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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
or
     
o   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: 000-25771
(CPA LOGO)
CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Maryland   13-3951476
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
50 Rockefeller Plaza    
New York, New York   10020
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone numbers, including area code:
Investor Relations (212) 492-8920
(212) 492-1100
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ
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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer þ   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ
Registrant has no active market for its common stock. Non-affiliates held 86,801,034 shares of common stock at June 30, 2010.
As of March 18, 2011, there were 87,438,362 shares of common stock of registrant outstanding.
 
 

 

 


 

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Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 7 of Part II of this Report, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. It is important to note that our actual results could be materially different from those projected in such forward-looking statements. You should exercise caution in relying on forward-looking statements as they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may materially affect our future results, performance, achievements or transactions. Information on factors which could impact actual results and cause them to differ from what is anticipated in the forward-looking statements contained herein is included in this Report as well as in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including but not limited to those described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report. We do not undertake to revise or update any forward-looking statements. Additionally, a description of our critical accounting estimates is included in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of this Report.
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PART I
Item 1.   Business.
(a) General Development of Business
Overview
Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated (together with its consolidated subsidiaries and predecessors, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a publicly owned, non-listed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that primarily invests in commercial properties leased to companies domestically and internationally. As a REIT, we are not subject to United States (“U.S.”) federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income, the level of our distributions and other factors.
Our core investment strategy is to own and manage a portfolio of properties leased to a diversified group of companies on a single tenant net lease basis. Our net leases generally require the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property such as maintenance, insurance, taxes, structural repairs and other operating expenses. Leases of this type are referred to as triple-net leases. We generally seek to include in our leases:
    clauses providing for mandated rent increases or periodic rent increases over the term of the lease tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) or other similar index for the jurisdiction in which the property is located or, when appropriate, increases tied to the volume of sales at the property;
    indemnification for environmental and other liabilities;
    operational or financial covenants of the tenant; and
    guarantees of lease obligations from parent companies or letters of credit.
We are managed by W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (“WPC”) through certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “advisor”). WPC is a publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.”
The advisor provides both strategic and day-to-day management services for us, including capital funding services, investment research and analysis, investment financing and other investment related services, asset management, disposition of assets, investor relations and administrative services. The advisor also provides office space and other facilities for us. We pay asset management fees and certain transactional fees to the advisor and also reimburse the advisor for certain expenses incurred in providing services, including personnel provided for the administration of our operations. The advisor also currently serves in this capacity for other REITs that it formed under the Corporate Property Associates brand: Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated (“CPA®:15”), Corporate Property Associates 16 — Global Incorporated (“CPA®:16 — Global”) and Corporate Property Associates 17 — Global Incorporated (“CPA®:17 — Global”), collectively, including us, the “CPA® REITs.” The advisor also serves as the advisor to Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, which was formed in March 2008 for the purpose of acquiring interests in lodging and lodging-related properties.
We were formed as a Maryland corporation in June 1997. Between November 1997 and November 2001, we sold a total of 65,794,280 shares of common stock for a total of $657.9 million in gross offering proceeds. Through December 31, 2010, we have also issued 4,775,729 shares ($61.9 million) through our distribution reinvestment and stock purchase plan. We have repurchased 9,133,838 shares ($107.4 million) of our common stock under a redemption plan from inception through December 31, 2010. In September 2009, as a result of redemptions nearing the 5% limitation under the terms of our redemption plan and our desire to preserve capital and liquidity, our board of directors suspended our redemption plan, effective for all redemption requests received subsequent to September 1, 2009, with limited exceptions in cases of death or disability. The suspension will remain in effect until our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to reinstate the plan.
Our principal executive offices are located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 and our telephone number is (212) 492-1100. We have no employees. At December 31, 2010, the advisor employed 170 individuals who are available to perform services for us.
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Significant Developments during 2010:
Proposed Merger and Asset Sales — On December 13, 2010, we and CPA®:16 — Global entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which we will merge with and into a subsidiary of CPA®:16 — Global, subject to the approval of our shareholders (the “Proposed Merger”). In connection with this Proposed Merger, CPA®:16 — Global filed a registration statement with the SEC, which was declared effective by the SEC on March 8, 2011. Special shareholder meetings for both us and CPA®:16 — Global are currently scheduled to be held on April 26, 2011 to obtain our shareholder approval of the Proposed Merger and the alternate merger described below, and CPA®:16 — Global shareholder approval of the alternate merger, among other matters. The alternate merger is intended to provide an alternate tax-efficient transaction if the amount of cash elected to be received by our shareholders in the Proposed Merger could cause the Proposed Merger to be a taxable transaction. The closing of the Proposed Merger is also subject to customary closing conditions, as well as the closing of our asset sales described below. If the Proposed Merger is approved, we currently expect that the closing will occur in the second quarter of 2011, although there can be no assurance of such timing.
In connection with the Proposed Merger, we have agreed to sell three properties each to the advisor and CPA®:17 — Global for aggregate selling prices of $32.1 million and $57.4 million, respectively, plus the assumption of indebtedness totaling approximately $64.7 million and $153.9 million, respectively (the “Asset Sales”), and we expect to recognize a gain on the sales of these properties. CPA®:16 — Global is not purchasing the properties being sold to CPA®:17 — Global because CPA®:16 — Global already is a joint venture partner in those properties and does not wish to increase its ownership interest in them. The properties being sold to the advisor are properties in which the advisor already is a joint venture owner, and these properties all have remaining lease terms of less than 8 years, which are shorter than the average lease term of CPA®:16 — Global’s portfolio of properties. Consequently, CPA®:16 — Global required that these assets be sold by us prior to the Proposed Merger. The Asset Sales are contingent upon the approval of the Proposed Merger by our shareholders.
If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the advisor will earn $31.2 million of termination fees in connection with the termination of its advisory agreement with us, $15.2 million of subordinated disposition fees and $6.1 million in fees that have been accrued but have not yet been paid under the advisory agreement. The advisor has elected to receive the $31.2 million of termination fees in shares of our common stock, for which it has agreed to elect to receive shares of CPA®:16 — Global in the Proposed Merger. In addition, based on the advisor’s ownership of 8,018,456 shares of our common stock at December 31, 2010, we expect to pay the advisor approximately $8.0 million as a result of a $1.00 per share special cash distribution to be paid by us to our shareholders, in part from the proceeds of the Asset Sales, immediately prior to the Proposed Merger, as described below. The advisor has agreed to elect to receive stock of CPA®:16 — Global in respect of the shares of our common stock that it owns if the Proposed Merger is consummated.
In the Proposed Merger, our shareholders will be entitled to receive $11.50 per share, the “Merger Consideration,” which is equal to our estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share as of September 30, 2010. The Merger Consideration will be paid to our shareholders, at their election, in either cash or a combination of the $1.00 per share special cash distribution and 1.1932 shares of CPA®:16 — Global common stock, which equates to $10.50 based on the $8.80 per share NAV of CPA®:16 — Global as of September 30, 2010. Our advisor computed these NAVs internally, relying in part upon a third-party valuation of each company’s real estate portfolio and indebtedness as of September 30, 2010. Our board of directors and the board of directors of CPA®:16 — Global each have the ability, but not the obligation, to terminate the transaction if more than 50% of our shareholders elect to receive cash in the Proposed Merger. Assuming that holders of 50% of our outstanding stock elect to receive cash in the Proposed Merger, then the maximum cash required by CPA®:16 — Global to purchase these shares would be approximately $416.1 million, based on our total shares outstanding at December 31, 2010. If the cash on hand and available to us and CPA®:16 — Global, including the proceeds of the Asset Sales and a new $300.0 million senior credit facility to be entered into by CPA®:16 — Global, is not sufficient to enable CPA®:16 — Global to fulfill cash elections in the Proposed Merger by our shareholders, the advisor has agreed to purchase a sufficient number of shares of CPA®:16 — Global stock from CPA®:16 — Global to enable it to pay such amounts to our shareholders. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the maximum cash required to pay the $1.00 per share special cash distribution would be approximately $87.3 million, based on our total shares outstanding at December 31, 2010.
Financing Activity — During 2010, we refinanced maturing non-recourse mortgage loans with new non-recourse financing of $104.8 million at a weighted average annual interest rate and term of 5.6% and 9.4 years, respectively.
Dispositions — During 2010, we returned a property previously leased to Nortel Networks Inc. (“Nortel”) to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations. In connection with this disposition, we recognized a gain on the extinguishment of debt of $11.4 million. Also during 2010, we recognized a gain of $12.9 million on the deconsolidation of a subsidiary in connection with its property entering into receivership.
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Impairment Charges — During 2010, we incurred impairment charges totaling $15.3 million to reduce the carrying value of certain of our real estate investments and securities to their estimated fair value (Note 11).
Net Asset Value — In connection with the Proposed Merger described above, we obtained an interim NAV as of September 30, 2010. This interim valuation resulted in a NAV of $11.50 per share, which represented a 2.5% decline from our NAV of $11.80 per share at December 31, 2009.
(b) Financial Information About Segments
We operate in one industry segment, real estate ownership, with domestic and foreign investments. Refer to Note 18 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for financial information about this segment.
(c) Narrative Description of Business
Business Objectives and Strategy
We intended to consider alternatives for providing liquidity for our shareholders generally commencing eight years following the investment of substantially all of the net proceeds from our initial public offering, which occurred in 2000. On this basis, in the first quarter of 2008 we asked our advisor to begin reviewing possible liquidity alternatives for us. However, in light of the deteriorating market conditions during 2008, the advisor recommended, and our board agreed, that further consideration of liquidity alternatives be postponed until market conditions became more stable. In early 2010, we announced that we believed we had begun to see an easing of the global economic and financial crisis that had severely curbed liquidity in the credit and real estate financing markets and that, as a result, we had asked our advisor to recommence its review of possible liquidity alternatives for us. After considering various proposals, we announced that, on December 13, 2010, we and CPA®:16 — Global had entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which we will merge with and into a subsidiary of CPA®:16 — Global, subject to the approval of our shareholders. If the Proposed Merger is approved and the other closing conditions are satisfied, we currently expect that the closing will occur in the second quarter of 2011, although there can be no assurance of such timing or that the closing will occur at all. Currently, our primary business goal is to complete the Proposed Merger to provide a liquidity event for our shareholders. The following is a description of our business objective and strategy from inception to December 31, 2010.
We invest primarily in income-producing commercial real estate properties that are, upon acquisition, improved or developed or that will be developed within a reasonable time after acquisition.
Our objectives are to:
    own a diversified portfolio of triple-net leased real estate;
    fund distributions to shareholders; and
    increase our equity in our real estate by making regular principal payments on mortgage loans for our properties.
We seek to achieve these objectives by investing in and holding commercial properties that are generally triple-net leased to a single corporate tenant. We intend our portfolio to be diversified by tenant, facility type, geographic location and tenant industry.
Our business plan is principally focused on managing our existing portfolio of properties, including those properties we acquired from Corporate Property Associates 12 Incorporated (“CPA®:12”) through a merger transaction in December 2006 (the “2006 Merger”). This may include looking to selectively dispose of properties, obtaining new non-recourse mortgage financing on unencumbered assets or refinancing existing mortgage loans on properties if we can obtain such financing on attractive terms.
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Our Portfolio
At December 31, 2010, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 304 properties, substantially all of which were triple-net leased to 82 tenants, and totaled approximately 28 million square feet (on a pro rata basis) with an occupancy rate of approximately 94%. Our portfolio had the following property and lease characteristics:
Geographic Diversification
Information regarding the geographic diversification of our properties at December 31, 2010 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Consolidated Investments     Equity Investments in Real Estate (b)  
    Annualized     % of Annualized     Annualized     % of Annualized  
    Contractual     Contractual     Contractual     Contractual  
    Minimum     Minimum     Minimum     Minimum  
Region   Base Rent (a)     Base Rent     Base Rent (a)     Base Rent  
United States
                               
East
  $ 39,401       28 %   $ 3,179       7 %
South
    27,841       19       7,982       18  
Midwest
    25,506       18       8,374       19  
West
    24,860       17       13,161       30  
 
                       
Total U.S.
    117,608       82       32,696       74  
 
                       
International
                               
Europe (c)
    25,323       18       11,413       26  
 
                       
Total
  $ 142,931       100 %   $ 44,109       100 %
 
                       
 
     
(a)   Reflects annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010.
 
(b)   Reflects our pro rata share of annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010 from equity investments in real estate.
 
(c)   Reflects investments in Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Property Diversification
Information regarding our property diversification at December 31, 2010 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Consolidated Investments     Equity Investments in Real Estate (b)  
    Annualized     % of Annualized     Annualized     % of Annualized  
    Contractual     Contractual     Contractual     Contractual  
    Minimum     Minimum     Minimum     Minimum  
Property Type   Base Rent (a)     Base Rent     Base Rent (a)     Base Rent  
Industrial
  $ 44,316       31 %   $ 10,248       23 %
Warehouse/distribution
    43,399       31       8,769       20  
Office
    27,584       19       2,472       6  
Retail
    15,744       11       12,937       29  
Other properties (c)
    11,888       8       9,683       22  
 
                       
Total
  $ 142,931       100 %   $ 44,109       100 %
 
                       
 
     
(a)   Reflects annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010.
 
(b)   Reflects our pro rata share of annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010 from equity investments in real estate.
 
(c)   Other properties include education, childcare and leisure; movie theaters; sports/fitness; and storage/trucking facilities; as well as undeveloped land.
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Tenant Diversification
Information regarding our tenant diversification at December 31, 2010 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Consolidated Investments     Equity Investments in Real Estate (c)  
    Annualized     % of Annualized     Annualized     % of Annualized  
    Contractual     Contractual     Contractual     Contractual  
    Minimum     Minimum     Minimum     Minimum  
Tenant Industry (a)   Base Rent (b)     Base Rent     Base Rent (b)     Base Rent  
Retail trade
  $ 40,704       29 %   $ 14,320       32 %
Electronics
    17,279       12       7,448       17  
Transportation — cargo
    12,231       9              
Automobile
    9,516       7              
Construction and building
    9,156       6       6,825       15  
Leisure, amusement, entertainment
    9,042       6       5,854       13  
Business and commercial services
    8,309       6       2,552       6  
Beverages, food, and tobacco
    6,346       4       1,764       4  
Consumer non-durable goods
    5,875       4              
Chemicals, plastics, rubber, and glass
    5,702       4              
Machinery
    4,532       3              
Healthcare, education and childcare
    4,495       3              
Media: printing and publishing
    2,286       2       1,597       4  
Buildings and real estate
                2,437       6  
Other (d)
    7,458       5       1,312       3  
 
                       
Total
  $ 142,931       100 %   $ 44,109       100 %
 
                       
 
     
(a)   Based on the Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. classification system and information provided by the tenant.
 
(b)   Reflects annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010.
 
(c)   Reflects our pro rata share of annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010 from equity investments in real estate.
 
(d)   Other includes annualized contractual minimum base rent from tenants in our consolidated investments in the following industries: consumer and durable goods (1.4%), aerospace and defense (1.3%), mining (1.3%), forest products and paper (1.0%), and banking (less than 1%). For our equity investments in real estate, Other consists of annualized contractual minimum base rent from tenants in personal transportation (3.0%).
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Lease Expirations
At December 31, 2010, lease expirations of our properties were as follows (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Consolidated Investments     Equity Investments in Real Estate (b)  
    Annualized     % of Annualized     Annualized     % of Annualized  
    Contractual     Contractual     Contractual     Contractual  
    Minimum     Minimum     Minimum     Minimum  
Year of Lease Expiration   Base Rent (a)     Base Rent     Base Rent (a)     Base Rent  
2011
  $ 4,512       3 %   $       %
2012
    2,687       2              
2013
    337                    
2014
    2,913       2       1,312       3  
2015
    22,221       16       2,552       6  
2016
    7,295       5       1,763       4  
2017
    14,509       10              
2018
    2,850       2       8,972       20  
2019
    17,582       12              
2020
    17,391       12       1,597       4  
2021
    30,443       21              
2022
    15,444       11       8,209       19  
2023
    1,910       2       652       1  
2024
    2,837       2       2,437       5  
2025
                5,202       12  
2026
                11,413       26  
 
                       
Total
  $ 142,931       100 %   $ 44,109       100 %
 
                       
 
     
(a)   Reflects annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010.
 
(b)   Reflects our pro rata share of annualized contractual minimum base rent for the fourth quarter of 2010 from equity investments in real estate.
Asset Management
We believe that effective management of our assets is essential to maintain and enhance property values. Important aspects of asset management include restructuring transactions to meet the evolving needs of current tenants, re-leasing properties, refinancing debt, selling assets and knowledge of the bankruptcy process.
The advisor monitors, on an ongoing basis, compliance by tenants with their lease obligations and other factors that could affect the financial performance of any of our properties. Monitoring involves verifying that each tenant has paid real estate taxes, assessments and other expenses relating to the properties it occupies and confirming that appropriate insurance coverage is being maintained by the tenant. For international compliance, the advisor also utilizes third-party asset managers for certain investments. The advisor reviews financial statements of our tenants and undertakes regular physical inspections of the condition and maintenance of our properties. Additionally, the advisor periodically analyzes each tenant’s financial condition, the industry in which each tenant operates and each tenant’s relative strength in its industry.
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Holding Period
We intend to hold each property we invest in for an extended period. The determination of whether a particular property should be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, with a view to achieving maximum capital appreciation for our shareholders or avoiding increases in risk. No assurance can be given that this objective will be realized.
Financing Strategies
Consistent with our investment policies, we use leverage when available on favorable terms. Substantially all of our mortgage loans are non-recourse and provide for monthly or quarterly installments, which include scheduled payments of principal. At December 31, 2010, 83% of our mortgage financing bore interest at fixed rates. At December 31, 2010, approximately 70% of our variable-rate debt bore interest at fixed rates that are scheduled to reset in the future, pursuant to the terms of the mortgage contracts. Accordingly, our near-term cash flow should not be adversely affected by increases in interest rates. The advisor may refinance properties or defease a loan when a decline in interest rates makes it profitable to prepay an existing mortgage loan, when an existing mortgage loan matures or if an attractive investment becomes available and the proceeds from the refinancing can be used to purchase the investment. There is no assurance that existing debt will be refinanced at lower rates of interest as the debt matures. The benefits of the refinancing may include an increased cash flow resulting from reduced debt service requirements, an increase in distributions from proceeds of the refinancing, if any, and/or an increase in property ownership if some refinancing proceeds are reinvested in real estate. The prepayment of loans may require us to pay a yield maintenance premium to the lender in order to pay off a loan prior to its maturity.
A lender on non-recourse mortgage debt generally has recourse only to the property collateralizing such debt and not to any of our other assets, while unsecured financing would give a lender recourse to all of our assets. The use of non-recourse debt, therefore, helps us to limit the exposure of our assets to any one debt obligation. Lenders may, however, have recourse to our other assets in limited circumstances not related to the repayment of the indebtedness, such as under an environmental indemnity or in the case of fraud. Lenders may also seek to include in the terms of mortgage loans provisions making the termination or replacement of the advisor an event of default or an event requiring the immediate repayment of the full outstanding balance of the loan. We will attempt to negotiate loan terms allowing us to replace or terminate the advisor. Even if we are successful in negotiating such provisions, the replacement or termination of the advisor may require the prior consent of the mortgage lenders.
A majority of our financing requires us to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. At December 31, 2010, scheduled balloon payments for the next five years were as follows (in thousands):
         
2011
  $ 174,442 (a) (b) (c)
2012
    117,346 (b) (c)
2013
    (b)
2014
    15,076 (b)
2015
    13,004  
 
     
(a)   Of the amount shown, $4.3 million was paid in January 2011 and $11.2 million was paid in March 2011.
 
(b)   Excludes our pro rata share of mortgage obligations of equity investments in real estate totaling $9.8 million in 2011, $8.6 million in 2012, $32.4 million in 2013 and $16.7 million in 2014. In February 2011, a venture repaid a mortgage loan due in 2011, of which our share of the payment was $4.9 million.
 
(c)   Inclusive of amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests totaling $13.2 million in 2011 and $2.5 million in 2012.
We are currently seeking to refinance certain of these loans due in 2011 and sell certain properties to non-affiliates for gross proceeds of approximately $77.1 million. Our existing cash resources and, if completed, cash proceeds from certain planned asset sales (Item 7, MD&A, Financial Condition — Cash Resources) can be used to make these payments, if necessary.
Investment Strategies
We invest primarily in income-producing properties that are, upon acquisition, improved or being developed or that are to be developed within a reasonable period after acquisition. While we are not currently seeking to make new significant investments, we may do so if attractive opportunities arise.
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Most of our properties are subject to long-term net leases and were acquired through sale-leaseback transactions in which we acquire properties from companies that simultaneously lease the properties back from us. These sale-leaseback transactions provide the lessee company with a source of capital that is an alternative to other financing sources such as corporate borrowing, mortgaging real property, or selling shares of its stock.
Our sale-leaseback transactions may occur in conjunction with acquisitions, recapitalizations or other corporate transactions. We may act as one of several sources of financing for these transactions by purchasing real property from the seller and net leasing it back to the seller or its successor in interest (the lessee).
In analyzing potential net lease investment opportunities, the advisor reviews all aspects of a transaction, including the creditworthiness of the tenant or borrower and the underlying real estate fundamentals, to determine whether a potential acquisition satisfies our acquisition criteria. The advisor generally considers, among other things, the following aspects of each transaction:
Tenant/Borrower Evaluation — The advisor evaluates each potential tenant or borrower for their creditworthiness, typically considering factors such as management experience, industry position and fundamentals, operating history, and capital structure, as well as other factors that may be relevant to a particular investment. The advisor seeks opportunities in which it believes the tenant may have a stable or improving credit profile or the credit profile has not been recognized by the market. In evaluating a possible investment, the creditworthiness of a tenant or borrower often is a more significant factor than the value of the underlying real estate, particularly if the underlying property is specifically suited to the needs of the tenant; however, in certain circumstances where the real estate is attractively valued, the creditworthiness of the tenant may be a secondary consideration. Whether a prospective tenant or borrower is creditworthy will be determined by the advisor’s investment department and its investment committee, as described below. Creditworthy does not mean “investment grade.”
Properties Important to Tenant/Borrower Operations — The advisor generally focuses on properties that it believes are essential or important to the ongoing operations of the tenant. The advisor believes that these properties provide better protection generally as well as in the event of a bankruptcy, since a tenant/borrower is less likely to risk the loss of a critically important lease or property in a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise.
Diversification — The advisor attempts to diversify our portfolio to avoid dependence on any one particular tenant, borrower, collateral type, geographic location or tenant/borrower industry. By diversifying our portfolio, the advisor seeks to reduce the adverse effect of a single under-performing investment or a downturn in any particular industry or geographic region.
Lease Terms — Generally, the net leased properties in which we invest are leased on a full recourse basis to our tenants or their affiliates. In addition, the advisor generally seeks to include a clause in each lease that provides for increases in rent over the term of the lease. These increases are fixed or tied generally to increases in indices such as the CPI, or other similar index in the jurisdiction in which the property is located, but may contain caps or other limitations either on an annual or overall basis. Further, in some jurisdictions (notably Germany), these clauses must provide for rent adjustments based on increases or decreases in the relevant index. In the case of retail stores and hotels, the lease may provide for participation in gross revenues of the tenant at the property above a stated level. Alternatively, a lease may provide for mandated rental increases on specific dates.
Collateral Evaluation — The advisor reviews the physical condition of the property and conducts a market evaluation to determine the likelihood of replacing the rental stream if the tenant defaults or of a sale of the property in such circumstances. The advisor will also generally engage third parties to conduct, or requires the seller to conduct, Phase I or similar environmental site assessments (including a visual inspection for the potential presence of asbestos) in an attempt to identify potential environmental liabilities associated with a property prior to its acquisition. If potential environmental liabilities are identified, the advisor generally requires that identified environmental issues be resolved by the seller prior to property acquisition or, where such issues cannot be resolved prior to acquisition, requires tenants contractually to assume responsibility for resolving identified environmental issues post-closing and provide indemnification protections against any potential claims, losses or expenses arising from such matters. Although the advisor generally relies on its own analysis in determining whether to make an investment, each real property to be purchased by us will be appraised by an independent appraiser. The contractual purchase price (plus acquisition fees, but excluding acquisition expenses, payable to the advisor) for a real property we acquire will not exceed its appraised value, unless approved by our independent directors. The appraisals may take into consideration, among other things, the terms and conditions of the particular lease transaction, the quality of the lessee’s credit and the conditions of the credit markets at the time the lease transaction is negotiated. The appraised value may be greater than the construction cost or the replacement cost of a property, and the actual sale price of a property if sold by us may be greater or less than the appraised value. In cases of special purpose real estate, a property is examined in light of the prospects for the tenant/borrower’s enterprise and the financial strength and the role of that asset in the context of the tenant/borrower’s overall viability. Operating results of properties and other collateral may be examined to determine whether or not projected income levels are likely to be met.
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Transaction Provisions to Enhance and Protect Value — The advisor attempts to include provisions in our leases it believes may help protect our investment from changes in the operating and financial characteristics of a tenant that may affect its ability to satisfy its obligations to us or reduce the value of our investment, such as requiring our consent to specified tenant activity, requiring the tenant to provide indemnification protections, and requiring the tenant to satisfy specific operating tests. The advisor may also seek to enhance the likelihood of a tenant’s lease obligations being satisfied through a guarantee of obligations from the tenant’s corporate parent or other entity or a letter of credit. This credit enhancement, if obtained, provides us with additional financial security. However, in markets where competition for net lease transactions is strong, some or all of these provisions may be difficult to negotiate. In addition, in some circumstances, tenants may retain the right to repurchase the property leased by the tenant. The option purchase price is generally the greater of the contract purchase price or the fair market value of the property at the time the option is exercised.
Other Equity Enhancements — The advisor may attempt to obtain equity enhancements in connection with transactions. These equity enhancements may involve warrants exercisable at a future time to purchase stock of the tenant or borrower or their parent. If warrants are obtained, and become exercisable, and if the value of the stock subsequently exceeds the exercise price of the warrant, equity enhancements can help us to achieve our goal of increasing investor returns.
Investment Decisions —The advisor’s investment department, under the oversight of its chief investment officer, is primarily responsible for evaluating, negotiating and structuring potential investment opportunities for the CPA® REITs and WPC. Before an investment is made, the transaction is reviewed by the advisor’s investment committee, except under the limited circumstances described below. The investment committee is not directly involved in originating or negotiating potential investments but instead functions as a separate and final step in the acquisition process. The advisor places special emphasis on having experienced individuals serve on its investment committee. The advisor will not invest in a transaction on our behalf unless it is approved by the investment committee, except that investments with a total purchase price of $10.0 million or less may be approved by either the chairman of the investment committee or the advisor’s chief investment officer (up to, in the case of investments other than long-term net leases, a cap of $30.0 million or 5% of our estimated net asset value, whichever is greater, provided that such investments may not have a credit rating of less than BBB-). For transactions that meet the investment criteria of more than one CPA® REIT, the chief investment officer has discretion to allocate the investment to or among the CPA® REITs. In cases where two or more CPA® REITs (or one or more of the CPA® REITs and the advisor) will hold the investment, a majority of the independent directors of each CPA® REIT investing in the property must also approve the transaction.
The following people currently serve on the investment committee:
    Nathaniel S. Coolidge, Chairman — Former senior vice president and head of the bond and corporate finance department of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance (currently known as John Hancock Life Insurance Company). Mr. Coolidge’s responsibilities included overseeing its entire portfolio of fixed income investments.
    Axel K.A. Hansing — Currently serving as a senior partner at Coller Capital, Ltd., a global leader in the private equity secondary market, and responsible for investment activity in parts of Europe, Turkey and South Africa.
    Frank J. Hoenemeyer — Former vice chairman and chief investment officer of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. As chief investment officer, he was responsible for all of Prudential Insurance Company of America’s investments including stocks, bonds and real estate.
    Jean Hoysradt — Currently serving as the chief investment officer of Mousse Partners Limited, an investment office based in New York.
    Dr. Lawrence R. Klein — Currently serving as professor emeritus of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School. Recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in economic sciences and former consultant to both the Federal Reserve Board and the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.
    Richard C. Marston — Currently the James R.F. Guy professor of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School.
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    Nick J.M. van Ommen — Former chief executive officer of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), currently serves on the supervisory boards of several companies, including Babis Vovos International Construction SA, a listed real estate company in Greece, Intervest Retail and Intervest Offices, listed real estate companies in Belgium, BUWOG / ESG, a residential leasing and development company in Austria and IMMOFINANZ, a listed real estate company in Austria.
    Dr. Karsten von Köller — Currently chairman of Lone Star Germany GMBH, a US private equity firm (“Lone Star”), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Düsseldorfer Hypothekenbank AG, a subsidiary of Lone Star, and Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Corealcredit Bank AG and MHB Bank AG.
Segments
We operate in one industry segment, real estate ownership, with domestic and foreign investments. For 2010, Carrefour France, SAS represented 16% of our total lease revenue.
Competition
We face active competition from many sources for investment opportunities in commercial properties net leased to major corporations both domestically and internationally. In general, we believe that our advisor’s experience in real estate, credit underwriting and transaction structuring should allow us to compete effectively for commercial properties to the extent we make future acquisitions. However, competitors may be willing to accept rates of return, lease terms, other transaction terms or levels of risk that we may find unacceptable.
Environmental Matters
Our properties generally are or have been used for commercial purposes, including industrial and manufacturing properties. Under various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, current and former owners and operators of property may have liability for the cost of investigating, cleaning up or disposing of hazardous materials released at, on, under, in or from the property. These laws typically impose responsibility and liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of or was responsible for the presence of hazardous materials or contamination, and liability under these laws is often joint and several. Third parties may also make claims against owners or operators of properties for personal injuries and property damage associated with releases of hazardous materials. As part of our efforts to mitigate these risks, we typically engage third parties to perform assessments of potential environmental risks when evaluating a new acquisition of property, and we frequently obtain contractual protection (indemnities, cash reserves, letters of credit or other instruments) from property sellers, tenants, a tenant’s parent company or another third party to address known or potential environmental issues.
Transactions with Affiliates
We enter into transactions with our affiliates, including the other CPA® REITs and our advisor or its affiliates, if we believe that doing so is consistent with our investment objectives and we comply with our investment policies and procedures. These transactions typically take the form of jointly-owned ventures, direct purchases of assets, mergers or another type of transaction.
As discussed in Item 1, Significant Developments, on December 13, 2010, we and CPA®:16 — Global entered into a definitive agreement regarding the Proposed Merger, pursuant to which we will merge with and into a subsidiary of CPA®:16 — Global, subject to the approval of our shareholders. The closing of the Proposed Merger is also subject to customary closing conditions, as well as the closing of our Asset Sales, pursuant to which we have agreed to sell three properties each to the advisor and CPA®:17 — Global for an aggregate selling price of $32.1 million and $57.4 million, respectively, plus the assumption of indebtedness totaling approximately $64.7 million and $153.9 million, respectively. The Asset Sales are contingent upon the approval of the Proposed Merger by our shareholders.
Types of Investments
Substantially all of our investments to date are and will continue to be income-producing properties, which are, upon acquisition, improved or being developed or which will be developed within a reasonable period of time after their acquisition. These investments have primarily been through sale-leaseback transactions, in which we invest in properties from companies that simultaneously lease the properties back from us subject to long-term leases. Investments are not restricted as to geographical areas.
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Other Investments — We may invest up to 10% of our net equity in unimproved or non-income-producing real property and in “equity interests.” Investment in equity interests in the aggregate will not exceed five percent of our net equity. Such equity interests are defined generally to mean stock, warrants or other rights to purchase the stock of, or other interests in, a tenant of a property, an entity to which we lend money or a parent or controlling person of a borrower or tenant. We may invest in unimproved or non-income-producing property that the advisor believes will appreciate in value or increase the value of adjoining or neighboring properties we own. There can be no assurance that these expectations will be realized. Often, equity interests will be “restricted securities,” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), which means that the securities have not been registered with the SEC and are subject to restrictions on sale or transfer. Under this rule, we may be prohibited from reselling the equity securities until we have fully paid for and held the securities for a period between six months to one year. It is possible that the issuer of equity interests in which we invest may never register the interests under the Securities Act. Whether an issuer registers its securities under the Securities Act may depend on many factors, including the success of its operations.
We will exercise warrants or other rights to purchase stock generally if the value of the stock at the time the rights are exercised exceeds the exercise price. Payment of the exercise price will not be deemed an investment subject to the above described limitations. We may borrow funds to pay the exercise price on warrants or other rights or may pay the exercise price from funds held for working capital and then repay the loan or replenish the working capital upon the sale of the securities or interests purchased. We will not consider paying distributions out of the proceeds of the sale of these interests until any funds borrowed to purchase the interest have been fully repaid.
We will not invest in real estate contracts of sale unless the contracts are in recordable form and are appropriately recorded in the applicable chain of title.
Cash resources will be invested in permitted temporary investments, which include short-term U.S. Government securities, bank certificates of deposit and other short-term liquid investments. To maintain our REIT qualification, we also may invest in securities that qualify as “real estate assets” and produce qualifying income under the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Any investments in other REITs in which the advisor or any director is an affiliate must be approved as being fair and reasonable by a majority of the directors (which must include a majority of the independent directors) who are not otherwise interested in the transaction.
If at any time the character of our investments would cause us to be deemed an “investment company” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), we will take the necessary action to ensure that we are not deemed to be an investment company. The advisor will continually review our investment activity, including monitoring the proportion of our portfolio that is placed in various investments, to attempt to ensure that we do not come within the application of the Investment Company Act.
Our reserves, if any, will be invested in permitted temporary investments. The advisor will evaluate the relative risks and rate of return, our cash needs and other appropriate considerations when making short-term investments on our behalf. The rate of return of permitted temporary investments may be less than would be obtainable from real estate investments.
(d) Financial Information About Geographic Areas
See Our Portfolio above and Note 18 of the consolidated financial statements for financial information pertaining to our geographic operations.
(e) Available Information
All filings we make with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and our current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, are available for free on our website, http://www.cpa14.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed or furnished to the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to be read or copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings can also be obtained for free on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. We are providing our website address solely for the information of investors. We do not intend our website to be an active link or to otherwise incorporate the information contained on our website into this Report or other filings with the SEC.
We will supply to any shareholder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the SEC.
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Item 1A.   Risk Factors.
Our business, results of operations, financial condition and ability to pay distributions at the current rate could be materially adversely affected by various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions below. These risk factors may have affected, and in the future could affect, our actual operating and financial results and could cause such results to differ materially from our expectations as expressed in any forward-looking statements. You should not consider this list exhaustive. New risk factors emerge periodically, and we cannot assure you that the factors described below list all risks that may become material to us at any later time.
The recent financial and economic crisis adversely affected our business, and the continued uncertainty in the global economic environment may adversely affect our business in the future.
Although we have seen signs of modest improvement in the global economy following the significant distress in 2008 and 2009, the economic recovery remains weak, and our business is still dependent on the speed and strength of that recovery, which cannot be predicted at the present time. To date, its effects on our business have primarily been that a number of tenants have experienced increased levels of financial distress, with several having filed for bankruptcy protection, although our experience in 2010 reflected an improvement from 2008 and 2009.
Depending on the strength of the recovery, we could in the future experience a number of additional effects on our business, including higher levels of default in the payment of rent by our tenants, additional bankruptcies and impairments in the value of our property investments, as well as difficulties in refinancing existing loans as they come due. Any of these conditions may negatively affect our earnings, as well as our cash flow and, consequently, our ability to sustain the payment of dividends at current levels or to resume our redemption plan.
We are subject to the risks of real estate ownership, which could reduce the value of our properties.
Our performance and asset value are subject, in part, to risks incident to the ownership and operation of real estate, including:
    changes in the general economic climate;
    changes in local conditions such as an oversupply of space or reduction in demand for commercial real estate;
    changes in interest rates and the availability of financing; and
    changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing real estate usage, zoning and taxes.
We may have difficulty selling or re-leasing our properties.
Real estate investments generally lack liquidity compared to other financial assets, and this lack of liquidity will limit our ability to quickly change our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. The triple-net leases we own, enter into, or acquire may be for properties that are specially suited to the particular needs of the tenant. With these properties, if the current lease is terminated or not renewed, we may be required to renovate the property or to make rent concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant. In addition, if we are forced to sell the property, we may have difficulty selling it to a party other than the tenant due to the special purpose for which the property may have been designed. These and other limitations may affect our ability to sell or re-lease properties without adversely affecting returns to our shareholders. See Item 1 — Business — Our Portfolio for scheduled lease expirations.
We have recognized, and may in the future recognize, substantial impairment charges on our properties.
We have incurred, and may in the future incur, substantial impairment charges, which we are required to recognize whenever we sell a property for less than its carrying value or we determine that the property has experienced a decline in its carrying value (or, for direct financing leases, that the unguaranteed residual value of the underlying property has declined). By their nature, the timing and extent of impairment charges are not predictable. Impairment charges reduce our net income, although they do not necessarily affect our cash flow from operations.
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The inability of a tenant in a single tenant property to pay rent will reduce our revenues and increase our expenses.
Most of our properties are occupied by a single tenant, and therefore the success of our investments is materially dependent on the financial stability of these tenants. Revenues from several of our tenants/guarantors constitute a significant percentage of our lease revenues. Our five largest tenants/guarantors represented approximately 34%, 33% and 32% of total lease revenues in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Lease payment defaults by tenants negatively impact our net income and reduce the amounts available for distributions to shareholders. As our tenants generally may not have a recognized credit rating, they may have a higher risk of lease defaults than if our tenants had a recognized credit rating. In addition, the bankruptcy of a tenant could cause the loss of lease payments as well as an increase in the costs incurred to carry the property until it can be re-leased or sold. We have had tenants file for bankruptcy protection. In the event of a default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting the investment and re-leasing the property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to re-lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss.
The bankruptcy or insolvency of tenants or borrowers may cause a reduction in revenue.
Bankruptcy or insolvency of a tenant or borrower could cause:
    the loss of lease or interest payments;
    an increase in the costs incurred to carry the property;
    litigation;
    a reduction in the value of our shares; and
    a decrease in distributions to our shareholders.
Under U.S. bankruptcy law, a tenant who is the subject of bankruptcy proceedings has the option of assuming or rejecting any unexpired lease. If the tenant rejects the lease, any resulting claim we have for breach of the lease (excluding collateral securing the claim) will be treated as a general unsecured claim. The maximum claim will be capped at the amount owed for unpaid rent prior to the bankruptcy unrelated to the termination, plus the greater of one year’s lease payments or 15% of the remaining lease payments payable under the lease (but no more than three years’ lease payments). In addition, due to the long-term nature of our leases and, in some cases, terms providing for the repurchase of a property by the tenant, a bankruptcy court could recharacterize a net lease transaction as a secured lending transaction. If that were to occur, we would not be treated as the owner of the property, but we might have rights as a secured creditor. Those rights would not include a right to compel the tenant to timely perform its obligations under the lease but may instead entitle us to “adequate protection,” a bankruptcy concept that applies to protect against a decrease in the value of the property if the value of the property is less than the balance owed to us.
Insolvency laws outside of the U.S. may not be as favorable to reorganization or to the protection of a debtor’s rights as tenants under a lease as are the laws in the U.S. Our rights to terminate a lease for default may be more likely to be enforceable in countries other than the U.S., in which a debtor/tenant or its insolvency representative may be less likely to have rights to force continuation of a lease without our consent. Nonetheless, such laws may permit a tenant or an appointed insolvency representative to terminate a lease if it so chooses.
However, in circumstances where the bankruptcy laws of the U.S. are considered to be more favorable to debtors and to their reorganization, entities that are not ordinarily perceived as U.S. entities may seek to take advantage of the U.S. bankruptcy laws if they are eligible. An entity would be eligible to be a debtor under the U.S. bankruptcy laws if it had a domicile (state of incorporation or registration), place of business or assets in the U.S. If a tenant became a debtor under the U.S. bankruptcy laws, then it would have the option of assuming or rejecting any unexpired lease. As a general matter, after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and prior to assumption or rejection of an expired lease, U.S. bankruptcy laws provide that until an unexpired lease is assumed or rejected, the tenant (or its trustee if one has been appointed) must timely perform obligations of the tenant under the lease. However, under certain circumstances, the time period for performance of such obligations may be extended by an order of the bankruptcy court.
We and the other CPA® REITs managed by the advisor have had tenants file for bankruptcy protection and are involved in bankruptcy- related litigation (including several international tenants). Four prior CPA® REITs reduced the rate of distributions to their investors as a result of adverse developments involving tenants.
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Similarly, if a borrower under one of our loan transactions declares bankruptcy, there may not be sufficient funds to satisfy its payment obligations to us, which may adversely affect our revenue and distributions to our shareholders. The mortgage loans in which we may invest and the mortgage loans underlying the mortgage-backed securities in which we may invest may be subject to delinquency, foreclosure and loss, which could result in losses to us.
Our distributions may exceed our adjusted cash flow from operating activities and our earnings in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”).
Over the life of our company, the regular quarterly cash distributions we pay are expected to be principally sourced by adjusted cash flow from operating activities. Adjusted cash flow from operating activities represents GAAP cash flow from operating activities, adjusted primarily to reflect timing differences between the period an expense is incurred and paid, to add cash distributions we receive from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income and to subtract cash distributions we pay to our noncontrolling partners in real estate ventures that we consolidate. However, there can be no assurance that our adjusted cash flow from operating activities will be sufficient to cover our future distributions, and we may use other sources of funds, such as proceeds from borrowings and asset sales, to fund portions of our future distributions.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, portions of the distributions we make may represent return of capital to our shareholders if they exceed our earnings and profits.
We do not fully control the management for our properties.
The tenants or managers of net lease properties are responsible for maintenance and other day-to-day management of the properties. If a property is not adequately maintained in accordance with the terms of the applicable lease, we may incur expenses for deferred maintenance expenditures or other liabilities once the property becomes free of the lease. While our leases generally provide for recourse against the tenant in these instances, a bankrupt or financially troubled tenant may be more likely to defer maintenance and it may be more difficult to enforce remedies against such a tenant. In addition, to the extent tenants are unable to conduct their operation of the property on a financially successful basis, their ability to pay rent may be adversely affected. Although we endeavor to monitor, on an ongoing basis, compliance by tenants with their lease obligations and other factors that could affect the financial performance of our properties, such monitoring may not in all circumstances ascertain or forestall deterioration either in the condition of a property or the financial circumstances of a tenant.
Our leases may permit tenants to purchase a property at a predetermined price, which could limit our realization of any appreciation or result in a loss.
In some circumstances, we grant tenants a right to repurchase the property they lease from us. The purchase price may be a fixed price or it may be based on a formula or the market value at the time of exercise. If a tenant exercises its right to purchase the property and the property’s market value has increased beyond that price, we could be limited in fully realizing the appreciation on that property. Additionally, if the price at which the tenant can purchase the property is less than our purchase price or carrying value (for example, where the purchase price is based on an appraised value), we may incur a loss.
Our success is dependent on the performance of the advisor.
Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions is largely dependent upon the performance of the advisor in the acquisition of investments, the selection of tenants, the determination of any financing arrangements, and the management of our assets. The advisory agreement has a one year term and may be renewed at our option upon expiration. The past performance of partnerships and CPA® REITs managed by the advisor may not be indicative of the advisor’s performance with respect to us. We cannot guarantee that the advisor will be able to successfully manage and achieve liquidity for our shareholders to the same extent that it has done so for prior programs.
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The advisor may be subject to conflicts of interest.
The advisor manages our business and selects our investments. The advisor has some conflicts of interest in its management of us, which arise primarily from the involvement of the advisor in other activities that may conflict with us and the payment of fees by us to the advisor. Unless the advisor elects to receive our common stock in lieu of cash compensation, we will pay the advisor substantial cash fees for the services it provides, which will reduce the amount of cash available for investment in properties or distribution to our shareholders. Circumstances under which a conflict could arise between us and the advisor include:
    the receipt of compensation by the advisor for property purchases, leases, sales and financing for us, which may cause the advisor to engage in transactions that generate higher fees, rather than transactions that are more appropriate or beneficial for our business;
    agreements between us and the advisor, including agreements regarding compensation, will not be negotiated on an arm’s-length basis as would occur if the agreements were with unaffiliated third parties;
    acquisitions of single properties or portfolios of properties from affiliates, including WPC or the CPA® REITs, subject to our investment policies and procedures, which may take the form of a direct purchase of assets, a merger or another type of transaction;
    competition with certain affiliates for property acquisitions, which may cause the advisor and its affiliates to direct properties suitable for us to other related entities;
    a decision by the advisor (on our behalf) of whether to hold or sell a property could impact the timing and amount of fees payable to the advisor because it receives asset management fees and may decide not to sell a property;
    disposition, incentive and termination fees, which are based on the sale price of properties or the terms of a liquidity transaction, may cause a conflict between the advisor’s desire to sell a property or engage in a liquidity transaction and our interests; and
    whether a particular entity has been formed by the advisor specifically for the purpose of making particular types of investments (in which case it will generally receive preference in the allocation of those types of investments).
We delegate our management functions to the advisor.
We delegate our management functions to the advisor, for which it earns fees pursuant to an advisory agreement. Although at least a majority of our board of directors must be independent, because the advisor earns fees from us and has an ownership interest in us, we have limited independence from the advisor.
The termination or replacement of the advisor could trigger a default or repayment event under our financing arrangements for some of our assets.
Lenders for certain of our assets typically request change of control provisions in the loan documentation that would make the termination or replacement of WPC or its affiliates as the advisor an event of default or an event requiring the immediate repayment of the full outstanding balance of the loan. While we will attempt to negotiate not to include such provisions, lenders may require such provisions. If an event of default or repayment event occurs with respect to any of our assets, our revenues and distributions to our shareholders may be adversely affected.
Our NAV is computed by our advisor relying in part upon information that the advisor provides to a third- party.
The asset management and performance compensation paid to the advisor are computed by our advisor relying in part upon an annual third-party valuation of our real estate. Any such valuation includes the use of estimates and may be influenced by the information provided to the third party by the advisor. Because our NAV is an estimate, it can change as interest rate and real estate markets fluctuate, and there is no assurance that a shareholder will realize such NAV in connection with any liquidity event.
Valuations that we obtain may include leases in place on the property being appraised, and if the leases terminate, the value of the property may become significantly lower.
The valuations that we obtain on our properties may be based on the values of the properties when the properties are leased. If the leases on the properties terminate, the values of the properties may fall significantly below the appraised value.
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We are not required to meet any diversification standards; therefore, our investments may become subject to concentration of risk.
Subject to our intention to maintain our qualification as a REIT, there are no limitations on the number or value of particular types of investments that we may make. Although we attempt to do so, we are not required to meet any diversification standards, including geographic diversification standards. Therefore, our investments may become concentrated in type or geographic location, which could subject us to significant concentration of risk with potentially adverse effects on our investment objectives.
Our use of debt to finance investments could adversely affect our cash flow and distributions to shareholders.
Most of our investments have been made by borrowing a portion of the purchase price of our investments and securing the loan with a mortgage on the property. We generally borrow on a non-recourse basis to limit our exposure on any property to the amount of equity invested in the property. However, if we are unable to make our debt payments as required, a lender could foreclose on the property or properties securing its debt. Additionally, lenders for our international mortgage loan transactions typically incorporate provisions that can cause a loan default and over which we have limited control, including a loan to value ratio, a debt service coverage ratio and a material adverse change in the borrower’s or tenant’s business, so if real estate values decline or a tenant defaults, the lender would have the right to foreclose on its security. If any of these events were to occur, it could cause us to lose part or all of our investment, which in turn could cause the value of our portfolio, and revenues available for distribution to our shareholders, to be reduced.
A majority of our financing also requires us to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. Our ability to make balloon payments on debt will depend upon our ability either to refinance the obligation when due, invest additional equity in the property or sell the related property. When the balloon payment is due, we may be unable to refinance the balloon payment on terms as favorable as the original loan or sell the property at a price sufficient to make the balloon payment. Our ability to accomplish these goals will be affected by various factors existing at the relevant time, such as the state of the national and regional economies, local real estate conditions, available mortgage rates, our equity in the mortgaged properties, our financial condition, the operating history of the mortgaged properties and tax laws. A refinancing or sale could affect the rate of return to shareholders and the projected time of disposition of our assets.
Failure to qualify as a REIT would adversely affect our operations and ability to make distributions.
If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our net taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, we would generally be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year we lose our REIT qualification. Losing our REIT qualification would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to shareholders because of the additional tax liability, and we would no longer be required to make distributions. We might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax.
Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex Internal Revenue Code provisions for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations. The determination of various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control may affect our ability to qualify as a REIT. In order to qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy a number of requirements regarding the composition of our assets and the sources of our gross income. Also, we must make distributions to our shareholders aggregating annually at least 90% of our net taxable income, excluding net capital gains. Because we have investments in foreign real property, we are subject to foreign currency gains and losses. Foreign currency gains are qualifying income for purposes of the REIT income requirements, provided that the underlying income satisfies the REIT income requirements. To reduce the risk of foreign currency gains adversely affecting our REIT qualification, we may be required to defer the repatriation of cash from foreign jurisdictions or to employ other structures that could affect the timing, character or amount of income we receive from our foreign investments. No assurance can be given that we will be able to manage our foreign currency gains in a manner that enables us to qualify as a REIT or to avoid U.S. federal and other taxes on our income. In addition, legislation, new regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions may adversely affect our investors, our ability to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes or the desirability of an investment in a REIT relative to other investments.
The Internal Revenue Service may take the position that specific sale-leaseback transactions we treat as true leases are not true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes but are, instead, financing arrangements or loans. If a sale-leaseback transaction were so recharacterized, we might fail to satisfy the qualification requirements applicable to REITs.
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Dividends payable by REITs generally do not qualify for reduced U.S. federal income tax rates because qualifying REITs do not pay U.S. federal income tax on their net income.
The maximum U.S. federal income tax rate for dividends payable by domestic corporations to taxable U.S. shareholders is 15%. Dividends payable by REITs, however, are generally not eligible for the reduced rates, except to the extent that they are attributable to dividends paid by a taxable REIT subsidiary or a C corporation, or relate to certain other activities. This is because qualifying REITs receive an entity-level tax benefit from not having to pay U.S. federal income tax on their net income. As a result, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate dividends could cause shareholders who are individuals to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the stock of REITs, including our common stock. In addition, the relative attractiveness of real estate in general may be adversely affected by the reduced U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to corporate dividends, which could negatively affect the value of our properties.
The ability of our board of directors to change our investment policies or revoke our REIT election without shareholder approval may cause adverse consequences to our shareholders.
Our bylaws require that our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interest of our shareholders. These policies may change over time. The methods of implementing our investment policies may also vary, as new investment techniques are developed. Except as otherwise provided in our bylaws, our investment policies, the methods for their implementation, and our other objectives, policies and procedures may be altered by a majority of the directors (which must include a majority of the independent directors), without the approval of our shareholders. As a result, the nature of your investment could change without your consent. A change in our investment strategy may, among other things, increase our exposure to interest rate risk, default risk and commercial real property market fluctuations, all of which could materially adversely affect our ability to achieve our investment objectives.
In addition, our organizational documents permit our board of directors to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without the approval of our shareholders, if the board determines that it is not in our best interest to qualify as a REIT. In such a case, we would become subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income and we would no longer be required to distribute most of our net income to our shareholders, which may have adverse consequences on the total return to our shareholders.
Potential liability for environmental matters could adversely affect our financial condition.
We have invested and in the future may invest in properties historically used for industrial, manufacturing and other commercial purposes. We therefore own and may in the future acquire properties that have known or potential environmental contamination as a result of historical operations. Buildings and structures on the properties we own and purchase also may have known or suspected asbestos-containing building materials. Our properties currently are used for industrial, manufacturing, and other commercial purposes, and some of our tenants may handle hazardous or toxic substances, generate hazardous wastes, or discharge regulated pollutants to the environment. We may invest in properties located in countries that have adopted laws or observe environmental management standards that are less stringent than those generally followed in the U.S., which may pose a greater risk that releases of hazardous or toxic substances have occurred to the environment. Leasing properties to tenants that engage in these activities, and owning properties historically and currently used for industrial, manufacturing, and other commercial purposes, will cause us to be subject to the risk of liabilities under environmental laws. Some of these laws could impose the following on us:
    responsibility and liability for the cost of investigation, removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances released on or from our property, generally without regard to our knowledge of, or responsibility for, the presence of these contaminants.
    liability for claims by third parties based on damages to natural resources or property, personal injuries, or costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances in, on, or migrating from our property.
    responsibility for managing asbestos-containing building materials, and third-party claims for exposure to those materials.
Our costs of investigation, remediation or removal of hazardous or toxic substances, or for third-party claims for damages, may be substantial. The presence of hazardous or toxic substances at any of our properties, or the failure to properly remediate a contaminated property, could give rise to a lien in favor of the government for costs it may incur to address the contamination or otherwise adversely affect our ability to sell or lease the property or to borrow using the property as collateral. While we attempt to mitigate identified environmental risks by requiring tenants contractually to acknowledge their responsibility for complying with environmental laws and to assume liability for environmental matters, circumstances may arise in which a tenant fails, or is unable, to fulfill its contractual obligations. In addition, environmental liabilities, or costs or operating limitations imposed on a tenant to comply with environmental laws, could affect its ability to make rental payments to us.
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International investments involve additional risks.
We have invested in properties located outside the U.S. At December 31, 2010, our directly-owned real estate properties located outside of the U.S. represented 18% of current annualized contractual minimum base rent. These investments may be affected by factors particular to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the property is located. These investments may expose us to risks that are different from and in addition to those commonly found in the U.S., including:
    changing governmental rules and policies;
    enactment of laws relating to the foreign ownership of property and laws relating to the ability of foreign entities to remove invested capital or profits earned from activities within the country to the U.S.;
    expropriation;
    legal systems under which the ability to enforce contractual rights and remedies may be more limited than would be the case under U.S. law;
    the difficulty in conforming obligations in other countries and the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws, which may be more stringent than U.S. laws, including tax requirements and land use, zoning and environmental laws, as well as changes in such laws;
    adverse market conditions caused by changes in national or local economic or political conditions;
    changes in relative interest rates;
    changes in the availability, cost and terms of mortgage funds resulting from varying national economic policies;
    restrictions and/or significant costs in repatriating cash and cash equivalents held in foreign bank accounts; and
    changes in real estate and other tax rates and other operating expenses in particular countries.
In addition, the lack of publicly available information in accordance with GAAP could impair our ability to analyze transactions and may cause us to forego an investment opportunity. It may also impair our ability to receive timely and accurate financial information from tenants necessary to meet our reporting obligations to financial institutions or governmental or regulatory agencies. Certain of these risks may be greater in emerging markets and less developed countries.
Also, we may rely on third-party asset managers in international jurisdictions to monitor compliance with legal requirements and lending agreements with respect to our properties. Failure to comply with applicable requirements may expose us or our operating subsidiaries to additional liabilities.
Moreover, we are subject to foreign currency risk due to potential fluctuations in exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Our primary currency exposure is to the Euro. We attempt to mitigate a portion of the risk of currency fluctuation by financing our properties in the local currency denominations, although there can be no assurance that this will be effective. Because we generally place both our debt obligation to the lender and the tenant’s rental obligation to us in the same currency, our results of foreign operations benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies; that is, a weaker U.S. dollar will tend to increase both our revenues and our expenses, while a stronger U.S. dollar will tend to reduce both our revenues and our expenses.
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The returns on our investments in net leased properties may not be as great as returns on equity investments in real properties during strong real estate markets.
As an investor in single tenant, long-term net leased properties, the returns on our investments are based primarily on the terms of the lease. Payments to us under our leases do not rise and fall based upon the market value of the underlying properties. In addition, we generally lease each property to one tenant on a long-term basis, which means that we cannot seek to improve current returns at a particular property through an active, multi-tenant leasing strategy. While we will sell assets from time to time and may recognize gains or losses on the sales based on then-current market values, we generally intend to hold our properties on a long-term basis. We view our leases as fixed income investments through which we seek to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns that will support a steady dividend. The value of our assets will likely not appreciate to the same extent as equity investments in real estate during periods when real estate markets are very strong. Conversely, in weak markets, the existence of a long-term lease may positively affect the value of the property, although it is nonetheless possible that, as a result of property declines generally, we may recognize impairment charges on some properties.
A potential change in U.S. accounting standards regarding operating leases may make the leasing of facilities less attractive to our potential domestic tenants, which could reduce overall demand for our leasing services.
Under current authoritative accounting guidance for leases, a lease is classified by a tenant as a capital lease if the significant risks and rewards of ownership are considered to reside with the tenant. This situation is considered to be met if, among other things, the non-cancellable lease term is more than 75% of the useful life of the asset or if the present value of the minimum lease payments equals 90% or more of the leased property’s fair value. Under capital lease accounting for a tenant, both the leased asset and liability are reflected on their balance sheet. If the lease does not meet any of the criteria for a capital lease, the lease is considered an operating lease by the tenant and the obligation does not appear on the tenant’s balance sheet; rather, the contractual future minimum payment obligations are only disclosed in the footnotes thereto. Thus, entering into an operating lease can appear to enhance a tenant’s balance sheet in comparison to direct ownership. In response to concerns caused by a 2005 SEC study that the current model does not have sufficient transparency, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the International Accounting Standards Board conducted a joint project to re-evaluate lease accounting. In August 2010, the FASB issued a Proposed Accounting Standards Update titled “Leases,” providing its views on accounting for leases by both lessees and lessors. The FASB’s proposed guidance may require significant changes in how leases are accounted for by both lessees and lessors. As of the date of this Report, the FASB has not finalized its views on accounting for leases. Changes to the accounting guidance could affect both our accounting for leases as well as that of our tenants. These changes may affect how the real estate leasing business is conducted both domestically and internationally. For example, if the accounting standards regarding the financial statement classification of operating leases are revised, then companies may be less willing to enter into leases in general or desire to enter into leases with shorter terms because the apparent benefits to their balance sheets could be reduced or eliminated. This in turn could make it more difficult for us to enter leases on terms we find favorable.
Our net tangible book value may be adversely affected if we are required to adopt certain fair value accounting provisions.
In June 2007, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) issued accounting guidance that addresses when the accounting principles of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide “Investment Companies” must be applied by an entity and whether investment company accounting must be retained by a parent company in consolidation or by an investor in the application of the equity method of accounting. In addition, this guidance includes certain disclosure requirements for parent companies and equity method investors in investment companies that retain investment company accounting in the parent company’s consolidated financial statements or the financial statements of an equity method investor. In February 2008, the effective date of this guidance was indefinitely delayed, and adoption of the guidance was prohibited for any entity that had not previously adopted it. Additionally, in its investment properties project, the FASB is currently considering whether certain entities should measure investment property at fair value. As currently proposed, an entity would need to meet certain criteria related to its business purpose, activities, and capital structure to be within the scope of the guidance. Entities within the scope of the guidance would report all their investment properties at fair value on a recurring basis. We will assess the potential impact the adoption of these standards would have on our financial position and results of operations if we are required to adopt them.
While we maintain an exemption from the Investment Company Act and are therefore not regulated as an investment company, we may be required to adopt fair value accounting provisions. Under these provisions, our investments would be recorded at fair value with changes in value reflected in our earnings, which may result in significant fluctuations in our results of operations and net tangible book value. Net tangible book value per share may be further reduced by any declines in the fair value of our investments.
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Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
We do not intend to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If we were obligated to register as an investment company, we would have to comply with a variety of substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act that impose, among other things:
    limitations on capital structure;
    restrictions on specified investments;
    prohibitions on certain transactions with affiliates; and
    compliance with reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy disclosure and other rules and regulations that would significantly increase our operating expenses.
In general, we expect to be able to rely on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. In order to qualify for this exemption, at least 55% of our portfolio must be comprised of real property and mortgages and other liens on an interest in real estate (collectively, “qualifying assets”) and at least 80% of our portfolio must be comprised of real estate-related assets. Qualifying assets include mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities that represent the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage loans, and other interests in real estate. In order to maintain our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act, we must continue to engage primarily in the business of buying real estate.
To maintain compliance with the Investment Company Act exemption, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional income or loss generating assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forego opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy. If we were required to register as an investment company, we would be prohibited from engaging in our business as currently contemplated because the Investment Company Act imposes significant limitations on leverage. In addition, we would have to seek to restructure the advisory agreement because the compensation that it contemplates would not comply with the Investment Company Act. Criminal and civil actions could also be brought against us if we failed to comply with the Investment Company Act. In addition, our contracts would be unenforceable unless a court were to require enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of us and liquidate our business.
Failure to complete the Proposed Merger could negatively affect us.
It is possible that the Proposed Merger and the Asset Sales may not be completed. The parties’ obligations to complete the Proposed Merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified conditions, some of which are beyond our control. For example, the Proposed Merger is conditioned on the receipt of the required approval of our shareholders. If this approval is not received, the Proposed Merger cannot be completed even if all of the other conditions to the Proposed Merger are satisfied or waived. In addition to receiving the required shareholder approval, the Proposed Merger is also conditioned upon, among other things, the completion of the Asset Sales, the completion of a new senior secured credit facility for CPA®:16 — Global, the proceeds of which will be used, in part, to pay for cash elections made by our shareholders in the Proposed Merger, and the elections by holders of 50% or less of our outstanding common stock to receive cash. CPA®:16 — Global has entered into commitment letters with five lenders who will provide CPA®:16 — Global with the new senior secured credit facility; however, those commitment letters are subject to customary conditions, including the lenders’ satisfactory completion of due diligence and determination that no material adverse change has occurred in the business, assets, financial condition, performance or prospects of CPA®:16 — Global or any of its material subsidiaries.
If the Proposed Merger is not completed, we may be subject to a number of material risks, including the following:
    our shareholders will not have had the opportunity to achieve liquidity, and our directors will review other alternatives for liquidity, which may not occur in the near term or on terms as attractive as the terms of the Proposed Merger and the Asset Sales;
    we will have incurred substantial costs related to the Proposed Merger and the related transactions, such as legal, accounting and financial advisor fees, which may be payable by us even if the Proposed Merger is not completed; and
 
    we may be required to pay CPA®:16 — Global’s out-of-pocket expenses up to $5 million if the Proposed Merger is terminated (i) by CPA®:16 — Global due to our breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement or (ii) by us due to our board of directors withdrawing its recommendation of the Proposed Merger or the merger agreement in connection with, or approving or recommending, a superior competing transaction.
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There is not, and may never be, an active public trading market for our shares, so it will be difficult for shareholders to sell shares quickly.
There is no active public trading market for our shares. Our articles of incorporation also prohibit the ownership of more than 9.8% of our stock by one person or affiliated group, unless exempted by our board of directors, which may inhibit large investors from desiring to purchase your shares and may also discourage a takeover. Moreover, our redemption plan has been suspended. Even if our redemption plan is reactivated, it will continue to include numerous restrictions that limit your ability to sell your shares to us, and our board of directors will continue to have the authority to further amend, suspend or terminate the plan. Therefore, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares promptly or at all. In addition, the price received for any shares sold prior to a liquidity event is likely to be less than the proportionate value of the real estate we own. Investor suitability standards imposed by certain states may also make it more difficult to sell your shares to someone in those states.
Maryland law could restrict change in control.
Provisions of Maryland law applicable to us prohibit business combinations with:
    any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of outstanding shares, referred to as an interested shareholder;
    an affiliate who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of our outstanding shares, also referred to as an interested shareholder; or
    an affiliate of an interested shareholder.
These prohibitions last for five years after the most recent date on which the interested shareholder became an interested shareholder. Thereafter, any business combination must be recommended by our board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of our outstanding shares and two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of our shares other than shares held by the interested shareholder or by an affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder. These requirements could have the effect of inhibiting a change in control even if a change in control was in our shareholders’ interest. These provisions of Maryland law do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by our board of directors prior to the time that someone becomes an interested shareholder. In addition, a person is not an interested shareholder if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he or she otherwise would have become an interested shareholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.
Our articles of incorporation restrict beneficial ownership of more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares by one person or affiliated group in order to assist us in meeting the REIT qualification rules. These requirements could have the effect of inhibiting a change in control even if a change in control were in our shareholders’ interest.
Shareholders’ equity may be diluted
Our shareholders do not have preemptive rights to any shares of common stock issued by us in the future. Therefore, if we (i) sell shares of common stock in the future, including those issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, (ii) sell securities that are convertible into our common stock, (iii) issue common stock in a private placement to institutional investors, or (iv) issue shares of common stock to our directors or to the advisor for payment of fees in lieu of cash, then shareholders will experience dilution of their percentage ownership in us. Depending on the terms of such transactions, most notably the offer price per share and the value of our properties and our other investments, existing shareholders might also experience a dilution in the book value per share of their investment in us.
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Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2.   Properties.
Our principal corporate offices are located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. The advisor also has its primary international investment offices located in London and Amsterdam. The advisor also has office space domestically in Dallas, Texas and internationally in Shanghai. The advisor leases all of these offices and believes these leases are suitable for our operations for the foreseeable future.
See Item 1, Business — Our Portfolio for a discussion of the properties we hold for rental operations and Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplemental Data — Schedule III — Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation for a detailed listing of such properties.
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings.
Various claims and lawsuits arising in the normal course of business are pending against us. The results of these proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Item 4.   Removed and Reserved.
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PART II
Item 5.   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Unlisted Shares and Distributions
There is no active public trading market for our shares. At March 18, 2011, there were 28,323 holders of record of our shares.
We are required to distribute annually at least 90% of our distributable REIT net taxable income to maintain our status as a REIT. Quarterly distributions declared by us for the past two years are as follows:
                 
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009  
First quarter
  $ 0.1996     $ 0.1976  
Second quarter
    0.2001       0.1981  
Third quarter
    0.2001       0.1986  
Fourth quarter
    0.2001       0.1991  
 
           
 
  $ 0.7999     $ 0.7934  
 
           
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
For the three months ended December 31, 2010, we issued 169,871 restricted shares of common stock to the advisor as consideration for performance fees. These shares were issued at $11.80 per share, which was our most recently published NAV per share as approved by our board of directors at the date of issuance. Since none of these transactions were considered to have involved a “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, the shares issued were deemed to be exempt from registration. In acquiring our shares, the advisor represented that such interests were being acquired by it for the purposes of investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
                                 
                            Maximum number (or  
                    Total number of shares     approximate dollar value)  
                    purchased as part of     of shares that may yet be  
    Total number of     Average price     publicly announced     purchased under the  
2010 Period   shares purchased (a)     paid per share     plans or programs (a)     plans or programs (a)  
October
                    N/A       N/A  
November
                    N/A       N/A  
December
    55,870     $ 10.97       N/A       N/A  
 
                             
Total
    55,870                          
 
                             
 
     
(a)   Represents shares of our common stock purchased pursuant to our redemption plan. The amount of shares purchasable in any period depends on the availability of funds generated by our dividend reinvestment and share purchase plan (“DRIP”) and other factors and is at the discretion of our board of directors. In September 2009, our board of directors approved the suspension of our redemption plan, effective for all redemption requests received subsequent to September 1, 2009, subject to limited exceptions in cases of death or qualifying disability. The suspension continues as of the date of this Report and will remain in effect until our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to reinstate the redemption plan. We cannot give any assurances as to the timing of any further actions by the board with regard to the plan. The redemption plan will terminate if and when our shares are listed on a national securities market.
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Item 6.   Selected Financial Data.
The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes in Item 8 (in thousands, except per share data):
                                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
Operating Data (a)
                                       
Total revenues
  $ 157,276     $ 156,640     $ 149,854     $ 146,531     $ 116,088  
Income from continuing operations
    45,781       32,896       39,975       50,029       51,945  
Net income (b)
    69,736       7,001       47,201       65,954       71,574  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (2,819 )     (1,685 )     (2,037 )     (1,564 )     (1,956 )
 
                             
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    66,917       5,316       45,164       64,390       69,618  
 
                             
 
                                       
Earnings per share:
                                       
Income from continuing operations attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    0.49       0.36       0.43       0.55       0.71  
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    0.77       0.06       0.51       0.73       0.99  
 
                                       
Cash distributions declared per share
    0.7999       0.7934       0.7848       0.7766       0.7711  
 
                                       
Balance Sheet Data
                                       
Total assets
  $ 1,421,981     $ 1,551,969     $ 1,637,430     $ 1,715,148     $ 1,675,323  
Net investments in real estate (c)
    1,171,347       1,310,471       1,368,111       1,433,314       1,491,815  
Long-term obligations (d)
    693,499       812,543       821,262       861,902       826,459  
 
                                       
Other Information
                                       
Cash flow from operating activities
  $ 109,288     $ 87,900     $ 110,697     $ 89,730     $ 102,232  
Distributions paid
    69,155       68,832       68,851       68,323       83,633  
Payment of mortgage principal (e)
    154,126       44,873       17,383       16,552       12,580  
 
     
(a)   Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified from continuing operations to discontinued operations.
 
(b)   Results for 2010, 2009 and 2008 reflected impairment charges totaling $15.3 million, $41.0 million and $10.9 million, respectively.
 
(c)   Net investments in real estate consists of net investments in properties, net investment in direct financing leases, equity investments in real estate, real estate under construction and assets held for sale, as applicable.
 
(d)   Represents mortgage obligations and deferred acquisition fee installments.
 
(e)   Represents scheduled mortgage principal payments.
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Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) is intended to provide the reader with information that will assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. MD&A also provides the reader with our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results.
Business Overview
As described in more detail in Item 1 of this Report, we are a publicly owned, non-listed REIT that invests in commercial properties leased to companies domestically and internationally. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S. federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income, the level of our distributions and other factors. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, primarily on a triple-net lease basis, which requires the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. Revenue is subject to fluctuation because of the timing of new lease transactions, lease terminations, lease expirations, contractual rent increases, tenant defaults and sales of properties. We were formed in 1997 and are managed by the advisor.
Financial Highlights
(In thousands)
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Total revenues
  $ 157,276     $ 156,640     $ 149,854  
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    66,917       5,316       45,164  
Cash flow from operating activities
    109,288       87,900       110,697  
 
                       
Distributions paid
    69,155       68,832       68,851  
Supplemental financial measures:
                       
Funds from operations — as adjusted (AFFO)
  $ 83,773     $ 81,805     $ 99,178  
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities
    101,561       101,198       98,795  
We consider the performance metrics listed above, including certain supplemental metrics that are not defined by GAAP (“ non-GAAP”) metrics such as Funds from operations — as adjusted, or AFFO, and Adjusted cash flow from operating activities, to be important measures in the evaluation of our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources. We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on the ability to generate cash flow necessary to meet our objectives of funding distributions to shareholders. Please see Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of these measures and reconciliations to their most directly comparable GAAP measure.
Total revenues increased slightly in 2010 as compared to 2009. The increase in income recognized in connection with an early prepayment of a mortgage loan was substantially offset by the negative impact of recent tenant activity, including the restructuring of leases due to tenant defaults and lease rejections in bankruptcy court.
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders increased in 2010 as compared to 2009. This increase was due to net gains on both the extinguishment of debt and the deconsolidation of a subsidiary recognized in 2010, which are reflected in discontinued operations, as well as lower impairment charges recognized during 2010.
Cash flow from operating activities in 2010 was favorably impacted by the increases in our results of operations as well as the release of security deposit assets held by lenders as a result of the repayment of matured non-recourse mortgage loans.
Our quarterly cash distribution remained at $0.2001 per share for the fourth quarter of 2010, which equates to $0.80 per share on an annualized basis.
For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, our AFFO supplemental measure increased, primarily due to increases in net income. For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, our adjusted cash flow supplemental measure increased. The increase in cash flow provided by operating activities was offset by a reduction in changes in working capital, a reduction in distributions received from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income and an increase in distributions paid to noncontrolling interests.
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Current Trends
General Economic Environment
We are impacted by macro-economic environmental factors, the capital markets, and general conditions in the commercial real estate market, both in the U.S. and globally. As of the date of this Report, we have seen signs of modest improvement in the global economy following the significant distress experienced in 2008 and 2009. While these factors reflect favorably on our business, the economic recovery remains weak, and our business remains dependent on the speed and strength of the recovery, which cannot be predicted at this time. Nevertheless, as of the date of this Report, the impact of current financial and economic trends on our business, and our response to those trends, is presented below.
Foreign Exchange Rates
We have foreign investments and, as a result, are subject to risk from the effects of exchange rate movements. Our results of foreign operations benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies. During 2010, the Euro weakened primarily as a result of sovereign debt issues in several European countries. Investments denominated in the Euro accounted for approximately 18% of our annualized contractual minimum base rent for 2010. During 2010, the U.S. dollar strengthened against the Euro, as the average conversion rate for the U.S. dollar in relation to the Euro decreased by 5% in comparison to 2009. Additionally, the end-of-period conversion rate of the Euro at December 31, 2010 decreased by 8% to $1.3253 from $1.4333 at December 31, 2009. This strengthening had a negative impact on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 as compared to our balance sheet at December 31, 2009. While we actively manage our foreign exchange risk, a significant unhedged decline in the value of the Euro could have a material negative impact on our net asset values, future results, financial position and cash flows.
Capital Markets
We have recently seen evidence of a gradual improvement in capital market conditions, including new issuances of commercial mortgage-backed securities debt. Capital inflows to both commercial real estate debt and equity markets have helped increase the availability of mortgage financing and asset prices have begun to recover from their credit crisis lows. Over the past few quarters, there has been continued improvement in the availability of financing; however, lenders remain cautious and continue to employ more conservative underwriting standards. We have seen commercial real estate capitalization rates begin to narrow from credit crisis highs, especially for higher-quality assets or assets leased to tenants with strong credit.
Financing Conditions
We have recently seen a gradual improvement in both the credit and real estate financing markets. During 2010, we saw an increase in the number of lenders for both domestic and international investments as market conditions improved compared to prior years. However, during the fourth quarter of 2010, the cost of debt rose, but we anticipate that this may be recoverable either through deal pricing or if lenders adjust their spreads, which had been unusually high during the crisis. The increase was primarily a result of a rise in the 10-year treasury rates for domestic deals and due to the impact of the sovereign debt issues in Europe. During 2010, we refinanced maturing non-recourse mortgage loans with new non-recourse financing totaling $104.8 million.
Real Estate Sector
As noted above, the commercial real estate market is impacted by a variety of macro-economic factors, including but not limited to growth in gross domestic product, unemployment, interest rates, inflation, and demographics. Since the beginning of the credit crisis, these macro-economic factors have persisted, negatively impacting commercial real estate market fundamentals, which has resulted in higher vacancies, lower rental rates, and lower demand for vacant space. While more recently there have been some indications of stabilization in asset values and slight improvements in occupancy rates, general uncertainty surrounding commercial real estate fundamentals and property valuations continues. We are chiefly affected by changes in the appraised values of our properties, tenant defaults, inflation, lease expirations, and occupancy rates.
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Net Asset Value
The advisor calculates our NAV per share on an annual basis. To make this calculation, the advisor relies in part upon an estimate of the fair market value of our real estate provided by a third party, adjusted to give effect to the estimated fair value of mortgages encumbering our assets (also provided by a third party) as well as other adjustments. There are a number of variables that comprise this calculation, including individual tenant credits, lease terms, lending credit spreads, foreign currency exchange rates, and tenant defaults, among others. We do not control these variables and, as such, cannot predict how they will change in the future.
As a result of continued weakness in the economy and a strengthening of the dollar versus the Euro during 2010 and 2009, our NAV per share at September 30, 2010, which was calculated in connection with the Proposed Merger, decreased to $11.50, a 2.5% decline from our December 31, 2009 NAV per share of $11.80.
Tenant Defaults
As a net lease investor, we are exposed to credit risk within our tenant portfolio, which can reduce our results of operations and cash flow from operations if our tenants are unable to pay their rent. Tenants experiencing financial difficulties may become delinquent on their rent and/or default on their leases and, if they file for bankruptcy protection, may reject our lease in bankruptcy court, resulting in reduced cash flow, which may negatively impact net asset values and require us to incur impairment charges. Even where a default has not occurred and a tenant is continuing to make the required lease payments, we may restructure or renew leases on less favorable terms, or the tenant’s credit profile may deteriorate, which could affect the value of the leased asset and could in turn require us to incur impairment charges.
As of the date of this Report, we have no significant exposure to tenants operating under bankruptcy protection. Our experience for 2010 reflects an improvement from the unusually high level of tenant defaults during 2008 and 2009, when companies across many industries experienced financial distress due to the economic downturn and the seizure in the credit markets. There were two tenant defaults in our portfolio during 2010 as compared to four during 2009. We have observed that many of our tenants have benefited from continued improvements in general business conditions, which we anticipate will result in reduced tenant defaults going forward; however, it is possible that additional tenants may file for bankruptcy or default on their leases during 2011 and that economic conditions may again deteriorate.
To mitigate these risks, we have historically looked to invest in assets that we believe are critically important to a tenant’s operations and have attempted to diversify our portfolio by tenant, tenant industry and geography. We also monitor tenant performance through review of rent delinquencies as a precursor to a potential default, meetings with tenant management and review of tenants’ financial statements and compliance with any financial covenants. When necessary, our asset management process includes restructuring transactions to meet the evolving needs of tenants, re-leasing properties, refinancing debt and selling properties, as well as protecting our rights when tenants default or enter into bankruptcy.
Inflation
Our leases generally have rent adjustments that are either fixed or based on formulas indexed to changes in the CPI or other similar index for the jurisdiction in which the property is located. Because these rent adjustments may be calculated based on changes in the CPI over a multi-year period, changes in inflation rates can have a delayed impact on our results of operations. Rent adjustments during 2009 and, to a lesser extent, 2010 generally benefited from increases in inflation rates during the years prior to the scheduled rent adjustment date. However, despite recent signs of inflationary pressure, we continue to expect that rent increases will be significantly lower in coming years as a result of the current historically low inflation rates in the U.S. and the Euro zone.
Lease Expirations and Occupancy
At December 31, 2010, we had no significant leases scheduled to expire or renew in the next twelve months. The advisor actively manages our real estate portfolio and begins discussing options with tenants in advance of the scheduled lease expiration. In certain cases, we obtain lease renewals from our tenants; however, tenants may elect to move out at the end of their term, or may elect to exercise purchase options, if any, in their leases. In cases where tenants elect not to renew, we may seek replacement tenants or try to sell the property. Our occupancy declined slightly from 95% at December 31, 2009 to 94% at December 31, 2010.
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Proposed Accounting Changes
The International Accounting Standards Board and FASB have issued an Exposure Draft on a joint proposal that would dramatically transform lease accounting from the existing model. These changes would impact most companies but are particularly applicable to those that are significant users of real estate. The proposal outlines a completely new model for accounting by lessees, whereby their rights and obligations under all leases, existing and new, would be capitalized and recorded on the balance sheet. For some companies, the new accounting guidance may influence whether or not, or the extent to which, they may enter into the type of sale-leaseback transactions in which we specialize. At this time, the proposed guidance has not been finalized and as such we are unable to determine whether this proposal will have a material impact on our business.
The Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) of the FASB discussed the accounting treatment for deconsolidating subsidiaries in situations other than a sale or transfer at its September 2010 meeting. While the EITF did not reach a consensus for exposure, the EITF determined that further research was necessary to more fully understand the scope and implications of the matter, prior to issuing a consensus for exposure. If the EITF reaches a consensus for exposure, we will evaluate the impact of such conclusion on our financial statements. We deconsolidated a subsidiary that leased property to Buffets, Inc. (“Buffets”) which had total assets and liabilities of $7.2 million and $20.1 million, respectively, and recognized a gain in the amount of $12.9 million during 2010.
How We Evaluate Results of Operations
We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on our ability to generate cash flow necessary to meet our objectives of funding distributions to shareholders and increasing our equity in our real estate. As a result, our assessment of operating results gives less emphasis to the effect of unrealized gains and losses, which may cause fluctuations in net income for comparable periods but have no impact on cash flows, and to other non-cash charges, such as depreciation and impairment charges.
We consider cash flows from operating activities, cash flows from investing activities, cash flows from financing activities and certain non-GAAP performance metrics to be important measures in the evaluation of our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources. Cash flows from operating activities are sourced primarily from long-term lease contracts. These leases are generally triple net and mitigate, to an extent, our exposure to certain property operating expenses. Our evaluation of the amount and expected fluctuation of cash flows from operating activities is essential in evaluating our ability to fund operating expenses, service debt and fund distributions to shareholders.
We consider cash flows from operating activities plus cash distributions from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income, less cash distributions paid to consolidated joint venture partners, as a supplemental measure of liquidity in evaluating our ability to sustain distributions to shareholders. We consider this measure useful as a supplemental measure to the extent the source of distributions in excess of equity income in real estate is the result of non-cash charges, such as depreciation and amortization, because it allows us to evaluate the cash flows from consolidated and unconsolidated investments in a comparable manner. In deriving this measure, we exclude cash distributions from equity investments in real estate that are sourced from the sales of the equity investee’s assets or refinancing of debt because we deem them to be returns of investment and not returns on investment.
We focus on measures of cash flows from investing activities and cash flows from financing activities in our evaluation of our capital resources. Investing activities typically consist of the acquisition or disposition of investments in real property and the funding of capital expenditures with respect to real properties. Financing activities primarily consist of the payment of distributions to shareholders, obtaining non-recourse mortgage financing, generally in connection with the acquisition or refinancing of properties, and making mortgage principal payments. Our financing strategy has been to purchase substantially all of our properties with a combination of equity and non-recourse mortgage debt. A lender on a non-recourse mortgage loan generally has recourse only to the property collateralizing such debt and not to any of our other assets. This strategy has allowed us to diversify our portfolio of properties and, thereby, limit our risk. In the event that a balloon payment comes due, we may seek to refinance the loan, restructure the debt with existing lenders, or evaluate our ability to pay the balloon payment from our cash reserves or sell the property and use the proceeds to satisfy the mortgage debt.
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Results of Operations
The following table presents the components of our lease revenues (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Rental income
  $ 133,779     $ 136,992     $ 128,972  
Interest income from direct financing leases
    13,744       14,356       15,359  
 
                 
 
  $ 147,523     $ 151,348     $ 144,331  
 
                 
The following table sets forth the net lease revenues (i.e., rental income and interest income from direct financing leases) that we earned from lease obligations through our direct ownership of real estate (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
Lessee   2010     2009     2008  
Carrefour France, SAS (a) (b)
  $ 23,821     $ 22,177     $ 19,656  
PETsMART, Inc. (c)
    8,023       8,027       7,940  
Federal Express Corporation (c)
    7,121       7,044       6,967  
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
    6,939       6,939       7,076  
Atrium Companies, Inc.
    4,945       5,277       5,170  
Katun Corporation (a) (d)
    4,610       4,501       4,497  
Perkin Elmer, Inc. (a)
    4,334       4,552       4,802  
Caremark Rx, Inc.
    4,300       4,300       4,300  
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) (e)
    4,027       3,635        
McLane Company Food Service Inc.
    3,794       3,736       3,706  
Amerix Corp. (f)
    3,241       3,241       2,980  
Tower Automotive, Inc. (d)
    3,229       3,155       3,062  
Rave Reviews Cinemas LLC
    3,071       3,037       2,907  
Gibson Guitar Corp. (c)
    2,827       2,727       2,658  
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (c)
    2,783       2,719       2,692  
Gerber Scientific, Inc.
    2,678       2,668       2,591  
Waddington North America, Inc.
    2,660       2,536       2,536  
Collins & Aikman Corporation
    2,576       2,564       2,488  
Other (a) (c)
    52,544       58,513       58,303  
 
                 
 
  $ 147,523     $ 151,348     $ 144,331  
 
                 
 
     
(a)   Amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The average rate for the U.S. dollar in relation to the Euro during both 2010 and 2009 strengthened by approximately 5% in comparison to the respective prior years, resulting in a negative impact on lease revenues for our Euro-denominated investments in 2010 and 2009. This impact was mitigated in some cases by CPI or similar rent increases.
 
(b)   Increase in 2010 was due to CPI-based (or equivalent) rent increase and lease restructuring.
 
(c)   These revenues are generated in consolidated ventures, generally with our affiliates, and on a combined basis include lease revenues applicable to noncontrolling interests totaling $8.5 million, $8.2 million and $6.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
(d)   Increases in 2010 and 2009 were due to CPI-based (or equivalent) rent increase.
 
(e)   We consolidated this venture effective January 1, 2009. As a result of a refinancing in 2007, we became the general partner of the venture and therefore have control over the venture.
 
(f)   Increase in 2009 was due to CPI-based (or equivalent) rent increase.
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We recognize income from equity investments in real estate, of which lease revenues are a significant component. The following table sets forth the net lease revenues earned by these ventures. Amounts provided are the total amounts attributable to the ventures and do not represent our proportionate share (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Ownership        
    Interest at     Years ended December 31,  
Lessee   December 31, 2010     2010     2009     2008  
Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG (a)
    32 %   $ 34,408     $ 35,889     $ 37,128  
U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, L.P. (b)
    12 %     32,486       30,589       28,541  
True Value Company
    50 %     14,213       14,492       14,698  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    67 %     11,173       11,175       11,175  
Life Time Fitness, Inc.
    56 %     9,280       9,272       9,272  
CheckFree Holdings, Inc.
    50 %     5,103       4,964       4,830  
Compucom Systems, Inc. (c)
    67 %     4,884       5,020       4,902  
Best Buy Co., Inc.
    37 %     4,577       4,553       4,421  
Del Monte Corporation (d)
    50 %     3,527       3,529       3,241  
The Upper Deck Company
    50 %     3,194       3,194       3,194  
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
    45 %     3,141       3,141       3,141  
ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. (c)
    45 %     2,954       2,484       2,461  
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
    56 %     1,119       1,086       1,086  
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (e)
    50 %                 3,343  
 
                         
 
          $ 130,059     $ 129,388     $ 131,433  
 
                         
 
     
(a)   In addition to lease revenues, the venture also earned interest income of $24.2 million, $27.1 million and $28.1 million on a note receivable during 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The average rate for the U.S. dollar in relation to the Euro during both 2010 and 2009 strengthened by approximately 5% in comparison to the respective prior years, resulting in a negative impact on lease revenues for our Euro-denominated investments in 2010 and 2009.
 
(b)   Increases in 2010 and 2009 were due to CPI-based (or equivalent) rent increase.
 
(c)   In December 2010, this venture sold its properties and distributed the proceeds to the venture partners. We have no further economic interest in this venture.
 
(d)   Increase in 2009 was due to CPI-based (or equivalent) rent increase.
 
(e)   We consolidated this venture effective January 1, 2009. As a result of a refinancing in 2007, we became the general partner of the venture and therefore have control over the venture.
Lease Revenues
Our net leases generally have rent adjustments based on formulas indexed to changes in the CPI or other similar index for the jurisdiction in which the property is located, sales overrides or other periodic increases, which are intended to increase lease revenues in the future. We own international investments and, therefore, lease revenues from these investments are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, lease revenues decreased by $3.8 million, primarily due to the impact of tenant activity in 2009 and 2010, including the restructuring of leases due to tenant defaults and lease rejections in bankruptcy court, which resulted in a reduction to lease revenues of $6.5 million. In addition, lease revenues decreased by $1.3 million as a result of the negative impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. These decreases were partially offset by scheduled rent increases at several properties totaling $4.1 million.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, lease revenues increased by $7.0 million, primarily due to scheduled rent increases at several properties totaling $4.7 million. In addition, an adjustment we made in the third quarter of 2009 to consolidate the Amylin venture that was previously accounted for under the equity method resulted in a $2.5 million increase in lease revenues.
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Other Operating Income
Other operating income generally consists of costs reimbursable by tenants, lease termination payments and other non-rent related revenues including, but not limited to, settlements of claims against former lessees. We receive settlements in the ordinary course of business; however, the timing and amount of such settlements cannot always be estimated. Reimbursable tenant costs are recorded as both income and property expense and, therefore, have no impact on net income.
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, other operating income increased by $4.5 million, primarily due to property-related income recognized in connection with a prepayment of a non-recourse mortgage loan. New Creative Enterprises rejected its lease with us during bankruptcy proceedings in March 2009. As a result, we stopped making debt service payments on the related mortgage loan in March 2010 in an attempt to negotiate an early prepayment of the loan. In October 2010, the lender, who was holding $4.0 million cash from a converted letter of credit issued by New Creative Enterprises, applied the cash to the outstanding principal balance and the remaining debt balance was paid off at that time.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, other operating income was substantially the same.
Depreciation and Amortization
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, depreciation and amortization decreased by $2.5 million, primarily due to a decrease in amortization of $1.1 million as a result of an intangible asset becoming fully amortized in September 2009 and a write-off of $1.1 million in intangible assets as a result of a lease restructuring during the third quarter of 2009.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, depreciation and amortization increased by $3.1 million, primarily due to an increase of $2.2 million as a result of a cumulative adjustment we recorded in the third quarter of 2009 to consolidate a previously unconsolidated venture, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, as well as the $1.1 million write-off in intangible assets as described above.
Property Expenses
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, property expenses decreased by $0.1 million. Asset management and performance fees payable to the advisor decreased by $2.0 million as a result of a decline in the appraised value of our real estate assets at December 31, 2009 as compared to a year earlier and property sales. This decrease was substantially offset by a $1.8 million increase in costs related to current and former tenants who have filed for bankruptcy or are experiencing financial difficulties.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, property expenses decreased by $1.1 million, primarily due to a $2.2 million decrease in asset management and performance fees payable to the advisor as a result of a decline in the appraised value of our real estate assets at December 31, 2008 as compared to a year earlier. This decrease was partially offset by an increase of $1.0 million in costs related to current and former tenants who have filed for bankruptcy or were experiencing financial difficulties.
General and Administrative
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, general and administrative expenses increased by $1.4 million, primarily due to costs incurred in connection with the Proposed Merger.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.6 million, primarily due to $1.4 million of costs incurred in connection with exploring potential liquidity alternatives during 2008.
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Impairment Charges
For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, we recorded impairment charges included in operating expenses for our continuing real estate operations totaling $8.5 million, $10.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The table below summarizes these impairment charges recorded in operating expenses for the past three fiscal years for both continuing and discontinued operations (in thousands):
                             
Lessee   2010     2009     2008     Triggering Events
Metaldyne Company
  $ 4,344     $ 4,027     $     Potential sale
Atrium Companies, Inc.
    2,209                 Property sold
Nexpak Corporation
    1,907       3,500           Potential sale
Various lessees
          2,566       110     Decline in unguaranteed residual value
 
                     
Impairment charges included in operating expenses from continuing operations
  $ 8,460     $ 10,093     $ 110      
 
                     
 
                           
Nortel Networks Inc.
  $     $ 22,152     $     Tenant filed for bankruptcy
Buffets, Inc.
          8,100           Tenant filed for bankruptcy
Orgill, Inc.
    1,271                 Property sold
Tower Automotive inc.
    400             1,029     Property sold
 
                     
Impairment charges from discontinued operations
  $ 1,671     $ 30,252     $ 1,029      
 
                     
See Income from Equity Investments in Real Estate and Other Income and (Expenses) below for additional impairment charges incurred during 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Income from Equity Investments in Real Estate
Income from equity investments in real estate represents our proportionate share of net income (revenue less expenses) from investments entered into with affiliates or third parties in which we have a noncontrolling interest but over which we exercise significant influence. Under current accounting guidance for investments in unconsolidated ventures, we are required to periodically compare an investment’s carrying value to its estimated fair value and recognize an impairment charge to the extent that carrying value exceeds fair value.
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, income from equity investments in real estate increased by $6.8 million. In 2010, income from equity investments in real estate included our share of the gains recognized by two ventures that sold their properties totaling $11.4 million, partially offset by the recognition of a $4.7 million other-than-temporary impairment charge on our investment in a venture to reduce its carrying value to its estimated fair value.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, income from equity investments in real estate increased by $13.2 million, primarily due to a decrease in other-than-temporary impairment charges of $9.1 million and a reduction in interest expense of $2.1 million as a result of several ventures refinancing their mortgage loans during 2008 and 2009. During 2009, we incurred an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.7 million on an equity investment to reduce the carrying value of the investment to its estimated fair value. During 2008, we incurred impairment charges totaling $9.8 million on three domestic equity investments as a result of their carrying values exceeding their estimated fair values, for which we deemed the decline in value to be other-than-temporary.
Other Income and (Expenses)
Other income and (expenses) generally consists of gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and derivative instruments. We and certain of our foreign consolidated subsidiaries have intercompany debt and/or advances that are not denominated in the entity’s functional currency. When the intercompany debt or accrued interest thereon is remeasured against the functional currency of the entity, a gain or loss may result. For intercompany transactions that are of a long-term investment nature, the gain or loss is recognized as a cumulative translation adjustment in other comprehensive income or loss. We also recognize gains or losses on foreign currency transactions when we repatriate cash from our foreign investments. In addition, we have certain derivative instruments, including common stock warrants, for which realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in earnings. The timing and amount of such gains and losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation.
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2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recognized other expenses of $1.8 million, compared to other income of $1.4 million in 2009. Other expenses in 2010 included an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.4 million recognized on certain securities to reflect a decline in their fair value. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of 2010, we recorded a $1.3 million out-of-period adjustment to correct an error in 2009 pertaining the valuation of these securities (Note 2).
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, net other income decreased by $1.9 million, primarily due to a decrease in realized gains on foreign currency transactions of $3.3 million as a result of the strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Euro in 2009 as compared to 2008, as well as a reduction in the total amount of cash repatriated from foreign subsidiaries. This decrease was partially offset by the $1.3 million error which was corrected in 2010 as described above and an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.1 million recognized in 2008 on certain securities to reflect a decline in their fair value.
Advisor Settlement
2008 — During 2008, we recognized income of $10.9 million in connection with the advisor’s SEC Settlement (Note 14).
Interest Expense
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, interest expense decreased by $5.2 million, primarily due to a decrease of $2.9 million as a result of repaying or refinancing debt during 2010 and 2009 and a decrease of $2.2 million as a result of making scheduled mortgage principal payments, which reduced the balances on which interest was incurred.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, interest expense decreased by $0.2 million.
Discontinued Operations
2010 — During 2010, we recognized income from discontinued operations of $24.0 million, primarily consisting of a $12.9 million gain on the deconsolidation of a subsidiary that holds the property previously leased to Buffets, as well as an $11.4 million gain on the extinguishment of debt recognized when we returned the property previously leased to Nortel to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations.
2009 — During 2009, we recognized a loss from discontinued operations of $25.9 million, primarily due to impairment charges of $22.2 million recognized on the Nortel property and $8.1 million recognized on the Buffets property. In addition, we recognized a loss from the operations of discontinued properties of $4.3 million. These losses were partially offset by a net gain on sale of two domestic properties totaling $8.6 million.
2008 — During 2008, we recognized income from discontinued operations of $7.2 million, primarily due to income generated from the operations of discontinued properties.
Net Income Attributable to CPA®:14 Shareholders
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, the resulting net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders increased by $61.6 million.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, the resulting net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders decreased by $39.8 million.
Funds from Operations — as Adjusted (AFFO)
AFFO is a non-GAAP measure we use to evaluate our business. For a definition of AFFO and a reconciliation to net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders, see Supplemental Financial Measures below.
2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, AFFO increased by $2.0 million, primarily driven by the aforementioned increases in our results of operations.
2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, AFFO decreased by $17.4 million, primarily as a result of the aforementioned decreases in our results of operations.
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Financial Condition
Sources and Uses of Cash during the Year
We use the cash flow generated from net leases to meet our operating expenses, service debt and fund distributions to shareholders. Our cash flows fluctuate period to period due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things, the timing of purchases and sales of real estate, the timing of proceeds from non-recourse mortgage loans and receipt of lease revenues, the advisor’s annual election to receive fees in restricted shares of our common stock or cash, the timing and characterization of distributions from equity investments in real estate, payment to the advisor of the annual installment of deferred acquisition fees and interest thereon in the first quarter and changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Despite this fluctuation, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations and from equity distributions in excess of equity income in real estate to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, the proceeds of non-recourse mortgage loans and the issuance of additional equity securities to meet these needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the year are described below.
Operating Activities — Cash flow from operating activities in 2010 was favorably impacted by the increases in our results of operations as well as the release of security deposit assets held by lenders as a result of the repayment of matured non-recourse mortgage loans. During 2010, we used cash flows from operating activities of $109.3 million to primarily fund cash distributions to shareholders of $61.4 million, excluding $7.8 million in dividends that were reinvested by shareholders in our common stock through our DRIP, and to fund distributions to affiliates who hold noncontrolling interests in various entities with us of $13.1 million (see Financing Activities below).
Investing Activities — Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales), payment of our annual installment of deferred acquisition fees to the advisor and capitalized property-related costs. During 2010, we received distributions from our equity investments in real estate in excess of cumulative equity income of $42.0 million. We also received proceeds of $19.5 million from the sales of several properties and $7.0 million from the repayment of notes receivable that matured during the period. We made contributions to unconsolidated ventures totaling $4.8 million, including $4.2 million paid to a venture to pay off its maturing non-recourse mortgage loan. In January 2010, we paid our annual installment of deferred acquisition fees to the advisor, which totaled $2.6 million.
Financing Activities — During 2010, we made scheduled mortgage principal installments of $154.1 million, which included scheduled balloon payments totaling $139.9 million. Proceeds from mortgage refinancing, cash distributions received from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income (see Investing Activities below) and our existing cash resources were used to fund scheduled mortgage principal payments. We also made cash distributions of $74.4 million to shareholders and to affiliates that hold noncontrolling interests in various entities with us, excluding $7.8 million in dividends reinvested through our DRIP. We obtained $112.2 million as a result of refinancing several non-recourse mortgage loans that were scheduled to mature during 2010. We also received $7.4 million as a result of issuing shares through our distribution reinvestment and stock purchase plan, net of costs, and used $2.0 million to repurchase our shares under our redemption plan, as described below.
We maintain a quarterly redemption plan pursuant to which we may, at the discretion of our board of directors, redeem shares of our common stock from shareholders seeking liquidity. We limit the number of shares we may redeem so that the shares we redeem in any quarter, together with the aggregate number of shares redeemed in the preceding three fiscal quarters, does not exceed a maximum of 5% of our total shares outstanding as of the last day of the immediately preceding quarter. In addition, our ability to effect redemptions is subject to our having available cash to do so. Due to higher levels of redemption requests as compared to prior years, as of the third quarter of 2009, redemptions totaled approximately 5% of total shares outstanding. In light of this 5% limitation and our desire to preserve capital and liquidity, in September 2009 our board of directors approved the suspension of our redemption plan, effective for all redemption requests received subsequent to September 1, 2009, which was the deadline for all redemptions taking place in the third quarter of 2009. We may make limited exceptions to the suspension of the program in cases of death or qualifying disability. The suspension continues as of the date of this Report and will remain in effect until our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to reinstate the redemption plan. We cannot give any assurances as to the timing of any further actions by the board with respect to the plan.
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For the year ended December 31, 2010, we redeemed 178,584 shares of our common stock pursuant to our redemption plan at an average price per share of $11.16, all of which were redeemed under the limited exceptions to the suspension of our redemption plan as described above. Of the total 2010 redemptions, we redeemed 55,870 shares in the fourth quarter. We funded share redemptions during 2010 from the proceeds of the sale of shares of our common stock pursuant to our DRIP from existing cash resources. In December 2010, the DRIP was suspended by our board of directors in connection with the Proposed Merger.
Adjusted Cash Flow from Operating Activities
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities is a non-GAAP measure we use to evaluate our business. For a definition of adjusted cash flow from operating activities and a reconciliation to cash flow from operating activities, see Supplemental Financial Measures below.
Our adjusted cash flow from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $101.6 million, an increase of $0.4 million from 2009. While cash flow from operating activities increased by $21.4 million, it was partially offset by a $13.4 million decrease in distributions received from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income, a $6.2 million decrease associated with changes in working capital and a $1.4 million increase in distributions paid to noncontrolling interests.
Summary of Financing
The table below summarizes our non-recourse long-term debt (dollars in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Balance
               
Fixed rate
  $ 573,568     $ 684,284  
Variable rate (a)
    115,696       121,379  
 
           
Total
  $ 689,264     $ 805,663  
 
           
Percent of total debt
               
Fixed rate
    83 %     85 %
Variable rate (a)
    17 %     15 %
 
           
 
    100 %     100 %
 
           
Weighted average interest rate at end of year
               
Fixed rate
    6.7 %     7.2 %
Variable rate (a)
    6.0 %     6.2 %
 
     
(a)   Variable-rate debt at December 31, 2010 included (i) $18.1 million that was effectively converted to fixed-rate debt through interest rate swap derivative instruments and (ii) $80.6 million in mortgage obligations that bore interest at fixed rates but that convert to variable rates during their term.
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Cash Resources
At December 31, 2010, our cash resources consisted of cash and cash equivalents totaling $124.7 million. Of this amount, $10.3 million, at then current exchange rates, was held in foreign bank accounts, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts. In addition, we have entered into contracts to sell certain properties to non-affiliates for gross proceeds of approximately $77.1 million; however, there can be no assurance that these sales will be completed. We also had unleveraged properties that had an aggregate carrying value of $141.2 million at December 31, 2010, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties. Our cash resources can be used for making scheduled mortgage loan principal payments, working capital needs and other commitments.
Cash Requirements
If the Proposed Merger does not occur or is significantly delayed, we expect that cash payments during 2011 will include paying distributions to our shareholders and to our affiliates who hold noncontrolling interests in entities we control and making scheduled mortgage loan principal payments, as well as other normal recurring operating expenses. Balloon payments on our mortgage loan obligations totaling $174.4 million will be due during 2011, inclusive of amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests totaling $13.2 million. In addition, our share of balloon payments due in 2011 on our unconsolidated ventures totals $9.8 million. We are actively seeking to refinance certain of these loans and believe we have sufficient financing alternatives and/or cash resources that can be used to make these payments. See below for cash requirements related to the Proposed Merger.
Expected Impact of Proposed Merger and Asset Sales
If approved, we currently expect the Proposed Merger and the Asset Sales to have the following impact on our liquidity and results of operations beginning in the second quarter of 2011; however, there can be no assurance that these transactions will be completed during this time frame or at all.
In connection with the Proposed Merger, we have agreed to sell three properties each to the advisor and CPA®:17 — Global for aggregate selling prices of $32.1 million and $57.4 million, respectively, plus the assumption of indebtedness totaling approximately $64.7 million and $153.9 million, respectively, and we expect to recognize a gain on the sales of these properties. These Asset Sales are contingent upon the approval of the Proposed Merger by our shareholders. As a result of selling these properties, we currently estimate that our annual lease revenue and cash flow will decrease by approximately $8.8 million and $4.0 million, respectively.
If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the advisor will earn $31.2 million of termination fees from us in connection with the termination of its advisory agreement with us, $15.2 million of subordinated disposition fees and $6.1 million in fees we have accrued but have not yet paid under the advisory agreement. The advisor has elected to receive the $31.2 million of termination fees in shares of our common stock, for which it has agreed to elect to receive shares of CPA®:16 — Global in the Proposed Merger. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the maximum cash required to pay the $1.00 per share special cash distribution would be approximately $87.3 million, based on our total shares outstanding at December 31, 2010. We expect to make these cash payments with proceeds from the Asset Sales and our existing cash resources.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
The table below summarizes our debt, off-balance sheet arrangements and other contractual obligations at December 31, 2010 and the effect that these arrangements and obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in the specified future periods (in thousands):
                                         
            Less than                     More than  
    Total     1 Year     1-3 Years     3-5 Years     5 Years  
Non-recourse debt — Principal (a)
  $ 687,865     $ 194,619     $ 142,519     $ 54,316     $ 296,411  
Deferred acquisition fees — Principal
    4,235       1,753       1,310       773       399  
Interest on borrowings and deferred acquisition fees (b)
    178,964       42,711       47,585       39,337       49,331  
Subordinated disposition fees (c)
    6,065       6,065                    
Operating and other lease commitments (d)
    36,212       1,663       2,297       2,283       29,969  
 
                             
 
  $ 913,341     $ 246,811     $ 193,711     $ 96,709     $ 376,110  
 
                             
 
     
(a)   Excludes $1.4 million of purchase accounting adjustments in connection with the 2006 Merger, which is included in Non-recourse debt at December 31, 2010.
 
(b)   Interest on un-hedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual variable interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2010.
 
(c)   Payable to the advisor, subject to meeting contingencies, in connection with the Proposed Merger. See Current Development in Item 1 above. There can be no assurance that the Proposed Merger will occur in this time frame, if at all.
 
(d)   Operating and other lease commitments consist primarily of the total minimum rents payable on the ground leases, property improvement commitments and our share of total minimum rents payable under an office cost-sharing agreement with certain affiliates for the purpose of leasing office space used for the administration of real estate entities. Amounts under the cost-sharing agreement are allocated among the entities based on gross revenues and are adjusted quarterly. The table above excludes the total minimum rents payable under ground leases of two ventures in which we own a combined interest of 32%. These obligations total approximately $32.3 million over the lease terms, which extend through 2091. We account for these ventures under the equity method of accounting.
Amounts in the table above related to our foreign operations are based on the exchange rate of the local currencies at December 31, 2010. At December 31, 2010, we had no material capital lease obligations for which we are the lessee, either individually or in the aggregate.
Proposed Merger and Asset Sales
In connection with the Proposed Merger, we have agreed to sell three properties each to the advisor and CPA®:17 — Global for aggregate selling prices of $32.1 million and $57.4 million, respectively, plus the assumption of indebtedness totaling approximately $64.7 million and $153.9 million, respectively, and we expect to recognize a gain on the sales of these properties. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the maximum cash required to pay the $1.00 per share special cash distribution in connection with the Proposed Merger would be approximately $87.3 million, based on our total shares outstanding at December 31, 2010. We expect to make the special cash distributions with proceeds from the Asset Sales and our existing cash resources.
Equity Investments in Real Estate
We acquired two related investments in 2007 (the “Hellweg 2” transaction) that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as we do not have a controlling interest but over which we exercise significant influence. The remaining ownership of these entities is held by the advisor and certain of our affiliates. The primary purpose of these investments was to ultimately acquire an interest in the underlying properties and such was structured to effectively transfer the economics of ownership to us and our affiliates while still monetizing the sales value by transferring the legal ownership in the underlying properties over time. We acquired an interest in a venture, the “property venture,” that in turn acquired a 24.7% (direct and indirect) ownership interest in a limited partnership owning 37 properties throughout Germany. Concurrently, we also acquired an interest in a second venture, the “lending venture,” that made a loan, the “note receivable,” to the holder of the remaining 75.3% (direct and indirect) interests in the limited partnership, which is referred to in this Report as our partner. In connection with the acquisition, the property venture agreed to three option agreements that give the property venture the right to purchase, from our partner, the remaining 75.3% (direct and indirect) interest in the limited partnership at a price equal to the principal amount of the note receivable at the time of purchase. In November 2010, the property venture exercised the first of its three options and acquired from our partner a 70% direct interest in the limited partnership, thus owning a (direct and indirect) 94.7% interest in the limited partnership. The property venture has assignable option agreements to acquire the remaining (direct and indirect) 5.3% interest in the limited partnership by October 2012. If the property venture does not exercise its option agreements, our partner has option agreements to put its remaining interests in the limited partnership to the property venture during 2014 at a price equal to the principal amount of the note receivable at the time of purchase. Currently, under the terms of the note receivable, the lending venture will receive interest income that approximates 5.3% of all income earned by the limited partnership less adjustments. Our total effective ownership interest in the ventures is approximately 32%.
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Upon exercise of the relevant purchase option or the put, in order to avoid circular transfers of cash, the seller and the lending venture and the property venture agreed that the lending venture or the seller may elect, upon exercise of the respective purchase option or put option, to have the loan from the lending venture to the seller repaid by a deemed transfer of cash. The deemed transfer will be in amounts necessary to fully satisfy the seller’s obligations to the lending venture, and the lending venture will be deemed to have transferred such funds up to us and our affiliates as if they had been recontributed down into the property venture based on their pro rata ownership. Accordingly, at December 31, 2010 (based on the exchange rate of the Euro), the only additional cash required by us to fund the exercise of the purchase option or the put would be the pro rata amounts necessary to redeem the advisor’s interest, the aggregate of which would be $2.2 million, with our share approximating $0.7 million. In addition, our maximum exposure to loss on these ventures was $14.3 million (inclusive of both our existing investment and the amount to fund our future commitment).
We have investments in unconsolidated ventures that own single-tenant properties net leased to corporations. Generally, the underlying investments are jointly-owned with our affiliates. Summarized financial information for these ventures and our ownership interest in the ventures at December 31, 2010 are presented below. Summarized financial information provided represents the total amounts attributable to the ventures and does not represent our proportionate share (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Ownership                      
    Interest at             Total Third        
Lessee   December 31, 2010     Total Assets     Party Debt     Maturity Date  
       
The Upper Deck Company (a)
    50 %   $ 26,845     $ 9,817       2/2011  
Del Monte Corporation
    50 %     14,739       10,092       8/2011  
Best Buy Co., Inc.
    37 %     27,397       23,889       2/2012  
True Value Company
    50 %     128,636       67,803       1/2013 & 2/2013  
U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP
    12 %     286,824       160,191       5/2014  
Checkfree Holdings, Inc.
    50 %     32,696       29,138       6/2016  
Life Time Fitness, Inc.
    56 %     104,454       73,834       12/2016  
Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG(b)
    32 %     429,916       369,323       4/2017  
Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
    56 %     7,462       7,609       5/2017  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (c)
    67 %     86,157       57,166       1/2019  
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
    45 %     27,138       21,861       1/2022  
 
                           
 
          $ 1,172,264     $ 830,723          
 
                           
 
     
(a)   In February 2011, this venture repaid its maturing mortgage loan.
 
(b)   Ownership interest represents our combined interest in two ventures. Total assets excludes a note receivable from an unaffiliated third party. Total third-party debt excludes a related noncontrolling interest that is redeemable by the unaffiliated third party. The note receivable and noncontrolling interest each had a carrying value of $21.8 million at December 31, 2010. Dollar amounts shown are based on the exchange rate of the Euro at December 31, 2010.
 
(c)   In August 2010, this venture refinanced its existing non-recourse mortgage loan and distributed the net proceeds to the venture partners.
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Environmental Obligations
In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that our properties were in substantial compliance with Federal and state environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. Tenants are generally subject to environmental statutes and regulations regarding the discharge of hazardous materials and any related remediation obligations. In addition, our leases generally require tenants to indemnify us from all liabilities and losses related to the leased properties with provisions of such indemnification specifically addressing environmental matters. The leases generally include provisions that allow for periodic environmental assessments, paid for by the tenant, and allow us to extend leases until such time as a tenant has satisfied its environmental obligations. Certain of our leases allow us to require financial assurances from tenants, such as performance bonds or letters of credit, if the costs of remediating environmental conditions are, in our estimation, in excess of specified amounts. Accordingly, we believe that the ultimate resolution of environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Those accounting policies that require significant estimation and/or judgment are listed below.
Classification of Real Estate Leases
We classify our leases for financial reporting purposes at the inception of a lease, or when significant lease terms are amended, as either real estate leased under operating leases or net investment in direct financing leases. This classification is based on several criteria, including, but not limited to, estimates of the remaining economic life of the leased assets and the calculation of the present value of future minimum rents. We estimate remaining economic life relying in part upon third-party appraisals of the leased assets. We calculate the present value of future minimum rents using the lease’s implicit interest rate, which requires an estimate of the residual value of the leased assets as of the end of the non-cancelable lease term. Estimates of residual values are generally determined by us relying in part upon third-party appraisals. Different estimates of residual value result in different implicit interest rates and could possibly affect the financial reporting classification of leased assets. The contractual terms of our leases are not necessarily different for operating and direct financing leases; however, the classification is based on accounting pronouncements that are intended to indicate whether the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor or substantially transferred to the lessee. We believe that we retain certain risks of ownership regardless of accounting classification. Assets related to leases classified as net investment in direct financing leases are not depreciated but are written down to expected residual value over the lease term. Therefore, the classification of leases may have a significant impact on net income even though it has no effect on cash flows.
Identification of Tangible and Intangible Assets in Connection with Real Estate Acquisitions
In connection with our acquisition of properties accounted for as operating leases, we allocate purchase costs to tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values. We determine the value of tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, as if vacant, and record intangible assets, including the above- and below-market value of leases, the value of in-place leases and the value of tenant relationships, at their relative estimated fair values.
We determine the value attributed to tangible assets in part using a discounted cash flow model that is intended to approximate both what a third party would pay to purchase the vacant property and rent at current estimated market rates. In applying the model, we assume that the disinterested party would sell the property at the end of an estimated market lease term. Assumptions used in the model are property-specific where this information is available; however, when certain necessary information is not available, we use available regional and property-type information. Assumptions and estimates include a discount rate or internal rate of return, marketing period necessary to put a lease in place, carrying costs during the marketing period, leasing commissions and tenant improvements allowances, market rents and growth factors of these rents, market lease term and a cap rate to be applied to an estimate of market rent at the end of the market lease term.
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We acquire properties subject to net leases and determine the value of above-market and below-market lease intangibles based on the difference between (i) the contractual rents to be paid pursuant to the leases negotiated and in place at the time of acquisition of the properties and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the property or a similar property, both of which are measured over a period equal to the estimated market lease term. We discount the difference between the estimated market rent and contractual rent to a present value using an interest rate reflecting our current assessment of the risk associated with the lease acquired, which includes a consideration of the credit of the lessee. Estimates of market rent are generally determined by us relying in part upon a third-party appraisal obtained in connection with the property acquisition and can include estimates of market rent increase factors, which are generally provided in the appraisal or by local brokers.
We evaluate the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and any pre-existing relationship with each tenant in determining the value of in-place lease and tenant relationship intangibles. To determine the value of in-place lease intangibles, we consider estimated market rent, estimated carrying costs of the property during a hypothetical expected lease-up period, current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. Estimated carrying costs include real estate taxes, insurance, other property operating costs and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the hypothetical expected lease-up periods, based on assessments of specific market conditions. In determining the value of tenant relationship intangibles, we consider the expectation of lease renewals, the nature and extent of our existing relationship with the tenant, prospects for developing new business with the tenant and the tenant’s credit profile. We also consider estimated costs to execute a new lease, including estimated leasing commissions and legal costs, as well as estimated carrying costs of the property during a hypothetical expected lease-up period. We determine these values using our estimates or by relying in part upon third-party appraisals.
Basis of Consolidation
When we obtain an economic interest in an entity, we evaluate the entity to determine if it is deemed a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and, if so, whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary and are therefore required to consolidate the entity. Significant judgment is required to determine whether a VIE should be consolidated. We review the contractual arrangements provided for in the partnership agreement or other related contracts to determine whether the entity is considered a VIE under current authoritative accounting guidance, and to establish whether we have any variable interests in the VIE. We then compare our variable interests, if any, to those of the other variable interest holders to determine which party is the primary beneficiary of a VIE based on whether the entity (i) has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE, and (ii) has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.
For an entity that is not considered to be a VIE, the general partners in a limited partnership (or similar entity) are presumed to control the entity regardless of the level of their ownership and, accordingly, may be required to consolidate the entity. We evaluate the partnership agreements or other relevant contracts to determine whether there are provisions in the agreements that would overcome this presumption. If the agreements provide the limited partners with either (a) the substantive ability to dissolve or liquidate the limited partnership or otherwise remove the general partners without cause or (b) substantive participating rights, the limited partners’ rights overcome the presumption of control by a general partner of the limited partnership, and, therefore, the general partner must account for its investment in the limited partnership using the equity method of accounting.
When we obtain an economic interest in an entity that is structured at the date of acquisition as a tenant-in-common interest, we evaluate the tenancy-in-common agreements or other relevant documents to ensure that the entity does not qualify as a VIE and does not meet the control requirement required for consolidation. We also use judgment in determining whether the shared decision-making involved in a tenant-in-common interest investment creates an opportunity for us to have significant influence on the operating and financial decisions of these investments and thereby creates some responsibility by us for a return on our investment. We account for tenancy-in-common interests under the equity method of accounting.
Impairments
On a quarterly basis, we assess whether there are any indicators that the value of our long-lived assets may be impaired or that their carrying value may not be recoverable. These impairment indicators include, but are not limited to, the vacancy of a property that is not subject to a lease; a lease default by a tenant that is experiencing financial difficulty; the termination of a lease by a tenant or the rejection of a lease in a bankruptcy proceeding. We may incur impairment charges on long-lived assets, including real estate, direct financing leases, assets held for sale and equity investments in real estate. We may also incur impairment charges on marketable securities. Estimates and judgments used when evaluating whether these assets are impaired are presented below.
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Real Estate
For real estate assets in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether an asset is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the property to the future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the property will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property. The undiscounted cash flow analysis requires us to make our best estimate of market rents, residual values and holding periods. We estimate market rents and residual values using market information from outside sources such as broker quotes or recent comparable sales. In cases where the available market information is not deemed appropriate, we perform a future net cash flow analysis discounted for inherent risk associated with each asset to determine an estimated fair value. As our investment objective is to hold properties on a long-term basis, holding periods used in the undiscounted cash flow analysis generally range from five to ten years. Depending on the assumptions made and estimates used, the future cash flow projected in the evaluation of long-lived assets can vary within a range of outcomes. We consider the likelihood of possible outcomes in determining the best possible estimate of future cash flows. If the future net undiscounted cash flow of the property is less than the carrying value, the property is considered to be impaired. We then measure the loss as the excess of the carrying value of the property over its estimated fair value. The property’s estimated fair value is primarily determined using market information from outside sources such as broker quotes or recent comparable sales.
Direct Financing Leases
We review our direct financing leases at least annually to determine whether there has been an other-than-temporary decline in the current estimate of residual value of the property. The residual value is our estimate of what we could realize upon the sale of the property at the end of the lease term, based on market information from outside sources such as broker quotes or recent comparable sales. If this review indicates that a decline in residual value has occurred that is other-than-temporary, we recognize an impairment charge and revise the accounting for the direct financing lease to reflect a portion of the future cash flow from the lessee as a return of principal rather than as revenue. While we evaluate direct financing leases if there are any indicators that the residual value may be impaired, the evaluation of a direct financing lease can be affected by changes in long-term market conditions even though the obligations of the lessee are being met.
Assets Held for Sale
We classify real estate assets that are accounted for as operating leases as held for sale when we have entered into a contract to sell the property, all material due diligence requirements have been satisfied and we believe it is probable that the disposition will occur within one year. When we classify an asset as held for sale, we calculate its estimated fair value as the expected sale price, less expected selling costs. We base the expected sale price on the contract and the expected selling costs on information provided by brokers and legal counsel. We then compare the asset’s estimated fair value to its carrying value, and if the estimated fair value is less than the property’s carrying value, we reduce the carrying value to the estimated fair value. We will continue to review the property for subsequent changes in the estimated fair value, and may recognize an additional impairment charge if warranted.
If circumstances arise that we previously considered unlikely and, as a result, we decide not to sell a property previously classified as held for sale, we reclassify the property as held and used. We measure and record a property that is reclassified as held and used at the lower of (a) its carrying amount before the property was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation expense that would have been recognized had the property been continuously classified as held and used, or (b) the estimated fair value at the date of the subsequent decision not to sell.
Equity Investments in Real Estate
We evaluate our equity investments in real estate on a periodic basis to determine if there are any indicators that the value of our equity investment may be impaired and to establish whether or not that impairment is other-than-temporary. To the extent impairment has occurred, we measure the charge as the excess of the carrying value of our investment over its estimated fair value, which is determined by multiplying the estimated fair value of the underlying venture’s net assets by our ownership interest percentage. For our unconsolidated ventures in real estate, we calculate the estimated fair value of the underlying venture’s real estate or net investment in direct financing lease as described in Real Estate and Direct Financing Leases above. The fair value of the underlying venture’s debt, if any, is calculated based on market interest rates and other market information. The fair value of the underlying venture’s other financial assets and liabilities (excluding net investment in direct financing leases) have fair values that approximate their carrying values.
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Marketable Securities
We evaluate our marketable securities for impairment if a decline in estimated fair value below cost basis is considered other-than-temporary. In determining whether the decline is other-than-temporary, we consider the underlying cause of the decline in value, the estimated recovery period, the severity and duration of the decline, as well as whether we plan to sell the security or will more likely than not be required to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis. If we determine that the decline is other-than-temporary, we record an impairment charge to reduce our cost basis to the estimated fair value of the security. Beginning in 2009, the credit component of an other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings while the non-credit component is recognized in Other comprehensive income (“OCI”). Prior to 2009, all portions of other-than-temporary impairments were recorded in earnings.
Provision for Uncollected Amounts from Lessees
On an ongoing basis, we assess our ability to collect rent and other tenant-based receivables and determine an appropriate allowance for uncollected amounts. Because we have a limited number of lessees (18 lessees represented 64% of lease revenues during 2010), we believe that it is necessary to evaluate the collectability of these receivables based on the facts and circumstances of each situation rather than solely using statistical methods. Therefore, in recognizing our provision for uncollected rents and other tenant receivables, we evaluate actual past due amounts and make subjective judgments as to the collectability of those amounts based on factors including, but not limited to, our knowledge of a lessee’s circumstances, the age of the receivables, the tenant’s credit profile and prior experience with the tenant. Even if a lessee has been making payments, we may reserve for the entire receivable amount from the lessee if we believe there has been significant or continuing deterioration in the lessee’s ability to meet its lease obligations.
Income Taxes
We have elected to be treated as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required to, among other things, distribute at least 90% of our REIT net taxable income to our shareholders (excluding net capital gains) and meet certain tests regarding the nature of our income and assets. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to the portion of our income that meets certain criteria and is distributed annually to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is included in the consolidated financial statements with respect to these operations. We believe we have operated, and we intend to continue to operate, in a manner that allows us to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. If we were to fail to meet these requirements, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax.
We conduct business in various states and municipalities within the U.S. and the European Union and, as a result, we or one or more of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and certain foreign jurisdictions. As a result, we are subject to certain state, local and foreign taxes and a provision for such taxes is included in the consolidated financial statements.
Significant judgment is required in determining our tax provision and in evaluating our tax positions. We establish tax reserves in accordance using a benefit recognition model, which we believe could result in a greater amount of benefit (and a lower amount of reserve) being initially recognized in certain circumstances. Provided that the tax position is deemed more likely than not of being sustained, we recognize the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being ultimately realized upon settlement. The tax position must be derecognized when it is no longer more likely than not of being sustained.
Subsequent Event
In March 2011, we returned a property previously leased to Nexpak Corporation to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations. On the date of disposition, the property had a carrying value of $5.5 million, reflecting the impact of impairment charges totaling $1.9 million incurred in 2010 and $3.5 million incurred in 2009, and the related non-recourse mortgage loan had an outstanding balance of $7.1 million.
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Supplemental Financial Measures
In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we employ the use of supplemental non-GAAP measures, which are uniquely defined by our management. We believe these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of these non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.
Funds from Operations — as Adjusted
Funds from Operations (“FFO”) is a non-GAAP measure defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as net income or loss (as computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding: depreciation and amortization expense from real estate assets, gains or losses from sales of depreciated real estate assets and extraordinary items; however, FFO related to assets held for sale, sold or otherwise transferred and included in the results of discontinued operations are to be included. These adjustments also incorporate the pro rata share of unconsolidated subsidiaries. FFO is used by management, investors and analysts to facilitate meaningful comparisons of operating performance between periods and among our peers. Although NAREIT has published this definition of FFO, real estate companies often modify this definition as they seek to provide financial measures that meaningfully reflect their distinctive operations.
We modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to include other adjustments to GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, where applicable, such as gains or losses on extinguishment of debt and deconsolidation of subsidiaries, amortization of intangibles, straight-line rents, impairment charges on real estate and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains and losses. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO, and we employ it as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals and evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies. We exclude these items from GAAP net income as they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. As a result, we believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider because it will help them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations.
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FFO and AFFO for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are presented below (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
       
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
  $ 66,917     $ 5,316     $ 45,164  
Adjustments:
                       
Depreciation and amortization of real property
    30,594       35,910       32,963  
Loss (gain) on sale of real estate
    2,486       (8,611 )     (1,062 )
Proportionate share of adjustments to equity in net income of partially owned entities to arrive at FFO:
                       
Depreciation and amortization of real property
    12,200       12,646       13,975  
Gain on sale of real estate
    (11,605 )     (2 )      
Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests to arrive at FFO
    (2,097 )     (2,865 )     (1,871 )
 
                 
Total adjustments
    31,578       37,078       44,005  
 
                 
FFO — as defined by NAREIT
    98,495       42,394       89,169  
 
                 
Adjustments:
                       
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    (10,573 )            
Gain on deconsolidation of a subsidiary
    (12,870 )            
Other depreciation, amortization and non-cash charges
    (119 )     80       (27 )
Straight-line and other rent adjustments
    (6,545 )     (1,810 )     (1,225 )
Impairment charges
    10,131       40,345       1,139  
Proportionate share of adjustments to equity in net income of partially owned entities to arrive at AFFO:
                       
Other depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges
    271       362       1,100  
Straight-line and other rent adjustments
    (84 )     (450 )     (829 )
Impairment charges
    4,736       671       9,820  
Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests to arrive at AFFO
    331       213       31  
 
                 
       
Total adjustments
    (14,722 )     39,411       10,009  
 
                 
AFFO
  $ 83,773     $ 81,805     $ 99,178  
 
                 
Adjusted Cash Flow from Operating Activities
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities refers to our cash flow from operating activities (as computed in accordance with GAAP) adjusted, where applicable, primarily to: add cash distributions that we receive from our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures in excess of our equity income; subtract cash distributions that we make to our non-controlling partners in real estate joint ventures that we consolidate; and eliminate changes in working capital. We hold a number of interests in real estate joint ventures, and we believe that adjusting our GAAP cash flow provided by operating activities to reflect these actual cash receipts and cash payments as well as eliminating the effect of timing differences between the payment of certain liabilities and the receipt of certain receivables in a period other than that in which the item is recognized, may give investors additional information about our actual cash flow that is not incorporated in cash flow from operating activities as defined by GAAP.
We believe that adjusted cash flow from operating activities is a useful supplemental measure for assessing the cash flow generated from our core operations as it gives investors important information about our liquidity that is not provided within cash flow from operating activities as defined by GAAP, and we use this measure when evaluating distributions to shareholders.
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Adjusted cash flow from operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 is presented below (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Cash flow provided by operating activities
  $ 109,288     $ 87,900     $ 110,697  
Adjustments:
                       
Distributions received from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income, net
    (3,473 )     9,880       7,959  
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests, net
    (3,702 )     (2,277 )     (3,522 )
Changes in working capital(a)
    (552 )     5,695       (5,471 )
Advisor settlement
                (10,868 )
 
                 
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities
  $ 101,561     $ 101,198     $ 98,795  
 
                 
 
                       
Distributions declared (weighted average share basis)
  $ 69,397     $ 69,088     $ 69,200  
 
                 
 
     
(a)   In 2009, an adjustment to exclude the impact of escrow funds was introduced to our adjusted cash flow from operating activities supplemental measure as more often than not these funds are released to the lender.
While we believe our FFO, AFFO and Adjusted cash flow from operating activities are important supplemental measures, they should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indication of a company’s operating performance or to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. These non-GAAP measures should be used in conjunction with net income and cash flow from operating activities as defined by GAAP. FFO, AFFO and Adjusted cash flow from operating activities, or similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs may not be comparable to our FFO, AFFO and Adjusted cash flow from operating activities measures.
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market Risks
Market risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and equity prices. The primary risks to which we are exposed are interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange risk. We are also exposed to market risk as a result of concentrations in certain tenant industries.
We do not generally use derivative financial instruments to manage foreign currency exchange rate risk exposure and do not use derivative instruments to hedge credit/market risks or for speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
The value of our real estate and related fixed-rate debt obligations is subject to fluctuations based on changes in interest rates. The value of our real estate is also subject to fluctuations based on local and regional economic conditions and changes in the creditworthiness of lessees, all of which may affect our ability to refinance property-level mortgage debt when balloon payments are scheduled. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political conditions, and other factors beyond our control. An increase in interest rates would likely cause the value of our owned assets to decrease. Increases in interest rates may also have an impact on the credit profile of certain tenants.
Although we have not experienced any credit losses on investments in loan participations, in the event of a significant rising interest rate environment, loan defaults could occur and result in our recognition of credit losses, which could adversely affect our liquidity and operating results. Further, such defaults could have an adverse effect on the spreads between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.
We hold a participation in Carey Commercial Mortgage Trust (“CCMT”), a mortgage pool consisting of $172.3 million of mortgage debt collateralized by properties and lease assignments on properties owned by us and two affiliates. With our affiliates, we also purchased subordinated interests totaling $24.1 million, in which we own a 25% interest, and we acquired an additional 30% interest in the subordinated interests from CPA®:12 in connection with the 2006 Merger. The subordinated interests are payable only after all other classes of ownership receive their stated interest and related principal payments. The subordinated interests, therefore, could be affected by any defaults or nonpayment by lessees. At December 31, 2010, there have been no defaults. We account for the CCMT as a security that we expect to hold on a long-term basis. The value of the CCMT is subject to fluctuation based on changes in interest rates, economic conditions and the creditworthiness of lessees at the mortgaged properties. At December 31, 2010, we estimate that our total interest in CCMT had a fair value of $13.1 million, an increase of $0.9 million from the fair value at December 31, 2009.
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We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes primarily through our borrowing activities. To limit this exposure, we attempt to obtain mortgage financing on a long-term, fixed-rate basis. However, from time to time, we or our venture partners may obtain variable-rate non-recourse mortgage loans and, as a result, may enter into interest rate swap agreements or interest rate cap agreements with lenders that effectively convert the variable-rate debt service obligations of the loan to a fixed rate. Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party exchanges a stream of interest payments for a counterparty’s stream of cash flow over a specific period, and interest rate caps limit the borrowing rate of variable-rate debt obligations while allowing participants to share in downward shifts in interest rates. These interest rate swaps and caps are derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges on the forecasted interest payments on the debt obligation. The notional, or face, amount on which the swaps or caps are based is not exchanged. Our objective in using such derivatives is to limit our exposure to interest rate movements. We estimate that the fair value of our interest rate swaps, which are included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements, was in a net liability position of $1.7 million at December 31, 2010 (Note 9).
In connection with a German transaction in 2007, two ventures in which we have a total effective ownership interest of 32% obtained participation rights in two interest rate swaps obtained by the lender of the non-recourse mortgage financing on the transaction. The participation rights are deemed to be embedded credit derivatives. These derivatives generated total unrealized losses of $0.8 million, $1.1 million and $3.5 million during 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, representing the total amounts attributable to the ventures, not our proportionate share. Because of current market volatility, we are experiencing significant fluctuation in the unrealized gains or losses generated from these derivatives and expect this trend to continue until market conditions stabilize.
At December 31, 2010, substantially all of our non-recourse debt bore interest at fixed rates, was swapped to a fixed rate or bore interest at a fixed rate but was scheduled to convert to variable rates during their term. The annual interest rates on our fixed-rate debt at December 31, 2010 ranged from 5.2% to 8.3%. The annual interest rates on our variable-rate debt at December 31, 2010 ranged from 2.0% to 6.8%. Our debt obligations are more fully described in Financial Condition in Item 7 above. The following table presents principal cash flows based upon expected maturity dates of our debt obligations outstanding at December 31, 2010 (in thousands).
                                                                 
    2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     Thereafter     Total     Fair value  
Fixed rate debt
  $ 189,089     $ 124,531     $ 6,398     $ 21,602     $ 14,928     $ 217,020     $ 573,568     $ 563,687  
Variable rate debt
  $ 5,530     $ 5,572     $ 6,018     $ 6,466     $ 11,320     $ 80,790     $ 115,696     $ 115,012  
The estimated fair value of our fixed-rate debt and our variable-rate debt that currently bears interest at fixed rates or has effectively been converted to a fixed rate through the use of interest rate swap agreements is affected by changes in interest rates. A decrease or increase in interest rates of 1% would change the estimated fair value of such debt at December 31, 2010 by an aggregate increase of $19.9 million or an aggregate decrease of $18.7 million, respectively. Annual interest expense on our unhedged variable-rate debt that does not bear interest at fixed rates at December 31, 2010 would increase or decrease by $0.2 million for each respective 1% change in annual interest rates. As more fully described in Summary of Financing in Item 7 above, a significant portion of the debt classified as variable rate bore interest at fixed rates at December 31, 2010 but has interest rate reset features that will change the fixed interest rates to variable rates at some point in the term. Such debt is generally not subject to short-term fluctuations in interest rates.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
We own investments in the European Union, and as a result we are subject to risk from the effects of exchange rate movements, primarily in the Euro, which may affect future costs and cash flows. We manage foreign currency exchange rate movements by generally placing both our debt obligations to the lender and the tenant’s rental obligations to us in the same currency. For the year ended December 31, 2010, Carrefour France SAS, which leases properties from us in France, contributed 16% of lease revenues. We are generally a net receiver of the foreign currency (we receive more cash than we pay out), and therefore our foreign operations benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar, and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar, relative to the foreign currency. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recognized net realized foreign currency transaction losses of $0.3 million and net unrealized foreign currency transaction gains of less than $0.1 million. These gains or losses are included in Other income and (expenses) in the consolidated financial statements and were primarily due to changes in the value of the foreign currency on accrued interest receivable on notes receivable from wholly-owned subsidiaries.
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Through the date of this Report, we had not entered into any foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We have obtained non-recourse mortgage financing at fixed rates of interest in the local currency. To the extent that currency fluctuations increase or decrease rental revenues as translated to dollars, the change in debt service, as translated to dollars, will partially offset the effect of fluctuations in revenue and, to some extent, mitigate the risk from changes in foreign currency rates.
Scheduled future minimum rents, exclusive of renewals, under non-cancelable operating leases, for our foreign operations during each of the next five years and thereafter, are as follows (in thousands):
                                                         
Lease Revenues(a)   2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     Thereafter     Total  
Euro
  $ 22,820     $ 21,575     $ 21,892     $ 22,100     $ 13,819     $ 33,933     $ 136,139  
British pound sterling
    464       464       464       464       144             2,000  
 
                                         
 
  $ 23,284     $ 22,039     $ 22,356     $ 22,564     $ 13,963     $ 33,933     $ 138,139  
 
                                         
Scheduled debt service payments (principal and interest) for the mortgage notes payable for our foreign operations during each of the next five years and thereafter, are as follows (in thousands):
                                                         
Debt Service(a) (b)   2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     Thereafter     Total  
Euro
  $ 13,799     $ 13,550     $ 13,558     $ 13,652     $ 13,552     $ 106,788     $ 174,899  
British pound sterling
    445       447       447       447       446       5,734       7,966  
 
                                         
 
  $ 14,244     $ 13,997     $ 14,005     $ 14,099     $ 13,998     $ 112,522     $ 182,865  
 
                                         
 
     
(a)   Based on the applicable exchange rate at December 31, 2010. Contractual rents and debt obligations are denominated in the functional currency of the country of each property.
 
(b)   Interest on unhedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2010.
Other
We own stock warrants that were granted to us by lessees in connection with structuring initial lease transactions and that are defined as derivative instruments because they are readily convertible to cash or provide for net settlement upon conversion. Changes in the fair value of these derivative instruments are determined using an option pricing model and are recognized currently in earnings as gains or losses. At December 31, 2010, warrants issued to us were classified as derivative instruments and had an aggregate estimated fair value of $1.6 million.
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Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The following financial statements and schedule are filed as a part of this Report:
         
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Financial statement schedules other than those listed above are omitted because the required information is given in the financial statements, including the notes thereto, or because the conditions requiring their filing do not exist.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated:
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 25, 2011
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CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Assets
               
Investments in real estate:
               
Real estate, at cost
  $ 1,161,139     $ 1,255,966  
Accumulated depreciation
    (221,824 )     (215,967 )
 
           
Net investments in properties
    939,315       1,039,999  
Net investments in direct financing leases
    107,352       112,428  
Assets held for sale
    18,913       8,651  
Equity investments in real estate
    105,767       149,393  
 
           
Net investments in real estate
    1,171,347       1,310,471  
Cash and cash equivalents
    124,693       93,310  
Intangible assets, net
    56,912       63,804  
Other assets, net
    69,029       84,384  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 1,421,981     $ 1,551,969  
 
           
Liabilities and Equity
               
Liabilities:
               
Non-recourse debt
  $ 689,264     $ 805,663  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
    14,048       19,975  
Prepaid and deferred rental income and security deposits
    26,764       28,108  
Due to affiliates
    13,183       16,380  
Distributions payable
    17,463       17,143  
 
           
Total liabilities
    760,722       887,269  
 
           
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
               
Equity:
               
CPA®:14 shareholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 120,000,000 shares authorized; 96,404,073 and 95,058,267 shares issued, respectively
    96       95  
Additional paid-in capital
    949,791       934,117  
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings
    (192,995 )     (190,437 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    4,515       8,838  
 
           
 
    761,407       752,613  
Less, treasury stock at cost, 9,133,838 and 8,955,254 shares, respectively
    (107,413 )     (105,419 )
 
           
Total CPA®:14 shareholders’ equity
    653,994       647,194  
Noncontrolling interests
    7,265       17,506  
 
           
Total equity
    661,259       664,700  
 
           
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 1,421,981     $ 1,551,969  
 
           
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Revenues
                       
Rental income
  $ 133,779     $ 136,992     $ 128,972  
Interest income from direct financing leases
    13,744       14,356       15,359  
Other operating income
    9,753       5,292       5,523  
 
                 
 
    157,276       156,640       149,854  
 
                 
Operating Expenses
                       
Depreciation and amortization
    (30,118 )     (32,618 )     (29,551 )
Property expenses
    (31,658 )     (31,710 )     (32,816 )
General and administrative
    (8,105 )     (6,682 )     (8,279 )
Impairment charges
    (8,460 )     (10,093 )     (110 )
 
                 
 
    (78,341 )     (81,103 )     (70,756 )
 
                 
Other Income and Expenses
                       
Income from equity investments in real estate
    20,616       13,845       637  
Other interest income
    1,738       1,558       4,106  
Other income and (expenses)
    (1,777 )     1,446       3,309  
Gain on sale of investment in direct financing lease and land swap
    351             538  
Advisor settlement (Note 14)
                10,868  
Interest expense
    (50,998 )     (56,211 )     (56,374 )
 
                 
 
    (30,070 )     (39,362 )     (36,916 )
 
                 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    48,865       36,175       42,182  
Provision for income taxes
    (3,084 )     (3,279 )     (2,207 )
 
                 
Income from continuing operations
    45,781       32,896       39,975  
 
                 
Discontinued Operations
                       
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued properties
    5,020       (4,254 )     7,731  
Gain on deconsolidation of a subsidiary
    12,870              
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    10,573              
(Loss) gain on sale of real estate
    (2,837 )     8,611       524  
Impairment charges
    (1,671 )     (30,252 )     (1,029 )
 
                 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    23,955       (25,895 )     7,226  
 
                 
Net Income
    69,736       7,001       47,201  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (2,819 )     (1,685 )     (2,037 )
 
                 
Net Income Attributable to CPA®:14 Shareholders
  $ 66,917     $ 5,316     $ 45,164  
 
                 
Earnings Per Share
                       
Income from continuing operations attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
  $ 0.49     $ 0.36     $ 0.43  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    0.28       (0.30 )     0.08  
 
                 
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
  $ 0.77     $ 0.06     $ 0.51  
 
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
    86,757,502       87,078,468       88,174,907  
 
                 
Amounts Attributable to CPA®:14 Shareholders
                       
Income from continuing operations, net of tax
  $ 42,949     $ 31,445     $ 37,975  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
    23,968       (26,129 )     7,189  
 
                 
Net income
  $ 66,917     $ 5,316     $ 45,164  
 
                 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Net Income
  $ 69,736     $ 7,001     $ 47,201  
Other Comprehensive Income:
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    (4,057 )     823       (9,006 )
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities
    816       1,199       (2,385 )
Change in unrealized (loss) gain on derivative instruments
    (1,072 )     2,426       (2,256 )
 
                 
 
    (4,313 )     4,448       (13,647 )
 
                 
Comprehensive income
    65,423       11,449       33,554  
 
                 
Amounts Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests:
                       
Net income
    (2,819 )     (1,685 )     (2,037 )
Change in unrealized gain on marketable securities
    (10 )     (37 )      
 
                 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (2,829 )     (1,722 )     (2,037 )
 
                 
Comprehensive Income Attributable to CPA®:14 Shareholders
  $ 62,594     $ 9,727     $ 31,517  
 
                 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                                                                         
    CPA:14 Shareholders              
                            Distributions     Accumulated                            
                    Additional     in Excess of     Other             Total              
            Common     Paid-In     Accumulated     Comprehensive     Treasury     CPA®:14     Noncontrolling        
    Shares     Stock     Capital     Earnings     Income     Stock     Shareholders     Interests     Total  
Balance at January 1, 2008
    87,818,071     $ 92     $ 894,773     $ (103,207 )   $ 18,074     $ (46,772 )   $ 762,960     $ 18,033     $ 780,993  
Shares issued $0.001 par, at $14.00 — $14.50 per share, net of offering costs
    691,750       1       9,147                               9,148               9,148  
Shares, $0.001 par, issued to the advisor at $14.00 - $14.50 per share
    850,258       1       12,149                               12,150               12,150  
Distributions declared ($0.7848 per share)
                            (69,050 )                     (69,050 )             (69,050 )
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                                          (3,522 )     (3,522 )
Net income
                            45,164                       45,164       2,037       47,201  
Other comprehensive loss:
                                                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                                    (9,006 )             (9,006 )             (9,006 )
Change in unrealized loss on marketable securities
                                    (2,385 )             (2,385 )             (2,385 )
Change in unrealized loss on derivative instrument
                                    (2,256 )             (2,256 )             (2,256 )
Repurchase of shares
    (1,510,070 )                                     (20,073 )     (20,073 )             (20,073 )
 
                                                     
Balance at December 31, 2008
    87,850,009       94       916,069       (127,093 )     4,427       (66,845 )     726,652       16,548       743,200  
 
                                                     
Shares issued $0.001 par, at $13.00 and $14.00 per share, net of offering costs
    667,773             8,844                               8,844               8,844  
Shares, $0.001 par, issued to the advisor at $13.00 per share
    736,482       1       9,204                               9,205               9,205  
Distributions declared ($0.7934 per share)
                            (68,660 )                     (68,660 )             (68,660 )
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                                          (2,543 )     (2,543 )
Consolidation of a venture
                                                          1,779       1,779  
Net income
                            5,316                       5,316       1,685       7,001  
Other comprehensive income:
                                                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                                    823               823               823  
Change in unrealized gain on marketable securities
                                    1,162               1,162       37       1,199  
Change in unrealized gain on derivative instrument
                                    2,426               2,426               2,426  
Repurchase of shares
    (3,151,251 )                                     (38,574 )     (38,574 )             (38,574 )
 
                                                     
Balance at December 31, 2009
    86,103,013       95       934,117       (190,437 )     8,838       (105,419 )     647,194       17,506       664,700  
 
                                                     
Shares issued $0.001 par, at $11.80 and $13.00 per share, net of offering costs
    648,044             7,411                               7,411               7,411  
Shares, $0.001 par, issued to the advisor at $11.80 per share
    697,762       1       8,263                               8,264               8,264  
Distributions declared ($0.7999 per share)
                            (69,475 )                     (69,475 )             (69,475 )
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                                          (15,207 )     (15,207 )
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
                                                          2,137       2,137  
Net income
                            66,917                       66,917       2,819       69,736  
Other comprehensive income:
                                                                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                                    (4,057 )             (4,057 )             (4,057 )
Change in unrealized gain on marketable securities
                                    806               806       10       816  
Change in unrealized gain on derivative instrument
                                    (1,072 )             (1,072 )             (1,072 )
Repurchase of shares
    (178,584 )                                     (1,994 )     (1,994 )             (1,994 )
 
                                                     
Balance at December 31, 2010
    87,270,235     $ 96     $ 949,791     $ (192,995 )   $ 4,515     $ (107,413 )   $ 653,994     $ 7,265     $ 661,259  
 
                                                     
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Cash Flows — Operating Activities
                       
Net income
  $ 69,736     $ 7,001     $ 47,201  
Adjustments to net income:
                       
Depreciation and amortization, including intangible assets and deferred financing costs
    33,346       35,955       34,494  
Straight-line rent and financing lease adjustments
    (4,501 )     7,932       1,936  
Income from equity investments in real estate in excess of distributions received
    5,395       1,476       12,447  
Issuance of shares to affiliate in satisfaction of fees due
    8,264       9,204       12,150  
Realized loss (gain) on foreign currency transactions, derivative instruments and other, net
    286       (227 )     (4,143 )
Realized loss (gain) on sale of real estate
    2,486       (8,611 )     (1,062 )
Realized gain on extinguishment of debt
    (10,573 )            
Gain on deconsolidation of a subsidiary
    (12,870 )            
Unrealized (gain) loss on foreign currency transactions, derivative instruments and other, net
    1,491     (1,219 )     356  
Reversal of unrealized gain on derivative instruments
                708  
Impairment charges
    10,131       40,345       1,139  
Change in other operating assets and liabilities, net
    6,097       (3,956 )     5,471  
 
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    109,288       87,900       110,697  
 
                 
 
                       
Cash Flows — Investing Activities
                       
Equity distributions received in excess of equity income in real estate
    42,039       12,313       7,921  
Acquisitions of real estate and other capitalized costs
    (953 )     (2,914 )      
Contributions to equity investments in real estate
    (4,833 )     (5,344 )     (11,928 )
Purchase of a FDIC guaranteed unsecured note
          (5,000 )      
Proceeds from repayment of notes receivable
    7,000              
Proceeds from sale of real estate and securities
    19,463       26,247       15,765  
Increase in cash due to consolidation of a venture
          309        
Payment of deferred acquisition fees to an affiliate
    (2,645 )     (3,638 )     (3,846 )
 
                 
Net cash provided by investing activities
    60,071       21,973       7,912  
 
                 
 
                       
Cash Flows — Financing Activities
                       
Distributions paid
    (69,155 )     (68,832 )     (68,851 )
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests, net
    (13,070 )     (2,543 )     (3,522 )
Proceeds from mortgages
    112,200       27,750       9,740  
Prepayment of mortgage principal
    (16,698 )     (22,219 )     (20,510 )
Scheduled payments of mortgage principal
    (154,126 )     (44,873 )     (17,383 )
Deferred financing costs and mortgage deposits
    (1,477 )     (962 )     (576 )
Proceeds from stock issuance, net of costs
    7,411       8,844       9,148  
Purchase of treasury stock
    (1,994 )     (38,574 )     (20,073 )
 
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (136,909 )     (141,409 )     (112,027 )
 
                 
 
                       
Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents During the Year
                       
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (1,067 )     (900 )     (3,339 )
 
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    31,383       (32,436 )     3,243  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    93,310       125,746       122,503  
 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
  $ 124,693     $ 93,310     $ 125,746  
 
                 
(Continued)
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CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 14 INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, CONTINUED
Supplemental cash flow information (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Interest paid
  $ 53,542     $ 58,411     $ 61,316  
 
                 
Income taxes paid
  $ 3,756     $ 4,412     $ 631  
 
                 
Supplemental noncash investing activities (in thousands):
During 2010, we deconsolidated a wholly-owned subsidiary as a result of losing control over the activities that most significantly impact its economic performance following possession of the property by the receiver (Note 17). The following table presents the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary on the date of deconsolidation:
         
Assets:
       
Net investments in properties
  $ 6,627  
Other assets, net
    597  
 
     
Total
  $ 7,224  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Non-recourse debt
  $ (19,363 )
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
    (731 )
 
     
Total
  $ (20,094 )
 
     
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Business and Organization
Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated is a publicly owned, non-listed REIT that invests primarily in commercial properties leased to companies domestically and internationally. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income, the level of our distributions and other factors. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, on a triple-net leased basis, which requires the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. Revenue is subject to fluctuation because of the timing of new lease transactions, lease terminations, lease expirations, contractual rent increases, tenant defaults and sales of properties. At December 31, 2010, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 304 properties, substantially all of which were triple-net leased to 82 tenants, and totaled approximately 28 million square feet (on a pro rata basis) with an occupancy rate of approximately 94% (occupancy rate and square footage are unaudited). We were formed in June 1997 and are managed by the advisor.
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements reflect all of our accounts, including those of our majority-owned and/or controlled subsidiaries. The portion of equity in a subsidiary that is not attributable, directly or indirectly, to us is presented as noncontrolling interests. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
In June 2009, the FASB issued amended guidance related to the consolidation of VIEs. The amended guidance affects the overall consolidation analysis, changing the approach taken by companies in identifying which entities are VIEs and in determining which party is the primary beneficiary, and requires an enterprise to qualitatively assess the determination of the primary beneficiary of a VIE based on whether the entity (i) has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE, and (ii) has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The amended guidance changes the consideration of kick-out rights in determining if an entity is a VIE, which may cause certain additional entities to now be considered VIEs. Additionally, the guidance requires an ongoing reconsideration of the primary beneficiary and provides a framework for the events that trigger a reassessment of whether an entity is a VIE. We adopted this amended guidance on January 1, 2010, which did not require consolidation of any VIEs. We do not have any previously consolidated VIEs. The adoption of this amended guidance did not affect our financial position and results of operations.
In connection with the adoption of the amended guidance on the consolidation of VIEs, we performed an analysis of all of our subsidiary entities, including our venture entities with other parties and our stake in Rave Reviews Cinemas LLC, to determine whether they qualify as VIEs and whether they should be consolidated or accounted for as equity investments in an unconsolidated venture. As a result of our assessment to determine whether these entities are VIEs, we identified one unconsolidated venture that was deemed to be a VIE (Note 6).
We have investments in tenant-in-common interests in various domestic and international properties. Consolidation of these investments is not required as they do not qualify as VIEs and do not meet the control requirement required for consolidation. Accordingly, we account for these investments using the equity method of accounting. We use the equity method of accounting because the shared decision-making involved in a tenant-in-common interest investment creates an opportunity for us to have significant influence on the operating and financial decisions of these investments and thereby creates some responsibility by us for a return on our investment. Additionally, we own interests in single-tenant net leased properties leased to corporations through noncontrolling interests in partnerships and limited liability companies that we do not control but over which we exercise significant influence. We account for these investments under the equity method of accounting. At times the carrying value of our equity investments may fall to below zero for certain investments. We are obligated to fund future operating losses for these investments.
We have several interests in consolidated ventures that have noncontrolling interests with finite lives. As these are not considered to be mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests, we have reflected them as Noncontrolling interests in equity in the consolidated financial statements. The carrying value of these noncontrolling interests at December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $11.0 million and $11.4 million, respectively. The fair value of these noncontrolling interests at December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $27.6 million and $24.8 million, respectively.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Out-of-Period Adjustment
During the fourth quarter of 2010, we identified an error in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009. As a result of an error pertaining to the misapplication of guidance for accounting for the other-than-temporary impairment of a cost method investment in 2009, net income was overstated by $1.3 million in 2009. We concluded that this adjustment was not material to the prior period’s consolidated financial statements. As such, a cumulative correction was recorded in the statement of operations in the fourth quarter of 2010, rather than restating the prior period. This correction resulted in a net decrease of $1.3 million to income from operations for the year ended December 31, 2010.
During the third quarter of 2010, we identified an error in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009. As a result of an error pertaining to amortization on an asset not properly being adjusted to reflect an impairment charge, net income was understated by $0.9 million in 2009. We concluded that this adjustment was not material to the prior period’s consolidated financial statements. As such, a cumulative correction was recorded in the statement of operations in the third quarter of 2010, rather than restating the prior period. This correction resulted in a net decrease of $0.9 million to income from operations for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and the disclosure of contingent amounts in our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications and Revisions
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The consolidated financial statements included in this Report have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the disposition (or planned disposition) of certain properties as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Purchase Price Allocation
When we acquire properties accounted for as operating leases, including those properties acquired in the 2006 Merger, we allocate the purchase costs to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values. We determine the value of the tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, as if vacant, and record intangible assets, including the above-market and below-market value of leases, the value of in-place leases and the value of tenant relationships, at their relative estimated fair values. See Real Estate Leased to Others and Depreciation below for a discussion of our significant accounting policies related to tangible assets. We include the value of below-market leases in Prepaid and deferred rental income and security deposits in the consolidated financial statements.
We record above-market and below-market lease values for owned properties based on the present value (using an interest rate reflecting the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the leases negotiated and in place at the time of acquisition of the properties and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the property or equivalent property, both of which are measured over a period equal to the estimated market lease term. We amortize the capitalized above-market lease value as a reduction of rental income over the estimated market lease term. We amortize the capitalized below-market lease value as an increase to rental income over the initial term and any fixed rate renewal periods in the respective leases.
We allocate the total amount of other intangibles to in-place lease values and tenant relationship intangible values based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with each tenant. The characteristics we consider in allocating these values include estimated market rent, the nature and extent of the existing relationship with the tenant, the expectation of lease renewals, estimated carrying costs of the property if vacant and estimated costs to execute a new lease, among other factors. We determine these values using our estimates or relying in part upon third-party appraisals. We amortize the capitalized value of in-place lease intangibles to expense over the remaining initial term of each lease. We amortize the capitalized value of tenant relationships to expense over the initial and expected renewal terms of the lease. No amortization period for intangibles will exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building.
If a lease is terminated, we charge the unamortized portion of each intangible, including above-market and below-market lease values, in-place lease values and tenant relationship values, to expense.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider all short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to cash and have a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Items classified as cash equivalents include commercial paper and money-market funds. Our cash and cash equivalents are held in the custody of several financial institutions, and these balances, at times, exceed federally insurable limits. We seek to mitigate this risk by depositing funds only with major financial institutions.
Marketable Securities
Marketable securities, which consist of an interest in collateralized mortgage obligations (Note 8) and common stock in publicly-traded companies, are classified as available for sale securities and reported at fair value, with any unrealized gains and losses on these securities reported as a component of OCI until realized.
Other Assets and Other Liabilities
We include escrow balances and tenant security deposits held by lenders, restricted cash balances, common stock warrants, prepaid expenses, marketable securities, deferred charges, deferred rental income and notes receivable in Other assets. We include derivative instruments and miscellaneous amounts held on behalf of tenants in Other liabilities. Deferred charges are costs incurred in connection with mortgage financings and refinancings that are amortized over the terms of the mortgages and included in Interest expense in the consolidated financial statements. Deferred rental income is the aggregate cumulative difference for operating leases between scheduled rents that vary during the lease term, and rent recognized on a straight-line basis.
Deferred Acquisition Fees Payable to Affiliate
Fees payable to the advisor for structuring and negotiating investments and related mortgage financing on our behalf are included in Due to affiliates. A portion of these fees is payable in equal annual installments each January of the seven calendar years following the date on which a property was purchased. Payment of such fees is subject to the performance criterion (Note 3).
Treasury Stock
Treasury stock is recorded at cost.
Real Estate Leased to Others
We lease real estate to others primarily on a triple-net leased basis, whereby the tenant is generally responsible for all operating expenses relating to the property, including property taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs, renewals and improvements. We charge expenditures for maintenance and repairs, including routine betterments, to operations as incurred. We capitalize significant renovations that increase the useful life of the properties. For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, although we are legally obligated for payment, pursuant to our lease agreements with our tenants, lessees were responsible for the direct payment to the taxing authorities of real estate taxes of $18.8 million, $17.6 million and $19.0 million, respectively.
We diversify our real estate investments among various corporate tenants engaged in different industries, by property type and by geographic area. Substantially all of our leases provide for either scheduled rent increases, periodic rent adjustments based on formulas indexed to changes in the CPI or similar indices or percentage rents. CPI-based adjustments are contingent on future events and are therefore not included in straight-line rent calculations. We recognize rents from percentage rents as reported by the lessees, which is after the level of sales requiring a rental payment to us is reached.
We account for leases as operating or direct financing leases as described below:
Operating leases — We record real estate at cost less accumulated depreciation; we recognize future minimum rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases and charge expenses (including depreciation) to operations as incurred (Note 4).
Direct financing leases — We record leases accounted for under the direct financing method at their net investment (Note 5). We defer and amortize unearned income to income over the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of return on our net investment in the lease.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
On an ongoing basis, we assess our ability to collect rent and other tenant-based receivables and determine an appropriate allowance for uncollected amounts. Because we have a limited number of lessees (18 lessees represented 64% of lease revenues during 2010), we believe that it is necessary to evaluate the collectability of these receivables based on the facts and circumstances of each situation rather than solely using statistical methods. Therefore, in recognizing our provision for uncollected rents and other tenant receivables, we evaluate actual past due amounts and make subjective judgments as to the collectability of those amounts based on factors including, but not limited to, our knowledge of a lessee’s circumstances, the age of the receivables, the tenant’s credit profile and prior experience with the tenant. Even if a lessee has been making payments, we may reserve for the entire receivable amount if we believe there has been significant or continuing deterioration in the lessee’s ability to meet its lease obligations.
Acquisition Costs
In accordance with the FASB’s revised guidance for business combinations, which we adopted on January 1, 2009, we immediately expense all acquisition costs and fees associated with transactions deemed to be business combinations, but we capitalize these costs for transactions deemed to be acquisitions of an asset. To the extent we make investments for our owned portfolio that are deemed to be business combinations, our results of operations will be negatively impacted by the immediate expensing of acquisition costs and fees incurred in accordance with the revised guidance, whereas in the past such costs and fees would generally have been capitalized and allocated to the cost basis of the acquisition. Subsequent to the acquisition, there will be a positive impact on our results of operations through a reduction in depreciation expense over the estimated life of the properties. Historically, we have not acquired investments that would be deemed business combinations under the revised guidance.
Depreciation
We compute depreciation of building and related improvements using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the properties or improvements, which range from 3 to 40 years. We compute depreciation of tenant improvements using the straight-line method over the lesser of the remaining term of the lease or the estimated useful life.
Impairments
On a quarterly basis, we assess whether there are any indicators that the value of our long-lived assets may be impaired or that their carrying value may not be recoverable. These impairment indicators include, but are not limited to, the vacancy of a property that is not subject to a lease; a lease default by a tenant that is experiencing financial difficulty; the termination of a lease by a tenant or the rejection of a lease in a bankruptcy proceeding. We may incur impairment charges on long-lived assets, including real estate, direct financing leases, assets held for sale and equity investments in real estate. We may also incur impairment charges on marketable securities. Our policies for evaluating whether these assets are impaired are presented below.
Real Estate
For real estate assets in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether an asset is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the property to the future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the property will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property. The undiscounted cash flow analysis requires us to make our best estimate of market rents, residual values and holding periods. Depending on the assumptions made and estimates used, the future cash flow projected in the evaluation of long-lived assets can vary within a range of outcomes. We consider the likelihood of possible outcomes in determining the best possible estimate of future cash flows. If the future net undiscounted cash flow of the property is less than the carrying value, the property is considered to be impaired. We then measure the loss as the excess of the carrying value of the property over its estimated fair value.
Direct Financing Leases
We review our direct financing leases at least annually to determine whether there has been an other-than-temporary decline in the current estimate of residual value of the property. The residual value is our estimate of what we could realize upon the sale of the property at the end of the lease term, based on market information. If this review indicates that a decline in residual value has occurred that is other-than-temporary, we recognize an impairment charge and revise the accounting for the direct financing lease to reflect a portion of the future cash flow from the lessee as a return of principal rather than as revenue. While we evaluate direct financing leases if there are any indicators that the residual value may be impaired, the evaluation of a direct financing lease can be affected by changes in projected long-term market conditions even though the obligations of the lessee are being met.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Assets Held for Sale
We classify real estate assets that are accounted for as operating leases as held for sale when we have entered into a contract to sell the property, all material due diligence requirements have been satisfied and we believe it is probable that the disposition will occur within one year. When we classify an asset as held for sale, we calculate its estimated fair value as the expected sale price, less expected selling costs. We then compare the asset’s estimated fair value to its carrying value, and if the estimated fair value is less than the property’s carrying value, we reduce the carrying value to the estimated fair value. We will continue to review the property for subsequent changes in the estimated fair value and may recognize an additional impairment charge if warranted.
Equity Investments in Real Estate
We evaluate our equity investments in real estate on a periodic basis to determine if there are any indicators that the value of our equity investment may be impaired and whether or not that impairment is other-than-temporary. To the extent impairment has occurred, we measure the charge as the excess of the carrying value of our investment over its estimated fair value, which is determined by multiplying the estimated fair value of the underlying venture’s net assets by our ownership interest percentage.
Marketable Securities
We evaluate our marketable securities for impairment if a decline in estimated fair value below cost basis is considered other-than-temporary. In determining whether the decline is other-than-temporary, we consider the underlying cause of the decline in value, the estimated recovery period, the severity and duration of the decline, as well as whether we plan to sell the security or will more likely than not be required to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis. If we determine that the decline is other-than-temporary, we record an impairment charge to reduce our cost basis to the estimated fair value of the security. Beginning in 2009, the credit component of an other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings while the non-credit component is recognized in OCI. Prior to 2009, all portions of other-than-temporary impairments were recorded in earnings.
Assets Held for Sale
We classify assets that are accounted for as operating leases as held for sale when we have entered into a contract to sell the property, all material due diligence requirements have been satisfied and we believe it is probable that the disposition will occur within one year. Assets held for sale are recorded at the lower of carrying value or estimated fair value, which is generally calculated as the expected sale price, less expected selling costs. The results of operations and the related gain or loss on sale of properties that have been sold or that are classified as held for sale are included in discontinued operations (Note 17).
If circumstances arise that we previously considered unlikely and, as a result, we decide not to sell a property previously classified as held for sale, we reclassify the property as held and used. We record a property that is reclassified as held and used at the lower of (a) its carrying amount before the property was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation expense that would have been recognized had the property been continuously classified as held and used, or (b) the estimated fair value at the date of the subsequent decision not to sell.
We recognize gains and losses on the sale of properties when, among other criteria, the parties are bound by the terms of the contract, all consideration has been exchanged and all conditions precedent to closing have been performed. At the time the sale is consummated, a gain or loss is recognized as the difference between the sale price, less any selling costs, and the carrying value of the property.
Foreign Currency Translation
We have interests in real estate investments in the European Union for which the functional currencies are the Euro and British pound sterling. We perform the translation from these local currencies to the U.S. dollar for assets and liabilities using current exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and for revenue and expense accounts using a weighted average exchange rate during the period. We report the gains and losses resulting from this translation as a component of OCI in equity. At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment gain was $4.7 million and $8.7 million, respectively.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Foreign currency transactions may produce receivables or payables that are fixed in terms of the amount of foreign currency that will be received or paid. A change in the exchange rates between the functional currency and the currency in which a transaction is denominated increases or decreases the expected amount of functional currency cash flows upon settlement of that transaction. That increase or decrease in the expected functional currency cash flows is an unrealized foreign currency transaction gain or loss that generally will be included in determining net income for the period in which the exchange rate changes. Likewise, a transaction gain or loss (measured from the transaction date or the most recent intervening balance sheet date, whichever is later), realized upon settlement of a foreign currency transaction generally will be included in net income for the period in which the transaction is settled. Foreign currency transactions that are (i) designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment and (ii) intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term nature (that is, settlement is not planned or anticipated in the foreseeable future), when the entities to the transactions are consolidated or accounted for by the equity method in our financial statements, are not included in determining net income but are accounted for in the same manner as foreign currency translation adjustments and reported as a component of OCI in equity. International equity investments in real estate were funded in part through subordinated intercompany debt.
Foreign currency intercompany transactions that are scheduled for settlement, consisting primarily of accrued interest and the translation to the reporting currency of subordinated intercompany debt with scheduled principal payments, are included in the determination of net income. We recognized net unrealized gains from such transactions of less than $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and unrealized losses of less than $0.1 million for both years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recognized realized losses of $0.3 million, and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, we recognized realized gains of $0.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively, on foreign currency transactions in connection with the transfer of cash from foreign operations of subsidiaries to the parent company.
Derivative Instruments
We measure derivative instruments at fair value and record them as assets or liabilities, depending on our rights or obligations under the applicable derivative contract. Derivatives that are not designated as hedges must be adjusted to fair value through earnings. If a derivative is designated as a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings, or recognized in OCI until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. For cash flow hedges, the ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value will be immediately recognized in earnings.
Income Taxes
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required, among other things, to distribute at least 90% of our REIT net taxable income to our shareholders and meet certain tests regarding the nature of our income and assets. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal income tax with respect to the portion of our income that meets certain criteria and is distributed annually to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is included in the consolidated financial statements with respect to these operations. We believe we have operated, and we intend to continue to operate, in a manner that allows us to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT.
We conduct business in various states and municipalities within the U.S. and the European Union and, as a result, we or one or more of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and certain foreign jurisdictions. As a result, we are subject to certain foreign, state and local taxes and a provision for such taxes is included in the consolidated financial statements.
Significant judgment is required in determining our tax provision and in evaluating our tax positions. We establish tax reserves based on a benefit recognition model, which we believe could result in a greater amount of benefit (and a lower amount of reserve) being initially recognized in certain circumstances. Provided that the tax position is deemed more likely than not of being sustained, we recognize the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being ultimately realized upon settlement. We derecognize the tax position when it is no longer more likely than not of being sustained.
Earnings Per Share
We have a simple equity capital structure with only common stock outstanding. As a result, earnings per share, as presented, represents both basic and dilutive per-share amounts for all periods presented in the consolidated financial statements.
Note 3. Agreements and Transactions with Related Parties
We have an advisory agreement with the advisor whereby the advisor performs certain services for us for a fee. The agreement that is currently in effect was recently renewed for an additional year pursuant to its terms effective October 1, 2010. Under the terms of this agreement, the advisor structures and negotiates the purchase and sale of investments and debt placement transactions for us, for which we pay the advisor structuring and subordinated disposition fees, and manages our day-to-day operations, for which we pay the advisor asset management and performance fees. In addition, we reimburse the advisor for certain administrative duties performed on our behalf. We also have certain agreements with joint ventures. These transactions are described below.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Asset Management and Performance Fees
We pay the advisor asset management and performance fees, each of which are 1/2 of 1% per annum of average invested assets and are computed as provided for in the advisory agreement. The performance fees are subordinated to the performance criterion, a cumulative rate of cash flow from operations of 7% per annum. The asset management and performance fees are payable in cash or restricted shares of our common stock at the advisor’s option. If the advisor elects to receive all or a portion of its fees in restricted shares, the number of restricted shares issued is determined by dividing the dollar amount of fees by our most recently published NAV per share as approved by our board of directors. For 2010, 2009 and 2008, the advisor elected to receive its asset management fees in cash. For 2010 and 2009, the advisor elected to receive 80% of its performance fees from us in restricted shares, with the remaining 20% payable in cash. For 2008, the advisor elected to receive its performance fees in restricted shares. We incurred base asset management fees of $10.0 million, $11.0 million and $12.1 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, with performance fees in like amounts, both of which are included in Property expenses in the consolidated financial statements. At December 31, 2010, the advisor owned 8,018,456 shares (9.2%) of our common stock.
Transaction Fees
We also pay the advisor acquisition fees for structuring and negotiating investments and related mortgage financing on our behalf. Acquisition fees average 4.5% or less of the aggregate costs of investments acquired and are comprised of a current portion of 2.5%, which is paid at the date the property is purchased, and a deferred portion of 2%, which is payable in equal annual installments each January of the seven calendar years following the date on which a property was purchased, subject to satisfying the 7% performance criterion. Interest on unpaid installments is 6% per year. In connection with the 2006 Merger, we assumed deferred fees incurred by CPA®:12 totaling $2.7 million that bear interest at an annual rate of 7% and have scheduled installment payments through 2018. During 2009, we incurred both current and deferred acquisition fees of $0.1 million. We did not incur any such fees during 2010 and 2008. Unpaid deferred installments totaled $4.3 million and $6.9 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and were included in Due to affiliates in the consolidated financial statements. We paid annual deferred acquisition fee installments of $2.6 million, $3.6 million and $3.8 million in deferred fees in cash to the advisor in January 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. We also pay the advisor mortgage refinancing fees, which totaled $0.3 million, $0.4 million and $0.9 million for 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
We also pay fees to the advisor for services provided to us in connection with the disposition of investments, excluding investments acquired in the 2006 Merger. These fees, which are subordinated to the performance criterion and certain other provisions included in the advisory agreement, are deferred and are payable to the advisor only in connection with a liquidity event, such as the Proposed Merger. Subordinated disposition fees totaled $6.1 million and $5.7 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Other Expenses
We reimburse the advisor for various expenses it incurs in the course of providing services to us. We reimburse certain third-party expenses paid by the advisor on our behalf, including property-specific costs, professional fees, office expenses and business development expenses. In addition, we reimburse the advisor for the allocated costs of personnel and overhead in providing management of our day-to-day operations, including accounting services, shareholder services, corporate management, and property management and operations. We do not reimburse the advisor for the cost of personnel if these personnel provide services for transactions for which the advisor receives a transaction fee, such as acquisitions, dispositions and refinancings. We incurred personnel reimbursements of $2.8 million, $2.5 million and $2.6 million in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which are included in General and administrative expenses in the consolidated financial statements.
The advisor is obligated to reimburse us for the amount by which our operating expenses exceed the 2%/25% guidelines (the greater of 2% of average invested assets or 25% of net income) as defined in the advisory agreement for any twelve-month period. If in any year our operating expenses exceed the 2%/25% guidelines, the advisor will have an obligation to reimburse us for such excess, subject to certain conditions. If our independent directors find that the excess expenses were justified based on any unusual and nonrecurring factors that they deem sufficient, the advisor may be paid in future years for the full amount or any portion of such excess expenses, but only to the extent that the reimbursement would not cause our operating expenses to exceed this limit in any such year. We will record any reimbursement of operating expenses as a liability until any contingencies are resolved and will record the reimbursement as a reduction of asset management and performance fees at such time that a reimbursement is fixed, determinable and irrevocable. Our operating expenses have not exceeded the amount that would require the advisor to reimburse us.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Joint Ventures and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Proposed Merger and Asset Sales
On December 13, 2010, we and CPA®:16 — Global entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which we will merge with and into a subsidiary of CPA®:16 — Global, subject to the approval of our shareholders. The closing of the Proposed Merger is also subject to customary closing conditions, as well as the closing of the Asset Sales. If the Proposed Merger is approved, we currently expect that the closing will occur in the second quarter of 2011, although there can be no assurance of such timing.
In connection with the Proposed Merger, we have agreed to sell three properties each to the advisor and CPA®:17 — Global for aggregate selling prices of $32.1 million and $57.4 million, respectively, plus the assumption of indebtedness totaling approximately $64.7 million and $153.9 million, respectively. These Asset Sales are contingent upon the approval of the Proposed Merger by our shareholders.
If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the advisor will earn $31.2 million of termination fees from us in connection with the termination of its advisory agreement with us, $15.2 million of subordinated disposition fees and $6.1 million in fees that we have accrued but have not yet paid under the advisory agreement. The advisor has elected to receive the $31.2 million of termination fees in shares of our common stock, for which it has agreed to elect to receive shares of CPA®:16 — Global in the Proposed Merger. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the maximum cash required to pay the $1.00 per share special cash distribution would be approximately $87.3 million, based on our total shares outstanding at December 31, 2010. We expect to fund these payments with proceeds from the Asset Sales and our existing cash resources. The advisor has agreed to elect to receive stock of CPA®:16 — Global in respect of the shares of our common stock that it owns if the Proposed Merger is consummated. The advisor has also agreed to waive any acquisition fees payable by CPA®:16 — Global under its advisory agreement with the advisor in respect of the properties being acquired in the Proposed Merger and has also agreed to waive any disposition fees that may subsequently be payable by CPA®:16 — Global upon a sale of such assets.
In the Proposed Merger, our shareholders will be entitled to receive $11.50 per share, which is equal to our NAV per share as of September 30, 2010. The Merger Consideration will be paid to our shareholders, at their election, in either cash or a combination of the $1.00 per share special cash distribution and 1.1932 shares of CPA®:16 — Global common stock, which equates to $10.50 based on the $8.80 per share NAV of CPA®:16 — Global as of September 30, 2010. Our advisor computed these NAVs internally, relying in part upon a third-party valuation of each company’s real estate portfolio and indebtedness as of September 30, 2010. If the cash on hand and available to us and CPA®:16 — Global, including the proceeds of the Asset Sales and a new $300.0 million senior credit facility to be entered into by CPA®:16 — Global, is not sufficient to enable CPA®:16 — Global to fulfill cash elections in the Proposed Merger by our shareholders, the advisor has agreed to purchase a sufficient number of shares of CPA®:16 — Global stock from CPA®:16 — Global to enable it to pay such amounts to our shareholders. Our board of directors and the board of directors of CPA®:16 — Global each have the ability, but not the obligation, to terminate the transaction if more than 50% of our shareholders elect to receive cash in the Proposed Merger.
The merger agreement also contains certain termination rights for both us and CPA®:16 — Global. If the merger agreement is terminated because the closing condition that CPA®:16 — Global obtain funding pursuant to the debt financing and, if applicable, the equity financing described above is not satisfied or waived, the advisor has agreed to pay our out-of-pocket expenses up to $4.0 million. The advisor has also agreed to pay our out-of-pocket expenses if the merger agreement is terminated due to more than 50% of our shareholders electing to receive cash in the Proposed Merger or the failure to obtain the requisite shareholder approval. Costs incurred by us related to the Proposed Merger totaled approximately $1.2 million through December 31, 2010.
Other Transactions
Together with certain affiliates, we participate in an entity that leases office space used for the administration of real estate entities. Under the terms of an agreement among the participants in this entity, rental, occupancy and leasehold improvement costs are allocated among the participants based on gross revenues and are adjusted quarterly. Our share of expenses incurred was $0.6 million in 2010 and $0.7 million in each of 2009 and 2008. Based on gross revenues through December 31, 2010, our current share of future minimum lease payments under this agreement would be $0.5 million annually through 2016.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
We own interests in entities ranging from 12% to 90%, as well as jointly-controlled tenant-in-common interests in properties, with the remaining interests generally held by affiliates. We consolidate certain of these investments (Note 2) and account for the remainder under the equity method of accounting (Note 6).
Through the 2006 Merger, we acquired 2,559 Class A equity units of a tenant, Rave Reviews Cinemas LLC. We account for these units as other securities using the lower of cost or fair value method. At December 31, 2010, we estimate that the value of these securities, which is included in Other assets, net in the consolidated financial statements, was $2.0 million, reflecting other-than- temporary impairment charges of $0.4 million recognized in 2010 and $0.1 million recognized in 2008.
Note 4. Net Investments in Properties
Net Investments in Properties
Net investments in properties, which consists of land and buildings leased to others under operating leases, at cost, is summarized as follows (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Land
  $ 214,761     $ 228,279  
Buildings
    946,378       1,027,687  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (221,824 )     (215,967 )
 
           
 
  $ 939,315     $ 1,039,999  
 
           
We did not acquire real estate assets during the year ended December 31, 2010. Impairment charges recognized on real estate assets are discussed in Note 11 and assets disposed of and deconsolidated are discussed in Note 17. The U.S. dollar strengthened against the Euro, as the end-of-period rate for the U.S. dollar in relation to the Euro at December 31, 2010 decreased by 8% to $1.3253 from $1.4333 at December 31, 2009. This strengthening had a negative impact on our asset base as of December 31, 2010 as compared to December 31, 2009.
Scheduled Future Minimum Rents
Scheduled future minimum rents, exclusive of renewals and expenses paid by tenants and future CPI-based adjustments, under non-cancelable operating leases, at December 31, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):
         
Years ending December 31,        
2011
  $ 127,393  
2012
    126,197  
2013
    126,174  
2014
    124,804  
2015
    113,441  
Thereafter through 2036
    438,860  
There was no percentage rent revenue for operating leases in 2010. Percentage rent revenue for operating leases was less than $0.1 million in 2009 and 2008.
Note 5. Finance Receivables
Assets representing rights to receive money on demand or at fixed or determinable dates are referred to as finance receivables. Our finance receivable portfolios consist of direct financing leases. Operating leases are not included in finance receivables as such amounts are not recognized as an asset in the consolidated balance sheets.
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Net Investment in Direct Financing Leases
Net investment in direct financing leases is summarized as follows (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Minimum lease payments receivable
  $ 134,701     $ 154,586  
Unguaranteed residual value
    104,153       107,588  
 
           
 
    238,854       262,174  
Less: unearned income
    (131,502 )     (149,746 )
 
           
 
  $ 107,352     $ 112,428  
 
           
During 2010, we sold one of our net investments in a direct financing lease for $3.0 million, net of selling costs, and recognized a net gain on sale of $0.4 million, excluding impairment charges of $2.2 million recognized in 2010. During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, in connection with our annual reviews of the estimated residual values of our properties, we recorded impairment charges related to four direct financing leases of $2.2 million, $2.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively. Impairment charges relate primarily to other-than-temporary declines in the estimated residual values of the underlying properties due to market conditions (see Note 11). At December 31, 2010 and 2009, Other assets included $0.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of accounts receivable related to amounts billed under these direct financing leases.
Scheduled Future Minimum Rents
Scheduled future minimum rents, exclusive of renewals and expenses paid by tenants, percentage of sales rents and future CPI-based adjustments, under non-cancelable direct financing leases are as follows (in thousands):
         
Years ending December 31,        
2011
  $ 13,264  
2012
    13,264  
2013
    13,264  
2014
    13,264  
2015
    13,342  
Thereafter through 2023
    68,303  
There was no percentage rent revenue for direct financing leases in 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Credit Quality of Finance Receivables
We generally seek investments in facilities that we believe are critical to the tenant’s business and that we believe have a low risk of tenant defaults. At December 31, 2010, none of the balances of our finance receivables were past due and we had not established any allowances for credit losses. Additionally, there have been no modifications of finance receivables. We evaluate the credit quality of our tenant receivables utilizing an internal 5-point credit rating scale, with 1 representing the highest credit quality and 5 representing the lowest. The credit quality evaluation of our tenant receivables was last updated in the fourth quarter of 2010.
A summary of our finance receivables by internal credit quality rating at December 31, 2010 is as follows (in thousands):
                 
            Net Investments in  
Internal Credit           Direct Financing  
Quality Rating   Number of Tenants     Leases  
1
    1     $ 25,530  
2
    3       29,706  
3
    3       34,421  
4
    1       17,695  
5
    0        
 
             
 
          $ 107,352  
 
             
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 6. Equity Investments in Real Estate
We own interests in single-tenant net leased properties leased to corporations through noncontrolling interests in (i) partnerships and limited liability companies that we do not control but over which we exercise significant influence, and (ii) as tenants-in-common subject to common control. Generally, the underlying investments are jointly-owned with affiliates. We account for these investments under the equity method of accounting (i.e., at cost, increased or decreased by our share of earnings or losses, less distributions plus contributions and other adjustments required by equity method accounting, such as basis differences from other-than-temporary impairments).
The following table sets forth our ownership interests in our equity investments in real estate and their respective carrying values (dollars in thousands):
                         
    Ownership        
    Interest at     Carrying Value at December 31,  
Lessee   December 31, 2010     2010     2009  
True Value Company
    50 %   $ 30,677     $ 31,433  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
    67 %     15,633       33,571  
Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG (b)
    32 %     13,552       15,369  
U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP
    12 %     12,263       12,639  
Life Time Fitness, Inc. and Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
    56 %     10,201       10,343  
Best Buy Co., Inc. (c)
    37 %     10,058       11,183  
The Upper Deck Company (d)
    50 %     6,681       11,491  
Del Monte Corporation (c)
    50 %     6,385       7,233  
Checkfree Holdings, Inc. (e)
    50 %     1,159       1,506  
ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. (f)
    45 %           6,719  
Compucom Systems, Inc. (f)
    67 %           8,638  
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (g)
    45 %     (842 )     (732 )
 
                   
 
          $ 105,767     $ 149,393  
 
                   
 
     
(a)   In August 2010, this venture refinanced its existing non-recourse mortgage and distributed the net proceeds to the venture partners. Our share of the distribution was $16.0 million.
 
(b)   The carrying value of this investment is affected by the impact of fluctuations in the exchange rate of the Euro.
 
(c)   The decrease in carrying value was primarily due to amortization of differences between the fair value of the investment at the date of acquisition of the venture and the carrying value of its net assets at that date.
 
(d)   During the third quarter of 2010, we recognized an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $4.7 million to reduce the carrying value of this venture to its estimated fair value (Note 11).
 
(e)   The decrease in carrying value was primarily due to cash distributions made to us by the venture.
 
(f)   In December 2010, this venture sold its properties and distributed the proceeds to the venture partners. We have no further economic interest in this venture.
 
(g)   In 2007, this venture obtained non-recourse mortgage financing of $23.0 million and distributed the proceeds to the venture partners. Our share of the distribution was $10.3 million, which exceeded our total investment in the venture at that time.
As discussed in Note 2, we adopted the FASB’s amended guidance on the consolidation of VIEs effective January 1, 2010. Upon adoption of the amended guidance, we re-evaluated our existing interests in unconsolidated entities and determined that we should continue to account for our interest in the Hellweg venture using the equity method of accounting primarily because the partner of this venture had the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. Carrying amounts related to this VIE are noted in the table above. Because we generally utilize non-recourse debt, our maximum exposure to this VIE is limited to the equity we have in the VIE. We have not provided financial or other support to the VIE, and there are no guarantees or other commitments from third parties that would affect the value of or risk related to our interest in this entity.
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The following tables present combined summarized financial information of our venture properties. Amounts provided are the total amounts attributable to the venture properties and do not represent our proportionate share (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Assets
  $ 1,194,528     $ 1,631,111  
Liabilities
    (907,586 )     (1,280,887 )
 
           
Partners’/members’ equity
  $ 286,942     $ 350,224  
 
           
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Revenue
  $ 154,666     $ 156,841     $ 159,861  
Expenses
    (86,506 )     (86,044 )     (105,934 )
Gain on sale of real estate (a)
    28,200             12,253  
Impairment charge (b)
    (15,196 )            
 
                 
Net income
  $ 81,164     $ 70,797     $ 66,180  
 
                 
 
     
(a)   In December 2010, the ShopRite Supermarkets venture and the Compucom Systems venture sold their properties to two unrelated parties and recognized a net gain on sales totaling $28.2 million. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Starmark Holdings venture sold several properties and recognized a net gain on sale of $12.3 million. These ventures had no other assets following the sales.
 
(b)   In December 2010, the Best Buy venture recognized an impairment charge of $15.2 million as a result of an other-than-temporary decline in estimated residual value of its properties due to market conditions.
We recognized income from these equity investments in real estate of $20.6 million, $13.8 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Income from equity investments in real estate represents our proportionate share of the income or losses of these ventures as well as certain depreciation and amortization adjustments related to purchase accounting and other-than-temporary impairment charges. The increase in income from equity investments in real estate in 2010 as compared to 2009 was primarily due to our share of the gains recognized by the ShopRite supermarkets venture and the Compucom Systems venture in connection with selling their properties.
Note 7. Intangibles
In connection with our acquisition of properties, we have recorded net lease intangibles of $79.7 million, which are being amortized over periods ranging from nine to 40 years. In-place lease, tenant relationship and above-market rent intangibles are included in Intangible assets, net in the consolidated financial statements. Below-market rent intangibles are included in Prepaid and deferred rental income and security deposits in the consolidated financial statements. Intangibles are summarized as follows (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Lease intangibles
               
In-place lease
  $ 36,021     $ 37,533  
Tenant relationship
    12,294       12,678  
Above-market rent
    37,246       42,057  
Less: accumulated amortization
    (28,649 )     (28,464 )
 
           
 
  $ 56,912     $ 63,804  
 
           
Below-market rent
  $ (5,855 )   $ (5,855 )
Less: accumulated amortization
    607       459  
 
           
 
  $ (5,248 )   $ (5,396 )
 
           
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Net amortization of intangibles, including the effect of foreign currency translation, was $6.6 million, $12.7 million and $6.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Amortization expenses for two properties previously leased to Special Devices, Incorporated increased by $4.3 million during 2009 as compared to 2008, reflecting the accelerated amortization of lease intangible assets as a result of Special Devices not renewing its lease with us. In addition, 2009 amortization expenses included an additional $1.1 million in amortization as a result of an adjustment we made in the third quarter of 2009 to consolidate a venture that had previously been accounted for under the equity method, as well as a write-off of $1.1 million in intangible assets as a result of a lease restructuring. Amortization of below-market and above-market rent intangibles is recorded as an adjustment to lease revenues, while amortization of in-place lease and tenant relationship intangibles is included in Depreciation and amortization. Based on the intangibles recorded at December 31, 2010, annual net amortization of intangibles is expected to be $5.6 million for each of the next five years.
Note 8. Interest in Mortgage Loan Securitization
We account for our subordinated interest in the CCMT mortgage securitization as an available-for-sale security, which is measured at fair value with all gains and losses from changes in fair value reported as a component of OCI as part of equity. The following table sets forth certain information regarding our interest in CCMT (in thousands):
                 
    Fair Value at December 31,  
Certificate Class   2010     2009  
Class IO
  $ 254     $ 800  
Class E
    12,796       11,363  
 
           
 
  $ 13,050     $ 12,163  
 
           
                 
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Aggregate unrealized gain
  $ 1,615     $ 785  
 
           
 
               
Cumulative net amortization
  $ 1,315     $ 1,372  
 
           
We use a discounted cash flow model with assumptions of market credit spreads and the credit quality of the underlying lessees to determine the fair value of our interest in CCMT. One key variable in determining the fair value of our subordinated interest in CCMT is current interest rates. The following table presents a sensitivity analysis of the fair value of our interest at December 31, 2010 based on adverse changes in market interest rates of 1% and 2% (in thousands):
                         
    Fair value as of     1% adverse     2% adverse  
    December 31, 2010     change     change  
Fair value of our interest in CCMT
  $ 13,050     $ 12,856     $ 12,666  
The above sensitivity analysis is hypothetical, and changes in fair value, based on a 1% or 2% variation, should not be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not always be linear.
Note 9. Fair Value Measurements
Under current authoritative accounting guidance for fair value measurements, the fair value of an asset is defined as the exit price, which is the amount that would either be received when an asset is sold or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers are: Level 1, for which quoted market prices for identical instruments are available in active markets, such as money market funds, equity securities and U.S. Treasury securities; Level 2, for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the instrument, such as certain derivative instruments including interest rate caps and swaps; and Level 3, for which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring us to develop our own assumptions, such as certain securities.
Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instrument:
Money Market Funds and Marketable Securities — Our money market funds consisted of government securities and treasury bills. Our marketable securities consisted of our investments in the common stock of certain companies. These investments were classified as Level 1 as we used quoted prices from active markets to determine their fair values.
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Derivative Liabilities — Our derivative liabilities primarily comprised of interest rate swaps or caps. These derivative instruments were measured at fair value using readily observable market inputs, such as quotations on interest rates. Our derivative instruments were classified as Level 2 as these instruments are custom, over-the-counter contracts with various bank counterparties that are not traded in an active market.
Other Securities and Derivative Assets — Our other securities are primarily comprised of our interest in a commercial mortgage loan securitization and our investments in equity units in Rave Reviews Cinemas. Our derivative assets are consisted of stock warrants that were granted to us by lessees in connection with structuring initial lease transactions. These assets are not traded in an active market. We estimated the fair value of these assets using internal valuation models that incorporate market inputs and our own assumptions about future cash flows. We classified these assets as Level 3.
The following tables set forth our assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):
                                 
            Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2010 Using:  
            Quoted Prices in              
            Active Markets for     Significant Other     Unobservable  
            Identical Assets     Observable Inputs     Inputs  
Description   Total     (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)  
Assets:
                               
Money market funds
  $ 93,836     $ 93,836     $     $  
Marketable securities
    332       332              
Other securities
    15,075                   15,075  
Derivative assets
    1,626                   1,626  
 
                       
 
  $ 110,869     $ 94,168     $     $ 16,701  
 
                       
Liabilities:
                               
Derivative liabilities
  $ (1,688 )   $     $ (1,688 )   $  
 
                       
                                 
            Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009 Using:  
            Quoted Prices in              
            Active Markets for     Significant Other     Unobservable  
            Identical Assets     Observable Inputs     Inputs  
Description   Total     (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)  
Assets:
                               
Money market funds
  $ 84,049     $ 84,049     $     $  
Marketable securities
    342       342              
Other securities
    15,829                   15,829  
Derivative assets
    1,494                   1,494  
 
                       
 
  $ 101,714     $ 84,391     $     $ 17,323  
 
                       
Liabilities:
                               
Derivative liabilities
  $ (967 )   $     $ (967 )   $  
 
                       
Assets and liabilities presented above exclude financial assets and liabilities owned by unconsolidated ventures.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                                 
    Fair Value Measurements Using Significant  
    Unobservable Inputs (Level 3 Only)  
    Year ended December 31, 2010     Year ended December 31, 2009  
    Other     Derivative             Other     Derivative        
    Securities     Assets     Total Assets     Securities     Assets     Total Assets  
Beginning balance
  $ 15,829     $ 1,494     $ 17,323     $ 13,787     $ 1,601     $ 15,388  
Total gains or losses (realized and unrealized):
                                             
Included in earnings
    (1,640 )(a)     286       (1,354 )     1,254       98       1,352  
Included in other comprehensive income
    830             830       1,037             1,037  
Amortization and accretion
    56             56       (249 )           (249 )
Settlements
          (154 )     (154 )           (205 )     (205 )
 
                                   
Ending balance
  $ 15,075     $ 1,626     $ 16,701     $ 15,829     $ 1,494     $ 17,323  
 
                                   
 
                                               
The amount of total gains or losses for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets still held at the reporting date
  $ (1,640 )   $ 132     $ (1,508 )   $ 1,254     $ (66 )   $ 1,188  
 
                                   
 
     
(a)   Other securities amount in 2010 included a $1.3 million out-of-period adjustment to correct an error in 2009 pertaining the valuation of our cost method investment in Rave Reviews (Note 2) and an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $0.4 million recognized to reflect its decline in fair value at December 31, 2010.
We did not have any transfers into or out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 measurements during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Gains and losses (realized and unrealized) included in earnings are included in Other income and (expenses) in the consolidated financial statements.
Our other financial instruments had the following carrying values and fair values as of the dates shown (in thousands):
                                 
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
    Carrying Value     Fair Value     Carrying Value     Fair Value  
Non-recourse debt
  $ 689,264     $ 678,699     $ 805,663     $ 763,456  
We determine the estimated fair value of our debt instruments using a discounted cash flow model with rates that take into account the credit of the tenants and interest rate risk. We estimate that our other financial assets and liabilities (excluding net investments in direct financing leases) had fair values that approximated their carrying values at both December 31, 2010 and 2009.
Items Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
We perform an assessment, when required, of the value of certain of our real estate investments in accordance with current authoritative accounting guidance. As part of that assessment, we determined the valuation of these assets using widely accepted valuation techniques, including expected discounted cash flows or an income capitalization approach, which considers prevailing market capitalization rates. We reviewed each investment based on the highest and best use of the investment and market participation assumptions. We determined that the significant inputs used to value these investments fall within Level 3. We calculated the impairment charges recorded during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 based on market conditions and assumptions that existed at the time. The valuation of real estate is subject to significant judgment and actual results may differ materially if market conditions or the underlying assumptions change.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The following table presents information about our nonfinancial assets that were measured on a fair value basis for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008. For additional information regarding these impairment charges, refer to Note 11 for impairment charges from continuing operations and Note 17 for impairment changes from discontinued operations. All of the impairment charges were measured using unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in thousands):
                                                 
    Year ended December 31, 2010     Year ended December 31, 2009     Year ended December 31, 2008  
    Total     Total     Total     Total     Total     Total  
    Fair Value     Impairment     Fair Value     Impairment     Fair Value     Impairment  
    Measurements     Charges     Measurements     Charges     Measurements     Charges  
Impairment Charges From Continuing Operations:
                                               
Net investments in properties
  $ 18,700     $ 6,251     $ 13,906     $ 7,527     $     $  
Net investments in direct financing leases
    3,000       2,209       4,101       2,566       3,047       110  
Equity investments in real estate
    6,290       4,736       11,491       671       24,940       9,820  
Other securities
    2,026       386                   2,412       96  
 
                                   
 
    30,016       13,582       29,498       10,764       30,399       10,026  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Impairment Charges from Discontinued Operations:
                                               
Net investments in properties
    7,543       1,671       23,743       30,252       5,132       1,029  
 
                                   
 
    7,543       1,671       23,743       30,252       5,132       1,029  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Impairment Charges
  $ 37,559     $ 15,253     $ 53,241     $ 41,016     $ 35,531     $ 11,055  
 
                                   
Note 10. Risk Management and Use of Derivative Financial Instruments
Risk Management
In the normal course of our ongoing business operations, we encounter economic risk. There are three main components of economic risk: interest rate risk, credit risk and market risk. We are subject to interest rate risk on our interest-bearing liabilities. Credit risk is the risk of default on our operations and tenants’ inability or unwillingness to make contractually required payments. Market risk includes changes in the value of our properties and related loans as well as changes in the value of our other securities due to changes in interest rates or other market factors. In addition, we own investments in the European Union and are subject to the risks associated with changing foreign currency exchange rates.
Foreign Currency Exchange
We are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate movements, primarily in the Euro. We manage foreign currency exchange rate movements by generally placing both our debt obligation to the lender and the tenant’s rental obligation to us in the same currency, but we are subject to foreign currency exchange rate movements to the extent of the difference in the timing and amount of the rental obligation and the debt service. We also face challenges with repatriating cash from our foreign investments. We may encounter instances where it is difficult to repatriate cash because of jurisdictional restrictions or because repatriating cash may result in current or future tax liabilities. Realized and unrealized gains and losses recognized in earnings related to foreign currency transactions are included in Other income and (expenses) in the consolidated financial statements.
Use of Derivative Financial Instruments
When we use derivative instruments, it is generally to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. We have not entered, and do not plan to enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. In addition to derivative instruments that we enter into on our own behalf, we may also be a party to derivative instruments that are embedded in other contracts, and we may own common stock warrants, granted to us by lessees when structuring lease transactions, that are considered to be derivative instruments. The primary risks related to our use of derivative instruments are that a counterparty to a hedging arrangement could default on its obligation or that the credit quality of the counterparty may be downgraded to such an extent that it impairs our ability to sell or assign our side of the hedging transaction. While we seek to mitigate these risks by entering into hedging arrangements with counterparties that are large financial institutions that we deem to be creditworthy, it is possible that our hedging transactions, which are intended to limit losses, could adversely affect our earnings. Furthermore, if we terminate a hedging arrangement, we may be obligated to pay certain costs, such as transaction or breakage fees. We have established policies and procedures for risk assessment and the approval, reporting and monitoring of derivative financial instrument activities.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
We measure derivative instruments at fair value and record them as assets or liabilities, depending on our rights or obligations under the applicable derivative contract. Derivatives that are not designated as hedges must be adjusted to fair value through earnings. If a derivative is designated as a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings or recognized in OCI until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. For cash flow hedges, the ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in earnings.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding our derivative instruments at December 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):
                                     
        Asset Derivatives Fair Value     Liability Derivatives Fair Value  
    Balance Sheet   December 31,     December 31,  
    Location   2010     2009     2010     2009  
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
                                   
Interest rate swaps
  Accounts payable, accrued
expenses and other liabilities
  $     $     $ (1,688 )   $ (967 )
 
                                   
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
                                   
Stock warrants
  Other assets, net     1,626       1,494              
 
                           
Total derivatives
      $ 1,626     $ 1,494     $ (1,688 )   $ (967 )
 
                           
The following tables present the impact of derivative instruments on the consolidated financial statements (in thousands):
                         
    Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in  
    OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion)  
    Years ended December 31,  
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships   2010     2009     2008  
Interest rate swaps
  $ (706 )   $ 2,037     $ (2,256 )
For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, no gains or losses were reclassified from OCI into income related to effective or ineffective portions of hedging relationship or to amounts excluded from effectiveness testing.
                             
        Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in  
        Income on Derivatives  
Derivatives not in Cash   Location of Gain (Loss)   Years ended December 31,  
Flow Hedging Relationships   Recognized in Income   2010     2009     2008  
Stock warrants
  Other income and (expenses)   $ 132     $ 98     $ (255 )
Interest rate swap (a)
  Interest expense           (791 )      
 
                     
Total
      $ 132     $ (693 )   $ (255 )
 
                     
 
     
(a)   During 2009, we determined that an interest rate swap was no longer designated as a hedging instrument due to the sale of the property and the payoff of the underlying mortgage loan. As a result, the change in fair value of the swap was recorded in interest expense.
See below for information on our purposes for entering into derivative instruments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, and for information on derivative instruments owned by unconsolidated ventures, which are excluded from the tables above.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Interest Rate Swaps
We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes primarily through our borrowing activities. To limit this exposure, we attempt to obtain mortgage financing on a long-term, fixed-rate basis. However, from time to time, we or our venture partners may obtain variable-rate non-recourse mortgage loans and, as a result, may enter into interest rate swap agreements with counterparties. Interest rate swaps, which effectively convert the variable-rate debt service obligations of the loan to a fixed rate, are agreements in which one party exchanges a stream of interest payments for a counterparty’s stream of cash flow over a specific period. The notional, or face, amount on which the swaps are based is not exchanged. Our objective in using these derivatives is to limit our exposure to interest rate movements.
The interest rate swap derivative instruments that we had outstanding at December 31, 2010 were designated as cash flow hedges and are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):
                                             
        Notional     Effective     Effective     Expiration     Fair Value at  
    Type   Amount     Interest Rate     Date     Date     December 31, 2010  
1-Month LIBOR
  “Pay-fixed” swap   $ 11,816       5.6 %     3/2008       3/2018     $ (1,001 )
1-Month LIBOR
  “Pay-fixed” swap     6,250       6.4 %     7/2008       7/2018       (687 )
 
                                         
 
                                      $ (1,688 )
 
                                         
Embedded Credit Derivative
In connection with a German transaction in 2007, two unconsolidated ventures in which we have a total effective ownership interest of 32% obtained non-recourse mortgage financing for which the interest rate has both fixed and variable components. The lender of this financing entered into interest rate swap agreements on its own behalf through which the fixed interest rate components on the financing were converted into variable interest rate instruments. The ventures have the right, at their sole discretion, to prepay the debt at any time and to participate in any realized gain or loss on the interest rate swaps at that time. These participation rights are deemed to be embedded credit derivatives. Based on valuations obtained at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and including the effect of foreign currency translation, the embedded credit derivatives had an estimated total fair value of less than $0.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively. For 2010 and 2009, these derivatives generated total unrealized losses of $0.8 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Amounts provided are the total amounts attributable to the venture and do not represent our proportionate share. Changes in the fair value of the embedded credit derivatives are recognized in the ventures’ earnings.
Stock Warrants
We own stock warrants that were generally granted to us by lessees in connection with structuring the initial lease transactions. These warrants are defined as derivative instruments because they are readily convertible to cash or provide for net settlement upon conversion.
Included in Other income and (expenses) in the consolidated financial statements are unrealized gains on common stock warrants of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and unrealized losses of $0.1 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The unrealized losses for 2008 include the reversal of unrealized gains totaling $0.7 million recognized in prior years. We reversed these unrealized gains in connection with a tenant’s merger transaction during 2008, prior to which it redeemed its outstanding warrants, including ours. In connection with the sale of securities related to this warrant exercise, we realized a gain of $0.9 million, which is included in Other income and (expenses) in the consolidated financial statements.
Other
Amounts reported in OCI related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on our non-recourse variable-rate debt. At December 31, 2010, we estimate that an additional $0.6 million will be reclassified as interest expense during the next twelve months.
Some of the agreements we have with our derivative counterparties contain certain credit contingent provisions that could result in a declaration of default against us regarding our derivative obligations if we either default or are capable of being declared in default on certain of our indebtedness. At December 31, 2010, we had not been declared in default on any of our derivative obligations. The estimated fair value of our derivatives that were in a net liability position was $1.8 million at December 31, 2010, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk. If we had breached any of these provisions at December 31, 2010, we could have been required to settle our obligations under these agreements at their termination value of $1.9 million.
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Portfolio Concentration Risk
Concentrations of credit risk arise when a group of tenants is engaged in similar business activities or is subject to similar economic risks or conditions that could cause them to default on their lease obligations to us. We regularly monitor our portfolio to assess potential concentrations of credit risk. While we believe our portfolio is reasonably well diversified, it does contain concentrations in excess of 10% of current annualized contractual minimum base rent in certain areas, as described below. The percentages in the paragraph below represent our directly-owned real estate properties and do not include our pro rata share of equity investments.
At December 31, 2010, the majority of our directly-owned real estate properties were located in the U.S. (82%) with the remainder primarily leased to one tenant located in France, Carrefour France, SAS (13.6%). No other tenant accounted for more than 10% of current annualized contractual minimum base rent. At December 31, 2010, our directly-owned real estate properties contained concentrations in the following asset types: industrial (31%), warehouse/distribution (31%), office (19%) and retail (11%); and in the following tenant industries: retail (29%) and electronics (12%).
Note 11. Impairment Charges
We periodically assess whether there are any indicators that the value of our real estate investments may be impaired or that their carrying value may not be recoverable. For investments in real estate in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether the investment is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the real estate to the future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the real estate will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the real estate. If this amount is less than the carrying value, the real estate is considered to be impaired, and we then measure the loss as the excess of the carrying value of the real estate over the estimated fair value of the real estate, which is primarily determined using market information such as recent comparable sales or broker quotes. If relevant market information is not available or is not deemed appropriate, we then perform a future net cash flow analysis discounted for inherent risk associated with each investment.
The following table summarizes impairment charges recognized on our consolidated and unconsolidated real estate investments during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Net investments in properties
  $ 6,251     $ 7,527     $  
Net investment in direct financing lease
    2,209       2,566       110  
 
                 
Total impairment charges included in expenses
    8,460       10,093       110  
Equity investments in real estate (a)
    4,736       671       9,820  
Other securities (b)
    386             96  
 
                 
Total impairment charges included in continuing operations
    13,582       10,764       10,026  
Impairment charges included in discontinued operations
    1,671       30,252       1,029  
 
                 
Total impairment charges
  $ 15,253     $ 41,016     $ 11,055  
 
                 
 
     
(a)   Impairment charges on our equity investments are included in Income from equity investments in real estate in our consolidated statements of operations.
 
(b)   Impairment charges on other securities are included in Other income and (expenses) in our consolidated statements of operations.
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2010 Impairments:
Metaldyne Company
During 2010, we recognized impairment charges totaling of $2.8 million on a vacant property located in Illinois (the “Illinois property”) formerly leased to Metaldyne to reduce its carrying value of $4.1 million to its estimated selling price of $1.3 million; however, we have not yet sold the Illinois property and there can be no assurance that we will be able to sell this property. Also during 2010, we recognized an impairment charge of $1.5 million on another vacant property located in Michigan (the “Michigan property”) previously leased to Metaldyne to reduce its carrying value of $6.1 million to its estimated fair value of $4.6 million, which reflected its appraised value. Metaldyne filed for bankruptcy protection in May 2009 and subsequently vacated four of the five properties it leased from us. We entered into direct leases with existing subtenants at two of the properties vacated by Metaldyne. The Illinois and Michigan properties remain vacant as of the date of this Report. At December 31, 2010, the Illinois and Michigan properties were classified as Net investment in properties in the consolidated financial statements.
Nexpak Corporation
During 2010, we recognized impairment charges totaling $1.9 million on a vacant property previously leased to Nexpak to reduce its carrying value of $7.5 million to its estimated fair value of $5.6 million, which reflected its appraised value. Nexpak vacated the property in 2009 subsequent to filing for bankruptcy and terminating its lease with us in bankruptcy court. In March 2011, we returned the property to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations. At December 31, 2010, this property was classified as Net investment in properties in the consolidated financial statements.
Atrium Companies, Inc.
During 2010, we recognized an impairment charge of $2.2 million on a property leased to Atrium Companies, Inc. to reduce its carrying value of $5.2 million to its estimated fair value of $3.0 million, which reflected its estimated selling price. In August 2010, this property was sold to a third party for $3.0 million. Prior to its disposition, this property was classified as Net investment in direct financing leases in the consolidated financial statements.
The Upper Deck Company
During 2010, we recognized an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $4.7 million to reflect the decline in the estimated fair value of the venture’s underlying net assets in comparison with the carrying value of our interest in the venture. At December 31, 2010, this venture was classified as an Equity investment in real estate in the consolidated financial statements.
Other Securities
During 2010 and 2008, we recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges of $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively, to reflect the lower of cost or fair value of certain securities. At December 31, 2010, these securities were classified as Other assets, net in the consolidated financial statements.
Orgill, Inc.
During 2010, we recognized an impairment charge of $1.3 million on a property leased to Orgill, Inc. to reduce its carrying value of $4.7 million to its estimated fair value of $3.4 million, which reflected the contracted selling price. In November 2010, this property was sold to a third party for $3.3 million. The results of operations of this property are included in Income (loss) from discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements.
Tower Automotive, Inc.
During 2010, we recognized an impairment charge of $0.4 million on a property leased to Tower Automotive to reduce its carrying value of $4.9 million to its estimated fair value of $4.5 million, which reflected its estimated selling price. In November 2010, this property was sold for a net selling price of $4.5 million, including lease termination income of $2.4 million. The results of operations of this property are included in Income (loss) from discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements.
2009 Impairments:
Metaldyne Company
During 2009, we recognized an impairment charge of $4.0 million on the Michigan property leased to Metaldyne Company to reduce its carrying value to its estimated fair value based on third-party broker quotes. Metaldyne is operating under bankruptcy protection and its lease expires in April 2010. At December 31, 2009, this property was classified as Net investment in properties in the consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Nexpak Corporation
During 2009, we recognized an impairment charge of $3.5 million on a domestic property previously leased to Nexpak Corporation to reduce its carrying value to its estimated fair value based on third-party broker quotes. Nexpak filed for bankruptcy in April 2009, terminated its lease in bankruptcy court and vacated the property. At December 31, 2009, this property was classified as Net investment in properties in the consolidated financial statements.
The Upper Deck Company
We recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges of $0.7 million and $1.1 million during 2009 and 2008, respectively, to reflect declines in the estimated fair value of the ventures’ underlying net assets in comparison with the carrying value of our interest in the venture. This venture is classified as an Equity investment in real estate in the consolidated financial statements.
Nortel Networks Inc.
During 2009, we incurred impairment charges totaling $22.2 million on a property previously leased to Nortel to reduce its carrying value to its estimated fair value based on a discounted cash flow analysis. After Nortel filed for bankruptcy and disaffirmed its lease with us in 2009, we entered into a direct lease with the existing subtenant; however, the new tenant defaulted on its rental obligation and vacated the property. In March 2010, we returned the property to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all mortgage loan obligations. The results of operations of this property are included in Income (loss) from discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements.
Buffets, Inc.
During 2009, we recognized an impairment charge of $8.1 million on a domestic property leased to Buffets to reduce its carrying value to its estimated fair value based on third-party broker quotes. Buffets filed for bankruptcy in January 2008, subsequently emerged from bankruptcy in April 2009 and vacated the property during the fourth quarter of 2009. In June 2010, the subsidiary that holds the property consented to a court order appointing a receiver when we stopped making payments on the related non-recourse debt obligation as a result of Buffets ceasing to make rent payments to us. As we no longer have control over the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of this subsidiary following possession of the property by the receiver, the subsidiary was deconsolidated during 2010. The results of operations of this property are included in Income (loss) from discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements.
Other
We perform an annual valuation of our assets, relying in part upon third-party appraisals. In connection with this valuation, during 2009, we recognized impairment charges totaling $2.6 million on several net investments in direct financing leases as a result of declines in the current estimate of the residual value of the properties.
2008 Impairments:
In addition to the other-than-temporary impairment charges of $1.1 million described above in Upper Deck, we recognized impairment charges totaling $8.7 million related to two equity investments in real estate to reduce their carrying values to the estimated fair value of the ventures underlying net assets. These ventures are classified as an Equity investment in real estate in the consolidated financial statements.
During 2008, we recognized an impairment charge of $1.0 million on a domestic property to reduce the property’s carrying value to its estimated fair value. At December 31, 2008, this property was classified as Net investment in properties in the consolidated financial statements. In addition, we recognized an impairment charge of $0.1 million on a domestic property as a result of a decline in the unguaranteed residual value of the property. At December 31, 2008, this property was classified as Net investment in direct financing leases in the consolidated financial statements.
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Note 12. Non-Recourse Debt
Non-recourse debt consists of mortgage notes payable, which are collateralized by an assignment of real property and direct financing leases with an aggregate carrying value of $924.4 million at December 31, 2010. Our mortgage notes payable bore interest at fixed annual rates ranging from 5.2% to 8.3% and variable annual rates ranging from 2.0% to 6.8%, with maturity dates ranging from 2011 to 2037, at December 31, 2010.
Scheduled debt principal payments during each of the next five years following December 31, 2010 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
         
Years ending December 31,   Total Debt  
2011
  $ 194,619  
2012
    130,103  
2013
    12,416  
2014
    28,068  
2015
    26,248  
Thereafter through 2037
    297,810  
 
     
Total
  $ 689,264  
 
     
Financing Activity
2010 — We refinanced maturing non-recourse mortgage loans with new non-recourse financing of $104.8 million at a weighted average annual interest rate and term of 5.6% and 9.4 years, respectively.
2009 — We refinanced maturing non-recourse mortgage loans with new non-recourse financing of $27.8 million at a weighted average annual interest rate and term of 6.7% and 9.8 years, respectively.
2008 — We refinanced maturing non-recourse mortgage loans with new non-recourse financing of $9.7 million at a weighted average annual interest rate and term of 6.1% and 8.7 years, respectively.
Note 13. Commitments and Contingencies
Various claims and lawsuits arising in the normal course of business are pending against us. The results of these proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Proposed Merger and Asset Sales
As discussed in Note 3, in connection with the Proposed Merger, we have agreed to sell three properties each to the advisor and CPA®:17 — Global, for an aggregate selling price of $32.1 million and $57.4 million, respectively, plus the assumption of approximately $64.7 million and $153.9 million, respectively, of indebtedness. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, the maximum cash required to pay the $1.00 per share special cash distribution in connection with the Proposed Merger would be approximately $87.3 million, based on our total shares outstanding at December 31, 2010. We expect to fund these payments with proceeds from the Asset Sales and our existing cash resources.
The merger agreement also contains certain termination rights for both us and CPA®:16 — Global. If the merger agreement is terminated because the closing condition that CPA®:16 — Global obtain funding pursuant to the debt financing and, if applicable, the equity financing described above is not satisfied or waived, the advisor has agreed to pay our out-of-pocket expenses up to $4.0 million. The advisor has also agreed to pay our out-of-pocket expenses if the merger agreement is terminated due to more than 50% of our shareholders electing to receive cash in the Proposed Merger or the failure to obtain the requisite shareholder approval. Costs incurred by us related to the Proposed Merger totaled approximately $1.2 million through December 31, 2010.
Note 14. Advisor Settlement of SEC Investigation
In March 2008, WPC and Carey Financial entered into a settlement with the SEC with respect to all matters relating to a previously disclosed investigation. In connection with this settlement, WPC paid us $10.9 million.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 15. Equity
Distributions
Distributions paid to shareholders consist of ordinary income, capital gains, return of capital or a combination thereof for income tax purposes. The following table presents distributions per share reported for tax purposes:
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Ordinary income
  $ 0.49     $ 0.59     $ 0.69  
Return of capital
    0.26       0.11        
Capital gains
    0.05       0.09       0.07  
 
                 
 
    0.80       0.79       0.76  
Spillover distribution (a)
                0.02  
 
                 
 
  $ 0.80     $ 0.79     $ 0.78  
 
                 
 
     
(a)   For 2008, this portion of the distribution was paid to shareholders in 2009 as ordinary income; however, it was taxed in the year the distribution was declared.
We declared a quarterly distribution of $0.2001 per share in December 2010, which was paid in January 2011 to shareholders of record at December 31, 2010.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
The following table presents accumulated OCI in equity. Amounts include our proportionate share of other comprehensive income or loss from our unconsolidated investments (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities
  $ 739     $ (67 )
Unrealized (loss) gain on derivative instruments
    (902 )     170  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    4,678       8,735  
 
           
Accumulated other comprehensive income
  $ 4,515     $ 8,838  
 
           
Note 16. Income Taxes
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. We believe we have operated, and we intend to continue to operate, in a manner that allows us to continue to qualify as a REIT. Under the REIT operating structure, we are permitted to deduct distributions paid to our shareholders and generally will not be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision has been made for U.S. federal income taxes in the consolidated financial statements.
We conduct business in various states and municipalities within the U.S., the European Union and certain other foreign countries and, as a result, we file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and certain foreign jurisdictions.
We account for uncertain tax positions in accordance with current authoritative accounting guidance. The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
Balance at January 1,
  $ 136     $ 34  
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
    74       23  
Additions for tax positions of prior years
    46       90  
Reductions for expiration of statute of limitations
    (12 )     (11 )
 
           
Balance at December 31,
  $ 244     $ 136  
 
           
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
At December 31, 2010, we had unrecognized tax benefits as presented in the table above that, if recognized, would have a favorable impact on the effective income tax rate in future periods. We recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. At both December 31, 2010 and 2009, we had less than $0.1 million of accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions. Our tax returns are subject to audit by taxing authorities. Such audits can often take years to complete and settle. The tax years 2003 through 2010 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.
As of December 31, 2010, we had net operating losses (NOLs) in foreign jurisdictions of approximately $9.1 million, translating to a deferred tax asset before valuation allowance of $2.3 million. Our NOLs begin expiring in 2011 in certain foreign jurisdictions. The utilization of NOLs may be subject to certain limitations under the tax laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Management determined that as of December 31, 2010, $2.3 million of deferred tax assets related to losses in foreign jurisdictions do not satisfy the recognition criteria set forth in accounting guidance for income taxes. Accordingly, a valuation allowance has been recorded for this amount.
Note 17. Discontinued Operations
From time to time, tenants may vacate space due to lease buy-outs, elections not to renew their leases, insolvency or lease rejection in the bankruptcy process. In these cases, we assess whether we can obtain the highest value from the property by re-leasing or selling it. In addition, in certain cases, we may try to sell a property that is occupied. When it is appropriate to do so under current accounting guidance for the disposal of long-lived assets, we classify the property as an asset held for sale on our consolidated balance sheet and the current and prior period results of operations of the property are reclassified as discontinued operations.
The results of operations for properties that are held for sale or have been sold are reflected in the consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations for all periods presented and are summarized as follows (in thousands):
                         
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Revenues
  $ 9,473     $ 15,248     $ 18,560  
Expenses
    (4,453 )     (19,502 )     (10,829 )
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    10,573              
Gain on deconsolidation of a subsidiary
    12,870              
(Loss) gain on sale of real estate
    (2,837 )     8,611       524  
Impairment charges
    (1,671 )     (30,252 )     (1,029 )
 
                 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
  $ 23,955     $ (25,895 )   $ 7,226  
 
                 
2010 — We sold four domestic properties for a total price of $19.5 million, including lease termination income of $3.2 million and net of selling costs, and recognized a net loss on the sales of $2.8 million, excluding impairment charges of $1.3 million recognized on the Orgill property and $0.4 million and $1.0 million recognized on the Tower Automotive property in 2010 and 2008, respectively. In connection with two of the property sales, we used a portion of the sale proceeds to defease two non-recourse mortgages totaling $9.1 million on the related properties, and incurred net loss on extinguishment of debt totaling $0.8 million. All amounts are inclusive of affiliates’ noncontrolling interests in the properties.
In June 2010, a consolidated subsidiary consented to a court order appointing a receiver when we stopped making payments on the related non-recourse debt obligation involving a property that was previously leased to Buffets. As we no longer have control over the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of this subsidiary following possession of the property by the receiver during June 2010, the subsidiary was deconsolidated during the second quarter of 2010. At the date of deconsolidation, the property had a carrying value of $6.6 million, reflecting the impact of impairment charges totaling $8.1 million recognized in 2009, and the related non-recourse mortgage loan had an outstanding balance of $19.4 million. In connection with this deconsolidation, we recognized a gain of $12.9 million during the second quarter of 2010. We believe that our retained interest in this deconsolidated entity had no value at the date of deconsolidation. We have recorded the income (loss) from operations and gain recognized upon deconsolidation as discontinued operations, as we have no significant influence on the entity and there are no continuing cash flows from the property.
In March 2010, we returned a property previously leased to Nortel to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations. At March 31, 2010, the property had a carrying value of $17.0 million, reflecting the impact of impairment charges totaling $22.2 million incurred in 2009, and the related non-recourse mortgage loan had an outstanding balance of $27.6 million. In connection with this disposition, we recognized a gain on the extinguishment of debt of $11.4 million during the first quarter of 2010.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
In addition, during 2010 we entered into an agreement to sell a property for approximately $22.0 million; however, this sale has not occurred as of the date of this Report and there can be no assurance that we will be able to sell this property. This property was classified as Assets held for sale on our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2010.
2009 — We sold two properties for a total of $26.2 million, net of selling costs, and recognized a net gain on these sales of $8.6 million. Concurrent with the closing of one of these sales, we used a portion of the sale proceeds to defease non-recourse mortgage debt totaling $15.0 million on two unrelated domestic properties. We then substituted the then-unencumbered properties as collateral for the existing $12.2 million loan. The terms of the existing loan remain unchanged. In connection with the second sale, we defeased the existing non-recourse mortgage loan of $2.7 million.
2008 — We sold two properties for a total of $14.9 million, net of selling costs, and recognized a net gain on these sales of $0.5 million. In connection with the sale of one of these properties, we prepaid the existing non-recourse mortgage loan of $6.5 million and incurred prepayment penalties of $0.3 million.
Note 18. Segment Information
We have determined that we operate in one business segment, real estate ownership with domestic and foreign investments. Geographic information for this segment is as follows (in thousands):
                         
2010   Domestic     Foreign (a)     Total Company  
Revenues
  $ 124,582     $ 32,694     $ 157,276  
Total long-lived assets (b)
    982,801       188,546       1,171,347  
                         
2009   Domestic     Foreign (a)     Total Company  
Revenues
  $ 124,786     $ 31,854     $ 156,640  
Total long-lived assets (b)
    1,101,460       209,011       1,310,471  
                         
2008   Domestic     Foreign (a)     Total Company  
Revenues
  $ 118,873     $ 30,981     $ 149,854  
Total long-lived assets (b)
    1,144,992       223,119       1,368,111  
 
     
(a)   Consists of operations in the United Kingdom, France, Finland, the Netherlands and Germany.
 
(b)   Consists of real estate, net; net investment in direct financing leases; and equity investments in real estate.
Note 19. Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                 
    Three months ended  
    March 31, 2010     June 30, 2010     September 30, 2010     December 31, 2010  
Revenues (a)
  $ 39,712     $ 37,187     $ 37,934     $ 42,443  
Operating expenses (a)
    (22,467 )     (17,437 )     (19,956 )     (18,481 )
Net income (b)
    17,513       22,020       3,405       26,798  
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (752 )     (601 )     (697 )     (769 )
 
                       
Net income attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    16,761       21,419       2,708       26,029  
 
                       
Earnings per share attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    0.19       0.25       0.03       0.30  
Distributions declared per share
    0.1996       0.2001       0.2001       0.2001  
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    Three months ended  
    March 31, 2009     June 30, 2009     September 30, 2009     December 31, 2009  
Revenues (a)
  $ 36,492     $ 37,424     $ 41,225     $ 41,499  
Operating expenses (a)
    (16,674 )     (16,384 )     (23,480 )     (24,565 )
Net income (loss) (b)
    6,622       19,212       (12,039 )     (6,794 )
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (638 )     (628 )     (94 )     (325 )
 
                       
Net income (loss) attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    5,984       18,584       (12,133 )     (7,119 )
 
                       
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to CPA®:14 shareholders
    0.07       0.21       (0.14 )     (0.08 )
Distributions declared per share
    0.1976       0.1981       0.1986       0.1991  
 
     
(a)   Certain amounts from previous quarters have been retrospectively adjusted as discontinued operations (Note 17).
 
(b)   Net income for the fourth quarter of 2009 included impairment charges totaling $20.1 million and $9.8 million, respectively, in connection with several properties and equity investments in real estate (Note 11).
Note 20. Subsequent Event
In March 2011, we returned a property previously leased to Nexpak Corporation to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations. On the date of disposition, the property had a carrying value of $5.5 million, reflecting the impact of impairment charges totaling $1.9 million incurred in 2010 and $3.5 million incurred in 2009, and the related non-recourse mortgage loan had an outstanding balance of $7.1 million.
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SCHEDULE III — REAL ESTATE and ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
at December 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                                                                                         
                                                                                    Life on which  
                                                                                    Depreciation  
                                                                                    in Latest  
                            Costs Capitalized     Increase     Gross Amount at which Carried                     Statement of  
            Initial Cost to Company     Subsequent to     (Decrease) in Net     at Close of Period (c)     Accumulated     Date   Income is  
Description   Encumbrances     Land     Buildings     Acquisition (a)     Investments (b)     Land     Buildings     Total     Depreciation (c)     Acquired   Computed  
Real Estate Under Operating Leases:
                                                                                       
Retail store in Torrance, CA
  $ 27,630     $ 13,060     $ 6,934     $ 204     $     $ 13,060     $ 7,138     $ 20,198     $ 2,189     Jul. 1998   40 yrs.
Industrial facility in San Clemente, CA
          2,390             8,958       53       2,390       9,011       11,401       2,529     Jul. 1998   40 yrs.
Industrial facility in Pittsburgh, PA
    5,777       620       6,186                   620       6,186       6,806       1,862     Dec. 1998   40 yrs.
Industrial and warehouse facilities in Burbank, CA and Las Vegas, NV
    6,452       3,860       8,263             2       3,860       8,265       12,125       2,406     Mar. 1999, Oct. 1999   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Harrisburg, NC; Atlanta, GA; Cincinnati, OH and Elkwood, VA
    11,811       3,930       10,398       8,476       9       3,945       18,868       22,813       4,661     Jun. 1999, Dec. 2001   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Burlington, NJ; Shawnee, KS and Manassas, VA
    20,003       3,604       8,613       23,709             4,476       31,450       35,926       8,999     Aug. 1999   40 yrs.
Land in Midlothian, VA
    2,411       3,515                         3,515             3,515           Sep. 1999   N/A
Office facility in Columbia, MD
          2,623       20,233       3,113             2,623       23,346       25,969       6,365     Nov. 1999   40 yrs.
Industrial facilities in Murrysville, PA and Wylie, TX
    12,521       1,596       23,910       875       (214 )     2,059       24,108       26,167       5,704     Nov. 1999, Dec. 2001   40 yrs.
Sports facilities in Salt Lake City, UT and St. Charles, MO
    6,217       2,920       8,660       863             2,920       9,523       12,443       2,430     Dec. 1999, Dec. 2000   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facility in Rock Island, IL
          500       9,945       1,887             500       11,832       12,332       2,983     Feb. 2000   40 yrs.
Industrial facility in North Amityville, NY
    9,237       2,932       16,398       18       (4,119 )     1,482       13,747       15,229       3,737     Feb. 2000   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Monon, IN; Champlin, MN; Robbinsville, NJ; Radford, VA and North Salt Lake City, UT
    14,468       4,580       24,844       114             4,580       24,958       29,538       6,622     May. 2000   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facility in Lakewood, NJ
    6,091       710       4,531       3,439             710       7,970       8,680       2,016     Jun. 2000   40 yrs.
Retail facilities in Kennesaw, GA and Leawood, KS
    13,095       6,230       15,842       108       (357 )     6,230       15,593       21,823       4,110     Jun. 2000   40 yrs.
Land in Scottsdale, AZ
    12,734       14,600                         14,600             14,600           Sep. 2000   N/A
Industrial facility in Albuquerque, NM
    4,975       1,490       4,636       7             1,490       4,643       6,133       1,195     Sep. 2000   40 yrs.
Office facility in Houston, TX
    4,458       570       6,760                   570       6,760       7,330       1,739     Sep. 2000   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Valdosta, GA and Johnson City, TN
          650       16,889       410             650       17,299       17,949       4,415     Oct. 2000   40 yrs.
Land in Elk Grove Village, IL
    2,805       4,100                         4,100             4,100           Oct. 2000   N/A
Industrial facility in Salisbury, NC
    6,178       1,370       2,672       6,298       (51 )     1,319       8,970       10,289       2,028     Nov. 2000   40 yrs.
Office facility in Lafayette, LA
    2,137       660       3,005                   660       3,005       3,665       754     Dec. 2000   40 yrs.
Office facility in Collierville, TN
    54,000       3,154       70,646       12             3,154       70,658       73,812       30,104     Dec. 2000   7 - 40 yrs.
Multiplex motion picture theater in Port St. Lucie and Pensacola, FL
    8,306       3,200       3,066       6,800       (4,112 )     3,685       5,269       8,954       1,254     Dec. 2000   40 yrs.
Retail and warehouse/distribution facilities in York, PA
    9,280       1,974       10,068       8,433       (5,456 )     849       14,170       15,019       2,119     Dec. 2000   40 yrs.
Office facilities in Lindon, UT
          1,390       1,123       8,081       (428 )     1,851       8,315       10,166       2,810     Dec. 2000   40 yrs.
Office facility in Houston, TX
    3,423       1,025       4,530       764             1,025       5,294       6,319       1,220     Dec. 2000   40 yrs.
Industrial facility in Doncaster, United Kingdom
    5,078             8,383       7       2,116             10,506       10,506       890     Jan. 2001   21.7 yrs.
Industrial and office facilities in Elgin, IL; Bozeman, MT and Nashville, TN
    10,700       3,900       17,937       166       (546 )     3,900       17,557       21,457       4,288     Mar. 2001   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facility in Duluth, GA
    7,141       2,167       11,446       5       (5,407 )     1,105       7,106       8,211       2,697     Mar. 2001   40 yrs.
Industrial facilities in City of Industry, CA; Florence, KY; Chelmsford, MA and Lancaster, TX
    9,338       4,398       13,418       3,745       24       4,643       16,942       21,585       3,924     Apr. 2001   7 - 40 yrs.
Industrial facility in Mesa, AZ
    17,250       4,000       14,951       10,147       (22,597 )     1,618       4,883       6,501       963     Jun. 2001, Dec. 2006   34.5 yrs.
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(in thousands)
                                                                                         
                                                                                    Life on which  
                                                                                    Depreciation  
                                                                                    in Latest  
                            Costs Capitalized     Increase     Gross Amount at which Carried                     Statement of  
            Initial Cost to Company     Subsequent to     (Decrease) in Net     at Close of Period (c)     Accumulated     Date   Income is  
Description   Encumbrances     Land     Buildings     Acquisition (a)     Investments (b)     Land     Buildings     Total     Depreciation (c)     Acquired   Computed  
Real Estate Under Operating Leases (Continued):
                                                                                       
Industrial facilities in South Windsor and Manchester, CT
    11,265       1,555       18,823       250       27       1,555       19,100       20,655       4,505     Jul. 2001   40 yrs.
Industrial and office facilities in Rome, GA; Niles, IL; Plymouth, MI and Twinsburg, OH
    14,884       4,140       23,822       1,373       (8,370 )     2,959       18,006       20,965       5,799     Aug. 2001   40 yrs.
Industrial facility in Milford, OH
          2,000       12,869                   2,000       12,869       14,869       2,989     Sep. 2001   40 yrs.
Retail facilities in several cities in the following states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan and Texas
    37,404       17,100       54,743             (2,747 )     16,100       52,996       69,096       12,090     Nov. 2001   40 yrs.
Office facility in Turku, Finland
    43,009       801       23,390       12,291       10,661       1,677       45,466       47,143       9,167     Dec. 2001, Dec. 2007   25-40 yrs.
Educational facilities in Union, NJ; Allentown and Philadelphia, PA and Grand Prairie, TX
    5,235       2,486       7,602             3       2,486       7,605       10,091       1,719     Dec. 2001   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution, office and industrial facilities in Perris, CA; Eugene, OR; West Jordan, UT and Tacoma, WA
    6,084       6,050       8,198             (1,845 )     4,200       8,203       12,403       1,820     Feb. 2002   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Charlotte and Lincolnton, NC and Mauldin, SC
    8,012       1,860       12,852             1       1,860       12,853       14,713       2,827     Mar. 2002   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Boe, Carpiquet, Mans, Vendin Le Vieil, Lieusaint, Lagnieu, Luneville and St. Germain de Puy, France
    81,127       15,724       75,211       13,755       41,780       24,665       121,805       146,470       26,250     Mar. 2002   40 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution and office facilities in Davenport, IA and Bloomington, MN
    17,159       3,260       26,009                   3,260       26,009       29,269       5,500     Jul. 2002   40 yrs.
Industrial facility in Gorinchem, Netherlands
    5,872       2,374       3,864             2,023       3,181       5,080       8,261       1,079     Jul. 2002        
Industrial facilities in Kendallville, IN; Clinton Township, MI and Upper Sandusky, OH
    10,543       4,390       30,336             (7,179 )     3,550       23,997       27,547       5,224     Aug. 2002   40 yrs.
Retail facilities in Fairfax, VA and Lombard, IL
    11,816       13,226       18,248             (1,018 )     13,226       17,230       30,456       2,095     Dec. 2006   33.6 yrs.
Retail facility in South Tulsa, OK
    5,000       1,649       3,425       225             1,649       3,650       5,299       469     Dec. 2006   30 yrs.
Retail and warehouse/distribution facilities in Johnstown and Whitehall, PA
    5,000       2,115       15,945             (609 )     2,115       15,336       17,451       2,066     Dec. 2006   30.3 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facility in Dallas, TX
    6,516       323       6,784                   323       6,784       7,107       820     Dec. 2006   30.8 yrs.
Industrial facility in Shelburne, VT
    1,689       955       2,919                   955       2,919       3,874       390     Dec. 2006   30.6 yrs.
Industrial facilities in Fort Dodge, IN and Oconomowoc, WI
    6,098       1,218       11,879       2,514             1,218       14,393       15,611       2,263     Dec. 2006   23.5 yrs.
Industrial facility in Aurora, IL
          2,730       10,391                   2,730       10,391       13,121       1,376     Dec. 2006   30.8 yrs.
Industrial facility in Houston, TX
          2,299       4,722                   2,299       4,722       7,021       1,181     Dec. 2006   16.3 yrs.
Industrial, warehouse/distribution and office facilities in Waterloo, WI
          922       16,824             (642 )     922       16,182       17,104       3,250     Dec. 2006   20.3 yrs.
Industrial and warehouse/distribution facilities in Westfield, MA
    6,361       1,106       9,952                   1,106       9,952       11,058       1,173     Dec. 2006   34.7 yrs.
Industrial facility in Richmond, MO
    5,528       530       6,505                   530       6,505       7,035       763     Dec. 2006   34.8 yrs.
Retail facilities in Bourne, Sandwich and Chelmsford, MA
    1,379       1,418       2,157                   1,418       2,157       3,575       283     Dec. 2006   31.1 yrs.
Industrial facility in Carlsbad, CA
          2,618       4,880                   2,618       4,880       7,498       646     Dec. 2006   30.8 yrs.
Fitness and recreational facility in Houston, TX
    3,652       1,613       3,398                   1,613       3,398       5,011       468     Dec. 2006   29.7 yrs.
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at December 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                                                                                         
                                                                                    Life on which  
                                                                                    Depreciation in  
                                                                                    Latest  
                            Costs Capitalized     Increase     Gross Amount at which Carried                     Statement of  
            Initial Cost to Company     Subsequent to     (Decrease) in Net     at Close of Period (c)     Accumulated     Date   Income is  
Description   Encumbrances     Land     Buildings     Acquisition (a)     Investments (b)     Land     Buildings     Total     Depreciation (c)     Acquired   Computed  
Real Estate Under Operating Leases (Continued):
                                                                                       
Theater in Hickory Creek, TX
    3,697       3,138       6,752                   3,138       6,752       9,890       811     Dec. 2006   34 yrs.
Educational facilities in Chandler, AZ; Fleming Island, FL; Ackworth, GA; Hauppauge and Patchogue, NY; Sugar Land, TX; Hampton, VA and Silverdale, WA
    5,778       4,312       9,963             (380 )     4,312       9,583       13,895       1,325     Dec. 2006   29.6 yrs.
Industrial facility in Indianapolis, IN
    1,773       1,035       6,594                   1,035       6,594       7,629       913     Dec. 2006   29.5 yrs.
Warehouse/distribution facilities in Greenville, SC
    4,557       625       8,178                   625       8,178       8,803       1,200     Dec. 2006   27.8 yrs.
Industrial and office facilities in San Diego, CA
    35,197       7,247       29,098       313             7,247       29,411       36,658       4,350     Dec. 2006   40 yrs.
 
                                                                     
 
  $ 638,151     $ 212,537     $ 830,620     $ 127,360     $ (9,378 )   $ 214,761     $ 946,378     $ 1,161,139     $ 221,824                  
 
                                                                     
                                                         
                                            Gross Amount at        
                            Costs Capitalized     Increase     which Carried        
            Initial Cost to Company     Subsequent to     (Decrease) in Net     at Close of     Date  
Description   Encumbrances     Land     Buildings     Acquisition (a)     Investments (b)     Period Total     Acquired  
Direct Financing Method:
                                                       
Industrial facility in Dallas, TX
  $     $ 460     $ 20,427     $     $ (8,401 )   $ 12,486     Nov. 1999
Multiplex theater facility in Midlothian, VA
    8,623             10,819       854       897       12,570     Sep. 1999
Office facility in Scottsdale, AZ
    22,267             25,415       115             25,530     Sep. 2000
Warehouse/distribution facility in Elk Grove Village, IL
    1,461             4,172       4       (2,040 )     2,136     Oct. 2000
Multiplex motion picture theater in Pensacola, FL
    6,771             4,112       2,542             6,654     Dec. 2000
Industrial and manufacturing facilities in Old Fort and Albemarie, NC; Holmesville, OH and Springfield, TN
    6,860       2,961       24,474       19       (9,759 )     17,695     Sep. 2001
Educational facility in Mooresville, NC
    5,131       1,600       9,276       130       (524 )     10,482     Feb. 2002
Industrial facility in Ashburn Junction, VA
          4,683       15,116                   19,799     Dec. 2006
 
                                           
 
  $ 51,113     $ 9,704     $ 113,811     $ 3,664     $ (19,827 )   $ 107,352          
 
                                           
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NOTES to SCHEDULE III — REAL ESTATE and ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
(in thousands)
 
     
(a)   Consists of the costs of improvements subsequent to purchase and acquisition costs, including legal fees, appraisal fees, title costs and other related professional fees.
 
(b)   The increase (decrease) in net investment was primarily due to (i) the amortization of unearned income from net investment in direct financing leases, which produces a periodic rate of return that at times may be greater or less than lease payments received, (ii) sales of properties, (iii) impairment charges, (iv) changes in foreign currency exchange rates and (v) adjustments in connection with purchasing certain minority interests.
 
(c)   Reconciliation of real estate and accumulated depreciation (see below):
                         
    Reconciliation of Real Estate Subject to  
    Operating Leases  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Balance at beginning of year
  $ 1,255,966     $ 1,275,775     $ 1,301,505  
Additions
    839       2,921       527  
Dispositions
    (38,610 )     (23,473 )     (16,799 )
Reclassification from equity investment, direct financing lease or funds held in escrow
          45,734        
Reclassification to assets held for sale
    (22,598 )     (11,421 )      
Deconsolidation of real estate asset
    (10,320 )            
Impairment charges
    (7,922 )     (37,779 )      
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    (16,216 )     4,209       (9,458 )
 
                 
Balance at close of year
  $ 1,161,139     $ 1,255,966     $ 1,275,775  
 
                 
                         
    Reconciliation of Accumulated Depreciation  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
Balance at beginning of year
  $ 215,967     $ 188,739     $ 162,374  
Depreciation expense
    26,774       29,614       29,527  
Dispositions
    (11,006 )     (2,438 )     (1,883 )
Reclassification from equity investment
          2,217        
Reclassification to assets held for sale
    (3,685 )     (2,771 )      
Deconsolidation of real estate asset
    (3,693 )            
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    (2,533 )     606       (1,279 )
 
                 
Balance at close of year
  $ 221,824     $ 215,967     $ 188,739  
 
                 
At December 31, 2010, the aggregate cost of real estate, net of accumulated depreciation and accounted for as operating leases, owned by us and our consolidated subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $849.3 million.
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Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our disclosure controls and procedures include our controls and other procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in this and other reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, after conducting an evaluation, together with members of our management, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective as of December 31, 2010 at a reasonable level of assurance.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
We assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2010. In making this assessment, we used criteria set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our assessment, we concluded that, at December 31, 2010, our internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B.   Other Information.
None.
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PART III
Item 10.   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Names of Directors and Biographical Information
The names of our directors, their ages and certain other information about them are set forth below:
             
Name   Age     Office
 
           
Wm. Polk Carey
    80     Chairman of the Board
 
           
James D. Price
    72     Director*
 
           
Marshall E. Blume
    69     Director*
 
     
*   Independent Director
Wm. Polk Carey
Director since: 1997
Mr. Carey serves as Chairman of our board of directors. Mr. Carey has also served as a director and Chairman of CPA®:15 since 2001, CPA®:16 — Global since 2003, CPA®:17 — Global since October 2007 and WPC since 1996. Mr. Carey was also our Co-Chief Executive Officer and that of CPA®:15 and CPA®:16 — Global from 2002 through March 2005. He also served as a director and Chairman of CPA®:12 from July 1993 to December 2006. Mr. Carey has been active in lease financing since 1959 and a specialist in net leasing of corporate real estate property since 1964. Before founding W. P. Carey & Co., Inc. in 1973, he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Hubbard, Westervelt & Mottelay (subsequently Merrill Lynch Hubbard), head of Real Estate and Equipment Financing at Loeb, Rhoades & Co., and Vice Chairman of the Investment Banking Board and director of Corporate Finance of duPont Glore Forgan Inc. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Mr. Carey also received his Sc.D. honoris causa from Arizona State University, D.C.S. honoris causa from The City University of New York and D.C.L. honoris causa from the University of the South. He is a Trustee of The Johns Hopkins University and of other educational and philanthropic institutions. He serves as Chairman and a Trustee of the W. P. Carey Foundation and has served as Chairman of the Penn Institute for Economic Research. In the fall of 1999, Mr. Carey was Executive-in-Residence at Harvard Business School. As founder and Chairman of WPC, our Chairman, Chairman of CPA®:15, CPA®:16 — Global and CPA®:17 — Global and through a long and distinguished record of business success and philanthropic activities, Mr. Carey brings to the Board demonstrated leadership skills, business expertise and a commitment to community service that we believe are important qualities of a director of our Company.
James D. Price
Director since: 2006
Mr. Price has served as an independent director and a member of the audit committee of our board of directors since 2006 (Chairman of the committee since April 2008). He previously served as an independent director on the audit committee from September 2005 to April 2006. He has also served as an independent director and a member of the audit committees of CPA®:15 since June 2006 (Chairman of the committee from September 2007 to August 2009), CPA®:16 — Global from September 2005 to September 2007, and CPA®:17 — Global since October 2007 (Chairman of the committee since August 2009). Mr. Price also served as an independent director of CPA®:12 from September 2005 to December 2006. Mr. Price has over 37 years of real estate experience in the U.S. and foreign markets, including significant experience in structuring mortgage loans, leveraged leases, credit leases and securitizations involving commercial and industrial real estate. He is the President of Price & Marshall, Inc., a corporate equipment and real estate financing boutique which he founded in 1993. From March 1990 to October 1993, he worked at Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., where he structured and negotiated securitizations of commercial mortgages and corporate financings of real and personal property. From March 1985 to March 1990, he served as a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and as an Executive Vice President at DBL Realty, its real estate division. He also served in various capacities at Merrill Lynch & Co., including serving as manager of the Private Placement Department from 1970 to 1980, as a founder of Merrill Lynch Leasing, Inc. in 1976 and as Chairman of the Merrill Lynch Leasing, Inc. Investment Committee from 1976 to 1982. He currently serves on the Boards of Pier 1 Funding Corp. and Manuco Corp., a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., owning food processing companies. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin. Mr. Price received his B.A. from Syracuse University and his M.B.A. from Columbia University. Mr. Price’s qualifications for election to our Board include his extensive experience in the commercial real estate business in the U.S. and foreign markets.
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Marshall E. Blume
Director since: 2007
Mr. Blume serves as an independent director and as a member of the audit committee of our board of directors. Mr. Blume has also served as an independent director and a member of the audit committees of CPA®:15 from April 2007 to June 2009, CPA®:16 — Global from June 2009 to July 2010 (having previously served in those capacities from April 2007 to April 2008), and CPA®:17 — Global since June 2008. Mr. Blume is the Howard Butcher III Professor of Financial Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, also at the Wharton School. Mr. Blume has been associated with the Wharton School since 1967. Mr. Blume has also been a partner in Prudent Management Associates, a registered investment advisory firm, since 1982, and Chairman and President of Marshall E. Blume, Inc., a consulting firm, for over 25 years. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Fixed Income and the Journal of Portfolio Management. He is currently a member of the Board of Managers of the Measey Foundation, which is dedicated to the support of medical education in the Philadelphia area. He is a member of the Finance Committee of the Rosemont School of the Holy Child, the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee and the Financial Economist Roundtable. Mr. Blume is a former trustee of Trinity College (Hartford) and the Rosemont School. Mr. Blume received his S.B. from Trinity College, and both his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Blume’s qualifications for election to our Board include his distinguished academic career at a leading educational institution, his expertise in the field of economics and finance and his involvement in several charitable and industry organizations.
Names of Executive Officers and Biographical Information
We are externally managed and advised by the advisor. All of our current executive officers are employees of WPC or one or more of its affiliates. The names of our executive officers, their ages and certain other information about them are set forth below:
             
Name   Age     Office
 
           
Trevor P. Bond
    49     Chief Executive Officer
 
           
Gino M. Sabatini
    42     President
 
           
Mark J. DeCesaris
    51     Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director
 
           
John D. Miller
    65     Chief Investment Officer
 
           
Thomas E. Zacharias
    57     Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director
Trevor P. Bond
Mr. Bond has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010, having served as interim Chief Executive Officer since July 2010. He has also served in the same capacity with WPC, CPA®:15, CPA®:16 — Global and CPA®:17 — Global since September 2010 after serving as interim Chief Executive Officer since July 2010. Mr. Bond serves as a director of WPC and served as our director and a member of our audit committee, as well as a director and a member of the audit committees of CPA®:15 and CPA®:16 — Global, from 2005 to April 2007. Until his appointment as interim Chief Executive Officer of WPC, Mr. Bond was a member of the Investment Committee of Carey Asset Management Corp. (“CAM”), which reviews investments on our behalf and on behalf of the other CPA® REITs. Mr. Bond has been the managing member of a private investment vehicle investing in real estate limited partnerships, Maidstone Investment Co., LLC, since 2002. He served in several management capacities for Credit Suisse First Boston, which is referred to in this Report as CSFB, from 1992 to 2002, including: Co-founder of CSFB’s Real Estate Equity Group, which managed approximately $3 billion of real estate assets; founding team member of Praedium Recovery Fund, a $100 million fund managing distressed real estate and mortgage debt; and as a member of the Principal Transactions Group managing $100 million of distressed mortgage debt. Prior to CSFB, Mr. Bond served as an associate to the real estate and finance departments of Tishman Realty & Construction Co. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. Mr. Bond also founded and managed an international trading company from 1985 to 1987 that sourced industrial products in China for U.S. manufacturers. Mr. Bond has over 25 years of real estate experience in several sectors, including finance, development, investment and asset management, across a range of property types, as well as direct experience in Asia. Mr. Bond received an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
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Gino M. Sabatini
Mr. Sabatini joined WPC in June 2000 as Second Vice President, was promoted to Vice President in 2002, director in 2004, Executive Director in 2007 and Managing Director in 2009. Mr. Sabatini has served as our President since January 2010. Prior to joining the firm, he operated a theme restaurant as well as a packaged food manufacturing and distribution business. Mr. Sabatini graduated in 1991 from the University of Pennsylvania where he was enrolled in the Management and Technology program and he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Engineering School and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School. In 2000, he received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mark J. DeCesaris
Mr. DeCesaris has served as Chief Financial Officer for us and WPC, CPA®:15, CPA®:16 — Global and CPA®:17 — Global since July 2010, having previously served as Acting Chief Financial Officer since November 2005 (and in the case of CPA®:17 — Global, since October 2007). He has also served as Chief Administrative Officer and Managing Director for us, WPC, CPA®:15, and CPA®:16 — Global since November 2005 and for CPA®:17 — Global since October 2007. Mr. DeCesaris had previously been a consultant to WPC’s Finance Department since May 2005. Prior to joining WPC, from 2003 to 2004 Mr. DeCesaris was Executive Vice President for Southern Union Company, a natural gas energy company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, where his responsibilities included overseeing the integration of acquisitions and developing and implementing a shared service organization to reduce annual operating costs. From 1999 to 2003, he was Senior Vice President for Penn Millers Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurance company where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Penn Software, a subsidiary of Penn Millers Insurance. From 1994 to 1999, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of System One Solutions, a business consulting firm that he founded. Mr. DeCesaris is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and started his career with Coopers & Lybrand in Philadelphia. He graduated from King’s College with a B.S. in Accounting and a B.S. in Informational Technology. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of King’s College and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chilton Memorial Hospital Foundation, and he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
John D. Miller
Mr. Miller has served as our Chief Investment Officer since 2005. He has also served in the same capacities with WPC, CPA®:15 and CPA®:16 — Global since 2005 and with CPA®:17 — Global since October 2007. Mr. Miller joined WPC in 2004 as Vice Chairman of CAM. Mr. Miller was a Co-founder of StarVest Partners, L.P., a technology oriented venture capital fund. Mr. Miller continues to retain a Non-Managing Member interest in StarVest. From 1995 to 1998, he served as President of Rothschild Ventures Inc., the private investment unit of Rothschild North America. Prior to joining Rothschild in 1995, he held positions at two private equity firms, Credit Suisse First Boston’s Clipper group and Starplough Inc., an affiliate of Rosecliff. Mr. Miller previously served in investment positions at the Equitable Capital Management Corporation, including serving as President, Chief Executive Officer, and head of its corporate finance department. He currently serves on the Board of Circle Entertainment Inc. and Function (X), Inc. He received his B.S. from the University of Utah and an M.B.A. from the University of Santa Clara.
Thomas E. Zacharias
Mr. Zacharias has served as our Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director since 2005. He has also served in the same capacities with WPC and CPA®:15 since 2005 and with CPA®:17 — Global since October 2007. Mr. Zacharias joined WPC in 2002, is head of the Asset Management Department and has served as President of CPA®:16 — Global since 2003. Mr. Zacharias previously served as an independent director of our board from 1997 to 2001 and of CPA®:15 in 2001. Prior to joining WPC, Mr. Zacharias was a Senior Vice President of MetroNexus North America, a Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds Enterprise. Prior to joining MetroNexus in 2000, Mr. Zacharias was a Principal at Lend Lease Development U.S., a subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation, a global real estate investment management company. Between 1981 and 1998, Mr. Zacharias was a senior officer at Corporate Property Investors, which at the time of its merger into Simon Property Group in 1998 was one of the largest private equity REITs in the U.S. Mr. Zacharias received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1976 and a Masters in Business Administration from Yale School of Management in 1979. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers and NAREIT, and served as a Trustee of Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts between 2003 and 2007.
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Family Relationships
There is no family relationship between any of our directors or executive officers.
Legal Proceedings
None of our directors or executive officers have been involved in any events enumerated under Item 401(f) of SEC Regulation S-K during the past five years that are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of such persons to be our directors or executive officers.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires that directors, executive officers and persons who are the beneficial owners of more than 10% of our shares file reports of their ownership and changes in ownership of our shares with the SEC and to furnish us with copies of all such Section 16 reports that they file. Based upon a review of the copies of such reports furnished to us as filed with the SEC and other written representations that no other reports were required to be filed during the year, we believe that our directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of 10% or more of our shares were in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during 2010.
Code of Ethics
Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethics which sets forth the standards of business conduct and ethics applicable to all of our employees, including our executive officers and directors. This code is available on the Company’s website (www.cpa14.com) in the “Corporate Governance” section. We also intend to post amendments to or waivers from the Code of Ethics at this location on the website.
Recommendation of Nominees to Our Board of Directors
Information concerning our procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our board of directors is set forth in our proxy statement relating to our 2010 annual meeting of stockholders under the heading “Nominating Procedures.” We have not made any material changes to these procedures since they were last disclosed in our proxy statement.
Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert
Our board of directors has established a standing audit committee. The audit committee meets on a regular basis at least quarterly and throughout the year as necessary. The audit committee’s primary function is to assist the board of directors in monitoring the integrity of our financial statements, the compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and independence qualifications and performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm, all in accordance with the audit committee’s charter. The directors who serve on the audit committee are all “independent” as defined in our bylaws and the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and applicable rules of the SEC. The audit committee is currently comprised of Marshall E. Blume and James D. Price (Chairman). Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Price, an independent director, is a “financial expert” as defined in Item 407 of SEC Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. Our board of directors has adopted a formal written charter for the audit committee, which can be found on our website (www.cpa14.com) in the “Corporate Governance” section.
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight and Its Leadership Structure
Recently, attention is being given to the subject of risk and how companies assess and manage risk. Our advisor is charged with assessing and managing risks associated with our business on a day-to-day basis. We rely on our advisor’s internal processes to identify, manage and mitigate material risks and to communicate with our board of directors. The board’s role is to oversee the advisor’s execution of these responsibilities and to assess the advisor’s approach to risk management on our behalf. The board exercises this role periodically as part of its regular meetings and through meetings of its audit committee. The board and the audit committee receive reports at their regular meetings from representatives of the advisor on areas of material risk to us, including operational, financial, legal, regulatory, strategic and reputational risk, in order to review and understand risk identification, risk management and risk mitigation strategies.
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We maintain separate roles for our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. We believe this structure is currently in our best interest and the best interests of our stockholders. Both Messrs. Carey and Bond, our Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer, respectively, possess detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing us and our businesses. We separate the roles of Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer in recognition of the differences between the two roles. Our Chief Executive Officer, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the advisor, has the general responsibility for implementing our policies and for the management of our business and affairs, while our Chairman of the board presides over meetings of the full board and provides critical thinking with respect to our strategy and performance. Our independent directors meet regularly in executive session and maintain an open line of communication with our Chairman and our Chief Executive Officer. Because our Chairman of the Board is not independent under the applicable rules promulgated by the SEC, our board has appointed James D. Price as lead independent director. Mr. Price is well suited to lead independent sessions of the board in this capacity based on his extensive executive experience.
Our board believes that its current leadership structure — separate roles for our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and a lead independent director — provides effective corporate governance at the board level and independent oversight of both our board and our advisor.
Board Meetings and Directors’ Attendance
There were four regular board meetings, seven additional board meetings, and seven audit committee meetings held in 2010 and each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate audit committee meetings and board meetings held while he or she was a director. Our board of directors does not have standing nominating or compensation committees. Although there is no specific policy regarding director attendance at meetings of stockholders, directors are invited and encouraged to attend. All directors attended the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 9, 2010, except Mr. Blume.
Item 11.   Executive Compensation.
Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers — FISCAL 2010
We have no employees. Day-to-day management functions are performed by our advisor. During 2010, we did not pay any compensation to our executive officers. We have not paid, and do not intend to pay, any annual compensation to our executive officers for their services as officers; however, we reimburse our advisor for the services of its personnel, including those who serve as our officers pursuant to the advisory agreement. Please see Item 13, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” for a description of the contractual arrangements between us and the advisor.
We pay our directors who are not officers an annual cash retainer of $19,333, an additional annual cash retainer of $6,000 for the Chairman of the audit committee, $1,000 for in-person attendance at each regular quarterly board meeting, and an annual grant of $10,000 of shares of our common stock, valued based upon our most recently published NAV. Wm. Polk Carey, the Chairman of the Board, did not receive compensation for serving as a director.
                                 
    Fees Earned or                    
    Paid in Cash     Stock Awards     All Other Compensation     Total  
Director   ($)     ($)(a)     ($)(b)     ($)  
Marshall E. Blume
  $ 22,333     $ 10,000     $ 170     $ 32,502  
James D. Price
    29,333       10,000       170       39,503  
 
     
(a)   Amounts in the “Stock Awards” column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of awards of shares of our common stock granted for 2010, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, related to the annual grant of $10,000 of shares of our common stock on July 1, 2010. The grant date fair values of awards were calculated by multiplying the number of shares granted by our most recently published NAV per share of $11.80 on that date.
 
(b)   All Other Compensation reflects dividends paid on the stock awards set forth in the table.
Board Report on Executive Compensation
SEC regulations require the disclosure of the compensation policies applicable to executive officers in the form of a report by the compensation committee of the board of directors (or a report of the full board of directors in the absence of a compensation committee). As noted above, we have no employees and pay no direct compensation. As a result, we have no compensation committee and the board of directors has not considered a compensation policy for employees and has not included a report with this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, we reimburse CAM, an affiliate of WPC, for our proportional share of the cost incurred by affiliates of WPC, in paying Wm. Polk Carey, in connection with his services on our behalf, other than his service as a director. Please see Item 13, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” for additional details regarding reimbursements to the advisor.
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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
As noted above, our board of directors has not appointed a compensation committee. None of the members of our board of directors are involved in a relationship requiring disclosure as an interlocking executive officer/director or under Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K or as our former officer or employee.
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
“Beneficial Ownership” as used herein has been determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and is not to be construed as a representation that any of such shares are in fact beneficially owned by any person. The following table shows how many shares of our common stock the directors and executive officers beneficially owned as of the record date. As of March 18, 2011, Wm. Polk Carey owned 9.34% of our common stock. No other director or executive officer beneficially owned more than 1% of our common stock. The directors and executive officers as a group beneficially owned 9.34% of our common stock on that date. Directors and executive officers who did not own shares are not listed in the table. The business address of the directors and executive officers listed below is the address of our principal executive office, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.
                 
    Amount and Nature of        
Name of Beneficial Owner   Beneficial Ownership     Percentage of Class  
Wm. Polk Carey
    8,164,117 (a)     9.34 %
James D. Price
    4,205       *  
Marshall E. Blume
    2,917       *  
Trevor P. Bond
    1       *  
Thomas E. Zacharias
    1,869       *  
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (8 Individuals)
    8,173,109       9.35 %
 
     
*   Less than 1%
 
(a)   Includes 5,977,270 shares owned by Carey REIT II, Inc., a subsidiary of WPC, 2,088,364 shares owned by CAM, 89,472 shares owned by W. P. Carey International LLC, 7,733 shares owned by Corporate Property Advisors and 1,278 shares owned by W. P. Carey & Co., Inc. The inclusion of these shares in the table shown above is not to be construed as a representation that Mr. Carey beneficially owns such shares.
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Wm. Polk Carey is the Chairman of our board of directors. During 2010, we retained the advisor to provide advisory services in connection with identifying, evaluating, negotiating, financing, purchasing and disposing of investments and performing day-to-day management services and certain administrative duties for us pursuant to an advisory agreement. CAM is a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of WPC, a Delaware limited liability company of which Wm. Polk Carey is Chairman of the board of directors and the beneficial owner of over 10% of its equity securities. For the services provided to us, the advisor earns asset management and performance fees, each of which is equal to one-half of 1% per annum of our average invested assets. The performance fees are subordinated to the performance criterion, a cumulative rate of cash flow from operations of 7% per annum. Asset management and performance fees are payable in cash or restricted shares of our common stock at the option of the advisor. During 2010, the asset management and performance fees earned by the advisor totaled $20.0 million. For 2010, the advisor elected to receive 80% of its performance fees in restricted shares of our common stock and the remaining 20% of its performance fees in cash.
In addition, the advisory agreement provides for the advisor to earn acquisition fees averaging not more than 4.5%, based on the aggregate cost of investments acquired, of which generally 2% is deferred and payable in equal annual installments each January over no less than eight years beginning in January of the year following that in which a property was purchased. Unpaid installments bear interest at 6% per annum. An annual installment of $2.6 million in deferred fees was paid in cash to the advisor in January 2010. Unpaid installments of deferred acquisition fees totaled $4.3 million as of December 31, 2010, and are included in due to affiliates in the consolidated financial statements. During 2010, we paid mortgage financing fees to the advisor totaling $0.3 million in connection with the refinancing of mortgages.
The advisor is entitled to receive subordinated disposition fees based upon the cumulative proceeds arising from the sale of our assets since inception, subject to certain conditions. Pursuant to the subordination provisions of the advisory agreement, the disposition fees may be paid only after the stockholders receive 100% of their initial investment from the proceeds of asset sales and a cumulative annual distribution return of 6% (based on an initial share price of $10) since our inception. The advisor’s interest in such disposition fees amounted to $6.1 million as of December 31, 2010. Payment of such amount, will be made if the Proposed Merger is consummated.
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Because we do not have our own employees, the advisor employs officers and other personnel to provide services to us, including our executive officers. During 2010, $2.8 million was paid to the advisor by us to cover such personnel expenses, which amount includes both cash compensation and employee benefits. In addition, pursuant to a cost-sharing arrangement among the CPA® REITs and the advisor, we pay our proportionate share, based on adjusted revenues, of office rental expenses and of certain other overhead expenses. Under this arrangement, our share of office rental expenses for 2010 was $0.6 million.
We own interests in property-owning entities ranging from 12% to 90%, with the remaining interests generally held by other CPA® REITs and affiliates of our advisor.
Policies and Procedures With Respect to Related Party Transactions
Our bylaws generally provide that all of the transactions that we enter into with our “affiliates,” such as our directors and officers and the advisor and their respective affiliates, must be, after disclosure of such affiliation, approved or ratified by a majority of our independent directors and a majority of the directors who are not otherwise interested in the transaction. In addition, such directors and independent directors must determine that (1) the transaction is in all respects on such terms as, at the time of the transaction and under the circumstances then prevailing, fair and reasonable to our stockholders and (2) the terms of such transaction are at least as favorable as the terms then prevailing for comparable transactions made on an arm’s-length basis.
Item 14.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Audit Fees
From our inception, we have engaged the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. Our audit committee has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our auditors for 2011. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP also serves as auditors for WPC, CPA®:15, CPA®:16 — Global and CPA®:17 — Global.
The following table sets forth the approximate aggregate fees billed to us during fiscal years 2010 and 2009 by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, categorized in accordance with SEC definitions and rules:
                 
    2010     2009  
Audit Fees(a)
  $ 528,052     $ 424,396  
Audit Related Fees(b)
           
Tax Fees(c)
    3,900        
All Other Fees
           
 
           
Total Fees
  $ 531,952     $ 424,396  
 
           
 
     
(a)   Audit Fees: This category consists of fees for professional services rendered for the audits of our audited 2010 and 2009 financial statements and the review of the financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, June 30, and September 30 for each of the 2010 and 2009 fiscal years and other audit services.
 
(b)   Audit Related Fees: This category consists of audit-related services performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. No fees were billed for assurance and audit related services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the years ended 2010 and 2009.
 
(c)   Tax Fees: This category consists of fees billed to us by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for tax compliance and consultation services.
Pre-Approval by Audit Committee
The audit committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the audit committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date. The audit committee may also pre-approve particular services on a case-by-case basis.
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PART IV
Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) (1) and (2) — Financial statements and schedules — see index to financial statements and schedule included in Item 8.
(3) Exhibits:
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report. Documents other than those designated as being filed herewith are incorporated herein by reference.
         
Exhibit No.   Description   Method of Filing
2.1
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 13, 2010, by and among Corporate Property Associates 16 — Global Incorporated, CPA 16 Acquisition Inc., CPA 16 Holdings Inc., CPA 16 Merger Sub Inc., Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated, CPA 14 Sub Inc., W. P. Carey & Co. LLC and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, Carey Asset Management Corp. and W. P. Carey & Co. B.V.   Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 14, 2010
 
       
3.1
  Articles of Incorporation of Registrant   Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-31437) filed July 16, 1997
 
       
3.2
  Articles of Amendment   Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-76761) filed November 16, 1999
 
       
3.3
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant   Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 filed August 14, 2009
 
       
4.1
  Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan   Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-170536) filed November 12, 2010
 
       
10.1
  Asset Management Agreement dated as of September 2, 2008 between Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated and W.P. Carey & Co. B.V.   Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 filed November 14, 2008
 
       
10.2
  Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement dated as of October 1, 2009 between Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated and Carey Asset Management Corp.   Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 filed November 13, 2009
 
       
10.3
  Agreement for Sale and Purchase, dated as of December 13, 2010, by and among Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated and Corporate Property Associates 17 — Global Incorporated.   Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 14, 2010
 
       
10.4
  Agreement for Sale and Purchase, dated as of December 13, 2010, by and among Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated and W. P. Carey & Co. LLC.   Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 14, 2010
 
       
21.1
  Subsidiaries of Registrant   Filed herewith
 
       
23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   Filed herewith
 
       
31.1
  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   Filed herewith
 
       
31.2
  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   Filed herewith
 
       
32
  Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
         
  Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated
 
 
Date 3/25/2011  By:   /s/ Mark J. DeCesaris    
    Mark J. DeCesaris   
    Chief Financial Officer   
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Wm. Polk Carey
 
Wm. Polk Carey
  Chairman of the Board and Director    3/25/2011
 
       
/s/ Trevor P. Bond
  Chief Executive Officer   3/25/2011
 
Trevor P. Bond
   (Principal Executive Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Mark J. DeCesaris
  Chief Financial Officer   3/25/2011
 
Mark J. DeCesaris
   (Principal Financial Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Thomas J. Ridings Jr.
  Chief Accounting Officer   3/25/2011
 
Thomas J. Ridings Jr.
   (Principal Accounting Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Marshall E. Blume
 
Marshall E. Blume
  Director    3/25/2011
 
       
/s/ James D. Price
 
James D. Price
  Director    3/25/2011
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