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Alexander's, Inc. Reports Results.


PARAMUS, N.J. -- ALEXANDER'S, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

Antonym: dec.
. (New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
: ALX ALX Alexandria (Egyptian automobile license plate)
ALX America's Learning Exchange
ALX Alienware Luxury Experience (Alienware Corp.
) today reported:

Quarter Ended June 30, 2007 Results

Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 was $19.6 million, or $3.85 per diluted share, compared to $36.9 million, or $7.25 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2006. Funds from operations Funds From Operations (FFO)

Used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust operations; earnings with depreciation and amortization added back.
 ("FFO FFO

See: Funds from operations
") for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 was $25.3 million, or $4.96 per diluted share, compared to $42.3 million, or $8.31 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.

Net income and FFO for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 include $3.7 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, for the reversal of a portion of the accrual for stock appreciation rights ("SARs") compensation expense. Net income and FFO for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 include $14.7 million for the reversal of a portion of the accrual for SARs compensation expense and $8.2 million for the after-tax net gain from the sale of residential condominium condominium

In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common.
 units at 731 Lexington Avenue. These items, in the aggregate, increased net income and FFO for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 by $22.9 million, or $4.50 per diluted share.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 Results

Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $51.8 million, or $10.16 per diluted share, compared to $18.0 million, or $3.54 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2006. FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $62.9 million, or $12.35 per diluted share, compared to $28.7 million, or $5.64 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Net income and FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2007 include $18.0 million, or $3.54 per diluted share, for the reversal of a portion of the accrual for SARs compensation expense. Net income and FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2006 include $22.9 million for an accrual of SARs compensation expense, partially offset by, $13.3 million for the after-tax net gain from the sale of residential condominium units at 731 Lexington Avenue. These items, in the aggregate, decreased net income and FFO for the six months ended June 30, 2006 by $9.6 million, or $1.90 per diluted share.

Alexander's, Inc. is a real estate investment trust which has seven properties in the greater New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 metropolitan area.

Certain statements contained herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments and general competitive factors.
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FFO is computed in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT NAREIT National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts "). NAREIT defines FFO as net earnings determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire,  ("GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
"), excluding extraordinary items as defined under GAAP and gains or losses from sales of previously depreciated Depreciated may refer to:
  • Depreciation, in finance, a reference to the fact that assets with finite lives lose value over time
  • Depreciated is often confused or used as a stand-in for "deprecated"; see deprecation for the use of depreciation in computer software
 operating real estate assets, plus specified non-cash items, such as real estate asset depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO and FFO per diluted share are used by management, investors and industry analysts as supplemental measures of operating performance of equity REITs. FFO and FFO per diluted share should be evaluated along with GAAP net earnings and earnings per diluted share (the most directly comparable GAAP measures), as well as cash flow from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, in evaluating the operating performance of equity REITs. Management believes that FFO and FFO per diluted share are helpful to investors as supplemental performance measures because these measures exclude the effect of depreciation, amortization and gains or losses from sales of depreciable depreciable

Of, relating to, or being a long-term tangible asset that is subject to depreciation.
 real estate, all of which are based on historical costs which implicitly assumes that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, these non-GAAP measures can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other equity REITs. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs as disclosed in the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net earnings as an indicator of the Company's operating performance or as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.
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