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DECEMBER 22, 2009
Vornado Announces its Share of Toys “R” Us Third Quarter Financial Results

     PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY,……Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) announced today that it will record its 32.7% share of Toys “R” Us’ third quarter financial results in its fourth quarter ending December 31, 2009. Vornado’s results will include a net loss of $26,631,000 or $.13 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $39,130,000 or $.22 per diluted share recorded in the quarter ended December 31, 2008.

     Vornado’s share of negative Funds From Operations (“FFO”) before income taxes for the quarter ending December 31, 2009 is $31,624,000 or $.16 per share as compared to negative FFO before income taxes of $47,279,000 or $.26 per share in the prior year’s quarter. Vornado’s share of negative FFO after income taxes for the quarter ending December 31, 2009 is $16,538,000, or $.08 per share as compared to negative FFO after income taxes of $29,395,000 or $.16 per share in the quarter ended December 31, 2008.

     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 32.7% share of its equity in Toys’ net income, as well as reconciliations of net income to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and FFO.

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

 

Toys “R” Us, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Unaudited

  For the Quarter Ended  
  October 31, 2009     November 1, 2008  
          Results on     Results on  
          Vornado’s     Vornado’s  
  Results on a     Purchase Price     Purchase Price  
  Historical     Accounting     Accounting  
(Amounts in thousands)  Basis     Basis     Basis  
Net sales  $ 2,667,000     $ 2,667,000     $ 2,773,000  
Cost of sales    1,717,000       1,717,000       1,813,000  
         Gross margin    950,000       950,000       960,000  
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses    892,000       905,000       952,000  
Depreciation and amortization    85,000       98,200       103,400  
Other income, net    (18,000     (15,300     (12,700
         Total operating expenses    959,000       987,900       1,042,700  
Operating loss    (9,000     (37,900     (82,700
Interest expense    (113,000     (117,000     (119,000
Interest income    1,000       1,000       2,000  
Loss before income taxes   (121,000     (153,900     (199,700
Income tax benefit    52,000       64,500       71,400  
Net loss    (69,000     (89,400     (128,300
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest    2,000       2,000       1,900  
Net loss attributable to Toys “R” Us, Inc.  $ (67,000   $ (87,400   $ (126,400
 
Vornado’s 32.7% equity in Toys’ net loss          $ (28,571   $ (41,335
Management fee from Toys, net            1,570       1,668  
Interest income on credit facility           370       537  
Total Vornado net loss from its investment in Toys          $ (26,631   $ (39,130
 
See page 3 for a reconciliation of net loss to FFO.                       
 
Reconciliation of Vornado’s net loss from its                       
     investment in Toys to EBITDA (1):                       
Net loss          $ (26,631   $ (39,130
Interest expense            37,493       38,841  
Depreciation and amortization            30,859       33,343  
Income tax benefit           (20,520 )     (23,126
Vornado’s share of Toys’ EBITDA (1)          $ 21,201     $ 9,928  
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(1)     

EBITDA represents “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.” Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the un-levered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets as opposed 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.

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Toys “R” Us, Inc.
Funds From Operations - Unaudited

(Amounts in thousands)  For the Quarter Ended  
  October 31, 2009     November 1, 2008  
Reconciliation of Vornado's net loss from its               
     investment in Toys to FFO (1):               
Net loss  $ (26,631   $ (39,130
Depreciation and amortization of real property    15,527       15,533  
Net gains on sale of real estate          (556
Income tax effect of above adjustments    (5,434     (5,242
Vornado's share of Toys’ FFO (1)  $ (16,538   $ (29,395
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(1)     

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 defines FFO as net income or loss determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), excluding extraordinary items as defined under GAAP and gains or losses from sales of previously depreciated 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. 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 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 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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