Vornado Announces Its Share Of Toys “R” Us’ Second Quarter Financial Results

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) announced today that it will record its 32.5% share of Toys “R” Us’ second quarter financial results in its third quarter ending September 30, 2012. Vornado’s results will include a net loss of $8,585,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $9,304,000, or $0.05 per diluted share recorded in the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

Vornado’s share of negative Funds From Operations (“FFO”) before income taxes for the quarter ending September 30, 2012 will be $2,799,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to negative FFO before income taxes of $6,492,000, or $0.03 per diluted share in the prior year’s quarter. Vornado’s share of FFO after income taxes for the quarter ending September 30, 2012 will be $2,403,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to FFO after income taxes of $2,363,000, or $0.01 per diluted share in the prior year’s quarter.

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 32.5% share of its equity in Toys’ net loss, as well as reconciliations of net loss to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and FFO.

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

Certain statements contained herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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
		July 28, 2012										July 30, 2011
(Amounts in thousands)		Results on aHistoricalBasis					Results onVornado’sPurchase PriceAccountingBasis					Results onVornado’sPurchase PriceAccountingBasis
Net sales		$	2,552,000				$	2,552,000				$	2,648,000
Cost of sales			1,534,000					1,534,000					1,623,000
Gross margin			1,018,000					1,018,000					1,025,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses			887,000					892,900					891,700
Depreciation and amortization			100,000					102,900					104,900
Other income, net			(12,000	)				(12,100	)				(4,000	)
Total operating expenses			975,000					983,700					992,600
Operating earnings			43,000					34,300					32,400
Interest expense			(103,000	)				(106,200	)				(116,300	)
Interest income			4,000					4,000					2,000
Loss before income taxes			(56,000	)				(67,900	)				(81,900	)
Income tax benefit			20,000					34,200					46,300
Net loss		$	(36,000	)			$	(33,700	)			$	(35,600	)
Vornado’s share of equity in Toys’ net loss							$	(10,956	)			$	(11,638	)
Management fee from Toys								2,371					2,334
Total Vornado net loss from its investment in Toys							$	(8,585	)			$	(9,304	)
See page 3 for a reconciliation of net loss to FFO.
Reconciliation of Vornado’s net loss from itsinvestment in Toys to EBITDA (1):
Net loss							$	(8,585	)			$	(9,304	)
Interest and debt expense								34,526					38,018
Depreciation and amortization								33,160					34,293
Income tax benefit								(11,118	)				(15,135	)
Vornado’s share of Toys’ EBITDA (1)							$	47,983				$	47,872

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