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Starwood Property Trusti i S t a r F n a n c a i l 2 0 0 3 A n n u a l R e p o r t Welcome iStar has built its leading position in the finance world by consistently delivering a superior level of expertise and cus- tomer service. We offer a broad range of capital to fit almost any financial need with the credibility that comes from over 11 years of providing creative and customized financings to meet the real estate needs of high- end borrowers and Fortune 1,000 companies. Welcome to iStar Financial, a Company with a unique approach to real estate finance. We specialize in providing flexible, custom-tailored capital to meet the needs of sophisticated owners of real estate nationwide – and we do it with honesty, integrity and fairness that have been a hallmark of iStar since the day we started. i i S t a r F n a n c a i l 2 0 0 3 A n n u a l R e p o r t Welcome iStar has built its leading position in the finance world by consistently delivering a superior level of expertise and cus- tomer service. We offer a broad range of capital to fit almost any financial need with the credibility that comes from over 11 years of providing creative and customized financings to meet the real estate needs of high- end borrowers and Fortune 1,000 companies. Welcome to iStar Financial, a Company with a unique approach to real estate finance. We specialize in providing flexible, custom-tailored capital to meet the needs of sophisticated owners of real estate nationwide – and we do it with honesty, integrity and fairness that have been a hallmark of iStar since the day we started. Directors Officers Regional Offices Jay Sugarman (3) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, iStar Financial Inc. Willis Andersen, Jr. (1) Principal, REIT Consulting Services Robert W. Holman, Jr. (4) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Warehouse Investment Company Robin Josephs (1) (2) President, Ropasada, LLC Matthew J. Lustig (1) (2) Managing Director, Lazard Frères Real Estate Investors, LLC John G. McDonald (2) (4) Professor of Finance, Stanford University Graduate School of Business George R. Puskar (3) (4) Former Chairman, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Jeffrey A. Weber (3) President and Chief Executive Officer, William A.M. Burden & Co., LP (1) Audit Committee (2) Compensation Committee (3) Investment Committee (4) Nominating and Governance Committee Jay Sugarman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Catherine D. Rice Chief Financial Officer Timothy J. O’Connor Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Nina B. Matis Executive Vice President and General Counsel Barbara Rubin President – iStar Asset Services Executive Vice Presidents Daniel S. Abrams Steven R. Blomquist Roger M. Cozzi Jeffrey R. Digel R. Michael Dorsch III Barclay G. Jones III H. Cabot Lodge III Michelle M. MacKay Diane Olmstead Andrew C. Richardson Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey N. Brown Philip S. Burke James D. Burns Chase S. Curtis, Jr. Geoffrey M. Dugan John F. Kubicko Elizabeth B. Smith Colette J. Tretola Headquarters iStar Financial Inc. 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 tel: (212) 930-9400 fax: (212) 930-9494 Super-Regional Offices One Embarcadero Center, 33rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 tel: (415) 391-4300 fax: (415) 391-6259 3480 Preston Ridge Road, Suite 575 Alpharetta, GA 30005 tel: (678) 297-0100 fax: (678) 297-0101 180 Glastonbury Blvd., Suite 201 Glastonbury, CT 06033 tel: (860) 815-5900 fax: (860) 815-5901 175 Federal Street, 8th Floor Boston, MA 02110 tel: (617) 292-3333 fax: (617) 423-3322 1250 Poydras Street, Suite 200 New Orleans, LA 70113 tel: (504) 529-8172 fax: (504) 523-9474 6565 North MacArthur Blvd. Suite 410 Irving, TX 75039 tel: (972) 506-3131 fax: (972) 501-0078 Employees At March 14, 2004, the Company had 155 employees. Independent Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY Registrar and Transfer Agent EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. P.O. Box 43069 Providence, RI 02940-3069 tel: (800) 756-8200 http://www.equiserve.com Dividend Reinvestment Plan Registered shareholders may reinvest dividends through the Company’s dividend rein- vestment plan. For more infor- mation, please call the Transfer Agent or the Company’s headquarters. Annual Meeting of Shareholders May 25, 2004, 9:00 a.m. ET Sofitel Hotel 45 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Investor Information Services For help with questions about the Company, and to receive additional corporate informa- tion, please contact: Investor Relations Department iStar Financial Inc. 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 tel: (212) 930-9400 fax: (212) 930-9455 e-mail: investors@istarfinancial.com Directors Officers Regional Offices Jay Sugarman (3) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, iStar Financial Inc. Willis Andersen, Jr. (1) Principal, REIT Consulting Services Robert W. Holman, Jr. (4) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Warehouse Investment Company Robin Josephs (1) (2) President, Ropasada, LLC Matthew J. Lustig (1) (2) Managing Director, Lazard Frères Real Estate Investors, LLC John G. McDonald (2) (4) Professor of Finance, Stanford University Graduate School of Business George R. Puskar (3) (4) Former Chairman, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Jeffrey A. Weber (3) President and Chief Executive Officer, William A.M. Burden & Co., LP (1) Audit Committee (2) Compensation Committee (3) Investment Committee (4) Nominating and Governance Committee Jay Sugarman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Catherine D. Rice Chief Financial Officer Timothy J. O’Connor Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Nina B. Matis Executive Vice President and General Counsel Barbara Rubin President – iStar Asset Services Executive Vice Presidents Daniel S. Abrams Steven R. Blomquist Roger M. Cozzi Jeffrey R. Digel R. Michael Dorsch III Barclay G. Jones III H. Cabot Lodge III Michelle M. MacKay Diane Olmstead Andrew C. Richardson Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey N. Brown Philip S. Burke James D. Burns Chase S. Curtis, Jr. Geoffrey M. Dugan John F. Kubicko Elizabeth B. Smith Colette J. Tretola Headquarters iStar Financial Inc. 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 tel: (212) 930-9400 fax: (212) 930-9494 Super-Regional Offices One Embarcadero Center, 33rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 tel: (415) 391-4300 fax: (415) 391-6259 3480 Preston Ridge Road, Suite 575 Alpharetta, GA 30005 tel: (678) 297-0100 fax: (678) 297-0101 180 Glastonbury Blvd., Suite 201 Glastonbury, CT 06033 tel: (860) 815-5900 fax: (860) 815-5901 175 Federal Street, 8th Floor Boston, MA 02110 tel: (617) 292-3333 fax: (617) 423-3322 1250 Poydras Street, Suite 200 New Orleans, LA 70113 tel: (504) 529-8172 fax: (504) 523-9474 6565 North MacArthur Blvd. Suite 410 Irving, TX 75039 tel: (972) 506-3131 fax: (972) 501-0078 Employees At March 14, 2004, the Company had 155 employees. Independent Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY Registrar and Transfer Agent EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. P.O. Box 43069 Providence, RI 02940-3069 tel: (800) 756-8200 http://www.equiserve.com Dividend Reinvestment Plan Registered shareholders may reinvest dividends through the Company’s dividend rein- vestment plan. For more infor- mation, please call the Transfer Agent or the Company’s headquarters. Annual Meeting of Shareholders May 25, 2004, 9:00 a.m. ET Sofitel Hotel 45 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Investor Information Services For help with questions about the Company, and to receive additional corporate informa- tion, please contact: Investor Relations Department iStar Financial Inc. 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 tel: (212) 930-9400 fax: (212) 930-9455 e-mail: investors@istarfinancial.com Strategy Welcome to a better way iStar is dedicated to providing a relationship- oriented, “private banker” experience in real estate finance. Unlike most of our competitors, we keep all of the real estate financings we orig- inate on-balance sheet. This means that our cus- tomers have a single point of contact and receive “one-call” responsiveness to their needs through- out the life of their loan or sale/leaseback. Our customers have shown that they appreciate this premium service, as evidenced by our record of repeat business. Over 50% of our business has been with customers who have done business with us more than once. By working with only high-end customers and leading corporations, we have built a franchise that is able to deliver stable, predictable and growing earnings that are backed by a highly diversified asset base and well- capitalized customers. Our equity market capi- talization now exceeds $5 billion, and our size and track record in providing a high level of creative, thoughtful and customer-first service have made iStar Financial the leading public company focused on commercial real estate finance. First Mortgages Subordinate Loans/B Notes Mezzanine Loans Corporate Loans Sale/Leasebacks 2003 was a pivotal year in the histor y of our firm. We celebrated our fifth year as a public company, delivered another exceptional year of returns for shareholders (49.1% total shareholder return) and firmly established our position as the leading provider of capital to the high end of the commercial real estate market. Importantly, we believe iStar achieved these outstanding results and the strong results of the past five years despite several handicaps that materially affected our business. Chief among these handicaps were a cost of funds well in excess of almost ever y other market participant, a large overhang on our public stock from our original private shareholders, and secured credit line arrangements that required us to share much of our most valuable proprietar y information with our largest competitors. Despite these fundamental constraints, we have proven over the past five years that our business model can and does deliver excel- lent risk-adjusted returns to shareholders by focusing on the unique strengths of our cus- tom-tailored service model, our multitalented management team, and our disciplined investment strategy. With an equity market capitalization in excess of $5 billion, a fully diversified shareholder base, a cost of funds and funding strategy that have become less of a disadvantage, and a portfolio notewor- thy for both its strength and stabilit y in this volatile economic environment, iStar is now ver y well positioned for the coming five years. With our historical handicaps behind us for the most part, we can begin to take full advantage of the increased scale and scope of our platform to build a company that will deliver unprecedented levels of service to its customers and strong and growing returns to its shareholders. Over the past 11 years, we have worked to build a company focused on providing a high- quality, highly customized lending and sale/leaseback capital source to sophisti- cated owners of real estate in the United States. We knew that if we gave our cus- tomers honest and straightforward answers they could count on, delivered a superior level of expertise in ever y part of our busi- ness, built an in-house knowledge base unmatched in the industr y, and made it a pol- icy to honor our word in even the most tr ying of circumstances, then customers would rec- ognize the meaningful differences between iStar’s custom-tailored, best-in-class “private banker” approach and other companies’ volume-focused, commodity-like approach. Now, after five years in the public markets, iStar is altering the way we internally fund our transactions in order to increase our speed and flexibility and to create a range of new financial products to meet all of our customers’ needs. By the time you read this, iStar will be one of the five largest issuers of unsecured debt in the real estate sector, rapidly moving to access the unsecured market so we can serve customers more quickly and with more flexibility, better protect our valuable proprietar y information, and free up enormous resources previously devoted to the logistics of our secured funding programs. You should also know that making this transition prior to being rated investment grade at all three rating agencies was an expensive decision, but we felt we simply could not wait any longer to take this important step, given our business plan and its focus on ser ving our customers. We expect 2004 to be the beginning of a new era for iStar Financial. The competitive advantages we have built over the last decade, combined with our increased scale and improved capital access, will enable us to further increase our market share and better serve the high-end customer base we target. While other capital sources are beginning to recognize the attractive returns available in the overall commercial real estate finance market, we believe our targeted business model generates the best risk-adjusted returns in the industr y, and we look forward to delivering strong returns to shareholders in the coming years. On behalf of all the employees at iStar, I want to thank you for your support. Sincerely, Jay Sugarman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Totally Tailored Tailored Solutions iStar Financial is a full service, expert provider of creative real estate capital solutions. This means that we listen closely to our customers and provide capital in a structure that is customized to meet their needs. Our customers recognize that this “cookie cutter” approach is not appropri- ate for many of their financing needs, and will pay a premium to have an experienced capital provider custom-tailor transactions to their spe- cific needs. Each transaction has an experienced iStar Financial executive dedi- cated to understanding the customer’s require- ments and then focusing our Company’s deep knowledge and expertise in real estate finance to create thoughtful solu- tions. Our volume-driven competitors cannot pro- vide this level of service and expertise. Their busi- nesses rely on standard- ized documentation and a minimum investment of time and resources in order to maximize the number of transactions they complete. See the Solution Whether we are providing a $50 million floating rate first mortgage with a staged funding sched- ule or $150 million to an investment grade corpo- ration executing a long-term sale/leaseback, iStar brings a history of meeting its customers’ needs with innovative and state-of-the-art solutions. Our experience in crafting such solutions is one of our greatest competitive advantages. Providing a better financial solution for a customer often means seeing the overall transaction as a series of carefully crafted provi- sions that work together smoothly as a whole. With expertise honed in hundreds of successfully structured transactions, iStar can reduce even the most complex trans- actions down to straightforward and efficient solutions for its customers. Expertise Feel the Dif ference Service Once an investment is closed, our customers always have a single point of contact with an iStar Financial profes- sional who thoroughly understands their investment. Most volume-based lenders package and sell their loans into the structured finance markets. These loans are then serviced by a third party who also services thou- sands of other loans and who is contractually restricted from making changes to a loan unless the borrower defaults. Likewise, in the sale/leaseback market, often the ownership is broken up and sold off to unsophisticated investors, making it impossible for the tenant to creatively rework its lease in the future. Because iStar holds its investments on-bal- ance sheet, customers can confidently turn to us at any time with any idea and know we can respond rapidly and thoughtfully to the opportunity. Peace of Mind Relationships So while others might appear to save them- selves a few basis points on their loans or sale/leasebacks, our cus- tomers know that with iStar, they have bought the most precious thing a capital provider can deliver – peace of mind. Our customers have made a significant invest- ment in their real estate assets, but no matter how well they execute their business plans, unforeseen challenges can occur. At iStar, we know it’s not just getting the deal closed that matters – it’s having the ability to work closely and carefully with a cus- tomer during the life of the transaction that can make the difference between suc- cess and failure. Results Financial Report selected financial data 40 management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations 43 quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk 58 report of independent auditors 6o consolidated balance sheets 61 consolidated statements of operations 62 consolidated statements of cash flows 63 consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity 64 notes to consolidated financial statements 66 common stock price and dividends 94 39. selected financial data The following table sets forth selected financial data on a consolidated historical basis for the Company. On November 4, 1999, the Company acquired TriNet, which increased the size of the Company’s operations, and also acquired its former external advisor. Operating results for the year ended December 31, 1999 reflect only the effects of these transactions subsequent to their consummation. Accordingly, the results of operations for the Company for the year ended December 31, 1999, does not reflect the current operations of the Company as a well-capitalized, internally managed finance company operating in the commercial real estate industry. For these reasons, the Company believes that the information should be read in conjunction with the discussions set forth in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2003 presentation. For the Years Ended December 31, Operating Data: Interest income Operating lease income Other income Total revenue Interest expense Operating costs – corporate tenant lease assets Depreciation and amortization General and administrative General and administrative – stock-based compensation Provision for loan losses Loss on early extinguishment of debt Advisory fees Costs incurred in acquiring former external advisor(1) Total costs and expenses Income before equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries, minority interest and other items Equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries Minority interest in consolidated entities Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle(2) Net income from continuing operations Income from discontinued operations Gain from discontinued operations Net income Preferred dividend requirements Net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders(3) Basic earnings per common share(4)(5) Diluted earnings per common share(5)(6) Dividends declared per common share(7) 2003 2002 2000 2001 (In thousands, except per share data and ratios) 1999 $ 304,394 265,478 36,677 606,549 194,999 17,371 55,286 38,153 3,633 7,500 – – – 316,942 $ 255,631 236,643 27,993 520,267 185,375 13,202 46,948 30,449 17,998 8,250 12,166 – – 314,388 $ 254,119 179,279 31,000 464,398 169,974 12,029 34,573 24,151 3,574 7,000 1,620 – – 252,921 $ 268,011 171,247 17,902 457,160 173,549 12,230 33,529 25,706 2,864 6,500 705 – – 255,083 $ 209,848 40,633 12,900 263,381 91,112 2,111 10,219 6,269 412 4,750 – 16,193 94,476 225,542 289,607 205,879 211,477 202,077 37,839 (4,284) (249) – 285,074 1,916 5,167 $ 292,157 (36,908) $ 255,249 2.52 $ 2.43 $ 2.65 $ 1,222 (162) – 206,939 7,614 717 $ 215,270 (36,908) $ 178,362 1.98 $ 1.93 $ 2.52 $ 7,361 (218) (282) 218,338 10,429 1,145 $ 229,912 (36,908) $ 193,004 2.24 $ 2.19 $ 2.45 $ 4,796 (195) – 206,678 7,960 2,948 $ 217,586 (36,908) $ 180,678 2.11 $ 2.10 $ 2.40 $ 235 (41) – 38,033 853 – 38,886 (23,843) 15,043 0.25 0.25 1.86 $ $ $ $ $ For the Years Ended December 31, 2003 2002 2000 2001 (In thousands, except per share data and ratios) 1999 Supplemental Data: Adjusted diluted earnings allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders(8)(10) EBITDA(9)(10) Ratio of EBITDA to interest expense(11) Ratio of EBITDA to combined fixed charges(12) Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(13) Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends(13) Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted Cash flows from: Operating activities Investing activities Financing activities Balance Sheet Data: Loans and other lending investments, net Corporate tenant lease assets, net Total assets Debt obligations Minority interest in consolidated entities Shareholders’ equity Supplemental Data: Total debt to shareholders’ equity $ 341,177 $ 535,608 2.75x 2.31x 2.49x $ 262,786 $ 439,424 2.37x 1.98x 2.14x $ 254,095 $ 425,385 2.49x 2.05x 2.25x $ 230,371 $ 413,951 2.39x 1.97x 2.18x $ 127,798 $ 233,881 2.57x 2.03x 2.45x 2.10x 100,314 104,101 1.78x 89,886 92,649 1.86x 86,349 88,234 1.80x 85,441 86,151 1.94x 57,749 60,393 $ 338,262 (974,354) 700,248 $ 348,793 (1,149,070) 800,541 $ 293,260 (349,525) 49,183 $ 219,868 (193,805) (37,719) $ 119,625 (143,911) 48,584 $3,702,674 2,535,885 6,660,590 4,113,732 5,106 2,415,228 $ 3,050,342 2,291,805 5,611,697 3,461,590 2,581 2,025,300 $2,377,763 1,781,565 4,380,640 2,495,369 2,650 1,787,778 $2,227,083 1,592,087 4,034,775 2,131,967 6,224 1,787,885 $2,003,506 1,654,300 3,813,552 1,901,204 2,565 1,801,343 1.7x 1.7x 1.4x 1.2x 1.1x This amount represents a non-recurring, non-cash charge of approximately $94.5 million relating to the acquisition of the Company’s formal external advisor in November 1999. Explanatory Notes: (1) (2) Represents one-time effect of adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” as of January 1, 2001. (3) HPU holders are Company employees who purchased high performance common stock units under the Company’s High Performance Unit Program. (4) Prior to November 1999, earnings per common share excludes 1.00% of net income allocable to the Company’s former class B shares. The former class B shares were exchanged for Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of TriNet and other related transactions on November 4, 1999. As a result, the Company now has a single class of Common Stock outstanding. For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per basic and diluted common share excludes $2,006 and $1,994 of net income allocable to HPU holders, respectively. (5) (6) For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per diluted common share includes joint venture income of $167. (7) The Company generally declares common and preferred dividends in the month subsequent to the end of the quarter. (8) Adjusted earnings represents net income to common shareholders and HPU holders computed in accordance with GAAP, before depreciation, amortization, gain from discon- tinued operations, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. For the year ended December 31, 2002, adjusted earnings includes the $15.0 million charge related to the performance based vesting of restricted shares granted under the Company’s long-term incentive plan and $3.9 million of cash paid for pre- payment penalties associated with early extinguishment of debt. For the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, adjusted earnings includes $1.0 million and $317,000 of cash paid for prepayment penalties associated with early extinguishment of debt. For the year ended December 31, 1999, adjusted earnings excludes the non-recurring, non- cash cost incurred in acquiring the Company’s former external advisor. (See reconciliation in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”) 41. (9) EBITDA is calculated as net income plus the sum of interest expense, depreciation and amortization, minority interest in consolidated entities, cumulative effect of change in accounting principle and costs incurred in acquiring former advisor minus income from discontinued operations and gain from discontinued operations. For the Years Ended December 31, 2003 2002 Net income Add: Interest expense Add: Depreciation and amortization Add: Minority interest in consolidated entities Add: Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle Add: Costs incurred in acquiring former advisor Less: Income from discontinued operations Less: Gain from discontinued operations EBITDA $292,157 194,999 55,286 249 – – (1,916) (5,167) $535,608 $215,270 185,375 46,948 162 – – (7,614) (717) $439,424 2001 (In thousands) $229,912 169,974 34,573 218 282 – (10,429) (1,145) $423,385 2000 1999 $217,586 173,549 33,529 195 – – (7,960) (2,948) $413,951 $ 38,886 91,112 10,219 41 – 94,476 (853) – $233,881 (10) Each \of adjusted earnings and EBITDA should be examined in conjunction with net income as shown in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Neither adjusted earnings nor EBITDA should be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of the Company’s performance, or to cash flows from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company’s liquidity, nor is either measure indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs or available for distribution to shareholders. The Company’s management believes that adjusted earnings and EBITDA more closely approximate operating cash flow and are useful measures for investors to consider, in conjunction with net income and other GAAP measures. This is because, as a commercial finance company that focuses on real estate lending and corporate tenant leasing; therefore, the Company’s net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) reflects significant non-cash depreciation expense on CTL assets and significant deferred financing costs. Several of the Company’s material borrowing arrangements contain covenants based on adjusted earnings, therefore, the Company must monitor adjusted earnings in order to ensure compliance with these covenants. It should be noted that the Company’s manner of calculating adjusted earnings and EBITDA may differ from the calculations of similarly-titled measures by other companies. (11) The 1999 EBITDA to interest expense ratio on a pro forma basis would have been 2.83x. (12) Combined fixed charges are comprised of interest expense, capitalized interest, amortization of loan costs and preferred stock dividend requirements. The 1999 EBITDA to com- bined fixed charges ratio on a pro forma basis would have been 2.23x. (13) For the purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, ‘‘earnings’’ consist of income from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interest in con- solidated subsidiaries, or income or loss from equity investees, income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle plus ‘‘fixed charges’’ and certain other adjustments. ‘‘Fixed charges’’ consist of interest incurred on all indebtedness related to continuing operations (including amortization of original issue discount) and the implied interest component of the Company’s rent obligations in the years presented. For 1999, these ratios exclude the effect of a non-recurring, non-cash charge in the amount of approximately $94.5 million relating to the November 1999 acquisition of the former external advisor to the Company. Including the effect of this non-recurring, non-cash charge, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for that period would have been 1.4x and the Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends would have been 1.1x. management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations General The Company is in the business of providing custom- tailored financing solutions to private and corporate owners of real estate nationwide. Depending upon market conditions and the Company’s views about the United States economy generally and the real estate markets specifically, the Company will adjust its invest- ment focus from time to time and emphasize certain products, indus- tries and geographic markets over others. The Company began its business in 1993 through private investment funds formed to take advantage of the lack of well- capitalized lenders capable of servicing the needs of customers in its markets. In March 1998, the private investment funds contributed their approximately $1.1 billion of assets to the Company’s prede- cessor in exchange for a controlling interest in that public company. In November 1999, the Company acquired its leasing subsidiary, TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. (‘‘TriNet’’ or the ‘‘Leasing Subsidiary’’), which was then the largest publicly-traded company specializing in corporate sale/leaseback for office and industrial facilities (the ‘‘TriNet Acquisition’’). Concurrent with the TriNet Acquisition, the Company also acquired its former external advisor in exchange for shares of its Common Stock and converted its organizational form to a Maryland corporation. The Company’s Common Stock began trad- ing on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘‘SFI’’ in November 1999. The Company has experienced significant growth since its first quarter as a public company in 1998. Transaction volume for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 was $2.2 billion, compared to $1.7 billion in 2002 and $1.1 billion in 2001. The Company com- pleted 60 financing commitments in 2003, compared to 41 in 2002 and 35 in 2001. Repeat customer business has become a key source of transaction volume for the Company, accounting for approxi- mately 55.00% of the Company’s cumulative volume through the end of 2003. Based upon feedback from its customers, the Company believes that greater recognition of the Company and its reputation for completing highly structured transactions in an efficient manner have also contributed to increases in its transaction volume. The ben- efits of higher investment volumes were mitigated to an extent by the extremely low interest rate environment in 2002 and 2003. Low interest rates benefit the Company in that its borrowing costs decrease, but similarly, earnings on its variable-rate lending invest- ments also decrease. During the difficult economic and real estate market condi- tions of 2002 and 2003, the Company focused its investment activ- ity on lower risk investments such as first mortgages and corporate tenant lease transactions that met its risk-adjusted return standards. The Company has experienced minimal losses on its lending invest- ments. In 2003, the Company also focused on re-leasing space at its corporate tenant lease facilities under longer term leases in an effort to reduce the impact of lease expirations on the Company’s earnings. The Company has continued to broaden its sources of cap- ital and was particularly active in the capital markets in 2003. The Company’s strong performance and the low interest rate environ- ment enabled the Company to issue equity and debt securities in 2003 (and in early 2004) on attractive pricing terms. The Company used the proceeds from the issuances to repay secured indebtedness and to refinance higher cost capital. The Company made significant progress in 2003 in migrating its debt obligations from secured debt towards unsecured debt. While the Company considers it prudent to have a broad array of sources of capital, including secured financing arrangements, the Company will continue to seek to reduce its use of secured debt and increase its use of unsecured debt. Results of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2003 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2002 Interest Income – Interest income increased by $48.8 million to $304.4 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 from $255.6 million for the same period in 2002. This increase was primarily due to $102.3 million of interest income on new origina- tions or additional fundings, offset by a $51.2 million decrease from the repayment of loans and other lending investments. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in interest income on the Company’s variable-rate lending investments as a result of lower average one-month LIBOR rates of 1.21% in 2003, compared to 1.77% in 2002. Operating Lease Income – Operating lease income increased by $28.9 million to $265.5 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 from $236.6 million for the same period in 2002. Of this increase, $36.6 million was attributable to new CTL investments. This increase was partially offset by $7.0 million of lower operating lease income due to vacancies on certain CTL assets. Other Income – Other income generally consists of prepay- ment penalties and realized gains from the early repayment of loans and other lending investments, financial advisory and asset manage- ment fees, lease termination fees, mortgage servicing fees, loan par- ticipation payments and dividends on certain investments. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, other income included real- ized gains on sale of lending investments of $16.3 million, income from loan repayments and prepayment penalties of $17.3 million, asset management, mortgage servicing and other fees of approxi- mately $2.6 million and other miscellaneous income such as dividend payments of $489,000. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, other income included prepayment penalties and realized gains on loan repayments of $12.6 million, asset management, mortgage serv- icing, and other fees of approximately $9.0 million, lease termination fees of $2.9 million, loan participation payments of $3.3 million and other miscellaneous income such as dividend payments and insurance claims of $994,000. Interest Expense – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, interest expense increased by $9.6 million to $195.0 million from $185.4 million for the same period in 2002. This increase was 43. primarily due to higher average borrowings on the Company’s debt obligations, term loans and secured notes. This increase was partially offset by lower average one-month LIBOR rates, which averaged 1.21% in 2003 compared to 1.77% in 2002 on the unhedged por- tion of the Company’s variable-rate debt and by a $4.5 million decrease in amortization of deferred financing costs on the Company’s debt obligations in 2003 compared to the same period in 2002. Operating Costs – Corporate Tenant Lease Assets – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, operating costs increased by approximately $4.2 million from $13.2 million to $17.4 million for the same period in 2002. This increase is primarily related to new CTL investments and higher unrecoverable operating costs due to vacan- cies on certain CTL assets. Depreciation and Amortization – Depreciation and amortization increased by $8.4 million to $55.3 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 from $46.9 million for the same period in 2002. This increase is primarily due to depreciation on new CTL investments. General and Administrative – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, general and administrative expenses increased by $7.8 million to $38.2 million, compared to $30.4 million for the same period in 2002. This increase is primarily due to the consolida- tion of iStar Operating and the result of compensation expense rec- ognized for dividends paid on the Chief Executive Officer ’s contingently vested phantom shares (see Note 10 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). General and Administrative – Stock-Based Compensation – General and administrative – stock-based compensation decreased by $14.4 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 compared to the same period in 2002. In 2002, the Company recog- nized a charge of approximately $15.0 million related to the performance-based vesting of 500,000 restricted shares granted under the Company’s long-term incentive plan in 2002 (see Note 10 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). Provision for Loan Losses – The Company’s charge for provi- sion for loan losses decreased to $7.5 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 compared to $8.3 million in the same period in 2002. As more fully discussed in Note 4 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company has experienced minimal actual losses on its loan investments to date. The Company considers it prudent to reflect provisions for loan losses on a portfolio basis based upon the Company’s assessment of general market con- ditions, the Company’s internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, the Company’s assess- ment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying its investments. Accordingly, since its first full quarter operating its current business as a public company (the quar- ter ended June 30, 1998), management has reflected quarterly pro- visions for loan losses in its operating results. Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt – During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, the Company had no losses on early extinguishment of debt. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, the Company had $12.2 million of losses on early extinguishment of debt associated with the prepayment penalties and amortization of deferred financing fees related to the repayment of the STARs, Series 2000-1 bonds. This loss of $12.2 million represented approximately $8.2 million in unamortized deferred financing costs and approxi- mately $4.0 million in prepayment penalties. In accordance with SFAS No. 145 these costs were reclassified from ‘‘Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt’’ into continuing operations for comparative purposes for financial statements for periods after January 1, 2003. Equity in (Loss) Earnings from Joint Ventures and Unconsolidated Subsidiaries – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries decreased by $5.5 million to $(4.3) million from $1.2 million for the same period in 2002. This decrease is primarily due to certain lease terminations in one of the Company’s CTL joint venture investments. (see Note 6 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). Income from Discontinued Operations – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, operating income earned by the Company on CTL assets sold (prior to their sale) and assets held for sale of approximately $1.9 million and $7.6 million, respectively, is classified as ‘‘discontinued operations,’’ even though such income was recognized by the Company prior to the asset dispositions or classifi- cation as ‘‘Assets held for sale’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Gain from Discontinued Operations – During 2003, the Company disposed of nine CTL assets for net proceeds of $47.6 mil- lion, and recognized a gain of approximately $5.2 million. During 2002, the Company disposed of one CTL asset for net proceeds of $3.7 million, and recognized a gain of approximately $595,000. In addition, one of the Company’s customers exercised an option to terminate its lease on 50.00% of the land leased from the Company. In connection with this termination, the Company realized $17.5 million in cash lease termination payments, offset by a $17.4 million impairment charge in connection with the termination, resulting in a net gain of approximately $123,000. Year Ended December 31, 2002 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2001 Interest Income – Interest income increased by $1.5 million to $255.6 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2002 from $254.1 million for the same period in 2001. This increase was primarily due to $72.5 million of interest income on new originations or additional fundings, offset by a $50.5 million decrease from the repayment of loans and other lending investments. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in interest income on the Company’s variable-rate lending investments as the result of lower average one- month LIBOR rates of 1.77% in 2002, compared to 3.88% in 2001. Operating Lease Income – Operating lease income increased by $57.3 million to $236.6 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2002 from $179.3 million for the same period in 2001. Of this increase, $59.6 million was attributable to new CTL investments. This increase was partially offset by CTL dispositions and lower operating lease income due to vacancies on certain CTL assets. Other Income – Other income generally consists of prepay- ment penalties and realized gains from the early repayment of loans and other lending investments, financial advisory and asset manage- ment fees, lease termination fees, mortgage servicing fees, loan par- ticipation payments and dividends on certain investments. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, other income included pre- payment penalties and realized gains on loan repayments of $12.6 million, asset management, mortgage servicing and other fees of approximately $9.0 million, lease termination fees of $2.9 million, loan participation payments of $3.3 million, and other miscellaneous income such as dividend payments and insurance claims of $994,000. During the 12 months ended December 30, 2001, other income included loan participation payments of $13.1 million, pre- payment penalties and gains on loan repayments of $13.0 million and financial advisory, lease termination, asset management and mort- gage servicing fees of $5.3 million. Interest Expense – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, interest expense increased by $15.4 million to $185.4 million from $170.0 million for the same period in 2001. This increase was primarily due to the higher average borrowings on the Company’s debt obligations, term loans and secured notes, and by approximately $2.7 million due to additional amortization of deferred financing costs on the Company’s debt obligations in 2002 compared to the same period in 2001. This increase was partially offset by lower average one-month LIBOR rates on the Company’s variable-rate debt of 1.77% in 2002, compared to 3.88% in 2001. Operating Costs – Corporate Tenant Lease Assets – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, operating costs increased by approximately $1.2 million from $12.0 million to $13.2 million for the same period in 2001. This increase is primarily related to new CTL investments and higher operating costs on certain CTL assets, par- tially offset by CTL dispositions. Depreciation and Amortization – Depreciation and amortiza- tion increased by $12.3 million to $46.9 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2002 from $34.6 million for the same period in 2001. This increase is primarily due to new CTL investments. General and Administrative – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, general and administrative expenses increased by $6.2 million to $30.4 million, compared to $24.2 million for the same period in 2001. This increase is primarily the result of an increase in personnel and related costs. General and Administrative – Stock-Based Compensation – General and administrative – stock-based compensation increased by $14.4 million primarily due to a charge related to the performance- based vesting of 500,000 restricted shares granted under the Company’s long-term incentive plan and tied to overall share- holder performance (see Note 10 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). December 31, 2002 compared to $7.0 million for the same period in 2001. As more fully discussed in Note 4 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company has experienced minimal actual losses on its loan investments to date. The Company considers it prudent to reflect provisions for loan losses on a portfolio basis based upon the Company’s assessment of general market con- ditions, the Company’s internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, the Company’s assess- ment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying its investments. Accordingly, since its first full quarter operating its current business as a public company (the quar- ter ended June 30, 1998), management has reflected quarterly pro- visions for loan losses in its operating results. Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt – During the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, the Company had $12.2 million of losses on early extinguishment of debt associated with the prepay- ment penalties and amortization of deferred financing fees related to the repayment of the STARs, Series 2000-1 bonds. This loss of $12.2 million represented approximately $8.2 million in unamortized deferred financing costs and approximately $4.0 million in prepay- ment penalties. In accordance with SFAS No. 145 these costs were reclassified from ‘‘Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt’’ into continuing operations for comparative purposes for financial statements for periods after January 1, 2003. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2001, the Company repaid a secured term loan, which had an original maturity date of December 2004. In addition, the Company prepaid an unse- cured revolving credit facility, which had an original maturity date of May 2002. In connection with these prepayments, the Company expensed the remaining unamortized deferred financing costs and incurred certain prepayment penalties, which resulted in a loss of approximately $1.6 million. In accordance with SFAS No. 145 these costs were reclassified from ‘‘Extraordinary loss on early extinguish- ment of debt’’ into continuing operations for comparative purposes for financial statements for periods after January 1, 2003. Equity in (Loss) Earnings from Joint Ventures and Unconsolidated Subsidiaries – During the 12 months ended December 31, 2002, equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries decreased by approximately $6.2 million to $1.2 million from $7.4 mil- lion for the same period in 2001. This decrease is primarily due to the consolidation of one of the Company’s CTL joint venture investments (see Note 6 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). Income from Discontinued Operations – For the 12 months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, operating income earned by the Company on CTL assets sold (prior to their sale) and assets held for sale of approximately $7.6 million and $10.4 million, respectively, is classified as ‘‘discontinued operations,’’ even though such income was recognized by the Company prior to the asset dispositions or classification as ‘‘Assets held for sale’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Provision for Loan Losses – The Company’s charge for provi- sion for loan losses increased to $8.3 million for the 12 months ended Gain from Discontinued Operations – During 2002, the Company disposed of one CTL asset for net proceeds of $3.7 million, and 45. recognized a gain of approximately $595,000. In addition, one of the Company’s customers exercised an option to terminate its lease on 50.00% of the land leased from the Company. In connection with this termination, the Company realized $17.5 million in cash lease termination payments, offset by a $17.4 million impairment charge in connection with the termination, resulting in a net gain of approximately $123,000. During 2001, the Company disposed of four CTL assets for net proceeds of $26.3 million, and recognized net gains of $1.1 million. Adjusted Earnings Adjusted earnings represents net income allocable to com- mon shareholders and HPU holders computed in accordance with GAAP, before depreciation, amortization, gain from discontinued operations, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures reflect the Company’s share of adjusted earnings calculated on the same basis. The Company believes that to facilitate a clear understand- ing of the historical operating results of the Company, adjusted earn- ings should be examined in conjunction with net income as shown in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Adjusted earnings should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of the Company’s performance, or to cash flows from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company’s liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs or available for distribution to the Company’s shareholders. The Company’s management believes that adjusted earnings more closely approximates operating cash flow and is a use- ful measure for investors to consider, in conjunction with net income and other GAAP measures, in evaluating the Company’s financial per- formance. This is primarily because the Company is a commercial finance company that focuses on real estate lending and corporate tenant leasing; therefore, the Company’s net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) reflects significant non-cash depreciation expense on CTL assets and significant deferred financing costs. In addition, several of the Company’s material borrowing arrangements contain covenants based on adjusted earnings, therefore, the Company must monitor adjusted earnings in order to ensure compli- ance with these covenants. It should be noted that the Company’s manner of calculating adjusted earnings may differ from the calcula- tion of similarly-titled measures by other companies. For the Years Ended December 31, 2003 2002 2001 (In thousands, unaudited) 2000 1999 Adjusted earnings: Net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders $255,249 593 Add: Joint venture income 55,905 Add: Depreciation 7,417 Add: Joint venture depreciation and amortization 27,180 Add: Amortization of deferred financing costs (5,167) Less: Gains from discontinued operations Add: Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle(1) – Less: Net income allocable to class B shares(2) – – Add: Cost incurred in acquiring former external advisor Adjusted diluted earnings allocable to $178,362 991 48,041 4,433 31,676 (717) – – – $193,004 965 35,642 4,044 21,303 (1,145) 282 – – $180,678 937 34,514 3,662 13,528 (2,948) – – – $ 15,043 1,603 11,016 365 6,121 – – (826) 94,476 common shareholders and HPU holders(3)(4)(5) Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding(6) $341,177 104,248 $262,786 93,020 $254,095 88,606 $230,371 86,523 $127,798 61,750 (3) Explanatory Notes: (1) Represents one-time effect of adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, ‘‘Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities’’ as of January 1, 2001. (2) Prior to November 1999, adjusted earnings per common share excludes 1.00% of net income allocable to the Company’s former class B shares. The former class B shares were exchanged for Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of TriNet and other related transactions on November 4, 1999. As a result, the Company now has a single class of Common Stock outstanding. For the year ended December 31, 2003, adjusted diluted earnings allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders includes $2,659 of adjusted earnings allocable to HPU holders. For years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, adjusted diluted earnings allocable to common shareholders includes $3,950, $1,037 and $317 of cash paid for prepayment penalties associated with early extinguishment of debt. Includes a $15.0 million charge related to performance-based vesting of restricted shares granted under the Company’s long-term incentive plan for the 12 months ended December 31, 2002. In addition to the GAAP defined weighted average diluted shares outstanding these balances include an additional 147,000 shares, 371,000 shares, 372,000 shares, 372,000 shares and 1.4 million shares for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively, relating to the additional dilution of joint venture shares. (6) (5) (4) Risk Management First Dollar and Last Dollar Exposure – One component of the Company’s risk management assessment is an analysis of the Company’s first and last dollar loan-to-value percentage with respect to the facilities or companies the Company finances. First dollar loan- to-value represents the weighted average beginning point for the Company’s lending exposure in the aggregate capitalization of the underlying facilities or companies it finances. Last dollar loan-to- value represents the weighted average ending point for the Company’s lending exposure in the aggregate capitalization of the underlying facilities or companies it finances. Non-Accrual Loans – The Company transfers loans to non- accrual status at such time as: (1) management believes that the potential risk exists that scheduled debt service payments will not be met within the coming 12 months; (2) the loan becomes 90 days delinquent; (3) management determines the borrower is incapable of, or ceased efforts toward, curing the cause of an impairment; or (4) the net realizable value of the loan’s underlying collateral approxi- mates the Company’s carrying value of such loan. Interest income is recognized only upon actual cash receipt for loans on non-accrual status. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had three assets on non-accrual status with an aggregate carrying value of $40.3 million, or 0.62% of the gross book value of the Company’s investments. Management believes there is adequate collateral to support the book values of the assets. The first non-accrual loan is a $12.8 million junior partici- pation in a first mortgage loan secured by a hotel facility in New York, New York. This loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.91% and matures in June 2006. The borrower remains current on all of its debt service payments to the Company and has continued to invest addi- tional equity to fund ongoing capital improvements at the facility. Management believes there is adequate collateral to support the book value of the asset. However, due to poor operating perfor- mance, this loan was transferred to non-accrual effective July 1, 2003. The second non-accrual loan is a partnership loan with a balance of $349,000 as of December 31, 2003. The loan is presently secured by a partnership interest in a partnership owning facilities in Colorado leased to the U.S. Government. The loan bears interest at LIBOR+3.50%, with a LIBOR floor of 3.00%. The loan matured on March 29, 2003 and therefore is currently in default. In April 2003 and November 2003, the Company received $1.2 million and $4.2 million of principal repayments, respectively. The borrower remains current on its regular interest obligations to the Company. However, as a result of the maturity default and the uncertainty sur- rounding the timing of the completion, sale or refinancing of the facil- ities, the loan remains on non-accrual status. The third non-accrual loan is a $27.1 million, 90.00% par- ticipating interest in a loan secured by a class A office building located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The loan was acquired at a premium to its principal balance as a part of the Company’s acquisition of Lazard Frères’ structured finance portfolio in 1998. Lazard continues to retain a 10.00% interest in the loan. The loan matures in March 2008 and bears interest at 17.50%, 11.00% of which is due currently and 6.50% of which is accrued. In August 2003 the borrower stopped making debt service payments due to insufficient cash flow caused by vacancies at the facility. Management believes the underlying col- lateral value supports its basis in the outstanding principal balance of the loan. During the third quarter of 2003, management determined that an acquisition premium on the loan with an unamortized balance of $3.3 million was impaired. As a result in the third quarter of 2003, the Company took a $3.3 million impairment charge against its loan loss reserve, bringing the carrying value of the loan to $27.1 million. Watch List Assets – The Company conducts a quarterly com- prehensive credit review, resulting in an individual risk rating being assigned to each asset. This review is designed to enable manage- ment to evaluate and proactively manage asset-specific credit issues and identify credit trends on a portfolio-wide basis as an ‘‘early warn- ing system.’’ As of December 31, 2003, the Company has five loans that are on its credit watch list, including the three non-accrual loans mentioned above. One of the watch list loans not on non-accrual is a $35.8 million junior interest in a $103.1 million first mortgage loan secured by a super regional mall in Chicago, Illinois. The whole loan bears interest at 8.88%. Cash flow at the mall has been negatively impacted by the departure of an anchor tenant; however, mall man- agement has been actively negotiating to reconfigure the space for an existing anchor. To provide for the repositioning of the center and ultimate refinancing of the loan, the maturity of the loan was extended for two years to January 1, 2006. The loan is not open for prepayment until January 1, 2005, at which time it may be repaid in full at a 3.00% premium for six months and then may be repaid at par for the six months prior to maturity. The borrower has made signifi- cant equity investments in the facility, with over $19.0 million invested in the past three years. The borrower remains current on all of its debt service payments. Management believes the collateral value remains adequate to support the book value of the asset. The other watch list loan not on non-accrual is a $27.2 mil- lion first mortgage secured by an office facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The whole loan bears interest at LIBOR+4.50% and matures in April 2004. On October 14, 2003, the Company acquired the senior trust certificate from a financial institution. The facility is experiencing near-term tenant rollover in a soft local real estate market; however, management believes its last dollar exposure is below replacement cost, and the loan remains current through December 31, 2003. Management believes that there is adequate collateral to support the book value of the asset. 47. The table below summarizes the Company’s loans and other lending investments that are more than 60 days past due in scheduled payments and details the provision for loan losses associated with the Company’s lending investments for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 (in thousands): As of December 31, 2003 2002 $ % $ % Carrying value of loans past due 60 days or more/ As a percentage of loans and other lending investments Provision for loan losses/ $27,480 0.74% $ – – As a percentage of loans and other lending investments Net charge-offs/ As a percentage of loans and other lending investments 33,436 0.89% 29,250 0.95% 3,314 0.09% – – Liquidity and Capital Resources The Company requires significant capital to fund its investment activities and operating expenses. The Company has sufficient access to capital resources to fund its existing business plan, which includes the expansion of its real estate lending and corporate tenant leasing businesses. The Company’s capital sources include cash flow from operations, borrowings under lines of credit, additional term borrowings, long-term financing secured by the Company’s assets, unsecured financing and the issuance of com- mon, convertible and/or preferred equity securities. Further, the Company may acquire other businesses or assets using its capital stock, cash or a combination thereof. The distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code limit the Company’s ability to retain earnings and thereby replenish or increase capital committed to its operations. However, the Company believes that its access to significant capital resources and financing will enable the Company to meet current and antici- pated capital requirements. The Company believes that its existing sources of funds will be adequate for purposes of meeting its short- and long-term liquid- ity needs. The Company’s ability to meet its long-term (i.e., beyond one year) liquidity requirements is subject to obtaining additional debt and equity financing. Any decision by the Company’s lenders and investors to provide the Company with financing will depend upon a number of factors, such as the Company’s compliance with the terms of its existing credit arrangements, the Company’s financial perfor- mance, industry or market trends, the general availability of and rates applicable to financing transactions, such lenders’ and investors’ resources and policies concerning the terms under which they make capital commitments and the relative attractiveness of alternative investment or lending opportunities. The following table outlines the contractual obligations related to the Company’s long-term debt agreements and operating lease obligations. There are no other long-term liabilities of the Company that would constitute a contractual obligation. Total Less Than 1 Year Principal Payments Due By Period(1) 4–5 Years 2–3 Years (In thousands) 6–10 Years After 10 Years Long-Term Debt Obligations: Secured revolving credit facilities Unsecured revolving credit facilities Secured term loans iStar Asset Receivables secured notes(2) Unsecured notes Other debt obligations Total Operating Lease Obligations(3): Total $ 696,591 130,000 808,128 1,311,314 1,185,000 34,148 4,165,181 16,067 $4,181,248 $ – 130,000 60,000 40,010 – 34,148 264,158 2,879 $267,037 $386,227 – 273,805 235,808 50,000 – 945,840 5,878 $951,718 $ 310,364 – 185,852 – 535,000 – 1,031,216 4,761 $1,035,977 $ – – 236,847 1,035,496 500,000 – 1,772,343 2,549 $1,774,892 $ – – 51,624 – 100,000 – 151,624 – $151,624 Assumes exercise of extensions on the Company’s long-term debt obligations to the extent such extensions are at the Company’s option. Explanatory Notes: (1) (2) Based on expected proceeds from principal payments received on loan assets collateralizing such notes. (3) The Company also has a $1.0 million letter of credit outstanding as security for its primary corporate office lease. The Company has four LIBOR-based secured revolving credit facilities with an aggregate maximum capacity of $2.4 billion, of which $696.6 million was drawn as of December 31, 2003 (see Note 7 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). Availability under these facilities is based on collateral provided under a borrowing base calculation. At December 31, 2003, the Company also had an unsecured credit facility totaling $300.0 million which bears interest at LIBOR+2.125% per annum and matures in July 2004. At December 31, 2003, the Company had drawn $130.0 million under this facility. Unencumbered Assets/Unsecured Debt – The Company has made and will continue to make progress in migrating its balance sheet towards more unsecured debt, which results in a corresponding reduction of secured debt and an increase in unencumbered assets. The exact timing in which the Company will issue or borrow unse- cured debt will be subject to market conditions. The following table shows the ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured debt at December 31, 2003 and 2002 (in thousands): As of December 31, Total Unencumbered Assets Total Unsecured Debt(1) Unencumbered Assets/Unsecured Debt(2) 2003 2002 $2,167,388 $1,366,909 $1,315,000 $625,000 165% 219% Explanatory Notes: (1) See Note 7 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for a more detailed description of the Company’s unsecured debt. (2) At December 31, 2003, the Company had assets with an aggregate book value of $346.6 million pledged as collateral to its secured revolving credit facilities for which there were no amounts drawn. If these assets had been released from the credit facilities, unencumbered assets/unsecured debt would have been 191% at December 31, 2003. Capital Markets Financings – The Company was an active issuer in the capital markets in 2003 and the beginning of 2004. The continued strength of the Company’s stock price and the low interest rate environment provided the Company with the opportunity to issue equity and debt securities on attractive pricing terms. In 2003 and through March 15, 2004, the Company issued $1,285.0 million aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate Senior Notes bearing inter- est at annual rates ranging from 4.875% to 7.00% and maturing between 2008 and 2014 and $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate Senior Notes bearing interest at annual rates of three-month LIBOR+1.25% and maturing in 2007. The Company issued 21.1 million shares of preferred stock in five series with cumu- lative annual dividend rates ranging from 7.50% to 7.875%. All of the shares of preferred stock have a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share. The Company also issued 5.0 million shares of Common Stock in 2003 at a price to the public of $38.50 per share. The Company primarily used the proceeds from the issuances of securities described above to repay secured indebted- ness as it migrates its balance sheet towards more unsecured debt and to refinance higher yielding obligations. In 2003 and January 2004, the Company retired all of its 4.0 million shares of 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, its 3.3 million shares of Series H Variable Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and the 6.75% Dealer Remarketable Securities of its Leasing Subsidiary. The Company called for redemption all of its 2.0 million shares of 9.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and all of its 1.3 million shares of 9.20% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. On November 14, 2002, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 8.0 million primary shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company received approximately $202.9 million from the offering and used these proceeds to repay a portion of its secured debt. On August 9, 2001, the Company issued $350.0 million of 8.75% Senior Notes due in 2008. The Notes are unsecured senior obli- gations of the Company. The Company used the net proceeds to par- tially repay outstanding borrowings under its secured credit facilities. Other Financing Activities – Subsequent to year-end, on January 13, 2004, the Company closed $200.0 million of term financing with a leading financial institution that is secured by certain corporate bond investments and other lending securities. A number of these investments were previously financed under existing credit facilities. The new facility bears interest at LIBOR+1.05% – 1.50% and has a final maturity date of January 2006. On November 4, 2003, one of the Company’s $500.0 mil- lion secured facilities was amended to include subordinate and mez- zanine lending investments as collateral at stated interest rates of LIBOR+2.15% – 2.25%. On October 31, 2003, the Company’s $50.0 million term loan bearing interest at LIBOR+0.60% matured and was repaid. On September 29, 2003, the Company closed a $135.0 million term loan secured by a CTL asset it acquired the same day. The loan has a five-year term and bears interest at LIBOR+1.75%. On July 24, 2003, the Company closed a $48.0 million term loan secured by a corporate lending investment it originated in the third quarter of 2003. The loan has a three-year primary term and two one- year extension options, and bears interest at LIBOR+2.125%. On May 21, 2003, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company issued iStar Asset Receivables (‘‘STARs’’), Series 2003-1, the Company’s proprietary match funding program, consisting of $645.8 million of investment-grade bonds secured by the subsidiary’s structured finance and CTL assets, which had an aggregate carrying value of approximately $738.1 million at inception. Principal payments received on the assets will be utilized to repay the most senior class of the bonds then outstanding. The maturity of the bonds match funds the maturity of the underlying assets financed under the program. The weighted average interest rate on the bonds, on an all-floating rate basis, was approximately LIBOR+0.47% at inception. For accounting purposes, this transaction was treated as a secured financing: the underlying assets and STARs liabilities remained on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and no gain on sale was recognized. On May 14, 2003, the Company extended the maturity on its $300.0 million unsecured facility to July 2004. 49. On May 8, 2003, the Company extended the maturity on its $60.0 million term loan to June 2004. On April 9, 2003, the Company repaid the existing term loan financing a $75.0 million term preferred investment in a publicly- traded real estate company and simultaneously entered into another $50.0 million term loan with a leading financial institution. The new term loan bears interest at LIBOR+0.60% and has a final maturity date of October 2003 with amortization payments in July 2003 and October 2003. On January 27, 2003, the Company extended the maturity on one of its $700.0 million secured facilities to January 2007, which includes a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ at the Company’s option. On December 11, 2002, the Company closed a $61.5 mil- lion term loan financing with a leading financial institution. The pro- ceeds were used to fund a portion of an $82.1 million CTL investment. The non-recourse loan is fixed rate and bears interest at 6.412%, has a maturity date of December 2012 and amortizes over a 30-year schedule. On September 30, 2002, the Company closed a $500.0 million secured revolving credit facility with a leading financial institution. The facility has a three-year term and bears interest at LIBOR+1.50% to 2.25%, depending upon the collateral contributed to the borrowing base. The facility accepts a broad range of struc- tured finance and corporate tenant assets and has a final maturity date of September 2005. On July 2, 2002, the Company purchased the remaining interest in the Milpitas joint venture from the former Milpitas external member for $27.9 million. Upon purchase of the interest, the Milpitas joint venture became fully consolidated for accounting purposes and approximately $79.1 million of secured term debt is reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. On May 28, 2002, the Company repaid the then remaining $446.2 million of bonds outstanding under its STARs, Series 2000-1 financing. Simultaneously, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company issued STARs, Series 2002-1, consisting of $885.1 million of investment- grade bonds secured by the subsidiary’s structured finance and CTL assets, which had an aggregate outstanding carrying value of approxi- mately $1.1 billion at inception. Principal payments received on the assets will be utilized to repay the most senior class of the bonds then outstanding. The maturity of the bonds match funds the maturity of the underlying assets financed under the program. The weighted aver- age interest rate on the bonds, on an all-floating rate basis, is approxi- mately LIBOR+0.56% at inception. For accounting purposes, this transaction was treated as a secured financing: the underlying assets and STARs liabilities remained on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and no gain on sale was recognized. On March 29, 2002, the Company extended the maturity of its $500.0 million secured facility to August 2005, which includes a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ extension at the Company’s option. On July 27, 2001, the Company completed a $300.0 mil- lion unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of leading financial institutions. The facility has an initial maturity of July 2003, with a one-year extension at the Company’s option and another one-year extension at the lenders’ option. This facility replaces two prior credit facilities maturing in 2002 and 2003, and bears interest at LIBOR+2.125%. On May 14, 2003, the Company extended the maturity of this facility to July 2004. On July 6, 2001, the Company financed a $75.0 million structured finance asset with a $50.0 million term loan bearing inter- est at LIBOR+2.50%. The loan has a maturity of July 2006, including a one-year extension at the Company’s option. This investment is a $75.0 million term preferred investment in a publicly-traded real estate company. The Company’s investment carries an initial current yield of 10.50%, with annual increases of 0.50% in each of the next two years. In addition, the Company’s investment is convertible into the customer’s common stock at a strike price of $25.00 per share. The investment is callable by the customer between months 13 and 30 of the term at a yield maintenance premium, and after month 30, at a premium sufficient to generate a 14.62% internal rate of return on the Company’s investment. The investment is putable by the Company to the customer for cash after five years. On April 9, 2003, the Company repaid this term loan and simultaneously entered into another $50.0 million term loan bearing interest at LIBOR+0.60% and with a final maturity of October 2003. On June 14, 2001, the Company closed $193.0 million of term loan financing secured by 15 CTL assets. The variable-rate loan bears interest at LIBOR+1.85% (not to exceed 10.00% in aggregate) and has two one-year extensions at the Company’s option. The Company used these proceeds to repay a $77.8 million secured term loan maturing in June 2001 and to pay down a portion of its revolving credit facilities. In addition, the Company extended the maturity of its $500.0 million secured revolving credit facility to August 2003. On March 29, 2002, the Company again extended the final maturity of this facility to August 2005, which includes a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ extension at the Company’s option. On May 15, 2001, the Company repaid its $100.0 million 7.30% unsecured notes. These notes were senior unsecured obliga- tions of the Leasing Subsidiary and ranked equally with the Leasing Subsidiary’s other senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. On February 22, 2001, the Company extended the matu- rity of its $350.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility to May 2002. On July 27, 2001, the Company repaid this facility and replaced it with a new $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility. On January 11, 2001, the Company closed a $700.0 million secured revolving credit facility which is led by a major commercial bank. The facility has a three-year primary term and one-year ‘‘term- out’’ extension option, and bears interest at LIBOR+1.40% to 2.15%, depending upon the collateral contributed to the borrowing base. This facility accepts a broad range of structured finance assets and has a final maturity of January 2005. On January 27, 2003, the Company extended the final maturity on this facility to January 2007. Hedging Activities – The Company has variable-rate lending assets and variable-rate debt obligations. These assets and liabilities cre- ate a natural hedge against changes in variable interest rates. This means that as interest rates increase, the Company earns more on its variable- rate lending assets and pays more on its variable-rate debt obligations and, conversely, as interest rates decrease, the Company earns less on its variable-rate lending assets and pays less on its variable-rate debt obliga- tions. When the amount of the Company’s variable-rate debt obligations exceeds the amount of its variable-rate lending assets, the Company uti- lizes derivative instruments to limit the impact of changing interest rates on its net income. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge assets or for speculative purposes. The derivative instruments the Company uses are typically in the form of interest rate swaps and interest rate caps. Interest rate swaps effectively change variable-rate debt obli- gations to fixed-rate debt obligations. Interest rate caps effectively limit the maximum interest rate on variable-rate debt obligations. In addition, when appropriate the Company enters into interest rate swaps that convert fixed-rate debt to variable-rate in order to mitigate the risk of changes in fair value of the fixed-rate debt obligations. The primary risks from the Company’s use of derivative instru- ments is the risk that a counterparty to a hedging arrangement could default on its obligation and the risk that the Company may have to pay certain costs, such as transaction fees or breakage costs, if a hedging arrangement is terminated by the Company. As a matter of policy, the Company enters into hedging arrangements with counterparties that are large, creditworthy financial institutions typically rated at least ‘‘A’’ by Standard & Poor’s (‘‘S&P’’) and ‘‘A2’’ by Moody’s Investors Service (‘‘Moody’s’’). The Company’s hedging strategy is approved and monitored by the Company’s Audit Committee on behalf of its Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors without stockholder approval. The Company has entered into the following cash flow and fair value hedges that are outstanding as of December 31, 2003. The net value (liability) associated with these hedges is reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands): Type of Hedge Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap LIBOR Cap LIBOR Cap LIBOR Cap LIBOR Cap Total Estimated Value Notional Amount $125,000 125,000 75,000 200,000 100,000 100,000 50,000 50,000 345,000 135,000 75,000 35,000 Strike Price or Swap Rate 2.885% 2.838% 5.580% 4.381% 4.345% 3.878% 3.810% 4.290% 8.000% 6.000% 7.750% 7.750% Trade Date 1/23/03 2/11/03 11/4/99(1) 12/17/03 12/17/03 11/27/02 11/27/02 12/17/03 5/22/02 9/29/03 11/4/99(1) 11/4/99(1) Maturity Date 6/25/06 6/25/06 12/1/04 12/15/10 12/15/10 8/15/08 8/15/08 12/15/10 5/28/14 10/15/06 12/1/04 12/1/04 Estimated Value at December 31, 2003 $ (1,632) (1,486) (3,227) (1,472) (958) 2,681 1,183 (649) 11,648 418 – – $ 6,506 Explanatory Note: (1) Acquired in connection with the TriNet Acquisition (see Note 1 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). Between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2003, the Company also had outstanding the following cash flow hedges that have expired or been settled (in thousands): Type of Hedge Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Notional Amount $125,000 125,000 100,000 100,000 Strike Price or Swap Rate 7.058% 7.055% 4.139% 4.643% Trade Date 6/15/00 6/15/00 9/29/03 9/29/03 Maturity Date 6/25/03 6/25/03 1/2/11 1/2/14 During 2003, the Company entered into two 90-day for- ward starting swaps each having a $100.0 million notional amount. These pay-fixed swaps, which were effective in September 2003, had rates of 4.139% and 4.643%, had seven-year and 10-year terms, respec- tively, and were being used to lock-in swap rates related to a portion of planned future corporate unsecured fixed-rate bond issuances. These two swaps were settled in connection with the Company’s issuance of $350.0 million of seven-year Senior Notes and $150.0 million of 10-year Senior Notes. In addition, effective in September 2003, the Company entered into a $135.0 million cap with a rate of 6.00% to hedge the Company’s current outstanding floating-rate debt. This cap has a three-year term. Further, the 51. Company entered into two $125.0 million forward starting swaps. These pay-fixed swaps were effective in June 2003 and replaced the two $125.0 million pay-fixed swaps mentioned above. The two new pay-fixed swaps have a three-year term and expire on June 25, 2006. In addition, in connection with a portion of the Company’s fixed-rate corporate bonds, the Company entered into three pay- floating interest rate swaps in December 2003 struck at 4.381%, 4.345% and 4.29% with notional amounts of $200.0 million, $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, and maturing on December 15, 2010, and entered into two pay-floating interest rate swaps in November 2002 struck at 3.8775% and 3.81% with notional amounts of $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, and maturing on August 15, 2008. The Company pays six-month LIBOR on the swaps entered into in December 2003 and one-month LIBOR on the swaps entered into in November 2002 and receives the stated fixed rate in return. These swaps mitigate the risk of changes in the fair value of $350.0 million of seven-year Senior Notes and $150.0 million of 10-year Senior Notes attributable to changes in LIBOR. For accounting purposes, the difference between the fixed rate received and the LIBOR rate paid on the notional amount of the swap is recorded as ‘‘Interest expense’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, the Company adjusts the value of the swap to its fair value and adjusts the carrying amount of the hedged liability by an offsetting amount on a quarterly basis. In connection with STARs, Series 2003-1 in May 2003, the Company entered into a LIBOR interest rate cap struck at 6.95% in the notional amount of $270.6 million, and simultaneously sold a LIBOR interest rate cap with the same terms. Since these instruments do not change the Company’s net interest rate risk exposure, they do not qualify as hedges and changes in their respective values are charged to earnings. As the terms of these arrangements are sub- stantially the same, the effects of a revaluation of these two instru- ments substantially offset one another. In connection with STARs, Series 2002-1 in May 2002, the Company entered into a LIBOR interest rate cap struck at 8.00% in the notional amount of $345.0 million. The Company utilizes the provisions of SFAS No. 133 with respect to such instruments. SFAS No. 133 provides that the upfront fees paid on option-based prod- ucts such as caps should be expensed into earnings based on the allo- cation of the premium to the affected periods as if the agreement were a series of ‘‘caplets.’’ These allocated premiums are then reflected as a charge to income (as part of interest expense) in the affected period. On May 28, 2002, in connection with the STARs, Series 2002-1 transaction, the Company paid a premium of $13.7 million for this interest rate cap. Using the ‘‘caplet’’ method- ology discussed above, amortization of the cap premium is depend- ent upon the actual value of the caplets at inception. During the year ended December 31, 1999, the Company refinanced its $125.0 million term loan maturing March 15, 1999 with a $155.4 million term loan maturing March 5, 2009. The term loan bears interest at 7.44% per annum, payable monthly, and amortizes over an approximately 22-year schedule. The term loan represented forecasted transactions for which the Company had pre- viously entered into U.S. Treasury-based hedging transactions. The net $3.4 million cost of the settlement of such hedges has been deferred and is being amortized as an increase to the effective financing cost of the term loan over its effective ten-year term. Certain of the Company’s CTL joint ventures, have hedging activities which are more fully described in Note 6 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Off-Balance Sheet Transactions – The Company is not dependent on the use of any off-balance sheet financing arrange- ments for liquidity. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had investments in three CTL joint ventures accounted for under the equity method, which had total debt obligations outstanding of approximately $175.3 million. The Company’s pro rata share of the ventures’ third-party debt was approximately $76.7 million (see Note 6 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). These ventures were formed for the purpose of operating, acquiring and in certain cases, developing CTL facilities. The debt obligations of these joint ventures are non-recourse to the ventures and the Company, and mature between fiscal years 2004 and 2011. As of December 31, 2003, the debt obligations consisted of six term loans bearing fixed rates per annum ranging from 7.61% to 8.43% and one variable-rate term loan with a rate of LIBOR+1.25% per annum. The Company’s STARs securitizations are all on-balance sheet financings. The Company has certain discretionary and non- discretionary unfunded commitments related to its loans and other lending investments that it may need to, or choose to, fund in the future. Discretionary commitments are those under which the Company has sole discretion with respect to future funding. Non- discretionary commitments are those under which the Company is generally obligated to fund at the request of the borrower or upon the occurrence of events outside of the Company’s direct control. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had 18 loans with unfunded commitments totaling $208.6 million, of which $80.2 million was discretionary and $128.4 million was non-discretionary. Ratings Triggers – On July 27, 2001, the Company com- pleted a $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of leading financial institutions. The facility has an initial matu- rity of July 2003 with a one-year extension at the Company’s option and another one-year extension at the lenders’ option. On May 14, 2003, the Company extended the final maturity to July 2004. This facility replaces two prior credit facilities maturing in 2002 and 2003, and bears interest at LIBOR+2.125% per annum based on the Company’s senior unsecured credit ratings of BB+ from S&P, Ba1 from Moody’s and BBB- from Fitch Ratings. If the Company achieves a higher rating from either S&P or Moody’s, the facility’s interest rate will improve to LIBOR+2.00% per annum. If the Company’s credit rating is downgraded by any of the rating agencies (regardless of how far), the facility’s interest rate will increase to LIBOR+2.25% per annum. In the event the Company receives two credit ratings that are not equivalent, the spread over LIBOR shall be determined by the lower of the two such ratings. As of December 31, 2003, $130.0 million was outstanding on this facility. Accordingly, manage- ment does not believe any rating changes would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations. There are no other ratings triggers in any of the Company’s debt instruments or other operating or financial agreements. On July 30, 2002, the Company’s senior unsecured credit rating was upgraded to an investment grade rating of BBB- from BB+ by Fitch Ratings. In addition, Moody’s and S&P raised their ratings outlook for the Company’s senior unsecured credit rating to ‘‘posi- tive.’’ On October 22, 2003, Moody’s confirmed its rating of Ba1 and its ratings outlook of ‘‘positive’’ for the Company. On November 20, 2003, S&P also reaffirmed its rating of BB+ and its ratings outlook of ‘‘positive’’ for the Company. Transactions with Related Parties – The Company has an invest- ment in iStar Operating Inc. (‘‘iStar Operating’’), a taxable subsidiary that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, services the Company’s loans and certain loan portfolios owned by third parties. The Company owns all of the non-voting preferred stock and a 95.00% economic interest in iStar Operating. The common shareholder, an entity controlled by a former director of the Company, is the owner of all the voting common stock and a 5.00% economic interest in iStar Operating. As of December 31, 2003, there have never been any distributions to the common shareholder, nor does the Company expect to make any in the future. At any time, the Company has the right to acquire all of the common stock of iStar Operating at fair market value, which the Company believes to be nominal. iStar Operating has elected to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary for purposes of maintaining compliance with the REIT pro- visions of the Code and prior to July 1, 2003 was accounted for under the equity method for financial statement reporting purposes and was presented in ‘‘Investments in and advances to joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of July 1, 2003, the Company consolidates this entity as a VIE (see Note 3 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements) with no material impact. Prior to its consolidation, the Company charged an allocated portion of its general overhead expenses to iStar Operating based on the number of employees at iStar Operating as a percentage of the Company’s total employees. These general overhead expenses were in addition to the direct gen- eral and administrative costs of iStar Operating. As of December 31, 2003, iStar Operating had no debt obligations. In addition, the Company had an investment in TriNet Management Operating Company, Inc. (‘‘TMOC’’), an entity originally formed to make a $2.0 million investment in the convertible debt securities of a real estate company which trades on the Mexican Stock Exchange. This investment was made by TriNet prior to its acquisition by the Company in 1999. Prior to March 29, 2003, the Company owned 95.00% of the outstanding voting and non-voting common stock (representing 1.00% voting power and 95.00% of the economic interest) in TMOC. The owners of the remaining TMOC stock were two executives of the Company. On March 29, 2003, the Company purchased the remaining 5.00% interest from the execu- tives for approximately $2,000, an amount that was equal to the carrying value, which was less than their original investment. Following this purchase, the Company owned 100.00% of TMOC and therefore consolidated the entity for accounting purposes. On June 30, 2003, the $2.0 million investment was fully repaid and prior to December 31, 2003, the entity was liquidated. The Company entered into an employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer as of March 31, 2001. In addition to the salary and bonus provisions of the agreement, the agreement provides for an award of 2.0 million phantom units to the executive, each of which notionally represents one share of the Company’s Common Stock. Portions of these phantom units will vest on a con- tingent basis if the average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock achieves certain levels (ranging from $25.00 to $37.00 per share) for 60 consecutive calendar days. The total rate of return (share price appreciation plus the reinvestment of dividends at mar- ket price on the date of distribution) from December 31, 2000 through December 31, 2003 was 155.10%. Contingently vested units will become fully vested, meaning that they are no longer sub- ject to forfeiture, if the executive remains employed through March 30, 2004, or earlier upon certain change of control and termi- nation events. When and if contingently vested phantom units become fully vested units, the Company must deliver to the execu- tive either a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of fully vested units or an amount of cash equal to the then fair mar- ket value of that number of shares of Common Stock. If shares were unavailable under the Company’s then long-term incentive plans, this obligation could require the Company to make a substantial cash pay- ment to the executive. See ‘‘Critical Accounting Policies – Executive Compensation’’ below for a discussion of the accounting treatment applicable to the compensation awarded to the Chief Executive Officer under this agreement. As more fully described in Note 10 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements certain affiliates of SOF IV and the Company’s Executive Officer have agreed to reimburse the Company for the value of restricted shares awarded to the former President in excess of 350,000 shares. DRIP/Stock Purchase Plan – The Company maintains a dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan. Under the dividend reinvestment component of the plan, the Company’s shareholders may purchase additional shares of Common Stock without payment of brokerage commissions or service charges by automatically rein- vesting all or a portion of their Common Stock cash dividends. Under the direct stock purchase component of the plan, the Company’s shareholders and new investors may purchase shares of Common Stock directly from the Company without payment of brokerage commissions or service charges. All purchases of shares in excess of 53. $10,000 per month pursuant to the direct purchase component are at the Company’s sole discretion. Shares issued under the plan may reflect a discount of up to 3.00% from the prevailing market price of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 8.0 million shares of Common Stock pursuant to the dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company issued a total of approximately 2.6 million and 1.6 million shares of its Common Stock, respectively, through the direct stock purchase component of the plan. Net proceeds during the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were approximately $89.1 million and $44.4 million, respectively. There are approximately 3.6 million shares available for issuance under the plan as of December 31, 2003. Stock Repurchase Program – The Board of Directors approved, and the Company has implemented, a stock repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to 5.0 mil- lion shares of its Common Stock from time to time, primarily using proceeds from the disposition of assets or loan repayments and excess cash flow from operations, but also using borrowings under its credit facilities if the Company determines that it is advantageous to do so. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had repurchased a total of approximately 2.3 million shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $40.7 million. The Company has not repurchased any shares under the stock repurchase program since November 2000. Critical Accounting Policies The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and all majority-owned and controlled subsidiaries. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assump- tions in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. In preparing these financial statements, management has made its best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial statements, giving due consideration to materiality. The Company does not believe that there is a great likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported related to the accounting policies described below. However, application of these accounting policies involves the exercise of judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could differ from these estimates. Management has the obligation to ensure that its policies and methodologies are in accordance with GAAP. During 2003, man- agement reviewed and evaluated its critical accounting policies and believes them to be appropriate. The Company’s accounting policies are described in Note 3 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Management believes the more significant of these to be as follows: Revenue Recognition – The most significant sources of the Company’s revenue come from its lending operations and its CTL operations. For its lending operations, the Company reflects income using the effective yield method, which recognizes periodic income over the expected term of the investment on a constant yield basis. For CTL assets, the Company recognizes income on the straight-line method, which effectively recognizes contractual lease payments to be received by the Company evenly over the term of the lease. Management believes the Company’s revenue recognition policies are appropriate to reflect the substance of the underlying transactions. Provision for Loan Losses – The Company’s accounting policies require that an allowance for estimated credit losses be reflected in the financial statements based upon an evaluation of known and inherent risks in its private lending assets. While the Company and its private predecessors have experienced minimal actual losses on their lending investments, management considers it prudent to reflect pro- visions for loan losses on a portfolio basis based upon the Company’s assessment of general market conditions, the Company’s internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss expe- rience, the Company’s assessment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying its investments. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts – The Company’s accounting policy requires a reserve on the Company’s accrued operating lease income receivable balances and on the deferred operating lease income receivable balances. The reserve covers asset specific prob- lems (e.g., bankruptcy) as they arise, as well as, a portfolio reserve based on management’s evaluation of the credit risks associated with these receivables. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets – CTL assets represent ‘‘long- lived’’ assets for accounting purposes. The Company periodically reviews long-lived assets to be held and used in its leasing operations for impairment in value whenever any events or changes in circum- stances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. In management’s opinion, based on this analysis, CTL assets to be held and used are not carried at amounts in excess of their estimated recoverable amounts. Risk Management and Financial Instruments – The Company has historically utilized derivative financial instruments only as a means to help to manage its interest rate risk exposure on a portion of its variable- rate debt obligations (i.e., as cash flow hedges). The instruments utilized are generally either pay-fixed swaps or LIBOR-based interest rate caps which are widely used in the industry and typically with major financial institutions. The Company’s accounting policies generally reflect these instruments at their fair value with unrealized changes in fair value reflected in ‘‘Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Realized effects on the Company’s cash flows are generally recognized cur- rently in income. However, when appropriate the Company enters into interest rate swaps that convert fixed-rate debt to variable rate in order to mitigate the risk of changes in fair value of its fixed-rate debt obligations. The Company reflects these instruments at their fair value and adjusts the carrying amount of the hedged liability by an offsetting amount. Income Taxes – The Company’s financial results generally do not reflect provisions for current or deferred income taxes. Manage- ment believes that the Company has and intends to continue to operate in a manner that will continue to allow it to be taxed as a REIT and, as a result, does not expect to pay substantial corporate-level taxes. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. If the Company were to fail to meet these requirements, the Company would be subject to Federal income tax. Executive Compensation – The Company’s accounting policies generally provide cash compensation to be estimated and recognized over the period of service. With respect to stock-based compensa- tion arrangements, as of July 1, 2002 (with retroactive application to the beginning of the calendar year), the Company has adopted the fair value method allowed under SFAS No. 123 on a prospective basis, which values options on the date of grant and recognizes an expense equal to the fair value of the option multiplied by the number of options granted over the related service period. Prior to the third quarter 2002, the Company elected to use APB 25 accounting, which measured the compensation charges based on the intrinsic value of such securities when they become fixed and determinable, and recognized such expense over the related service period. These arrangements are often complex and generally structured to align the interests of management with those of the Company’s shareholders. See Note 10 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of such arrangements and the related account- ing effects. During 2001, the Company entered into three-year employment agreements with its Chief Executive Officer and its for- mer President. In addition, during 2002 the Company entered into a three-year employment agreement with its Chief Financial Officer. See Note 10 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for a more detailed description of these employment agreements. The following is a hypothetical illustration of the effects on the Company’s net income and adjusted earnings of the full vesting of phantom units under the employment agreement with the Chief Executive Officer. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, 2.0 million of the phantom shares awarded to the Chief Executive Officer were contingently vested. Absent an earlier change of control or termination of employment, these 2.0 million shares will not become fully vested until March 30, 2004. Assuming that the market price of the Common Stock on March 30, 2004 is $38.90 (which was the market price of the Common Stock on December 31, 2003), the Company would incur a one-time charge to earnings at that time of approximately $77.8 million (the fair market value of the 2.0 mil- lion shares at $38.90 per share) subject to the availability of 2.0 mil- lion shares under the Company’s 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan. On April 29, 2002, the 500,000 unvested restricted shares awarded to the President became contingently vested as the total shareholder return exceeded 60.00% and became fully vested on September 30, 2002 as all employment contingencies were met. The Company incurred a non-cash charge of approximately $15.0 million related to these vested shares, recognized ratably over the service period from the date of contingent vesting through September 30, 2002. New CEO Employment Agreement – The March 2001 employ- ment agreement with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer expires on March 30, 2004. Subsequent to December 31, 2003, the Company entered into a new employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer which will take effect upon the expiration of the old agreement. The new agreement has an initial term of three years and provides for the following compensation: • an annual salary of $1.0 million; • a potential annual cash incentive award of up to $5.0 million if per- formance goals set by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer are met; and • a one-time award of Common Stock with a value of $10.0 million at March 31, 2004 (based upon the trailing 20-day average clos- ing price of the Common Stock); the award will be fully vested when granted and dividends will be paid on the shares from the date of grant, but the shares cannot be sold for five years unless the price of the Common Stock during the 12 months ending March 31 of each year increases by at least 15.00%, in which case the sale restrictions on 25.00% of the shares awarded will lapse in respect of each 12-month period. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer will purchase an 80.00% interest in the Company’s 2006 High Performance Unit Program for directors and executive officers. This performance pro- gram was approved by the Company’s shareholders in 2003 and is described in detail in the Company’s 2003 annual proxy statement. The purchase price to be paid by the Chief Executive Officer will be based upon a valuation prepared by an independent investment banking firm. The interests purchased by the Chief Executive Officer will only have nominal value to him unless the Company achieves total shareholder returns in excess of those achieved by peer group indices, all as more fully described in the Company’s 2003 annual proxy statement. New Accounting Standards In December 2003, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 (‘‘SAB 104’’), ‘‘Revenue Recognition’’ which supercedes SAB 101, ‘‘Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.’’ SAB 104’s primary purpose is to rescind the accounting guidance contained in SAB 101 related to multiple element revenue arrange- ments, superceded as a result of the issuance of EITF 00-21. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement immediately, as 55. required, and it did not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. EITF 00-21, ‘‘Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables,’’ issued during the third quarter of 2003, pro- vides guidance on revenue recognition for revenues derived from a single contract that contain multiple products or services. EITF 00-21 also provides additional requirements to determine when these revenues may be recorded separately for accounting purposes. The Company adopted EITF 00-21 on July 1, 2003, as required, and it did not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150 (‘‘SFAS No. 150’’), ‘‘Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments With Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.’’ This standard requires issuers to classify as liabilities the following three types of freestanding financial instruments: (1) manda- torily redeemable financial instruments, (2) obligations to repurchase the issuer’s equity shares by transferring assets; and (3) certain obliga- tions to issue a variable number of shares. The FASB recently issued FASB Staff Position (‘‘FSP’’) 150-3, which defers the provisions of paragraphs 9 and 10 of SFAS No. 150 indefinitely as they apply to mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests associated with finite- lived entities. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement, as required, on July 1, 2003, and it did not have a significant financial impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (‘‘FIN 46’’), ‘‘Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,’’ an interpretation of ARB 51. FIN 46 provides guidance on identifying entities for which control is achieved through means other than through voting rights (a ‘‘variable interest entity’’ or ‘‘VIE’’), and how to determine when and which business enterprise should consolidate a VIE. In addition, FIN 46 requires that both the primary beneficiary and all other enterprises with a significant variable interest in a VIE make additional disclosures. The transitional disclosure requirements took effect immediately and were required for all financial state- ments initially issued or modified after January 31, 2003. Immediate consolidation is required for VIEs entered into or modified after February 1, 2003 in which the Company is deemed the primary beneficiary. For VIEs which the Company entered into prior to February 1, 2003 the FASB recently issued FSP to defer FIN 46 for those older entities to the reporting period ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of the additional consolidation provisions of FIN 46 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In December 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 (“SFAS No. 148”), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” an amend- ment of FASB Statement No. 123 (“SFAS No. 123”). This statement provides alternative transition methods for a voluntary change to the fair value basis of accounting for stock-based employee com- pensation. However, this Statement does not permit the use of the original SFAS No. 123 prospective method of transition for changes to the fair value based method made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2003. In addition, this Statement amends the dis- closure requirements of SFAS No. 123 to require prominent disclo- sures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation, description of transition method utilized and the effect of the method used on reported results. The Company adopted SFAS No. 148 with retroactive application to grants made subsequent to January 1, 2002 with no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (“FIN 45”), “Guarantor ’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others,” an interpretation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (“SFAS No. 5”), “Accounting for Contingencies,” Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 57, “Related Party Disclosures,” Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” and rescinds FASB Interpretation No. 34, “Disclosure of Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an Interpretation of SFAS No. 5.” It requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee regardless if the Company receives separately identifiable consideration (e.g., a premium). The disclosure requirements are effective December 31, 2002. The adoption of FIN 45 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, nor is it expected to have a material impact in the future. In September 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 147 (“SFAS No. 147”), “Acquisitions of Certain Financial Institutions,” an amendment of FASB Statements No. 72 and 144 and FASB Interpretation No. 9. SFAS No. 147 provides guidance on the accounting for the acquisitions of financial institutions, except those acquisitions between two or more mutual enterprises. SFAS No. 147 removes acquisitions of financial institutions from the scope of both FASB No. 72, “Accounting for Certain Acquisitions of Banking or Thrift Institutions,” and FASB Interpretation No. 9, Applying APB Opinions No. 16 and 17, “When a Savings and Loan Association or a Similar Institution is Acquired in a Business Combination Accounted for by the Purchase Method,” and requires that those transactions be accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 147 also amends SFAS No. 144 to include in its scope long- term, customer-relationship intangible assets of financial institutions such as depositor-relationship and borrower-relationship intangible assets and credit cardholder intangible assets. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement, as required, on October 1, 2002, and it did not have a significant financial impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. of debt” in income from continuing operations on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146 (“SFAS No. 146”), “Accounting for Exit or Disposal Activities,” to address significant issues regarding the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs that are associated with exit and disposal activities, including restructuring activities that are currently accounted for pursuant to the guidance that the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) has set forth in EITF Issue No. 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).” The scope of SFAS No. 146 also includes: (1) costs related to terminating a contract that is not a cap- ital lease; and (2) termination benefits received by employees invol- untarily terminated under the terms of a one-time benefit arrangement that is not an ongoing benefit arrangement or an indi- vidual deferred-compensation contract. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 146 on December 31, 2002, as required, and it did not have a material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In April 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 145 (“SFAS No. 145”), “Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections.” SFAS No. 145 rescinds both FASB Statements No. 4 (“SFAS No. 4”), “Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt,” and the amendment to SFAS No. 4, FASB Statement No. 64 (“SFAS No. 64”), “Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements.” Through this rescission, SFAS No. 145 eliminates the requirement (in both SFAS No. 4 and SFAS No. 64) that gains and losses from the extinguishment of debt be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of the related income tax effect. An entity is not prohibited from classi- fying such gains and losses as extraordinary items, so long as they meet the criteria in paragraph 20 of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (“APB 30”), “Reporting the Results of Operations – Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions”; however, due to the nature of the Company’s opera- tions, such treatment may not be available to the Company. Any gains or losses on extinguishments of debt that were previously classified as extraordinary items in prior periods presented that do not meet the criteria in APB 30 for classification as an extraordinary item will be reclassified to income from continuing operations. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. The Company adopted the pro- visions of this statement, as required, on January 1, 2003. For the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company reclassified $12.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively from “Extraordinary loss from early extinguishment of debt” into “Loss on early extinguishment In October 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (“SFAS No. 144”), “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” SFAS No. 144 pro- vides guidance on the recognition of impairment losses on long-lived assets to be held and used or to be disposed of, and also broadens the definition of what constitutes a discontinued operation and how the results of a discontinued operation are to be measured and presented. SFAS No. 144 requires that current operations prior to the disposition of CTL assets and prior period results of such operations be pre- sented in discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The provisions of SFAS No. 144 are effec- tive for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and must be applied at the beginning of a fiscal year. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement on January 1, 2002, as required, and it did not have a significant financial impact on the Company. In July 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (“SFAS No. 141”), “Business Combinations” and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“SFAS No. 142”), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS No. 141 requires the purchase method of accounting to be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 141 also addresses the initial recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets acquired in business combina- tions and requires intangible assets to be recognized apart from goodwill if certain tests are met. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill not be amortized but instead be measured for impairment at least annually, or when events indicate that there may be an impairment. The Company adopted the provisions of both statements for trans- actions initiated after June 30, 2001, as required, and the adoption did not have a significant impact on the Company. In July 2001, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 102 (“SAB 102”), “Selec ted Loan Loss Allowance and Documentation Issues.” SAB 102 summarizes certain of the SEC’s views on the development, documentation and application of a sys- tematic methodology for determining allowances for loan and lease losses. Adoption of SAB 102 by the Company did not have a signifi- cant impact on the Company. In September 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140 (“SFAS No. 140”), “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.” This statement is applicable for transfers of assets and extinguishments of liabilities occurring after June 30, 2001. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement as required for all transactions entered into on or after April 1, 2001. The adoption of SFAS No. 140 did not have a significant impact on the Company. 57. quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk Market Risks Market risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and equity prices. In pursuing its business plan, the primary market risk to which the Company is exposed is interest rate risk. Consis- tent with its liability management objectives, the Company has implemented an interest rate risk management policy based on match funding, with the objective that variable-rate assets be prima- rily financed by variable-rate liabilities and fixed-rate assets be pri- marily financed by fixed-rate liabilities. The Company’s operating results will depend in part on the difference between the interest and related income earned on its assets and the interest expense incurred in connection with its interest-bearing liabilities. Competition from other providers of real estate financing may lead to a decrease in the interest rate earned on the Company’s interest-bearing assets, which the Company may not be able to offset by obtaining lower interest costs on its borrowings. Changes in the general level of interest rates prevailing in the financial markets may affect the spread (the difference in the principal amount outstanding) between the Company’s interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Any significant compression of the spreads between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities could have a material adverse effect on the Company. In addition, an increase in interest rates could, among other things, reduce the value of the Company’s interest-bearing assets and its ability to realize gains from the sale of such assets, and a decrease in interest rates could reduce the average life of the Company’s interest-earning assets. A substantial portion of the Company’s loan investments are subject to significant prepayment protection in the form of lock- outs, yield maintenance provisions or other prepayment premiums which provide substantial yield protection to the Company. Those assets generally not subject to prepayment penalties include: (1) variable-rate loans based on LIBOR, originated or acquired at par, which would not result in any gain or loss upon repayment; and (2) discount loans and loan participations acquired at discounts to face values, which would result in gains upon repayment. Further, while the Company generally seeks to enter into loan investments which provide for substantial prepayment protection, in the event of declining interest rates, the Company could receive such prepay- ments and may not be able to reinvest such proceeds at favorable returns. Such prepayments could have an adverse effect on the spreads between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. While the Company has not experienced any significant credit losses, in the event of a significant rising interest rate environ- ment and/or economic downturn, defaults could increase and result in credit losses to the Company which adversely affect its liquidity and operating results. Further, such delinquencies or defaults could have an adverse effect on the spreads between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political conditions, and other factors beyond the con- trol of the Company. As more fully discussed in Note 9 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company employs match funding-based hedging strategies to limit the effects of changes in interest rates on its operations, including engaging in interest rate caps, floors, swaps, futures and other interest rate- related derivative contracts. These strategies are specifically designed to reduce the Company’s exposure, on specific transactions or on a portfolio basis, to changes in cash flows as a result of interest rate movements in the market. The Company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes nor as a hedge against changes in credit risk of its borrowers or of the Company itself. Each interest rate cap or floor agreement is a legal contract between the Company and a third party (the “counterparty”). When the Company purchases a cap or floor contract, the Company makes an upfront payment to the counterparty and the counterparty agrees to make payments to the Company in the future should the reference rate (typically one- or three-month LIBOR) rise above (cap agree- ments) or fall below (floor agreements) the “strike” rate specified in the contract. Each contract has a notional face amount. Should the reference rate rise above the contractual strike rate in a cap, the Company will earn cap income. Should the reference rate fall below the contractual strike rate in a floor, the Company will earn floor income. Payments on an annualized basis will equal the contractual notional face amount multiplied by the difference between the actual reference rate and the contracted strike rate. The Company utilizes the provi- sions of SFAS No. 133 with respect to such instruments. SFAS No. 133 provides that the upfront fees paid on option-based products such as caps be expensed into earnings based on the allocation of the pre- mium to the affected periods as if the agreement were a series of “caplets.” These allocated premiums are then reflected as a charge to income and are included in “Interest expense” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations in the affected period. Interest rate swaps are agreements in which a series of interest rate flows are exchanged over a prescribed period. The notional amount on which swaps are based is not exchanged. In gen- eral, the Company’s swaps are “pay-fixed” swaps involving the exchange of variable-rate interest payments from the counterparty for fixed interest payments from the Company. However, when appropriate the Company enters into “pay floating” swaps involving the exchange of fixed-rate interest payments from the counterparty for variable-rate interest payments from the Company, which miti- gates the risk of changes in fair value of the Company’s fixed-rate debt obligations. Interest rate futures are contracts, generally settled in cash, in which the seller agrees to deliver on a specified future date the cash equivalent of the difference between the specified price or yield indicated in the contract and the value of the specified instrument (i.e., U.S. Treasury securities) upon settlement. Under these agreements, the Company would generally receive additional cash flow at settle- ment if interest rates rise and pay cash if interest rates fall. The effects of such receipts or payments would be deferred and amor- tized over the term of the specific related fixed-rate borrowings. In the event that, in the opinion of management, it is no longer probable that a forecasted transaction will occur under terms substantially equivalent to those projected, the Company would cease recognizing such transactions as hedges and immediately recognize related gains or losses based on actual settlement or estimated settlement value. While a REIT may freely utilize derivative instruments to hedge interest rate risk on its liabilities, the use of derivatives for other purposes, including hedging asset-related risks such as credit, prepayment or interest rate exposure on the Company’s loan assets, could generate income which is not qualified income for purposes of maintaining REIT status. As a consequence, the Company may only engage in such instruments to hedge such risks on a limited basis. There can be no assurance that the Company’s profitability will not be adversely affected during any period as a result of chang- ing interest rates. In addition, hedging transactions using derivative instruments involve certain additional risks such as counterparty credit risk, legal enforceability of hedging contracts and the risk that unanticipated and significant changes in interest rates will cause a significant loss of basis in the contract. With regard to loss of basis in a hedging contract, indices upon which contracts are based may be more or less variable than the indices upon which the hedged assets or liabilities are based, thereby making the hedge less effective. The counterparties to these contractual arrangements are major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relationships. The Company is potentially exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties. However, because of their high credit ratings, the Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obliga- tions. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to adequately protect against the foregoing risks and that the Company will ultimately realize an economic benefit from any hedging contract it enters into which exceeds the related costs incurred in connection with engaging in such hedges. The following table quantifies the potential changes in net investment income and net fair value of financial instruments should interest rates increase or decrease 25, 50, 100 or 200 basis points, assuming no change in the shape of the yield curve (i.e., relative interest rates). Net investment income is calculated as revenue from loans and other lending investments and operating leases (as of December 31, 2003), less related interest expense and operating costs on CTL assets, for the year ended December 31, 2003. Net fair value of financial instruments is calculated as the sum of the value of derivative instruments and the present value of cash in-flows gener- ated from interest-earning assets, less cash out-flows in respect of interest-bearing liabilities as of December 31, 2003. The cash flows associated with the Company’s assets are calculated based on man- agement’s best estimate of expected payments for each loan based on loan characteristics such as loan-to-value ratio, interest rate, credit history, prepayment penalty, term and collateral type. Most of the Company’s loans are protected from prepayment as a result of pre- payment penalties and contractual terms which prohibit prepayments during specified periods. However, for those loans where prepayments are not currently precluded by contract, declines in interest rates may increase prepayment speeds. The base interest rate scenario assumes the one-month LIBOR rate of 1.12% as of December 31, 2003. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimated in the table. Change in Interest Rates –50 Basis Points –25 Basis Points Base Interest Rate +100 Basis Points +200 Basis Points Estimated Percentage Change In Net Investment Income(1) 2.37% 1.19% 0.00% (3.81)% (5.52)% Net Fair Value of Financial Instruments(2) 2.53% 1.23% 0.00% (1.58)% 7.43% Explanatory Notes: (1) At December 31, 2003, the pro forma estimated percentage changes in net investment income for a decrease of 25 and 50 basis points and an increase of 100 and 200 basis points, giving effect to the $635.0 million pay-fixed swaps entered into in March 2004, are 0.74%, 1.48%, (2.03)% and (1.97)%, respectively (see Note 17 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements). (2) Amounts exclude fair values of non-financial investments, primarily CTL assets and certain forms of corporate finance investments. 59. report of independent auditors To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of iStar Financial Inc. In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, of changes in shareholders’ equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of iStar Financial Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) at December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by man- agement, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY February 20, 2004, except for Note 17, which is as of March 12, 2004 consolidated balance sheets As of December 31, Assets Loans and other lending investments, net Corporate tenant lease assets, net Investments in and advances to joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries Assets held for sale Cash and cash equivalents Restricted cash Accrued interest and operating lease income receivable Deferred operating lease income receivable Deferred expenses and other assets Total assets Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity Liabilities: Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities Dividends payable Debt obligations Total liabilities Commitments and contingencies Minority interest in consolidated entities Shareholders’ equity: Series A Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $50.00 per share, 0 and 4,400 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively Series B Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 2,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002 Series C Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 1,300 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002 Series D Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 4,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002 Series E Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 5,600 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively Series F Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 4,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively Series G Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 3,200 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively High Performance Units Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000 shares authorized, 107,215 and 98,114 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively Warrants and options Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings (deficit) Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (See Note 12) Treasury stock (at cost) Total shareholders’ equity Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 61. 2003 2002 (In thousands, except per share data) $3,702,674 2,535,885 25,019 24,800 80,090 57,665 26,076 51,447 156,934 $6,660,590 $ 126,524 – 4,113,732 4,240,256 – 5,106 $3,050,342 2,291,805 30,611 28,501 15,934 40,211 26,804 36,739 90,750 $5,611,697 $ 117,001 5,225 3,461,590 3,583,816 – 2,581 – 2 1 4 6 4 4 2 1 4 – – 3 5,131 – 1,359 107 20,695 2,678,772 (242,449) 1,008 (48,056) 2,415,228 $6,660,590 98 20,322 2,281,636 (227,769) (2,301) (48,056) 2,025,300 $5,611,697 consolidated statements of operations For the Year Ended December 31, Revenue: Interest income Operating lease income Other income Total revenue Costs and Expenses: Interest expense Operating costs – corporate tenant lease assets Depreciation and amortization General and administrative General and administrative – stock-based compensation expense Provision for loan losses Loss on early extinguishment of debt Total costs and expenses Net income before equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries, minority interest and other items Equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries Minority interest in consolidated entities Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (See Note 3) Net income from continuing operations Income from discontinued operations Gain from discontinued operations Net income Preferred dividend requirements Net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders(1) Basic earnings per common share(2) Diluted earnings per common share(2)(3) 2003 2002* (In thousands, except per share data) 2001* $304,394 265,478 36,677 606,549 194,999 17,371 55,286 38,153 3,633 7,500 – 316,942 289,607 (4,284) (249) – 285,074 1,916 5,167 292,157 (36,908) $255,249 2.52 $ 2.43 $ $255,631 236,643 27,993 520,267 185,375 13,202 46,948 30,449 17,998 8,250 12,166 314,388 205,879 1,222 (162) – 206,939 7,614 717 215,270 (36,908) $178,362 1.98 $ 1.93 $ $254,119 179,279 31,000 464,398 169,974 12,029 34,573 24,151 3,574 7,000 1,620 252,921 211,477 7,361 (218) (282) 218,338 10,429 1,145 229,912 (36,908) $193,004 2.24 $ 2.19 $ *Reclassified to conform to 2003 presentation. The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. Explanatory Notes: (1) HPU holders are Company employees who purchased high performance common stock units under the Company’s High Performance Unit Program. (2) For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per basic and diluted common share excludes $2,066 and $1,994 of net income allocable to HPU holders, respectively. For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per diluted common share includes joint venture income of $167. (3) consolidated statements of cash flows For the Year Ended December 31, Cash flows from operating activities: Net income Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows provided by operating activities: Minority interest in consolidated entities Non-cash expense for stock-based compensation Depreciation and amortization Depreciation and amortization from discontinued operations Amortization of deferred financing costs Amortization of discounts/premiums, deferred interest and costs on lending investments Discounts, loan fees and deferred interest received Equity in earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries Distributions from operations of joint ventures Loss on early extinguishment of debt Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle Deferred operating lease income receivable Gain from discontinued operations Provision for loan losses Change in investments in and advances to joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries Changes in assets and liabilities: (Increase) decrease in accrued interest and operating lease income receivable (Increase) decrease in deferred expenses and other assets Increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities Cash flows provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: New investment originations Add-on fundings under existing loan commitments Net proceeds from sale of corporate tenant lease assets Net proceeds from discontinued operations Repayments of and principal collections on loans and other lending investments Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures Distributions from unconsolidated joint ventures Capital improvements for build-to-suit projects Capital improvement projects on corporate tenant lease assets Other capital expenditures on corporate tenant lease assets Cash flows used in investing activities Cash flows from financing activities: Borrowings under secured revolving credit facilities Repayments under secured revolving credit facilities Borrowings under unsecured revolving credit facilities Borrowings under term loans Repayments under term loans Borrowings under unsecured bond offerings Repayments under unsecured notes Borrowings under secured bond offerings Repayments under secured bond offerings Borrowings under other debt obligations Repayments under other debt obligations Contribution from minority interest partner (Increase) decrease in restricted cash held in connection with debt obligations Prepayment penalty on early extinguishment of debt Payments for deferred financing costs Distributions to minority interest in consolidated entities Net proceeds from preferred offering/exchange Common dividends paid(1) Preferred dividends paid Dividends on HPUs HPUs issued Purchase of treasury stock Proceeds from equity offering Contribution from significant shareholder Proceeds from exercise of options and issuance of DRIP/stock purchase shares Cash flows provided by financing activities Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period Cash and cash equivalents at end of period Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Cash paid during the period for interest, net of amount capitalized 2003 2002* (In thousands) 2001* $ 292,157 $ 215,270 $ 229,912 249 3,781 55,286 793 27,180 (54,799) 36,063 4,284 2,839 – – (15,366) (5,167) 7,500 (2,877) (647) (20,690) 7,676 338,262 (2,086,890) (46,164) 47,569 – 1,119,743 – – – (3,487) (5,125) (974,354) 1,643,552 (2,220,715) 130,000 233,000 (107,723) 526,966 – 645,822 (210,876) 25,251 (7,064) 2,522 (17,454) – (35,609) (159) 87,909 (267,785) (36,713) (2,144) 3,772 – 190,936 – 116,760 700,248 64,156 15,934 80,090 $ 162 18,059 46,948 1,093 23,460 (33,086) 36,714 (1,222) 5,802 12,166 – (15,265) (717) 8,250 (6,598) 3,809 1,763 32,185 348,793 (1,812,993) (21,619) 3,702 17,500 671,965 (127) – (1,064) (2,277) (4,157) (1,149,070) 2,496,200 (2,122,994) – 115,099 (18,279) – – 885,079 (475,679) 1,094 (1,668) – (22,359) (3,950) (45,702) (231) – (231,257) (36,578) – 1,359 (6,981) 202,899 506 63,983 800,541 264 15,670 15,934 $ 218 3,574 34,573 1,069 20,720 (41,067) 28,425 (7,361) 4,802 1,620 282 (10,923) (1,145) 7,000 (2,568) 5,083 (519) 19,565 293,260 (924,455) (99,626) 26,306 – 650,970 (1,601) 24,265 (14,266) (6,629) (4,489) (349,525) 2,420,638 (2,285,892) – 277,664 (120,333) 350,000 (100,000) – (125,962) 279 (56,008) – 2,590 (1,037) (30,382) (3,794) – (264,527) (36,578) – – – – – 22,525 49,183 (7,082) 22,752 15,670 $ $ 165,757 $ 157,618 $ 141,271 * Reclassified to conform to 2003 presentation. The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. Explanatory Note: (1) For the year ended December 31, 2001, the $264.5 million of common dividends shown in the table represents five quarters of dividends, of which $51.4 million relates to the fourth quarter 2000 dividend (paid in January 2001). 63. consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity Series A Preferred Stock Series B Preferred Stock Series C Preferred Stock Series D Preferred Stock (In thousands) Series E Preferred Stock Series F Preferred Stock Series G Preferred Stock Balance at December 31, 2000 Exercise of options Dividends declared – preferred Dividends declared – common Acquisition of ACRE Partners Restricted stock units issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses Restricted stock units granted to employees Options granted to employees Issuance of stock – DRIP plan Net income for the period Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle Change in accumulated other comprehensive income Balance at December 31, 2001 Exercise of options Proceeds from equity offering Dividends declared – preferred Dividends declared – common Restricted stock units granted to employees Options granted to employees High performance units sold to employees Contributions from significant shareholder Issuance of stock – DRIP plan Purchase of treasury shares Net income for the period Change in accumulated other comprehensive income Balance at December 31, 2002 Exercise of options Net proceeds from preferred offering/exchange Proceeds from equity offering Dividends declared – preferred Dividends declared – common Dividends declared – HPUs Restricted stock units granted to employees Options granted to employees High performance units sold to employees Issuance of stock – DRIP/stock purchase plan Net income for the period Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) Balance at December 31, 2003 $ 4 – – – – – – – – – – – $ 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – $ 4 – (4) – – – – – – – – – – $ – The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. $2 – – – – – – – – – – – $2 – – – – – – – – – – – – $2 – – – – – – – – – – – – $2 $1 – – – – – – – – – – – $1 – – – – – – – – – – – – $1 – – – – – – – – – – – – $1 $4 – – – – – – – – – – $4 – – – – – – – – – – – – $4 – – – – – – – – – – – – $4 $– – – – – – – – – – – – $– – – – – – – – – – – – – $– – 6 – – – – – – – – – – $6 $– – – – – – – – – – – – $– – – – – – – – – – – – – $– – 4 – – – – – – – – – – $4 $– – – – – – – – – – – – $– – – – – – – – – – – – – $– – 3 – – – – – – – – – – $3 High Performance Units Common Stock at Par Warrants and Options Additional Paid-In Capital Retained Earnings (Deficit) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Losses) Treasury Stock Total (In thousands) $ – – – – – $ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1,359 – – – – – $ 1,359 – – – – – – – – 3,772 – – – $5,131 $ 85 2 – – – – – – – – – – $ 87 2 8 – – – – – – 1 – – – $ 98 1 – 5 – – – – – – 3 – – $107 $ 16,943 (835) – – – – – 4,348 – – – – $ 20,456 (443) – – – – 309 – – – – – – $ 20,322 373 – – – – – – – – – – $ 1,966,396 22,550 330 – 1,219 1,478 1,250 – 4,708 – – – $ 1,997,931 16,170 202,891 330 – 19,048 – – 506 44,426 334 – – $ 2,281,636 27,754 87,900 190,931 195 – – 1,339 82 – 88,935 – $ (154,789) – (36,908) (213,089) – – – – – 229,912 – – $ (174,874) – – (36,908) (231,257) – – – – – – 215,270 – $ (227,769) – – – (36,908) (267,785) (2,144) – – – – 292,157 $ (20) – – – – $ (40,741) – – – – $ 1,787,885 21,717 (36,578) (213,089) 1,219 – – – – – (9,445) (5,627) $(15,092) – – – – – – – – – – – 12,791 $ (2,301) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $ (40,741) – – – – – – – – – (7,315) – – $ (48,056) – – – – – – – – – – – 1,478 1,250 4,348 4,708 229,912 (9,445) (5,627) $ 1,787,778 15,729 202,899 (36,578) (231,257) 19,048 309 1,359 506 44,427 (6,981) 215,270 12,791 $ 2,025,300 28,128 87,909 190,936 (36,713) (267,785) (2,144) 1,339 82 3,772 88,938 292,157 – $20,695 – $2,678,772 – $(242,449) 3,309 $ 1,008 – 3,309 $(48,056) $2,415,228 65. notes to consolidated financial statements Note 1 – Business and Organization Business – iStar Financial Inc. (the ‘‘Company’’) is the leading publicly-traded finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry. The Company provides custom-tailored financing to private and corporate owners of real estate nationwide, including senior and junior mortgage debt, senior, mezzanine and subordinated corporate capital, and corporate net lease financing. The Company, which is taxed as a real estate investment trust (‘‘REIT’’), seeks to deliver strong dividends and superior risk-adjusted returns on equity to shareholders by providing innovative and value-added financing solutions to its customers. The Company’s primary product lines include: • Structured Finance. The Company provides senior and subordinated loans that typically range in size from $20 million to $100 million. These loans may be either fixed or variable rate and are structured to meet the specific financing needs of the borrowers, including the acquisition or financing of large, high-quality real estate. The Company offers borrowers a wide range of structured finance options, including first mortgages, second mortgages, partnership loans, participating debt and interim facilities. The Company’s structured finance transactions have maturities generally ranging from three to ten years. As of December 31, 2003, based on gross carrying values, the Company’s structured finance assets represented 25.97% of its assets. • Portfolio Finance. The Company provides funding to regional and national borrowers who own multiple facilities in geographically diverse portfolios. Loans are cross-collateralized to give the Company the benefit of all available collateral and underwritten to recognize inherent portfolio diversification. Property types include multifamily, suburban office, hotels and other property types where individual property values are less than $20 million on aver- age. Loan terms are structured to meet the specific requirements of the borrower and typically range in size from $25 million to $150 million. The Company’s portfolio finance transactions have maturities generally ranging from three to ten years. As of December 31, 2003, based on gross carrying values, the Company’s portfolio finance assets represented 15.49% of its assets. • Corporate Finance. The Company provides senior and subordinated capital to corporations engaged in real estate or real estate-related businesses. Financings may be either secured or unsecured and typically range in size from $20 million to $150 million. The Company’s corporate finance transactions have maturities gener- ally ranging from five to ten years. As of December 31, 2003, based on gross carrying values, the Company’s corporate finance assets represented 8.29% of its assets. • Loan Acquisition. The Company acquires whole loans and loan partic- ipations which present attractive risk-reward opportunities. Loans are generally acquired at a small discount to the principal balance outstanding. Loan acquisitions typically range in size from $5 mil- lion to $100 million and are collateralized by all major property types. The Company’s loan acquisition transactions have maturi- ties generally ranging from three to ten years. As of December 31, 2003, based on gross carrying values, the Company’s loan acquisi- tion assets represented 6.34% of its assets. • Corporate Tenant Leasing. The Company provides capital to corpora- tions and borrowers who control facilities leased to single credit- worthy tenants. The Company’s net leased assets are generally mission-critical headquarters or distribution facilities that are sub- ject to long-term leases with rated corporate credit tenants, and which provide for all expenses at the property to be paid by the corporate tenant on a triple net lease basis. Corporate tenant lease (‘‘CTL’’) transactions have terms generally ranging from ten to 20 years and typically range in size from $20 million to $150 mil- lion. As of December 31, 2003, based on gross carrying values, the Company’s CTL assets (including investments in and advances to joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries and assets held for sale) represented 41.89% of its assets. The Company’s investment strategy targets specific sec- tors of the real estate credit markets in which it believes it can deliver value-added, flexible financial solutions to its customers, thereby differentiating its financial products from those offered by other capital providers. The Company has implemented its investment strategy by: • Focusing on the origination of large, structured mortgage, corpo- rate and lease financings where customers require flexible financial solutions and “one-call” responsiveness post-closing. • Avoiding commodity businesses in which there is significant direct competition from other providers of capital such as conduit lending and investment in commercial or residential mortgage-backed securities. • Developing direct relationships with borrowers and corporate customers as opposed to sourcing transactions solely through intermediaries. • Adding value beyond simply providing capital by offering borrow- ers and corporate customers specific lending expertise, flexibility, certainty and continuing relationships beyond the closing of a par- ticular financing transaction. • Taking advantage of market anomalies in the real estate financing markets when the Company believes credit is mispriced by other providers of capital, such as the spread between lease yields and the yields on corporate customers’ underlying credit obligations. Organization – The Company began its business in 1993 through private investment funds formed to capitalize on inefficiencies in the real estate finance market. In March 1998, these funds con- tributed their approximately $1.1 billion of assets to the Company’s predecessor in exchange for a controlling interest in that company. Since that time, the Company has grown by originating new lending and leasing transactions, as well as through corporate acquisitions. Specifically, in September 1998, the Company acquired the loan origination and servicing business of a major insurance com- pany, and in December 1998, the Company acquired the mortgage and mezzanine loan portfolio of its largest private competitor. Additionally, in November 1999, the Company acquired TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. (‘‘TriNet’’ or the ‘‘Leasing Subsidiary’’), then the largest publicly-traded company specializing in corporate sale/leaseback transactions for office and industrial facilities (the ‘‘TriNet Acquisition’’). The TriNet Acquisition was structured as a stock-for-stock merger of TriNet with a subsidiary of the Company. Concurrent with the TriNet Acquisition, the Company also acquired its former external advisor in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock (‘‘Common Stock’’) and converted its organizational form to a Maryland corporation. As part of the conver- sion to a Maryland corporation, the Company replaced its former dual class common share structure with a single class of Common Stock. The Company’s Common Stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on November 4, 1999. Prior to this date, the Company’s common shares were traded on the American Stock Exchange. Note 2 – Basis of Presentation The accompanying audited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (‘‘GAAP’’) for complete financial statements. The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its qualified REIT subsidiaries, and its majority-owned and controlled partnerships. Certain other investments in partnerships or joint ventures which the Company does not control are accounted for under the equity method (see Notes 5 and 6). All significant intercompany bal- ances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Loans and Other Lending Investments, Net – As described in Note 4, ‘‘Loans and Other Lending Investments’’ includes the following investments: senior mortgages, subordinate mortgages, corporate/ partnership loans, other lending investments-loans and other lending investments-securities. Management considers nearly all of its loans and other lending investments to be held-to-maturity, although a small number of investments may be classified as available-for-sale. Items classified as held-to-maturity are reflected at amortized his- torical cost. Items classified as available-for-sale are reported at fair values with unrealized gains and losses included in ‘‘Accumu- lated other comprehensive income (losses)’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not included in the Company’s net income. Corporate Tenant Lease Assets and Depreciation – CTL assets are generally recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Certain improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life, increase capacity or improve the efficiency of the asset. Repairs and maintenance items are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method of cost recovery over estimated useful lives of 40.0 years for facilities, five years for furniture and equipment, the shorter of the remaining lease term or expected life for tenant improvements and the remain- ing life of the facility for facility improvements. CTL assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. The Company also periodically reviews long-lived assets to be held and used for an impairment in value whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recover- able. In management’s opinion, CTL assets to be held and used are not carried at amounts in excess of their estimated recoverable amounts. In accordance with the recent adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (‘‘SFAS No. 141’’), ‘‘Business Combinations’’ regarding the Company’s acquisition of facilities, pur- chase costs will be allocated to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values. The value of the tangible assets, consisting of land, buildings and tenant improve- ments, will be determined as if vacant, that is, at replacement cost. Intangible assets including the above-market or below-market value of leases, the value of in-place leases and the value of customer rela- tionships will be recorded at their relative fair values. Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned CTL assets will be recorded based on the present value (using a discount rate reflecting the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between: (1) contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the leases negotiated and in-place at the time of acquisition of the facilities; and (2) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the facility or equivalent facility, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market (or below-market) lease value will be amortized as a reduction of (or, increase to) operating lease income over the remaining non-cancelable term of each lease plus any renewal periods with fixed rental terms that are considered to be below-market. The total amount of other intangible assets will be allocated to in-place lease values and customer relationship intangible values based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each customer’s lease and the Company’s overall relationship with each customer. Characteristics to be considered in allocating these values include the nature and extent of the existing relationship with the customer, prospects for developing new business with the cus- tomer, the customer’s credit quality and the expectation of lease renewals among other factors. Factors considered by management’s analysis include the estimated carrying costs of the facility during a hypothetical expected lease-up period, current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. Management will also consider information obtained about a property in connection with its pre- acquisition due diligence. Estimated carrying costs will include real estate taxes, insurance, other property operating costs and estimates of lost operating lease income at market rates during the hypothetical expected lease-up periods, based on management’s assessment of specific market conditions. Management will estimate costs to exe- cute leases including commissions and legal costs to the extent that such costs are not already incurred with a new lease that has been negotiated in connection with the purchase of the facility. Manage- ment’s estimates will be used to determine these values. These intangible 67. assets are included in ‘‘Deferred expenses and other assets’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. principal are ultimately collectible, based on the underlying collateral and operations of the borrower. The value of above-market or below-market in-place leases will be amortized to expense over the remaining initial term of each lease. The value of customer relationship intangibles will be amortized to expense over the initial and renewal terms of the leases, but no amortization period for intangible assets will exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. In the event that a cus- tomer terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of each intangi- ble, including market rate adjustments, lease origination costs, in-place lease values and customer relationship values, would be charged to expense. Capitalized Interest – The Company capitalizes interest costs incurred during the construction period on qualified build-to-suit projects for corporate tenants, including investments in joint ven- tures accounted for under the equity method. No interest was capi- talized during the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and approximately $70,000 was capitalized during the 12 months ended December 31, 2002. Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents include cash held in banks or invested in money market funds with original maturity terms of less than 90 days. Restricted Cash – Restricted cash represents amounts required to be maintained in escrow under certain of the Company’s debt obligations and leasing transactions. Revenue Recognition – The Company’s revenue recognition policies are as follows: Loans and Other Lending Investments – Management considers nearly all of its loans and other lending investments to be held-to- maturity, although a small number of investments may be classified as available-for-sale. The Company reflects held-to-maturity investments at amortized cost less allowance for loan losses, acquisi- tion premiums or discounts, deferred loan fees and undisbursed loan funds. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments are included in ‘‘Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not included in the Company’s net income. On occasion, the Company may acquire loans at small premiums or discounts based on the credit characteris- tics of such loans. These premiums or discounts are recognized as yield adjustments over the lives of the related loans. Loan origination or exit fees, as well as direct loan origination costs, are also deferred and recognized over the lives of the related loans as a yield adjust- ment. If loans with premiums, discounts, loan origination or exit fees are prepaid, the Company immediately recognizes the unamortized portion as a decrease or increase in the prepayment gain or loss. Interest income is recognized using the effective interest method applied on a loan-by-loan basis. A small number of the Company’s loans provide for accrual of interest at specified rates which differ from current payment terms. Interest is recognized on such loans at the accrual rate subject to management’s determination that accrued interest and outstanding Prepayment penalties or yield maintenance payments from borrowers are recognized as additional income when received. Certain of the Company’s loan investments provide for additional interest based on the borrower’s operating cash flow or appreciation of the underlying collateral. Such amounts are considered contingent interest and are reflected as income only upon certainty of collection. Leasing Investments – Operating lease revenue is recognized on the straight-line method of accounting from the later of the date of the origination of the lease or the date of acquisition of the facility subject to existing leases. Accordingly, contractual lease payment increases are recognized evenly over the term of the lease. The cumulative difference between lease revenue recognized under this method and contractual lease payment terms is recorded as ‘‘Deferred operating lease income receivable’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Provision for Loan Losses – The Company’s accounting poli- cies require that an allowance for estimated loan losses be maintained at a level that management, based upon an evaluation of known and inherent risks in the portfolio, considers adequate to provide for loan losses. In establishing loan loss provisions, management periodically evaluates and analyzes the Company’s assets, historical and industry loss experience, economic conditions and trends, collateral values and quality, and other relevant factors. Specific valuation allowances are established for impaired loans in the amount by which the carrying value, before allowance for estimated losses, exceeds the fair value of collateral less disposition costs on an individual loan basis. Manage- ment considers a loan to be impaired when, based upon current infor- mation and events, it believes that it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement on a timely basis. Management meas- ures these impaired loans at the fair value of the loans’ underlying collateral less estimated disposition costs. Impaired loans may be left on accrual status during the period the Company is pursuing repay- ment of the loan; however, these loans are placed on non-accrual status at such time as: (1) management believes that the potential risk exists that scheduled debt service payments will not be met within the coming 12 months; (2) the loans become 90 days delin- quent; (3) management determines the borrower is incapable of, or has ceased efforts toward, curing the cause of the impairment; or (4) the net realizable value of the loan’s underlying collateral approximates the Company’s carrying value of such loan. While on non-accrual status, interest income is recognized only upon actual receipt. Impairment losses are recognized as direct write-downs of the related loan with a corresponding charge to the provision for loan losses. Charge-offs occur when loans, or a portion thereof, are con- sidered uncollectible and of such little value that further pursuit of collection is not warranted. Management also provides a loan portfo- lio reserve based upon its periodic evaluation and analysis of the portfolio, historical and industry loss experience, economic conditions and trends, collateral values and quality, and other relevant factors. The Company’s loans are generally secured by real estate assets or are corporate lending arrangements to entities with signifi- cant rental real estate operations (e.g., an unsecured loan to a com- pany which operates residential apartments or retail, industrial or office facilities as rental real estate). While the underlying real estate assets for the corporate lending instruments may not serve as collat- eral for the Company’s investments in all cases, the Company evalu- ates the underlying real estate assets when estimating loan loss exposure because the Company’s loans generally have preclusions as to how much senior and/or secured debt the customer may borrow ahead of the Company’s position. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts – The Company has recently developed an accounting policy that requires a reserve on the Company’s accrued operating lease income receivable balances and on the deferred operating lease income receivable balances. The reserve covers asset specific problems (e.g., bankruptcy) as they arise, as well as, a portfolio reserve based on management’s evalua- tion of the credit risks associated with these receivables. Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity – In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (‘‘SFAS No. 133’’), ‘‘Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities’’ as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 137, ‘‘Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity – Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB 133,’’ Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138 ‘‘Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities – an Amendment of FASB Statement 133’’ and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 149, ‘‘Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instrument and Hedging Activities,’’ the Company recognizes all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position and measures those instruments at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifi- cally designated as: (1) a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm com- mitment; (2) a hedge of the exposure to variable cash flows of a forecasted transaction; or (3) in certain circumstances, a hedge of a foreign currency exposure. Upon adoption, on January 1, 2001, the Company recog- nized a charge to net income of approximately $282,000 and an addi- tional charge of $9.4 million to ‘‘Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses),’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets rep- resenting the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle. Income Taxes – The Company is subject to federal income taxation at corporate rates on its ‘‘REIT taxable income’’; however, the Company is allowed a deduction for the amount of dividends paid to its shareholders, thereby subjecting the distributed net income of the Company to taxation at the shareholder level only. In addition, the Company is allowed several other deductions in computing its ‘‘REIT taxable income,’’ including non-cash items such as depreciation expense. These deductions allow the Company to shelter a portion of its operating cash flow from its dividend payout requirement under federal tax laws. The Company intends to operate in a manner consistent with and to elect to be treated as a REIT for tax purposes. iStar Operating Inc. (‘‘iStar Operating’’) and TriNet Management Operating Company, Inc. (‘‘TMOC’’), the Company’s REIT taxable subsidiaries, are not consolidated for federal income tax purposes and are taxed as corporations. For financial reporting purposes, current and deferred taxes are provided for in the portion of earnings recog- nized by the Company with respect to its interest in iStar Operating and TMOC. Accordingly, except for the Company’s taxable sub- sidiaries, no current or deferred taxes are provided for in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Prior to December 31, 2003, TMOC was liquidated. See Note 6 for a detailed discussion on the ownership structure and operations of iStar Operating and TMOC. Earnings per Common Share – In accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 (‘‘SFAS No. 128’’), ‘‘Earnings per Share,’’ the Company presents both basic and diluted earnings per share (‘‘EPS’’). Basic earnings per share (‘‘Basic EPS’’) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income allocable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share (‘‘Diluted EPS’’) reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock, where such exercise or conversion would result in a lower earnings per share amount. Reclassifications – Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes to conform to the 2003 presentation. Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. New Accounting Standards – In December 2003, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 (‘‘SAB 104’’), ‘‘Revenue Recognition’’ which supercedes SAB 101, ‘‘Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.’’ SAB 104’s primary purpose is to rescind the accounting guidance contained in SAB 101 related to multiple ele- ment revenue arrangements, superceded as a result of the issuance of EITF 00-21. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement immediately, as required, and it did not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. EITF 00-21, ‘‘Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables,’’ issued during the third quarter of 2003, pro- vides guidance on revenue recognition for revenues derived from a single contract that contain multiple products or services. EITF 00-21 also provides additional requirements to determine when these revenues may be recorded separately for accounting purposes. The Company adopted EITF 00-21 on July 1, 2003, as required, and it did not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. 69. In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150 (‘‘SFAS No. 150’’), ‘‘Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments With Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.’’ This standard requires issuers to classify as liabilities the following three types of freestanding financial instruments: (1) mandatorily redeemable financial instruments, (2) obligations to repurchase the issuer’s equity shares by transferring assets; and (3) certain obligations to issue a variable number of shares. The FASB recently issued FASB Staff Position (‘‘FSP’’) 150-3, which defers the provisions of paragraphs 9 and 10 of SFAS No. 150 indefinitely as they apply to mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests associated with finite-lived entities. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement, as required, on July 1, 2003, and it did not have a significant financial impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (‘‘FIN 46’’), ‘‘Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,’’ an interpretation of ARB 51. FIN 46 provides guidance on identifying entities for which control is achieved through means other than through voting rights (a ‘‘variable interest entity’’ or ‘‘VIE’’), and how to determine when and which business enterprise should consolidate a VIE. In addition, FIN 46 requires that both the primary beneficiary and all other enterprises with a significant variable interest in a VIE make additional disclosures. The transitional disclosure requirements took effect immediately and were required for all financial statements initially issued or modified after January 31, 2003. Immediate consolidation is required for VIEs entered into or modified after February 1, 2003 in which the Company is deemed the primary ben- eficiary. For VIEs in which the Company entered into prior to February 1, 2003, the FASB recently issued FSP to defer FIN 46 for those older entities to the reporting period ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of the additional consolidation provisions of FIN 46 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In December 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148 (‘‘SFAS No. 148’’), ‘‘Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,’’ an amend- ment of FASB Statement No. 123 (‘‘SFAS No. 123’’). This statement provides alternative transition methods for a voluntary change to the fair value basis of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. However, this Statement does not permit the use of the original SFAS No. 123 prospective method of transition for changes to the fair value based method made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2003. In addition, this Statement amends the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of account- ing for stock-based employee compensation, description of transition method utilized and the effect of the method used on reported results. The Company adopted SFAS No. 148 with retroactive application to grants made subsequent to January 1, 2002 with no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. SFAS No. 148 disclosure requirements, including the effect on net income and earnings per share if the fair value-based method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested stock awards in each period, are presented below (in thousands, except per share amounts): For the Years Ended December 31, Net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders, as reported(1) Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value-based method for all awards, net of related tax effects Pro forma net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders Earnings per share: Basic – as reported(2) Basic – pro forma(2) Diluted – as reported(2)(3) Diluted – pro forma(2)(3) 2003 Basic EPS 2002 Basic EPS 2001 Basic EPS $255,249 $178,362 $193,004 (289) (565) (705) $254,960 $177,797 $192,299 $ $ 2.52 $ 2.52 2.43 $ 2.43 1.98 $ 1.98 1.93 $ 1.92 2.24 2.23 2.19 2.18 Explanatory Notes: (1) HPU holders are Company employees who purchased high performance common (2) stock units under the Company’s High Performance Unit Program. For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per basic and diluted common share excludes $2,066 and $1,994 of net income allocable to HPU holders, respectively. (3) For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per diluted common share includes joint venture income of $167. In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (‘‘FIN 45’’), ‘‘Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Require- ments for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others,’’ an interpretation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (‘‘SFAS No. 5’’), ‘‘Accounting for Contingencies,’’ Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 57, ‘‘Related Party Disclosures,’’ Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, ‘‘Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments’’ and rescinds FASB Interpretation No. 34, ‘‘Disclosure of Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an Interpretation of SFAS No. 5.’’ It requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guar- antee regardless if the Company receives separately identifiable con- sideration (e.g., a premium). The disclosure requirements became effective December 31, 2002. The adoption of FIN 45 did not have a material impac t on the Company ’s Consolidated Financial Statements, nor is it expected to have a material impact in the future. In September 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 147 (‘‘SFAS No. 147’’), ‘‘Acquisi- tions of Certain Financial Institutions,’’ an amendment of FASB Statements No. 72 and 144 and FASB Interpretation No. 9. SFAS No. 147 provides guidance on the accounting for the acquisitions of financial institutions, except those acquisitions between two or more mutual enterprises. SFAS No. 147 removes acquisitions of financial institutions from the scope of both FASB No. 72, ‘‘Accounting for Certain Acquisitions of Banking or Thrift Institutions,’’ and FASB Interpretation No. 9, Applying APB Opinions No. 16 and 17, ‘‘When a Savings and Loan Association or a Similar Institution is Acquired in a Business Combination Accounted for by the Purchase Method,’’ and requires that those transactions be accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 147 also amends SFAS No. 144 to include in its scope long-term, customer-relationship intan- gible assets of financial institutions such as depositor-relationship and borrower-relationship intangible assets and credit cardholder intangible assets. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement, as required, on October 1, 2002, and it did not have a significant financial impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146 (‘‘SFAS No. 146’’), ‘‘Accounting for Exit or Disposal Activities,’’ to address significant issues regarding the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs that are associated with exit and disposal activities, including restructuring activities that are currently accounted for pursuant to the guidance that the Emerging Issues Task Force (‘‘EITF’’) has set forth in EITF Issue No. 94-3, ‘‘Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring).’’ The scope of SFAS No. 146 also includes: (1) costs related to terminating a contract that is not a cap- ital lease; and (2) termination benefits received by employees invol- untarily terminated under the terms of a one-time benefit arrangement that is not an ongoing benefit arrangement or an indi- vidual deferred-compensation contract. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 146 on December 31, 2002, as required, and it did not have a material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. In April 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 145 (‘‘SFAS No. 145’’), ‘‘Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections.’’ SFAS No. 145 rescinds both FASB Statements No. 4 (‘‘SFAS No. 4’’), ‘‘Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt,’’ and the amendment to SFAS No. 4, FASB Statement No. 64 (‘‘SFAS No. 64’’), ‘‘Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements.’’ Through this rescission, SFAS No. 145 eliminates the requirement (in both SFAS No. 4 and SFAS No. 64) that gains and losses from the extinguishment of debt be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of the related income tax effect. An entity is not prohibited from classi- fying such gains and losses as extraordinary items, so long as they meet the criteria in paragraph 20 of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (‘‘APB 30’’), ‘‘Reporting the Results of Operations – Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions’’; however, due to the nature of the Company’s opera- tions, such treatment may not be available to the Company. Any gains or losses on extinguishments of debt that were previously classified as extraordinary items in prior periods presented that do not meet the criteria in APB 30 for classification as an extraordinary item will be reclassified to income from continuing operations. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. The Company adopted the pro- visions of this statement, as required, on January 1, 2003. For the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company reclassi- fied $12.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively from ‘‘Extraordinary loss from early extinguishment of debt’’ into ‘‘Loss on early extin- guishment of debt’’ in income from continuing operations on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In October 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (‘‘SFAS No. 144’’), ‘‘Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.’’ SFAS No. 144 pro- vides guidance on the recognition of impairment losses on long-lived assets to be held and used or to be disposed of, and also broadens the definition of what constitutes a discontinued operation and how the results of a discontinued operation are to be measured and presented. SFAS No. 144 requires that current operations prior to the disposition of CTL assets and prior period results of such operations be pre- sented in discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The provisions of SFAS No. 144 are effec- tive for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and must be applied at the beginning of a fiscal year. The Company adopted the provisions of this statement on January 1, 2002, as required, and it did not have a significant financial impact on the Company. In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (‘‘SFAS No. 142’’), ‘‘Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.’’ SFAS No. 141 requires the purchase method of accounting to be used for all business combina- tions initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 141 also addresses the initial recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets acquired in business combinations and requires intangible assets to be recognized apart from goodwill if certain tests are met. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill not be amortized but instead be measured for impairment at least annually, or when events indicate that there may be an impairment. The Company adopted the provi- sions of both statements for transactions initiated after June 30, 2001, as required, and the adoption did not have a significant impact on the Company. In July 2001, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 102 (‘‘SAB 102’’), ‘‘Selected Loan Loss Allowance and Documen- tation Issues.’’ SAB 102 summarizes certain of the SEC’s views on the development, documentation and application of a systematic methodology for determining allowances for loan and lease losses. Adoption of SAB 102 by the Company did not have a significant impact on the Company. 71. In September 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140 (‘‘SFAS No. 140’’), ‘‘Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.’’ This statement is applicable for trans- fers of assets and extinguishments of liabilities occurring after June 30, 2001. The Company adopted the provisions of this state- ment as required for all transactions entered into on or after April 1, 2001. The adoption of SFAS No. 140 did not have a significant impact on the Company. Note 4 – Loans and Other Lending Investments The following is a summary description of the Company’s loans and other lending investments (in thousands)(1): Number Principal of Bor- Balances rowers Property Type In Class Outstanding Underlying 2002 41 $2,143,326 $2,106,791 $1,675,797 Carrying Value as of Effective December 31, December 31, Maturity Dates 2004 Fixed: 7.03% to 12.00% to 2022 2003 Contractual Interest Payment Rates(2) Contractual Interest Accrual Prin- Partici- pation cipal Fea- Amor- Rates(2) tization tures Yes(4) No Type of Investment Senior Office/Residential/ Mortgages(3) Retail/Industrial, R&D/ Conference Center/ Mixed Use/Hotel/ Entertainment, Leisure/Other Office/Residential/ Retail/Mixed Use/ Hotel Subordinate Mortgages Corporate/ Partnership Loans Office/Residential/ Retail/Industrial, R&D/ Mixed Use/Hotel/ Entertainment, Leisure/Other Other Lending Investments – Loans Office/Mixed Use/ Hotel/Other Other Lending Residential/Industrial, R&D/Hotel/ Investments – Securities(6) Entertainment, Leisure/Other 21 551,634 550,572 629,486 27 740,529 710,469 441,028 5 26,096 23,767 23,167 11 364,050 344,511 310,114 + 1.50% to LIBOR + 6.50% 2004 Fixed: 7.00% to 18.00% to 2013 Fixed: 7.03% to 12.00% Variable: LIBOR Variable: LIBOR + 1.50% to LIBOR + 6.50% Fixed: 7.32% to 18.00% Variable: LIBOR Variable: LIBOR + 1.79% to LIBOR + 7.47% Fixed: 7.33% to 17.50% Variable: LIBOR Variable: LIBOR + 3.50% to LIBOR + 12.77% Fixed: 15.00% to 17.50% Variable: LIBOR Variable: LIBOR + 4.75% Fixed: 6.75% to 10.00% Variable: LIBOR Variable: LIBOR + 2.82% to LIBOR + 5.00% + 2.82% to LIBOR + 5.00% + 1.79% to LIBOR + 7.47% 2004 Fixed: 6.00% to 15.00% to 2013 + 3.50% to LIBOR + 12.77% 2004 Fixed: 10.00% to 15.00% to 2008 + 4.75% 2005 Fixed: 6.75% to 10.00% to 2030 Yes(4) No Yes(4) Yes(5) No Yes(5) Yes(4) No Gross Carrying Value Provision for Loan Losses Total, Net $3,736,110 $3,079,592 (29,250) $3,702,674 $3,050,342 (33,436) Explanatory Notes: (1) Details are for loans outstanding as of December 31, 2003. (2) Substantially all variable-rate loans are based on 30-day LIBOR and reprice monthly. The 30-day LIBOR on December 31, 2003 was 1.12%. As of December 31, 2003, five loans with a combined carrying value of $95.9 million have a stated accrual rate that exceeds the stated pay rate, however, one of these loans, with a carrying value of $27.1 million, has been placed on non-accrual status and the Company is only recognizing income based on cash received for interest. (3) Includes a participation interest in a first mortgage. (4) The loans require fixed payments of principal and interest resulting in partial principal amortization over the term of the loan with the remaining principal due at maturity. (5) Under some of the loans, the lender receives additional payments representing additional interest from participation in available cash flow from operations of the property. (6) Generally consists of term preferred stock or debt interests that are specifically originated or structured to meet customer financing requirements and the Company’s invest- ment criteria. These investments do not typically consist of securities purchased in the open market or as part of broadly-distributed offerings. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, the Company and its affiliated ventures originated or acquired an aggregate of approximately $1,735.4 million and $1,403.8 million in loans and other lending investments, funded $46.1 million and $21.6 million under existing loan commitments, and received principal repayments of $1,120.0 million and $672.0 million. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had 18 loans with unfunded commitments. The total unfunded commitment amount was approximately $208.6 million, of which $80.2 million was discretionary and $128.4 million was non-discretionary. A portion of the Company’s loans and other lending invest- ments are pledged as collateral under either the iStar Asset Receivables secured notes, the secured revolving credit facilities or secured term loans (see Note 7 for a description of the Company’s secured and unsecured debt). The Company has reflected provisions for loan losses of approximately $7.5 million, $8.3 million and $7.0 million in its results of operations during the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. These provisions represent loan portfolio reserves based on management’s evaluation of general market con- ditions, the Company’s internal risk management policies and credit risk ratings system, industry loss experience, the likelihood of delin- quencies or defaults and the credit quality of the underlying collateral. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, the Company took a $3.3 million direct impairment on a $30.4 million partnership loan on a class A building located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In August 2003 the borrower stopped making its debt service pay- ments due to insufficient cash flow caused by vacancies at the prop- erty. After taking the impairment charge and lowering the book value of the asset to $27.1 million, management believes there is adequate collateral to support the book value of the asset. Changes in the Company’s provision for loan losses were as follows: Provision for loan losses, December 31, 2000 Additional provision for loan losses Provision for loan losses, December 31, 2001 Additional provision for loan losses Provision for loan losses, December 31, 2002 Additional provision for loan losses Impairment on loans Provision for loan losses, December 31, 2003 $14,000 7,000 21,000 8,250 29,250 7,500 (3,314) $33,436 Note 5 – Corporate Tenant Lease Assets During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, the Company acquired an aggregate of approxi- mately $351.4 million and $409.1 million in CTL assets and disposed of CTL assets for net proceeds of approximately $47.6 million and $3.7 million. The Company’s investments in CTL assets, at cost, were as follows (in thousands): Facilities and improvements Land and land improvements Direct financing lease Less: accumulated depreciation Corporate tenant lease assets, net 2003 December 31, December 31, 2002 $2,210,592 $1,959,309 428,365 32,640 (128,509) $2,535,885 $2,291,805 468,708 35,472 (178,887) The Company’s CTL assets are leased to customers with initial term expiration dates from 2004 to 2023. Future operating lease payments under non-cancelable leases, excluding customer reimbursements of expenses, in effect at December 31, 2003, are approximately as follows (in thousands): Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Thereafter Amount $ 261,913 253,886 241,324 219,331 203,201 1,742,962 Under certain leases, the Company is entitled to receive additional participating lease payments to the extent gross revenues of the corporate tenant exceed a base amount. The Company earned $0, $0 and $0.4 million of such additional participating lease pay- ments on these leases in the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. In addition, the Company also receives reimbursements from customers for certain facility operating expenses including common area costs, insurance and real estate taxes. Customer expense reimbursements for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 were approximately $31.9 million, $29.7 million and $25.2 million, respectively, and are included as a reduction of ‘‘Operating costs – corporate tenant lease assets’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company is subject to expansion option agreements with two existing customers which could require the Company to fund and to construct up to 161,000 square feet of additional adja- cent space on which the Company would receive additional operating lease income under the terms of the option agreements. In addition, upon exercise of such expansion option agreements, the corporate tenants would be required to simultaneously extend their existing lease terms for additional periods ranging from six to ten years. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, the Company sold nine CTL assets for net proceeds of approximately $47.6 million, and realized a gain of approximately $5.2 million. As of December 31, 2003, there was one CTL asset with a book value of $24.8 million classified as ‘‘Assets held for sale’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. 73. The results of operations from CTL assets sold or held for sale in the current and prior periods are classified in ‘‘Income from dis- continued operations’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations even though such income was actually recognized by the Company prior to the asset sale. Gains from the sale of CTL assets are classified as ‘‘Gain from discontinued operations’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. On September 30, 2002, one of the Company’s customers exercised an option to terminate its lease on 50.00% of the land leased from the Company. In connection with this termination, the Company realized $17.5 million in cash lease termination payments, offset by a $17.4 million impairment charge in connection with the termination, resulting in a net gain of approximately $123,000. In the fourth quarter of 2002, the customer completed a recapitalization transaction that significantly enhanced its credit. In connection with this recapitalization, the Company agreed to amend the customer’s lease, effective October 1, 2002. In the lease amendment, the Company received $12.5 million in cash as prepaid lease payments and the customer agreed to fixed minimum increases on future lease payments. In exchange, the Company agreed to reduce the customer’s lease obligations for a period not to exceed nine quarters. Following the reduction period, the customer is required to make additional lease payments over a 10-year period sufficient to reimburse the Company for a portion of the temporary reduction in lease payments. On May 30, 2002, the Company sold one CTL asset for net proceeds of $3.7 million, and realized a gain of approximately $595,000. As of December 31, 2002, there were two CTL assets with a combined book value of $28.5 million classified as ‘‘Assets held for sale’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Note 6 – Joint Ventures, Unconsolidated Subsidiaries and Minority Interest Income or loss generated from the Company’s joint venture investments and unconsolidated subsidiaries is included in ‘‘Equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company’s ownership percentages, its investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures and subsidiaries, the Company’s pro rata share of its ventures’ third-party, non-recourse debt as of December 31, 2003 and its respective income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2003 are presented below (in thousands): Ownership % Equity Investment JV Income (Loss) for the Year Ended December 31, 2003 Pro Rata Share of Third-Party Non-Recourse Debt(1) 44.70% 50.00% 20.00% 95.00% 95.00% $11,815 8,178 5,026 N/A N/A $25,019 $ 1,740 (3,903) 144 (2,252) (13) $(4,284) $10,728 59,578 6,438 N/A N/A $76,744 Third-Party Debt Interest Rate Scheduled Maturity Date LIBOR+1.25% 7.66%–7.87% Various through 2011 7.61%–8.43% Various through 2011 November 2004(2) N/A N/A N/A N/A Unconsolidated Joint Ventures: Sunnyvale CTC I ACRE Simon Unconsolidated Subsidiaries: iStar Operating TMOC Total Explanatory Notes: (1) The Company reflects its pro rata share of third-party, non-recourse debt, rather than the total amount of the joint venture debt, because the third-party, non-recourse debt held by the joint ventures is not guaranteed by the Company nor does the Company have any additional commitments to fund such debt obligations. (2) On October 13, 2003, the venture extended the final maturity of the loan to November 2004. Investments In and Advances To Unconsolidated Joint Ventures – At December 31, 2003, the Company had investments in three uncon- solidated joint ventures: (1) TriNet Sunnyvale Partners L .P. (‘‘Sunnyvale’’), whose external partners are John D. O’Donnell, Trustee, John W. Hopkins, and Donald S. Grant, Trustee; (2) Corporate Technology Centre Associates, LLC (‘‘CTC I’’), whose external member is Corporate Technology Centre Partners, LLC; and (3) ACRE Simon, LLC (‘‘ACRE’’), whose external partner is William E. Simon & Sons Realty Partners, L.P. These ventures were formed for the purpose of operating, acquiring and, in certain cases, developing CTL facilities. At December 31, 2003, the ventures comprised 12 net leased facilities. The Company’s combined investment in these joint ventures at December 31, 2003 was $25.0 million. The joint ven- tures’ carrying value for the 12 facilities owned at December 31, 2003 was $193.1 million. In aggregate, the joint ventures had total assets of $221.2 million and total liabilities of $180.6 million as of December 31, 2003, and a net loss of approximately $4.4 million for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, respectively. The Company accounts for these investments under the equity method because the Company’s joint venture partners have certain partici- pating rights giving them shared control over the ventures. On July 2, 2002, the Company paid approximately $27.9 million in cash to the former member of TriNet Milpitas Associates (‘‘Milpitas’’) joint venture in exchange for its 50.00% ownership interest. Pursuant to the terms of the joint venture agree- ment, the former external member had the right to convert its inter- est into 984,476 shares of Common Stock of the Company at any time during the period February 1, 2002 through January 31, 2003. On May 2, 2002, the former Milpitas external member exercised this right. Upon the external member’s exercise of its conversion right, the Company had the option to acquire the partner’s interest for cash, instead of shares, for a payment equal to the value of 984,476 shares of Common Stock multiplied by the ten-day average closing stock price as of the transaction date. The Company made such election and, as of July 2, 2002, owns 100.00% of Milpitas, and therefore consolidates these assets for accounting purposes. The Company accounted for the acquisition of the external interest using the purchase method. On April 1, 2002, the former Sierra Land Ventures (‘‘Sierra’’) joint venture partner assigned its 50.00% ownership inter- est in Sierra to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. There was no cash or shares exchanged in this transaction. As of April 1, 2002, the Company owns 100.00% of the CTL asset previously held by Sierra and therefore consolidates this asset for accounting purposes. Effective September 29, 2000, iStar Sunnyvale Partners, LP, which is wholly owned by Sunnyvale, entered into an interest rate cap agreement limiting the venture’s exposure to interest rate move- ments on its $24.0 million LIBOR-based mortgage loan to an interest rate of 9.00% through November 9, 2003. On September 29, 2003, in connection with the extension of the ventures’ debt, the venture extended the cap through November 9, 2004. Currently, the limited partners of Sunnyvale have the option to convert their partnership interest into cash; however, the Company may elect to deliver 297,728 shares of Common Stock in lieu of cash. Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Subsidiaries – The Company has an investment in iStar Operating, a taxable subsidiary that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, services the Company’s loans and certain loan portfolios owned by third parties. The Company owns all of the non-voting preferred stock and a 95.00% economic interest in iStar Operating. The common shareholder, an entity con- trolled by a former director of the Company, is the owner of all the voting common stock and a 5.00% economic interest in iStar Operating. As of December 31, 2003, there have never been any dis- tributions to the common shareholder, nor does the Company expect to make any in the future. At any time, the Company has the right to acquire all of the common stock of iStar Operating at fair market value, which the Company believes to be nominal. iStar Operating has elected to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary for purposes of maintaining compliance with the REIT pro- visions of the Code and prior to July 1, 2003 was accounted for under the equity method for financial statement reporting purposes and was presented in ‘‘Investments in and advances to joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of July 1, 2003, the Company consolidates this entity as a VIE (see Note 3) with no material impact. Prior to its con- solidation, the Company charged an allocated portion of its general overhead expenses to iStar Operating based on the number of employees at iStar Operating as a percentage of the Company’s total employees. These general overhead expenses were in addition to the direct general and administrative costs of iStar Operating. As of December 31, 2003, iStar Operating had no debt obligations. In addition, the Company had an investment in TMOC, an entity originally formed to make a $2.0 million investment in the con- vertible debt securities of a real estate company which trades on the Mexican Stock Exchange. This investment was made by TriNet prior to its acquisition by the Company in 1999. Prior to March 29, 2003, the Company owned 95.00% of the outstanding voting and non- voting common stock (representing 1.00% voting power and 95.00% of the economic interest) in TMOC. The owners of the remaining TMOC stock were two executives of the Company. On March 29, 2003, the Company purchased the remaining 5.00% interest from the executives for approximately $2,000, an amount that was equal to the carrying value, which was less than their original investment. Following this purchase, the Company owned 100.00% of TMOC and therefore consolidated the entity for accounting pur- poses. On June 30, 2003, the $2.0 million investment was fully repaid and prior to December 31, 2003, the entity was liquidated. Minority Interest – On September 29, 2003 the Company acquired a 96.00% interest in iStar Harborside LLC, an infinite life partnership, with the external partner holding the remaining 4.00% interest. The Company consolidates this partnership for financial statement purposes and records the minority interest of the external partner in ‘‘Minority interest in consolidated entities’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company also holds a 98.00% interest in TriNet Property Partners, L.P. with the external partners holding the remain- ing 2.00% interest. As of August 1999, the external partners have the option to convert their partnership interest into cash; however, the Company may elect to deliver 72,819 shares of Common Stock in lieu of cash. The Company consolidates this partnership for finan- cial statement purposes and records the minority interest of the external partner in ‘‘Minority interest in consolidated entities’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. 75. Note 7 – Debt Obligations As of December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company has debt obligations under various arrangements with financial institutions as follows (in thousands): Maximum Amount Available Carrying Value as of December 31, December 31, 2002 2003 Stated Interest Rates(1) Scheduled Maturity Date $ 700,000 $ 700,000 500,000 500,000 88,640 $ 412,550 462,920 283,884 114,400 310,364 117,211 180,376 LIBOR+1.75% – 2.25% LIBOR+1.40% – 2.15% LIBOR+1.75% – 2.25% LIBOR+1.50% – 2.25% March 2005(2) January 2007(2) August 2005(2)(3) September 2005 Secured revolving credit facilities: Line of credit Line of credit Line of credit Line of credit Unsecured revolving credit facilities: Line of credit Total revolving credit facilities Secured term loans: 300,000 – $2,700,000 $ 826,591 $1,273,754 130,000 Secured by corporate tenant lease assets Secured by corporate tenant lease assets Secured by corporate tenant lease assets Secured by corporate tenant lease assets Secured by corporate lending investments Secured by corporate lending investments Secured by corporate lending investments Secured by corporate lending investments Secured by corporate lending investments Total term loans Less: debt discount Total secured term loans iStar Asset Receivables secured notes: STARs Series 2002-1: $ 193,000 $ 193,000 144,114 – 95,074 79,126 61,537 60,000 50,000 – $ 808,128 $ 682,851 140,440 135,000 92,876 77,938 60,874 60,000 – 48,000 (128) (236) $ 808,000 $ 682,615 Class A1 Class A2 Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class G Class H Class J Class K Total STARs Series 2002-1 Less: debt discount STARs Series 2003-1: Class A1 Class A2 Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class G Class H Class J Class K Total STARs Series 2003-1 Total iStar Asset Receivables secured notes $ 40,011 $ 236,694 381,296 39,955 26,637 21,310 42,619 26,637 21,309 26,637 26,637 26,637 $ 679,685 $ 876,368 381,296 39,955 26,637 21,310 42,619 26,637 21,309 26,637 26,637 26,637 (4,090) (4,425) $ 235,808 $ – 248,206 – 18,452 – 20,297 – 12,916 – 14,762 – 14,762 – 12,916 – 12,916 – 14,761 – 25,833 – $ 631,629 $ – $1,307,224 $ 871,943 LIBOR+2.125% July 2004(4) LIBOR+1.85% 7.44% LIBOR+1.75% July 2006(5) March 2009 October 2008(6) 6.00% – 11.38% Various through 2022 November 2005 January 2013 6.55% 6.41% LIBOR+2.50% LIBOR+0.60% LIBOR+2.125% June 2004(7) October 2003(8) July 2008(9) LIBOR+0.26% LIBOR+0.38% LIBOR+0.65% LIBOR+0.75% LIBOR+0.85% LIBOR+1.235% LIBOR+1.335% LIBOR+1.435% 6.35% 6.35% 6.35% June 2004(10) December 2009(10) April 2011(10) May 2011(10) January 2012(10) January 2012(10) January 2012(10) January 2012(10) January 2012(10) May 2012(10) May 2012(10) LIBOR+0.25% LIBOR+0.35% LIBOR+0.55% LIBOR+0.65% LIBOR+0.75% LIBOR+1.05% LIBOR+1.10% LIBOR+1.25% 4.97% 5.07% 5.56% October 28, 2005(11) August 28, 2010(11) July 28, 2011(11) April 28, 2012(11) October 28, 2012(11) May 28, 2013(11) June 28, 2013(11) June 28, 2013(11) June 28, 2013(11) June 28, 2013(11) June 28, 2013(11) Maximum Amount Available Carrying Value as of December 31, December 31, 2002 2003 Stated Interest Rates(1) Scheduled Maturity Date Unsecured notes: 6.00% Senior Notes(12) 6.50% Senior Notes(12) 6.75% Dealer Remarketable Securities(13)(14)(15) 7.00% Senior Notes(14) 7.70% Notes (13)(15) 7.95% Notes (13)(15) 8.75% Notes Total unsecured notes Less: debt discount Plus: impact of pay-floating swap agreements(16) Total unsecured notes Other debt obligations Total debt obligations $ 350,000 $ 150,000 – 185,000 100,000 50,000 350,000 – – 125,000 – 100,000 50,000 350,000 $1,185,000 $ 625,000 (47,921) 690 (11,603) 3,920 $1,137,769 $ 617,317 15,961 $4,113,732 $3,461,590 34,148 6.10% 6.60% 6.75% 7.00% 7.70% 7.95% 8.75% December 2010 December 2013 March 2013 March 2008 July 2017 May 2006 August 2008 Various Various Explanatory Notes: (1) Substantially all variable-rate debt obligations are based on 30-day LIBOR and reprice monthly. The 30-day LIBOR rate on December 31, 2003 was 1.12% per annum. (2) Maturity date reflects a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ extension at the Company’s option. (3) On November 4, 2003, this secured facility was amended to include subordinate and mezzanine lending investments as collateral at stated interest rates of LIBOR+2.15% – 2.25%. First mortgages remained at a stated interest rate of LIBOR+1.75%. (4) On May 14, 2003, the Company extended the final maturity on this facility to July 2004. (5) Maturity date reflects two one-year extensions at the Company’s option. (6) On September 29, 2003, the Company closed a $135.0 million term loan secured by a CTL asset it acquired the same day. The loan has a five-year term and bears interest at LIBOR+1.75%. (7) On May 8, 2003, the Company extended the final maturity on this facility to June 2004. (8) \On April 9, 2003, the Company repaid the existing term loan financing a $75.0 million term preferred investment in a publicly-traded real estate company and simultaneously entered into another $50.0 million term loan with a leading financial institution. The new term loan bore interest at LIBOR+0.60% and matured in October 2003. (9) On July 24, 2003, the Company closed a $48.0 million term loan secured by a corporate lending investment it originated in the third quarter of 2003. The loan has a three-year primary term and two one-year extension options, and bears interest at LIBOR+2.125%. (10) Principal payments on these bonds are a function of the principal repayments on loan or CTL assets which collateralize these obligations. The dates indicated above represent the expected date on which the final payment would occur for such class based on the assumptions that the loans which collateralize the obligations are not voluntarily pre- paid, the loans are paid on their effective maturity dates and no extensions of the effective maturity dates of any of the loans are granted. The final maturity date for the underlying indenture on class A1 is May 28, 2017 and the final maturity date for classes A2, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J and K is May 28,2020. (11) Principal payments on these bonds are a function of the principal repayments on loan or CTL assets which collateralize these obligations. The dates indicated above represent the expected date on which the final payment would occur for such class based on the assumptions that the loans which collateralize the obligations are not voluntarily pre- paid, the loans are paid on their effective maturity dates and no extensions of the effective maturity dates of any of the loans are granted. The final maturity date for the underlying indenture is August 28, 2022. (12) On December 5, 2003, the Company issued $350.0 million of 6.00% Senior Notes due in 2010 and $150.0 million of 6.50% Senior Notes due in 2013. The Notes due 2010 were sold at 99.44% of their principal amount and the Notes due 2013 were sold at 99.23% of their principal amount. (13) The Notes are callable by the Company at any time for an amount equal to the total of principal outstanding, accrued interest and the applicable make-whole prepayment premium. (14) On March 14, 2003, the Company retired the 6.75% Dealer Remarketable Securities of its Leasing Subsidiary by exchanging those securities for newly issued $150.0 million 7.00% Senior Notes due March 2008. The covenants in the Senior Notes due 2008 are substantially identical to the covenants contained in the Company’s 8.75% Notes. On April 8, 2003, the Company issued an additional $35.0 million of Senior Notes bringing the aggregate principal of the Senior Notes to $185.0 million. The additional $35.0 million of Senior Notes has identical terms to the Senior Notes issued on March 14, 2003, but were issued at 102.75% of their principal amount to yield 6.34% per annum. (15) These obligations were assumed as part of the acquisition of TriNet. As part of the accounting for the purchase, these fixed-rate obligations were considered to have stated interest rates which were below the then-prevailing market rates at which the Leasing Subsidiary could issue new debt obligations and, accordingly, the Company ascribed a market discount to each obligation. Such discounts are amortized as an adjustment to interest expense using the effective interest method over the related term of the obligations. As adjusted, the effective annual interest rates on these obligations were 8.81%, 9.51% and 9.04% for the 6.75% Dealer Remarketable Securities, 7.70% Notes and 7.95% Notes, respectively. (16) On December 19, 2003, the Company entered into three pay-floating interest rate swaps struck at 4.381%, 4.345% and 4.29% in the notional amounts of $200.0 million, $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively. On November 27, 2002, the Company entered into two pay-floating interest rate swaps struck at 3.8775% and 3.81% in the notional amounts of $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively. These swaps are intended to mitigate the risk of changes in the fair value of $350.0 million of 7-year Senior Notes and $150.0 million of 10-year Senior Notes attributable to changes in LIBOR. For accounting purposes, quarterly the Company adjusts the value of the swap to its fair value and adjusts the carrying amount of the hedged liability by an offsetting amount. 77. Availability of amounts under the secured revolving credit facilities are based on percentage borrowing base calculations. In addi- tion, certain of the Company’s debt obligations contain covenants. These covenants are both financial and non-financial in nature. Significant financial covenants include limitations on the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness beyond specified levels, restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur liens on assets and limitations on the amount and type of restricted payments, such as repurchases of its own equity securities, that the Company makes. Significant non- financial covenants include a requirement in its publicly-held debt securities that the Company offer to repurchase those securities at a premium if the Company undergoes a change of control. As of December 31, 2003, the Company believes it is in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants on its debt obligations. Subsequent to December 31, 2003, the Company issued $175.0 million of Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2007 which bear interest at three-month LIBOR+1.25% and $250.0 million of 5.70% Senior Notes due 2014 (see Note 17). In addition, on January 23, 2004, the Company issued $350.0 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due in 2009. The Notes were sold at 99.89% of their principal amount to yield 4.90%. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Company used the proceeds to repay outstanding secured borrowings. Further, on January 13, 2004, the Company closed $200.0 million of term financing with a leading financial institution that is secured by certain corporate bond investments and other lending securities. A number of these investments were previously financed under existing credit facilities. The new facility bears interest at LIBOR+1.05% – 1.50% and has a final maturity date of January 2006. On December 5, 2003, the Company issued $350.0 million of 6.00% Senior Notes due in 2010 and $150.0 million of 6.50% Senior Notes due in 2013. The Notes due 2010 were sold at 99.44% of their principal amount and the Notes due 2013 were sold at 99.23% of their principal amount. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Company used the net proceeds to partially repay outstanding borrowings under its secured credit facilities. On November 4, 2003, one of the Company’s $500.0 mil- lion secured facilities was amended to include subordinate and mez- zanine lending investments as collateral at stated interest rates of LIBOR+2.15% – 2.25%. On October 31, 2003, the Company’s $50.0 million term loan bearing interest at LIBOR+0.60% matured and was repaid. On September 29, 2003, the Company closed a $135.0 million term loan secured by a CTL asset it acquired the same day. The loan has a five-year term and bears interest at LIBOR+1.75%. On July 24, 2003, the Company closed a $48.0 million term loan secured by a corporate lending investment it originated in the third quarter of 2003. The loan has a three-year primary term and two one-year extension options, and bears interest at LIBOR+2.125%. On May 21, 2003, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company issued iStar Asset Receivables (‘‘STARs’’), Series 2003-1, the Company’s proprietary match funding program, consisting of $645.8 million of investment-grade bonds secured by the subsidiary’s structured finance and CTL assets, which had an aggre- gate outstanding carrying value of approximately $738.1 million at inception. Principal payments received on the assets will be utilized to repay the most senior class of the bonds then outstanding. The maturity of the bonds match funds the maturity of the underlying assets financed under the program. The weighted average interest rate on the bonds, on an all-floating rate basis, was approximately LIBOR+0.47% at inception. For accounting purposes, this transaction was treated as a secured financing: the underlying assets and STARs liabilities remained on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and no gain on sale was recognized. On May 14, 2003, the Company extended the maturity on its $300.0 million unsecured facility to July 2004. On May 8, 2003, the Company extended the maturity on its $60.0 million term loan to June 2004. On April 9, 2003, the Company repaid the existing term loan financing a $75.0 million term preferred investment in a publicly- traded real estate company and simultaneously entered into another $50.0 million term loan with a leading financial institution. The new term loan bears interest at LIBOR+0.60% and has a final maturity date of October 2003 with amortization payments in July 2003 and October 2003. On April 8, 2003, the Company issued an additional $35.0 million of 7.00% Senior Notes due March 2008, bringing the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to $185.0 million. The add-on Notes have identical terms to the Senior Notes issued in March 2003, although they were issued at 102.75% of their princi- pal amount, to yield 6.34% per annum. On March 14, 2003, the Company retired the 6.75% Dealer Remarketable Securities of its Leasing Subsidiary by exchang- ing those securities for newly issued $150.0 million 7.00% Senior Notes due March 2008. On January 27, 2003, the Company extended the maturity on one of its $700.0 million secured facilities to January 2007, which includes a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ at the Company’s option. On December 11, 2002, the Company closed a $61.5 mil- lion term loan financing with a leading financial institution. The pro- ceeds were used to fund a portion of an $82.1 million CTL investment. The non-recourse loan is fixed rate and bears interest at 6.412%, has a maturity date of December 2012 and amortizes over a 30-year schedule. On September 30, 2002, the Company closed a $500.0 million secured revolving credit facility with a leading financial institution. The facility has a three-year term and bears interest at LIBOR+1.50% to 2.25%, depending upon the collateral contributed to the borrowing base. The facility accepts a broad range of struc- tured finance and corporate tenant assets and has a final maturity date of September 2005. On July 2, 2002, the Company purchased the remaining interest in the Milpitas joint venture from the former Milpitas external member for $27.9 million. Upon purchase of the interest, the Milpitas joint venture became fully consolidated for accounting purposes and approximately $79.1 million of secured term debt is reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. On May 28, 2002, the Company fully repaid the remaining $446.2 million of bonds outstanding under STARs, Series 2000-1. Simultaneously, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company issued STARs, Series 2002-1, consisting of $885.1 million of investment- grade bonds secured by the subsidiary’s structured finance and CTL assets, which had an aggregate outstanding carrying value of approx- imately $1.1 billion at inception. Principal payments received on the assets will be utilized to repay the most senior class of the bonds then outstanding. The maturity of the bonds match funds the maturity of the underlying assets financed under the program. The weighted average interest rate on the bonds, on an all-floating rate basis, was approximately LIBOR+0.56% at inception. For accounting purposes, this transaction was treated as a secured financing: the underlying assets and STARs liabilities remained on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and no gain on sale was recognized. On March 29, 2002, the Company extended the maturity of its $500.0 million secured facility to August 2005, which includes a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ extension at the Company’s option. On August 9, 2001, the Company issued $350.0 million of 8.75% Senior Notes due in 2008. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Company used the net proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings under its secured credit facilities. On July 27, 2001, the Company completed a $300.0 mil- lion unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of leading financial institutions. The facility has an initial maturity of July 2003, with a one-year extension at the Company’s option and another one- year extension at the lenders’ option. The facility replaces two prior credit facilities maturing in 2002 and 2003, and bears interest at LIBOR+2.125%. On May 14, 2003, the Company extended the maturity of this facility to July 2004. On July 6, 2001, the Company financed a $75.0 million structured finance asset with a $50.0 million term loan bearing inter- est at LIBOR+2.50%. The loan has a maturity of July 2006, including a one-year extension at the Company’s option. This investment is a $75.0 million term preferred investment in a publicly-traded real estate company. The Company’s investment carries an initial current yield of 10.50%, with annual increases of 0.50% in each of the next two years. In addition, the Company’s investment is convertible into the customer’s common stock at a strike price of $25.00 per share. The investment is callable by the customer between months 13 and 30 of the term at a yield maintenance premium, and after month 30, at a premium sufficient to generate a 14.62% internal rate of return on the Company’s investment. The investment is putable by the Company to the customer for cash after five years. On April 9, 2003, the Company repaid this term loan and simultaneously entered into another $50.0 million term loan bearing interest at LIBOR+0.60% and with a final maturity of October 2003. On June 14, 2001, the Company closed $193.0 million of term loan financing secured by 15 CTL assets. The variable-rate loan bears interest at LIBOR+1.85% (not to exceed 10.00% in aggregate) and has two one-year extensions at the Company’s option. The Company used these proceeds to repay a $77.8 million secured term loan maturing in June 2001 and to pay down a portion of its revolving credit facilities. In addition, the Company extended the maturity of its $500.0 million secured revolving credit facility to August 2003. On March 29, 2002, the Company again extended the final maturity of this facility to August 2005, which includes a one-year ‘‘term-out’’ extension at the Company’s option. On May 15, 2001, the Company repaid its $100.0 million 7.30% unsecured notes. These notes were senior unsecured obliga- tions of the Leasing Subsidiary and ranked equally with the Leasing Subsidiary’s other senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. On February 22, 2001, the Company extended the maturity of its $350.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility to May 2002. On July 27, 2001, the Company repaid this facility and replaced it with a $300.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility. On January 11, 2001, the Company closed a $700.0 million secured revolving credit facility which is led by a major commercial bank. The facility has a three-year primary term and one-year ‘‘term- out’’ extension option, and bears interest at LIBOR+1.40% to 2.15%, depending upon the collateral contributed to the borrowing base. The facility accepts a broad range of structured finance assets and has a final maturity of January 2005. On January 27, 2003, the Company extended the final maturity on this facility to January 2007. During the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, the Company incurred an extraordinary loss of approximately $0, $12.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, as a result of the early retirement of certain debt obligations. On January 1, 2003, in accordance with SFAS No. 145, these costs were reclassified from ‘‘Extraordinary loss on early extinguishments of debt’’ into income from continuing operations. As of December 31, 2003, future expected/scheduled maturities of outstanding long-term debt obligations are as follows (in thousands)(1): 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Thereafter Total principal maturities Net unamortized debt discounts Impact of pay-floating swap agreement Total debt obligations $ 264,158 702,840 243,000 313,216 718,000 1,923,967 $4,165,181 (52,139) 690 $4,113,732 Explanatory Note: (1) Assumes exercise of extensions to the extent such extensions are at the Company’s option. 79. Note 8 – Shareholders’ Equity The Company’s charter provides for the issuance of up to 200.0 million shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 30.0 million shares of preferred stock. The Company has 2.3 mil- lion shares of 9.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 1.5 million shares of 9.20% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 4.6 million shares of 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 5.6 million shares of 7.875% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 4.0 million shares of 7.80% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and 3.2 million shares of 7.65% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The Series B, C, D, E, F and G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock are redeemable without premium at the option of the Company at their respective liquidation preferences beginning on June 15, 2001, August 15, 2001, October 8, 2002, July 18, 2008, September 29, 2008 and December 19, 2008, respectively. In December 2003, the Company completed an under- written public offering of 5.0 million primary shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company received approximately $191.1 mil- lion from the offering and used these proceeds to repay a portion of its secured debt. In December 2003, the Company redeemed 1.6 million shares of the Company’s 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liquidation preference of $50.00 per share by exchanging those securities for newly issued 3.2 million shares of 7.65% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liqui- dation preference of $25.00 per share and a redemption date begin- ning on December 19, 2008. Immediately following this transaction the Company no longer had any Series A Preferred Stock outstanding. The Company did not receive any cash proceeds from the offering. In September 2003, the Company completed an under- written public offering of 4.0 million shares of its 7.80% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liquidation prefer- ence of $25.00 per share and a redemption date beginning on September 29, 2008. The Company used the proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of its secured debt. In July 2003, the Company redeemed 2.8 million shares of the Company’s 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liquidation preference of $50.00 per share by exchanging those securities for newly issued 5.6 million shares of 7.875% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share and a redemption date beginning on July 18, 2008. The Company did not receive any cash proceeds from the offering. On November 14, 2002, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 8.0 million primary shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company received approximately $202.9 million from the offering and used these proceeds to repay a portion of its secured debt. On December 15, 1998, the Company issued warrants to acquire 6.1 million shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for dilution, at $34.35 per share. The warrants are exercisable on or after December 15, 1999 at a price of $34.35 per share and expire on December 15, 2005. Concentration of Shareholder Ownership – On October 30, 2001, SOFI IV SMT Holdings, L.P. (‘‘SOFI IV’’) and certain of its affili- ates sold 18.975 million shares of Common Stock owned by them (including the subsequently-exercised 2.475 million share over- allotment option granted to the underwriters). In addition, on May 15, 2002, SOFI IV sold 10.808 million shares of Common Stock owned by them (including the subsequently-exercised 808,200 share over-allotment option granted to the underwriters). Further, on November 14, 2002, SOFI IV sold 3.5 million shares of Common Stock owned by them (including the subsequently-exercised 1.5 million over-allotment option granted to the underwriters). Lastly, on May 13, 2003, SOFI IV distributed approximately 15.9 mil- lion shares to its limited and general partners. Some of the partners then elected to sell 6.9 million of the shares distributed to them. Immediately following the secondary offerings and the distribution, SOFI IV owned approximately 3.88% of the Company’s Common Stock (based on the diluted sharecount as of December 31, 2003). The Company did not sell any shares in the offerings, other than the November 2002 offering, in which the Company sold 8.0 million pri- mary shares and received net proceeds of approximately $202.9 million. DRIP/Stock Purchase Plan – The Company maintains a dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan. Under the dividend reinvestment component of the plan, the Company’s shareholders may purchase additional shares of Common Stock without payment of brokerage commissions or service charges by automatically rein- vesting all or a portion of their Common Stock cash dividends. Under the direct stock purchase component of the plan, the Company’s shareholders and new investors may purchase shares of Common Stock directly from the Company without payment of brokerage commissions or service charges. All purchases of shares in excess of $10,000 per month pursuant to the direct purchase component are at the Company’s sole discretion. Shares issued under the plan may reflect a discount of up to 3.00% from the prevailing market price of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 8.0 million shares of Common Stock pursuant to the dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company issued a total of approximately 2.6 million and 1.6 million shares of its Common Stock, respectively, through the direct stock purchase component of the plan. Net proceeds during the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were approximately $89.1 million and $44.4 million, respectively. There are approximately 3.6 million shares available for issuance under the plan as of December 31, 2003. Stock Repurchase Program – The Board of Directors approved, and the Company has implemented, a stock repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to 5.0 mil- lion shares of its Common Stock from time to time, primarily using proceeds from the disposition of assets or loan repayments and excess cash flow from operations, but also using borrowings under its credit facilities if the Company determines that it is advantageous to do so. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had repurchased a total of approximately 2.3 million shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $40.7 million. The Company has not repurchased any shares under the stock repurchase program since November 2000. Note 9–Risk Management and Use of Financial Instruments Risk Management – In the normal course of its ongoing business operations, the Company encounters economic risk. There are three main components of economic risk: interest rate risk, credit risk and market risk. The Company is subject to interest rate risk to the degree that its interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice at dif- ferent speeds, or different bases, than its interest-earning assets. Credit risk is the risk of default on the Company’s lending investments that results from a property’s, borrower’s or corporate tenant’s inabil- ity or unwillingness to make contractually required payments. Market risk reflects changes in the value of loans due to changes in interest rates or other market factors, including the rate of prepayments of principal and the value of the collateral underlying loans and the valu- ation of CTL facilities held by the Company. Use of Derivative Financial Instruments – The Company’s use of derivative financial instruments is primarily limited to the utiliza- tion of interest rate agreements or other instruments to manage interest rate risk exposure. The principal objective of such arrange- ments is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure as well as to hedge spe- cific anticipated transactions. The counterparties to these contrac- tual arrangements are major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relation- ships. The Company is potentially exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties. However, because of their high credit ratings, the Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge credit/market risk or for speculative purposes. The Company has entered into the following cash flow and fair value hedges that are outstanding as of December 31, 2003. The net value (liability) associated with these hedges is reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands): Type of Hedge Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap Pay-Floating Swap LIBOR Cap LIBOR Cap LIBOR Cap LIBOR Cap Total Estimated Value Explanatory Note: (1) Acquired in connection with the TriNet Acquisition (see Note 1). Notional Amount $125,000 125,000 75,000 200,000 100,000 100,000 50,000 50,000 345,000 135,000 75,000 35,000 Strike Price or Swap Rate 2.885% 2.838% 5.580% 4.381% 4.345% 3.878% 3.810% 4.290% 8.000% 6.000% 7.750% 7.750% Trade Date 1/23/03 2/11/03 11/4/99(1) 12/17/03 12/17/03 11/27/02 11/27/02 12/17/03 5/22/02 9/29/03 11/4/99(1) 11/4/99(1) Maturity Date 6/25/06 6/25/06 12/1/04 12/15/10 12/15/10 8/15/08 8/15/08 12/15/10 5/28/14 10/15/06 12/1/04 12/1/04 Estimated Value at December 31, 2003 $(1,632) (1,486) (3,227) (1,472) (958) 2,681 1,183 (649) 11,648 418 – – $ 6,506 Between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2003, the Company also had outstanding the following cash flow hedges that have expired or been settled (in thousands): Type of Hedge Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Pay-Fixed Swap Notional Amount $125,000 125,000 100,000 100,000 Strike Price or Swap Rate 7.058% 7.055% 4.139% 4.643% Trade Date 6/15/00 6/15/00 9/29/03 9/29/03 Maturity Date 6/25/03 6/25/03 1/2/11 1/2/14 81. During 2003, the Company entered into two 90-day for- ward starting swaps each having a $100.0 million notional amount. These pay-fixed swaps, which were effective in September 2003, had rates of 4.139% and 4.643%, had seven-year and 10-year terms, respectively, and were being used to lock-in swap rates related to a portion of planned future corporate unsecured fixed-rate bond issuances. These two swaps were settled in connection with the Company’s issuance of $350.0 million of seven-year Senior Notes and $150.0 million of 10-year Senior Notes. In addition, effective in September 2003, the Company entered into a $135.0 million cap with a rate of 6.00% to hedge the Company’s current outstanding floating-rate debt. This cap has a three-year term. Further, the Company entered into two $125.0 million forward starting swaps. These pay-fixed swaps were effective in June 2003 and replaced the two $125.0 million pay-fixed swaps mentioned above. The two new pay-fixed swaps have a three-year term and expire on June 25, 2006. In addition, in connection with a portion of the Company’s fixed-rate corporate bonds, the Company entered into three pay- floating interest rate swaps in December 2003 struck at 4.381%, 4.345% and 4.29% with notional amounts of $200.0 million, $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, and maturing on December 15, 2010 and also entered into two pay-floating interest rate swaps in November 2002 struck at 3.8775% and 3.81% with notional amounts of $100.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, and maturing on August 15, 2008. The Company pays six-month LIBOR on the swaps entered into in December 2003 and one-month LIBOR on the swaps entered into in November 2002 and receives the stated fixed rate in return. These swaps mitigate the risk of changes in the fair value of $350.0 million of seven-year Senior Notes and $150.0 million of 10-year Senior Notes attributable to changes in LIBOR. For accounting purposes, the difference between the fixed rate received and the LIBOR rate paid on the notional amount of the swap is recorded as ‘‘Interest expense’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, the Company adjusts the value of the swap to its fair value and adjusts the carrying amount of the hedged liability by an offsetting amount on a quar- terly basis. In connection with STARs, Series 2003-1 in May 2003, the Company entered into a LIBOR interest rate cap struck at 6.95% in the notional amount of $270.6 million, and simultaneously sold a LIBOR interest rate cap with the same terms. Since these instruments do not change the Company’s net interest rate risk exposure, they do not qualify as hedges and changes in their respective values are charged to earnings. As the terms of these arrangements are sub- stantially the same, the effects of a revaluation of these two instru- ments substantially offset one another. In connection with STARs, Series 2002-1 in May 2002, the Company entered into a LIBOR interest rate cap struck at 8.00% in the notional amount of $345.0 million. The Company utilizes the provisions of SFAS No. 133 with respect to such instruments. SFAS No. 133 provides that the upfront fees paid on option-based prod- ucts such as caps should be expensed into earnings based on the allocation of the premium to the affected periods as if the agreement were a series of ‘‘caplets.’’ These allocated premiums are then reflected as a charge to income (as part of interest expense) in the affected period. On May 28, 2002, in connection with the STARs, Series 2002-1 transaction, the Company paid a premium of $13.7 million for this interest rate cap. Using the ‘‘caplet’’ methodol- ogy discussed above, amortization of the cap premium is dependent upon the actual value of the caplets at inception. During the year ended December 31, 1999, the Company refinanced its $125.0 million term loan maturing March 15, 1999 with a $155.4 million term loan maturing March 5, 2009. The term loan bears interest at 7.44% per annum, payable monthly, and amor- tizes over an approximately 22-year schedule. The term loan repre- sented forecasted transactions for which the Company had previously entered into U.S. Treasury-based hedging transactions. The net $3.4 million cost of the settlement of such hedges has been deferred and is being amortized as an increase to the effective financing cost of the term loan over its effective ten-year term. Credit Risk Concentrations – Concentrations of credit risks arise when a number of borrowers or customers related to the Company’s investments are engaged in similar business activities, or activities in the same geographic region, or have similar economic features that would cause their ability to meet contractual obliga- tions, including those to the Company, to be similarly affected by changes in economic conditions. The Company regularly monitors various segments of its portfolio to assess potential concentrations of credit risks. Management believes the current credit risk portfolio is reasonably well diversified and does not contain any unusual con- centration of credit risks. All of the Company’s CTL assets (including those held by joint ventures) and loans and other lending investments are collateralized by facilities located in the United States, with significant concentrations (i.e., greater than 10.00%) as of December 31, 2003 in California (19.39%) and New York (11.99%). As of December 31, 2003, the Company’s investments also contain greater than 10.00% concentra- tions in the following asset types: office-CTL (27.48%), office-lending (17.16%), industrial (13.99%) and hotel-lending (12.06%). The Company underwrites the credit of prospective bor- rowers and customers and often requires them to provide some form of credit support such as corporate guarantees, letters of credit and/or cash security deposits. Although the Company’s loans and other lending investments and corporate customer lease assets are geographically diverse and the borrowers and customers operate in a variety of industries, to the extent the Company has a significant concentration of interest or operating lease revenues from any single borrower or customer, the inability of that borrower or customer to make its payment could have an adverse effect on the Company. As of December 31, 2003, the Company’s five largest borrowers or corporate tenants collectively accounted for approximately 15.51% of the Company’s aggregate annualized interest and operating lease revenue of which no single customer accounts for more than 3.84%. Note 10 – Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Employee Benefits The Company’s 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the ‘‘Plan’’) is designed to provide incentive compensation for officers, other key employees and directors of the Company. The Plan pro- vides for awards of stock options and shares of restricted stock and other performance awards. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for awards under the Plan is 9.00% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, calculated on a fully diluted basis, from time to time; provided that the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for grants of options designated as incen- tive stock options is 5.0 million, subject to certain antidilution provi- sions in the Plan. All awards under the Plan, other than automatic awards to non-employee directors, are at the discretion of the Board or a committee of the Board. At December 31, 2003, a total of approximately 10.1 million shares of Common Stock were available for awards under the Plan, of which options to purchase approximately 2.9 million shares of Common Stock were outstanding and approxi- mately 422,000 shares of restricted stock were outstanding. A total of 1.9 million shares remain available for awards under the Plan as of December 31, 2003. In March 1998, the Company issued approximately 2.5 million (as adjusted) fully vested and immediately exercisable options to purchase shares of Common Stock at $14.72 per share (as adjusted) to its former advisor with a term of ten years. The former advisor granted a portion of these options to its employees and the remainder was allocated to an affiliate. Upon the Company’s acquisition of its former advisor, these individuals became employees of the Company. In general, the grants to these employees provided for scheduled vesting over a prede- fined service period of three to five years and, under certain con- ditions, provide for accelerated vesting. These options expire on March 15, 2008. Changes in options outstanding during each of fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003 are as follows: Options outstanding, December 31, 2000 Granted in 2001 Exercised in 2001 Forfeited in 2001 Options outstanding, December 31, 2001 Granted in 2002 Exercised in 2002 Forfeited in 2002 Options outstanding, December 31, 2002 Granted in 2003 Exercised in 2003 Forfeited in 2003 Transferred in 2003(1) Options outstanding, December 31, 2003 Explanatory Note: (1) Transfer of shares due to the downsized Board of Directors on June 2, 2003. Number of Shares Non-Employee Directors 520,432 90,000 (26,900) – 583,532 80,000 (190,650) (4,600) 468,282 – (235,746) (13,850) (63,692) 154,994 Employees 3,259,761 1,617,401 (1,131,595) (100,509) 3,645,058 – (488,674) (16,907) 3,139,477 15,500 (843,624) (2,300) – 2,309,053 Other 946,168 100,000 (149,492) – 896,676 – (164,683) – 731,993 – (389,594) – 63,692 406,091 Weighted Average Strike Price $18.97 $20.31 $16.48 $27.27 $18.98 $27.83 $18.63 $24.87 $18.77 $14.72 $18.99 $26.14 $27.15 $18.59 83. The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31, 2003: Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Exercise Price Range $14.72–$15.00(1) $16.69–$16.88 $17.38–$17.56 $19.63–$19.69 $20.00–$21.44 $23.32–$23.64 $24.13–$24.94 $25.10–$26.09 $26.30–$26.97 $27.00 $28.54–$29.82 $55.39 Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life 4.93 6.01 6.21 7.10 6.68 0.36 6.77 2.41 2.02 7.48 8.05 5.42 6.28 Options Outstanding 657,493 477,071 151,068 1,308,522 50,333 28,499 67,566 13,800 8,900 25,000 76,792 5,094 2,870,138 Weighted Average Exercise Price $14.72 $16.88 $17.38 $19.69 $20.94 $23.53 $24.86 $26.09 $26.45 $27.00 $29.71 $55.39 $18.59 Currently Exercisable 641,993 477,071 151,068 754,929 50,333 28,499 67,233 13,800 8,234 16,667 76,792 5,094 2,291,713 Weighted Average Exercise Price $14.72 $16.88 $17.38 $19.69 $20.94 $23.53 $24.86 $26.09 $26.41 $27.00 $29.71 $55.39 $18.32 Explanatory Note: (1) Includes approximately 764,000 options which were granted, on a fully exercisable basis, in March 1998, and which are now held by an affiliate of SOFI IV. Beneficial interests in these options were subsequently regranted by that affiliate to employees of it and its affiliates, subject to vesting requirements. In the event that these employees forfeit such options, they revert to an affiliate of SOFI IV, which may regrant them at its discretion. As of December 31, 2003, approximately 727,000 of these options were exercisable by the beneficial owners and approximately 539,000 have been exercised. In the third quarter 2002 (with retroactive application to the beginning of the calendar year), the Company adopted the fair value method for accounting for options issued to employees or directors, as allowed under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (‘‘SFAS No. 123’’), ‘‘Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.’’ Accordingly, the Company recognizes a charge equal to the fair value of these options at the date of grant multiplied by the number of options issued. This charge will be amortized over the related remaining vesting terms to individual employees as additional compensation. There were 15,500 options issued during the 12 months ended December 31, 2003 with a strike price of $14.72. Prior to the third quarter 2002, the Company had elected to use the intrinsic method for accounting for options issued to employees or directors, as allowed under SFAS No. 123 and, accord- ingly, recognized no expense in connection with these options to the extent that the options’ exercise prices equaled or exceeded the quoted prices of the Company’s shares of Common Stock on the grant or investment dates. However, in connection with the acquisi- tion of the Company’s former external advisor, the Company recog- nized a deferred stock-based compensation charge of approximately $5.1 million. This deferred charge represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the date it acquired its former external advisor (which was $20.25), and the strike price of $14.72 per share (as adjusted) for the unvested portion of the options granted to the former external advisor’s employees, who are now employees of the Company. This deferred charge is being amortized over the related remaining vesting terms to the individual employees as an additional expense under ‘‘General and administra- tive – stock-based compensation’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. If the Company’s compensation costs had been determined using the fair value method of accounting for stock options issued under the Plan to employees and directors prescribed by SFAS No. 123 prior to 2002, the Company’s net income for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, would have been reduced on a pro forma basis by approximately $289,000, $565,000 and $705,000, respectively. This would not have signifi- cantly impacted the Company’s earnings per share. The fair value of each significant option grant is estimated on the date of grant (January 10, 2003 for the 2003 options) using the Black-Scholes model. For the above SFAS No. 123 calculation, the following assumptions were used for the Company’s fair value calculations of stock options: Expected life (in years) Risk-free interest rate Volatility Dividend yield Weighted average grant date fair value 2003 5 3.13% 2001 2002 5 5 4.96% 4.38% 17.64% 16.23% 20.83% 8.45% 12.00% $0.76 $1.38 9.57% $5.26 Future charges may be taken to the extent of additional option grants, which are at the discretion of the Board of Directors. During the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, the Company granted 40,050 restricted shares to employees that vest proportionately over three years on the anniversary date of the initial grant of which 35,675 remain outstanding. During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company granted 199,350 restricted shares to employees. Of these shares, 44,350 will vest proportionately over three years on the anniversary date of the initial grant. Of the 44,350 shares granted, 22,382 remain outstanding as of December 31, 2003. The balance of 155,000 restricted shares granted to several employees will vest on March 31, 2004 if: (1) the employee remains employed until that date; and (2) the 60-day average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds a set floor price as of such date. Dividends will be paid on the restricted shares as dividends are paid on shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Assuming the shares become fully vested on March 31, 2004 and the market price of the stock is $38.90 (which was the market price of the Common Stock on December 31, 2003), the Company would incur a one-time charge to both net income and earnings at that time of approximately $6.0 million (the fair market value of the 155,000 shares at $38.90 per share). During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company also granted 208,980 restricted shares to its Chief Financial Officer (see detailed information below). During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company granted 94,943 restricted shares to employees in lieu of cash bonuses for the year ended December 31, 2000 at the employees’ election. These restricted shares were immediately vested on the date of grant and were not transferable for a period of one year fol- lowing vesting. For accounting purposes, the Company measures com- pensation costs for these shares, not including the contingently issuable shares, as of the date of the grant and expenses such amounts against earnings, either at the grant date (if no vesting period exists) or ratably over the respective vesting/service period. Such amounts appear on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations under ‘‘General and administrative – stock-based compensation expense.’’ During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company entered into a three-year employment agreement with its new Chief Financial Officer. Under the agreement, the Chief Financial Officer receives an annual base salary of $225,000. She may also receive a bonus, which is targeted to be $325,000, subject to an annual review for upward or downward adjustment. In addition, the Company granted the Chief Financial Officer 108,980 contingently vested restricted stock awards. These awards become vested on December 31, 2005 if the executive’s employment with the Company has not terminated before such date. Dividends will be paid on the restricted shares as dividends are paid on shares of the Company’s Common Stock. These dividends are accounted for in a manner consistent with the Company’s Common Stock dividends, as a reduction to retained earnings. For accounting purposes, the Company will take a total charge of approximately $3.0 million related to the restricted stock awards, which will be amortized over the period from November 6, 2002 through December 31, 2005. This charge is reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations under ‘‘General and administrative – stock-based compensation.’’ Further, the Company granted the Chief Financial Officer 100,000 restricted shares which vest in whole or in part if the Company’s shareholders realize certain total rates of return (divi- dends since November 6, 2002 plus share price appreciation since January 2, 2003), as of January 31, 2004. Vested shares would be subject to forfeiture if the executive’s employment with the Company terminated under certain circumstances. The shares became fully vested on January 31, 2004 and the market price of the stock was $40.02, therefore; the Company will incur a one- time charge to earnings during the first quarter 2004 of approxi- mately $4.0 million (the fair market value of the 100,000 shares at $40.02 per share). For accounting purposes, the employment arrangement described above is treated as a contingent, variable plan until January 31, 2004. During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company entered into a three-year employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer. Under the agreement, the Chief Executive Officer receives an annual base salary of $1.0 million. He may also receive a bonus, which is targeted to be an amount equal to his base salary, if the Company achieves certain performance targets set by the Compensation Committee. The bonus award may be increased or reduced from the target depending upon the degree to which the performance goals are exceeded or are not met, and may not exceed 200.00% of his base salary. The bonus is reduced by the amount of any dividends paid to the Chief Executive Officer in respect of phan- tom shares (described below) which are awarded to him and have contingently vested. The Chief Executive Officer received approxi- mately $2.1 million in such dividends in 2002 and $4.4 million in 2003. As such, no additional bonus was paid in either year. As part of this agreement, the Company confirmed a prior grant of 750,000 stock options made to the executive on March 2, 2001 with an exercise price of $19.69, which represented the market price at the date of the original contingent grant. However, because the grant required further approval by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors, no measurement date occurred for account- ing purposes until such approvals were made, at which point the mar- ket price of the Company’s Common Stock was $24.90. Accordingly, an aggregate charge of approximately $3.9 million is being recog- nized with respect to these options over the term of this agree- ment and is reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations under ‘‘General and administrative – stock-based compensation.’’ These options will vest in three equal annual install- ments of 250,000 shares in each successive January beginning in January 2002. The Company also granted the executive 2.0 million unvested phantom shares, each of which represents one share of the 85. Company’s Common Stock. These shares will vest in installments of 350,000 shares, 650,000 shares, 600,000 shares and 400,000 shares on a contingent basis if the average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock for a 60 calendar day period achieves thresholds of $25.00, $30.00, $34.00 and $37.00, respectively. As of December 31, 2003 all thresholds have been attained, and a total of 2.0 million of these shares have contingently vested. Assuming that the market price of the Common Stock on March 30, 2004 is $38.90 (which was the market price of the Common Stock on December 31, 2003), the Company would incur a one-time charge to both net income and earnings in March 2004 of approximately $77.8 million (the fair market value of the 2.0 million shares at $38.90 per share). Shares that have contingently vested generally will not become fully vested until March 2004, except upon certain termination or change of control events. Further, if the average stock price drops below cer- tain specified levels for a 60-day period prior to such date, such phan- tom shares would not fully vest and would be forfeited. If the Company is not authorized to issue shares to the executive upon full vesting of the phantom shares, then the vesting will be settled through a cash payment based upon the market price of the Common Stock during a recent trading period. The executive will receive divi- dends on shares that have contingently or fully vested and have not been forfeited under the terms of the agreement, if and when the Company declares and pays dividends on its Common Stock. Because no shares have been issued, dividends received on these phantom shares, if any, will be reflected as compensation expense by the Company. For accounting purposes, this arrangement will be treated as a contingent, variable plan and no additional compensation expense will be recognized until the shares, in whole or in part, become irrevo- cably vested, whereupon the Company will reflect a charge equal to the then fair value of the shares irrevocably vested. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company entered into a three-year employment agreement with its former President. Under the agreement, in lieu of salary and bonus, the Company granted the executive 500,000 restricted shares. These shares became fully-vested on September 30, 2002 as a result of the Company achieving a 60.00% total shareholder rate of return (dividends plus share price appreciation) since January 1, 2001. Upon the restricted shares becoming fully vested, the Company withheld 250,000 of such shares from the executive to cover the tax obligations associated with the vesting of such shares. These shares are reflected as ‘‘Treasury stock’’, at a cost of approxi- mately $7.4 million, on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity. For accounting purposes, the employment arrangement described above was treated as a contin- gent, variable plan until the April 29, 2002 contingent vesting date. The Company incurred a total charge of approximately $15.0 million related to the vesting of the shares, recognized ratably over the period from April 29, 2002 through September 30, 2002. The exec- utive received dividends on the share grant from the date of the agreement as and when the Company declared and paid dividends on its Common Stock. For financial statement purposes, such dividends were accounted for in a manner consistent with the Company’s nor- mal Common Stock dividends, as a reduction to retained earnings. Certain affiliates of SOFI IV and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer have agreed to reimburse the Company for the value of restricted shares awarded to the former President in excess of 350,000 shares, net of tax benefits realized by the Company or its shareholders on account of compensation expense deductions. The reimbursement obligation arose once the restricted share award became fully vested on September 30, 2002. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer fulfilled his reimbursement obligation through the delivery of shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by him. In the case of the SOFI IV affiliates, the reimbursement payment must be made through the delivery of approximately $2.4 million in cash or 131,250 shares of Common Stock. As of December 31, 2003, the SOFI IV affiliates have paid approximately $506,000 in cash. The approximately $1.9 million remaining balance of the SOFI IV affiliates’ reimbursement obligation is due on or before March 31, 2004. These reimbursement payments are reflected as ‘‘Additional paid-in capital’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and not as an offset to the charge referenced above. On July 28, 2000, the Company granted to its employees profits interests in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company called iStar Venture Direct Holdings, LLC. As of December 31, 2003, iStar Venture Direct Holdings, LLC had written off all of its investments. The profits interests have three-year vesting schedules, and are sub- ject to forfeiture in the event of termination of employment for cause or a voluntary resignation. The Company currently estimates that the profits interests have no value. High Performance Unit Program In May 2002, the Company’s shareholders approved the iStar Financial High Performance Unit (‘‘HPU’’) Program. The program, as more fully described in the Company’s annual proxy statement dated April 8, 2002, is a performance-based employee compensa- tion plan that only has material value to the participants if the Company provides superior returns to its shareholders. The program entitles the employee participants (‘‘HPU holders’’) to receive cash distributions in the nature of common stock dividends if the total rate of return on the Company’s Common Stock (share price appreciation plus dividends) exceeds certain performance levels. Initially, there were three plans within the program: the 2002 plan, the 2003 plan, and the 2004 plan. Each plan has 5,000 shares of High Performance Common Stock associated with it. Each share of High Performance Common Stock carries 0.25 votes per share. For these three plans, the Company’s performance is meas- ured over a one-, two-, or three-year valuation period, beginning on January 1, 2002 and ending on December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, respectively. The end of the valuation period (i.e., the ‘‘valuation date’’) will be accelerated if there is a change in control of the Company. The High Performance Common Stock has a nominal value unless the total rate of shareholder return for the rele- vant valuation period exceeds the greater of: (1) 10.00%, 20.00%, or 30.00% for the 2002 plan, the 2003 plan and the 2004 plan, respectively; and (2) a weighted industry index total rate of return consisting of equal weightings of the Russell 1000 Financial Index and the Morgan Stanley REIT Index for the relevant period. If the total rate of return on the Company’s Common Stock exceeds the threshold performance levels for a particular plan, then distributions will be paid on the shares of High Performance Common Stock related to that plan in the same amounts and at the same times as distributions are paid on a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to the following: 7.50% of the Company’s excess total rate of return (over the higher of the two threshold per- formance levels) multiplied by the weighted average market value of the Company’s common equity capitalization during the measure- ment period, all as divided by the average closing price of a share of the Company’s Common Stock for the 20 trading days immediately preceding the applicable valuation date. If the total rate of return on the Company’s Common Stock does not exceed the threshold performance levels for a particular plan, then the shares of High Performance Common Stock related to that plan will have only nominal value. In this event, each of the 5,000 shares will be entitled to dividends equal to 0.01 times the div- idend paid on a share of Common Stock, if and when dividends are declared on the Common Stock. Regardless of how much the Company’s total rate of return exceeds the threshold performance levels, the dilutive impact to the Company’s shareholders resulting from distributions on High Performance Common Stock in each plan is limited to the equivalent of 1.00% of the average monthly number of fully diluted shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding during the valuation period. The employee participants have purchased their interests in High Performance Common Stock through a limited liability com- pany at purchase prices approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company’s Board has established the prices of the High Performance Common Stock based upon, among other things, an independent valuation from a major securities firm. The aggregate initial purchase prices were set on June 25, 2002 and were approxi- mately $2.8 million, $1.8 million and $1.3 million for the 2002, 2003 and 2004 plans, respectively. No employee is permitted to exchange his or her interest in the LLC for shares of High Performance Common Stock prior to the applicable valuation date. The total shareholder return for the valuation period under the 2002 plan was 21.94%, which exceeded both the fixed perform- ance threshold of 10.00% and the industry index return of (5.83%). As a result of this superior performance, the participants in the 2002 plan are entitled to receive cash distributions equivalent to the amount of cash dividends payable on 819,254 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as and when such dividends are paid. Such dividend payments began with the first quarter 2003 dividend. The Company will pay dividends on the 2002 plan shares in the same amount per equivalent share and on the same distribution dates that shares of the Company’s Common Stock are paid. The Company has the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase at cost 50.00% of the interests earned by an employee in the 2002 plan if the employee breaches certain non-competition, non-solicitation and confidential- ity covenants through January 1, 2005. The total shareholder return for the valuation period under the 2003 plan was 78.29%, which exceeded the fixed performance threshold of 20.00% and the industry index return of 24.66%. The plan was fully funded and was limited to 1.00% of the average monthly number of fully diluted shares of the Company’s Common Stock during the valuation period. As a result of the Company’s supe- rior performance, the participants in the 2003 plan are entitled to receive cash distributions equivalent to the amount of cash dividends payable on 987,149 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as and when such dividends are paid. Such dividend payments will begin with the first quarter 2004 dividend. The Company will pay dividends on the 2003 plan shares in the same amount per equivalent share and on the same distribution dates that shares of the Company’s Common Stock are paid. A new 2005 plan has been established with a three-year valuation period ending December 31, 2005. Awards under the 2005 plan were approved on January 14, 2003. The 2005 plan has 5,000 shares of High Performance Common Stock with an aggregate initial purchase price of $573,000. The purchase price of the High Performance Common Stock was established by the Company’s Board based upon, among other things, an independent valuation from a major securities firm. The provisions of the 2005 plan are sub- stantially the same as the prior plans. A new 2006 plan has been established with a three-year valuation period ending December 31, 2006. Awards under the 2006 plan were approved on January 23, 2004. The 2006 plan had 5,000 shares of High Performance Common Stock with an aggregate initial purchase price of $714,700. The purchase price of the High Performance Common Stock was established by the Company’s Board based upon, among other things, an independent valuation from a major securities firm. The provisions of the 2006 plan are sub- stantially the same as the prior plans. The additional equity from the issuance of the High Performance Common Stock is recorded as a separate class of stock and included within shareholders’ equity on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Net income allocable to common shareholders will be reduced by the HPU holders’ share of dividends paid and undistributed earnings, if any. 401(k) Plan Effective November 4, 1999, the Company implemented a savings and retirement plan (the ‘‘401(k) Plan’’), which is a voluntary, defined contribution plan. All employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan following completion of three months of continuous service with the Company. Each participant may contribute on a pre- tax basis up to the maximum percentage of compensation and dollar amount permissible under Section 402(g) of the Internal Revenue Code not to exceed the limits of Code Sections 401(k), 404 and 415. At the discretion of the Board of Directors, the Company may 87. make matching contributions on the participant’s behalf of up to 50.00% of the first 10.00% of the participant’s annual compensa- tion. The Company made gross contributions of approximately $424,000, $356,000, and $320,000 to the 401(k) Plan for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Note 11 – Earnings Per Share The following table presents a reconciliation of the numer- ators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS calculations for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively (in thousands, except per share data): 2003 2002 2001 Numerator: Net income from continuing operations Preferred dividend requirements Net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders before income from discontinued operations and gain from discontinued operations(1) Income from discontinued operations Gain from discontinued $285,074 $206,939 $218,338 (36,908) (36,908) (36,908) 248,166 170,031 181,430 1,916 7,614 10,429 operations 5,167 717 1,145 Net income allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders(1) Denominator: Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic earnings per common share Add: effect of assumed shares issued under treasury stock method for stock options, restricted shares and warrants Add: effect of contingent shares Add: effect of joint venture shares Weighted average common shares outstanding for diluted earnings per common share $255,249 $178,362 $193,004 100,314 89,886 86,349 1,897 1,667 1,645 1,118 1,680 205 223 – – 104,101 92,649 88,234 Basic earnings per common share: Net income allocable to common shareholders before income from discontinued operations and gain from discontinued operations(2) Income from discontinued operations Gain from discontinued operations Net income allocable to common shareholders(2) Diluted earnings per common share: Net income allocable to common shareholders before income from discontinued operations and gain from discontinued operations(2)(3) Income from discontinued operations Gain from discontinued operations Net income allocable to 2003 2002 2001 $ 2.45 0.02 0.05 $ 1.89 0.08 0.01 $ 2.10 0.13 0.01 $ 2.52 $ 1.98 $ 2.24 $ 2.36 $ 1.84 $ 2.06 0.02 0.08 0.12 0.05 0.01 0.01 common shareholders(2)(3) $ 2.43 $ 1.93 $ 2.19 Explanatory Notes: (1) HPU holders are Company employees who purchased high performance common stock units under the Company’s High Performance Unit Program. (2) For the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per basic and diluted common share excludes $2,066 and $1,994 of net income allocable to HPU holders, respectively. (3) For the year ended December 31, 2003, net income used to calculate earnings per diluted common share includes joint venture income of $167. There were approximately 5,000, 167,000 and 261,000 stock options, 0, 6.1 million and 6.1 million warrants and 0, 371,000 and 373,000 joint venture shares that were antidilutive for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Note 12 – Comprehensive Income In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 (‘‘SFAS No. 130’’), ‘‘Reporting Comprehensive Income’’ effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997. The statement changes the reporting of certain items currently reported as changes in the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet and establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. SFAS No. 130 requires that all components of comprehensive income shall be reported in the financial statements in the period in which they are recognized. Furthermore, a total amount for comprehensive income shall be displayed in the finan- cial statements. The Company has adopted this standard effective January 1, 1998. Total comprehensive income was $295.5 million, $228.1 million and $214.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The primary components of comprehensive income other than net income consist of amounts attributable to the adoption and continued application of SFAS No. 133, to the Company’s cash flow and fair value hedges and changes in the fair value of the Company’s available-for-sale investments. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, the change in fair market value of the Company’s unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments and cash flow and fair value hedges was an increase of $3.3 million, an increase of $12.8 million and a decrease of $15.1 million, respectively, and was recorded as an adjustment to other comprehensive income. The rec- onciliation to other comprehensive income is as follows (in thousands): For the Years Ended December 31, Net income Other comprehensive income: Reclassification of gains on securities into earnings upon realization Unrealized gains on available- for-sale investments Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (SFAS No. 133) on other comprehensive income Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow and fair value hedges Comprehensive income 2003 2001 $292,157 $215,270 $229,912 2002 (12,031) – – 8,103 7,601 5,709 – – (9,445) 7,237 5,190 (11,336) $295,466 $228,061 $214,840 Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments and cash flow and fair value hedges are recorded as adjustments to shareholders’ equity through ‘‘Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)’’ on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not included in adjusted earnings or net income unless realized. As of December 31, 2003 and 2002, accumulated other comprehensive income reflected in the Company’s shareholders’ equity is comprised of the following (in thousands): As of December 31, 2003 2002 Unrealized gains on available- for-sale investments Unrealized losses on cash flow and $9,362 $13,290 fair value hedges (8,354) (15,591) Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) $1,008 $ (2,301) Over time, the unrealized gains and losses held in other comprehensive income will be reclassified to earnings in the same period(s) in which the hedged items are recognized in earnings. The current balance held in other comprehensive income is expected to be reclassified to earnings over the lives of the current hedging instruments, or for the realized losses on forecasted debt trans- actions, over the related term of the debt obligation, as applicable. The Company expects that $6.6 million will be reclassified into earn- ings as an increase in interest expense over the next 12 months. Note 13 – Dividends For the year ended December 31, 2003, total dividends declared by the Company aggregated $267.8 million, or $2.65 per share on Common Stock consisting of quarterly dividends of $0.6625 per share which were declared on April 1, 2003, July 1, 2003, October 1, 2003 and December 1, 2003. The Company also declared dividends aggregating $14.3 million, $4.7 million, $3.0 mil- lion, $8.0 million, $4.9 million, $1.7 million and $170,000, respec- tively, on its Series A, B, C, D, E, F and G preferred stock, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2003. There are no divided arrear- ages on any of the preferred shares currently outstanding. The Series A preferred stock has a liquidation preference of $50.00 per share and carries an initial dividend yield of 9.50% per annum. The dividend rate on the preferred shares will increase to 9.75% on December 15, 2005, to 10.00% on December 15, 2006 and to 10.25% on December 15, 2007 and thereafter. Dividends on the Series A preferred shares are payable quarterly in arrears and are cumulative. As of December 31, 2003, all Series A preferred shares have been exchanged for either Series E preferred stock or Series G preferred stock and therefore the Company will no longer pay divi- dends on the Series A preferred stock. Holders of shares of the Series B preferred stock are enti- tled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 9.375% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, equivalent to a fixed annual rate of $2.34 per share. Dividends are cumulative from the date of original issue and are payable quarterly in arrears on or before the 15th day of each March, June, September and December or, if not a business day, the next succeeding business day. Any dividend payable on the Series B preferred stock for any partial dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as of the close of busi- ness on the first day of the calendar month in which the applicable dividend payment date falls or on another date designated by the Board of Directors of the Company for the payment of dividends that is not more than 30 nor less than ten days prior to the dividend pay- ment date. 89. Holders of shares of the Series C preferred stock are enti- tled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 9.20% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, equivalent to a fixed annual rate of $2.30 per share. The remaining terms relating to dividends of the Series C preferred stock are substantially identical to the terms of the Series B preferred stock described above. Holders of shares of the Series D preferred stock are enti- tled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 8.00% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, equivalent to a fixed annual rate of $2.00 per share. The remaining terms relating to dividends of the Series D preferred stock are substantially identical to the terms of the Series B preferred stock described above. Holders of shares of the Series E preferred stock are enti- tled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 7.875% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, equivalent to a fixed annual rate of $1.97 per share. The remaining terms relating to dividends of the Series E preferred stock are substantially identical to the terms of the Series B preferred stock described above. Holders of shares of the Series F preferred stock are enti- tled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 7.80% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, equivalent to a fixed annual rate of $1.95 per share. The remaining terms relating to dividends of the Series F preferred stock are substantially identical to the terms of the Series B preferred stock described above. Holders of shares of the Series G preferred stock are enti- tled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 7.65% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, equivalent to a fixed annual rate of $1.91 per share. The remaining terms relating to dividends of the Series G preferred stock are substantially identical to the terms of the Series B preferred stock described above. The 2002 and 2003 High Performance Unit Program reached their valuation dates on December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively. Based on the Company’s 2002 and 2003 total rate of return, the participants are entitled to receive cash dividends on 819,254 shares and 987,149 shares, respectively, of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company will pay dividends on these units in the same amount per equivalent share and on the same distribution dates as shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Such dividend payments for the 2002 plan began with the first quarter 2003 dividend and such dividends for the 2003 plan will begin with the first quarter 2004 dividend. All dividends to HPU holders will reduce net income allocable to common shareholders when paid. Additionally, net income allocable to common shareholders will be reduced by the HPU holders’ share of undistributed earnings, if any. The exact amount of future quarterly dividends to common shareholders will be determined by the Board of Directors based on the Company’s actual and expected operations for the fiscal year and the Company’s overall liquidity position. Note 14 – Fair Values of Financial Instruments SFAS No. 107, ‘‘Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments’’ (‘‘SFAS No. 107’’), requires the disclosure of the esti- mated fair values of financial instruments. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. Quoted market prices, if available, are utilized as estimates of the fair values of financial instruments. Because no quoted market prices exist for a significant part of the Company’s financial instruments, the fair values of such instruments have been derived based on management’s assumptions, the amount and timing of future cash flows and estimated discount rates. The estimation methods for individual classifications of financial instru- ments are described more fully below. Different assumptions could significantly affect these estimates. Accordingly, the net realizable values could be materially different from the estimates presented below. The provisions of SFAS No. 107 do not require the disclosure of the fair value of non-financial instruments, including intangible assets or the Company’s CTL assets. In addition, the estimates are only indicative of the value of individual financial instruments and should not be considered an indi- cation of the fair value of the Company as an operating business. Short-Term Financial Instruments – The carrying values of short-term financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments approximate the fair values of these instruments. These financial instruments generally expose the Company to limited credit risk and have no stated maturities, or have an average maturity of less than 90 days and carry interest rates which approximate market. Loans and Other Lending Investments – For the Company’s interests in loans and other lending investments, the fair values were estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows (exclud- ing participation interests in the sale or refinancing proceeds of the underlying collateral) using estimated current market rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings for the same remaining maturities. Marketable Securities – Securities held for investment, secu- rities available for sale, loans held for sale, trading account instruments, long-term debt and trust preferred securities traded actively in the secondary market have been valued using quoted market prices. Other Financial Instruments – The carrying value of other financial instruments including, restricted cash, accrued interest receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities approximate the fair values of the instruments. Debt Obligations – A portion of the Company’s existing debt obligations bear interest at fixed margins over LIBOR. Such margins may be higher or lower than those at which the Company could cur- rently replace the related financing arrangements. Other obligations of the Company bear interest at fixed rates, which may differ from prevailing market interest rates. As a result, the fair values of the Company’s debt obligations were estimated by discounting current debt balances from December 31, 2003 and 2002 to maturity using estimated current market rates at which the Company could enter into similar financing arrangements. Interest Rate Protection Agreements – The fair value of interest rate protection agreements such as interest rate caps, floors, collars and swaps used for hedging purposes (see Note 9) is the estimated amount the Company would receive or pay to terminate these agree- ments at the reporting date, taking into account current interest rates and current creditworthiness of the respective counterparties. The book and fair values of financial instruments as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 were (in thousands): Financial assets: Loans and other lending investments Marketable securities Provision for loan losses Financial liabilities: Debt obligations Interest rate protection agreements 2003 2002 Book Value Fair Value Book Value Fair Value $3,736,110 20,265 (33,436) $3,978,715 20,265 (33,436) $3,079,592 35 (29,250) $3,301,452 35 (29,250) $4,113,732 6,506 $4,253,279 6,506 $3,461,590 3,145 $3,500,927 3,145 Note 15 – Segment Reporting Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 131 (‘‘SFAS No. 131’’) establishes standards for the way that public busi- ness enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected financial information about operating segments in interim financial reports issued to shareholders. The Company has two reportable segments: Real Estate Lending and Corporate Tenant Leasing. The Company does not have any foreign operations. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 3. The Company has no single customer that accounts for more than 3.51% of revenues (see Note 9 for other information regarding concentrations of credit risk). 91. The Company evaluates performance based on the following financial measures for each segment: 2003: Total revenues(2): Equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries: Total operating and interest expense(3): Net operating income(4): Total long-lived assets(5): Total assets: 2002: Total revenues(2): Equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries: Total operating and interest expense(3): Net operating income(4): Total long-lived assets(5): Total assets: 2001: Total revenues(2): Equity in (loss) earnings from joint ventures and unconsolidated subsidiaries: Total operating and interest expense(3): Net operating income(4): Total long-lived assets(5): Total assets: Real Estate Lending Corporate Tenant Leasing Corporate/ Other(1) Company Total (In thousands) $ 338,946 – 90,648 248,298 3,702,674 3,810,679 $ $ 279,159 – 94,273 184,886 3,050,342 3,126,219 282,802 – 109,569 173,233 2,377,763 2,448,493 $ 267,740 (2,019) 127,568 138,153 2,535,885 2,729,716 $ (137) (2,265) 98,726 (101,128) N/A 120,195 $ 606,549 (4,284) 316,942 285,323 6,238,559 6,660,590 $ $ 241,432 5,081 104,182 142,331 2,291,805 2,442,087 181,967 9,617 75,889 115,695 1,781,565 1,889,879 $ $ (324) (3,859) 115,933 (120,116) N/A 43,391 (371) (2,256) 67,463 (70,090) N/A 42,268 $ $ 520,267 1,222 314,388 207,101 5,342,147 5,611,697 464,398 7,361 252,921 218,838 4,159,328 4,380,640 Explanatory Notes: (1) Corporate and Other represents all corporate level items, including general and administrative expenses and any intercompany eliminations necessary to reconcile to the con- solidated Company totals. This caption also includes the Company’s servicing business, which is not considered a material separate segment. (2) Total revenues represents all revenues earned during the period from the assets in each segment. Revenue from the Real Estate Lending business primarily represents interest income and revenue from the Corporate Tenant Leasing business primarily represents operating lease income. (3) Total operating and interest expense represents provision for loan losses, loss on early extinguishment of debt for the Real Estate Lending business and operating costs on CTL assets for the Corporate Tenant Leasing business, as well as interest expense specifically related to each segment. Interest expense on unsecured notes, general and administra- tive expense and general and administrative-stock-based compensation is included in Corporate and Other for all periods. Depreciation and amortization of $55.3 million, $46.9 million and $34.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively, are included in the amounts presented above. (4) Net operating income represents net income before minority interest, income from discontinued operations and gain from discontinued operations. (5) Total long-lived assets is comprised of Loans and Other Lending Investments, net and Corporate Tenant Lease Assets, net, for each respective segment. Note 16 – Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) The following table sets forth the selected quarterly financial data for the Company (in thousands, except per share amounts): 2003: Revenue Net income Net income allocable to common shares Net income per common share – basic Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic 2002: Revenue Net income Net income allocable to common shares Net income per common share – basic Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic December 31, September 30, June 30, March 31, Quarter Ended $164,268 79,580 68,835 0.67 102,603 $ $ 139,908 62,976 53,749 0.57 93,671 $ $152,057 74,878 66,082 0.66 100,687 $ $ 132,943 52,670 43,443 0.49 89,431 $ $148,203 69,746 60,025 0.60 99,445 $ $ 129,651 42,513 33,286 0.38 88,656 $ $142,021 67,953 58,241 0.59 98,472 $ $ 117,765 57,111 47,884 0.55 87,724 $ Note 17 – Subsequent Events Financing Transactions – On January 13, 2004, the Company closed $200.0 million of term financing with a leading financial insti- tution that is secured by certain corporate bond investments and other lending securities. A number of these investments were previ- ously financed under existing credit facilities. The new facility bears interest at LIBOR+1.05% – 1.50% and has a final maturity date of January 2006. Hedging Transactions – On March 11, 2004, the Company entered into $635.0 million of pay-fixed interest rate swaps at a weighted average fixed rate of 1.14% and maturing September 2004. On January 23, 2004, in connection with the Company’s fixed-rate corporate bonds, the Company entered into four pay- floating interest rate swaps struck at 3.678%, 3.713%, 3.686% and 3.684% with notional amounts of $105.0 million, $100.0 million, $100.0 million and $45.0 million, respectively, and maturing on January 15, 2009. The Company pays six-month LIBOR and receives the stated fixed rate in return. These swaps mitigate the risk of changes in the fair value of $350.0 million of five-year Senior Notes attributable to changes in LIBOR. In addition, on January 15, 2004, the Company entered into three forward starting swaps all with 10-year terms and rates of 4.484%, 4.502% and 4.500% and notional amounts of $100.0 mil- lion, $50.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, and were used to lock-in swap rates related to a portion of planned future corporate unsecured fixed-rate bond issuances. These three swaps were set- tled in connection with the Company’s issuance of $250.0 million of 10-year Senior Notes in March 2004 (see discussion below). Capital Market Transactions – On March 12, 2004, the Company issued $175.0 million of Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2007. The Notes will bear interest at three-month LIBOR+1.25%. The Company used the net proceeds to repay secured indebtedness. On March 2, 2004, the Company issued $250.0 million of 5.70% Senior Notes due 2014. The Notes were sold at 99.66% of their principal amount to yield 5.75%. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Company used the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including to repay secured indebtedness and to fund investment activity. On February 25, 2004, the Company completed an under- written public offering of 5.0 million shares of its 7.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liquidation prefer- ence of $25.00 per share and a redemption date beginning March 1, 2009. The Company will use the net proceeds from the offering of $121.0 million to redeem approximately $110.0 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 8.75% Senior Notes due 2008 at a price of 108.75% of their principal amount plus accrued interest to the redemption date. On January 23, 2004, the Company issued $350.0 million of 4.875% Senior Notes due in 2009. The Notes were sold at 99.89% of their principal amount to yield 4.90%. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company. The Company used the proceeds to repay outstanding secured borrowings. On January 22, 2004, the Company completed a private placement of 3.3 million shares of its Series H Variable Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, having a liquidation prefer- ence of $25.00 per share and redeemable at par at any time from the purchase date through the first four months. The dividends on the Series H Preferred Stock will accrue at 7.65%, 8.15%, 8.65%, 9.15% and 9.65% for month one, two, three, four, five and thereafter, respectively. The Company specifically used the proceeds from this offering to redeem the Series B and C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock on February 23, 2004. On January 27, 2004, the Company redeemed all Series H Preferred Stock using excess liquidity from its secured credit facilities. New CEO Employment Agreement – The March 2001 employ- ment agreement with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer expires on March 30, 2004. Subsequent to December 31, 2003, the Company entered into a new employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer which will take effect upon the expiration of the old agreement. The new agreement has an initial term of three years and provides for the following compensation: • an annual salary of $1.0 million; • a potential annual cash incentive award of up to $5.0 million if per- formance goals set by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer are met; and • a one-time award of Common Stock with a value of $10.0 million at March 31, 2004 (based upon the trailing 20-day average clos- ing price of the Common Stock); the award will be fully vested when granted and dividends will be paid on the shares from the date of grant, but the shares cannot be sold for five years unless the price of the Common Stock during the 12 months ending March 31 of each year increases by at least 15.00%, in which case the sale restrictions on 25.00% of the shares awarded will lapse in respect of each 12-month period. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer will purchase an 80.00% interest in the Company’s 2006 high performance unit pro- gram for directors and executive officers. This performance program was approved by the Company’s shareholders in 2003 and is described in detail in the Company’s 2003 annual proxy statement. The purchase price to be paid by the Chief Executive Officer will be based upon a valuation prepared by an independent investment- banking firm. The interests purchased by the Chief Executive Officer will have no value to him unless the Company achieves total share- holder returns in excess of those achieved by peer group indices, all as more fully described in the Company’s 2003 annual proxy statement. 93. common stock price and dividends (unaudited) The high and low sales prices per share of Common Stock The following table sets forth the dividends paid or are set forth below for the periods indicated. declared by the Company on its Common Stock: Quarter Ended 2002 March 31, 2002 June 30, 2002 September 30, 2002 December 31, 2002 2003 March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003 September 30, 2003 December 31, 2003 High Low Quarter Ended Shareholder Record Date Dividend/Share $28.90 $31.45 $29.55 $28.40 $24.59 $28.50 $25.30 $25.90 $29.90 $27.05 $36.60 $29.68 $38.95 $35.00 $40.00 $37.25 2002(1) March 31, 2002 June 30, 2002 September 30, 2002 December 31, 2002 2003(2) March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003 September 30, 2003 December 31, 2003 April 15, 2002 July 15, 2002 October 15, 2002 December 16, 2002 April 15, 2003 July 15, 2003 October 15, 2003 December 15, 2003 $0.6300 $0.6300 $0.6300 $0.6300 $0.6625 $0.6625 $0.6625 $0.6625 On March 1, 2004, the closing sale price of the Common Stock as reported by the NYSE was $42.50. The Company had approximately 2,980 holders of record of Common Stock as of March 1, 2004. (2) Explanatory Notes: (1) For tax reporting purposes, the 2002 dividends were classified as 87.61% ($2.2078) ordinary income, 1.80% ($0.0454) 20.00% capital gain and 10.59% ($0.2668) return of capital for those shareholders who held shares of the Company for the entire year. For tax reporting purposes, the 2003 dividends were classified as 68.90% ($1.8258) ordinary income, 2.46% ($0.0651) 20.00% capital gain, 1.90% ($0.0503) 15.00% cap- ital gain (post May 5, 2003), 2.67% ($0.0709) 25.00% Section 1250 capital gain and 24.08% ($0.6380) return of capital for those shareholders who held shares of the Company for the entire year. i m o c . n o s d d a . w w w i n o s d d A y b n g s e D i Directors Officers Regional Offices Jay Sugarman (3) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, iStar Financial Inc. Willis Andersen, Jr. (1) Principal, REIT Consulting Services Robert W. Holman, Jr. (4) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Warehouse Investment Company Robin Josephs (1) (2) President, Ropasada, LLC Matthew J. Lustig (1) (2) Managing Director, Lazard Frères Real Estate Investors, LLC John G. McDonald (2) (4) Professor of Finance, Stanford University Graduate School of Business George R. Puskar (3) (4) Former Chairman, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Jeffrey A. Weber (3) President and Chief Executive Officer, William A.M. Burden & Co., LP (1) Audit Committee (2) Compensation Committee Investment Committee (3) (4) Nominating and Governance Committee Jay Sugarman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Catherine D. Rice Chief Financial Officer Timothy J. O’Connor Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Nina B. Matis Executive Vice President and General Counsel Barbara Rubin President – iStar Asset Services 175 Federal Street, 8th Floor Boston, MA 02110 tel: (617) 292-3333 fax: (617) 423-3322 1250 Poydras Street, Suite 200 New Orleans, LA 70113 tel: (504) 529-8172 fax: (504) 523-9474 6565 North MacArthur Blvd. Suite 410 Irving, TX 75039 tel: (972) 506-3131 fax: (972) 501-0078 Executive Vice Presidents Employees Daniel S. Abrams Steven R. Blomquist Roger M. Cozzi Jeffrey R. Digel R. Michael Dorsch III Barclay G. Jones III H. Cabot Lodge III Michelle M. MacKay Diane Olmstead Andrew C. Richardson Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey N. Brown Philip S. Burke James D. Burns Chase S. Curtis, Jr. Geoffrey M. Dugan John F. Kubicko Elizabeth B. Smith Colette J. Tretola Headquarters iStar Financial Inc. 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 tel: (212) 930-9400 fax: (212) 930-9494 Super-Regional Offices One Embarcadero Center, 33rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 tel: (415) 391-4300 fax: (415) 391-6259 3480 Preston Ridge Road, Suite 575 Alpharetta, GA 30005 tel: (678) 297-0100 fax: (678) 297-0101 180 Glastonbury Blvd., Suite 201 Glastonbury, CT 06033 tel: (860) 815-5900 fax: (860) 815-5901 At March 14, 2004, the Company had 155 employees. Independent Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY Registrar and Transfer Agent EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. P.O. Box 43069 Providence, RI 02940-3069 tel: (800) 756-8200 http://www.equiserve.com Dividend Reinvestment Plan Registered shareholders may reinvest dividends through the Company’s dividend reinvest- ment plan. For more information, please call the Transfer Agent or the Company’s headquarters. Annual Meeting of Shareholders May 25, 2004, 9:00 a.m. ET Sofitel Hotel 45 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Investor Information Services For help with questions about the Company, and to receive additional corporate information, please contact: Investor Relations Department iStar Financial Inc. 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 tel: (212) 930-9400 fax: (212) 930-9455 e-mail: investors@istarfinancial.com iStar Financial Website http://www.istarfinancial.com i i S t a r F n a n c a i l 2 0 0 3 A n n u a l R e p o r t Welcome iStar has built its leading position in the finance world by consistently delivering a superior level of expertise and cus- tomer service. We offer a broad range of capital to fit almost any financial need with the credibility that comes from over 11 years of providing creative and customized financings to meet the real estate needs of high- end borrowers and Fortune 1,000 companies. Welcome to iStar Financial, a Company with a unique approach to real estate finance. We specialize in providing flexible, custom-tailored capital to meet the needs of sophisticated owners of real estate nationwide – and we do it with honesty, integrity and fairness that have been a hallmark of iStar since the day we started.
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