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United
States
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-Q
x
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2005
Or
o
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the
transition period from _____ to _____
Commission
File Number 1-13145
Jones
Lang LaSalle Incorporated
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Maryland
(State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
36-4150422
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
|
200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL
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60601 |
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(Address of principal executive
offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: 312/782-5800
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes x No
o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No
o
The
number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock (par value $0.01)
as of the close of business on April 29, 2005 was 34,048,270, which includes
2,640,200 shares held by a subsidiary of the registrant.
Part
I |
Financial
Information |
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Item
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Item
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Part
II |
Other
Information |
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Item
1. |
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Item
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Item
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34
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Part
I Financial
Information
JONES
LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED
March
31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
($ in
thousands, except share data)
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|
March
31, 2005 |
|
December
31, |
|
Assets |
|
(unaudited) |
|
2004 |
|
Current
assets: |
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|
|
|
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Cash
and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
27,941 |
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|
30,143 |
|
Trade
receivables, net of allowances of $6,379 and $6,660 in 2005 and 2004,
respectively |
|
|
276,255 |
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328,876 |
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Notes
receivable |
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|
4,568 |
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|
2,911 |
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Other
receivables |
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8,438 |
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11,432 |
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Prepaid
expenses |
|
|
21,452 |
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22,279 |
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Deferred
tax assets |
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|
16,359 |
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|
28,427 |
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Other
assets |
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19,933 |
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|
12,189 |
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Total
current assets |
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374,946 |
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|
436,257 |
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Property
and equipment, at cost, less accumulated depreciation of $167,767 and
$163,667 in 2005 and 2004, respectively |
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|
71,758 |
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75,531 |
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Goodwill,
with indefinite useful lives, at cost, less accumulated amortization of
$38,125
and $38,390 in 2005 and 2004, respectively |
|
|
341,061 |
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|
343,314 |
|
Identified
intangibles, with definite useful lives, at cost, less accumulated
amortization of $42,478 and $41,242 in 2005 and 2004,
respectively |
|
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7,054 |
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|
8,350 |
|
Investments
in and loans to real estate ventures |
|
|
74,816 |
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73,570 |
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Long-term
receivables, net |
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12,936 |
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16,179 |
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Prepaid
pension asset |
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|
2,420 |
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|
2,253 |
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Deferred
tax assets |
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|
53,236 |
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|
43,202 |
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Debt
issuance costs, net |
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|
1,502 |
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|
1,704 |
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Other
assets, net |
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18,963 |
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|
12,017 |
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$ |
958,692 |
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1,012,377 |
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Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity |
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Current
liabilities: |
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities |
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$ |
111,190 |
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130,489 |
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Accrued
compensation |
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109,140 |
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244,659 |
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Short-term
borrowings |
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17,405 |
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18,326 |
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Deferred
tax liabilities |
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2,787 |
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|
262 |
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Deferred
income |
|
|
22,508 |
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|
16,106 |
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Other
liabilities |
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25,668 |
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|
17,221 |
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Total
current liabilities |
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288,698 |
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427,063 |
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Long-term
liabilities: |
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Credit
facilities |
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131,302 |
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|
40,585 |
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Deferred
tax liabilities |
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53 |
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|
671 |
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Deferred
compensation |
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14,227 |
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8,948 |
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Minimum
pension liability |
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2,989 |
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3,040 |
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Other |
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23,872 |
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24,090 |
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Total
liabilities |
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461,141 |
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504,397 |
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Stockholders’
equity: |
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Common
stock, $.01 par value per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 33,993,258
and 33,243,527 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, respectively |
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340 |
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|
332 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital |
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592,831 |
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575,862 |
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Deferred
stock compensation |
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(28,520 |
) |
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(34,064 |
) |
Retained
(deficit) earnings |
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(3,686 |
) |
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4,896 |
|
Stock
held by subsidiary |
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(74,147 |
) |
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(58,898 |
) |
Stock
held in trust |
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(530 |
) |
|
(530 |
) |
Accumulated
other comprehensive income |
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11,263 |
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20,382 |
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Total
stockholders’ equity |
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|
497,551 |
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507,980 |
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$ |
958,692 |
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1,012,377 |
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See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
JONES
LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED
For
the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
($ in
thousands, except share data)(unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended |
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Three
Months Ended |
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March
31, |
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March
31, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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Revenue: |
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Fee
based services |
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$ |
235,182 |
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217,040 |
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Other
income |
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4,994 |
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3,623 |
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Total
revenue |
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240,176 |
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220,663 |
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Operating
expenses: |
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Compensation
and benefits, excluding non-recurring and restructuring
charges |
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172,126 |
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155,064 |
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Operating,
administrative and other, excluding non-recurring and restructuring
charges |
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71,591 |
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64,077 |
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Depreciation
and amortization |
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8,310 |
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8,302 |
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Non-recurring
and restructuring charges (credits): |
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Compensation
and benefits |
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— |
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(210 |
) |
Operating,
administrative and other |
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(1,569 |
) |
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190 |
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Total
operating expenses |
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250,458 |
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227,423 |
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Operating
loss |
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(10,282 |
) |
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(6,760 |
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Interest
expense, net of interest income |
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330 |
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3,814 |
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Equity
in (losses) earnings from unconsolidated ventures |
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(892 |
) |
|
2,123 |
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Loss
before income tax benefits |
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(11,504 |
) |
|
(8,451 |
) |
Income
tax benefits |
|
|
(2,922 |
) |
|
(2,366 |
) |
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Net
loss |
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$ |
(8,582 |
) |
|
(6,085 |
) |
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Basic
loss per common share |
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$ |
(0.27 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
Basic
weighted average shares outstanding |
|
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31,268,640 |
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|
31,045,367 |
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Diluted
loss per common share |
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$ |
(0.27 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
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Diluted
weighted average shares outstanding |
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31,268,640 |
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31,045,367 |
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See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
JONES
LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED
For
the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005
($ in
thousands, except share data)
(unaudited)
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Common
Stock |
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Shares(1) |
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Amount |
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Additional
Paid-In Capital |
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Deferred
Stock Compensation |
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Retained
Earnings(Deficit) |
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Stock
Held by Subsidiary |
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Shares
Held in Trust and Other |
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Accumulated
Other Compreensive Income (Loss) |
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Total |
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Balances
at December 31, 2004 |
|
|
33,243,527 |
|
$ |
332 |
|
|
575,862 |
|
|
(34,064 |
) |
|
4,896 |
|
|
(58,898 |
) |
|
(530 |
) |
|
20,382 |
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$ |
507,980 |
|
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Net
loss |
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|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(8,582 |
) |
|
— |
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— |
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— |
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(8,582 |
) |
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Shares
issued in connection with stock option plan |
|
|
560,926 |
|
|
6 |
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|
14,050 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
14,056 |
|
Tax
benefit of option exercises |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
3,702 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
3,702 |
|
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Restricted
stock: |
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Shares
granted |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
302 |
|
|
(302 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Amortization
of granted shares |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
1,487 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
1,487 |
|
Shares
issued |
|
|
155,312 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
95 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
96 |
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
Shares
repurchased for payment of taxes |
|
|
(22,720 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
(706 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
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— |
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— |
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(706 |
) |
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Stock
purchase programs: |
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Shares
granted |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
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|
(1,124 |
) |
|
1,124 |
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— |
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|
— |
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— |
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|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Amortization
of granted shares |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
3,133 |
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|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
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|
3,133 |
|
Forfeitures |
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|
— |
|
|
— |
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|
(102 |
) |
|
102 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Shares
issued |
|
|
56,213 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
752 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
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|
— |
|
|
— |
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|
753 |
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Shares
held by subsidiary(1) |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
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|
(15,249 |
) |
|
— |
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|
— |
|
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(15,249 |
) |
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Cumulative
effect of foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(9,119 |
) |
|
(9,119 |
) |
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|
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|
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Balances
at March 31, 2005 |
|
|
33,993,258 |
|
$ |
340 |
|
|
592,831 |
|
|
(28,520 |
) |
|
(3,686 |
) |
|
(74,147 |
) |
|
(530 |
) |
|
11,263 |
|
$ |
497,551 |
|
(1) |
Shares repurchased under our share repurchase
programs are not cancelled, but are held by one of our subsidiaries. The
2,640,200 shares we have repurchased through March 31, 2005 are included
in the 33,993,258 shares total of our common stock account, but are
excluded from our share count for purposes of calculating earnings (loss)
per share. |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
JONES
LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED
For
the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
($
in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
|
|
March
31, |
|
March
31, |
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from earnings: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(8,582 |
) |
|
(6,085 |
) |
Reconciliation
of net loss to net cash provided by earnings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
8,310 |
|
|
8,302 |
|
Equity
in losses (earnings) from unconsolidated ventures |
|
|
892 |
|
|
(2,123 |
) |
Operating
distributions from real estate ventures |
|
|
684 |
|
|
1,548 |
|
Provision
for loss on receivables and other assets |
|
|
1,077 |
|
|
1,178 |
|
Amortization
of deferred compensation |
|
|
5,350 |
|
|
3,544 |
|
Amortization
of debt issuance costs |
|
|
202 |
|
|
340 |
|
Net
cash provided by earnings |
|
|
7,933 |
|
|
6,704 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from changes in working capital: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables |
|
|
56,124 |
|
|
11,407 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other assets |
|
|
(9,760 |
) |
|
(2,454 |
) |
Deferred
tax assets and income tax refund receivable |
|
|
3,941 |
|
|
(3,486 |
) |
Accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and accrued compensation |
|
|
(145,073 |
) |
|
(52,827 |
) |
Net
cash flows from changes in working capital |
|
|
(94,768 |
) |
|
(47,360 |
) |
Net
cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(86,835 |
) |
|
(40,656 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
capital additions—property and equipment |
|
|
(4,138 |
) |
|
(2,998 |
) |
Investments
in real estate ventures: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
contributions and advances to real estate ventures |
|
|
(3,779 |
) |
|
(1,900 |
) |
Distributions,
repayments of advances and sale of investments |
|
|
102 |
|
|
5,056 |
|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
|
|
(7,815 |
) |
|
158 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from borrowings under credit facilities |
|
|
217,562 |
|
|
23,936 |
|
Repayments
of borrowings under credit facilities |
|
|
(127,766 |
) |
|
(18,000 |
) |
Shares
repurchased for payment of taxes on stock awards |
|
|
(706 |
) |
|
(16 |
) |
Shares
repurchased under share repurchase program |
|
|
(15,249 |
) |
|
(7,465 |
) |
Common
stock issued under stock option plan and stock purchase
programs |
|
|
18,607 |
|
|
1,922 |
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
92,448 |
|
|
377 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(2,202 |
) |
|
(40,121 |
) |
Cash
and cash equivalents, January 1 |
|
|
30,143 |
|
|
63,105 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, March 31 |
|
$ |
27,941 |
|
|
22,984 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid (received) during the period for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
$ |
258 |
|
|
(391 |
) |
Taxes,
net of refunds |
|
|
6,787 |
|
|
2,015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
JONES
LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED
Readers
of this quarterly report should refer to the audited financial statements of
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (“Jones Lang LaSalle”, which may also be
referred to as the “Company” or as “the firm,” “we,” “us” or “our”) for the year
ended December 31, 2004, which are included in Jones Lang LaSalle’s 2004 Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) and also available on our website
(www.joneslanglasalle.com), since we have omitted from this report
certain footnote disclosures which would substantially duplicate those contained
in such audited financial statements. You should also refer to the “Summary of
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” section within Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,
contained herein, for further discussion of our accounting policies and
estimates.
(1)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Interim
Information
Our
consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2005 and for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are unaudited; however, in the opinion of
management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments)
necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for
these interim periods have been included.
Historically,
our revenue, operating income and net earnings in the first three calendar
quarters are substantially lower than in the fourth quarter. Other than for the
Investment Management segment, this seasonality is due to a calendar-year-end
focus on the completion of real estate transactions, which is consistent with
the real estate industry generally. The Investment Management segment earns
performance fees on clients’ returns on their real estate investments. Such
performance fees are generally earned when assets are sold, the timing of which
is geared towards the benefit of our clients. Non-variable operating expenses,
which are treated as expenses when they are incurred during the year, are
relatively constant on a quarterly basis. As such, the results for the periods
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are not indicative of the results to be obtained
for the full fiscal year.
Reclassifications
Certain
prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current
presentation.
Beginning
in the fourth quarter 2004, we reclassified “equity in (losses) earnings from unconsolidated
ventures” from “total revenue” to a separate line on the consolidated statement
of operations after “operating income”. This change has the effect of reducing
the amount of “total revenue” and increasing the amount of
“operating loss” originally reported, for the first quarter of 2004, by the
amount of equity earnings. However, for segment reporting purposes, we continue
to reflect “equity in (losses) earnings from unconsolidated ventures” within
“total revenue”. See Note 2 for “equity in (losses) earnings” reflected
within revenues for the Americas and Investment Management segments, as well as
discussion of how the Chief Operating Decision Maker measures segment results
with “equity in (losses) earnings” included in segment revenues.
The
following table lists total revenue and operating loss as originally reported in
the quarterly report for the three months ended March 31, 2004, and lists the
reclassification as discussed above, as well as the reclassified amounts ($ in
thousands):
Three
Months Ended |
|
March
31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total
revenue, as originally reported |
|
$ |
222,786 |
|
Reclassification:
Equity in earnings from unconsolidated ventures |
|
|
(2,123 |
) |
Total
revenue, as reclassified |
|
|
220,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss, as originally reported |
|
|
(4,637 |
) |
Operating
loss, as reclassified |
|
$ |
(6,760 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Principles
of Consolidation
Our
financial statements include the accounts of Jones Lang LaSalle and its
majority-owned-and-controlled subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances
and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Investments in
unconsolidated ventures over which we exercise significant influence, but not
control, are accounted for by the equity method. Under this method we maintain
an investment account, which is increased by contributions made and our share of
net income of the unconsolidated ventures, and decreased by distributions
received and our share of net losses of the unconsolidated ventures . Our share
of each unconsolidated venture’s net income or loss, including gains and losses
from capital transactions, is reflected in our statements of operations as
"equity in (losses) earnings from unconsolidated ventures." Investments in
unconsolidated ventures over which we are not able to exercise significant
influence are accounted for under the cost method. Under the cost method our
investment account is increased by contributions made and decreased by
distributions representing return of capital. Distributions of income are
reflected in our statements of operations in "equity in (losses) earnings from
unconsolidated ventures."
Investments
in Real Estate Ventures
We invest
in certain real estate ventures that own and operate commercial real estate.
Typically, these are co-investments in funds that our Investment Management
business establishes in the ordinary course of business for its clients. These
investments include non-controlling ownership interests generally ranging from
less than 1% to 47.85% of the respective ventures. We apply the provisions of
FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities, an interpretation of ARB No. 51” (“FIN 46-R”), AICPA Statement of
Position 78-9, “Accounting for Investments in Real Estate Ventures” (“SOP
78-9”), Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 18, “The Equity Method
of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock” (“APB 18”), and EITF Topic No.
D-46, “Accounting for Limited Partnership Investments” (“EITF D-46”) when
accounting for these interests. The application of FIN 46-R, SOP 78-9, APB 18
and EITF D-46 generally results in accounting for these interests under the
equity method in the accompanying consolidated financial statements due to the
nature of our non-controlling ownership.
We apply
the provisions of APB 18, SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5-M, “Other Than
Temporary Impairment Of Certain Investments In Debt And Equity Securities” (“SAB
59”), and SFAS 144 when evaluating investments in real estate ventures for
impairment, including impairment evaluations of the individual assets underlying
our investments.
We review
investments in real estate ventures on a quarterly basis for an indication of
whether the carrying value of the real estate assets underlying our investments
in ventures may not be recoverable. The review of recoverability is based on an
estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the
underlying assets. When an “other than temporary” impairment has been identified
related to a real estate asset underlying one of our investments in ventures, a
discounted cash flow approach is used to determine the fair value of the asset
in computing the amount of the impairment. We then record the portion of the
impairment loss related to our investment in the reporting period.
Revenue
Recognition
The SEC’s
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements"
("SAB 101"), as amended by SAB 104, provides guidance on the application of
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America to
selected revenue recognition issues. Additionally, EITF Issue No. 00-21,
“Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”), provides
guidance on the application of generally accepted accounting principles to
revenue transactions with multiple deliverables.
In “Item
1. Business” of our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we describe the services
that we provide. We recognize revenue from these services as advisory and
management fees, transaction commissions and project and development management
fees. We recognize advisory and management fees related to property management
services, valuation services, corporate property services, strategic consulting
and money management as income in the period in which we perform the related
services. We recognize transaction commissions related to agency leasing
services, capital markets services and tenant representation services as income
when we provide the related service unless future contingencies exist. If future
contingencies exist, we defer recognition of this revenue until the respective
contingencies have been satisfied. Project and development management fees are
recognized applying the “percentage of completion” method of accounting. We use
the efforts expended method to determine the extent of progress towards
completion.
Certain
contractual arrangements for services provide for the delivery of multiple
services. We evaluate revenue recognition for each service to be rendered under
these arrangements using criteria set forth in EITF 00-21. For services that
meet the separability criteria, revenue is recognized separately. For services
that do not meet those criteria, revenue is recognized on a combined basis.
Reimbursable
expenses
We follow
the guidance of EITF 01-14, “Income Statement Characterization of Reimbursements
Received for ‘Out-of-Pocket’ Expenses Incurred,” when accounting for
reimbursements received. Accordingly, we have recorded these reimbursements as
revenues in the income statement, as opposed to being shown as a reduction of
expenses.
In
certain of our businesses, primarily those involving management services, we are
reimbursed by our clients for expenses incurred on their behalf. The accounting
for reimbursable expenses for financial reporting purposes is based upon the fee
structure of the underlying contracts. We follow the guidance of EITF Issue No.
99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent” (“EITF
99-19”), when accounting for reimbursable personnel and other costs. A contract
that provides a fixed fee billing, fully inclusive of all personnel or other
recoverable expenses that we incur, and not separately scheduled as such, is
reported on a gross basis. When accounting on a gross basis, our reported
revenues include the full billing to our client and our reported expenses
include all costs associated with the client.
We
account for the contract on a net basis when the fee structure is comprised of
at least two distinct elements, namely:
|
• |
A
fixed management fee, and |
|
• |
A
separate component which allows for scheduled reimbursable personnel or
other expenses to be billed directly to the
client. |
When
accounting on a net basis, we include the fixed management fee in reported
revenues and offset the reimbursement against expenses. We base this accounting
on the following factors which define us as an agent rather than a principal:
|
(i) |
The
property owner, with ultimate approval rights relating to the employment
and compensation of onsite personnel, and bearing all of the economic
costs of such personnel, is determined to be the primary obligor in the
arrangement; |
|
(ii) |
Reimbursement
to Jones Lang LaSalle is generally completed simultaneously with payment
of payroll or soon thereafter; |
|
(iii) |
Because
the property owner is contractually obligated to fund all operating costs
of the property from existing cash flow or direct funding to its building
operating account, Jones Lang LaSalle bears little or no credit risk under
the terms of the management contract; and |
|
(iv) |
Jones
Lang LaSalle generally earns no margin in the reimbursement aspect of the
arrangement, obtaining reimbursement only for actual costs incurred.
|
Most of
our service contracts are accounted for on a net basis. We have always presented
the above reimbursable contract costs on a net basis in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Such
costs aggregated approximately $112.5 million and $105.2 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. This treatment has no impact
on operating income, net income or cash flows.
Stock-based
Compensation
The Jones
Lang LaSalle Amended and Restated Stock Award and Incentive Plan (“SAIP”)
provides for the granting of options to purchase a specified number of shares of
common stock and for other stock awards to eligible employees of Jones Lang
LaSalle. Additionally, we award restricted stock units of our common stock to
certain employees and members of our Board of Directors under the SAIP, and have
plans under which eligible employees have the opportunity to purchase shares of
our common stock at a 15% discount.
We
account for our stock option and stock compensation plans under the provisions
of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), as
amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition
and Disclosure” (“SFAS 148”). These provisions allow entities to continue to
apply the intrinsic value-based method under the provisions of APB Opinion No.
25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," (“APB 25”), and provide
disclosure of pro forma net income and net income per share as if the fair
value-based method, defined in SFAS 123 as amended, had been applied. We have
elected to apply the provisions of APB 25 in accounting for stock options and
other stock awards, and accordingly, recognize no compensation expense for stock
options granted at the market value of our common stock on the date of
grant.
We have
recognized other stock awards (including various grants of restricted stock
units and offerings of discounted stock purchases under employee stock purchase
plans), which we granted at prices below the market value of our common stock on
the date of grant, as compensation expense over the vesting period of those
awards pursuant to APB 25.
The
following table provides net income, and pro forma net income per common share
as if the fair value-based method had been applied to all awards ($ in
thousands, except share data):
|
|
March
31, 2005 |
|
March
31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss, as reported |
|
$ |
(8,582 |
) |
|
(6,085 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Add:
Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income,
net of related tax benefits |
|
|
4,045 |
|
|
2,303 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deduct:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under
fair-value-based method for all awards, net
of related tax benefits |
|
|
(4,343 |
) |
|
(2,514 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro
forma net loss |
|
$ |
(8,880 |
) |
|
(6,296 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic—as
reported |
|
$ |
(0.27 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
Basic—pro
forma |
|
$ |
(0.28 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
Diluted—as
reported |
|
$ |
(0.27 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
Diluted—pro
forma |
|
$ |
(0.28 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
Earnings
(Loss) Per Share
For the
three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, we calculated basic and diluted
losses per common share based on basic weighted average shares outstanding of
31.3 million and 31.0 million, respectively. As a result of the net losses
incurred for these periods, diluted weighted average shares outstanding do not
give effect to common stock equivalents, since to do so would be anti-dilutive.
Common stock equivalents consist primarily of shares to be issued under employee
stock compensation programs and outstanding stock options whose exercise price
was less than the average market price of our stock during these periods. In
addition, we did not include in the weighted average shares outstanding the
2,640,200 or 994,800 shares that had been repurchased as of March 31, 2005 and
2004, respectively, and which are held by one of our subsidiaries. See Part II,
Item 2 for additional information on share repurchases.
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
For the
three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, we calculated comprehensive income
(loss) as follows:
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(8,582 |
) |
|
(6,085 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive (loss) income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustments |
|
|
(9,119 |
) |
|
7,706 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
(loss) income |
|
$ |
(17,701 |
) |
|
1,621 |
|
Derivatives
and Hedging Activities
We apply
FASB Statement No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities" ("SFAS 133"), as amended by FASB Statement No. 138, "Accounting For
Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities", when accounting
for derivatives and hedging activities.
As a
firm, we do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or
speculative purposes. However, in the normal course of business we do use
derivative financial instruments in the form of forward foreign currency
exchange contracts to manage specific elements of foreign currency risk. At
March 31, 2005, we had forward exchange contracts in effect with a gross
notional value of $304.4 million ($256.3 million on a net basis) and a market
and carrying loss of $2.5 million.
In the
past we have used interest rate swap agreements to limit the impact of changes
in interest rates on earnings and cash flows. We did not use any interest rate
swap agreements in 2004 or in the first three months of 2005, and there were no
such agreements outstanding as of March 31, 2005.
We
require that hedging derivative instruments be effective in reducing the
exposure that they are designated to hedge. This effectiveness is essential to
qualify for hedge accounting treatment. Any derivative instrument used for risk
management that does not meet the hedging criteria is marked-to-market each
period with changes in unrealized gains or losses recognized currently in
earnings.
We hedge
any foreign currency exchange risk resulting from intercompany loans through the
use of foreign currency forward contracts. SFAS 133 requires that unrealized
gains and losses on these derivatives be recognized currently in earnings. The
gain or loss on the re-measurement of the foreign currency transactions being
hedged is also recognized in earnings. The net impact on our earnings of the
unrealized gain on foreign currency contracts, offset by the loss resulting from
remeasurement of foreign currency transactions, during the three months ended
March 31, 2005 was not significant.
Foreign
Currency Translation
The
financial statements of our subsidiaries located outside the United States,
except those subsidiaries located in highly inflationary economies, are measured
using the local currency as the functional currency. The assets and liabilities
of these subsidiaries are translated at the rates of exchange at the balance
sheet date with the resulting translation adjustments included in our
balance sheet as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (accumulated other
comprehensive income) and in our disclosure of comprehensive income (loss)
above. Income and expenses are translated at the average monthly rates of
exchange. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in
net earnings. For subsidiaries operating in highly inflationary economies, the
associated gains and losses from balance sheet translation adjustments are
included in net earnings.
The
effects of foreign currency translation on cash balances are reflected in cash
flows from operating activities on the consolidated statement of cash
flows.
New
Accounting Standards
Accounting
for “Share-Based” Compensation
SFAS No.
123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” ("SFAS 123-R"), a revision of SFAS No.
123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" (“SFAS 123”), was issued in
December 2004. SFAS 123-R supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”), and its related implementation guidance. Due to
actions by the SEC, SFAS 123-R is effective as of the beginning of the first
annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005 (January 1, 2006 for
Jones Lang LaSalle).
SFAS
123-R eliminates the alternative to use APB 25’s intrinsic value method of
accounting that was provided in SFAS 123 as originally issued. Under APB 25,
issuing stock options to employees generally has resulted in recognition of no
compensation cost. However, SFAS 123-R will require us to recognize expense for
the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation
issued to employees. That cost will be recognized over the employee’s requisite
service period.
Employee
share purchase plans (“ESPPs”) result in recognition of compensation cost if
defined as “compensatory,” which under SFAS 123-R includes (1) plans that
contain a “look-back” feature, or (2) plans that contain a purchase price
discount larger than five percent, which SFAS 123-R views as the per-share
amount of issuance costs that would have been incurred to raise a significant
amount of capital by a public offering.
SFAS
123-R applies to all awards granted after the required effective date and to
awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after that date. The cumulative
effect of initially applying SFAS 123-R also will be recognized as of the
required effective date. Management has not yet determined the impact that the
application of SFAS 123-R will have on our business.
(Proposed)
Accounting for General Partner Interests in a Limited Partnership
At its
March 17, 2005 meeting, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a
tentative conclusion on a model, proposed effective date and transition
provisions included in proposed EITF Issue No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a
General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited
Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights”
(“EITF 04-5”). If EITF 04-5 is approved as currently drafted, it could result in
the consolidation of certain limited partnerships we currently account for on
the equity method beginning January 1, 2006, which would result in a material
increase in the amount of assets and liabilities reported in our balance sheet.
Management has not yet determined the impact that the proposed EITF would have
on our business.
(2)
Business Segments
We manage
and report our operations as four business segments:
|
(i)
|
Investment
Management, which offers money management services on a global basis, and
|
The three
geographic regions of Investor and Occupier Services ("IOS"):
The
Investment Management segment provides money management services to
institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. Each geographic region
offers our full range of Investor Services, Capital Markets and Occupier
Services. The IOS business consists primarily of tenant representation and
agency leasing, capital markets and valuation services (collectively
"implementation services") and property management, facilities management
services, and project and development management services (collectively
"management services").
Total
revenue by industry segment includes revenue derived from services provided to
other segments. Operating income represents total revenue less direct and
indirect allocable expenses. We allocate all expenses, other than interest and
income taxes, as nearly all expenses incurred benefit one or more of the
segments. Allocated expenses primarily consist of corporate global overhead,
including certain globally managed stock programs. These corporate global
overhead expenses are allocated to the business segments based on the relative
revenue of each segment.
Our
measure of segment operating results excludes non-recurring and restructuring
charges (credits). See Note 3 for a detailed discussion of these non-recurring
and restructuring charges (credits). We have determined that it is not
meaningful to investors to allocate these non-recurring and restructuring
charges (credits) to our segments. Also, for segment reporting we continue to
show equity (losses) earnings from unconsolidated ventures within our revenue
line, especially since it is a very integral part of our Investment Management
segment. The Chief Operating Decision Maker of Jones Lang LaSalle measures the
segment results without non-recurring and restructuring charges (credits), but
with equity (losses) earnings from unconsolidated ventures included in segment
revenues. We define the Chief Operating Decision Maker collectively as our
Global Executive Committee, which is comprised of our Global Chief Executive
Officer, Global Chief Operating and Financial Officer and the Chief Executive
Officers of each of our reporting segments.
We have
reclassified certain prior year amounts to conform with the current
presentation. These reclassifications are discussed in Note 1.
Summarized
unaudited financial information by business segment for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows ($ in thousands):
Investor
and Occupier Services |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Americas |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
Implementation
services |
|
$ |
27,099 |
|
|
24,076 |
|
Management
services |
|
|
44,983 |
|
|
37,991 |
|
Equity
(losses) earnings |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
467 |
|
Other
services |
|
|
1,577 |
|
|
1,277 |
|
Intersegment
revenue |
|
|
289 |
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
|
73,947 |
|
|
63,893 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation,
operating and administrative expenses |
|
|
75,337 |
|
|
61,115 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
3,612 |
|
|
3,663 |
|
Operating
loss |
|
$ |
(5,002 |
) |
|
(885 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Europe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Implementation
services |
|
$ |
59,017 |
|
|
65,631 |
|
Management
services |
|
|
23,464 |
|
|
22,398 |
|
Other
services |
|
|
2,573 |
|
|
1,879 |
|
|
|
|
85,054 |
|
|
89,908 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation,
operating and administrative expenses |
|
|
90,472 |
|
|
89,030 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
2,551 |
|
|
2,779 |
|
Operating
loss |
|
$ |
(7,969 |
) |
|
(1,901 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia
Pacific |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Implementation
services |
|
$ |
24,900 |
|
|
19,173 |
|
Management
services |
|
|
23,443 |
|
|
20,662 |
|
Other
services |
|
|
592 |
|
|
348 |
|
|
|
|
48,935 |
|
|
40,183 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation,
operating and administrative expenses |
|
|
50,547 |
|
|
43,194 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
1,805 |
|
|
1,556 |
|
Operating
loss |
|
$ |
(3,417 |
) |
|
(4,567 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
Management |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Implementation
and other services |
|
$ |
1,902 |
|
|
1,464 |
|
Advisory
fees |
|
|
28,250 |
|
|
25,696 |
|
Incentive
fees |
|
|
2,376 |
|
|
68 |
|
Equity
(losses) earnings |
|
|
(891 |
) |
|
1,656 |
|
|
|
|
31,637 |
|
|
28,884 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation,
operating and administrative expenses |
|
|
27,649 |
|
|
25,884 |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
343 |
|
|
304 |
|
Operating
income |
|
$ |
3,645 |
|
|
2,696 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
Reconciling Items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
segment revenue |
|
$ |
239,573 |
|
|
222,868 |
|
Intersegment
revenue eliminations |
|
|
(289 |
) |
|
(82 |
) |
Equity
losses (earnings) reclassified |
|
|
892 |
|
|
(2,123 |
) |
Total
revenue |
|
|
240,176 |
|
|
220,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
segment operating expenses |
|
|
252,316 |
|
|
227,525 |
|
Intersegment
operating expense eliminations |
|
|
(289 |
) |
|
(82 |
) |
Total
operating expenses before non-recurring and restructuring
charges (credits) |
|
|
252,027 |
|
|
227,443 |
|
Non-recurring
and restructuring charges (credits) |
|
|
(1,569 |
) |
|
(20 |
) |
Operating
loss |
|
$ |
(10,282 |
) |
|
(6,760 |
) |
(3)
Non-Recurring and Restructuring Charges (Credits)
For the
three months ended March 31, 2005, we recorded a credit of $1.6 million to
non-recurring operating, administrative and other expense related to a
collection of payment under a settlement agreement described below. For the
three months ended March 31, 2004, we recorded credits of $0.2 million to
non-recurring compensation and benefits expense and a charge of $0.2 million to
non-recurring operating, administrative and other expense. This activity
consists of the following elements ($ in millions):
|
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
Non-Recurring
& Restructuring Charges (Credits) |
|
March
31, 2005 |
|
March
31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abandonment
of Property Management Software System: |
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation
and Benefits |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
|
Operating,
Administrative and Other |
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
Restructuring Program: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation
& Benefits |
|
|
— |
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
Operating,
Administrative & Other |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total
Non-Recurring & Restructuring Charges
(Credits) |
|
$ |
(1.6 |
) |
|
— |
|
Abandonment
of Property Management Software System
In the
second quarter of 2003, we concluded that the potential benefits from
successfully correcting deficiencies of a property management software system
that was in the process of being implemented in Australia were not justified by
the costs that would have to be incurred to do so. As a result of this decision,
we recorded a charge of $5.1 million to non-recurring expense in 2003. In 2004,
we recorded an additional $0.8 million to non-recurring expense for legal
expenses associated with the settlement process, and we incurred $0.6 million
for additional severance costs. The $0.2 million charge in the first quarter of
2004 was for such legal expenses. We implemented a transition plan to an
existing alternative system and have used this system from July 1,
2003.
Non-recurring
and restructuring expense for the year ended 2004 included a credit of $4.3
million for cash received as part of the settlement of litigation related to the
abandonment of the property management software system. The first quarter of
2005 included a credit of $1.6 million for cash received related to this
settlement. Two additional installments totaling AUS$1.8 million ($1.4 million
at March 31, 2005 exchange rates) are to be received through December 2005. Each
of these future installments will be recorded as a credit to non-recurring
expense when the cash is received. In connection with the agreement, each of the
parties has released the other from further liabilities with respect to the
underlying dispute and has agreed to certain other terms typical for a
settlement of this kind.
Business
Restructuring
Business
restructuring charges include severance and professional fees associated with
the realignment of our business. The “2002 Restructuring Program” in the table
above refers to a four percent reduction in workforce in December 2002 to meet
expected global economic conditions. As such, we recorded $12.7 million in
non-recurring compensation and benefits expense related to severance and certain
professional fees, and $0.6 million in non-recurring operating, administrative
and other expense in 2002, primarily related to the lease cost of excess space.
Of the estimated $12.7 million (adjusted down to $10.4 million for the general
reasons stated in the next paragraph), $10.2 million had been paid at March 31,
2005, with the remaining $0.2 million to be paid as required by labor
laws.
In
general, the actual costs incurred related to business restructurings have
varied from our original estimates for a variety of reasons, including the
identification of additional facts and circumstances, the complexity of
international labor law, developments in the underlying business resulting in
the unforeseen reallocation of resources and better or worse than expected
settlement discussions. As a result of the above, we recorded a net credit of
$0.2 million back to non-recurring compensation and benefits in the first
quarter of 2004.
Non-Recurring
and Restructuring Charges (Credits) by Segment
The
following table displays the net charges incurred by segment for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 ($ in millions):
Non-Recurring
& Restructuring Charges (Credits) |
|
March
31, 2005 |
|
March
31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investor
and Occupier Services: |
|
|
|
|
|
Americas |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
Europe |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Asia
Pacific |
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
Management |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Corporate |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total
Non-Recurring and Restructuring Charges (Credits) |
|
$ |
(1.6 |
) |
|
— |
|
(4)
Investments in Real Estate Ventures
We invest
in certain real estate ventures that own and operate commercial real estate.
Typically, these are co-investments in funds that our Investment Management
business establishes in the ordinary course of business for its clients. These
investments include non-controlling ownership interests generally ranging from
less than 1% to 47.85% of the respective ventures. We apply the provisions of
FIN 46-R, SOP 78-9, APB 18 and EITF D-46 when accounting for these interests,
which generally results in accounting for these interests under the equity
method in the accompanying consolidated financial statements due to the nature
of our non-controlling ownership. We are generally entitled to operating
distributions in accordance with our respective ownership interests. Our
exposure to liabilities and losses of these ventures is limited to our existing
capital contributions and remaining capital commitments.
For real
estate limited partnerships in which the Company is a general partner, we apply
the guidance set forth in FIN 46-R and SOP 78-9 in evaluating the control the
Company has over the limited partnership. These entities are generally
well-capitalized and provide for key decisions to be made by the owners of the
entities. Also, the real estate limited partnership agreements grant the limited
partners important rights, such as the right to replace the general partner
without cause, approve the sale or refinancing of the principal partnership
assets, or approve the acquisition of principal partnership assets. These
rights indicate that the Company, as general partner, does not have a
controlling interest in the limited partnership and accordingly, such general
partner interests are accounted for under the equity method.
For real
estate limited partnerships in which the Company is a limited partner, the
Company is a co-investment partner and does not have a controlling interest in
the limited partnership. When we have an asset advisory contract with the real
estate limited partnership, the combination of our limited partner interest and
the advisory agreement provides us with significant influence over the real
estate limited partnership venture. Accordingly, we account for such investments
under the equity method. When the Company does not have an asset advisory
contract with the limited partnership, rather only a limited partner interest
without significant influence, and our interest in the partnership is considered
“minor” under EITF D-46 (i.e., not more than 3 to 5 percent), we account for
such investments under the cost method.
As of
March 31, 2005, we had total investments and loans of $74.8 million in
approximately 20 separate property or fund co-investments. With respect to
certain co-investment indebtedness, in the event that the underlying
co-investment loans default, we also had repayment guarantees to third-party
financial institutions of $0.7 million outstanding at March 31,
2005.
Following
is a table summarizing our investments in real estate ventures ($ in
millions):
Type
of Interest |
|
Percent
Ownership of Real Estate Limited Partnership
Venture |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
partner |
|
|
0%
to 1 |
% |
|
Equity |
|
$ |
0.8 |
|
Limited
partner with advisory agreements |
|
|
<1%
to 47.85 |
% |
|
Equity
|
|
|
73.3 |
|
Equity
method |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
74.1 |
|
Limited
partner without advisory agreements |
|
|
<1%
to 5 |
% |
|
Cost
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
74.8 |
|
• LaSalle
Investment Company - LaSalle Investment Company ("LIC"), formerly referred to as
LaSalle Investment Limited Partnership, is a series of four parallel limited
partnerships, which serve as our investment vehicle for substantially all new
co-investments. LIC invests in certain real estate ventures that own and operate
commercial real estate. LIC generally invests via limited partnerships and
intends to own 20% or less of the respective ventures. Our capital commitment to
LIC is euro 150 million. Through March 31, 2005, we have funded euro 43.4
million to LIC. Therefore, as of March 31, 2005, we have a remaining unfunded
commitment of euro 106.6 million ($138.2 million).
We have
an effective 47.85% ownership interest in LIC; primarily institutional investors
hold the remaining 52.15% interest in LIC. In addition, a non-executive Director
of Jones Lang LaSalle is an investor in LIC on equivalent terms to other
investors. Our investment in LIC is accounted for under the equity method of
accounting in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. At March 31,
2005, LIC has unfunded capital commitments of $118.4 million, of which our
47.85% share is $56.7 million, for future fundings of co-investments. We expect
that LIC will draw down on our commitment over the next three to five years as
it enters into new commitments. Additionally, our Board of Directors has
endorsed the use of our co-investment capital in particular situations to
control or bridge finance existing real estate assets or portfolios to seed
future investment products. The purpose of this is to accelerate capital raising
and growth in assets under management. Approvals for such activity are handled
consistently with those of the firm’s co-investment capital.
For the
three months ended March 31, 2005, we funded a net $3.7 million related to
co-investment activity, which includes $2.7 million recorded in “investments in and loans to real estate
ventures” for the consolidation of the LIC
facility discussed in the following paragraph. We expect to continue to
pursue co-investment opportunities with our real estate money management clients
in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Co-investment remains very important
to the continued growth of Investment Management. The net co-investment funding
for 2005 is anticipated to be between $25 and $35 million (planned co-investment
less return of capital from liquidated co-investments).
As of
March 31, 2005, LIC maintains a euro 75 million ($97.2 million) revolving credit
facility (the "LIC Facility") principally for its working capital needs. The LIC
Facility contains a credit rating trigger (related to the credit rating of one
of LIC’s investors who is unaffiliated with Jones Lang LaSalle) and a material
adverse condition clause. If either the credit rating trigger or the material
adverse condition clause becomes triggered, the LIC Facility would be in default
and would need to be repaid. This would require us to fund our pro-rata share of
the then outstanding balance on the LIC Facility, which is the limit of our
liability. The maximum exposure to Jones Lang LaSalle, assuming that the LIC
Facility were fully drawn, would be euro 35.9 million ($46.5 million). This
exposure is included within and will never be more than our remaining unfunded
commitment to LIC of euro 106.6 million ($138.2 million) discussed above. As of
March 31, 2005, LIC had euro 11.6 million ($15.1 million) of outstanding
borrowings on the LIC Facility. Certain of the outstanding borrowings have been
utilized by LIC in the first quarter of 2005 to acquire certain specific assets
in anticipation of a new fund launch. Due to the ownership structure of LIC, we
recorded $2.7 million of these outstanding borrowings in the “short-term borrowings” and “investments in and loans to real estate
ventures” lines of our consolidated balance sheet at March 31,
2005.
LIC’s
exposure to liabilities and losses of the ventures is limited to its existing
capital contributions and remaining capital commitments.
With
respect to our co-investment activity, we had total investments and loans of
$74.8 million as of March 31, 2005. Within this $74.8 million, loans of $4.6
million to real estate ventures bear interest rates ranging from 7.25% to 8.0%
and are to be repaid by 2008.
• Impairment
- - We apply the provisions of APB 18, SAB 59, and SFAS 144 when evaluating
investments in real estate ventures for impairment, including impairment
evaluations of the individual assets underlying our investments. We have
recorded net impairment charges in equity (losses) earnings of $1.2 million in
the first three months of 2005, representing our equity share of the impairment
charge against individual assets held by these ventures. There were $0.2 million
of such charges to equity earnings in the first quarter of 2004.
(5)
Accounting for Business Combinations, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets
We have
$348.1 million of unamortized intangibles and goodwill as of March 31, 2005 that
are subject to the provisions of SFAS 142. A significant portion of these
unamortized intangibles and goodwill are denominated in currencies other than
U.S. dollars, which means that a portion of the movements in the reported book
value of these balances are attributable to movements in foreign currency
exchange rates. The tables below set forth further details on the foreign
exchange impact on intangible and goodwill balances. Of the $348.1 million of
unamortized intangibles and goodwill, $341.1 million represents goodwill with
indefinite useful lives, which we ceased amortizing beginning January 1, 2002.
The remaining $7.0 million of identifiable intangibles (principally representing
management contracts acquired) are amortized over their remaining definite
useful lives.
The
following table sets forth, by reporting segment, the current year movements in
the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of our goodwill with
indefinite useful lives ($ in thousands):
|
|
Investor
and Occupier Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia
|
|
Investment |
|
|
|
|
|
Americas
|
|
Europe
|
|
Pacific
|
|
Management
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of January 1, 2005 |
|
$ |
181,530 |
|
|
69,259
|
|
|
94,883
|
|
|
36,032
|
|
|
381,704 |
|
Impact
of exchange rate movements |
|
|
-
|
|
|
(1,553 |
) |
|
(584 |
) |
|
(381 |
) |
|
(2,518 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2005 |
|
|
181,530
|
|
|
67,706
|
|
|
94,299
|
|
|
35,651
|
|
|
379,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of January 1, 2005 |
|
$ |
(15,458 |
) |
|
(5,127 |
) |
|
(6,733 |
) |
|
(11,072 |
) |
|
(38,390 |
) |
Impact
of exchange rate movements |
|
|
- |
|
|
160
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2005 |
|
|
(15,458 |
) |
|
(4,967 |
) |
|
(6,691 |
) |
|
(11,009 |
) |
|
(38,125 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
book value as of March 31, 2005 |
|
$ |
166,072 |
|
|
62,739 |
|
|
87,608
|
|
|
24,642
|
|
|
341,061 |
|
The
following table sets forth, by reporting segment, the current year movements in
the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of our intangibles with
definite useful lives ($ in thousands):
|
|
Investor
and Occupier Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia
|
|
Investment |
|
|
|
|
|
Americas
|
|
Europe
|
|
Pacific
|
|
Management
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
Carrying Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of January 1, 2005 |
|
$ |
39,925 |
|
|
783
|
|
|
3,172
|
|
|
5,712
|
|
|
49,592 |
|
Impact
of exchange rate movements |
|
|
63
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
(30 |
) |
|
(82 |
) |
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2005 |
|
|
39,988
|
|
|
772
|
|
|
3,142
|
|
|
5,630
|
|
|
49,532 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of January 1, 2005 |
|
$ |
(32,440 |
) |
|
(612 |
) |
|
(2,478 |
) |
|
(5,712 |
) |
|
(41,242 |
) |
Amortization
expense |
|
|
(1,228 |
) |
|
-
|
|
|
(98 |
) |
|
—
|
|
|
(1,326 |
) |
Impact
of exchange rate movements |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
(13 |
) |
|
23
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as of March 31, 2005 |
|
$ |
(33,670 |
) |
|
(625 |
) |
|
(2,553 |
) |
|
(5,630 |
) |
|
(42,478 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
book value |
|
$ |
6,318 |
|
|
147
|
|
|
589
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7,054 |
|
The
following table sets forth the estimated future amortization expense of our
intangibles with definite useful lives:
Estimated
Annual Amortization Expense
Remaining
2005 amortization |
$3.7
million |
For
year ended December 31, 2006 |
$3.4
million |
(6)
Retirement Plans
We
maintain contributory defined benefit pension plans in the United Kingdom,
Ireland and Holland to provide retirement benefits to eligible employees. It is
our policy to fund the minimum annual contributions required by applicable
regulations. We use a December 31 measurement date for our plans.
Net
periodic pension cost consisted of the following for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004 ($ in thousands):
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employer
service cost - benefits earned during the year |
|
$ |
839 |
|
|
701 |
|
Interest
cost on projected benefit obligation |
|
|
2,083 |
|
|
1,794 |
|
Expected
return on plan assets |
|
|
(2,424 |
) |
|
(2,203 |
) |
Net
amortization/deferrals |
|
|
100 |
|
|
9 |
|
Recognized
actual loss |
|
|
46 |
|
|
— |
|
Net
periodic pension cost |
|
$ |
644 |
|
|
301 |
|
In the
three months ended March 31, 2005, we have made $0.9 million in payments to our
defined benefit pension plans. We expect to contribute a total of $4.2 million
to our defined benefit pension plans in 2005. We made $3.9 million of
contributions to these plans in the twelve months ended December 31,
2004.
(7)
Commitments and Contingencies
As of
March 31, 2005, Jones Lang LaSalle and certain of our subsidiaries had $0.7
million of co-investment indebtedness guarantees outstanding to third-party
lenders. We apply FASB Interpretation No. 45, "Guarantor’s Accounting and
Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of
Indebtedness of Others" ("FIN 45"), to recognize and measure the provisions of
guarantees. The $0.7 million represents the maximum future payments that Jones
Lang LaSalle could be required to make under such guarantees. These guarantees
relate to collateralized borrowings by project-level entities, and certain of
the guarantees have terms extending out until 2007. Repayment could be requested
by the third-party lenders in the event that one of the project level entities
fails to repay its borrowing. We do not expect to incur any material losses
under these guarantees.
Jones
Lang LaSalle and certain of our subsidiaries guarantee the revolving credit
facility. In addition, we guarantee the local overdraft facilities of certain
subsidiaries. Third-party lenders request these guarantees to ensure payment by
the Company in the event that one of our subsidiaries fails to repay its
borrowing on an overdraft facility. The guarantees typically have one-year or
two-year maturities. The guarantees of the revolving credit facility and local
overdraft facilities do not meet the recognition provisions, but do meet the
disclosure requirements of FIN 45. We have local overdraft facilities totaling
$37.2 million, of which $10.9 million was outstanding as of March 31, 2005. We
have provided guarantees of $27.9 million related to the local overdraft
facilities, as well as guarantees related to the $325 million revolving credit
facility, which in total represent the maximum future payments that Jones Lang
LaSalle could be required to make under the guarantees provided for
subsidiaries’ third-party debt.
We are a
defendant in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of
business, some of which involve claims for damages that are substantial in
amount. Many of these litigation matters are covered by insurance (including
insurance provided through a captive insurance company), although they may
nevertheless be subject to large deductibles or retentions and the amounts being
claimed may exceed the available insurance. Although the ultimate liability for
these matters cannot be determined, based upon information currently available,
we believe the ultimate resolution of such claims and litigation will not have a
material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or
liquidity.
On
November 8, 2002, Bank One N.A. ("Bank One") filed suit against the Company and
certain of its subsidiaries in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois with
regard to services provided in 1999 and 2000 pursuant to three different
agreements relating to facility management, project development and broker
services. The suit alleged negligence, breach of contract and breach of
fiduciary duty on the part of Jones Lang LaSalle and sought to recover a total
of $40 million in compensatory damages and $80 million in punitive damages. On
December 16, 2002, the Company filed a counterclaim for breach of contract
seeking payment of approximately $1.2 million for fees due for services provided
under the agreements. On December 16, 2003, the court granted the Company’s
motion to strike the complaint because after completion of significant
discovery, Bank One had been unable to substantiate its allegations that it
suffered damages of $40 million as it had previously claimed. Bank One was
authorized to file an amended complaint that seeks to recover compensatory
damages in an unspecified amount, plus an unspecified amount of punitive
damages. The amended complaint also includes allegations of fraudulent
misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment and conversion. In November 2004, in
response to the Company’s motion for Summary Judgment, the court dismissed six
of the ten counts remaining under Bank One’s complaint. Remaining are the counts
for breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment.
As a result, the amount of any damages that Bank One could recover if successful
has been greatly reduced. The Company continues to aggressively defend the suit
and pursue its claim. While there can be no assurance, the Company continues to
believe that the complaint is without merit and, as such, will not have a
material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations, or
liquidity. The court has currently set July 12, 2006 as the revised trial date.
Although we still have not seen or heard anything that leads us to believe that
the suit has merit, the outcome of Bank One’s suit cannot be predicted with any
certainty and management is unable to estimate an amount or range of potential
loss that could result if an improbable unfavorable outcome did
occur.
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, for the three
months ended March 31, 2005, included herein, and Jones Lang LaSalle’s audited
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, which have been filed with the SEC as part of our 2004 Annual
Report on Form 10-K and are also available on our website
(www.joneslanglasalle.com).
The
following discussion and analysis contains certain forward-looking statements
which are generally identified by the words anticipates, believes, estimates,
expects, plans, intends and other similar expressions. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause Jones Lang LaSalle’s actual results, performance, achievements,
plans and objectives to be materially different from any future results,
performance, achievements, plans and objectives expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. See the Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements in Part II, Item 5. Other Information.
Our
Management’s Discussion and Analysis is presented in six sections, as follows:
(1) An
executive summary, including how we create value for our stakeholders,
(2) A
summary of our critical accounting policies and estimates,
(3)
Certain items affecting the comparability of results and certain market and
other risks that we face,
(4) The
Results of our Operations, first on a consolidated basis and then for each of
our business segments,
(5)
Consolidated Cash Flows, and
(6)
Liquidity and Capital Resources.
Executive
Summary
Business
Objectives and Strategies
We define
our stakeholders as:
• |
The
people we employ, and |
• |
The
shareholders who invest in our Company. |
We create
value for these stakeholders by enabling and motivating our employees to apply
their expertise to deliver services that our clients acknowledge as adding value
to their real estate and business operations. We believe that this ability to
add value is demonstrated by our clients’ repeat or expanded service requests
and by the strategic alliances we have formed with them.
The
services we provide require "on the ground" expertise in local real estate
markets. Such expertise is the product of research into market conditions and
trends, expertise in buildings and locations, and expertise in competitive
conditions. This real estate expertise is at the heart of the history and
strength of the Jones Lang LaSalle brand. One of our key differentiating
factors, as a result, is our global reach and service imprint in local markets
around the world.
We
enhance our local market expertise with a global team of research professionals,
with the best practice processes we have developed and delivered repeatedly for
our clients, and with the technology investments that support these best
practices.
Our
principal asset is the talent and the expertise of our people. We seek to
support our service-based culture through a compensation system that rewards
superior client service performance, not just transaction activity, and that
includes a meaningful long-term compensation component. We invest in training
and believe in optimizing our talent base through internal advancement. We
believe that our people deliver our services with the experience and expertise
to maintain a balance of strong profit margins for the firm and competitive
value-added pricing for our clients, while achieving competitive compensation
levels.
Because
we are a services business, we are not capital intensive. As a result, our
profits also produce strong cash returns. Over the last three years, we have
used this cash strategically to:
• |
Significantly
pay down our debt, resulting in significantly reduced interest
expense; |
• |
Purchase
shares under our share repurchase programs; |
• |
Invest
for growth in important markets throughout the world;
and |
• |
Co-invest
in LaSalle Investment Management sponsored and managed
funds. |
We
believe value is enhanced by investing appropriately in growth opportunities,
maintaining our market position in developed markets and keeping our balance
sheet strong.
The
services we deliver are managed as business strategies to enhance the synergies
and expertise of our people. The principal businesses in which we are involved
are:
The
market knowledge we develop in our services and capital markets businesses helps
us identify investment opportunities and capital sources for our money
management clients. Consistent with our fiduciary responsibilities, the
investments we make or structure on behalf of our money management clients help
us identify new business opportunities for our services and capital markets
businesses.
Businesses
Local
Market Services
The
services we offer to real estate investors in local markets around the world
range from client-critical best practice process services - such as property
management - to sophisticated and complex transactional services - such as
leasing - that maximize real estate values. The skill set required to succeed in
this environment includes financial knowledge coupled with the delivery of
market and property operating organizations, ongoing technology investment, and
strong cash controls as the business is a fiduciary for client funds. The
revenue streams associated with process services have annuity characteristics
and tend to be less impacted by underlying economic conditions. The revenue
stream associated with the sophisticated and complex transactional services is
generally transaction-specific and conditioned upon the successful completion of
the transaction. We compete in this area with traditional real estate and
property firms. We differentiate ourselves on the basis of qualities such as our
local presence aligned with our global platform, our research capability, our
technology platform, and our ability to innovate by way of new products and
services.
Occupier
Services
Our
occupier services product offerings have leveraged our local market real estate
services into best practice operations and process capabilities that we offer to
corporate clients. The value added for these clients is the transformation of
their real estate assets into an integral part of their core business
strategies, delivered at more effective cost. The firm’s client relationship
focus drives our business success, as delivery of one product successfully sells
the next and subsequent services. The skill set required to succeed in this
environment includes financial and project management, and for some products,
more technical skills such as engineering. We compete in this area with
traditional real estate and property firms.
We
differentiate ourselves on the basis of qualities that include our integrated
global platform, our research capability, our technology platform, and our
ability to innovate through best practice products and services. Our strong
strategic focus also provides a highly effective point of differentiation from
our competitors. We have seen the demand for coordinated multi-national occupier
services by global corporations increase, and we expect this trend to continue
as these businesses refocus on core competencies. Consequently, we are focused
on continuing to enhance our ability to deliver our services across all
geographies globally in a seamless and coordinated fashion that best leverages
our expertise for our clients’ benefit.
Capital
Markets
Our
capital markets product offerings include institutional property sales and
acquisitions, real estate financings, private equity placements, portfolio
advisory activities, and corporate finance advice and execution. The skill set
required to succeed in this environment includes knowledge of real estate value
and financial knowledge coupled with delivery of local market expertise as well
as connections across geographic borders. Our investment banking services
require client relationship skills and consulting capabilities as we act as our
client’s trusted advisor. The level of demand for these services is impacted by
general economic conditions. Our fee structure is generally transaction-specific
and conditioned upon the successful completion of the transaction. We compete
with consulting and investment banking firms for corporate finance and capital
markets transactions. We differentiate ourselves on the basis of qualities such
as our global platform, research capability, technology platform, and ability to
innovate as demonstrated through the creation of new products and services.
Because
of the success we have had with our capital markets business, particularly in
Europe and also with our global Hotels business, and because we expect the
trans-border flow of real estate investments to remain strong, we are focused on
enhancing our ability to provide capital markets services in an increasingly
global fashion. This success leverages our regional market knowledge for clients
who seek to benefit from a truly global capital markets platform.
Money
Management
LaSalle
Investment Management provides money management services for large institutions,
both in specialized funds and separate account vehicles, as well as for managers
of institutional and, increasingly, retail, real estate funds. Investing money
on behalf of clients requires not just asset selection, but also asset value
activities that enhance the asset’s performance. The skill set required to
succeed in this environment includes knowledge of real estate values —
opportunity identification (research), individual asset selection
(acquisitions), asset value creation (portfolio management), realization of
value through disposition and investor relations. Our competitors in this area
tend to be investment banks, fund managers and other financial services firms.
They commonly lack the "on-the-ground" real estate expertise that our global
market presence provides.
We are
compensated for our services through a combination of recurring advisory fees
that are asset-based, together with incentive fees based on underlying
investment return to our clients, which are generally recognized when agreed
upon events or milestones are reached, and equity earnings realized at the exit
of individual investments within funds. We have been successful in transitioning
the mix of our fees for this business to generating more in the “annuity
revenue” category of advisory fees. We also have increasingly been seeking to
form alliances with distributors of real estate investment funds to retail
clients where we provide the real estate investment expertise, and as a result
of such efforts, we have been successful in attracting over $1.0 billion to
these funds, which exist in all three global regions. Additionally, our
strengthened balance sheet and continued cash generation position us for
expansion in co-investment activity, which we believe will accelerate our growth
in assets under management.
Summary
of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
An
understanding of our accounting policies is necessary for a complete analysis of
our results, financial position, liquidity and trends. The preparation of our
financial statements requires management to make certain critical accounting
estimates that impact the stated amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and
the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These
accounting estimates are based on management’s judgment and are considered to be
critical because of their significance to the financial statements and the
possibility that future events may differ from current judgments, or that the
use of different assumptions could result in materially different estimates. We
review these estimates on a periodic basis to ensure reasonableness. However,
the amounts we may ultimately realize could differ from such estimated
amounts.
Principles
of Consolidation and Investments in Real Estate Ventures
Our
financial statements include the accounts of Jones Lang LaSalle and its
majority-owned-and-controlled subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances
and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
We invest
in certain real estate ventures that own and operate commercial real estate.
Typically, these are co-investments in funds that our Investment Management
business establishes in the ordinary course of business for its clients. These
investments include non-controlling ownership interests generally ranging from
less than 1% to 47.85% of the respective ventures. We apply the provisions of
FIN 46-R, SOP 78-9, APB 18, and EITF D-46 when accounting for these interests.
The application of FIN 46-R, SOP 78-9, APB 18 and EITF D-46 generally results in
accounting for these interests under the equity method in the accompanying
Consolidated Financial Statements due to the nature of our non-controlling
ownership.
For real
estate limited partnerships in which the Company is a general partner, we apply
the guidance set forth in FIN 46-R and SOP 78-9 in evaluating the control the
Company has over the limited partnership. These entities are generally
well-capitalized and provide for key decisions to be made by the owners of the
entities. Also, the real estate limited partnership agreements grant the limited
partners important rights, such as the right to replace the general partner
without cause, approve the sale or refinancing of the principal partnership
assets, or approve the acquisition of principal partnership assets. These
rights indicate that the Company, as general partner, does not have a
controlling interest in the limited partnership and accordingly, such general
partner interests are accounted for under the equity method.
For real
estate limited partnerships in which the Company is a limited partner, the
Company is a co-investment partner, and based on applying the guidance set forth
in FIN 46-R and SOP 78-9, has concluded that it does not have a controlling
interest in the limited partnership. When we have an asset advisory contract
with the real estate limited partnership, the combination of our limited partner
interest and the advisory agreement provides us with significant influence over
the real estate limited partnership venture. Accordingly, we account for such
investments under the equity method. When the Company does not have an asset
advisory contract with the limited partnership, rather only a limited partner
interest without significant influence, and our interest in the partnership is
considered “minor” under EITF D-46 (i.e., not more than 3 to 5 percent), we
account for such investments under the cost method.
For
investments in unconsolidated ventures accounted for under the equity method, we
maintain an investment account, which is increased by contributions made and our
share of net income of the unconsolidated ventures, and decreased by
distributions received and our share of net losses of the unconsolidated
ventures. Our share of each unconsolidated venture’s net income or loss,
including gains and losses from capital transactions, is reflected in our
statements of operations as "equity in (losses) earnings from unconsolidated
ventures." For investments in unconsolidated ventures accounted for under the
cost method, our investment account is increased by contributions made and
decreased by distributions representing return of capital. Distributions of
income are reflected in our statements of operations in "equity in (losses)
earnings from unconsolidated ventures."
Revenue
Recognition
The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements" ("SAB 101"), as amended by
SAB 104, provides guidance on the application of accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America to selected revenue recognition issues.
Additionally, Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-21, “Revenue
Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”), provides guidance on
the application of generally accepted accounting principles to revenue
transactions with multiple deliverables.
In “Item
1. Business” of our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we describe the services
that we provide. We recognize revenue from these services as advisory and
management fees, transaction commissions and project and development management
fees. We recognize advisory and management fees related to property management
services, valuation services, corporate property services, strategic consulting
and money management as income in the period in which we perform the related
services. We recognize transaction commissions related to agency leasing
services, capital markets services and tenant representation services as income
when we provide the related service unless future contingencies exist. If future
contingencies exist, we defer recognition of this revenue until the respective
contingencies have been satisfied. Project and development management fees are
recognized applying the “percentage of completion” method of accounting. We use
the efforts expended method to determine the extent of progress towards
completion.
Certain
contractual arrangements for services provide for the delivery of multiple
services. We evaluate revenue recognition for each service to be rendered under
these arrangements using criteria set forth in EITF 00-21. For services that
meet the separability criteria, revenue is recognized separately. For services
that do not meet those criteria, revenue is recognized on a combined
basis.
Reimbursable
expenses - We follow the guidance of EITF Issue No. 01-14, “Income Statement
Characterization of Reimbursements Received for ‘Out-of-Pocket’ Expenses
Incurred” (“EITF 01-14”). Accordingly, we have recorded these reimbursements as
revenues in the income statement, as opposed to being shown as a reduction of
expenses.
In
certain of our businesses, primarily those involving management services, we are
reimbursed by our clients for expenses incurred on their behalf. The accounting
for reimbursable expenses for financial reporting purposes is based upon the fee
structure of the underlying contracts. We follow the guidance of EITF Issue No.
99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent” (“EITF
99-19”), when accounting for reimbursable personnel and other costs. A contract
that provides a fixed fee billing, fully inclusive of all personnel or other
recoverable expenses that we incur, and not separately scheduled as such, is
reported on a gross basis. When accounting on a gross basis, our reported
revenues include the full billing to our client and our reported expenses
include all costs associated with the client.
We
account for the contract on a net basis when the fee structure is comprised of
at least two distinct elements, namely:
|
• |
A
fixed management fee, and |
|
• |
A
separate component which allows for scheduled reimbursable personnel or
other expenses to be billed directly to the
client. |
When
accounting on a net basis, we include the fixed management fee in reported
revenues and offset the reimbursement against expenses. We base this
characterization on the following factors which define us as an agent rather
than a principal:
|
(i) |
The
property owner, with ultimate approval rights relating to the employment
and compensation of onsite personnel, and bearing all of the economic
costs of such personnel, is determined to be the primary obligor in the
arrangement; |
|
(ii) |
Reimbursement
to Jones Lang LaSalle is generally completed simultaneously with payment
of payroll or soon thereafter; |
|
(iii) |
Because
the property owner is contractually obligated to fund all operating costs
of the property from existing cash flow or direct funding to its building
operating account, Jones Lang LaSalle bears little or no credit risk under
the terms of the management contract; and
|
|
(iv) |
Jones
Lang LaSalle generally earns no margin in the reimbursement aspect of the
arrangement, obtaining reimbursement only for actual costs incurred.
|
Most of
our service contracts are accounted for on a net basis. We have always presented
the above reimbursable contract costs on a net basis in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Such
costs aggregated approximately $112.5 million and $105.2 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. This treatment has no impact
on operating income, net income or cash flows.
Asset
Impairments
Within
our balances of property and equipment, we have computer equipment and software;
leasehold improvements; furniture, fixtures and equipment; automobiles; land and
artwork used in our business. The largest assets on our balance sheet are
goodwill and other intangibles resulting from a series of acquisitions and one
substantial merger. We also invest in certain real estate ventures that own and
operate commercial real estate. Typically, these are co-investments in funds
that our Investment Management business establishes in the ordinary course of
business for its clients. These investments include non-controlling ownership
interests generally ranging from less than 1% to 47.85% of the respective
ventures. We generally account for these interests under the equity method of
accounting in the accompanying consolidated financial statements due to the
nature of our non-controlling ownership.
• Property
and Equipment - We apply Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”)
No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" ("SFAS
144"), to recognize and measure impairment of property and equipment owned or
under capital lease. We review property and equipment for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset
group may not be recoverable. If impairment exists due to the inability to
recover the carrying value of an asset group, we record an impairment loss to
the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value. We did not
recognize an impairment loss related to property and equipment in either 2004 or
the first quarter of 2005.
• Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets - We apply SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets" ("SFAS 142"), when accounting for goodwill and other
intangible assets. SFAS 142 requires that goodwill and intangible assets with
indefinite useful lives not be amortized, but instead evaluated for impairment
at least annually. To accomplish this annual evaluation, we determine the
carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning assets and liabilities,
including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units
as of the date of evaluation. Under SFAS 142, we define reporting units as
Investment Management, Americas IOS, Australia IOS, Asia IOS, and by country
groupings in Europe IOS. We then determine the fair value of each reporting unit
on the basis of a discounted cash flow methodology and compare it to the
reporting unit’s carrying value. The result of the 2004 and 2003 evaluations was
that the fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount, and
therefore we did not recognize an impairment loss in either year.
• Investments
in Real Estate Ventures - We apply the provisions of APB 18, S.E.C. Staff
Accounting Bulletin Topic 5-M, “Other Than Temporary Impairment Of Certain
Investments In Debt And Equity Securities” (“SAB 59”), and SFAS 144 when
evaluating investments in real estate ventures for impairment, including
impairment evaluations of the individual assets underlying our investments.
We review
investments in real estate ventures on a quarterly basis for an indication of
whether the carrying value of the real estate assets underlying our investments
in ventures may not be recoverable. The review of recoverability is based on an
estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the
underlying assets. When an “other than temporary” impairment has been identified
related to a real estate asset underlying one of our investments in ventures, a
discounted cash flow approach is used to determine the fair value of the asset
in computing the amount of the impairment. We then record the portion of the
impairment loss related to our investment in the reporting period.
We have
recorded net impairment charges in equity (losses) earnings of $1.2 million in
the first three months of 2005, representing our equity share of the impairment
charge against individual assets held by these ventures. There were $0.2 million
of such charges to equity earnings in the first quarter of 2004.
Income
Taxes
We
account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences of
differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets
and liabilities and their respective tax bases and of operating loss and
tax credit carryforwards measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply in
the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be settled or
realized. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We
provide for taxes in each tax jurisdiction in which we operate based on local
tax regulations and rules. Such taxes are provided on net earnings and include
the provision of taxes on substantively all differences between accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America and tax
accounting, excluding certain non-deductible items and permanent differences,
and including provisions for current and deferred income tax
expense.
Our
global effective tax rate is sensitive to the complexity of our operations as
well as to changes in the mix of our geographic profitability, as local
statutory tax rates vary significantly in the countries in which we operate. We
evaluate our estimated effective tax rate on a quarterly basis to reflect
forecasted changes in these factors, changes in valuation reserves established
against deferred tax assets related to losses in jurisdictions where we cannot
recognize the tax benefit of those losses, and initiated tax planning
activities.
Based on
our forecasted results for the full year, we have estimated an effective tax
rate of 25.4% for 2005. We believe that this is an achievable rate due to the
mix of our income and the impact of tax planning activities. For the three
months ended March 31, 2004, we used an effective tax rate of 28%; we ultimately
achieved an effective tax rate of 25.4% for the year ended December 31,
2004.
Based on
our historical experience and future business plans, including analysis of the
foreign earnings repatriation provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of
2004, we do not expect to repatriate our foreign source earnings to the United
States. As a result, we have not provided deferred taxes on such earnings or the
difference between tax rates in the United States and the various foreign
jurisdictions where such amounts were earned. Further, there are various
limitations on our ability to utilize foreign tax credits on such earnings when
repatriated. As such, we may incur taxes in the United States upon repatriation
without credits for foreign taxes paid on such earnings.
Interim
Period Accounting for Incentive Compensation
An
important part of our overall compensation package is incentive compensation,
which is typically paid out to employees in the first quarter of the year after
it is earned. In our interim financial statements we accrue for most incentive
compensation based on the percentage of revenue and compensation costs recorded
to date relative to forecasted revenue and compensation costs for the full year,
as substantially all incentive compensation pools are based upon full year
revenues and profits. As noted in “Interim Information” of Note 1 of the notes
to the consolidated financial statements, revenues and profits for the
first three quarters of the year are substantially less than
the fourth quarter of the year. The impact of this incentive
compensation accrual methodology is that we accrue smaller percentages amount of
incentive compensation in the first three quarters of the year compared to
the percentage of our incentive compensation accrued in the fourth quarter.
We adjust the incentive compensation accrual in those unusual cases where earned
incentive compensation has been paid to employees. Incentive compensation pools
that are not subject to the normal performance criteria are excluded from the
standard accrual methodology and accrued for on a straight-line basis.
Certain
employees receive a portion of their incentive compensation in the form of
restricted stock units of our common stock. We recognize this compensation over
the vesting period of these restricted stock units, which has the effect of
deferring a portion of incentive compensation to later years. We account for the
earned portion of this compensation program on a quarterly basis, recognizing
the benefit of the stock ownership program in a manner consistent with the
accrual of the underlying incentive compensation expense.
Given
that individual incentive compensation awards are not finalized until after
year-end, we must estimate the portion of the overall incentive compensation
pool that will qualify for this program. This estimation factors in the
performance of the Company and individual business units, together with the
target bonuses for qualified individuals. Then, when we determine, announce and
pay incentive compensation in the first quarter of the year following that to
which the incentive compensation relates, we true-up the estimated stock
ownership program deferral and related amortization.
The table
below sets forth the deferral estimated at year end, and the adjustment made in
the first quarter of the following year to true-up the deferral and related
amortization ($ in millions):
|
|
December
31, 2004 |
|
December
31, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferral
of compensation, net of related amortization expense |
|
$ |
10.6 |
|
|
6.7 |
|
Increase
(decrease) to deferred compensation in the first quarter of
the following year |
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
(0.4 |
) |
The table
below sets forth the amortization expense related to the stock ownership program
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 ($ in millions):
|
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
Three
Months Ended |
|
|
|
March
31, 2005 |
|
March
31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
compensation expense amortization for prior year programs |
|
$ |
3.0 |
|
|
2.0 |
|
Current
deferral net of related amortization |
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
(0.9 |
) |
Accounting
for Self-insurance Programs
In our
Americas business, and in common with many other American companies, we have
chosen to retain certain risks regarding health insurance and workers’
compensation rather than purchase third-party insurance. Estimating our exposure
to such risks involves subjective judgments about future developments. We engage
the services of an independent actuary on an annual basis to assist us in
quantifying our potential exposure. Additionally, we supplement our traditional
global insurance program by the use of a captive insurance company to provide
professional indemnity insurance on a “claims made” basis. As professional
indemnity claims can be complex and take a number of years to resolve we are
required to estimate the ultimate cost of claims.
• Health
Insurance - We chose to self-insure our health benefits for all U.S. based
employees for the first time in 2002, although we did purchase stop loss
coverage to limit our exposure. We continue to purchase stop loss coverage on an
annual basis. We made the decision to self-insure because we believed that on
the basis of our historic claims experience, the demographics of our workforce
and trends in the health insurance industry, we would incur reduced expense by
self-insuring our health benefits as opposed to purchasing health insurance
through a third party. We engage an actuary who specializes in health insurance
to estimate our likely full-year cost at the beginning of the year and expense
this cost on a straight-line basis throughout the year. In the fourth quarter,
we employ the same actuary to estimate the required reserve for unpaid health
costs we would need at year-end.
Given the
nature of medical claims, it may take up to 24 months for claims to be processed
and recorded. The reserve balances for the programs related to 2005, 2004 and
2003 and prior are $3.6 million, $2.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, at
March 31, 2005.
The table
below sets out certain information related to the cost of this program for the
three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 ($ in millions):
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March
31, 2005 |
|
March
31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expense
to company |
|
$ |
2.6 |
|
|
2.2 |
|
Employee
contributions |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
Total
program cost |
|
$ |
3.2 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
• Workers’
Compensation Insurance - Given our belief, based on historical experience, that
our workforce has experienced lower costs than is normal for our industry, we
have been self-insured for worker’s compensation insurance for a number of
years. We purchase stop loss coverage to limit our exposure to large, individual
claims. On a periodic basis we accrue using the various state rates based on job
classifications, engaging on an annual basis in the third quarter, an
independent actuary who specializes in workers’ compensation to estimate our
exposure based on actual experience. Given the significant judgmental issues
involved in this evaluation, the actuary provides us a range of potential
exposure and we reserve within that range. We accrue for the estimated
adjustment to revenues for the differences between the actuarial estimate and
our reserve on a periodic basis. The credit taken to revenue through the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $514,000 and $500,000,
respectively.
The
reserve balances were $7.3 million and $6.9 million, as of March 31, 2005 and
March 31, 2004 respectively.
• Captive
Insurance Company - In order to better manage our global insurance program and
support our risk management efforts, we supplement our traditional insurance
program by the use of a captive insurance company to provide professional
indemnity insurance coverage on a "claims made" basis. In the past, we have
utilized the captive insurer in certain of our international operations, but
effective March 31, 2004, as part of the renewal of our global professional
indemnity insurance program, we expanded the scope of the use of the captive to
provide professional indemnity coverage to our entire business. This expansion
has increased the level of risk retained by our captive to up to $2.5 million
per claim (dependent upon location) and up to $12.5 million in the aggregate.
Professional
indemnity insurance claims can be complex and take a number of years to resolve.
We are required to estimate the ultimate cost of these claims. This estimate
includes specific claim reserves that are developed on the basis of a review of
the circumstances of the individual claim, which we update on a periodic basis.
In addition, given that the timeframe for these reviews may be lengthy, we also
provide a reserve against the current year exposures on the basis of our
historic loss ratio. The increase in the level of risk retained by the captive
means we would expect that the amount and the volatility of our estimate of
reserves will be increased over time.
Our third
quarter 2004 review of claims for the insurance years prior to March 31, 2004
found that as a result of current adverse claim developments, there was a need
to strengthen the claim reserves for certain European claims by $1.6 million,
which was charged to operating expense. This strengthening of the claim reserves
increased the historic loss ratio that is the basis of the reserve for the
current insurance year exposures, which resulted in an incremental $300,000 of
expense being recorded.
The
reserves, which can relate to multiple years, were $7.2 million and $3.3
million, as of March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004 respectively.
Items
Affecting Comparability
Non-Recurring
and Restructuring Charges
See Note
3 to notes to consolidated financial statements for a detailed discussion of
non-recurring and restructuring items.
LaSalle
Investment Management Revenues
Our money
management business is in part compensated through the receipt of incentive fees
where investment performance exceeds agreed benchmark levels. Depending upon
performance, these fees can be significant and will generally be recognized when
agreed events or milestones are reached. Equity in (losses) earnings from
unconsolidated ventures may also vary substantially from period to period for a
variety of reasons, including as a result of: (i) impairment charges, (ii)
realized gains on asset dispositions, or (iii) incentive fees recorded as equity
earnings. The timing of recognition of these items may impact comparability
between quarters, in any one year, or compared to a prior year.
Foreign
Currency
We
operate in a variety of currencies in over 35 countries, but report our results
in U.S. dollars. This means that our reported results may be positively or
negatively impacted by the volatility of currencies against the U.S. dollar.
This volatility makes it more difficult to perform period-to-period comparisons
of the reported U.S. dollar results of operations. As an example, the euro, the
pound sterling and the Australian dollar, each a currency used in a significant
portion of our operations, have gradually strengthened against the U.S. dollar
since the second quarter of 2002 through the first quarter of 2005. This means
that for those businesses located in jurisdictions that utilize these
currencies, the reported U.S. dollar revenues and expenses in 2005 demonstrate
an apparent growth rate that is not consistent with the real underlying growth
rate in the local operations.
In order
to provide more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the reported results
of operations in our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results
of operations, we have provided information about the impact of foreign
currencies where we believe that it is necessary. In addition, we set out below
information as to the key currencies in which the Company does business and
their significance to reported revenues and operating results. The operating
results sourced in U.S. dollars and pounds sterling understate the profitability
of the businesses in America and the United Kingdom because they include the
locally incurred expenses of our global office in Chicago and the European
regional office in London. The revenues and operating income of the global
investment management business are allocated to their underlying currency, which
means that this analysis may not be consistent with the performance of the
geographic IOS segments. In particular, as incentive fees are earned by this
business, there may be significant shifts in the geographic mix of revenues and
operating income.
The
following table sets forth revenues and operating income (loss) derived from our
most significant currencies ($ in millions, except for exchange
rates).
|
|
Pounds |
|
|
|
Australian |
|
US |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sterling |
|
Euro |
|
Dollar |
|
Dollar |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1,
2005 |
|
$ |
52.1 |
|
|
37.4 |
|
|
19.9 |
|
|
81.9 |
|
|
48.9 |
|
|
240.2 |
|
Q1,
2004 |
|
|
50.5 |
|
|
43.1 |
|
|
17.6 |
|
|
76.2 |
|
|
33.3 |
|
|
220.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Income (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1,
2005 |
|
$ |
0.4 |
|
|
(3.3 |
) |
|
(0.7 |
) |
|
(8.9 |
) |
|
2.2 |
|
|
(10.3 |
) |
Q1,
2004 |
|
|
(2.5 |
) |
|
4.4 |
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
(5.1 |
) |
|
(2.0 |
) |
|
(6.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Exchange Rates (U.S. dollar equivalent of one foreign currency
unit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1,
2005 |
|
|
1.890 |
|
|
1.311 |
|
|
0.777 |
|
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
|
Q1,
2004 |
|
|
1.842 |
|
|
1.246 |
|
|
0.764 |
|
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
|
Seasonality
Historically,
our revenue, operating income and net earnings in the first three calendar
quarters are substantially lower than in the fourth quarter. Other than for our
Investment Management segment, this seasonality is due to a calendar-year-end
focus on the completion of real estate transactions, which is consistent with
the real estate industry generally. Our Investment Management segment earns
performance fees on clients’ returns on their real estate investments. Such
performance fees are generally earned when assets are sold, the timing of which
is geared towards the benefit of our clients. Non-variable operating expenses,
which are treated as expenses when they are incurred during the year, are
relatively constant on a quarterly basis. As such, the results for the periods
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are not indicative of the results to be obtained
for the full fiscal year.
Results
of Operations
Reclassifications
Beginning
in the fourth quarter 2004, we reclassified “equity in (losses) earnings from
unconsolidated ventures” from “total revenue” to a separate line on the
consolidated statements of operations after “operating income”. This change has
the effect of reducing the amount of “total revenue” and increasing the
amount of “operating loss” originally reported, for the first quarter of
2004, by the amount of equity earnings. However, for segment reporting purposes,
we continue to reflect “equity in (losses)
earnings from unconsolidated ventures” within “total revenue”. See Note 2 of the
notes to consolidated financial statements for “equity in (losses) earnings”
reflected within revenues for the Americas and Investment Management segments,
as well as discussion of how the Chief Operating Decision Maker measures segment
results with “equity in (losses)
earnings” included in segment
revenues.
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31,
2004
We
operate in a variety of currencies, but report our results in U.S. dollars,
which means that our reported results may be positively or negatively impacted
by the volatility of those currencies against the U.S. dollar. This volatility
means that the reported U.S. dollar revenues and expenses in 2005, as compared
to 2004, demonstrate an apparent growth rate that may not be consistent with the
real underlying growth rate in the local operations. In order to provide more
meaningful year-to-year comparisons of the reported results, we have included
the table below which details the movements in certain reported U.S. dollar
lines of the consolidated statements of operations ($ in millions).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
%
Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
(Decrease) |
|
in
Local |
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
in
U.S. Dollars |
|
Currency |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
revenue |
|
$ |
240.2 |
|
$ |
220.7 |
|
$ |
19.5 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
6 |
% |
Compensation
& benefits |
|
|
172.2 |
|
|
155.1 |
|
|
17.1 |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
Operating,
administrative & other |
|
|
71.6 |
|
|
64.0 |
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
9 |
% |
Depreciation
& amortization |
|
|
8.3 |
|
|
8.3 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
Non-recurring |
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
|
n.m. |
|
|
n.m. |
|
Total
operating expenses |
|
|
250.5 |
|
|
227.4 |
|
|
23.1 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
8 |
% |
Operating
loss |
|
|
($
10.3 |
) |
|
($
6.7 |
) |
|
($
3.6 |
) |
|
(54 |
%) |
|
(56 |
%) |
(n.m. -
not meaningful)
Revenue
Revenues
increased 9 percent in U.S. dollars, 6 percent in local currencies, to $240.2
million for the first quarter of 2005 compared to $220.7 million for the same
period in 2004. Revenues for LaSalle Investment Management, the firm’s money
management business, contributed a 10 percent year-over-year increase in U.S.
dollars, 7 percent in local currencies, leading to an increase in operating
income from the prior year of 35 percent in U.S. dollars and 30 percent in local
currencies. The growth was a result of strong performance from Corporate
Property Services and Project and Development Services across all of our
Investor and Occupier Services (“IOS”) businesses. The continued economic and
business improvement worldwide has had a positive impact on the increase in
revenues.
Operating
Expenses
Operating
expenses were $250.5 million for the first quarter of 2005 and $227.4 million
for the same period in 2004, an increase of 10 percent in U.S. dollars, 8
percent in local currencies. The
increase includes added staffing to service client and business wins,
particularly in the IOS and LaSalle Investment Management segments in Asia
Pacific, as well as the impact of strategic investments, such as the Quartararo
& Associates acquisition made in the Americas during the third quarter of
2004. Offsetting
the 2005 operating expenses is a $1.6 million pre-tax benefit from the agreed
settlement of litigation relating to the 2003 abandonment of a property
management software system in our Australian business. Through March 31, 2005,
$5.9 million of the total settlement of $7.3 million has been received and
recognized.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense of $0.3 million for the quarter was significantly lower than the $3.8
million incurred in the first quarter of 2004, reflecting the continued pay-down
of debt and the early redemption of the 9 percent Senior Notes in June 2004. The
first quarter traditionally represents the firm’s peak borrowing requirements in
the year as annual bonuses are paid. Net debt as of March 31, 2005 was $121
million, a $69 million reduction from the prior year.
Provision
for Income Taxes
The
current-quarter tax benefit of $2.9 million reflects a 25.4 percent effective
tax rate, which is consistent with our full year 2004 effective tax rate as a
result of the continued discipline of management of the global tax position. The
prior-year tax benefit of $2.4 million reflected a 28 percent effective tax
rate. This rate improvement, based on disciplined global tax planning, will
favorably affect the full year’s projected results, but when applied to the
seasonal net loss, negatively impacts the first quarter year over year results
by $0.3 million.
Net
Income
(Loss)
Net loss
of $8.6 million for 2005 represented a 41 percent change from the prior year’s
net loss of $6.1 million. For comparison purposes, the 2005 results included a
non-recurring and restructuring pre-tax benefit of $1.6 million.
Segment
Operating Results
We manage
and report our operations as four business segments:
|
(i) |
Investment
Management, which offers money management services on a global basis, and
|
The three
geographic regions of Investor and Occupier Services ("IOS"):
The
Investment Management segment provides money management services to
institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. Each geographic region
offers our full range of Investor Services, Capital Markets and Occupier
Services. The IOS business consists primarily of tenant representation and
agency leasing, capital markets and valuation services (collectively
"implementation services") and property management, facilities management
services; project and development management services (collectively "management
services").
We have
not allocated non-recurring and restructuring charges (credits) to the business
segments for segment reporting purposes and therefore these costs are not
included in the discussions below. Also, for segment reporting we continue to
show equity in (losses) earnings from unconsolidated ventures within our
revenue line, especially since it is a very integral part of our Investment
Management segment.
Investor
and Occupier Services
Americas
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Increase |
|
(Decrease) |
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
73.9 |
|
$ |
63.9 |
|
$ |
10.0 |
|
|
16 |
% |
Operating
expense |
|
|
78.9 |
|
|
64.8 |
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
22 |
% |
Operating
loss |
|
|
($
5.0 |
) |
|
($
0.9 |
) |
|
($
4.1 |
) |
|
n.m. |
|
(n.m. - not meaningful)
The
Americas region continued the momentum of its strong 2004 finish into the first
quarter of 2005, reporting a 16 percent year-over-year increase in revenues.
Management services revenues were the main driver of the growth, increasing 18
percent for the quarter, while transaction revenues grew 13 percent compared to
2004. The strategic acquisition of Quartararo & Associates, which is part of
the Project and Development Services business serving the greater New York area,
contributed to the firm’s performance as demonstrated by the revenue increase of
20 percent from that business in the Americas overall. The region also had
strong performance in Public Institutions and its facility management
business.
Total
operating expenses increased 22 percent for the quarter compared to 2004, with
the increase reflecting higher staffing levels necessary to service new client
wins as well as strategic hiring to expand market coverage in both leasing and
capital markets.
Europe
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Increase(Decrease) in
U.S. dollars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
85.1 |
|
$ |
89.9 |
|
$ |
(4.8 |
) |
|
(5 |
)% |
|
(9 |
)% |
Operating
expense |
|
|
93.1 |
|
|
91.8 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
(3 |
)% |
Operating
loss |
|
|
($
8.0 |
) |
|
($
1.9 |
) |
|
($
6.1 |
) |
|
n.m. |
|
|
n.m. |
|
(n.m. - not meaningful)
The
European region’s revenues for the first quarter of 2005 declined 5 percent in
U.S. dollars, 9 percent in local currencies, as a result of delays in the
closing of certain anticipated transactions into the second quarter. Certain
fourth-quarter 2004 restructuring efforts, which included realigning resources
and further consolidating the German business, together with hiring a new leader
for that country, have started to have a positive impact in 2005. As a result,
Germany showed early signs of improvement with an increase in revenues as
compared to 2004.
Operating
expenses continue to be aggressively managed with a decrease from the prior year
of 3 percent in local currencies, representing an increase of 1 percent from the
prior year in U.S. dollars.
Asia
Pacific
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
%
Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase(Decrease) |
|
in
Local |
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
in
U.S. dollars |
|
Currency |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
48.9 |
|
$ |
40.2 |
|
$ |
8.7 |
|
|
22 |
% |
|
20 |
% |
Operating
expense |
|
|
52.3 |
|
|
44.8 |
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
17 |
% |
|
15 |
% |
Operating
loss |
|
|
($
3.4 |
) |
|
($
4.6 |
) |
$ |
1.2 |
|
|
26 |
% |
|
27 |
% |
Performance
for the Asia Pacific region continued to confirm the commitment the firm has
made to that region over the past few years, with revenues increasing more than
22 percent in U.S. dollars and 20 percent in local currencies. The main growth
was in transaction activity which increased over 30 percent in U.S. dollars from
2004. Management services revenues increased 13 percent in U.S. dollars over the
prior year. The growth markets of China and Japan continued the momentum from
the end of 2004, with revenues increasing 58 and 33 percent, respectively, in
local currencies, for the first quarter of 2005 compared to the same period in
2004. The firm’s leading market position in Hong Kong produced another strong
quarter with revenues increasing over 25 percent in local currency over the
prior year. The Asian Hotels business had another robust quarter in the core
market of Australia, where revenues more than tripled from 2004.
Total
operating expenses for the first quarter of 2005 increased 17 percent in U.S.
dollars, 15 percent in local currencies over the prior year,
reflecting
continued investment in people and technology in the growth markets of China,
India and Japan.
Additionally, we opened new offices in Macau and Osaka.
Investment
Management
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
%
Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase(Decrease) |
|
in
Local |
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
in
U.S. dollars |
|
Currency |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
$ |
32.5 |
|
$ |
27.2 |
|
$ |
5.3 |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
17 |
% |
Equity
(loss) earnings |
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
1.7 |
|
|
(2.6 |
) |
|
n.m. |
|
|
n.m. |
|
Total
revenue |
|
|
31.6 |
|
|
28.9 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
7 |
% |
Operating
expense |
|
|
28.0 |
|
|
26.2 |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
5 |
% |
Operating
income |
|
$ |
3.6 |
|
$ |
2.7 |
|
$ |
0.9 |
|
|
35 |
% |
|
30 |
% |
(n.m. -
not meaningful)
Revenues
for the first quarter of 2005 were up 10
percent in U.S.
dollars, 7 percent in local currencies, over the prior year as the business
continued to emphasize growth in its annuity revenues from advisory fees, which
increased 10 percent from 2004 in U.S. dollars. First quarter transaction fees
increased 23 percent over the prior year as capital flows into real estate
remained strong. The business recognized total first quarter incentive fees of
$2.3 million, with asset sales and portfolio performance producing strong
investment returns for the firm’s clients. We have recorded net impairment
charges in equity earnings of $1.2 million in the first three months of 2005,
representing our equity share of the impairment charge against individual assets
held by these ventures. For the year, however, the firm expects solid revenue
contributions from our co-investment portfolio, as additional assets are sold.
The overall revenue strength resulted in operating income improvements of over
35 percent in U.S. dollars, 30 percent in local currencies, from 2004.
Strong
response from investors to product offerings continues, and the business is
ahead of its expected capital-raising activities with respect to funds planned
for launch during 2005. In total, capital investments exceeded expectations in
the first quarter of 2005. Specifically, capital investments in Asia Pacific
funds during the first quarter of 2005 almost matched the levels seen for all of
2004.
Performance
Outlook
Consistent
with prior years, the firm is not providing full-year earnings guidance for the
remainder of 2005, due to both the transactional nature of a large part of the
firm’s service offerings as well as the seasonal nature of the business. This
seasonality back-ends the majority of the firm’s profits into the fourth
quarter, making it premature to predict the remaining 2005 operating environment
after one quarter of results.
The
European business is expected to have a stronger second quarter and anticipates
an increase in revenues for the first half of the year over the prior-year
period. Overall, the firm continues to emphasize growth in its annuity revenues
as well as enhancement of the profit margins in all its product and service
lines. The firm has and will continue to increase its strategic growth
investments in 2005 to areas such as China, and to its global Corporate
Solutions and global Capital Markets service offerings. The current economic
environment appears stable globally for real estate services, with continued
strong growth expected in the Asia Pacific region.
Consolidated
Cash Flows
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
During
the three months ended March 31, 2005, cash flows used in operating activities
totaled $86.8 million compared to $40.7 million in the first quarter of 2004.
The cash flows from operating activities can be further divided into $7.9
million of cash generated from earnings (compared to $6.7 million in the first
quarter of 2004) and $94.7 million of net working capital used (compared to
$47.4 million used in 2004). The $47.3 million increase in net usage of working
capital in the current year is primarily due to first quarter 2005 payments for
incentive compensation earned and accrued in 2004, which were significantly
higher than first quarter 2004 payments for 2003 incentive compensation,
partially offset by a decrease in receivables more significant in the first
three months of 2005 than in the same period of 2004.
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
We used
$7.8 million in investing activities in the first quarter of 2005, which was an
increase in cash used of $8.0 million from the $0.2 million provided by
investing activities in the first three months of 2004. This increase in cash
used is due to increases of $1.1 million in net capital additions and $1.9
million in capital contributions and advances to real estate ventures above
comparable 2004 activity, as well as $5.0 million less in cash received from
distributions, repayments of advances and sales of investments in the first
quarter of 2005 as compared to 2004.
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
Financing
activities provided $92.4 million of net cash in the first three months of 2005
compared with $0.4 million in the same period of 2004. The significant increase
in cash provided by financing activities in 2005 was driven by $83.9 million
more in net borrowings under credit facilities compared to 2004, largely
for higher payments of incentive compensation in 2005 relative to 2004
performance than what was paid for such compensation in 2004 relative to 2003
activity. Also, common stock issued under stock option plan and stock purchase
programs generated $16.7 million more cash in 2005 than in 2004, which was
partially offset by $7.8 million more of shares repurchased in the first quarter
of 2005 under share repurchase programs than was repurchased in the same period
of 2004.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Historically,
we have financed our operations, acquisitions and co-investment activities with
internally generated funds, our common stock and borrowings under our credit
facilities. Our unsecured revolving credit facility agreement of $325 million
has a term to 2007. Pricing on this facility ranges from LIBOR plus 100 basis
points to LIBOR plus 225 basis points dependent upon our leverage ratio. As of
March 31, 2005, our pricing on the revolving credit facility is LIBOR plus 100
basis points. This facility will continue to be utilized for working capital
needs, investments and acquisitions.
As of
March 31, 2005, we had $131.3 million outstanding under the revolving credit
facility. The average borrowing rate on the revolving credit agreement was 4.1
percent in the first quarter of 2005, which compares favorably with average
borrowing rates of 4.5 percent on the revolving credit agreement and 9.1 percent
on Euro Notes (redeemed in June 2004) in the first quarter of 2004. We also had
short-term borrowings (including capital lease obligations) of $17.4 million
outstanding at March 31, 2005, which includes outstanding borrowings related to
certain of our co-investments discussed below. The short-term borrowings are
primarily borrowings by subsidiaries on various interest-bearing overdraft
facilities. As of March 31, 2005, $10.9 million of the total short-term
borrowings were attributable to local overdraft facilities.
Jones
Lang LaSalle and certain of our subsidiaries guarantee the revolving credit
facility. In addition, we guarantee the local overdraft facilities of certain
subsidiaries. As discussed in Note 7 of the notes to consolidated financial
statements, we apply FIN 45 to recognize and measure the provisions of
guarantees. The guarantees of the revolving credit facility and local overdraft
facilities do not meet the recognition provisions, but do meet the disclosure
requirements of FIN 45. We have local overdraft facilities totaling $37.2
million, of which $10.9 million was outstanding as of March 31, 2005. We have
provided guarantees of $27.9 million related to the local overdraft facilities,
as well as guarantees related to the $325 million revolving credit facility,
which in total represent the maximum future payments that Jones Lang LaSalle
could be required to make under the guarantees provided for subsidiaries’
third-party debt.
With
respect to the revolving credit facility, we must maintain a consolidated net
worth of at least $392 million and a leverage ratio not exceeding 3.25 to 1. We
must also maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio of 2.5 to 1. As part of a
renegotiation of the revolving credit facility in April 2004, the leverage ratio
was revised to provide more flexibility, as we eliminated the fixed coverage
ratio that existed in the previous agreement. We are in compliance with all
covenants at March 31, 2005. Additionally, we are restricted from, among other
things, incurring certain levels of indebtedness to lenders outside of the
Facilities and disposing of a significant portion of our assets. Lender approval
is required for certain levels of co-investment as well as capital expenditures.
The revolving credit facility bears variable rates of interest based on market
rates. We are authorized to use interest rate swaps to convert a portion of the
floating rate indebtedness to a fixed rate, however, none were used during 2004
or the first three months of 2005, and none were outstanding as of March 31,
2005.
We
believe that the revolving credit facility, together with local borrowing
facilities and cash flow generated from operations will provide adequate
liquidity and financial flexibility to meet our needs to fund working capital,
capital expenditures, co-investment activity and share repurchases.
With
respect to our co-investment activity, we had total investments and loans of
$74.8 million as of March 31, 2005 in approximately 20 separate property or fund
co-investments. Within this $74.8 million, loans of $4.6 million to real estate
ventures bear interest rates ranging from 7.25% to 8.0% and are to be repaid by
2008. With respect to certain co-investment indebtedness, we also had repayment
guarantees outstanding at March 31, 2005 of $0.7 million.
LaSalle
Investment Company ("LIC"), our investment vehicle for substantially all new
co-investments has, and will continue to, invest in certain real estate ventures
that own and operate commercial real estate. Our capital commitment to LIC is
euro 150 million. Through March 31, 2005, we have funded euro 43.4 million to
LIC. Therefore, we have a remaining unfunded commitment of euro 106.6 million
($138.2 million) as of March 31, 2005. We have an effective 47.85% ownership
interest in LIC; primarily institutional investors hold the remaining 52.15%
interest in LIC. In addition, a non-executive Director of Jones Lang LaSalle is
an investor in LIC on equivalent terms to other investors. Our investment in LIC
is accounted for under the equity method of accounting in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements. At March 31, 2005, LIC has unfunded capital
commitments of $118.4 million, of which our 47.85% share is $56.7 million, for
future fundings of co-investments. We expect that LIC will draw down on our
commitment over the next three to five years as it enters into new commitments.
LIC is a series of four parallel limited partnerships and is intended to be our
co-investment vehicle for substantially all new co-investments. Additionally,
our Board of Directors has endorsed the use of our co-investment capital in
particular situations to control or bridge finance existing real estate assets
or portfolios to seed future investment products. The purpose of this is to
accelerate capital raising and growth in assets under management. Approvals are
handled consistently with those of the firm’s co-investment capital.
For the
three months ended March 31, 2005, we funded a net $3.7 million related to
co-investment activity, which includes $2.7 million recorded in “investments in and loans to real estate
ventures” for the consolidation of the LIC
facility discussed in the following paragraph. We expect to continue
to pursue co-investment opportunities with our real estate money management
clients in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Co-investment remains very
important to the continued growth of Investment Management. The net
co-investment funding for 2005 is anticipated to be between $25 and $35 million
(planned co-investment less return of capital from liquidated co-investments).
As of
March 31, 2005, LIC maintains a euro 75 million ($97.2 million) revolving credit
facility (the "LIC Facility") principally for its working capital needs. The LIC
Facility contains a credit rating trigger (related to the credit rating of one
of LIC’s investors who is unaffiliated with Jones Lang LaSalle) and a material
adverse condition clause. If either the credit rating trigger or the material
adverse condition clause becomes triggered, the LIC Facility would be in default
and would need to be repaid. This would require us to fund our pro-rata share of
the then outstanding balance on the LIC Facility, which is the limit of our
liability. The maximum exposure to Jones Lang LaSalle, assuming that the LIC
Facility were fully drawn, would be euro 35.9 million ($46.5 million). This
exposure is included within and will never be more than our remaining unfunded
commitment to LIC of euro 106.6 million ($138.2 million) discussed above. As of
March 31, 2005, LIC had euro 11.6 million ($15.1 million) of outstanding
borrowings on the LIC Facility. Certain of the outstanding borrowings have been
utilized by LIC in the first quarter of 2005 to acquire certain specific assets
in anticipation of a new fund launch. Due to the ownership structure of LIC, we
recorded $2.7 million of these outstanding borrowings in the “short-term borrowings” and “investments in and loans to real estate
ventures” lines of our consolidated balance sheet at March 31,
2005.
We
repurchased 340,200 shares in the first three months of 2005 at an average price
of $44.82 per share under a share repurchase program approved by our Board of
Directors on November 29, 2004. Under our current share repurchase program, we
are authorized to repurchase up to 1,500,000 shares, of which 440,200 total
shares have been repurchased through March 31, 2005. The repurchase of shares is
primarily intended to offset dilution resulting from both stock and stock option
grants made under our existing stock plans. Given that shares repurchased under
each of the programs are not cancelled, but are held by one of our subsidiaries,
we include them in our equity account. However, these shares are excluded from
our share count for purposes of calculating earnings per share. We have
repurchased a total of 2,640,200 shares since the first repurchase program
approved by our Board of Directors on October 30, 2002.
Market
and Other Risk Factors
Market
Risk
The
principal market risks (namely, the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in
market rates and prices) to which we are exposed are:
• |
Interest
rates on our multi-currency credit facility;
and |
In the
normal course of business, we manage these risks through a variety of
strategies, including the use of hedging transactions using various derivative
financial instruments such as foreign currency forward contracts. We do not
enter into derivative transactions for trading or speculative
purposes.
Interest
Rates
We
centrally manage our debt, considering investment opportunities and risks, tax
consequences and overall financing strategies. We are primarily exposed to
interest rate risk on the $325 million revolving multi-currency credit facility
due in 2007 that is available for working capital, investments, capital
expenditures and acquisitions. Our average outstanding borrowings under the
revolving credit facility were $71.4 million during the three months ended March
31, 2005, and the effective interest rate on that facility was 4.1 percent. As
of March 31, 2005, we had $131.3 million outstanding under the revolving credit
facility. This facility bears a variable rate of interest based on market rates.
The interest rate risk management objective is to limit the impact of interest
rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower the overall borrowing
costs. To achieve this objective, in the past we have entered into derivative
financial instruments such as interest rate swap agreements when appropriate and
may do so in the future. We entered into no such agreements in 2004 or the first
three months of 2005, and we had no such agreements outstanding at March 31,
2005.
The
effective interest rate on our debt was 4.1 percent for the three months ended
March 31, 2005, compared to an average of 9.1 percent for the same period in
2004. The decrease in the effective interest rate is due to a change in the mix
of our average borrowings being less heavily weighted towards higher coupon Euro
Notes, as the Euro Notes were redeemed in June 2004.
Foreign
Exchange
Our
revenues outside of the United States totaled 66% and 65%
of our total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004,
respectively. Operating in international markets means that we are exposed to
movements in these foreign exchange rates, primarily the British pound
(22% of
revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2005) and the euro (16% of
revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2005). Changes in these foreign
exchange rates would have the largest impact on translating the results of our
international operations into U.S. dollars.
The
British pound expenses incurred as a result of our European region headquarters
being located in London act as a partial operational hedge against our
translation exposure to the British pound.
We enter
into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to manage currency risks
associated with intercompany loan balances. At March 31, 2005, we had forward
exchange contracts in effect with a gross notional value of $304.4 million
($256.3 million on a net basis) with a market and carrying loss of $2.5
million.
Disclosure
of Limitations
As the
information presented above includes only those exposures that exist as of March
31, 2005, it does not consider those exposures or positions which could arise
after that date. The information represented herein has limited predictive
value. As a result, the ultimate realized gain or loss with respect to interest
rate and foreign currency fluctuations will depend on the exposures that arise
during the period, the hedging strategies at the time and interest and foreign
currency rates.
For other
risk factors inherent in our business, see “Risks to Our Business” in Item 1.
Business in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Jones
Lang LaSalle (the Company) has established disclosure controls and procedures to
ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the officers who certify the
Company’s financial reports and to the members of senior management and the
Board of Directors.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an
evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based
on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the
end of the period covered by this report. There were no changes in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31,
2005 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
Part
II
See Note
7 of the notes to
consolidated financial statements for discussion of the Company’s legal
proceedings.
The
following table provides information with respect to approved share repurchase
programs for Jones Lang LaSalle:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
number |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of
shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
purchased |
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
as
part |
|
remaining |
|
|
|
Total
number |
|
Average
price |
|
of
publicly |
|
to
be |
|
|
|
of
shares |
|
paid
per |
|
announced |
|
purchased |
|
|
|
purchased |
|
share
(1) |
|
plan |
|
under
plan (2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January
1, 2005 - January 31, 2005 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February
1, 2005 - February 28, 2005 |
|
|
77,000 |
|
$ |
42.55 |
|
|
177,000 |
|
|
1,323,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
1, 2005 -
March 31, 2005 |
|
|
263,200 |
|
$ |
45.49 |
|
|
440,200 |
|
|
1,059,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
340,200 |
|
$ |
44.82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Total
average price paid per share is a weighted average for the three month
period.
(2) Since
October 2002, our Board of Directors has approved three share repurchase
programs. Each succeeding program has replaced the prior repurchase program,
such that the program approved on November 29, 2004 is the only repurchase
program in effect as of March 31, 2005. We are authorized under each of the
programs to repurchase a specified number of shares of our outstanding common
stock in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions from time to
time, depending upon market prices and other conditions. The repurchase of
shares is primarily intended to offset dilution resulting from both stock and
stock option grants made under our existing stock plans. Given that shares
repurchased under each of the programs are not cancelled, but are held by one of
our subsidiaries, we include them in our equity account. However, these shares
are excluded from our share count for purposes of calculating earnings per
share. The following table details the activities for each of our approved share
repurchase programs:
|
|
Shares |
|
Shares
Repurchased |
|
|
|
Approved
for |
|
through |
|
Repurchase
Plan Approval Date |
|
Repurchase |
|
March
31, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
30, 2002 |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
700,000 |
|
February
27, 2004 |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
November
29, 2004 |
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
440,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,640,200 |
|
Corporate
Governance
Our
policies and practices reflect corporate governance initiatives that we believe
comply with the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on
which our Common Stock is traded, the corporate governance requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as currently in effect, various regulations issued by
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an certain provisions
of the General Corporation Law in the State of Maryland, where Jones Lang
LaSalle is incorporated.
We
maintain a corporate governance section on our public website which includes key
information about our corporate governance initiatives, such as our Corporate
Governance Guidelines, Charters for the three Committees of our Board of
Directors, a Statement of Qualifications of Members of the Board of Directors
and our Code of Business Ethics. The Board of Directors regularly reviews
corporate governance developments and modifies our Guidelines and Charters as
warranted. The corporate governance section can be found on our website at
www.joneslanglasalle.com by clicking “Investor Relations” and then “Board of
Directors and Corporate Governance.”
Corporate
Officers
The names
and titles of our corporate executive officers are as follows:
Global
Executive Committee
Colin
Dyer (Chairman of the Committee)
President
and Global Chief Executive Officer
Lauralee
E. Martin
Global
Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Peter A.
Barge
Chief
Executive Officer, Asia Pacific
Robert S.
Orr
Chief
Executive Officer, Europe
Peter C.
Roberts
Chief
Executive Officer, Americas
Lynn C.
Thurber
Chief
Executive Officer, LaSalle Investment Management
Additional
Global Corporate Officers
Brian P.
Hake
Treasurer
James S.
Jasionowski
Director
of Tax
David A.
Johnson
Chief
Information Officer
Molly A.
Kelly
Chief
Marketing and Communications Officer
Mark J.
Ohringer
General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Marissa
R. Prizant
Director
of Internal Audit
Nazneen
Razi
Chief
Human Resources Officer
Stanley
Stec
Controller
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain
statements in this filing and elsewhere (such as in reports, other filings with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases,
presentations and communications by Jones Lang LaSalle or its management and
written and oral statements) 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 Jones Lang LaSalle’s actual results, performance,
achievements, plans and objectives to be materially different from any of the
future results, performance, achievements, plans and objectives expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements.
We
discuss those risks, uncertainties and other factors in (i) our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 in Item 1. Business; Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations; Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk;
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements; and elsewhere, (ii) in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
in Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations; Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
Market Risk; and elsewhere, and (iii) the other reports we file with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ from those in our forward-looking statements include
(without limitation):
|
• |
The
effect of political, economic and market conditions and geopolitical
events; |
|
• |
The
logistical and other challenges inherent in operating in numerous
different countries; |
|
• |
The
actions and initiatives of current and potential
competitors; |
|
• |
The
level and volatility of real estate prices, interest rates, currency
values and other market indices; |
|
• |
The
outcome of pending litigation; and |
|
• |
The
impact of current, pending and future legislation and
regulation. |
Accordingly,
we caution our readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Jones Lang
LaSalle expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise
any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in events or circumstances
or in its expectations or results.
Signature
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 6th
day of May, 2005.
|
|
|
|
JONES LANG
LASALLE INCORPORATED |
|
/s/ |
Lauralee E.
Martin |
|
By: |
Lauralee E.
Martin |
|
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating and Financial
Officer
(Authorized Officer and
Principal Financial Officer) |
|
|
Exhibit Number
|
Description |
|
|
10.1* |
First
Amendment to Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as
of March 31, 2005 |
|
|
31.1*
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 |
|
|
31.2*
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 |
|
|
32.1*
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
* Filed
herewith.
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