliate of GI Partners, building management fees and leasing commissions. Fees incurred were $0.4 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively and $1.9 million and $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

In April 2005, we entered into two agreements with Linc Facility Services, LLC, (LFS) primarily for personnel providing for operations and maintenance repairs of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and general building service systems of five of our properties. LFS belongs to The Linc Group, which GI Partners has owned since late 2003. Our consolidated statement of operations includes amounts related to these fees of $0.3 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and $1.0 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

On October 4, 2006 GI Partners redeemed 4.6 million Operating Partnership units as further described in note 15.

12. Commitments and Contingencies

The seller of 350 East Cermak Road could have earned an additional $20.0 million by obtaining a change in the real estate tax classification prior to December 31, 2006, but as of September 30, 2006 had abandoned attempts to achieve this tax classification. We have also agreed with the seller to share a portion, not to exceed $135,000 per month, of rental revenue, adjusted for our costs to lease the premises, from the lease of the 260,000 square feet of space held for redevelopment. This revenue sharing agreement will terminate in May 2013. We have recorded no liability for these contingent liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2006, as the events causing this contingency had not occurred at September 30, 2006.

As part of the acquisition of Paul van Vlissingenstraat 16 in August 2005, we entered into an agreement with the seller, whereby our purchase price would increase depending upon future leasing activity as a result of actions by the seller between August 2005 and August 2006. As this leasing activity had not occurred by August 2006, there is no longer any contingent liability.

As part of the acquisition of Clonshaugh Industrial Estate, we entered into an agreement with the seller whereby the seller is entitled to receive 40% of the net rental income generated by the existing building, after we have received a 9% return on all capital invested in the property. As of February 6, 2006, the date we acquired this property, we have estimated the present value of these expected payments over the 10 year lease term to be approximately $1.1 million and this value has been capitalized. Accounts payable and other liabilities include $1.2 million for this liability as of September 30, 2006. No amounts have been paid to the seller as of September 30, 2006.

 

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As of September 30, 2006, we had signed purchase agreements to acquire the following properties:

 

Location

   Purchase
price
($ millions)
  

Purchase
completed on:

Properties acquired between October 1, 2006 and November 3, 2006:

     

Above Net Data Centers (1)

   $ 40.1    October 1, 2006

2055 E. Technology Circle

     9.8    October 17, 2006
         
   $ 49.9   

Properties not acquired as of November 3, 2006:

     

Paris

     48.2    (2)
         

Total

   $ 98.1   
         

 

(1) The purchase includes a fee-simple ownership of 1807 Michael Faraday Court in Reston, Virginia and two leasehold interests at 111 Eight Avenue in New York City and 8100 Boone Boulevard in Vienna, Virginia.

 

(2) As we are completing due diligence for this potential acquisition we can give no assurance that we will complete its purchase. The Paris purchase price is €38.0 million which is translated into US$ at the September 30, 2006 exchange rate.

Our properties require periodic investments of capital for tenant-related capital expenditures and for general capital improvements. As of September 30, 2006, we had commitments under leases in effect for approximately $31.6 million of tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions all of which we expect to incur in the near future.

13. Tenant leases

Revenues recognized from Savvis Communications comprised approximately 12.4% and 13.8% of total operating revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and comprised approximately 12.5% and 11.4% of total revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Revenues recognized from Qwest Communications International, Inc. comprised approximately 10.2% and 12.6% of total operating revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and comprised approximately 11.2% and 10.4% of total operating revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Other than noted here, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 no single tenant comprised more than 10% of total operating revenues.

14. Other assets

Other assets were comprised as follows (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2006
   December 31,
2005

Purchase deposits

   $ 47,128    $ 565

Other

     9,966      11,728
             
   $ 57,094    $ 12,293
             

15. Subsequent Events

On October 4, 2006 we issued 9.2 million common shares for net proceeds of $267.7 million after offering costs. We used proceeds from this issuance to pay $133.8 million for the redemption of 4.6 million common Operating Partnership units tendered by GI Partners, with the balance being used to pay down our unsecured credit facility. Following these transactions we own 67.0% of the Operating Partnership units.

 

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On October 24, 2006, we completed the financing of 1100 Space Park Drive in Santa Clara, California. The new loan for $55.0 million has a 10-year maturity with no principal amortization for three years, and a fixed rate of 5.89%.

On October 31, 2006, we declared the following dividends per share and the Operating Partnership declared an equivalent distribution per unit.

 

Share Class

   Series A
Preferred Stock
   Series B
Preferred Stock
   Common stock

Dividend and distribution amount

   $0.53125    $0.49219    $0.28625

Dividend and distribution payable date

   December 29, 2006    December 29, 2006    January 15, 2007

Dividend payable to shareholders of record on:

   December 15, 2006    December 15, 2006    December 29, 2006

Annual equivalent rate of dividend and distribution

   $2.125    $1.969    $1.145

On November 1, 2006 we acquired a 49% interest in 2001 Sixth Avenue, a property located in Seattle for approximately $30.2 million.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements presented in this report, or which management may make orally or in writing from time to time, are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. When used, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “result” and similar expressions, which do not relate solely to historical matters, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance, which may be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors that are beyond our control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Some of the risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: adverse economic or real estate developments in our markets or technology related real estate; general and local economic conditions; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; increased interest rates and operating costs; our inability to manage growth effectively; our failure to obtain necessary outside financing; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; our failure to successfully operate acquired properties and operations; our failure to successfully redevelop properties acquired for that purpose; our failure to maintain our status as a REIT; possible adverse changes to tax laws; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax rates.

The risks included here are not exhaustive, and additional factors could adversely affect our business and financial performance, including factors and risks included in other sections of this report. In addition, we discussed a number of material risks in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Those risks continue to be relevant to our performance and financial condition. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

Overview

Our Company. We completed our initial public offering of common stock, (IPO) on November 3, 2004. We believe that we have operated in a manner that has enabled us to qualify, and have elected to be treated, as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Our company was formed on March 9, 2004. During the period from our formation until we commenced operations in connection with the completion of our IPO we did not have any corporate activity other than the issuance of shares of common stock in connection with the initial capitalization of the company. Any reference to “our”, “we” and “us” in this filing includes our company and our predecessor. The predecessor is comprised of the real estate activities and holdings of Global Innovation Partners LLC (GI Partners) which GI Partners contributed to us in connection with our IPO.

Business and strategy. Our primary business objectives are to maximize sustainable long-term growth in earnings, funds from operations and cash flow per share and to maximize returns to our stockholders. We expect to achieve our objectives by focusing on our core business of investing in technology-related real estate. We target high quality, strategically located properties containing applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of corporate enterprise data center and technology industry tenants. Most of our properties contain fully redundant electrical supply systems, multiple power feeds, above-standard precision cooling systems, raised floor areas, extensive in-building communications cabling and high-level security systems. We focus solely on technology-related real estate because we believe that the growth in corporate data center adoption and the technology-related real estate industry generally will be superior to that of the overall economy.

 

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As of September 30, 2006, we own an aggregate of 53 technology-related real estate properties with 10.4 million rentable square feet including approximately 1.2 million square feet of space held for redevelopment. We have developed detailed, standardized procedures for evaluating acquisitions to ensure that they meet our financial and other criteria. We expect to continue to acquire additional assets as a key part of our growth strategy. We intend to aggressively manage and lease our assets to increase their cash flow.

We may acquire properties subject to existing mortgage financing and other indebtedness or new indebtedness may be incurred in connection with acquiring or refinancing properties. Debt service on such indebtedness will have priority over any dividends with respect to our common stock and our preferred stock. We currently intend to limit our indebtedness to 60% of our total market capitalization and, based on the closing price of our common stock on September 30, 2006 of $31.32, our ratio of debt to total market capitalization was approximately 33% as of September 30, 2006. Our total market capitalization is defined as the sum of the market value of our outstanding common stock (which may decrease, thereby increasing our debt to total market capitalization ratio), excluding options issued under our incentive award plan, plus the liquidation value of our preferred stock, plus the aggregate value of the units not held by us (with the per unit value equal to the market value of one share of our common stock), plus the book value of our total consolidated indebtedness.

Revenue Base. As of September 30, 2006, we owned 53 properties through our Operating Partnership. These properties are mainly located throughout the U.S., with five properties located in Europe and one property in Canada. We acquired our first portfolio property in January 2002 and have added properties as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31:

   Properties
acquired (1)
   Net rentable square
feet acquired (2)
   Square feet of space held
for redevelopment as of
September 30, 2006 (3)

2002

   5    1,125,292    19,890

2003

   7    1,174,622    123,891

2004

   11    2,798,231    85,238

2005

   20    2,657,920    855,139

Nine months ended September 30, 2006

   10    1,355,839    164,168
              

Properties owned as of September 30, 2006

     53    9,111,904    1,248,326
              

 

(1) Excludes 7979 East Tufts Avenue a property we acquired in October 2003 and sold on July 12, 2006.

 

(2) Excludes space held for redevelopment.

 

(3) Redevelopment space is unoccupied space that requires significant capital investment in order to develop data center facilities that are ready for use. Most often this is shell space. However, in certain circumstances this may include partially built data center space that was not completed by previous ownership and requires a large capital investment in order to build out the space. The amounts included in this table represent redevelopment space as of September 30, 2006 in the properties acquired during the relevant period.

As of September 30, 2006, the properties in our portfolio were approximately 94.7% leased excluding 1.2 million square feet held for redevelopment. Due to the capital intensive and long term nature of the operations being supported, our lease terms are generally longer than standard commercial leases. As of September 30, 2006, our original average lease term was approximately 12 years, with an average of seven years remaining. Leasing since the completion of our initial public offering in November 2004 has been at lease terms shorter than 12 years. Our lease expirations through 2008 are 6.8% of net rentable square feet excluding space held for redevelopment as of September 30, 2006. Operating revenues from properties outside the United States were $8.7 million and $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

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Operating expense. Our operating expenses generally consist of utilities, property and ad valorem taxes, insurance and site operating and maintenance costs, as well as rental expenses on our ground leases. Since the consummation of our IPO, our asset management function has been internalized and we currently incur our general and administrative expenses directly. Prior to April 2005, we had a transition services agreement with CB Richard Ellis Investors with respect to transitional accounting and other services. In addition, as a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses related to corporate governance, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance with the various provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In addition, we engage third-party property managers to manage most of our properties. As of September 30, 2006, 32 of our properties were managed by CB Richard Ellis, an affiliate of GI Partners.

Formation Transactions. In connection with the completion of our IPO, our Operating Partnership received contributions of direct and indirect interests in 23 properties in exchange for consideration that included cash, assumption of debt, and an aggregate of 38,262,206 units in our Operating Partnership (with the cash, assumed debt and units having an aggregate value of $1,097.7 million based on the IPO price per share of $12.00).

We accounted for the ownership interests contributed to us by GI Partners in exchange for a partnership interest in our Operating Partnership as a reorganization of entities under common control in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities contributed by GI Partners are accounted for by our Operating Partnership at GI Partners’ historical cost. We utilized purchase accounting to account for the acquisition of (i) ownership interests in 200 Paul Avenue 1-4 and 1100 Space Park Drive, which were contributed to us by third parties in exchange for interests in our Operating Partnership, cash and the assumption of debt and (ii) the 10% minority ownership interest in 2323 Bryan Street, which was contributed to us by our joint venture partner in exchange for an interest in our Operating Partnership and the repayment of debt. Accordingly, the purchase price for these interests, which are equal to the value of the Operating Partnership units that we issued in exchange for these interests plus cash paid and debt assumed, were allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the fair value of the assets and liabilities.

Factors Which May Influence Future Results of Operations

Rental income. The amount of net rental income generated by the properties in our portfolio depends principally on our ability to maintain the occupancy rates of currently leased space and to lease currently available space and space available from lease terminations. Excluding 1.2 million square feet held for redevelopment, as of September 30, 2006, the occupancy rate in the properties in our portfolio was approximately 94.7% of our net rentable square feet.

The amount of rental income generated by us also depends on our ability to maintain or increase rental rates at our properties. Included in our approximately 9.1 million square feet of net rentable square feet excluding redevelopment space at September 30, 2006 is approximately 113,000 net rentable square feet of space with extensive data center improvements that is currently, or will shortly be, available for lease. We had leased approximately 363,000 square feet of similar space at September 30, 2006. Rather than leasing all of this space to large single tenants, we are subdividing some of it for multi-tenant turn-key data center use, with tenants averaging between 100 and 15,000 square feet of net rentable space. Multi-tenant turn-key data centers are effective solutions for tenants who lack the expertise or capital budget to provide their own extensive data center infrastructure and security. As experts in data center construction and operations we are able to lease space to these tenants at a significant premium over other uses. Negative trends in one or more of these factors could adversely affect our rental income in future periods.

In addition, as of September 30, 2006, we had approximately 1.2 million square feet of redevelopment space, or approximately 12% of the total space in our portfolio, including three vacant properties comprising approximately 424,800 square feet. Redevelopment space requires significant capital investment in order to develop data center facilities that are ready for use, and in addition, we may require additional time or encounter delays in securing tenants for redevelopment space. We intend to purchase additional vacant properties and properties with vacant redevelopment space in the future.

Future economic downturns or regional downturns affecting our submarkets or downturns in the technology-related real estate industry that impair our ability to renew or re-lease space and the ability of our tenants to fulfill their lease commitments, as in the case of tenant bankruptcies, could adversely affect our ability to maintain or increase rental rates at our properties. As of September 30, 2006 Comtel Telecom Assets, LP (Comtel) had purchased essentially all of the assets of our former tenant, VarTec Telecom, Inc. (VarTec), which was in bankruptcy, and leased approximately 149,000 square feet of net rentable space across two separate properties previously leased by VarTec as follows:

 

    The former VarTec’s lease of approximately 135,300 square feet at 2440 Marsh Lane was assumed by Comtel. We entered into a lease with Comtel to remain in the current data center space at 2440 Marsh Lane through December 31, 2006.

 

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    Var Tec also leased approximately 13,400 square feet at 350 East Cermak Road. On April 27, 2006 we were notified that VarTec intends to petition the court to accept this lease, and the lease effectively was accepted pursuant to the court’s acceptance of the asset purchase by Comtel.

Scheduled lease expirations. Our ability to re-lease expiring space will impact our results of operations. In addition to approximately 0.5 million square feet of available space in our portfolio excluding approximately 1.2 million square feet available for redevelopment as of September 30, 2006, leases representing approximately 1.9% and 1.1% of the square footage of our portfolio, excluding redevelopment space, are scheduled to expire during the periods ending December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

Market concentration. We depend on the market for technology based real estate in regions and significant changes in these regional markets can impact our future results. As of September 30, 2006 our portfolio was geographically concentrated in the following metropolitan markets:

 

Metropolitan Market

   Percentage of total
gross annualized
rent (1)
 

Silicon Valley

   19.9 %

Dallas

   15.8 %

Chicago

   13.8 %

Los Angeles

   7.6 %

San Francisco

   7.4 %

New York

   5.9 %

Boston

   5.7 %

Philadelphia

   4.2 %

Other

   19.7 %
      
   100.0 %
      

 

(1) Gross annualized rent is monthly contractual rent under existing leases as of the stated date multiplied by 12.

Operating expenses. Our operating expenses generally consist of utilities, property taxes, property management fees, insurance and site operating and maintenance costs, as well as rental expenses on our ground leases. We are also incurring general and administrative expenses, including expenses relating to the internalization of our asset management function, as well as significant legal, accounting and other expenses related to corporate governance, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance with the various provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Increases or decreases in such operating expenses will impact our overall performance. As a relatively new public company, we expect to incur additional operating expenses as we expand our various business functions.

Interest Rates. As of September 30, 2006, we had approximately $441.1 million of variable rate debt, of which approximately $207.3 million was mortgage debt subject to interest rate swap agreements, and $233.8 million was outstanding on our line of credit facility. Since 2002, the United States Federal Reserve has been increasing short term interest rates, which has recently had a significant upward impact on shorter-term interest rates, including the interest rates that our variable rate debt is based upon. Continued increases in interest rates may increase our interest expense and therefore negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations. Increased interest rates may also increase the risk that the counterparties to our swap agreements will default on their obligations, which would further increase our interest expense.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that

 

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affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses in the reporting period. Our actual results may differ from these estimates. We have provided a summary of our significant accounting policies in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. We describe below those accounting policies that require material subjective or complex judgments and that have the most significant impact on our financial condition and consolidated results of operations. Our management evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis, based upon information currently available and on various assumptions management believes are reasonable as of the date on the front cover of this report.

Investments in Real Estate

Acquisition of real estate. The price that we pay to acquire a property is impacted by many factors including the condition of the property and improvements, the occupancy of the building, the existence of above and below market tenant leases, the creditworthiness of the tenants, favorable or unfavorable financing, above or below market ground leases and numerous other factors. Accordingly, we are required to make subjective assessments to allocate the purchase price paid to acquire investments in real estate among the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on our estimate of the fair values of such assets and liabilities. This includes determining the value of the property and improvements, land, any ground leases, tenant improvements, in-place tenant leases, tenant relationships, the value (or negative value) of above (or below) market leases and any debt assumed from the seller or loans made by the seller to us. Each of these estimates requires a great deal of judgment and some of the estimates involve complex calculations. Our allocation methodology is summarized in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements. These allocation assessments have a direct impact on our results of operations. For example, if we were to allocate more value to land, there would be no depreciation with respect to such amount. If we were to allocate more value to the property as opposed to allocating to the value of tenant leases, this amount would be recognized as an expense over a much longer period of time. This potential effect occurs because the amounts allocated to property are depreciated over the estimated lives of the property whereas amounts allocated to tenant leases are amortized over the terms of the leases. Additionally, the amortization of value (or negative value) assigned to above (or below) market rate leases is recorded as an adjustment to rental revenue as compared to amortization of the value of in-place leases and tenant relationships, which is included in depreciation and amortization in our consolidated statements of operations.

Useful lives of assets. We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to our investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because if we were to shorten the expected useful lives of our investments in real estate we would depreciate such investments over fewer years, resulting in more depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis.

Asset impairment evaluation. We review the carrying value of our properties when circumstances, such as adverse market conditions, indicate potential impairment may exist. We base our review on an estimate of the future cash flows (excluding interest charges) expected to result from the real estate investment’s use and eventual disposition. We consider factors such as future operating income, trends and prospects, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If our evaluation indicates that we may be unable to recover the carrying value of a real estate investment, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. These losses have a direct impact on our net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income. The evaluation of anticipated cash flows is highly subjective and is based in part on assumptions regarding future occupancy, rental rates and capital requirements that could differ materially from actual results in future periods. Since cash flows on properties considered to be long-lived assets to be held and used are considered on an undiscounted basis to determine whether an asset has been impaired, our strategy of holding properties over the long-term directly decreases the likelihood of recording an impairment loss. If our strategy changes or market conditions otherwise dictate an earlier sale date, an impairment loss may be recognized and such loss could be material. If we determine that impairment has occurred, the affected assets must be reduced to their fair value. No such impairment losses have been recognized to date.

We estimate the fair value of rental properties utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis that includes projections of future revenues, expenses and capital improvement costs, similar to the income approach that is commonly utilized by appraisers.

 

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Capitalization of costs.

We capitalize pre-acquisition costs related to probable property acquisitions. We also capitalize direct and indirect costs related to construction and development, including property taxes, insurance and financing costs relating to space under development. Costs previously capitalized related to any property acquisitions no longer considered probable are written off, which may have a material effect on our net income. The selection of costs to capitalize and which acquisitions are probable is subjective and depends on many assumptions including the timing of potential acquisitions and the probability that future acquisitions occur. If we made different assumptions in this respect we would have a different amount of capitalized costs in the periods presented leading to different net income.

Revenue Recognition

Rental income is recognized using the straight-line method over the terms of the tenant leases. Deferred rents included in our balance sheets represent the aggregate excess of rental revenue recognized on a straight-line basis over the contractual rental payments that would be recognized under the remaining terms of the leases. Our leases generally contain provisions under which the tenants reimburse us for a portion of property operating expenses and real estate taxes incurred by us. Such reimbursements are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred. Lease termination fees are recognized over the remaining term of the lease, effective as of the date the lease modification is finalized, assuming collection is not considered doubtful. As discussed above, we recognize amortization of the value of acquired above or below market tenant leases as a reduction of rental income in the case of above market leases or an increase to rental revenue in the case of below market leases.

We must make subjective estimates as to when our revenue is earned and the collectibility of our accounts receivable related to minimum rent, deferred rent, expense reimbursements, lease termination fees and other income. We specifically analyze accounts receivable and historical bad debts, tenant concentrations, tenant creditworthiness and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for bad debts. These estimates have a direct impact on our net income because a higher bad debt allowance would result in lower net income, and recognizing rental revenue as earned in one period versus another would result in higher or lower net income for a particular period.

Share-based awards

We recognize compensation expense related to share-based awards. We generally amortize this compensation expense over the vesting period of the award. The calculation of the fair value of share-based awards is subjective and requires several assumptions over such items as expected stock volatility, dividend payments and future company results. These assumptions have a direct impact on our net income because a higher share-based awards amount would result in lower net income for a particular period.

Results of Operations

The discussion below relates to our financial condition and results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. A summary of our operating results from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Statement of Operations Data:

        

Total operating revenues

   $ 73,189     $ 54,822     $ 197,389     $ 140,848  

Total operating expenses

     (53,997 )     (38,396 )     (141,493 )     (95,115 )
                                

Operating income

     19,192       16,426       55,896       45,733  

Other Income (expenses)

     (14,160 )     (10,208 )     (37,020 )     (26,802 )
                                

Income from continuing operations before minority interests

   $ 5,032     $ 6,218     $ 18,876     $ 18,931  
                                

 

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Our property portfolio has experienced consistent and significant growth since the first property acquisition in January 2002. As a result of such growth, a period-to-period comparison of our financial performance focuses primarily on the impact on our revenues and expenses resulting from the new property additions to our portfolio. On a “same store” property basis, our revenues and expenses have increased as a result of the additional leasing activity at our properties. The following table identifies each of the properties in our portfolio as of September 30, 2006:

 

Acquired Properties

   Acquisition
Date
   Redevelopment
Space as of
September 30,
2006 (1)
   Net Rentable
Square Feet
Excluding
Redevelopment
Space
   Square Feet
including
Redevelopment
Space
   Occupancy
Rate as of
September 30,
2006 (2)
 

As of December 31, 2003 (12 properties)

      143,781    2,299,914    2,443,695    94.0 %
                        

Year Ended December 31, 2004

              

100 Technology Center Drive

   Feb-04    —      197,000    197,000    100.0  

4849 Alpha Road

   Apr-04    —      125,538    125,538    100.0  

600 West Seventh Street

   May-04    59,319    430,403    489,722    96.8  

2045 & 2055 LaFayette Street

   May-04    —      300,000    300,000    100.0  

100 & 200 Quannapowitt Parkway

   Jun-04    —      386,956    386,956    100.0  

11830 Webb Chapel Road

   Aug-04    —      365,647    365,647    95.0  

150 South First Street

   Sep-04    —      179,761    179,761    95.7  

3065 Gold Camp Drive

   Oct-04    —      62,957    62,957    100.0  

200 Paul Avenue 1-4

   Nov-04    25,919    501,761    527,680    97.8  

1100 Space Park Drive

   Nov-04    —      165,297    165,297    100.0  

3015 Winona Avenue

   Dec-04    —      82,911    82,911    100.0  
                        

Subtotal

      85,238    2,798,231    2,883,469    98.2  

Year Ended December 31, 2005

              

833 Chestnut Street

   Mar-05    119,660    535,098    654,758    75.5  

1125 Energy Park Drive

   Mar-05    —      112,827    112,827    100.0  

350 East Cermak Road

   May-05    263,208    870,531    1,133,739    89.9  

8534 Concord Center Drive

   Jun-05    —      82,229    82,229    100.0  

2401 Walsh Street

   Jun-05    —      167,932    167,932    100.0  

200 North Nash Street

   Jun-05    —      113,606    113,606    100.0  

2403 Walsh Street

   Jun-05    —      103,940    103,940    100.0  

4700 Old Ironsides Drive

   Jun-05    —      90,139    90,139    100.0  

4650 Old Ironsides Drive

   Jun-05    —      84,383    84,383    100.0  

731 East Trade Street

   Aug-05    —      40,879    40,879    100.0  

113 North Myers

   Aug-05    9,707    19,511    29,218    100.0  

125 North Myers

   Aug-05    13,242    12,160    25,402    100.0  

Paul van Vlissingenstraat 16

   Aug-05    35,000    77,472    112,472    58.8  

600-780 S. Federal

   Sep-05    —      161,547    161,547    86.7  

115 Second Avenue

   Oct-05    56,236    10,494    66,730    —    

Chemin de l’Epinglier 2

   Nov-05    —      59,190    59,190    100.0  

251 Exchange Place

   Nov-05    —      70,982    70,982    100.0  

7500 Metro Center Drive

   Dec-05    74,962    —      74,962    —    

7520 Metro Center Drive

   Dec-05    —      45,000    45,000    100.0  

3 Corporate Place

   Dec-05    283,124    —      283,124    —    
                        

Subtotal

      855,139    2,657,920    3,513,059    89.4  

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006

              

4025 Midway Road

   Jan-06    63,734    36,856    100,590    100.0  

Clonshaugh Industrial Estate

   Feb-06    —      20,000    20,000    100.0  

6800 Millcreek Drive

   Apr-06    —      83,758    83,758    100.0  

101 Aquila Way

   Apr-06    —      313,581    313,581    100.0  

12001 North Freeway

   Apr-06    19,279    281,426    300,705    98.8  

14901 FAA Boulevard

   Jun-06    —      263,700    263,700    100.0  

120 E. Van Buren Street

   Jul-06    81,155    206,359    287,514    94.7  

Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F

   Jul-06    —      55,585    55,585    100.0  

600 Winter Street

   Sep-06    —      30,400    30,400    100.0  

2300 NW 89th Place

   Sep-06    —      64,174    64,174    100.0  
                        

Subtotal

      164,168    1,355,839    1,520,007    98.9  
                        

Total

      1,248,326    9,111,904    10,360,230    94.7 %
                        

 

(1) Redevelopment space requires significant capital investment in order to develop data center facilities that are ready for use. Most often this is shell space. However, in certain circumstances this may include partially built data center space that was not completed by previous ownership and requires a large capital investment in order to build out the space.

 

(2) Occupancy rates exclude redevelopment space.

 

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Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2006 to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2005 and the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005

Portfolio

As of September 30, 2006, our portfolio consisted of 53 properties with an aggregate of 10.4 million rentable square feet including 1.2 million square feet held for redevelopment compared to a portfolio consisting of 37 properties (excluding one property which we sold in July 2006), with an aggregate of 7.5 million net rentable square feet including 0.4 million square feet held for redevelopment as of September 30, 2005. The increase in our portfolio reflects the acquisition of 16 properties in the twelve months ended September 30, 2006.

Operating revenues

Operating revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2006    2005    Change     2006    2005    Change  

Rental

   $ 59,552    $ 43,587    $ 15,965     $ 159,409    $ 110,924    $ 48,485  

Tenant reimbursements

     13,637      10,970      2,667       37,812      25,527      12,285  

Other

     —        265      (265 )     168      4,397      (4,229 )
                                            

Total operating revenues

   $ 73,189    $ 54,822    $ 18,367     $ 197,389    $ 140,848    $ 56,541  
                                            

As shown by the same store and new properties table shown below, the increases in rental revenues and tenant reimbursement revenues in the periods ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005 were primarily due to our acquisitions of properties. Other revenues changes in the periods presented were primarily due to varying tenant termination revenues. We acquired 16 properties during the twelve months ended September 30, 2006.

The following tables show operating revenues for new properties (properties that were not owned for each of the full nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005) and same store properties (all other properties) (in thousands):

 

     Same store     New properties
     Three Months Ended September 30,     Three Months Ended September 30,
     2006    2005    Change     2006    2005    Change

Rental

   $ 34,417    $ 30,841    $ 3,576     $ 25,135    $ 12,746    $ 12,389

Tenant reimbursements

     8,863      7,106      1,757       4,774      3,864      910

Other

     —        265      (265 )     —        —        —  
                                          

Total operating revenues

   $ 43,280    $ 38,212    $ 5,068     $ 29,909    $ 16,610    $ 13,299
                                          
     Same store     New properties
     Nine Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,
     2006    2005    Change     2006    2005    Change

Rental

   $ 99,287    $ 92,302    $ 6,985     $ 60,122    $ 18,622    $ 41,500

Tenant reimbursements

     24,792      19,828      4,964       13,020      5,699      7,321

Other

     —        4,345      (4,345 )     168      52      116
                                          

Total operating revenues

   $ 124,079    $ 116,475    $ 7,604     $ 73,310    $ 24,373    $ 48,937
                                          

 

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Same store rental revenues increased in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005 primarily as a result of new leases at our properties during the twelve months ended September 30, 2006, the largest of which was for space in 200 Paul Avenue 1-4 and 300 Boulevard East. Same store tenant reimbursement revenues increased in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005 primarily as a result of higher utility and operating expenses being billed to our tenants, the largest occurrences of which were at 600 West Seventh Street and 200 Paul Avenue 1-4. The decrease in other revenues was due to termination fee revenues recognized in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005. No such fees were recognized in the same periods in 2006.

New property increases were caused by properties acquired during the period from January 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006. For the three months ended September 30, 2006 600-780 S. Federal, 12001 North Freeway and 120 E. Van Buren contributed $6.6 million, or approximately 50% of the total new properties increase in revenues compared to the same period in 2005. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 350 East Cermark Road, Savvis portfolio (comprising five properties acquired in June 2005), 12001 North Freeway and 120 E. Van Buren Street contributed $28.3 million, or approximately 58% of the total new properties increase in revenues compared to the same period in 2005.

Expenses

Expenses during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended September 30,    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
         2006            2005            Change        2006    2005    Change  

Rental property operating and maintenance

   $ 15,474    $ 11,854    $ 3,620    $ 40,802    $ 27,664    $ 13,138  

Property taxes

     7,238      6,052      1,186      21,173      14,255      6,918  

Insurance

     953      751      202      2,911      1,842      1,069  

Depreciation and amortization

     24,739      16,309      8,430      61,763      41,576      20,187  

General and administrative

     4,986      3,324      1,662      13,906      8,190      5,716  

Other

     607      106      501      938      1,588      (650 )
                                           

Total operating expenses

     53,997      38,396      15,601      141,493      95,115      46,378  

Interest expense

     14,486      10,373      4,113      37,355      27,081      10,274  

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

     39      —        39      521      125      396  
                                           

Total expenses

   $ 68,522    $ 48,769    $ 19,753    $ 179,369    $ 122,321    $ 57,048  
                                           

As shown in the same store expense and new properties table below, total expenses in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 increased compared to the same periods in 2005 primarily as a result of acquisition of properties.

 

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The following table shows expenses for new properties (properties that were not owned for each of the full nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005) and same store properties (all other properties) (in thousands):

 

     Same store     New properties  
     Three Months Ended September 30,     Three Months Ended September 30,  
         2006            2005            Change             2006             2005            Change      

Rental property operating and maintenance

   $ 10,058    $ 7,718    $ 2,340     $ 5,416     $ 4,136    $ 1,280  

Property taxes

     3,445      3,157      288       3,793       2,895      898  

Insurance

     603      456      147       350       295      55  

Depreciation and amortization

     13,473      11,220      2,253       11,266       5,089      6,177  

General and administrative (1)

     4,986      3,324      1,662       —         —        —    

Other

     434      98      336       173       8      165  
                                             

Total operating expenses

     32,999      25,973      7,026       20,998       12,423      8,575  

Interest expense

     7,173      7,187      (14 )     7,313       3,186      4,127  

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

     40      —        40       (1 )     —        (1 )
                                             

Total expenses

   $ 40,212    $ 33,160    $ 7,052     $ 28,310     $ 15,609    $ 12,701  
                                             
     Same store     New properties  
     Nine Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2006    2005    Change     2006     2005    Change  

Rental property operating and maintenance

   $ 27,973    $ 21,215    $ 6,758     $ 12,829     $ 6,449    $ 6,380  

Property taxes

     10,159      9,956      203       11,014       4,299      6,715  

Insurance

     1,771      1,487      284       1,140       355      785  

Depreciation and amortization

     36,730      33,210      3,520       25,033       8,366      16,667  

General and administrative (1)

     13,906      8,190      5,716       —         —        —    

Other

     639      1,580      (941 )     299       8      291  
                                             

Total operating expenses

     91,178      75,638      15,540       50,315       19,477      30,838  

Interest expense

     20,701      21,402      (701 )     16,654       5,679      10,975  

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

     522      125      397       (1 )     —        (1 )
                                             

Total expenses

   $ 112,401    $ 97,165    $ 15,236     $ 66,968     $ 25,156    $ 41,812  
                                             

 

(1) General and administrative expenses are included in same store as they are not allocable to specific properties.

New property increases were caused by properties acquired during the period from January 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006.

For the three months ended September 30, 2006 600-780 S. Federal, 12001 North Freeway and 120 E. Van Buren contributed $5.5 million, or approximately 43% of the total new properties increase in total expenses compared to the same period in 2005. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 350 East Cermark Road, Savvis portfolio (comprising five properties acquired in June 2005), 12001 North Freeway and 120 E. Van Buren Street contributed $21.7 million, or approximately 52% of the total new properties increase in total expenses compared to the same period in 2005.

Same store rental property operating and maintenance expenses increased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005 primarily as a result of higher utility rates in several of our properties leading to higher utility expense in 2006. Rental property operating and maintenance expenses included amounts paid to related parties, CB Richard Ellis Investors and The Linc Group, for property management and other fees of $2.0 million and $1.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. CB Richard Ellis Investors and The Linc Group are related parties of GI Partners. We capitalized amounts relating to compensation expense of employees directly engaged in construction and leasing activities of $0.6 million and $1.7 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. We did not capitalize any similar costs in the three or nine months ended September 30, 2005.

Same store depreciation and amortization expense increased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005, principally because of the acceleration of depreciation on assets associated with leases of Vartec.

 

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Same store interest expense decreased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same period in 2005 primarily as a result of lower outstanding debt following the repayment of the 34551 Ardenwood Boulevard 1-4, 2334 Lundy Place, 2440 Marsh Lane mezzanine debt in the fourth quarter of 2005 and repayment of the 47700 Kato Road & 1055 Page Avenue mortgage loan in the first quarter of 2006. Interest incurred on our unsecured line of credit and senior exchangeable debentures is allocated entirely to new properties in the table above.

Other expenses are primarily comprised of write-offs of the carrying amounts for deferred tenant improvements, acquired in place lease value and acquired above market lease values as a result of the early termination of tenant leases. Other expenses decreased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the same periods in 2005 primarily due to the write off of assets following the termination of a tenant in the three months ended June 30, 2005.

General and administrative expenses in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 increased compared to the same period in 2005 primarily due to higher employee compensation, insurance, legal and consulting costs.

Discontinued Operations

In June 2006, we classified 7979 East Tufts Avenue as “held for sale” upon committing to sell this property and we also ceased recording depreciation expense at that time. We completed the sale of the property on July 12, 2006 and recognized a gain upon closing. The results of operations and gain on sale of 7979 East Tufts Avenue are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Analysis of Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2006, we had $27.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, excluding $24.5 million of restricted cash. Restricted cash primarily consists of interest bearing cash deposits required by the terms of several of our mortgage loans for a variety of purposes, including real estate taxes, insurance, anticipated or contractually obligated tenant improvements and leasing deposits.

Our short term liquidity requirements primarily consist of operating expenses and other expenditures associated with our properties, dividend payments on our preferred stock, dividend payments to our common stockholders and distributions to our unitholders in the Operating Partnership, capital expenditures, debt service on our loans and, potentially, acquisitions. We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements through net cash provided by operations, restricted cash accounts established for certain future payments and by drawing upon our unsecured credit facility.

As of September 30, 2006, our Operating Partnership had a $500 million unsecured revolving line of credit facility. Borrowings under this credit facility currently bear interest at a rate based on 1-month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.250% to 1.625%, depending on our Operating Partnership’s overall leverage, which margin was 1.50% as of September 30, 2006. The unsecured revolving line of credit facility matures in October 2008, subject to a one-year extension option that we may exercise if certain conditions are met. The amended unsecured revolving line of credit facility has a $150.0 million sub-facility for foreign exchange advances in Euros and British Sterling. We intend to use available borrowings under the amended unsecured revolving credit facility to, among other things, finance the acquisition of additional properties, to fund tenant improvements and capital expenditures, and to provide for working capital and other corporate purposes. As of September 30, 2006, we had outstanding $233.8 million under the credit facility and the amount available for use was $160.00 million.

 

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Properties acquired in 2006

During the nine months ended September 30, 2006 we acquired the following properties:

 

Property

  

Metropolitan Area

   Date acquired    Purchase Price
(in millions)

4025 Midway Road

   Dallas    January 6, 2006    $ 16.2

Clonshaugh Industrial Estate

   Dublin, Ireland    February 6, 2006      6.3

6800 Millcreek Drive

   Toronto, Canada    April 13, 2006      16.0

101 Aquila Way

   Atlanta    April 20, 2006      25.3

12001 North Freeway

   Houston    April 26, 2006      30.5

14901 FAA Boulevard

   Dallas    June 30, 2006      50.6

120 E. Van Buren Street

   Phoenix    July 25, 2006      175.0

Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F

   Amsterdam, Netherlands    July 27, 2006      12.4

600 Winter Street

   Boston    September 13, 2006      8.7

2300 NW 89th Place

   Miami    September 26, 2006      5.6
            
         $ 346.6
            

We financed the purchase of these properties through our common stock issuances and also the creation of Senior Exchangeable Debentures in August 2006, and borrowings under our line of credit facility.

Future uses of cash

Our properties require periodic investments of capital for tenant-related capital expenditures and for general capital improvements. As of September 30, 2006, we had commitments under leases in effect for $31.6 million of tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions all of which we expect to incur in the near future.

As of September 30, 2006, we have identified from our existing properties approximately 1.2 million square feet of redevelopment space and we also owned approximately 113,000 net rentable square feet of data center space with extensive installed tenant improvements that we may subdivide for multi-tenant turn-key data center use during the next two years rather than lease such space to large single tenants. Turn-Key Data Center space is move-in-ready space for the placement of computer and network equipment required to provide a data center environment. Depending on demand for additional turn-key data space, we may incur significant tenant improvement costs to build out and redevelop these spaces.

Subsequent to September 30, 2006 we acquired the following properties:

 

Location

   Purchase
price
($ millions)
  

Purchase

completed on:

Above Net Data Centers (1)

   $ 40.1    October 1, 2006

2055 East Technology Circle: Tempe, Arizona

     9.8    October 17, 2006

2001 Sixth Avenue, Seattle (2)

     30.2    November 1, 2006
         
   $ 80.1   
         

 

(1) The purchase includes a fee-simple ownership of 1807 Michael Faraday Court in Reston, Virginia and two leasehold interests at 111 Eight Avenue in New York City and 8100 Boone Boulevard in Vienna, Virginia.

 

(2) We acquired a 49% interest in this property.

As of November 3, 2006, we also had agreements to acquire a property located near Paris, France for approximately €38.0 million, or approximately $48.5 million using the Euro exchange rate as of November 3, 2006. As we are completing due diligence for this potential acquisition we can give no assurance that we will complete its purchase.

 

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On December 3, 2005, we terminated share purchase agreements to acquire 100% of the shares of two German entities which together own IBM Technology Park, an approximately 80 acre technical campus located near Mainz, Germany containing 11 buildings with a total of approximately 1.5 million net rentable square feet. The terminated share purchase agreements provided for an aggregate purchase price, excluding expenses, for 100% of the shares in the two entities of approximately €77.4 million (approximately $98.8 million based on the rate of exchange on November 3, 2006). We are still in purchase discussions with the owner of this property but there can be no assurance that we will acquire this property in the future, or if we do so that the price will be similar to the terminated agreements.

We are also subject to the commitments discussed below under “Commitments and Contingencies” and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Distributions as described below.

We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements to pay for scheduled debt maturities and to fund property acquisitions and non-recurring capital improvements with net cash from operations, future long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness and the issuance of equity and debt securities. We also may fund future property acquisitions and non-recurring capital improvements using our unsecured credit facility pending permanent financing.

Distributions

We are required to distribute 90% of our REIT taxable income (excluding capital gains) on an annual basis in order to continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, we intend to make, but are not contractually bound to make, regular quarterly distributions to preferred stockholders, common stockholders and unit holders from cash flow from operating activities. All such distributions are at the discretion of our board of directors. We may be required to use borrowings under the credit facility, if necessary, to meet REIT distribution requirements and maintain our REIT status. We consider market factors and our performance in addition to REIT requirements in determining distribution levels. Amounts accumulated for distribution to stockholders are invested primarily in interest-bearing accounts and short-term interest-bearing securities, which are consistent with our intention to maintain our status as a REIT.

Commitments and Contingencies

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2006, including the maturities and scheduled principal on our secured debt and unsecured credit facility debt, and provides information about the commitments due in connection with our ground leases, tenant improvement and leasing commissions (in thousands):

 

Obligation

   Total    2006    2007-2008    2009-2010    Thereafter

Long-term debt principal payments (1)

   $ 1,072,734    $ 10,383    $ 345,790    $ 109,582    $ 606,979

Interest payable (2)

     428,431      15,543      117,497      69,667      225,724

Ground leases (3)

     22,755      114      915      915      20,811

Operating lease

     3,537      145      1,176      1,290      926

Tenant improvements and leasing commissions

     31,602      31,346      256      —        —  
                                  
   $ 1,559,059    $ 57,531    $ 465,634    $ 181,454    $ 854,440
                                  

 

(1) Includes $233.8 million of borrowings under our unsecured line of credit facility, which is due to mature in October 2008 and excludes $2.0 million of loan premiums.

 

(2) Interest payable is based on the interest rate in effect as of September 30, 2006 including the effect of interest rate swaps. Interest payable excluding the effect of interest rate swaps is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Total

2006

   $ 17,786

2007-2008

     131,294

2009-2010

     69,573

Thereafter

     225,362
      
   $ 444,015
      

 

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(3) This is comprised of ground lease payments on 2010 East Centennial Circle, Chemin de l’Epinglier 2, Clonshaugh Industrial Estate, Paul van Vlissingenstraat 16 and Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F. After February 2036, rent for the remaining term of the 2010 East Centennial Circle ground lease will be determined based on a fair market value appraisal of the asset and, as a result, is excluded from the above information. The Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F ground lease is continuous, and will be remeasured on January 1, 2042. Rent after this date is excluded in the table. The Chemin de l’Epinglier 2 ground lease which expires in July 2074 contains potential inflation increases which are not reflected in the table above. The Paul van Vlissingenstraat, Gyroscoopweg 2E-2F and Clonshaugh Industrial Estate amounts are translated at the September 30, 2006 exchange rate of $1.27 per € 1.00. The 16 Chemin de l’Epinglier 2 amounts are translated at the September 30, 2006 exchange rate of $0.80 per Swiss Franc.

The seller of 350 East Cermak Road could have earned an additional $20.0 million by obtaining a change in the real estate tax classification prior to December 31, 2006, but as of September 30, 2006 had abandoned attempts to achieve this tax classification. We have also agreed with the seller to share a portion, not to exceed $135,000 per month, of rental revenue, adjusted for our costs to lease the premises, from the lease of the 260,000 square feet of space held for redevelopment. This revenue sharing agreement will terminate in May 2013. We have recorded no liability for these contingent liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2006, as the events causing this contingency had not occurred at September 30, 2006.

As of September 30, 2006, we were a party to interest rate swap agreements which hedge variability in cash flows related to LIBOR, GBP LIBOR and EURIBOR based mortgage loans. Under these swaps, we receive variable-rate amounts in exchange for fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying principal amounts. See Item 3 “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.”

Outstanding Consolidated Indebtedness

The table below summarizes our debt, as of September 30, 2006 (in millions):

 

Debt Summary:

  

Fixed rate

   $ 633.7  

Variable rate—hedged by interest rate swaps

     207.3  

Total fixed rate

     841.0  

Variable rate—unhedged

     233.8  
        

Total

     1,074.8  

Percent of Total Debt:

  

Fixed rate (including swapped debt)

     78.2 %

Variable rate

     21.8 %
        

Total

     100.0 %

Effective Interest Rate as of September 30, 2006:

  

Fixed rate (including swapped debt)

     5.50 %

Variable rate—unhedged

     6.82 %

Effective interest rate

     5.79 %

As of September 30, 2006, we had approximately $1,074.8 million of outstanding consolidated long-term debt as set forth in the table above. Our ratio of debt to total market capitalization was approximately 33% (based on the closing price of our common stock on September 30, 2006 of $31.32). The variable rate debt shown above bears interest at interest rates based on various LIBOR, GBP LIBOR and EURIBOR rates ranging from one to twelve months, depending on the agreement governing the debt. Assuming maturity of our exchangeable senior debentures at first maturity date in August 2011, as of September 30, 2006, the debt had a weighted average term to initial maturity of approximately 5.6 years (approximately 6.0 years assuming exercise of extension options).

Unsecured Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2006, we had an unsecured revolving line of credit facility (credit facility) under which we can borrow up to $500.0 million. Borrowings under the credit facility currently bear interest at a rate based on LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.250% to 1.625%, depending on our Operating Partnership’s overall leverage. This margin was 1.50% as of September 30, 2006, resulting in an interest rate at this date of 6.82%. The credit facility matures in October 2008, subject to a one-year extension option, which we may exercise if certain conditions are met. The credit facility has a $150.0 million sub-facility for foreign exchange advances in Euros and British Sterling. As of September 30, 2006 we had outstanding $233.8 million under the credit facility and $160.0 million was available for use.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2006, we were a party to interest rate cap agreements in connection with debt and interest rate swap agreements related to $207.3 million of outstanding principal on our variable rate debt. See Item 3 “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.”

The exchangeable senior debentures provide for excess exchange value to be paid in shares of our common stock if our stock price exceeds a certain amount. See note 6 to our financial statements for a further description of our senior exchangeable debentures.

Cash Flows

The following summary discussion of our cash flows is based on the consolidated statements of cash flows and is not meant to be an all-inclusive discussion of the changes in our cash flows for the periods presented below.

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005

The following table shows cash flows and ending cash and cash equivalent balances for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively (in thousands):

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
       
     2006     2005     Change  

Net cash provided by operating activities (including discontinued operations)

   $ 62,067     $ 64,302     $ (2,235 )

Net cash used in investing activities

     (400,321 )     (408,772 )     8,451  

Net cash provided by financing activities

     354,974       346,983       7,991  
                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 16,720     $ 2,513     $ 14,207  
                        

Net cash used in investing activities primarily relates to new properties acquired during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. Net cash used in investing activities was comparable for the two periods, as higher expenditures to acquire, improve and redevelop properties in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 were offset by receipt of sales proceeds totaling $58.9 million from the sale of 7979 East Tufts Avenue on July 12, 2006.

Net cash flows from financing activities consisted of the following amounts (in thousands):

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
       
     2006     2005     Change  

Net proceeds from borrowings

   $ 324,366     $ 146,013     $ 178,353  

Net proceeds from issuance of stock

     95,025       258,233       (163,208 )

Dividend and distribution payments

     (54,880 )     (54,995 )     115  

Other

     (9,537 )     (2,268 )     (7,269 )
                        

Net cash provided by financing activities

   $ 354,974     $ 346,983     $ 7,991  
                        

Proceeds from issuance of stock were primarily related to our common stock sale in May 2006 and preferred stock offering in February 2005. We obtained a mortgage loan on our 600 West Seventh Street property for $60.0 million in the first quarter of 2006, and a $100.0 million loan when we acquired our East Cermark property in May 2005. We issued $172.5 million of Senior Exchangeable Debentures on August 15, 2006.

 

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Minority interest

Minority interests relate to the interests in the Operating Partnership that are not owned by us, which, as of September 30, 2006, amounted to 42.7% of the Operating Partnership common units. In conjunction with our formation, GI Partners received common units, in exchange for contributing ownership interests in properties to the Operating Partnership. Also in connection with acquiring real estate interests owned by third parties, the Operating Partnership issued common units to those sellers.

Limited partners who acquired common units in the formation transactions have the right to require the Operating Partnership to redeem part or all of their common units for cash based upon the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock at the time of the redemption. Alternatively, we may elect to acquire those common units in exchange for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, issuance of stock rights, specified extraordinary distributions and similar events. Pursuant to registration rights agreements we entered into with GI Partners and the other third party contributors, we filed a shelf registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of our common stock issuable upon redemption of the common units, and the resale of those shares of common stock by the holders. GI Partners distributed 4,030,184 Operating Partnership common units to its owners and these units were converted into shares of our common stock on March 29, 2006 and sold to third parties on April 3, 2006. On October 4, 2006 we issued 9.2 million common shares for net proceeds of $267.7 million after offering costs. We used proceeds from this issuance to pay GI Partners $133.8 million for the redemption of 4.6 million common Operating Partnership units.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, third parties redeemed 675,665 Operating Partnership units in exchange for shares of our common stock. These redemptions were recorded as a reduction to minority interest and an increase to common stock and additional paid in capital based on the book value per unit in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. We did not receive any cash proceeds upon redemption of these Operating Partnership units.

Inflation

Substantially all of our leases provide for separate real estate tax and operating expense escalations. In addition, many of the leases provide for fixed base rent increases. We believe that inflationary increases may be at least partially offset by the contractual rent increases and expense escalations described above.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation (FIN) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” This Interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, and provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. This Interpretation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. We do not expect the impact of the adopting this Interpretation will have a material impact on our consolidated balance sheet or statement of operations.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements,” which establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this accounting standard.

In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108), “Quantification of Misstatements,” which provides guidance to public companies related to quantifying prior period misstatements. SAB 108 is effective for fiscal years ending after November 15, 2006. We do not expect the impact of the adopting this Interpretation will have a material impact on our consolidated balance sheet or statement of operations.

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments depend upon prevalent market interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and only enter into contracts with major financial institutions based on their credit rating and other factors.

Analysis of debt between fixed and variable rate.

We use interest rate swap agreements and fixed rate debt to reduce our exposure to interest rate movements. As of September 30, 2006, our consolidated debt was as follows (in millions):

 

Fixed rate debt:

  

Fair value of fixed rate debt

   $ 644.1  

Carrying value of fixed rate debt

     633.7  
        

Excess of fair value over carrying value

   $ 10.4  
        

Total outstanding debt:

  

Principal on mortgage loans

     666.5  

Debt premium on two mortgage loans

     2.0  

Exchangebale senior debentures

     172.5  

Notes payable under line of credit

     233.8  
        

Total outstanding debt

   $ 1,074.8  
        

Variable rate debt ignoring interest rate swaps

   $ 441.1  

Variable rate debt after interest rate swaps

   $ 233.8  

Variable rate debt after interest rate swaps as percentage of total outstanding debt

     21.8 %

Interest rate swaps included in this table and their fair values as of September 30, 2006 were as follows (in thousands):

 

Current
Notional
Amount
    Strike
Rate
  

Effective Date

  

Expiration Date

   Fair Value  
$ 20,700     3.754    Nov. 26, 2004    Jan. 2, 2009      523  
  20,000     3.824    Nov. 26, 2004    Apr. 1, 2009      543  
  8,775     3.331    Nov. 26, 2004    Dec. 1, 2006      30  
  99,571     4.025    May 26, 2005    Jun. 15, 2008      1,617  
  24,712 (1)   4.944    Jul. 10, 2006    Apr. 10, 2011      101  
  14,203 (2)   3.981    May 17, 2006    Jul. 18, 2013      (189 )
  10,236 (2)   4.070    Jun. 23, 2006    Jul. 18, 2013      (189 )
  9,004 (2)   3.989    Jul. 27, 2006    Oct. 18, 2013      (125 )
                      
$ 207,201              $ 2,311  
                      

 

(1) Translation to US amounts is based on exchange rate of $1.87 to £1.00 as of September 30, 2006.

 

(2) Translation to US amounts is based on exchange rate of $1.27 to €1.00 as of September 30, 2006.

 

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Sensitivity to changes in interest rates.

The following table shows the effect if assumed changes in interest rates occurred:

 

Assumed event

   Interest rate
change
(basis points)
    Change
($ millions)
 

Increase in fair value of interest rate swaps following an assumed 10% increase in interest rates

   49     $ 2.5  

Decrease in fair value of interest rate swaps following an assumed 10% decrease in interest rates

   (49 )     (2.5 )

Increase in annual interest expense on our debt that is variable rate and not subject to swapped interest following a 10% increase in interest rates

   49       1.1  

Decrease in annual interest expense on our debt that is variable rate and not subject to swapped interest following a 10% increase in interest rates

   49       (1.1 )

Increase in fair value of fixed rate debt following a 10% decrease in interest rates

   (49 )     14.1  

Decrease in fair value of fixed rate debt following a 10% increase in interest rates

   49       (13.0 )

Interest risk amounts were determined by considering the impact of hypothetical interest rates on our financial instruments. These analyses do not consider the effect of any change in overall economic activity that could occur in that environment. Further, in the event of a change of that magnitude, we may take actions to further mitigate our exposure to the change. However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that would be taken and their possible effects, these analyses assume no changes in our financial structure.

Foreign currency forward exchange risk

As of September 30, 2006, we have foreign operations in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ireland, Canada and The Netherlands and as such are subject to risk from the effects of exchange rate movements of foreign currencies, which may affect future costs and cash flows. Our foreign operations are conducted in the Euro, Swiss Francs and the British Pound. For these currencies we are a net receiver of the foreign currency (we receive more cash then we pay out) and therefore our foreign investments benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currency. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, operating revenues from properties outside the United States contributed $8.7 million which represented 4.4% of our operating revenues. Thus a 10% increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to all currencies would lead to a decrease in operating revenues of approximately $0.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.

As of September 30, 2006, we have not entered into any foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Prior to January 2006, we were party to a foreign currency forward sale contract with a notional value of approximately £7.9 million. We terminated this contract in January 2006 and received cash of approximately $0.7 million.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We have adopted and maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we have carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the quarter covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1 – Legal Proceedings.

None.

ITEM 1A – Risk factors.

See our risk factors set forth in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.

ITEM 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

ITEM 3 – Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

ITEM 4 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None.

ITEM 5 – Other Information.

 

(a) None.

 

(b) None.

 

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ITEM 6 – Exhibits

Exhibit

 

10.1    Amendment No. 4 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2006, among Digital Realty Trust,L.P., Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, the financial institutions named therein, Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., KeyBank National Association and Royal Bank of Canada, as co-documentation agents, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merril Lynch, as the arrangers (incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006).
10.2    Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2006, among Digital Realty Trust, L.P., as issuer, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, including the form of 4.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2026 (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2006).
10.3    Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 15, 2006, among Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and Citigroup Capital Markets, Inc. and Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2006).
10.4    Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2006, among Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, the financial institutions named therein, Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., KeyBank National Association and Royal Bank of Canada, as co-documentation agents, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merril Lynch, as the arrangers (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2006).
12.1    Statement of Computation of Ratios
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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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.

 

   DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
November 7, 2006    /s/    MICHAEL F. FOUST        
   Michael F. Foust
   Chief Executive Officer
   (principal executive officer)
November 7, 2006    /s/    A. WILLIAM STEIN        
   A. William Stein
  

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer

(principal financial officer)

November 7, 2006    /s/    EDWARD F. SHAM        
   Edward F. Sham
  

Vice President and Controller

(principal accounting officer)

 

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