Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  June 24, 2005

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland         0-14510         42-1241468  
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
        (Commission File No.)         (IRS Employer Identification
No.)
 
                 
44 South Bayles Avenue
Port Washington, NY
                11050  
(Address of principal executive
offices)
        (516) 767-6492
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
        (Zip Code)  

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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits For Certain Property Acquisitions:
     
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
     
  Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses of Certain Properties of RVG Entity Owners:
     
    For the year ended December 31, 2004
     
    For the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited)
     
  Notes to Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses
     
  Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2005 (unaudited)
     
  Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited):
     
    For the year ended December 31, 2004
     
    For the three months ended March 31, 2005
     
  Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
     
  Exhibits:  
     
  23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated August 1, 2005
     
  Signatures  

 


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

We have audited the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses of those certain properties (the “Properties”) of RVG Entity Owners for the year ended December 31, 2004. The combined financial statement is the responsibility of the Properties’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this combined financial statement based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the combined financial statement is free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Properties’ internal control over financial reporting.  Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Properties’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the combined financial statement, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall combined financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The accompanying combined statement of revenues and certain expenses was prepared for the purpose of complying with Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission for inclusion in Form 8-K/A of Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. and is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Properties’ combined revenues and certain expenses.

In our opinion, the combined financial statement referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the combined revenues and certain expenses of the Properties as described in Note 1 for the year ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP



New York, New York
August 1, 2005


Certain Properties of RVG Entity Owners
Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses

    Three months
ended
March 31, 2005
     Year
ended
December 31, 2004
 
 

Revenues:    (Unaudited)        
     Base rents $      1,786,000   $      6,403,000  
     Tenant reimbursements   214,000     650,000  
     Other income   3,000     13,000  
 
Total revenues   2,003,000     7,066,000  
 
Certain expenses:            
     Real estate taxes   114,000     438,000  
     Property operating expenses   124,000     398,000  
     Management fees – related party   45,000     168,000  
 
Total certain expenses   283,000     1,004,000  
 
Revenues in excess of certain expenses $      1,720,000   $      6,062,000  
 

See accompanying notes to combined statements of revenues and certain expenses.

 


 

Certain Properties of RVG Entity Owners
Notes to the Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses
For the year ended December 31, 2004
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited)

1.      Basis of Presentation

          Presented herein is the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses related to the operations of 8 supermarket-anchored shopping centers, located primarily in Virginia, with centers also located in Pennsylvania, (the “Properties”). The Properties contain approximately 575,000 square feet of gross leasable area. Pursuant to the terms of a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated May 10, 2005, as amended, which became non-cancelable on June 24, 2005, Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc is expected to acquire the Properties during August 2005. 

           The accompanying combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the acquisition of real estate properties. Accordingly, the combined financial statements exclude certain expenses because they may not be comparable to those expected to be incurred in the proposed future operations of the Properties. Items excluded consist of interest expense and depreciation and amortization expense, which are not directly related to future operations.

2.      Use of Estimates

          The preparation of the combined statements of revenues and certain expenses in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the combined statements of revenues and certain expenses and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

3.      Revenue Recognition

          The Properties are being leased to tenants under operating leases. Minimum rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases was approximately $140,000 for the year ended December 31, 2004 and $33,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited).

4.      Property Operating Expenses

          Property operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2004 include approximately $63,000 for insurance, $28,000 for snow removal, $68,000 for utilities, $107,000 for repair and maintenance costs, $22,000 for professional fees, $45,000 for landscaping and $65,000 for other costs.

          Property operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited) include approximately $22,000 for insurance, $31,000 for snow removal, $14,000 for utilities, $33,000 for repair and maintenance costs, $7,000 for landscaping and $17,000 for other costs.

5.      Management Fees

          The Properties were managed by RVG Properties Management, Inc., a related party; management fees of approximately $168,000 for the year ended December 31, 2004 and $45,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited) were incurred. The Properties were managed pursuant to agreements which provided for flat monthly management fees.

6.      Significant Tenants

          Significant tenants include Farm Fresh and Giant Food Stores, which constituted approximately 60% and 21%, respectively, of base rents for the year ended December 31, 2004 and 54% and 29%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited).

 


 

Certain Properties of RVG Entity Owners
Notes to Combined Statements of Revenues and Certain Expenses
For the year ended December 31, 2004
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited)
(Continued)

7.     Future Minimum Lease Payments

         Future minimum lease payments to be received under non-cancelable operating leases for the years ending December 31 are as follows:

2005 7,020,000  
2006   7,118,000  
2007   6,979,000  
2008   6,885,000  
2009   6,761,000  
Thereafter   56,946,000  
 

 
Total $ 91,709,000  
 

 

          The lease agreements generally contain provisions for reimbursement of real estate taxes and operating expenses, on a pro rata basis, as well as for fixed increases in rent.

8.       Interim Unaudited Financial Information

          The combined statement of revenues and certain expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2005 is unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses for this interim period have been included. The results of the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained for a full fiscal year.

 


 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of March 31, 2005
(Unaudited)

          The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet is presented as if Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) had acquired the Properties as of March 31, 2005. This financial statement should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of income, and the Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto as filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position would have been had the Company acquired the Properties as of March 31, 2005, nor does it purport to represent the future financial position of the Company.

    Cedar Shopping
Centers, Inc.
Historical (a)
    Completed
Transactions
(b)
    Acquired
Properties
(c)(d)
    Pro forma
March 31,
2005
 
 
Assets                        
Real estate                        
     Land $ 98,922,000   $ 18,449,000   $ 19,510,000   $ 136,881,000  
     Buildings and improvements   439,161,000     70,221,000     78,040,000     587,422,000  
 
    538,083,000     88,670,000     97,550,000     724,303,000  
     Less accumulated depreciation   (19,427,000 )           (19,427,000 )
 
Real estate, net   518,656,000     88,670,000     97,550,000     704,876,000  
                         
     Cash and cash equivalents   5,975,000             5,975,000  
     Cash at joint ventures and restricted cash   6,720,000     163,000         6,883,000  
     Rents and other receivables, net   5,630,000     508,000         6,138,000  
     Other assets   3,781,000     (499,000 )       3,282,000  
     Deferred charges, net   10,406,000     353,000     800,000     11,559,000  
 
Total Assets $ 551,168,000   $ 89,195,000   $ 98,350,000   $ 738,713,000  
 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity                        
     Mortgage loans payable $ 179,873,000   $ 48,488,000   $ 58,470,000   $ 286,831,000  
     Secured revolving credit facility   87,500,000     23,652,000     39,880,000     151,032,000  
     Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other   7,319,000     1,034,000         8,353,000  
     Deferred liabilities   24,878,000             24,878,000  
 
Total Liabilities   299,570,000     73,174,000     98,350,000     471,094,000  
 
Minority interests   11,979,000             11,979,000  
                         
Limited partners' interest in consolidated                        
     Operating Partnership   5,511,000     16,021,000         21,532,000  
                         
Shareholders' Equity   234,108,000             234,108,000  
 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $ 551,168,000   $ 89,195,000   $ 98,350,000   $ 738,713,000  
 

See accompanying notes to pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
For the year ended December 31, 2004
For the three months ended March 31, 2005
(Unaudited)

          The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of income are presented as if the Company had acquired the Properties and acquired the other properties it purchased throughout 2004 and through June 30, 2005, as if all these transactions were completed as of January 1, 2004. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto as filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The pro forma condensed consolidated statements of income are unaudited and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had the Company acquired the Properties and acquired the other properties it purchased throughout 2004 and through June 30, 2005, all as of January 1, 2004, nor does it purport to represent the results of operations of the Company for future periods.

    For the year ended December 31, 2004  
 
    Cedar Shopping
Centers, Inc.
Historical (a)
    Completed
Transactions
(b)
    Acquired
Properties
( c )
    Pro forma
Adjustments
(d)
    Pro forma  
 
Revenues $ 51,078,000   $ 18,841,000   $ 7,066,000   $ 163,000   (e) $ 77,148,000  
 
Expenses:                                
     Operating, maintenance and management   10,751,000     2,829,000     566,000           14,146,000  
     Real estate and other property-related taxes   4,872,000     1,724,000     438,000           7,034,000  
     General and administrative   3,575,000                   3,575,000  
     Depreciation and amortization   11,376,000     4,075,000         1,951,000   (g)   17,402,000  
 
Total expenses   30,574,000     8,628,000     1,004,000     1,951,000       42,157,000  
 
Operating income (loss)   20,504,000     10,213,000     6,062,000     (1,788,000 )     34,991,000  
                                 
Non-operating income and expenses:                                
     Interest expense   (10,239,000 )   (8,196,000 )       (4,781,000 ) (f)   (23,216,000 )
     Amortization of deferred financing costs   (1,025,000 )   (98,000 )       (71,000 ) (g)   (1,194,000 )
     Interest income   66,000                   66,000  
 
Total non-operating income and expenses   (11,198,000 )   (8,294,000 )       (4,852,000 )     (24,344,000 )
                                 
Income (loss) before the following:   9,306,000     1,919,000     6,062,000     (6,640,000 )     10,647,000  
     Minority interests   (1,229,000 )                 (1,229,000 )
     Limited partners' interest   (157,000 )   (688,000 )       52,000   (h)   (793,000 )
 
                                 
     Net income (loss)   7,920,000     1,231,000     6,062,000     (6,588,000 )     8,625,000  
     Preferred distribution requirements   (2,218,000 )                 (2,218,000 )
 
Net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders $ 5,702,000   $ 1,231,000   $ 6,062,000     ($6,588,000 )   $ 6,407,000  
 
Basic and fully diluted net income per share $ 0.34                       $ 0.38  
 


                   


Average number of common shares                                
     outstanding   16,681,000                         16,681,000  
 


                   


                                 

See accompanying notes to pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
For the year ended December 31, 2004
For the three months ended March 31, 2005
(Unaudited)
(Continued)

    For the three months ended March 31, 2005  
 
    Cedar Shopping
Centers, Inc.
Historical (a)
    Completed
Transactions
(b)
    Acquired
Properties
( c )
    Pro forma
Adjustments
(d)
    Pro forma  
 
Revenues $ 16,522,000   $ 2,359,000   $ 2,003,000   $ 41,000   (e) $ 20,925,000  
 
                                 
Expenses:                                
     Operating, maintenance and management   4,027,000     316,000     169,000           4,512,000  
     Real estate and other property-related taxes   1,475,000     240,000     114,000           1,829,000  
     General and administrative   969,000                   969,000  
     Depreciation and amortization   3,743,000     465,000         488,000   (g)   4,696,000  
 
Total expenses   10,214,000     1,021,000     283,000     488,000       12,006,000  
 
                                 
Operating income (loss)   6,308,000     1,338,000     1,720,000     (447,000 )     8,919,000  
                                 
Non-operating income and expenses:                                
     Interest expense   (3,137,000 )   (976,000 )       (1,286,000 ) (f)   (5,399,000 )
     Amortization of deferred mortgage costs   (206,000 )   (25,000 )       (18,000 ) (g)   (249,000 )
     Interest income   5,000                   5,000  
 
Total non-operating income and expenses   (3,338,000 )   (1,001,000 )       (1,304,000 )     (5,643,000 )
                                 
Income (loss) before the following:   2,970,000     337,000     1,720,000     (1,751,000 )     3,276,000  
     Minority interests   (290,000 )                 (290,000 )
     Limited partners' interest   (32,000 )   (174,000 )       3,000   (h)   (203,000 )
 
                                 
     Net income (loss)   2,648,000     163,000     1,720,000     (1,748,000 )     2,783,000  
     Preferred distribution requirements   (1,294,000 )                 (1,294,000 )
 
Net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders $ 1,354,000   $ 163,000   $ 1,720,000     ($1,748,000)     $ 1,489,000  
 
Basic and fully diluted net income per share $ 0.07                       $ 0.08  
 


                   


Average number of common shares                                
     outstanding   19,351,000                         19,351,000  
 
 


 
                   
 


See accompanying notes to pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2005

(a) Reflects the Company’s historical balance sheet as of March 31, 2005 (unaudited), as previously filed.
   
(b) Reflects the Giltz acquisition, as previously filed.
   
(c) Reflects the acquisition of the Properties, anticipated to be concluded during August 2005. The consideration is expected to be comprised of approximately $58,470,000 of assumed mortgage loans payable and $39,880,000 which will be funded through borrowings under the Company’s secured revolving credit facility.
   
(d) The Company intends to account for the acquisition in accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations”, and No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles”, and is currently in the process of analyzing the fair value of the Properties’ in-place leases. No value has yet been assigned to the leases and, therefore, the purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to change.
   
  Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2004
   
(a) Reflects the Company's historical operations for the year ended December 31, 2004, as previously filed.
   
(b) Reflects the acquisition of The Commons (March 2004), Carbondale (April 2004), Lake Raystown (June 2004), Huntingdon (June 2004), Hamburg (June 2004), Townfair (March 2004), Franklin (November 2004), Brickyard (December 2004), St. James (March 2005), Kenley (March 2005) and Giltz (April 2005), as previously filed, as if all of these transactions were completed as of January 1, 2004.
   
(c) Reflects the operations of the Properties for the year ended December 31, 2004.
   
(d) The Company intends to account for the acquisition in accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations”, and No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles”, and is currently in the process of analyzing the fair value of the Properties’ in-place leases. No value has yet been assigned to the leases and, therefore, the purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to change.
   
(e) Reflects increased straight-line rents due to lease start dates being on January 1, 2004.
   
(f) Reflects interest expense on (1) $58,470,000 of assumed mortgage loans payable and (2) $39,880,000 of increased borrowings under the Company’s secured revolving credit facility, at weighted average interest rates of 5.7% and 3.7%, respectively.
   
(g) Reflects (1) $1,951,000 of straight-line real estate depreciation, based on an estimated useful life of 40 years, and (2) $71,000 of amortization of deferred financing costs, based on the weighted average of 11.23 years for the assumed mortgage loans payable.
   
(h) Reflects a decrease in limited partners’ share of the Company’s net income as a result of the pro-forma related to the Properties.
   
  Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2005
   
(a) Reflects the Company’s historical operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (unaudited), as previously filed.
   
(b) Reflects the acquisitions of Kenley (March 2005), St. James (March 2005) and Giltz (April 2005), as previously filed, as if all of the transactions were completed as of January 1, 2004.

 


 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 (continued)

(c) Reflects the operations of the Properties for the three months ended March 31, 2005.
   
(d) The Company intends to account for the acquisition in accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations”, and No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles”, and is currently in the process of analyzing the fair value of the Properties’ in-place leases. No value has yet been assigned to the leases and, therefore, the purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to change.
   
(e) Reflects increased straight-line rents due to lease start dates beginning on January 1, 2004.
   
(f) Reflects interest expense on (1) $58,470,000 of assumed mortgage loans payable and (2) $39,880,000 of increased borrowings under the Company’s secured revolving credit facility, at weighted average interest rates of 6.0% and 4.13%, respectively.
   
(g) Reflects (1) $488,000 of straight-line real estate depreciation, based on an estimated useful life of 40 years, and (2) $18,000 of amortization of deferred financing costs, based on the weighted average of 11.23 years for the assumed mortgage loans payable.
   
(h) Reflects a decrease in limited partners’ share of the Company’s net income as a result of the pro-forma related to the Properties.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS, INC.

/s/ THOMAS J. O’KEEFFE
Thomas J. O’Keeffe
Chief Financial Officer

Dated:      August 2, 2005