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Form 10-Q for LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST


7-Aug-2009

Quarterly Report


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Introduction

When we use the terms "Lexington," the "Company," "we," "us" and "our," we mean Lexington Realty Trust and all entities owned by us, including non-consolidated entities, except where it is clear that the term means only the parent company. References herein to our Quarterly Report are to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.

Forward-Looking Statements. The following is a discussion and analysis of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and significant factors that could affect our prospective financial condition and results of operations. This discussion should be read together with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, or Annual Report, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 2, 2009. Historical results may not be indicative of future performance.

This Quarterly Report, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by us contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and include this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words "believes," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates," "projects" or similar expressions. Readers should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect actual results, performances or achievements and include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our most recent Annual Report and other periodic reports filed with the SEC, including risks related to: (i) changes in general business and economic conditions, (ii) competition, (iii) increases in real estate construction costs, (iv) changes in interest rates, or (v) changes in accessibility of debt and equity capital markets. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Accordingly, there is no assurance that our expectations will be realized.

Overview

General. We are a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland. We operate primarily in one segment and our primary business is the investment in and the acquisition, ownership and management of a geographically diverse portfolio of net leased office, industrial and retail properties. Substantially all of our properties are subject to triple net leases, which are generally characterized as leases in which the tenant bears all or substantially all of the costs and/or cost increases for real estate taxes, utilities, insurance and ordinary repairs.

As of June 30, 2009, we had ownership interests in approximately 215 consolidated real estate assets, located in 41 states and the Netherlands and encompassing approximately 39.6 million square feet. We lease our properties to tenants in various industries, including finance/insurance, energy, technology, automotive, and healthcare.

Our revenues and cash flows are generated predominantly from property rent receipts. As a result, growth in revenues and cash flows is directly correlated to our ability to (1) acquire income producing real estate assets, (2) to re-lease properties that are vacant, or may become vacant at favorable rental rates and (3) earn fee income.

Global Credit and Financial Crisis. Continued concerns about the impact of a wide-spread and long-term global credit and financial crisis have contributed to increased market volatility and diminished expectations for the economy, including a depression in our common share price. As a result of these conditions, our business continues to be impacted in a number of ways, including, (1) difficulty obtaining financing and an increased cost of capital,
(2) a decrease in property acquisitions, (3) a decrease in market sales prices for our assets, and (4) tenant defaults and bankruptcies.


Business Strategy. We have refocused our business strategy during the current financial crisis in a number of ways to preserve capital and improve our financial flexibility. Some of these strategies include:

- Repurchasing our debt and senior securities at a discount;

- Aggressively managing our core portfolio of office and industrial properties to maintain and improve our net operating income from these assets;

- Generating liquidity through sales to third-parties and/or our co-investment program of non-core and core assets;

- Employing cost saving measures to reduce our general and administrative expenses; and

- Reducing our per share dividend and paying a portion of the dividend in common shares.

We believe that these strategies, among others, will improve our liquidity and strengthen our overall balance sheet to position us to take advantage of business opportunities upon the stabilization of the financial markets and create meaningful shareholder value.

Second Quarter 2009 Transaction Summary

The following summarizes our significant transactions during the three months ended June 30, 2009.

Sales. - We sold six properties for an aggregate gross sales price of $75.4 million and satisfied the related $49.3 million non-recourse mortgage loans; and

- received $4.7 million in a land sale-leaseback transaction.

Leasing. - We entered into 26 new leases and lease extensions encompassing approximately 1.8 million square feet; and

- recognized $1.3 million in tenant deferred maintenance and termination income.

Financing. - We repurchased $54.1 million original principal amount of our 5.45% Exchangeable Guaranteed Notes at a discount of 17.6%; and

- increased our secured credit facility with KeyBank N.A., as agent, to $290.0 million.

Other. - We received $3.9 million in full satisfaction of two loans held for investment; and

- repurchased and retired 503,100 6.5% Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock, which we refer to as Series C Preferred, with $25.2 million liquidation preference by issuing $11.4 million of common shares.

Subsequent to June 30, 2009, we repurchased $29.2 million original principal amount of our 5.45% Exchangeable Guaranteed Notes at a discount of 15.0% and borrowed an additional $4.5 million on our revolving loan.

Critical Accounting Policies Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, we make assumptions, judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our assumptions, judgments and estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. On a regular basis, we evaluate our assumptions, judgments and estimates. We believe there have been no material changes to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies under Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in our Annual Report other than the following:


Common Shareholder Dividends. For our common share dividends declared in 2009, we rely upon Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 2008-68, which we refer to as IRS Rev. Proc. 2008-68. IRS Rev. Proc. 2008-68 allows REITs to offer shareholders elective stock dividends, which are dividends paid in a mixture of stock and cash, of which at least 10% must be paid in cash. We do not retrospectively adjust earnings per share for the stock dividend portion of the dividend, if any, as the stock dividend is not pro rata as common shareholders may elect if they would like to receive the dividend all in cash, not to exceed, at a minimum, 10% in the aggregate, or all in common shares.

We apply the guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board, which we refer to as FASB, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, which we refer to as SFAS, No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, as amended, which we refer to as SFAS 157. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels: Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities; Level 2 - observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted in active markets, but corroborated by market data; and Level 3 - unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. In determining fair value, we utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value.

The following table presents our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis as of June 30, 2009, aggregated by the level within the SFAS 157 fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall:

                                 Fair Value Measurements using ($000's)
                      Quoted Prices in
                       Active Markets
                             for                           Significant                   Six Months ended
                      Identical Assets  Significant Other  Unobservable                   June 30, 2009
                       and Liabilities  Observable Inputs     Inputs        Balance        Total Gains
     Description          (Level 1)         (Level 2)       (Level 3)     June 30, 2009      (Losses)

Forward purchase
equity asset          $              --  $          8,457   $         --  $        8,457   $      (4,435)

Interest rate swap    $              --  $          5,555 $           --  $        5,555   $           --
liability

Impaired real estate
assets held and used*  $             -- $              --  $       9,551 $         9,551 $        (8,391)

Investment in and
advances to
non-consolidated
entities attributable
to Lex-Win Concord*   $              --  $             --   $         -- $            --  $      (68,213)


* Represents a non-recurring measurement.

We have determined that the forward purchase equity asset should fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as its value is based not only on the value of our common share price but other observable inputs.

Although we have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our interest rate swap liability fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation associated with the interest rate swap liability utilizes Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by us and our counterparties. However, as of June 30, 2009, we have determined that the credit valuation adjustment relative to the overall interest rate swap liability is not significant. As a result, the entire swap liability has been classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

During the first quarter of 2009, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 144, a real estate asset held and used (our Richmond, Virginia property previously leased to Circuit City Stores, Inc.) with a carrying value of $18.1 million was written down to its fair value of $9.7 million, resulting in an impairment charge of $8.4 million. The asset has a net carrying value of $9.6 million at June 30, 2009.


We received the discounted payoff of two notes receivable with an aggregate carrying value of $5.0 million. We wrote the notes receivable down to the aggregate agreed upon discounted payoff amount of $3.9 million, which approximated fair value, and recognized a loan loss reserve of $1.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2009.

We have recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of our investment in Lex-Win Concord LLC, which we refer to as Lex-Win Concord, of $68.2 million for the six months ending June 30, 2009, reducing our carrying value of our investment to $0 as of June 30, 2009 (see Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements). We have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our investment in Lex-Win Concord, such as discount rates, fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Newly Implemented Accounting Pronouncements

The following recently issued accounting pronouncements were fully implemented during the six months ended June 30, 2009 and require management to make assumptions and estimates that had an impact on our results of operations and/or on our disclosures relating to the results of operations as reported in this Quarterly Report:

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Financial Statements - an amendment of ARB 51, which we refer to as SFAS 160. SFAS 160 requires noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) to be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability or other item outside of permanent equity. SFAS 160 was effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and was applied prospectively effective January 1, 2009, except for the presentation and disclosure requirements which were applied retrospectively for all periods presented. As a result of this pronouncement, we performed a complete evaluation of our noncontrolling interests previously classified in the "mezzanine" section of the balance sheet to determine if the noncontrolling interests should be treated as permanent equity. SFAS 160 does not specifically address the accounting for redeemable noncontrolling interests that are required to be presented outside of permanent equity pursuant to EITF Topic D-98, Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities, and SEC Accounting Series Release No. 268, Presentation in Financial Statements of Redeemable Preferred Stocks. We determined that the noncontrolling interests should be classified as a separate component of permanent equity.

In May 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position, which we refer to as FSP, No. APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash Upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement), which we refer to as FSP 14-1. FSP 14-1 is applicable to issuers of convertible debt that may be settled wholly or partly in cash. The adoption of FSP 14-1 affected the accounting for our 5.45% Exchangeable Guaranteed Notes issued in 2007. FSP 14-1 requires the initial proceeds from the sale of the 5.45% Exchangeable Guaranteed Notes to be allocated between a liability component representing debt and an additional paid-in-capital component representing the conversion feature. The resulting discount is amortized using the effective interest method over the period the debt is expected to remain outstanding as additional interest expense. FSP 14-1 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2008, and required retrospective application. The adoption of FSP 14-1 on January 1, 2009 resulted in the recognition of an aggregate unamortized debt discount on the 5.45% Exchangeable Guaranteed Notes of $6.9 million as of December 31, 2008, in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and additional interest expense of $2.0 million and a debt satisfaction gain reduction of $3.9 million in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2008, before noncontrolling interests share.

In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities, which we refer to as FSP 03-6-1. FSP 03-6-1 requires unvested share based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents to be treated as participating securities as defined in EITF Issue No. 03-6, Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method under SFAS No. 128, and, therefore, included in the earnings allocation in computing earnings per share under the two-class method described in SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share. We adopted FSP 03-6-1 on January 1, 2009. We have determined that our unvested share based payment awards are considered participating securities as defined in FSP 03-6-1, as such we have implemented the two-class method in determining earnings per share for all periods presented in this Quarterly Report. Under the two-class method unvested share based payment awards are not allocated losses as they are not obligated to absorb losses.


In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities- an amendment of SFAS No.133, which we refer to as SFAS 161. SFAS 161, which amends SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which we refer to as SFAS 133, requires companies with derivative instruments to disclose information about how and why a company uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS 133, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect a company's financial position, financial performance and cash flows. The required disclosures include the fair value of derivative instruments and their gains or losses in tabular format, information about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements, counterparty, credit risk, and the company's strategies and objectives for using derivative instruments. SFAS 161 was effective prospectively for periods beginning on or after November 15, 2008. The adoption of this statement on January 1, 2009 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows, however this statement did require us to provide additional disclosures in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

On November 13, 2008, the FASB ratified EITF consensus on EITF Issue No. 08-6, Equity Method Investment Accounting Considerations, which we refer to as EITF 08-6. EITF 08-6 addresses questions about the potential effect of SFAS No. 141R, Business Combinations, and SFAS 160, on equity-method accounting under Accounting Principles Board, which we refer to as APB, Opinion 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Commons Stock, which we refer to as APB
18. EITF 08-6 generally continues existing practices under APB 18 including the use of a cost-accumulation approach to initial measurement of the investment. EITF 08-6 does not require the investor to perform a separate impairment test on the underlying assets of an equity method investment. However, an equity-method investor is required to recognize its proportionate share of impairment charges recognized by the investee, adjusted for basis differences, if any, between the investee's carrying amount for the impaired assets and the cost allocated to such assets by the investor. The investor is also required to perform an overall other-than-temporary impairment test of its investment in accordance with APB
18. EITF 08-6 was effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years and is applied prospectively. The implementation of EITF 08-6 on January 1, 2009 did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, which relates to fair value disclosures for any financial instruments that are not currently reflected on the balance sheet of companies at fair value. Prior to issuing this FSP, fair values for these assets and liabilities were only disclosed in our Annual Report. The FSP now requires these disclosures on a quarterly basis, providing qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value. The FSP was effective for periods ending after June 15, 2009.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary-Impairments, which we refer to as FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 on other-than-temporary impairments is intended to bring greater consistency to the timing of impairment recognition, and provide greater clarity to investors about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. The measure of impairment in comprehensive income remains fair value. The FSP also requires increased and more timely disclosure sought by investors regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and an aging of securities with unrealized losses. The FSP was effective for periods ending after June 15, 2009. Our investment in Lex-Win Concord was affected by this pronouncement and we reclassified $11.6 million of prior losses from accumulated distributions in excess of net income to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

A summary of recently issued accounting pronouncements is included in our Annual Report and the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report. The following accounting pronouncements were issued during the three months ended June 30, 2009:

In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (R), which we refer to as SFAS 167. SFAS 167 amends the guidance in FIN 46R related to the consolidation of variable interest entities. It requires reporting entities to evaluate former qualified special purpose entities for consolidation, changes the approach to determining a VIE's primary beneficiary from a quantitative assessment to a qualitative assessment designed to identify a controlling financial interest, and increases the frequency of required reassessments to determine whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. It also clarifies, but does not significantly change, the characteristics that identify a VIE. SFAS 167 is effective for periods beginning after November 15, 2009. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, that SFAS 167 will have on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.


In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168 The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which we refer to as SFAS 168. The FASB's Accounting Standards Codification , which we refer to as the Codification, was released on July 1, 2009. The Codification will become the exclusive authoritative reference for non-governmental U.S. GAAP for use in financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, except for SEC rules and interpretive releases, which are also authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. SFAS 168 divides non-governmental U.S. GAAP into the authoritative Codification and guidance that is nonauthoritative. The Codification will supersede all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become nonauthoritative. The adoption of the statement is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, however, our references to accounting guidance in our interim and annual reports will be modified to conform to the Codification.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows. We believe that cash flows from operations will continue to provide adequate capital to fund our operating and administrative expenses, regular debt service obligations and all dividend payments in accordance with REIT requirements in both the short-term and long-term. In addition, we anticipate that cash on hand, borrowings under our secured credit facility, issuances of equity and co-investment programs as well as other alternatives, will provide the necessary capital required by us.

We believe that a main focus of management is to effectively manage our balance sheet in order to accretively reduce leverage through cash flow management of our tenant leases, maintaining occupancy, pursuing and executing well on property dispositions and recycling of capital. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 we sold properties which generated $90.1 million of proceeds which were used to retire indebtedness encumbering the properties and corporate level debt at a discount to par value. Our target for sales during 2009 was $150.0 million, so we are making good progress on this front however the market is challenging. Our goal for the remainder of 2009 is to generate $35.0 million in sale proceeds to fully repay our revolving credit facility which would then provide us with $125.0 million of borrowing capacity in 2010. As of June 30, 2009, we have approximately $60.1 million of borrowing capacity.

We generally finance our business with property specific non-recourse mortgage debt as well as corporate level debt. As of June 30, 2009, we have $51.2 million of property specific non-recourse mortgage debt maturing during the remainder of 2009 and $95.3 million in 2010. We believe we have sufficient sources of liquidity to meet these obligations through cash on hand ($48.6 million), current borrowing capacity on our line of credit, which expires in 2011, but can be extended by us to 2012, and future cash flow from operations, which were $84.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. Also, we have a $210.0 million accordian feature in our credit facility. This feature can be exercised by providing additional properties as collateral for the borrowing base. However, the approval of the lenders is required for this feature to be exercised. In addition, the mortgages encumbering our properties are generally non-recourse to us. So in situations where we believe it is beneficial to satisfy a mortgage obligation by transferring title of the property to the lender, we may.

In addition, we have investments in non-consolidated entities which have used leverage in their business models. One entity, Concord Debt Holdings LLC, which we refer to as Concord, has $203.9 million in debt maturing through 2010, of . . .

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