In October 2005, Newkirk became a publicly-traded company.
Michael Ashner, Newkirk's Chairman and CEO, a
long-time friend and a talented deal guy, has run this netlease
business from the beginning. Simplistically, our
investment here, which was initiated in 1998 and grew to a
max of approximately $170 million, was, over time, more
than fully repaid from the proceeds of multiple re-financings
and operations. Today, our entire investment has
been returned plus $30 million, and we own listed securities
with a trading value of $186 million. Joe, rather
precisely, calculates that our $216 million profit here
produced a return on investment of 21.8%.
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GMH(15) hit a speed bump. Please refer to their press
releases and securities filings available at www.gmhcommunities.com.
We bridged this company to its November 2004 IPO. The stock, which reached a high of $16.77, was
$11.64 at the end of first quarter 2006 and is now trading
at $12.33. Our investment here consists of two tranches—
8,038,000 units and common shares at a cost basis of $8.03
and a warrant to purchase 6,085,180 common shares at a
strike price of $8.22. Currently, our actual cash investment
is $65 million, which, to put in perspective, is $.38 per
Vornado share. Our current mark-to-market economic
profit on these units and shares is $34.6 million and our
unrealized gain on the warrant is $19.1 million.(16) The warrant
expires on May 2nd and may be exercised or net settled.
Our shares and units represent 11.3% of the company
which would increase to 18.1% including the warrants.
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