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Vornado Announces its First Quarter Share of Toys `R' Us Financial Results.


PARAMUS Paramus (pərăm`əs), borough (1990 pop. 25,067), Bergen co., NE N.J.; settled 1668, inc. 1922. It is a large retail-trade center known for its expansive shopping malls. An early Dutch church is there. , N.J. -- Vornado Realty Trust Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) is a New York based real estate investment trust. It is the inheritor of real estate formerly controlled by companies including Two Guys and Alexander's.  (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:VNO VNO

vomeronasal organ.
) announced today that it will record its 32.9% share of Toys' fourth quarter results in its first quarter ending March 31, 2006; first quarter net income will include $52,760,000 or $.35 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, and its first quarter 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
") will include $62,287,000 or $.36 per diluted share. The business of Toys is highly seasonal; historically, Toys' fourth quarter net income accounts for more than 80% of its fiscal year net income.

Attached is a summary of Toys' financial results and Vornado's 32.9% share of its equity in Toys' net income, as well as reconciliations of net income to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP metric that can be used to evaluate a company's profitability.
:EBITDA = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Other Revenue
 ("EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become ") and FFO.

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated equity real estate investment trust.

Certain statements contained herein may constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
" 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.
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited
                For the Quarter Ended January 28, 2006


                                               Toys "R" Us, Inc.
                                         -----------------------------
(Amounts in thousands)                                    Results on a
                                                            Basis of
                                          Results on a     Vornado's
                                           Historical   Purchase Price
                                             Basis        Accounting
                                         -----------------------------
Net sales                                  $4,887,000      $4,887,000
Cost of sales                               3,426,000       3,426,000
                                         -----------------------------
    Gross Margin                           $1,461,000      $1,461,000
                                         =============================

Selling, general and administrative
 expenses                                     919,000         955,000
Transaction and related costs                   8,000              --
Depreciation and amortization                 131,000         104,000
Restructuring and other charges                30,000          (1,000)
                                         -----------------------------
    Total operating expenses                1,088,000       1,058,000
                                         -----------------------------
Operating income                              373,000         403,000
Interest expense                             (184,000)       (186,000)
Interest income                                 9,000           9,000
                                         -----------------------------
Income before income taxes                    198,000         226,000
Income tax expense                            (56,000)        (76,000)
                                         -----------------------------
Net income                                   $142,000        $150,000
                                         =============================


Vornado's 32.9% equity in Toys' $150,000
 net income                                                   $49,275
Management fee from Toys                                          829
Interest income on Vornado's share of a
 bridge loan to Toys                                            2,656
                                                      ----------------
Total Vornado net income from its
 investment in Toys                                           $52,760
                                                      ================


See page 3 for reconciliation of net
 income to FFO

Reconciliation of Vornado's net income
 from its investment in Toys to EBITDA
 (1):
Net income                                                    $52,760
Interest and debt expense                                      61,101
Depreciation and amortization                                  34,164
Income tax expense                                             24,966
                                                      ----------------
Vornado's 32.9% share of Toys' EBITDA                        $172,991
                                                      ================


(1) EBITDA represents "Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization." Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the unlevered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets Return on assets (ROA)

Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage. ROA can be decomposed into return on sales (net income/sales) multiplied by asset utilization (sales/assets).
 as opposed op·pose  
v. op·posed, op·pos·ing, op·pos·es

v.tr.
1. To be in contention or conflict with: oppose the enemy force.

2.
 to the levered return on equity. As properties are bought and sold based on a multiple of EBITDA, management utilizes this measure to make investment decisions as well as to compare the performance of its assets to that of its peers. EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for net income. EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
                   Funds From Operations - Unaudited
                For the Quarter Ended January 28, 2006


(Amounts in thousands)
Reconciliation of Vornado's net income from its
 investment in Toys to FFO (1):
Net income                                                  $52,760
Depreciation and amortization of real property               15,111
Net gains on sale of real estate                               (329)
Proportionate share of adjustments to equity in
 income of partially-owned entities to arrive at
 FFO:
 Depreciation and amortization of real property                 658
Income tax effect of above adjustments                       (5,913)
                                                    ----------------
Vornado's share of FFO                                      $62,287
                                                    ================


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 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 income or loss determined in accordance with 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 is used by management, investors and industry analysts as supplemental measures of operating performance of equity REITs Equity REIT

A Real Estate Investment Trust that assumes ownership status in the property it invests in enabling investors of the REIT to earn dividends on rental income from the property and appreciation in property resale. Antithesis of a Mortgage REIT.
. FFO should be evaluated along with GAAP net income and income 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 is helpful to investors as supplemental performance measures because these measures exclude the effect of depreciation, amortization and gains or losses from sales of real estate, all of which are based on historical costs which implicitly im·plic·it  
adj.
1. Implied or understood though not directly expressed: an implicit agreement not to raise the touchy subject.

2.
 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 con·sol·i·date  
v. con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates

v.tr.
1. To unite into one system or whole; combine:
 Statements of Cash Flows. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income 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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