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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010.

 

¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Transition Period From              to             .

Commission file number 001-33748

 

 

DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

Maryland (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

 

20-8718331

26-0559473

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS employer

identification number)

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C.

  20005
(Address of principal executive offices)   Zip Code

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 728-0044

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated Filer ¨    Accelerated filer x    Non-accelerated Filer x    Smaller reporting company ¨
  

(DuPont Fabros

Technology, Inc. only)

   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) (DuPont Fabros Technology, LP only)   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

  

Outstanding at July 30, 2010

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share    59,233,574

 

 

 


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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC. / DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     PAGE NO.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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ITEM 1. Financial Statements.

  

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.

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DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

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ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

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ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings

   59

ITEM 1A. Risks Factors

   59

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   61

ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

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ITEM 4. Removed and Reserved

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ITEM 5. Other Information

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ITEM 6. Exhibits

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Signatures

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PART 1—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands except share data)

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
     (unaudited)        
ASSETS     

Income producing property:

    

Land

   $ 44,001      $ 44,001   

Buildings and improvements

     1,439,973        1,438,598   
                
     1,483,974        1,482,599   

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (142,861     (115,225
                

Net income producing property

     1,341,113        1,367,374   

Construction in progress and land held for development

     439,617        330,170   
                

Net real estate

     1,780,730        1,697,544   

Cash and cash equivalents

     344,643        38,279   

Marketable securities held to maturity

     60,014        138,978   

Restricted cash

     5,854        10,222   

Rents and other receivables

     2,537        2,550   

Deferred rent

     75,206        57,364   

Lease contracts above market value, net

     14,917        16,349   

Deferred costs, net

     52,201        52,208   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     13,287        9,551   
                

Total assets

   $ 2,349,389      $ 2,023,045   
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Liabilities:

    

Mortgage notes payable

   $ 347,500      $ 348,500   

Unsecured notes payable

     550,000        550,000   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     16,633        16,301   

Construction costs payable

     16,542        6,229   

Accrued interest payable

     3,182        3,510   

Dividend and distribution payable

     9,802        —     

Lease contracts below market value, net

     25,824        28,689   

Prepaid rents and other liabilities

     19,367        15,564   
                

Total liabilities

     988,850        968,793   

Redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership

     551,379        448,811   

Commitments and contingencies

     —          —     

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock, par value $.001, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

     —          —     

Common stock, par value $.001, 250,000,000 shares authorized, 59,233,574 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and 42,373,340 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009

     59        42   

Additional paid in capital

     877,360        683,870   

Accumulated deficit

     (68,259     (78,471
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     809,160        605,441   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 2,349,389      $ 2,023,045   
                

See accompanying notes

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited and in thousands except share and per share data)

 

     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Revenues:

        

Base rent

   $ 37,922      $ 27,757      $ 72,840      $ 54,402   

Recoveries from tenants

     18,071        16,364        37,561        33,106   

Other revenues

     3,299        4,746        5,800        8,178   
                                

Total revenues

     59,292        48,867        116,201        95,686   

Expenses:

        

Property operating costs

     15,613        14,794        32,967        29,994   

Real estate taxes and insurance

     1,140        1,150        2,386        2,400   

Depreciation and amortization

     15,091        13,653        30,187        27,311   

General and administrative

     4,008        3,395        7,598        6,562   

Other expenses

     2,511        3,733        4,352        6,627   
                                

Total expenses

     38,363        36,725        77,490        72,894   
                                

Operating income

     20,929        12,142        38,711        22,792   

Interest income

     209        126        234        284   

Interest:

        

Expense incurred

     (10,050     (5,606     (21,679     (11,013

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (893     (1,122     (1,840     (3,266
                                

Net income

     10,195        5,540        15,426        8,797   

Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

     (3,274     (2,245     (5,214     (3,616
                                

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 6,921      $ 3,295      $ 10,212      $ 5,181   
                                

Earnings per share – basic:

        

Net income attributable to controlling interests per common share

   $ 0.13      $ 0.08      $ 0.22      $ 0.13   
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding

     51,087,845        40,035,504        46,602,821        38,576,680   
                                

Earnings per share – diluted:

        

Net income attributable to controlling interests per common share

   $ 0.13      $ 0.08      $ 0.22      $ 0.13   
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding

     52,408,654        40,617,869        47,899,114        38,867,863   
                                

Dividends declared per common share

   $ 0.12      $ —        $ 0.20      $ —     
                                

See accompanying notes

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(unaudited and in thousands except share data)

 

     Common Shares    Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Comprehensive
Income
   Total  
   Number     Amount          

Balance at December 31, 2009

   42,373,340      $ 42    $ 683,870      $ (78,471      $ 605,441   

Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests:

              

Net income attributable to controlling interests

            10,212      $ 10,212      10,212   

Other comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests

              —        —     
                  

Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests

            $ 10,212   
                  

Dividends declared

          (10,642          (10,642

Issuance of common stock

   13,800,000        14      305,193             305,207   

Redemption of Operating Partnership units

   2,838,681        3      61,297             61,300   

Issuance of stock awards

   234,603        —        269             269   

Stock options exercised

   61,154        —        309             309   

Retirement and forfeiture of stock awards

   (74,204     —        (1,460          (1,460

Amortization of deferred compensation

          1,766             1,766   

Adjustment to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

          (163,242          (163,242
                                        

Balance at June 30, 2010

   59,233,574      $ 59    $ 877,360      $ (68,259      $ 809,160   
                                        

See accompanying notes

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited and in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30,  
     2010     2009  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 15,426      $ 8,797   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

    

Depreciation and amortization

     30,187        27,311   

Straight line rent

     (17,842     (7,345

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     1,840        3,266   

Amortization of lease contracts above and below market value

     (1,433     (3,489

Compensation paid with Company common shares

     1,795        819   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

    

Restricted cash

     (145     (288

Rents and other receivables

     13        (535

Deferred costs

     (2,302     (2,189

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (2,371     1,501   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     332        3,272   

Accrued interest payable

     (328     (333

Prepaid rents and other liabilities

     2,338        385   
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     27,510        31,172   
                

Cash flow from investing activities

    

Investments in real estate – development

     (88,312     (76,661

Marketable securities held to maturity:

    

Purchase

     (60,014     —     

Redemption

     138,978        —     

Interest capitalized for real estate under development

     (9,845     (3,514

Improvements to real estate

     (1,745     (1,204

Additions to non-real estate property

     (95     (283
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (21,033     (81,662
                

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Issuance of common stock

     304,107        —     

Line of credit:

    

Repayments

     —          (6,060

Mortgage notes payable:

    

Proceeds

     —          181,726   

Lump sum payoffs

     —          (135,121

Repayments

     (1,000     (500

Return (payment) of escrowed proceeds

     4,513        (19,000

Exercises of stock options

     309        —     

Payments of financing costs

     (2,614     (4,169

Dividends and distributions:

    

Common shares

     (3,534     —     

Redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

     (1,894     —     
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     299,887        16,876   
                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     306,364        (33,614

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

     38,279        53,512   
                

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

   $ 344,643      $ 19,898   
                

Supplemental information:

    

Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized

   $ 22,006      $ 11,347   
                

Deferred financing costs capitalized for real estate under development

   $ 834      $ 911   
                

Construction costs payable capitalized for real estate under development

   $ 16,542      $ 24,768   
                

Redemption of OP units for common shares

   $ 61,300      $ 82,700   
                

Adjustments to redeemable non-controlling interests

   $ 163,242      $ (3,929
                

See accompanying notes

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2010

(unaudited)

1. Description of Business

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (the “REIT” or “DFT”) was formed on March 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. DFT is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed company that owns, acquires, develops and operates wholesale data centers. DFT completed its initial public offering of common stock (the “IPO”) on October 24, 2007. DFT elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2007. DFT is the sole general partner of, and, as of June 30, 2010, owned 72.5% of the economic interest in DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership” or “OP” and collectively with DFT and their operating subsidiaries, the “Company”). Through the Operating Partnership as of June 30, 2010, DFT holds a fee simple interest in the following properties:

 

   

seven operating data centers—referred to as ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, ACC5 Phase I, VA3, VA4 and CH1 Phase I;

 

   

data center projects under current development—referred to as NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II; ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I

 

   

data center projects held for future development—referred to as CH1 Phase II, NJ1 Phase II, ACC6 Phase II and SC1 Phase II; and

 

   

land that may be used to develop additional data centers—referred to as ACC7 and SC2.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the notes thereto included in DFT’s Form 10-K which also contains a complete listing of DFT’s significant accounting policies.

The Company has one reportable segment consisting of investments in data centers located in the United States.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Marketable Securities Held to Maturity

Marketable securities held to maturity as of June 30, 2010 are comprised of a certificate of deposit that matures on December 13, 2010. The book value of this security approximates fair market value.

Property

Depreciation on buildings is generally provided on a straight-line basis over 40 years from the date the buildings were placed in service. Building components are depreciated over the life of the respective improvement ranging from 20 to 40 years from the date the components were placed in service. Personal property is depreciated over three to seven years. Depreciation expense was $13.9 million and $12.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $27.9 million and $25.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Included in these amounts is amortization expense related to tenant origination costs, which was $1.2 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and $2.4 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations or in development when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired, and the estimated undiscounted cash flows to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts. If circumstances indicating impairment of a property are present, the Company would determine the fair value of that property, and an impairment loss would be recognized in an amount equal to the excess of the carrying amount of the impaired asset over its fair value. Management assesses the recoverability of the carrying value of its assets on a property-by-property basis. No impairment losses were recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.

 

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In accordance with the authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, the Company classifies a data center property as held-for-sale when it meets the necessary criteria, which include when the Company commits to and actively embarks on a plan to sell the asset, the sale is expected to be completed within one year under terms usual and customary for such sales, and actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn. Data center properties held-for-sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. As of June 30, 2010, there were no data center properties classified as held-for-sale and discontinued operations.

Deferred Costs

Deferred costs, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets include both financing and leasing costs.

Financing costs, which represent fees and other costs incurred in obtaining debt, are amortized on a straight-line basis, which approximates the effective-interest method, over the term of the loan and are included in interest expense. Amortization of the deferred financing costs included in interest expense totaled $0.9 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively and $1.8 million and $3.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Included in amortization of financing costs for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was a $1.0 million write-off of unamortized costs due to the payoff of the CH1 construction loan. Balances, net of accumulated amortization, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Financing costs

   $ 26,864      $ 24,250   

Accumulated amortization

     (5,492     (2,827
                

Financing costs, net

   $ 21,372      $ 21,423   
                

Leasing costs, which are either external fees and costs incurred in the successful negotiations of leases, internal costs expended in the successful negotiations of leases or the estimated leasing commissions resulting from the allocation of the purchase price of ACC2, VA3, VA4 and ACC4, are deferred and amortized over the terms of the related leases on a straight-line basis. If an applicable lease terminates prior to the expiration of its initial term, the carrying amount of the costs are written off to amortization expense. Amortization of deferred leasing costs totaled $1.2 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and $2.3 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Balances, net of accumulated amortization, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Leasing costs

   $ 44,095      $ 41,793   

Accumulated amortization

     (13,266     (11,008
                

Leasing costs, net

   $ 30,829      $ 30,785   
                

Inventory

The Company maintains fuel inventory for its generators, which is recorded at the lower of cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) or market. As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the fuel inventory was $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively, and is included in prepaid expenses and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

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Rental Income

The Company, as a lessor, has retained substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership and accounts for its leases as operating leases. For lease agreements that provide for scheduled fixed and determinable rent increases, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable term of the leases, which commences when control of the space and critical power have been provided to the tenant. If the lease contains an early termination clause with a penalty payment, the Company determines the lease termination date by evaluating whether the penalty reasonably assures that the lease will not be terminated early. Lease inducements, which include free rent or cash payments to tenants, are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the non-cancellable lease term. Straight-line rents receivable are included in deferred rent on the consolidated balance sheets. Lease intangible assets and liabilities that have resulted from above-market and below-market leases that were acquired are amortized on a straight-line basis as decreases and increases, respectively, to rental revenue over the remaining non-cancellable term of the underlying leases. If an applicable lease terminates prior to the expiration of its initial term, the unamortized portion of lease intangibles associated with that lease will be written off to rental revenue. Balances, net of accumulated amortization, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Lease contracts above market value

   $ 23,100      $ 23,100   

Accumulated amortization

     (8,183     (6,751
                

Lease contracts above market value, net

   $ 14,917      $ 16,349   
                
     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Lease contracts below market value

   $ 45,700      $ 45,700   

Accumulated amortization

     (19,876     (17,011
                

Lease contracts below market value, net

   $ 25,824      $ 28,689   
                

The Company records a provision for losses on accounts receivable equal to the estimated uncollectible accounts. The estimate is based on management’s historical experience and a review of the current status of the Company’s receivables. The Company will also establish, as necessary, an appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts for receivables arising from the straight-lining of rents. This receivable arises from revenue recognized in excess of amounts currently due under the lease.

Tenant leases generally contain provisions under which the tenants reimburse the Company for a portion of the property’s operating expenses and real estate taxes incurred by the property. Recoveries from tenants are included in revenue in the consolidated statements of operations in the period the applicable expenditures are incurred. Recoveries from tenants also include the property management fees that the Company earns from its tenants.

Other Revenue

Other revenue primarily consists of services provided to tenants on a non-recurring basis. This includes projects such as the purchase and installation of circuits, racks, breakers and other tenant requested items. Revenue is recognized on a completed contract basis. Costs of providing these services are included in other expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

 

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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests—Operating Partnership

Redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership, which require cash payment, or allow settlement in shares, but with the ability to deliver the shares outside of the control of DFT, are reported outside of the permanent equity section of DFT’s consolidated balance sheets. Redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership are adjusted for income, losses and distributions allocated to OP units not held by DFT (normal noncontrolling interest accounting amount). Adjustments to redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership are recorded to reflect increases or decreases in the ownership of the Operating Partnership by holders of OP units, including in the case of redemptions of OP units for cash or in exchange for shares of DFT’s common stock. If such adjustments result in redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership being recorded at less than the redemption value of the OP units, redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership are further adjusted to their redemption value (see Note 7). Redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership are recorded at the greater of the normal noncontrolling interest accounting amount or redemption value. The following is a summary of activity for redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership for the six months ended June 30, 2010 (dollars in thousands):

 

     OP Units     Comprehensive
Income
   Number     Amount    

Balance at December 31, 2009

   24,947,830      $ 448,811     

Comprehensive income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership:

      

Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

   —          5,214      $ 5,214

Other comprehensive income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

   —          —          —  
          

Comprehensive income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

       $ 5,214
          

Distributions declared

   —          (4,588  

Redemption of OP units

   (2,838,681     (61,300  

LTIP conversion

   341,145        —       

Adjustment to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

   —          163,242     
                

Balance at June 30, 2010

   22,450,294      $ 551,379     
                

The following is a summary of net income attributable to controlling interests and transfers from redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
   Six months ended
June 30,
     2010     2009    2010     2009

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 6,921      $ 3,295    $ 10,212      $ 5,181

Transfers from noncontrolling interests:

         

Net increase in the Company’s common stock, additional paid in capital and accumulated other comprehensive income due to the redemption of OP units and other adjustments to redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership

     (39,527     18,332      (101,942     86,629
                             
   $ (32,606   $ 21,627    $ (91,730   $ 91,810
                             

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income, as reflected on the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity and within redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership, is defined as all changes in equity during each period except those resulting from investments by or distributions to shareholders or members. The following is a summary of comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three months ended June 30,    Six months ended June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 6,921    $ 3,295    $ 10,212    $ 5,181

Other comprehensive income – change in fair value of interest rate swap

     —        1,514      —        1,844
                           

Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 6,921    $ 4,809    $ 10,212    $ 7,025
                           

The following is a summary of comprehensive income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests—operating partnership for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three months ended June 30,    Six months ended June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

   $ 3,274    $ 2,245    $ 5,214    $ 3,616

Other comprehensive income – change in fair value of interest rate swap

     —        1,079      —        1,341
                           

Comprehensive income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests – operating partnership

   $ 3,274    $ 3,324    $ 5,214    $ 4,957
                           

 

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Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net income attributable to controlling interests for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. All outstanding unvested restricted share awards contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends and participate in undistributed earnings with common shareholders and, accordingly, are considered participating securities that are included in the two-class method of computing basic earnings per share. Both the unvested restricted shares and other potentially dilutive common shares, and the related impact to earnings, are considered when calculating earnings per share on a diluted basis.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance to significantly amend the consolidation guidance applicable to variable interest entitles (“VIEs”). The consolidation model was modified to one based on control and economics, and replaces the current quantitative primary beneficiary analysis with a qualitative analysis. The primary beneficiary of a VIE will be the entity that has (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. If multiple unrelated parties share power, as defined, no party will be required to consolidate the VIE. Further, the guidance requires continual reconsideration of the primary beneficiary of a VIE and adds an additional reconsideration event for determination of whether an entity is a VIE. The amendments also require expanded disclosures related to VIEs which are largely consistent with the disclosure framework currently applied by the Company. The new guidance was effective January 1, 2010 for the Company. The adoption of this guidance did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts from the prior year have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation.

3. Real Estate Assets

The following is a summary of properties owned by the Company at June 30, 2010:

 

(dollars in thousands)                          

Property

   Location     Land    Buildings and
Improvements
   Construction
in Progress
and Land Held
for
Development
   Total Cost

ACC2

   Ashburn, VA      $ 2,500    $ 158,595    $ —      $ 161,095

ACC3

   Ashburn, VA        1,071      94,062      —        95,133

ACC4

   Ashburn, VA        6,600      534,865      —        541,465

ACC5 Phase I

   Ashburn, VA        3,223      154,011      —        157,234

VA3

   Reston, VA        10,000      174,010      —        184,010

VA4

   Bristow, VA        6,800      141,818      —        148,618

CH1, Phase I

   Elk Grove Village, IL        13,807      182,612      —        196,419
                             
       44,001      1,439,973      —        1,483,974

Construction in progress and land held for development

   (1     —        —        439,617      439,617
                             
     $ 44,001    $ 1,439,973    $ 439,617    $ 1,923,591
                             

 

(1) Properties located in Ashburn, VA (ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 and ACC7); Elk Grove Village, IL (CH1 Phase II); Piscataway, NJ (NJ1) and Santa Clara, CA (SC1 and SC2).

 

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4. Debt

Debt Summary as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

($ in thousands)

 

     June 30, 2010    December 31, 2009
     Amounts    % of Total     Rates (1)     Maturities
(years)
   Amounts

Secured

   $ 347,500    38.7   4.7   2.7    $ 348,500

Unsecured

     550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8      550,000
                              

Total

   $ 897,500    100.0   7.0   5.2    $ 898,500
                              

Fixed Rate Debt:

            

Unsecured Notes

   $ 550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8    $ 550,000
                              

Fixed Rate Debt

     550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8      550,000
                              

Floating Rate Debt:

            

Unsecured Credit Facility

     —      —        —        2.9      —  

ACC4 Term Loan

     197,500    22.0   3.9   1.3      198,500

ACC5 Term Loan

     150,000    16.7   5.8   4.4      150,000
                              

Floating Rate Debt

     347,500    38.7   4.7   2.7      348,500
                              

Total

   $ 897,500    100.0   7.0   5.2    $ 898,500
                              

 

Note: The Company capitalized interest of $6.3 million and $10.7 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively.
(1) Rate as of June 30, 2010.

Outstanding Indebtedness

ACC4 Term Loan

On October 24, 2008, the Company entered into a credit agreement relating to a $100.0 million term loan with a syndicate of lenders (the “ACC4 Term Loan”). The Company increased this loan to $250.0 million in February 2009 through the exercise of the loan’s “accordion” feature. In December 2009, the Company repaid $50.0 million of the outstanding principal amount

The ACC4 Term Loan matures on October 24, 2011 and includes a one-year extension option subject to, among other things, the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the outstanding loan amount, there being no existing event of default, a debt service coverage ratio of no less than 2 to 1, and a loan to value ratio of no more than 40%. The loan bears interest at (i) LIBOR plus 350 basis points during the initial term of the loan, and (ii) LIBOR plus 400 basis points during the additional one-year period if the Company exercises the extension option. The Company may elect to have borrowings bear interest at (i) the prime rate plus 200 basis points during the initial term of the loan or (ii) the prime rate plus 250 basis points during the additional one-year period if the Company exercises the extension option, but only if such interest rate is not less than LIBOR plus the applicable margin set forth above. As of June 30, 2010, the interest rate for this loan was 3.91%.

The loan is secured by the ACC4 data center and an assignment of the lease agreements between the Company and the tenants of ACC4. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the outstanding principal amount of the ACC4 Term Loan, plus interest and certain costs under the loan.

The loan requires quarterly principal installment payments of $0.5 million; however, if the Company exercises the one-year extension option, the quarterly installments of principal will increase to $2.0 million during the extension period. The Company may prepay the loan in whole or in part without penalty, subject to the payment of certain LIBOR rate breakage fees.

The ACC4 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance by us with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or assets sales, maintenance of certain leases and the occurrence of a change of control of DFT or the Operating Partnership. In addition, the ACC4 Term Loan requires that the Company comply with certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, the following:

 

   

The Company must maintain the following minimum debt service coverage ratios:

 

   

April 1, 2010 to October 24, 2011—1.75 to 1; and

 

   

October 25, 2011 to October 24, 2012—2.00 to 1 (to the extent that the Company exercises the one-year extension option on the ACC4 Term Loan).

 

   

Consolidated total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to gross asset value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must be less than or equal to 65% during the term of the loan.

 

   

Ratio of adjusted consolidated Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization to consolidated fixed charges must be at least 1.45 to 1 during the term of the loan.

 

   

Minimum consolidated tangible net worth of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must be greater than or equal to approximately $575 million (plus an increase of 75% of the sum of (i) the net proceeds from any future equity offerings and (ii) the value of any interests in the Operating Partnership or DFT issued upon the contribution of assets to DFT, the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries after October 24, 2008) during the term of the loan.

 

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The terms of the ACC4 Term Loan limit the Company’s investment in development properties to $1 billion and the Company is not permitted to have more than five properties in development at any time. If a development property is being developed in multiple phases, only the phase actually being constructed shall be considered a development property for this test. Once construction of a phase is substantially complete and the phase is 80% leased, it is no longer deemed a development property for purposes of this covenant.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC4 Term Loan also has customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, change of control, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other of the Company’s indebtedness. Upon an event of default, the lenders may declare the loan due and immediately payable.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC4 Term Loan contains definitions of many of the terms used in this summary of covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the covenants under the loan as of June 30, 2010.

ACC5 Term Loan

On December 2, 2009, the Company entered into a $150 million term loan facility (the “ACC5 Term Loan”). An interest reserve in the amount of $10.0 million was withheld from the loan proceeds and the remaining interest reserve is classified as restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The ACC5 Term Loan matures on December 2, 2014 and borrowings bear interest at LIBOR plus 4.25% with a LIBOR floor of 1.5%. As of June 30, 2010, the interest rate for this loan was 5.75%. The loan is secured by the ACC5 data center, the land and development of a data center to be known as ACC6, and an assignment of the lease agreements between the Company and the tenants of ACC5. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the outstanding principal amount of the ACC5 Term Loan, plus interest and certain costs under the loan.

The original terms of the ACC5 Term Loan required that, within 120 days of the Closing Date, the Company enter into an interest rate swap or cap agreement with a notional principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the loan. On March 24, 2010 the Company executed an amendment to the ACC5 Term Loan that, among other things, eliminated the 120 day requirement. The Operating Partnership is now required to enter into an interest rate protection agreement only upon the earlier to occur of (i) 30 days following the date on which U.S. dollar one month LIBOR equals or exceeds 3.75% or (ii) the occurrence of a default under the ACC5 Term Loan.

The loan requires quarterly installments of principal of $1.3 million beginning on the earlier of the date on which the debt service coverage ratio is at least 1.00 to 1, or June 30, 2011, and may be prepaid in whole or in part without penalty any time after November 30, 2010, subject to the payment of certain LIBOR rate breakage fees. The Company may increase the total loan at any time after March 30, 2010 and on or before June 30, 2012 to not more than $250 million, subject to lender commitments, receipt of new appraisals of the ACC5 and ACC6 property, a minimum debt service coverage ratio of no less than 1.65 to 1, and a maximum loan-to-value of 50%.

The ACC5 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or assets sales and maintenance of certain leases. In addition, the ACC5 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance with certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, the following:

 

   

The principal amount of the loan may not exceed 60% of the appraised value of ACC5;

 

   

The Company must maintain the following minimum debt service coverage ratios:

 

   

Calendar quarters ending March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011—1.00 to 1;

 

   

Calendar quarter ending September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011—1.15 to 1; and

 

   

Commencing with the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2012 and continuing for the remainder of the term—1.50 to 1; provided, however, that if the Company exercises its right to increase the total amount of the loan above $150 million, 1.65 to 1.

 

   

Consolidated total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to gross asset value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must not exceed 65% during the term of the loan.

 

   

Ratio of adjusted consolidated Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization to consolidated fixed charges must not be less than 1.45 to 1 during the term of the loan.

 

   

Minimum consolidated tangible net worth of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must not be less than approximately $575 million (plus 75% of the sum of (i) the net proceeds from any offerings after December 2, 2009 and (ii) the value of any interests in the Operating Partnership or DFT issued upon the contribution of assets to DFT, the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries after December 2, 2009) during the term of the loan.

The terms of the ACC5 Term Loan limit the Company’s investment in development properties to $1 billion and the Company is not permitted to have more than five properties in development at any time. If a development property is being developed in multiple phases, only the phase actually being constructed shall be considered a development property for this test. Once construction of a phase is substantially complete and the phase is 80% leased, it is no longer deemed a development property for purposes of this covenant.

 

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The credit agreement that governs the ACC5 Term Loan also has customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other of the Company’s indebtedness. Upon an event of default, the lenders may declare the loan due and immediately payable. Also, upon a change in control, lenders that hold two-thirds of the outstanding principal amount of the loan may declare it due and payable.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC5 Term Loan contains definitions of many of the terms used in this summary of covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the covenants under the loan as of June 30, 2010.

Unsecured Notes

On December 16, 2009, the Operating Partnership completed the sale of $550 million of 8 1/2% senior notes due 2017 (the “Unsecured Notes”). The Unsecured Notes were issued at face value. The Company will pay interest on the Unsecured Notes semi-annually, in arrears, on December 15 and June 15 of each year, beginning June 15, 2010. On each of December 15, 2015 and December 15, 2016, $125 million in principal amount of the Unsecured Notes will become due and payable, with the remaining $300 million due on December 15, 2017.

The Unsecured Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally on a senior unsecured basis by DFT and certain of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and the ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS.

The Unsecured Notes rank (i) equally in right of payment with all of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, (ii) senior in right of payment with all of its existing and future subordinated indebtedness, (iii) effectively subordinate to any of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future secured indebtedness and (iv) effectively junior to any liabilities of any subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership that do not guarantee the Unsecured Notes. The guarantees of the Unsecured Notes by DFT and the Subsidiary Guarantors rank (i) equally in right of payment with such guarantor’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, (ii) senior in right of payment with all of such guarantor’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness and (iii) effectively subordinate to any of such guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness.

At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Operating Partnership may redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes to be redeemed, plus (ii) a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest. On or after December 15, 2013, the Operating Partnership may redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at (i) 104.250% from December 15, 2013 to December 14, 2014, (ii) 102.125% from December 15, 2014 to December 14, 2015 and (iii) 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes from December 15, 2015 and thereafter, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, on or prior to December 15, 2012, the Operating Partnership may redeem up to 35% of the Unsecured Notes at 108.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings consummated by DFT or the Operating Partnership.

If there is a change of control (as defined in the Indenture) of the Operating Partnership or DFT, Unsecured Note holders can require the Operating Partnership to purchase their Unsecured Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, in certain circumstances the Operating Partnership may be required to use the net proceeds of asset sales to purchase a portion of the Unsecured Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The Unsecured Notes have certain covenants limiting or prohibiting the ability of the Operating Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries from, among other things, (i) incurring secured or unsecured indebtedness, (ii) entering into sale and leaseback transactions, (iii) making certain dividend payments, distributions and investments, (iv) entering into transactions with affiliates, (v) entering into agreements limiting the ability to make certain transfers and other payments from subsidiaries or (vi) engaging in certain mergers, consolidations or transfers/sales of assets. The Unsecured Notes also require the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiary Guarantors to maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of their unsecured debt on a consolidated basis. All of the covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.

The Unsecured Notes also have customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other indebtedness of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries. Upon an event of default, the holders of the Unsecured Notes or the trustee may declare the Unsecured Notes due and immediately payable.

The Operating Partnership also entered into a registration rights agreement under which the Operating Partnership agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file, on or before 120 days after December 16, 2009, and cause to become effective, on or before 270 days after December 16, 2009, an exchange offer registration statement that would offer to exchange the Unsecured Notes for bonds identical in terms, except that the newly-issued bonds would not be subject to transfer restrictions. The exchange offer registration statement was effective as of June 17, 2010 and the exchange of all of the notes was completed by July 22, 2010. Having completed the exchange offer the Operating Partnership will not be required to pay additional interest to the Unsecured Note holders.

 

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Unsecured Credit Facility

On May 6, 2010, the Operating Partnership entered into a credit agreement providing for an $85 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The Operating Partnership may increase the amount of the facility by up to an additional $15 million at any time prior to May 6, 2011, to the extent that any one or more lenders commit to being a lender for the additional amount and certain other customary conditions are met (including a fee payable to the lenders to be determined at the time of the increase). The facility has an initial maturity date of May 6, 2013, with a one-year extension option, subject to the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the amount of the facility at initial maturity and certain other customary conditions. As of June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership has not drawn down any funds under the facility.

The facility is unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and all of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries that currently guaranty the obligations under the Company’s Indenture governing the terms of the Operating Partnership’s 8 1/2% senior notes due 2017, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS.

The Operating Partnership may elect to have borrowings under the facility bear interest at (i) LIBOR plus 450 basis points (with LIBOR at no time being less than 1%) or (ii) a base rate plus 300 basis points. The amount available for borrowings under the facility will be determined according to a calculation comparing the value of certain unencumbered properties designated by the Operating Partnership at such time relative to the amount of the Operating Partnership’s unsecured debt. The properties designated as unencumbered properties at the closing of the facility were the ACC2, ACC3, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the SC1, SC2 and ACC7 parcels of land and the NJ1 development property. Up to $25 million of borrowings under the facility may be used for letters of credit.

The facility requires that the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries comply with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or asset sales, and certain restrictions on dividend payments. In addition, the facility imposes financial maintenance covenants relating to, among other things, the following matters:

 

   

unsecured debt not exceeding 60% of the value of unencumbered assets;

 

   

net operating income generated from unencumbered properties divided by the amount of unsecured debt being not less than 12.5%;

 

   

total indebtedness not exceeding 60% of gross asset value;

 

   

fixed charge coverage ratio being not less than 1.70 to 1.00; and

 

   

tangible net worth being not less than $750 million plus 80% of the sum of (i) net equity offering proceeds and (ii) the value of equity interests issued in connection with a contribution of assets to the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries.

The facility includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable cure period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of the Operating Partnership under the facility to be immediately due and payable.

A summary of the Company’s total debt and maturity schedule as of June 30, 2010 are as follows:

Debt Maturity as of June 30, 2010

($ in thousands)

 

Year

   Fixed Rate     Floating Rate     Total    % of Total     Rates (4)  

2010

   $ —        $ 1,000 (2)    $ 1,000    0.1   3.9

2011

     —          199,100 (2)(3)      199,100    22.2   3.9

2012

     —          5,200 (3)      5,200    0.6   5.8

2013

     —          5,200 (3)      5,200    0.6   5.8

2014

     —          137,000 (3)      137,000    15.3   5.8

2015

     125,000 (1)      —          125,000    13.9   8.5

2016

     125,000 (1)      —          125,000    13.9   8.5

2017

     300,000 (1)      —          300,000    33.4   8.5
                                   

Total

   $ 550,000      $ 347,500      $ 897,500    100   7.0
                                   

 

(1) The Unsecured Notes have mandatory amortizations of $125.0 million due in 2015, $125.0 million due in 2016 and $300.0 million due in 2017.

 

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(2) The ACC4 Term Loan matures on October 24, 2011 and includes an option to extend the maturity date one year to October 24, 2012 exercisable by the Company upon satisfaction of certain customary conditions. Scheduled principal amortization payments are $0.5 million per quarter.
(3) The ACC5 Term Loan matures on December 2, 2014 with no extension option. Scheduled principal amortization payments of $1.3 million per quarter start in the third quarter of 2011 or upon economic stabilization, whichever is earlier.
(4) Rate as of June 30, 2010.

5. Derivative Instruments

On August 15, 2007, the Company entered into a $200.0 million interest rate swap agreement to manage the interest rate risk associated with a portion of a credit facility then in existence. The interest rate swap agreement was effective August 17, 2007 with a maturity date of August 7, 2011 and effectively fixed the interest rate on $200.0 million of this credit facility at 4.997% plus the credit spread of 1.5%. The Company had designated this agreement as a hedge for accounting purposes. Therefore, the effective portion of the changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap had been recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into interest expense as the hedged forecasted interest payments were recognized. Any ineffective portion of the hedging relationship was recorded directly to earnings.

On December 16, 2009, in connection with the Company’s completion of a $550 million debt offering and repayment and termination of this credit facility, the Company paid $13.7 million to terminate the swap agreement.

The Company has no outstanding derivative instruments as of June 30, 2010.

6. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is involved from time to time in various legal proceedings, lawsuits, examinations by various tax authorities and claims that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. Management currently believes that the resolution of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

Contracts related to the development of the NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I data centers were in place as of June 30, 2010. These contracts are cost-plus in nature whereby the contract sum is the aggregate of the cost of the actual work performed and equipment purchased plus a contractor fee. Control estimates, which are adjusted from time to time to reflect any contract changes, are estimates of the total contract cost at completion. As of June 30, 2010, the NJ1 control estimate was $195.0 million of which $183.2 million has been billed, the ACC5 Phase II control estimate was $109.3 million of which $88.8 million has been billed, the ACC6 Phase I control estimate was $121.4 million of which $1.0 million has been billed and the SC1 Phase I control estimate was $239.7 million of which $43.9 million has been billed. Because of the cost-plus nature of these contracts, if development was halted on these projects, the Company would incur liabilities less than what is remaining within the control estimates. As of June 30, 2010, we had entered into commitments via our construction general contractor to purchase $135.2 million in equipment and labor for our NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I development properties.

Concurrent with DFT’s IPO, the Company entered into tax protection agreements with some of the contributors of the initial properties including DFT’s Executive Chairman and President and CEO. Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, if the Company disposes of any interest in the initial contributed properties that generates more than a certain allowable amount of built-in gain for the contributors, as a group, in any single year through 2017, the Company will indemnify the contributors for tax liabilities incurred with respect to the amount of built-in gain and tax liabilities incurred as a result of the reimbursement payment. The amount of initial built-in gain that can be recognized in each tax year without triggering the tax protection provisions is 10% of the initial built in gain, accumulating to 100% by the end of 2017. The estimated aggregate built-in gain attributed to the initial contributors as of December 31, 2009 was approximately $480 - $500 million (unaudited). Any sale by the Company that requires payments to any of DFT’s executive officers or directors pursuant to these agreements requires the approval of at least 75% of the disinterested members of DFT’s Board of Directors.

7. Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests—Operating Partnership

Redeemable noncontrolling interests represent the limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership, or OP units, held by individuals and entities other than DFT. As of June 30, 2010, the owners of redeemable noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership owned 22,450,294 OP units or 27.5% of the Operating Partnership, and DFT held the remaining interests in the Operating Partnership. Holders of OP units are entitled to receive distributions in a per unit amount equal to the per share dividends made with respect to each share of DFT’s common stock, if and when DFT’s Board of Directors declares such a dividend. Holders of OP units have the right to tender their units for redemption, in an amount equal to the fair market value of DFT’s common stock. DFT may elect to redeem tendered OP units for cash or for shares of DFT’s common stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, 2,838,681 OP units were redeemed and DFT elected to issue 2,838,681 shares of its common stock in exchange for the tendered OP units representing approximately 11% of the 24,947,830 OP units held by redeemable noncontrolling interests at December 31, 2009.

 

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The Company had 341,145 fully vested LTIP units outstanding as of December 31, 2009, which are a special class of partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. LTIP units, whether vested or not, receive the same quarterly per unit distributions as OP units. Initially, from the IPO to February 25, 2010, LTIP units did not have full parity with OP units with respect to liquidating distributions. Under the terms of the LTIP units, the Operating Partnership will revalue its assets upon the occurrence of certain specified events, and any increase in valuation from the time of grant until such event will be allocated first to the holders of LTIP units to equalize the capital accounts of such holders with the capital accounts of OP unit holders. Upon equalization of the capital accounts of the holders of LTIP units with the holders of OP units, the LTIP units will achieve full parity with OP units for all purposes, including with respect to liquidating distributions. If such parity is reached, vested LTIP units may be converted into an equal number of OP units at any time by the holder or the Company, and thereafter receive all the rights of OP units. In the first quarter of 2010, parity with the OP units had been achieved and all of the LTIP units could be converted into OP units. Conversion of all LTIP units into OP units occurred on June 2, 2010.

Following the redemptions and LTIP conversions, the redemption value of the redeemable noncontrolling interests at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $551.4 million and $448.8 million based on the closing share price of the DFT’s common stock of $24.56 and $17.99, respectively, on those dates.

8. Stockholders’ Equity

On May 19, 2010, DFT issued 11,484 fully vested shares to independent members of its’ Board of Directors and issued 2,778 shares of restricted stock to certain employees, which vest in equal increments on March 1, 2011, March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2013.

On May 18, 2010, DFT issued 13,800,000 shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering that resulted in proceeds to our Company, net of underwriting discounts, commissions, advisory fees and other offering costs of $305.2 million.

On February 25, 2010, DFT issued 220,341 shares of restricted stock to employees, which vest in equal increments on March 1, 2011, March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2013.

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, OP unitholders redeemed 2,838,681 OP units in exchange for 2,838,681 shares of common stock.

DFT declared and paid the following cash dividends:

 

   

$0.12 per share payable to shareholders of record as of June 29, 2010. This dividend was paid on July 9, 2010.

 

   

$0.08 per share payable to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2010. This dividend was paid on April 9, 2010.

9. Equity Compensation Plan

Concurrent with the IPO, DFT’s Board of Directors adopted the 2007 Equity Compensation Plan (“the Plan”). The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Plan allows for the issuance of common stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), performance unit awards and LTIP units. Beginning January 1, 2008, and on each January 1 thereafter during the term of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under this Plan pursuant to the exercise of options and SARs, the grant of stock awards or other-equity based awards and the settlement of performance units shall be increased by seven and one-half percent (7 1/2%) of any additional shares of common stock or interests in the Operating Partnership issued by the Company or the Operating Partnership; provided, however, that the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under this Plan shall be 11,655,525 shares. As of June 30, 2010, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under this Plan pursuant to the exercise of options and SARs, the grant of stock awards, or LTIP units and the settlement of performance units is equal to 4,967,795, of which 3,306,603 share equivalents had been issued as of such date leaving 1,661,192 shares available for future issuance. These amounts do not include the 1,035,000 shares of common stock that the Company will be authorized to issue under the Plan as of January 1, 2011 as a result of the 13,800,000 shares issued in the Company’s May 2010 underwritten public offering.

If any award or grant under the Plan expires, is forfeited or is terminated without having been exercised or paid, then any shares of common stock covered by such lapsed, cancelled, expired or unexercised portion of such award or grant and any forfeited, lapsed, cancelled or expired LTIP units shall be available for the grant of other options, SARs, stock awards, other equity-based awards and settlement of performance units under this Plan.

 

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Restricted Stock

Restricted stock awards vest over specified periods of time as long as the employee remains employed with the Company, and are not subject to any performance criteria. The following table sets forth the number of unvested shares of restricted stock and the weighted average fair value of these shares at the date of grant:

 

     Shares of
Restricted Stock
    Weighted Average
Fair Value at
Date of Grant

Unvested balance at December 31, 2009

   640,377      $ 5.82

Granted

   223,119        19.69

Vested

   (207,977     5.51

Forfeited

   (650     5.13
            

Unvested balance at June 30, 2010

   654,869      $ 10.64
            

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company issued 223,119 shares of restricted stock which had a value of $4.4 million on the grant date. This amount will be amortized to expense over its approximate three year vesting period. Also during the six months ended June 30, 2010, 207,977 shares of restricted stock vested at a value of $4.1 million on the vesting dates. Of these vested shares, 73,554 shares were surrendered by the Company’s employees to satisfy withholding tax obligations associated with the vesting of shares of restricted stock.

As of June 30, 2010, total unearned compensation on restricted stock was $5.9 million, and the weighted average vesting period was 1.3 years.

Stock Options

Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of DFT’s common stock at the date of grant. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company issued 290,560 stock options which had a value of $2.6 million on the grant date. This amount will be amortized to expense over its three year vesting period. Also during the six months ended June 30, 2010, 424,903 stock options vested at a value of $6.3 million on the vesting date.

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity under the Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2010 is presented in the table below.

 

     Number of
Shares Subject
to Option
    Weighted Average
Exercise
Price

Under option, December 31, 2009

   1,274,696      $ 5.06

Granted

   290,560        19.89

Forfeited

   —          N/A

Exercised

   (61,154     5.06
            

Under option, June 30, 2010

   1,504,102      $ 7.92
            

The following table sets forth the number of shares subject to option that are unvested as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and the weighted average fair value of these options at the grant date.

 

     Number of
Shares Subject
to Option
    Weighted Average
Fair Value
at Date of Grant

Unvested balance at December 31, 2009

   1,274,696      $ 1.48

Granted

   290,560        9.00

Forfeited

   —          N/A

Vested

   (424,903     1.48
            

Unvested balance at June 30, 2010

   1,140,353      $ 3.40
            

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. As DFT has been a publicly traded company only since October 24, 2007, expected volatilities used in the Black-Scholes model are based on the historical volatility of a group of comparable REITs. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The following table summarizes the assumptions used to value the stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

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     Assumption  

Number of options granted

     290,560   

Exercise price

   $ 19.89   

Expected term (in years)

     6   

Expected volatility

     54

Expected annual dividend

     1.88

Risk-free rate

     2.86

As of June 30, 2010, total unearned compensation on options was $3.4 million, and the weighted average vesting period was 1.3 years.

10. Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of basic and diluted average shares outstanding used in the computation of earnings per share of common stock (in thousands except for share and per share amounts):

 

     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
Basic and Diluted Shares Outstanding         

Weighted average common shares - basic

     51,087,845        40,035,504        46,602,821        38,576,680   

Effect of dilutive securities

     1,320,809        582,365        1,296,293        291,183   
                                

Weighted average common shares - diluted

     52,408,654        40,617,869        47,899,114        38,867,863   
                                
Calculation of Earnings per Share - Basic         

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 6,921      $ 3,295      $ 10,212      $ 5,181   

Net income allocated to unvested restricted shares

     (77     (53     (125     (62
                                

Net income attributable to controlling interests, adjusted

     6,844        3,242        10,087        5,119   

Weighted average common shares - basic

     51,087,845        40,035,504        46,602,821        38,576,680   
                                

Earnings per common share - basic

   $ 0.13      $ 0.08      $ 0.22      $ 0.13   
                                
Calculation of Earnings per Share - Diluted         

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 6,921      $ 3,295      $ 10,212      $ 5,181   

Adjustments to redeemable noncontrolling interests

     58        16        94        16   
                                

Adjusted net income available to controlling interests

     6,979        3,311        10,306        5,197   

Weighted average common shares - diluted

     52,408,654        40,617,869        47,899,114        38,867,863   
                                

Earnings per common share - diluted

   $ 0.13      $ 0.08      $ 0.22      $ 0.13   
                                

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, approximately 0.3 million stock options have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their effect would have been antidilutive.

11. Fair Value

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

The Company follows the authoritative guidance issued by the FASB relating to fair value measurements that defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The guidance applies to reported balances that are required or permitted to be measured at fair value under existing accounting pronouncements; accordingly, the guidance does not require any new fair value measurements of reported balances. The guidance excludes the accounting for leases, as well as other authoritative guidance that address fair value measurements on lease classification and measurement. The authoritative guidance issued by the FASB emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

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Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The authoritative guidance issued by the FASB requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments. Fair value estimates are subjective in nature and are dependent on a number of important assumptions, including estimates of future cash flows, risks, discount rates, and relevant comparable market information associated with each financial instrument. The use of different market assumptions and estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the reported estimated fair value amounts. Accordingly, the amounts are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company would realize in a current market exchange.

The following methods and assumptions were used in estimating the fair value amounts and disclosures for financial instruments as of June 30, 2010:

 

   

Cash and cash equivalents: The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents reported in the consolidated balance sheet approximates fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments (i.e., less than 90 days).

 

   

Marketable securities held to maturity: See Note 2.

 

   

Restricted cash: The carrying amount of restricted cash reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value because of the short maturities of these instruments.

 

   

Rents and other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and prepaid rents: The carrying amount of these assets and liabilities reported in the balance sheet approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of these amounts.

 

   

Debt: As of June 30, 2010, the combined balance of the Unsecured Notes and mortgage notes payable was $897.5 million with a fair value of $906.4 million based on Level 1 and Level 3 data. The Level 1 data is for the Unsecured Notes and consisted of a quote from the market maker in the Unsecured Notes. The Level 3 data is for the mortgage notes payable and is based on discounted cash flows using interest rates from the ACC5 Term Loan that the Company obtained in December 2009.

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
     (unaudited)        
ASSETS     

Income producing property:

    

Land

   $ 44,001      $ 44,001   

Buildings and improvements

     1,439,973        1,438,598   
                
     1,483,974        1,482,599   

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (142,861     (115,225
                

Net income producing property

     1,341,113        1,367,374   

Construction in progress and land held for development

     439,617        330,170   
                

Net real estate

     1,780,730        1,697,544   

Cash and cash equivalents

     339,994        33,588   

Marketable securities held to maturity

     60,014        138,978   

Restricted cash

     5,854        10,222   

Rents and other receivables

     2,537        2,550   

Deferred rent

     75,206        57,364   

Lease contracts above market value, net

     14,917        16,349   

Deferred costs, net

     52,201        52,208   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     13,287        9,551   
                

Total assets

   $ 2,344,740      $ 2,018,354   
                
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL     

Liabilities:

    

Mortgage notes payable

   $ 347,500      $ 348,500   

Unsecured notes payable

     550,000        550,000   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     16,633        16,301   

Construction costs payable

     16,542        6,229   

Accrued interest payable

     3,182        3,510   

Distribution payable

     9,802        —     

Lease contracts below market value, net

     25,824        28,689   

Prepaid rents and other liabilities

     19,367        15,564   
                

Total liabilities

     988,850        968,793   

Redeemable partnership units

     551,379        448,811   

Commitments and contingencies

     —          —     

Partners’ capital:

    

General partner’s capital

     8,996        9,391   

Limited partners’ capital

     795,515        591,359   
                

Total partners’ capital

     804,511        600,750   
                

Total liabilities & partners’ capital

   $ 2,344,740      $ 2,018,354   
                

See accompanying notes

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited and in thousands except unit and per unit data)

 

     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Revenues:

        

Base rent

   $ 37,922      $ 27,757      $ 72,840      $ 54,402   

Recoveries from tenants

     18,071        16,364        37,561        33,106   

Other revenues

     3,299        4,746        5,800        8,178   
                                

Total revenues

     59,292        48,867        116,201        95,686   

Expenses:

        

Property operating costs

     15,613        14,794        32,967        29,994   

Real estate taxes and insurance

     1,140        1,150        2,386        2,400   

Depreciation and amortization

     15,091        13,653        30,187        27,311   

General and administrative

     4,008        3,395        7,598        6,562   

Other expenses

     2,511        3,733        4,352        6,627   
                                

Total expenses

     38,363        36,725        77,490        72,894   
                                

Operating income

     20,929        12,142        38,711        22,792   

Interest income

     209        126        234        284   

Interest:

        

Expense incurred

     (10,050     (5,606     (21,679     (11,013

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (893     (1,122     (1,840     (3,266
                                

Net income

     10,195        5,540        15,426        8,797   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —          (38     —          (56
                                

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 10,195      $ 5,502      $ 15,426      $ 8,741   
                                

Earnings per unit – basic:

        

Net income per unit

   $ 0.13      $ 0.08      $ 0.22      $ 0.13   
                                

Weighted average units outstanding

     73,879,205        66,639,051        70,394,769        66,625,075   
                                

Earnings per unit – diluted:

        

Net income per unit

   $ 0.13      $ 0.08      $ 0.22      $ 0.13   
                                

Weighted average units outstanding

     75,200,014        67,221,416        71,691,062        66,916,258   
                                

Distributions per unit

   $ 0.12      $ —        $ 0.20      $ —     
                                

See accompanying notes

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

(unaudited and in thousands, except unit data)

 

     Total
Units
    General
Partner’s
Capital
    Limited
Partners’
Capital
    Comprehensive
Income
   Total  

Balance at December 31, 2009

   42,373,340      $ 9,391      $ 591,359         $ 600,750   

Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests:

           

Net income attributable to controlling interests

       172        15,254      $ 15,426      15,426   

Other comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests

           —        —     
               

Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests

         $ 15,426   
               

Distributions

       (170     (15,060        (15,230

Issuance of OP units to REIT upon issuance of shares of common stock

   13,800,000        —          305,207           305,207   

Issuance of OP units to REIT upon redemption of redeemable partnership units

   2,838,681        —          61,300           61,300   

Issuance of OP units for common stock awards

   234,603        —          269           269   

Issuance of OP units for stock option exercises

   61,154        —          309           309   

Retirement and forfeiture of OP units

   (74,204     —          (1,460        (1,460

Amortization of deferred compensation costs

       —          1,766           1,766   

Adjustment to redeemable partnership units

       (397     (163,429        (163,826
                                 

Balance at June 30, 2010

   59,233,574      $ 8,996      $ 795,515         $ 804,511   
                                 

See accompanying notes

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited and in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30,  
     2010     2009  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 15,426      $ 8,797   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

    

Depreciation and amortization

     30,187        27,311   

Straight line rent

     (17,842     (7,345

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     1,840        3,266   

Amortization of lease contracts above and below market value

     (1,433     (3,489

Compensation paid with Company common shares

     1,795        819   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

    

Restricted cash

     (145     (288

Rents and other receivables

     13        (535

Deferred costs

     (2,302     (2,189

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (2,371     1,501   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     374        3,272   

Accrued interest payable

     (328     (333

Prepaid rents and other liabilities

     2,338        385   
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     27,552        31,172   
                

Cash flow from investing activities

    

Investments in real estate – development

     (88,312     (76,661

Marketable securities held to maturity:

    

Purchase

     (60,014     —     

Redemption

     138,978        —     

Interest capitalized for real estate under development

     (9,845     (3,514

Improvements to real estate

     (1,745     (1,204

Additions to non-real estate property

     (95     (283
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (21,033     (81,662
                

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Issuance of OP units to DFT for issuance of common stock, net of offering costs

     304,107        —     

Line of credit:

    

Repayments

     —          (6,060

Mortgage notes payable:

    

Proceeds

     —          181,726   

Lump sum payoffs

     —          (135,121

Repayments

     (1,000     (500

Return (payment) of escrowed proceeds

     4,513        (19,000

Issuance of OP units for stock option exercises

     309        —     

Payments of financing costs

     (2,614     (4,169

Distributions

     (5,428     —     
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     299,887        16,876   
                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     306,406        (33,614

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

     33,588        53,512   
                

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

   $ 339,994      $ 19,898   
                

Supplemental information:

    

Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized

   $ 22,006      $ 11,347   
                

Deferred financing costs capitalized for real estate under development

   $ 834      $ 911   
                

Construction costs payable capitalized for real estate under development

   $ 16,542      $ 24,768   
                

Redemption of OP units for common shares

   $ 61,300      $ 82,700   
                

Adjustments to redeemable partnership units

   $ 163,826      $ (3,929
                

See accompanying notes

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2010

(unaudited)

1. Description of Business

DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership” or “OP” and collectively with DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (“DFT”) and their operating subsidiaries, the “Company”) was formed on March 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The OP is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed company that owns, acquires, develops and operates wholesale data centers. DFT is the OP’s parent company and completed its initial public offering of common stock (the “IPO”) on October 24, 2007. DFT elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2007. DFT is the sole general partner of, and, as of June 30, 2010, owned 72.5% of the economic interest in the OP of which 1.1% is held as general partnership units. The Operating Partnership as of June 30, 2010 holds a fee simple interest in the following properties:

 

   

seven operating data centers—referred to as ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, ACC5 Phase I, VA3, VA4 and CH1 Phase I;

 

   

data center projects under current development—referred to as NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II; ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I

 

   

data center projects held for future development—referred to as CH1 Phase II, NJ1 Phase II, ACC6 Phase II and SC1 Phase II; and

 

   

land that may be used to develop additional data centers—referred to as ACC7 and SC2.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the notes thereto included in the OP’s Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4 filed on May 27, 2010 which also contains a complete listing of the OP’s significant accounting policies.

The Company has one reportable segment consisting of investments in data centers located in the United States.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Marketable Securities Held to Maturity

Marketable securities held to maturity as of June 30, 2010 are comprised of a certificate of deposit that matures on December 13, 2010. The book value of this security approximates fair market value.

Property

Depreciation on buildings is generally provided on a straight-line basis over 40 years from the date the buildings were placed in service. Building components are depreciated over the life of the respective improvement ranging from 20 to 40 years from the date the components were placed in service. Personal property is depreciated over three to seven years. Depreciation expense was $13.9 million and $12.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $27.9 million and $25.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Included in these amounts is amortization expense related to tenant origination costs, which was $1.2 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and $2.4 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations or in development when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired, and the estimated undiscounted cash flows to be generated by those assets

 

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are less than the carrying amounts. If circumstances indicating impairment of a property are present, the Company would determine the fair value of that property, and an impairment loss would be recognized in an amount equal to the excess of the carrying amount of the impaired asset over its fair value. Management assesses the recoverability of the carrying value of its assets on a property-by-property basis. No impairment losses were recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets, the Company classifies a data center property as held-for-sale when it meets the necessary criteria, which include when the Company commits to and actively embarks on a plan to sell the asset, the sale is expected to be completed within one year under terms usual and customary for such sales, and actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn. Data center properties held-for-sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less costs to sell. As of June 30, 2010, there were no data center properties classified as held-for-sale and discontinued operations.

Deferred Costs

Deferred costs, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets include both financing and leasing costs.

Financing costs, which represent fees and other costs incurred in obtaining debt, are amortized on a straight-line basis, which approximates the effective-interest method, over the term of the loan and are included in interest expense. Amortization of the deferred financing costs included in interest expense totaled $0.9 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively and $1.8 million and $3.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Included in amortization of financing costs for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was a $1.0 million write-off of unamortized costs due to the payoff of the CH1 construction loan. Balances, net of accumulated amortization, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Financing costs

   $ 26,864      $ 24,250   

Accumulated amortization

     (5,492     (2,827
                

Financing costs, net

   $ 21,372      $ 21,423   
                

Leasing costs, which are either external fees and costs incurred in the successful negotiations of leases, internal costs expended in the successful negotiations of leases or the estimated leasing commissions resulting from the allocation of the purchase price of ACC2, VA3, VA4 and ACC4, are deferred and amortized over the terms of the related leases on a straight-line basis. If an applicable lease terminates prior to the expiration of its initial term, the carrying amount of the costs are written off to amortization expense. Amortization of deferred leasing costs totaled $1.2 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and $2.3 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Balances, net of accumulated amortization, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Leasing costs

   $ 44,095      $ 41,793   

Accumulated amortization

     (13,266     (11,008
                

Leasing costs, net

   $ 30,829      $ 30,785   
                

Inventory

The Company maintains fuel inventory for its generators, which is recorded at the lower of cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) or market. As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the fuel inventory was $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively, and is included in prepaid expenses and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Rental Income

The Company, as a lessor, has retained substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership and accounts for its leases as operating leases. For lease agreements that provide for scheduled fixed and determinable rent increases, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable term of the leases, which commences when control of the space and critical power have been provided to the tenant. If the lease contains an early termination clause with a penalty payment, the Company determines the lease termination date by evaluating whether the penalty reasonably assures that the lease will not be terminated early. Lease inducements, which include free rent or cash payments to tenants, are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the non-cancellable lease term. Straight-line rents receivable are included in deferred rent on the consolidated balance sheets. Lease intangible assets and liabilities that have resulted from above-market and below-market leases that were acquired are amortized on a straight-line

 

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basis as decreases and increases, respectively, to rental revenue over the remaining non-cancellable term of the underlying leases. If an applicable lease terminates prior to the expiration of its initial term, the unamortized portion of lease intangibles associated with that lease will be written off to rental revenue. Balances, net of accumulated amortization, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Lease contracts above market value

   $ 23,100      $ 23,100   

Accumulated amortization

     (8,183     (6,751
                

Lease contracts above market value, net

   $ 14,917      $ 16,349   
                
     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Lease contracts below market value

   $ 45,700      $ 45,700   

Accumulated amortization

     (19,876     (17,011
                

Lease contracts below market value, net

   $ 25,824      $ 28,689   
                

The Company records a provision for losses on accounts receivable equal to the estimated uncollectible accounts. The estimate is based on management’s historical experience and a review of the current status of the Company’s receivables. The Company will also establish, as necessary, an appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts for receivables arising from the straight-lining of rents. This receivable arises from revenue recognized in excess of amounts currently due under the lease.

Tenant leases generally contain provisions under which the tenants reimburse the Company for a portion of the property’s operating expenses and real estate taxes incurred by the property. Recoveries from tenants are included in revenue in the consolidated statements of operations in the period the applicable expenditures are incurred. Recoveries from tenants also include the property management fees that the Company earns from its tenants.

Other Revenue

Other revenue primarily consists of services provided to tenants on a non-recurring basis. This includes projects such as the purchase and installation of circuits, racks, breakers and other tenant requested items. Revenue is recognized on a completed contract basis. Costs of providing these services are included in other expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Redeemable Partnership Units

Redeemable partnership units, which require cash payment, or allow settlement in DFT’s common shares, but with the ability to deliver the shares outside of the control of DFT, are reported outside of the permanent equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Redeemable partnership units are adjusted for income, losses and distributions allocated to OP units not held by DFT (normal noncontrolling interest accounting amount). Adjustments to redeemable partnership units are recorded to reflect increases or decreases in the ownership of the Operating Partnership by holders of OP units, including in the case of redemptions of OP units for cash or in exchange for shares of DFT’s common stock. If such adjustments result in redeemable partnership units being recorded at less than the redemption value, redeemable partnership units are further adjusted to their redemption value (see Note 7). Redeemable partnership units are recorded at the greater of the normal noncontrolling interest accounting amount or redemption value. The following is a summary of activity for redeemable partnership units for the six months ended June 30, 2010 (dollars in thousands):

 

     OP Units     Comprehensive
Income
   Number     Amount    

Balance at December 31, 2009

   24,947,830      $ 448,811     

Comprehensive income attributable to redeemable partnership units:

      

Net income attributable to redeemable partnership units

   —          5,214      $ 5,214

Other comprehensive income attributable to redeemable partnership units

   —          —          —  
          

Comprehensive income attributable to redeemable partnership units

       $ 5,214
          

Distributions declared

   —          (4,588  

Redemption of OP units

   (2,838,681     (61,300  

LTIP conversion

   341,145        —       

Adjustment to redeemable partnership units

   —          163,242     
                

Balance at June 30, 2010

   22,450,294      $ 551,379     
                

 

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Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income, as reflected on the consolidated statement of partners’ capital, is defined as all changes in equity during each period except those resulting from investments by or distributions to partners or members. The following is a summary of comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollars in thousands):

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
   Six months ended
June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 10,195    $ 5,502    $ 15,426    $ 8,741

Other comprehensive income – change in fair value of interest rate swap

     —        1,514      —        1,844
                           

Comprehensive income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 10,195    $ 7,016    $ 15,426    $ 10,585
                           

Earnings Per Unit

Basic earnings per unit is calculated by dividing the net income attributable to controlling interests for the period by the weighted average number of common units outstanding during the period. All outstanding unvested restricted unit awards contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends and participate in undistributed earnings with common unitholders and, accordingly, are considered participating securities that are included in the two-class method of computing basic earnings per unit. Both the unvested restricted units and other potentially dilutive common units, and the related impact to earnings, are considered when calculating earnings per unit on a diluted basis.

Stock-based Compensation

DFT has awarded stock-based compensation to employees, selected contractors and members of its Board of Directors in the form of common units and LTIP units. For each stock award granted by DFT, the OP issues an equivalent common unit, which may be referred to herein as a common share, common stock, or common unit. The Company estimates the fair value of the awards and recognize this value over the requisite vesting period. The fair value of restricted stock-based compensation is based on the market value of DFT’s common stock on the date of the grant. The fair value of LTIP units is based on the market value of DFT’s common stock on the date of the grant less a discount for post-vesting transferability restrictions estimated by a third-party consultant.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance to significantly amend the consolidation guidance applicable to variable interest entitles (“VIEs”). The consolidation model was modified to one based on control and economics, and replaces the current quantitative primary beneficiary analysis with a qualitative analysis. The primary beneficiary of a VIE will be the entity that has (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. If multiple unrelated parties share power, as defined, no party will be required to consolidate the VIE. Further, the guidance requires continual reconsideration of the primary beneficiary of a VIE and adds an additional reconsideration event for determination of whether an entity is a VIE. The amendments also require expanded disclosures related to VIEs which are largely consistent with the disclosure framework currently applied by the Company. The new guidance was effective January 1, 2010 for the Company. The adoption of this guidance did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts from the prior year have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation.

3. Real Estate Assets

The following is a summary of properties owned by the Company at June 30, 2010:

 

(dollars in thousands)                         

Property

   Location    Land    Buildings and
Improvements
   Construction
in Progress
and Land Held
for
Development
   Total Cost

ACC2

   Ashburn, VA    $ 2,500    $ 158,595    $ —      $ 161,095

ACC3

   Ashburn, VA      1,071      94,062      —        95,133

ACC4

   Ashburn, VA      6,600      534,865      —        541,465

ACC5 Phase I

   Ashburn, VA      3,223      154,011      —        157,234

VA3

   Reston, VA      10,000      174,010      —        184,010

VA4

   Bristow, VA      6,800      141,818      —        148,618

 

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(dollars in thousands)                          

Property

   Location     Land    Buildings and
Improvements
   Construction
in Progress
and Land Held
for
Development
   Total Cost

CH1, Phase I

   Elk Grove Village, IL        13,807      182,612      —        196,419
                             
       44,001      1,439,973      —        1,483,974

Construction in progress and land held for development

   (1     —        —        439,617      439,617
                             
     $ 44,001    $ 1,439,973    $ 439,617    $ 1,923,591
                             

 

(1) Properties located in Ashburn, VA (ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 and ACC7); Elk Grove Village, IL (CH1 Phase II); Piscataway, NJ (NJ1) and Santa Clara, CA (SC1 and SC2).

4. Debt

Debt Summary as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

($ in thousands)

 

     June 30, 2010    December 31, 2009
     Amounts    % of Total     Rates (1)     Maturities
(years)
   Amounts

Secured

   $ 347,500    38.7   4.7   2.7    $ 348,500

Unsecured

     550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8      550,000
                              

Total

   $ 897,500    100.0   7.0   5.2    $ 898,500
                              

Fixed Rate Debt:

            

Unsecured Notes

   $ 550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8    $ 550,000
                              

Fixed Rate Debt

     550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8      550,000
                              

Floating Rate Debt:

            

Unsecured Credit Facility

     —      —        —        2.9      —  

ACC4 Term Loan

     197,500    22.0   3.9   1.3      198,500

ACC5 Term Loan

     150,000    16.7   5.8   4.4      150,000
                              

Floating Rate Debt

     347,500    38.7   4.7   2.7      348,500
                              

Total

   $ 897,500    100.0   7.0   5.2    $ 898,500
                              

 

Note: The Company capitalized interest of $6.3 million and $10.7 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively.
(1) Rate as of June 30, 2010.

Outstanding Indebtedness

ACC4 Term Loan

On October 24, 2008, the Company entered into a credit agreement relating to a $100.0 million term loan with a syndicate of lenders (the “ACC4 Term Loan”). The Company increased this loan to $250.0 million in February 2009 through the exercise of the loan’s “accordion” feature. In December 2009, the Company repaid $50.0 million of the outstanding principal amount

The ACC4 Term Loan matures on October 24, 2011 and includes a one-year extension option subject to, among other things, the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the outstanding loan amount, there being no existing event of default, a debt service coverage ratio of no less than 2 to 1, and a loan to value ratio of no more than 40%. The loan bears interest at (i) LIBOR plus 350 basis points during the initial term of the loan, and (ii) LIBOR plus 400 basis points during the additional one-year period if the Company exercises the extension option. The Company may elect to have borrowings bear interest at (i) the prime rate plus 200 basis points during the initial term of the loan or (ii) the prime rate plus 250 basis points during the additional one-year period if the Company exercises the extension option, but only if such interest rate is not less than LIBOR plus the applicable margin set forth above. As of June 30, 2010, the interest rate for this loan was 3.91%.

 

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The loan is secured by the ACC4 data center and an assignment of the lease agreements between the Company and the tenants of ACC4. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the outstanding principal amount of the ACC4 Term Loan, plus interest and certain costs under the loan.

The loan requires quarterly principal installment payments of $0.5 million; however, if the Company exercises the one-year extension option, the quarterly installments of principal will increase to $2.0 million during the extension period. The Company may prepay the loan in whole or in part without penalty, subject to the payment of certain LIBOR rate breakage fees.

The ACC4 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance by us with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or assets sales, maintenance of certain leases and the occurrence of a change of control of DFT or the Operating Partnership. In addition, the ACC4 Term Loan requires that the Company comply with certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, the following:

 

   

The Company must maintain the following minimum debt service coverage ratios:

 

   

April 1, 2010 to October 24, 2011—1.75 to 1; and

 

   

October 25, 2011 to October 24, 2012—2.00 to 1 (to the extent that the Company exercises the one-year extension option on the ACC4 Term Loan).

 

   

Consolidated total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to gross asset value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must be less than or equal to 65% during the term of the loan.

 

   

Ratio of adjusted consolidated Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization to consolidated fixed charges must be at least 1.45 to 1 during the term of the loan.

 

   

Minimum consolidated tangible net worth of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must be greater than or equal to approximately $575 million (plus an increase of 75% of the sum of (i) the net proceeds from any future equity offerings and (ii) the value of any interests in the Operating Partnership or DFT issued upon the contribution of assets to DFT, the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries after October 24, 2008) during the term of the loan.

The terms of the ACC4 Term Loan limit the Company’s investment in development properties to $1 billion and the Company is not permitted to have more than five properties in development at any time. If a development property is being developed in multiple phases, only the phase actually being constructed shall be considered a development property for this test. Once construction of a phase is substantially complete and the phase is 80% leased, it is no longer deemed a development property for purposes of this covenant.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC4 Term Loan also has customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, change of control, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other of the Company’s indebtedness. Upon an event of default, the lenders may declare the loan due and immediately payable.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC4 Term Loan contains definitions of many of the terms used in this summary of covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the covenants under the loan as of June 30, 2010.

ACC5 Term Loan

On December 2, 2009, the Company entered into a $150 million term loan facility (the “ACC5 Term Loan”). An interest reserve in the amount of $10.0 million was withheld from the loan proceeds and the remaining interest reserve is classified as restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The ACC5 Term Loan matures on December 2, 2014 and borrowings bear interest at LIBOR plus 4.25% with a LIBOR floor of 1.5%. As of June 30, 2010, the interest rate for this loan was 5.75%. The loan is secured by the ACC5 data center, the land and development of a data center to be known as ACC6, and an assignment of the lease agreements between the Company and the tenants of ACC5. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the outstanding principal amount of the ACC5 Term Loan, plus interest and certain costs under the loan.

The original terms of the ACC5 Term Loan required that, within 120 days of the Closing Date, the Company enter into an interest rate swap or cap agreement with a notional principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the loan. On March 24, 2010 the Company executed an amendment to the ACC5 Term Loan that, among other things, eliminated the 120 day requirement. The Operating Partnership is now required to enter into an interest rate protection agreement only upon the earlier to occur of (i) 30 days following the date on which U.S. dollar one month LIBOR equals or exceeds 3.75% or (ii) the occurrence of a default under the ACC5 Term Loan.

The loan requires quarterly installments of principal of $1.3 million beginning on the earlier of the date on which the debt service coverage ratio is at least 1.00 to 1, or June 30, 2011, and may be prepaid in whole or in part without penalty any time after November 30, 2010, subject to the payment of certain LIBOR rate breakage fees. The Company may increase the total loan at any time after March 30, 2010 and on or before June 30, 2012 to not more than $250 million, subject to lender commitments, receipt of new appraisals of the ACC5 and ACC6 property, a minimum debt service coverage ratio of no less than 1.65 to 1, and a maximum loan-to-value of 50%.

 

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The ACC5 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or assets sales and maintenance of certain leases. In addition, the ACC5 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance with certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, the following:

 

   

The principal amount of the loan may not exceed 60% of the appraised value of ACC5;

 

   

The Company must maintain the following minimum debt service coverage ratios:

 

   

Calendar quarters ending March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011—1.00 to 1;

 

   

Calendar quarter ending September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011—1.15 to 1; and

 

   

Commencing with the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2012 and continuing for the remainder of the term—1.50 to 1; provided, however, that if the Company exercises its right to increase the total amount of the loan above $150 million, 1.65 to 1.

 

   

Consolidated total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to gross asset value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must not exceed 65% during the term of the loan.

 

   

Ratio of adjusted consolidated Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization to consolidated fixed charges must not be less than 1.45 to 1 during the term of the loan.

 

   

Minimum consolidated tangible net worth of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must not be less than approximately $575 million (plus 75% of the sum of (i) the net proceeds from any offerings after December 2, 2009 and (ii) the value of any interests in the Operating Partnership or DFT issued upon the contribution of assets to DFT, the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries after December 2, 2009) during the term of the loan.

The terms of the ACC5 Term Loan limit the Company’s investment in development properties to $1 billion and the Company is not permitted to have more than five properties in development at any time. If a development property is being developed in multiple phases, only the phase actually being constructed shall be considered a development property for this test. Once construction of a phase is substantially complete and the phase is 80% leased, it is no longer deemed a development property for purposes of this covenant.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC5 Term Loan also has customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other of the Company’s indebtedness. Upon an event of default, the lenders may declare the loan due and immediately payable. Also, upon a change in control, lenders that hold two-thirds of the outstanding principal amount of the loan may declare it due and payable.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC5 Term Loan contains definitions of many of the terms used in this summary of covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the covenants under the loan as of June 30, 2010.

Unsecured Notes

On December 16, 2009, the Operating Partnership completed the sale of $550 million of 8 1/2% senior notes due 2017 (the “Unsecured Notes”). The Unsecured Notes were issued at face value. The Company will pay interest on the Unsecured Notes semi-annually, in arrears, on December 15 and June 15 of each year, beginning June 15, 2010. On each of December 15, 2015 and December 15, 2016, $125 million in principal amount of the Unsecured Notes will become due and payable, with the remaining $300 million due on December 15, 2017.

The Unsecured Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally on a senior unsecured basis by DFT and certain of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and the ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS.

The Unsecured Notes rank (i) equally in right of payment with all of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, (ii) senior in right of payment with all of its existing and future subordinated indebtedness, (iii) effectively subordinate to any of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future secured indebtedness and (iv) effectively junior to any liabilities of any subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership that do not guarantee the Unsecured Notes. The guarantees of the Unsecured Notes by DFT and the Subsidiary Guarantors rank (i) equally in right of payment with such guarantor’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, (ii) senior in right of payment with all of such guarantor’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness and (iii) effectively subordinate to any of such guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness.

At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Operating Partnership may redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes to be redeemed, plus (ii) a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest. On or after December 15, 2013, the Operating Partnership may redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at (i) 104.250% from December 15, 2013 to December 14, 2014, (ii) 102.125% from December 15, 2014 to

 

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December 14, 2015 and (iii) 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes from December 15, 2015 and thereafter, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, on or prior to December 15, 2012, the Operating Partnership may redeem up to 35% of the Unsecured Notes at 108.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings consummated by DFT or the Operating Partnership.

If there is a change of control (as defined in the Indenture) of the Operating Partnership or DFT, Unsecured Note holders can require the Operating Partnership to purchase their Unsecured Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, in certain circumstances the Operating Partnership may be required to use the net proceeds of asset sales to purchase a portion of the Unsecured Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The Unsecured Notes have certain covenants limiting or prohibiting the ability of the Operating Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries from, among other things, (i) incurring secured or unsecured indebtedness, (ii) entering into sale and leaseback transactions, (iii) making certain dividend payments, distributions and investments, (iv) entering into transactions with affiliates, (v) entering into agreements limiting the ability to make certain transfers and other payments from subsidiaries or (vi) engaging in certain mergers, consolidations or transfers/sales of assets. The Unsecured Notes also require the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiary Guarantors to maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of their unsecured debt on a consolidated basis. All of the covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.

The Unsecured Notes also have customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other indebtedness of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries. Upon an event of default, the holders of the Unsecured Notes or the trustee may declare the Unsecured Notes due and immediately payable.

The Operating Partnership also entered into a registration rights agreement under which the Operating Partnership agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file, on or before 120 days after December 16, 2009, and cause to become effective, on or before 270 days after December 16, 2009, an exchange offer registration statement that would offer to exchange the Unsecured Notes for bonds identical in terms, except that the newly-issued bonds would not be subject to transfer restrictions. The exchange offer registration statement was effective as of June 17, 2010 and the exchange of all of the notes was completed by July 22, 2010. Having completed the exchange offer the Operating Partnership will not be required to pay additional interest to the Unsecured Note holders.

Unsecured Credit Facility

On May 6, 2010, the Operating Partnership entered into a credit agreement providing for an $85 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The Operating Partnership may increase the amount of the facility by up to an additional $15 million at any time prior to May 6, 2011, to the extent that any one or more lenders commit to being a lender for the additional amount and certain other customary conditions are met (including a fee payable to the lenders to be determined at the time of the increase). The facility has an initial maturity date of May 6, 2013, with a one-year extension option, subject to the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the amount of the facility at initial maturity and certain other customary conditions. As of June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership has not drawn down any funds under the facility.

The facility is unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and all of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries that currently guaranty the obligations under the Company’s Indenture governing the terms of the Operating Partnership’s 8 1 /2% senior notes due 2017, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property, but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS.

The Operating Partnership may elect to have borrowings under the facility bear interest at (i) LIBOR plus 450 basis points (with LIBOR at no time being less than 1%) or (ii) a base rate plus 300 basis points. The amount available for borrowings under the facility will be determined according to a calculation comparing the value of certain unencumbered properties designated by the Operating Partnership at such time relative to the amount of the Operating Partnership’s unsecured debt. The properties designated as unencumbered properties at the closing of the facility were the ACC2, ACC3, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the SC1, SC2 and ACC7 parcels of land and the NJ1 development property. Up to $25 million of borrowings under the facility may be used for letters of credit.

The facility requires that the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries comply with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or asset sales, and certain restrictions on dividend payments. In addition, the facility imposes financial maintenance covenants relating to, among other things, the following matters:

 

   

unsecured debt not exceeding 60% of the value of unencumbered assets;

 

   

net operating income generated from unencumbered properties divided by the amount of unsecured debt being not less than 12.5%;

 

   

total indebtedness not exceeding 60% of gross asset value;

 

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fixed charge coverage ratio being not less than 1.70 to 1.00; and

 

   

tangible net worth being not less than $750 million plus 80% of the sum of (i) net equity offering proceeds and (ii) the value of equity interests issued in connection with a contribution of assets to the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries.

The facility includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable cure period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of the Operating Partnership under the facility to be immediately due and payable.

A summary of the Company’s total debt and maturity schedule as of June 30, 2010 are as follows:

Debt Maturity as of June 30, 2010

($ in thousands)

 

Year

   Fixed Rate     Floating Rate     Total    % of Total     Rates (4)  

2010

   $ —        $ 1,000 (2)    $ 1,000    0.1   3.9

2011

     —          199,100 (2)(3)      199,100    22.2   3.9

2012

     —          5,200 (3)      5,200    0.6   5.8

2013

     —          5,200 (3)      5,200    0.6   5.8

2014

     —          137,000 (3)      137,000    15.3   5.8

2015

     125,000 (1)      —          125,000    13.9   8.5

2016

     125,000 (1)      —          125,000    13.9   8.5

2017

     300,000 (1)      —          300,000    33.4   8.5
                                   

Total

   $ 550,000      $ 347,500      $ 897,500    100   7.0
                                   

 

(1) The Unsecured Notes have mandatory amortizations of $125.0 million due in 2015, $125.0 million due in 2016 and $300.0 million due in 2017.
(2) The ACC4 Term Loan matures on October 24, 2011 and includes an option to extend the maturity date one year to October 24, 2012 exercisable by the Company upon satisfaction of certain customary conditions. Scheduled principal amortization payments are $0.5 million per quarter.
(3) The ACC5 Term Loan matures on December 2, 2014 with no extension option. Scheduled principal amortization payments of $1.3 million per quarter start in the third quarter of 2011 or upon economic stabilization, whichever is earlier.
(4) Rate as of June 30, 2010.

5. Derivative Instruments

On August 15, 2007, the Company entered into a $200.0 million interest rate swap agreement to manage the interest rate risk associated with a portion of a credit facility then in existence. The interest rate swap agreement was effective August 17, 2007 with a maturity date of August 7, 2011 and effectively fixed the interest rate on $200.0 million of this credit facility at 4.997% plus the credit spread of 1.5%. The Company had designated this agreement as a hedge for accounting purposes. Therefore, the effective portion of the changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap had been recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into interest expense as the hedged forecasted interest payments were recognized. Any ineffective portion of the hedging relationship was recorded directly to earnings.

On December 16, 2009, in connection with the Company’s completion of a $550 million debt offering and repayment and termination of this credit facility, the Company paid $13.7 million to terminate the swap agreement.

The Company has no outstanding derivative instruments as of June 30, 2010.

6. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is involved from time to time in various legal proceedings, lawsuits, examinations by various tax authorities and claims that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. Management currently believes that the resolution of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

Contracts related to the development of the NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I data centers were in place as of June 30, 2010. These contracts are cost-plus in nature whereby the contract sum is the aggregate of the cost of the actual work performed and equipment purchased plus a contractor fee. Control estimates, which are adjusted from time to time to reflect any contract changes, are estimates of the total contract cost at completion. As of June 30, 2010, the NJ1 control estimate was $195.0 million of which $183.2 million has been billed, the ACC5 Phase II control estimate was $109.3 million of which $88.8 million has been billed, the ACC6 Phase I control estimate was $121.4 million of which $1.0 million has been billed and the SC1 Phase I control

 

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estimate was $239.7 million of which $43.9 million has been billed. Because of the cost-plus nature of these contracts, if development was halted on these projects, the Company would incur liabilities less than what is remaining within the control estimates. As of June 30, 2010, we had entered into commitments via our construction general contractor to purchase $135.2 million in equipment and labor for our NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I development properties.

Concurrent with DFT’s IPO, the Company entered into tax protection agreements with some of the contributors of the initial properties including DFT’s Executive Chairman and President and CEO. Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, if the Company disposes of any interest in the initial contributed properties that generates more than a certain allowable amount of built-in gain for the contributors, as a group, in any single year through 2017, the Company will indemnify the contributors for tax liabilities incurred with respect to the amount of built-in gain and tax liabilities incurred as a result of the reimbursement payment. The amount of initial built-in gain that can be recognized in each tax year without triggering the tax protection provisions is 10% of the initial built in gain, accumulating to 100% by the end of 2017. The estimated aggregate built-in gain attributed to the initial contributors as of December 31, 2009 was approximately $480 - $500 million (unaudited). Any sale by the Company that requires payments to any of DFT’s executive officers or directors pursuant to these agreements requires the approval of at least 75% of the disinterested members of DFT’s Board of Directors.

7. Redeemable Partnership Units

Redeemable partnership units represent the limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership, or OP units, held by individuals and entities other than DFT. As of June 30, 2010, the owners of redeemable partnership units in the Operating Partnership owned 22,450,294 OP units or 27.5% of the Operating Partnership, and DFT held the remaining interests in the Operating Partnership. Holders of OP units are entitled to receive distributions in a per unit amount equal to the per share dividends made with respect to each share of DFT’s common stock, if and when DFT’s Board of Directors declares such a dividend. Holders of OP units have the right to tender their units for redemption, in an amount equal to the fair market value of DFT’s common stock. DFT may elect to redeem tendered OP units for cash or for shares of DFT’s common stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, 2,838,681 OP units were redeemed and DFT elected to issue 2,838,681 shares of its common stock in exchange for the tendered OP units, representing approximately 11% of the 24,947,830 OP units held by redeemable noncontrolling interests at December 31, 2009.

The Company had 341,145 fully vested LTIP units outstanding as of December 31, 2009, which are a special class of partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. LTIP units, whether vested or not, receive the same quarterly per unit distributions as OP units. Initially, from the IPO to February 25, 2010, LTIP units did not have full parity with OP units with respect to liquidating distributions. Under the terms of the LTIP units, the Operating Partnership will revalue its assets upon the occurrence of certain specified events, and any increase in valuation from the time of grant until such event will be allocated first to the holders of LTIP units to equalize the capital accounts of such holders with the capital accounts of OP unit holders. Upon equalization of the capital accounts of the holders of LTIP units with the holders of OP units, the LTIP units will achieve full parity with OP units for all purposes, including with respect to liquidating distributions. If such parity is reached, vested LTIP units may be converted into an equal number of OP units at any time by the holder or the Company, and thereafter receive all the rights of OP units. In the first quarter of 2010, parity with the OP units had been achieved and all of the LTIP units could be converted into OP units. Conversion of all LTIP units into OP units occurred on June 2, 2010.

Following the redemptions and LTIP conversions, the redemption value of the redeemable partnership units at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $551.4 million and $448.8 million based on the closing share price of the DFT’s common stock of $24.56 and $17.99, respectively, on those dates.

8. Partners’ Capital

On May 19, 2010, the OP issued 14,262 OP units to DFT, to issue 11,484 fully vested common shares to independent members of its’ Board of Directors and 2,778 shares of restricted stock to certain employees, which vest in equal increments on March 1, 2011, March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2013.

On May 18, 2010, the OP issued 13,800,000 OP units to DFT, the same number of shares of common stock issued by DFT in an underwritten public offering that resulted in proceeds to our Company, net of underwriting discounts, commissions, advisory fees and other offering costs of $305.2 million.

On February 25, 2010, the OP issued 220,341 OP units to DFT to issue 220,341 shares of restricted stock to employees, which vest in equal increments on March 1, 2011, March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2013.

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, OP unitholders redeemed 2,838,681 OP units in exchange for 2,838,681 shares of DFT’s common stock.

9. Equity Compensation Plan

Concurrent with the IPO, DFT’s Board of Directors adopted the 2007 Equity Compensation Plan (“the Plan”). The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Plan allows for the issuance of common stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), performance unit awards and LTIP units. Beginning January 1, 2008, and on each January 1 thereafter during the term of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under

 

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this Plan pursuant to the exercise of options and SARs, the grant of stock awards or other-equity based awards and the settlement of performance units shall be increased by seven and one-half percent (7 1/2%) of any additional shares of common stock or interests in the Operating Partnership issued by the Company or the Operating Partnership; provided, however, that the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under this Plan shall be 11,655,525 shares. As of June 30, 2010, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under this Plan pursuant to the exercise of options and SARs, the grant of stock awards, or LTIP units and the settlement of performance units is equal to 4,967,795, of which 3,306,603 share equivalents had been issued as of such date leaving 1,661,192 shares available for future issuance. These amounts do not include the 1,035,000 shares of common stock that the Company will be authorized to issue under the Plan as of January 1, 2011 as a result of the 13,800,000 shares issued in the Company’s May 2010 underwritten public offering.

If any award or grant under the Plan expires, is forfeited or is terminated without having been exercised or paid, then any shares of common stock covered by such lapsed, cancelled, expired or unexercised portion of such award or grant and any forfeited, lapsed, cancelled or expired LTIP units shall be available for the grant of other options, SARs, stock awards, other equity-based awards and settlement of performance units under this Plan.

Restricted Stock

Restricted stock awards vest over specified periods of time as long as the employee remains employed with the Company, and are not subject to any performance criteria. The following table sets forth the number of unvested shares of restricted stock and the weighted average fair value of these shares at the date of grant:

 

     Shares of
Restricted Stock
    Weighted Average
Fair Value at
Date of Grant

Unvested balance at December 31, 2009

   640,377      $ 5.82

Granted

   223,119        19.69

Vested

   (207,977     5.51

Forfeited

   (650     5.13
            

Unvested balance at June 30, 2010

   654,869      $ 10.64
            

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company issued 223,119 shares of restricted stock which had a value of $4.4 million on the grant date. This amount will be amortized to expense over its approximate three year vesting period. Also during the six months ended June 30, 2010, 207,977 shares of restricted stock vested at a value of $4.1 million on the vesting dates. Of these vested shares, 73,554 shares were surrendered by the Company’s employees to satisfy withholding tax obligations associated with the vesting of shares of restricted stock.

As of June 30, 2010, total unearned compensation on restricted stock was $5.9 million, and the weighted average vesting period was 1.3 years.

Stock Options

Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of DFT’s common stock at the date of grant. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company issued 290,560 stock options which had a value of $2.6 million on the grant date. This amount will be amortized to expense over its three year vesting period. Also during the six months ended June 30, 2010, 424,903 stock options vested at a value of $6.3 million on the vesting date.

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity under the Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2010 is presented in the table below.

 

     Number of
Shares Subject
to Option
    Weighted Average
Exercise
Price

Under option, December 31, 2009

   1,274,696      $ 5.06

Granted

   290,560        19.89

Forfeited

   —          N/A

Exercised

   (61,154     5.06
            

Under option, June 30, 2010

   1,504,102      $ 7.92
            

The following table sets forth the number of shares subject to option that are unvested as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and the weighted average fair value of these options at the grant date.

 

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     Number of
Shares Subject
to Option
    Weighted Average
Fair Value
at Date of Grant

Unvested balance at December 31, 2009

   1,274,696      $ 1.48

Granted

   290,560        9.00

Forfeited

   —          N/A

Vested

   (424,903     1.48
            

Unvested balance at June 30, 2010

   1,140,353      $ 3.40
            

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. As DFT has been a publicly traded company only since October 24, 2007, expected volatilities used in the Black-Scholes model are based on the historical volatility of a group of comparable REITs. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The following table summarizes the assumptions used to value the stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

     Assumption  

Number of options granted

     290,560   

Exercise price

   $ 19.89   

Expected term (in years)

     6   

Expected volatility

     54

Expected annual dividend

     1.88

Risk-free rate

     2.86

As of June 30, 2010, total unearned compensation on options was $3.4 million, and the weighted average vesting period was 1.3 years.

10. Earnings Per Unit

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of basic and diluted average units outstanding used in the computation of earnings per unit:

 

     Three months ended June 30,    Six months ended June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

Basic and Diluted Units Outstanding

           

Weighted average common units - basic (includes redeemable partnership units and units of general and limited partners)

   73,879,205    66,639,051    70,394,769    66,625,075

Effect of dilutive securities

   1,320,809    582,365    1,296,293    291,183
                   

Weighted average common units - diluted

   75,200,014    67,221,416    71,691,062    66,916,258
                   

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, approximately 0.3 million stock options have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per unit as their effect would have been antidilutive.

11. Fair Value

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

The Company follows the authoritative guidance issued by the FASB relating to fair value measurements that defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The guidance applies to reported balances that are required or permitted to be measured at fair value under existing accounting pronouncements; accordingly, the guidance does not require any new fair value measurements of reported balances. The guidance excludes the accounting for leases, as well as other authoritative guidance that address fair value measurements on lease classification and measurement. The authoritative guidance issued by the FASB emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy

 

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within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The authoritative guidance issued by the FASB requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments. Fair value estimates are subjective in nature and are dependent on a number of important assumptions, including estimates of future cash flows, risks, discount rates, and relevant comparable market information associated with each financial instrument. The use of different market assumptions and estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the reported estimated fair value amounts. Accordingly, the amounts are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company would realize in a current market exchange.

The following methods and assumptions were used in estimating the fair value amounts and disclosures for financial instruments as of June 30, 2010:

 

   

Cash and cash equivalents: The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents reported in the consolidated balance sheet approximates fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments (i.e., less than 90 days).

 

   

Marketable securities held to maturity: See Note 2.

 

   

Restricted cash: The carrying amount of restricted cash reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value because of the short maturities of these instruments.

 

   

Rents and other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and prepaid rents: The carrying amount of these assets and liabilities reported in the balance sheet approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of these amounts.

 

   

Debt: As of June 30, 2010, the combined balance of the Unsecured Notes and mortgage notes payable was $897.5 million with a fair value of $906.4 million based on Level 1 and Level 3 data. The Level 1 data is for the Unsecured Notes and consisted of a quote from the market maker in the Unsecured Notes. The Level 3 data is for the mortgage notes payable and is based on discounted cash flows using interest rates from the ACC5 Term Loan that the Company obtained in December 2009.

12. Supplemental Consolidating Financial Data for Subsidiary Guarantors of 8.5% Senior Unsecured Notes

On December 16, 2009, the Operating Partnership issued the Unsecured Notes (See Note 4). The Unsecured Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally on a senior unsecured basis by DFT and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and the ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property, but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS. The following consolidating financial information sets forth the financial position as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 of the Operating Partnership, Subsidiary Guarantors and the Subsidiary Non-Guarantors.

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

     June 30, 2010  
     Operating
Partnership
   Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated
Total
 
ASSETS             

Income producing property:

            

Land

   $ —      $ 44,001      $ —      $ —        $ 44,001   

Buildings and improvements

     —        1,439,973             1,439,973   
                                      
     —        1,483,974        —        —          1,483,974   

Less: accumulated depreciation

     —        (142,861     —        —          (142,861
                                      

Net income producing property

     —        1,341,113        —        —          1,341,113   

Construction in progress and land held for development

     59      361,496        78,062      —          439,617   
                                      

Net real estate

     59      1,702,609        78,062      —          1,780,730   

Cash and cash equivalents

     338,418      642        934      —          339,994   

Marketable securities held to maturity

     60,014      —          —        —          60,014   

Restricted cash

     —        5,854        —        —          5,854   

Rents and other receivables

     5      79        2,453      —          2,537   

Deferred rent

     —        75,206        —        —          75,206   

Lease contracts above market value, net

     —        14,917        —        —          14,917   

Deferred costs, net

     15,029      37,172        —        —          52,201   

Investment in affiliates

     1,505,534      —          —        (1,505,534     —     

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     2,393      9,681        1,213      —          13,287   
                                      

Total assets

   $ 1,921,452    $ 1,846,160      $ 82,662    $ (1,505,534   $ 2,344,740   
                                      
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL             

Liabilities:

            

Mortgage notes payable

   $ —      $ 347,500      $ —      $ —        $ 347,500   

Unsecured notes payable

     550,000      —          —        —          550,000   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     3,607      10,932        2,094      —          16,633   

Construction costs payable

     —        12,391        4,151      —          16,542   

Accrued interest payable

     2,124      1,058        —        —          3,182   

Distribution payable

     9,802      —          —        —          9,802   

Lease contracts below market value, net

     —        25,824        —        —          25,824   

Prepaid rents and other liabilities

     29      18,245        1,093      —          19,367   
                                      

Total liabilities

     565,562      415,950        7,338      —          988,850   

Redeemable partnership units

     551,379      —          —        —          551,379   

Commitments and contingencies

     —        —          —        —       

Partners’ capital:

            

General partner’s capital

     8,996      —          —        —          8,996   

Limited partners’ capital

     795,515      1,430,210        75,324      (1,505,534     795,515   
                                      

Total partners’ capital

     804,511      1,430,210        75,324      (1,505,534     804,511   
                                      

Total liabilities & partners’ capital

   $ 1,921,452    $ 1,846,160      $ 82,662    $ (1,505,534   $ 2,344,740   
                                      

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

     December 31, 2009  
     Operating
Partnership
   Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
   Eliminations     Consolidated
Total
 
ASSETS             

Income producing property:

            

Land

   $ —      $ 44,001      $ —      $ —        $ 44,001   

Buildings and improvements

     —        1,438,598             1,438,598   
                                      
     —        1,482,599        —        —          1,482,599   

Less: accumulated depreciation

     —        (115,225     —        —          (115,225
                                      

Net income producing property

     —        1,367,374        —        —          1,367,374   

Construction in progress and land held for development

     —        250,634        79,536      —          330,170   
                                      

Net real estate

     —        1,618,008        79,536      —          1,697,544   

Cash and cash equivalents

     15,119      17,787        682      —          33,588   

Marketable securities held to maturity

     138,978      —          —        —          138,978   

Restricted cash

     —        10,222        —        —          10,222   

Rents and other receivables

     13      381        2,156      —          2,550   

Deferred rent

     —        57,364        —        —          57,364   

Lease contracts above market value, net

     —        16,349        —        —          16,349   

Deferred costs, net

     13,425      38,783        —        —          52,208   

Investment in affiliates

     1,437,687      —          —        (1,437,687     —     

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     1,306      6,484        1,761      —          9,551   
                                      

Total assets

   $ 1,606,528    $ 1,765,378      $ 84,135    $ (1,437,687   $ 2,018,354   
                                      
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL             

Liabilities:

            

Mortgage notes payable

   $ —      $ 348,500      $ —      $ —        $ 348,500   

Unsecured notes payable

     550,000      —          —        —          550,000   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     5,000      8,939        2,362      —          16,301   

Construction costs payable

     —        5,586        643      —          6,229   

Accrued interest payable

     1,948      1,562        —        —          3,510   

Lease contracts below market value, net

     —        28,689        —        —          28,689   

Prepaid rents and other liabilities

     19      13,705        1,840      —          15,564   
                                      

Total liabilities

     556,967      406,981        4,845      —          968,793   

Redeemable partnership units

     448,811      —          —        —          448,811   

Commitments and contingencies

     —        —          —        —       

Partners’ capital:

            

General partner’s capital

     9,391      —          —        —          9,391   

Limited partners’ capital

     591,359      1,358,397        79,290      (1,437,687     591,359   
                                      

Total partners’ capital

     600,750      1,358,397        79,290      (1,437,687 )        600,750   
                                      

Total liabilities & partners’ capital

   $ 1,606,528    $ 1,765,378      $ 84,135    $ (1,437,687   $ 2,018,354   
                                      

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands)

 

     Three months ended June 30, 2010  
   Operating
Partnership
    Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated
Total
 

Revenues:

          

Base rent

   $ —        $ 37,922      $ —        $ —        $ 37,922   

Recoveries from tenants

     —          18,071        —          —          18,071   

Other revenues

     —          322        2,977        —          3,299   
                                        

Total revenues

     —          56,315        2,977        —          59,292   

Expenses:

          

Property operating costs

     —          15,570        43        —          15,613   

Real estate taxes and insurance

     —          1,086        54          1,140   

Depreciation and amortization

     26        15,063        2        —          15,091   

General and administrative

     3,481        73        454        —          4,008   

Other expenses

     (3     78        2,436          2,511   
                                        

Total expenses

     3,504        31,870        2,989        —          38,363   
                                        

Operating income

     (3,504     24,445        (12     —          20,929   

Interest income

     208        1        —            209   

Interest:

          

Expense incurred

     (11,734     1,024        660          (10,050

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (562     (393     62          (893

Equity in earnings

     25,787        —          —          (25,787     —     
                                        

Net income

     10,195        25,077        710        (25,787     10,195   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —          —          —          —          —     
                                        

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 10,195      $ 25,077      $ 710      $ (25,787   $ 10,195   
                                        

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands)

 

     Three months ended June 30, 2009  
   Operating
Partnership
    Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated
Total
 

Revenues:

          

Base rent

   $ —        $ 27,757      $ —        $ —        $ 27,757   

Recoveries from tenants

     —          16,364        —          —          16,364   

Other revenues

     —          231        4,515        —          4,746   
                                        

Total revenues

     —          44,352        4,515        —          48,867   

Expenses:

          

Property operating costs

     —          14,650        144        —          14,794   

Real estate taxes and insurance

     —          1,054        96          1,150   

Depreciation and amortization

     (38     13,690        1        —          13,653   

General and administrative

     2,796        63        536        —          3,395   

Other expenses

     —          —          3,733          3,733   
                                        

Total expenses

     2,758        29,457        4,510        —          36,725   
                                        

Operating income

     (2,758     14,895        5        —          12,142   

Interest income

     23        103        —          —          126   

Interest:

          

Expense incurred

     —          (5,454     (152     —          (5,606

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     —          (1,063     (59     —          (1,122

Equity in earnings

     8,275        —          —          (8,275     —     
                                        

Net income

     5,540        8,481        (206     (8,275     5,540   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (38     —          —          —          (38
                                        

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 5,502      $ 8,481      $ (206   $ (8,275   $ 5,502   
                                        

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2010  
   Operating
Partnership
    Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated
Total
 

Revenues:

          

Base rent

   $ —        $ 72,840      $ —        $ —        $ 72,840   

Recoveries from tenants

     —          37,561        —          —          37,561   

Other revenues

     —          621        5,179        —          5,800   
                                        

Total revenues

     —          111,022        5,179        —          116,201   

Expenses:

          

Property operating costs

     —          32,830        137        —          32,967   

Real estate taxes and insurance

     —          2,244        142          2,386   

Depreciation and amortization

     50        30,135        2        —          30,187   

General and administrative

     6,508        152        938        —          7,598   

Other expenses

     5        81        4,266          4,352   
                                        

Total expenses

     6,563        65,442        5,485        —          77,490   
                                        

Operating income

     (6,563     45,580        (306     —          38,711   

Interest income

     227        7        —            234   

Interest:

          

Expense incurred

     (23,421     1,082        660          (21,679

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (1,000     (902     62          (1,840

Equity in earnings

     46,183        —          —          (46,183     —     
                                        

Net income

     15,426        45,767        (416     (46,183     15,426   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     —          —          —          —          —     
                                        

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 15,426      $ 45,767      $ (416   $ (46,183   $ 15,426   
                                        

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2009  
   Operating
Partnership
    Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
    Eliminations     Consolidated
Total
 

Revenues:

          

Base rent

   $ —        $ 54,402      $ —        $ —        $ 54,402   

Recoveries from tenants

     —          33,106        —          —          33,106   

Other revenues

     —          423        7,755        —          8,178   
                                        

Total revenues

     —          87,931        7,755        —          95,686   

Expenses:

          

Property operating costs

     —          29,773        221        —          29,994   

Real estate taxes and insurance

     —          2,158        242          2,400   

Depreciation and amortization

     (16     27,325        2        —          27,311   

General and administrative

     5,624        125        813        —          6,562   

Other expenses

     —          31        6,596          6,627   
                                        

Total expenses

     5,608        59,412        7,874        —          72,894   
                                        

Operating income

     (5,608     28,519        (119     —          22,792   

Interest income

     46        235        3        —          284   

Interest:

          

Expense incurred

     (2     (10,769     (242     —          (11,013

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     —          (3,171     (95     —          (3,266

Equity in earnings

     14,361        —          —          (14,361     —     
                                        

Net income

     8,797        14,814        (453     (14,361     8,797   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (56     —          —          —          (56
                                        

Net income attributable to controlling interests

   $ 8,741      $ 14,814      $ (453   $ (14,361   $ 8,741   
                                        

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2010  
     Operating
Partnership
    Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
    Eliminations    Consolidated
Total
 

Cash flow from operating activities

           

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ (31,767   $ 59,293      $ 26      $ —      $ 27,552   
                                       

Cash flow from investing activities

           

Investments in real estate—development

     —          (86,914     (1,398     —        (88,312

Marketable securities held to maturity:

           

Purchase

     (60,014     —               (60,014

Redemption

     138,978        —          —          —        138,978   

Investments in affiliates

     (20,241     17,957        2,284        —        —     

Interest capitalized for real estate under development

     —          (9,185     (660     —        (9,845

Improvements to real estate

     —          (1,745     —          —        (1,745

Additions to non-real estate property

     (50     (45          (95
                                       

Net cash used in investing activities

     58,673        (79,932     226        —        (21,033
                                       

Cash flow from financing activities

           

Issuance of OP units to DFT for issuance of common stock, net of offering costs

     304,107        —          —          —        304,107   

Mortgage notes payable:

           

Repayments

     —          (1,000     —          —        (1,000

Return of escrowed proceeds

     —          4,513        —          —        4,513   

Issuance of OP units for stock option exercises

     309        —          —          —        309   

Payments of financing costs

     (2,595     (19     —          —        (2,614

Distributions

     (5,428     —          —          —        (5,428
                                       

Net cash provided by financing activities

     296,393        3,494        —          —        299,887   
                                       

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     323,299        (17,145     252        —        306,406   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

     15,119        17,787        682        —        33,588   
                                       

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

   $ 338,418      $ 642      $ 934      $ —      $ 339,994   
                                       

 

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DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30, 2009  
     Operating
Partnership
    Subsidiary
Guarantors
    Subsidiary
Non-Guarantors
    Eliminations    Consolidated
Total
 

Cash flow from operating activities

           

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ (5,544   $ 35,791      $ 925      $ —      $ 31,172   
                                       

Cash flow from investing activities

           

Investments in real estate—development

     —          (76,661     —          —        (76,661

Investments in affiliates

     (13,601     13,656        (55     —        —     

Interest capitalized for real estate under development

     —          (3,514     —          —        (3,514

Improvements to real estate

     —          (1,204     —          —        (1,204

Additions to non-real estate property

     (2     (281          (283
                                       

Net cash used in investing activities

     (13,603     (68,004     (55     —        (81,662
                                       

Cash flow from financing activities

           

Line of credit:

           

Repayments

     —          (6,060     —          —        (6,060

Mortgage notes payable:

           

Proceeds

     —          176,726        5,000        —        181,726   

Lump sum payoffs

     —          (135,121     —          —        (135,121

Repayments

     —          (500     —          —        (500

Payment of escrowed proceeds

     —          (15,000     (4,000     —        (19,000

Payments of financing costs

     —          (3,984     (185     —        (4,169
                                       

Net cash provided by financing activities

     —          16,061        815        —        16,876   
                                       

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (19,147     (16,152     1,685        —        (33,614

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

     22,094        29,859        1,559        —        53,512   
                                       

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

   $ 2,947      $ 13,707      $ 3,244      $ —      $ 19,898   
                                       

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements presented in this report, or which management may make orally or in writing from time to time, are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. When used, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “result” and similar expressions, which do not relate solely to historical matters, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance, which may be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors that are beyond the Company’s control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. The Company cautions you that while forward-looking statements reflect its good faith beliefs when the Company makes them, they are not guarantees of future performance and are impacted by actual events when they occur after the Company makes such statements. The Company expressly disclaims any responsibility to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on past forward-looking statements, which are based on results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends.

For a detailed discussion of certain of the risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in DFT’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, the OP’s Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4 filed on May 27, 2010, and risks and other factors discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the various other factors identified in other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The risks and uncertainties discussed in these reports are not exhaustive. The Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment and new risk factors may emerge from time to time. It is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on the Company’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

Overview

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (the “REIT” or “DFT”) was formed on March 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. DFT is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed company that owns, acquires, develops and operates wholesale data centers. DFT is the sole general partner of, and, as of June 30, 2010, owned 72.5% of the economic interest in, DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership” or “OP” and collectively with DFT and their operating subsidiaries, the “Company”). DFT’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “DFT”.

The Company currently owns and operates seven data centers, six of which are located in Northern Virginia and one of which is located in suburban Chicago, Illinois. During the second quarter of 2010, the Company signed agreements to lease all of the remaining available space at its ACC5 Phase I and CH1 Phase 1 data centers and thus, as of June 30, 2010, all of the Company’s operating properties are 100% leased. As discussed below, the Company also owns certain development properties and parcels of land that it is currently developing, or intends to develop in the future, into wholesale data centers. With this portfolio of operating and development properties, the Company believes that it is well positioned as a fully integrated wholesale data center provider, capable of developing, leasing, operating and managing the Company’s growing portfolio.

The Company has four data centers currently under development: ACC5 Phase II, located in Northern Virginia; NJ1 Phase I, located in Piscataway, New Jersey; ACC6 Phase I, located in Northern Virginia; and SC1 Phase I, located in Santa Clara, California. The Company currently expects that ACC5 Phase II and NJ1 Phase I will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010, and that ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I will be completed in the third quarter of 2011. The table below captioned “Development Projects” provides current estimates of the total costs to complete these development projects.

In May 2010, the Company sold 13.8 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering, raising approximately $305 million. Also in May 2010, the Company entered into an $85 million unsecured revolving three-year credit facility. The Company intends to use all of the net proceeds from its common stock offering, together with borrowings under its new revolving credit facility and a portion of its cash and cash equivalents, to complete development of SC1 Phase I and ACC6 Phase I.

 

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The following tables present certain data of the operating properties and development projects as of June 30, 2010:

Operating Properties

As of June 30, 2010

 

Property

  

Property Location

   Year Built/
Renovated
   Gross
Building
Area
(2)
   Raised
Square
Feet
(3)
   Critical
Load
MW
(4)
   %
Leased
(5)
 

Stabilized (1)

                 

ACC2

   Ashburn, VA    2001/2005    87,000    53,000    10.4    100

ACC3

   Ashburn, VA    2001/2006    147,000    80,000    13.0    100

ACC4

   Ashburn, VA    2007    347,000    172,000    36.4    100

ACC5 Phase I

   Ashburn, VA    2009    180,000    88,000    18.2    100

CH1 Phase I

   Elk Grove Village, IL    2008    285,000    122,000    18.2    100

VA3

   Reston, VA    2003    256,000    147,000    13.0    100

VA4

   Bristow, VA    2005    230,000    90,000    9.6    100
                       

Total Operating Properties

      1,532,000    752,000    118.8   
                       

 

(1) Stabilized operating properties are either 85% or more leased or have been in service for 24 months or greater.
(2) Gross building area is the entire building area, including raised square footage (the portion of gross building area where the tenants’ computer servers are located), tenant common areas, areas controlled by the Company (such as the mechanical, telecommunications and utility rooms) and, in some facilities, individual office and storage space leased on an as available basis to the tenants.
(3) Raised square footage is that portion of gross building area where the tenants locate their computer servers. The Company considers raised square footage to be the net rentable square footage in each of its facilities.
(4) Critical load (also referred to as IT load or load used by tenants’ servers or related equipment) is the power available for exclusive use by tenants expressed in terms of megawatt, or MW, or kilowatt, or kW (1 MW is equal to 1,000 kW).
(5) Percentage leased is expressed as a percentage of critical load that is subject to an executed lease. Represents $157 million of base rent for the next twelve months on a straight-line basis for leases executed and/or amended as of June 30, 2010 over the non-cancellable terms of the respective leases and excludes approximately $2 million net amortization increase in revenue of above and below market leases. Base rent for the next twelve months on a cash basis as of June 30, 2010 is $132 million based on existing executed leases, assuming no additional leasing or changes to existing leases.

 

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Lease Expirations

The following table sets forth a summary schedule of lease expirations of the operating properties for each of the ten calendar years beginning with 2010. The information set forth in the table assumes that tenants exercise no renewal options and considers early tenant termination options.

 

Year of Lease Expiration

   Number
of Leases
Expiring (1)
   Raised
Square Feet
Expiring
(in thousands) (2)
   % of Leased
Raised
Square Feet
    Total kW
of Expiring
Leases (3)
   % of
Leased kW
    % of
Annualized
Base Rent
 

2010

   —      —      —        —      —        —     

2011

   1    5    0.7   1,138    1.0   1.0

2012

   2    82    10.9   7,340    6.2   5.6

2013

   3    45    6.0   4,630    3.9   2.8

2014 (4)

   8    59    7.8   8,700    7.3   7.5

2015

   5    88    11.7   15,575    13.1   11.9

2016

   4    72    9.6   9,969    8.4   8.9

2017

   5    71    9.4   12,325    10.4   11.1

2018

   4    75    10.0   15,113    12.7   13.4

2019

   9    119    15.9   21,500    18.1   16.9

After 2019

   9    136    18.0   22,510    18.9   20.9
                                 

Total

   50    752    100   118,800    100   100
                                 

 

(1) The operating properties have a total of 26 tenants with 50 different lease expiration dates. The top three tenants represented 59% of annualized base rent as of June 30, 2010.
(2) Raised square footage is that portion of gross building area where the tenants locate their computer servers. The Company considers raised square footage to be the net rentable square footage in each of its facilities.
(3) One megawatt is equal to 1,000 kW.
(4) As of August 3, 2010, one of these leases totaling 813 kW and 9,700 raised square feet was renewed and now expires in 2017.

 

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Development Projects

As of June 30, 2010

($ in thousands)

 

Property

  

Property Location

   Gross
Building
Area (1)
   Raised
Square
Feet (2)
   Critical
Load
MW (3)
   Estimated
Total Cost (4)
   Construction
in Progress &
Land Held for
Development (5)
   Percentage
Pre-Leased
 

Current Development Projects

                 

ACC5 Phase II

   Ashburn, VA (6)    180,000    88,000    18.2    $ 140,000 - $150,000    $ 124,968    88

NJ1 Phase I

   Piscataway, NJ (6)(7)    180,000    88,000    18.2      200,000 -   210,000      173,833    0

SC1 Phase I

   Santa Clara, CA (8)    180,000    88,000    18.2      230,000 -   260,000      49,004    0

ACC6 Phase I

   Ashburn, VA (8)    131,000    66,000    13.0      110,000 -   130,000      5,391    0
                                  
      671,000    330,000    67.6    $ 680,000 - $750,000      353,196   
                                  

Future Development Projects/Phases

                 

CH1 Phase II

   Elk Grove Village, IL    200,000    90,000    18.2    $ 17,555                  17,555   

NJ1 Phase II

   Piscataway, NJ    180,000    88,000    18.2      45,000 -     50,000      35,347   

SC1 Phase II

   Santa Clara, CA    180,000    88,000    18.2      50,000 -     60,000      22,980   

ACC6 Phase II

   Ashburn, VA    131,000    66,000    13.0      25,000 -     30,000      4,401   
                                  
      691,000    332,000    67.6    $ 137,555 - $157,555      80,283   
                                  

Land Held for Development

                 

ACC7

   Ashburn, VA    100,000    50,000    10.4      —        3,860   

SC2 Phase I/II

   Santa Clara, CA    300,000    171,000    36.4      —        2,278   
                              
      400,000    221,000    46.8         6,138   
                              

Total

      1,762,000    883,000    182.0       $ 439,617   
                              

 

(1) Gross building area is the entire building area, including raised square footage (the portion of gross building area where the tenants’ computer servers are located), tenant common areas, areas controlled by the Company (such as the mechanical, telecommunications and utility rooms) and, in some facilities, individual office and storage space leased on an as available basis to the tenants.
(2) Raised square footage is that portion of gross building area where the tenants locate their computer servers. The Company considers raised square footage to be the net rentable square footage in each of its facilities.
(3) Critical load (also referred to as IT load or load used by tenants’ servers or related equipment) is the power available for exclusive use by tenants expressed in terms of MW or kW (1 MW is equal to 1,000 kW).
(4) Current development projects include land, capitalization for construction and development, capitalized interest and capitalized operating carrying costs, as applicable, upon completion. Future Phase II development projects include land, underground work and capitalized interest through Phase I opening only; CH1 Phase II project costs includes land, shell and capitalized interest only. Development costs beyond the current projects have not yet been estimated for these properties.
(5) Amount capitalized as of June 30, 2010.
(6) Completion expected in the middle of the fourth quarter of 2010.
(7) As of August 3, 2010, NJ1 Phase I is 6% pre-leased.
(8) Completion expected during the third quarter of 2011.

The Company derives substantially all of its revenue from rents received from tenants under existing leases at each of the operating properties. Because the Company believes that critical load is the primary factor used by tenants in evaluating data center requirements, rents are based primarily on the amount of power that is made available to tenants, rather than the amount of space that they occupy.

Each of the Company’s leases includes pass-through provisions under which tenants are required to pay for their pro rata share of most of the property-level operating expenses—commonly referred to as a triple net lease, such as real estate taxes and insurance. In addition, under the Company’s triple-net lease structure, tenants pay for only the power they use and power that is used to cool their space. The Company intends to continue to structure future leases as triple net leases. The Company’s leases also provide it with a property management fee based on a percentage of base rent collected and property-level operating expenses, other than charges for power used by tenants to run their servers and cool their space.

 

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Although most of Company’s leases provide for annual escalation of rents, generally at a rate of 3% or a function of the consumer price index, the Company’s revenue growth in the near term is expected to result primarily from the commencement of leases that were recently signed at CH1 Phase I and ACC5 Phase I (each of which became 100% leased during the second quarter of 2010) and the future leasing of vacant space in the ACC5 Phase II and NJ1 Phase I data centers, both of which currently are under development with an expected in service date in the fourth quarter of 2010 and are being pre-leased. The Company’s revenue may fluctuate based upon the speed with which it leases the vacant space in the ACC5 Phase II and NJ1 Phase I development properties. Additionally, under the Company’s triple net leases, the Company receives expense reimbursement from tenants only on space that is leased. Vacant space results in portions of the Company’s operating expenses being unreimbursed, which in turn negatively impacts revenues and net income.

The amount of rental income generated by the properties in the Company’s portfolio depends on its ability to maintain the historical lease rates of currently leased space and to re-lease space available from leases that expire or are terminated. None of the Company’s existing leases are scheduled to expire in 2010. The Company’s operating properties are located in Northern Virginia and suburban Chicago, Illinois, and certain of its development properties are located in Piscataway, New Jersey and Santa Clara, California. Changes in the conditions of these markets will impact the overall performance of the Company’s current and future operating properties, and the Company’s ability to fully lease its current development properties. The ability of the Company’s tenants to fulfill their lease commitments could be impacted by future economic or regional downturns in the markets in which the Company operates or downturns in the technology industry. If these or other conditions cause a tenant to default on its payment or other obligations, the Company could elect to terminate the related lease. Nevertheless, if the Company cannot attract replacement tenants on similar terms in a timely manner for any leases that are not renewed or are terminated, the Company’s rental income will be impacted adversely in future periods.

The Company’s taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”), DF Technical Services, LLC, generates revenue by providing certain technical services to the Company’s tenants on a contract or purchase-order basis, which the Company refers to as “a la carte” services. Such services include the installation of circuits, racks, breakers and other tenant requested items. The TRS will generally charge tenants for these services on a cost-plus basis. Because the degree of utilization of the TRS for these services varies from period to period depending on the needs of the tenants for technical services, the Company has limited ability to forecast future revenue from this source. Moreover, as a taxable corporation, the TRS is subject to federal, state and local corporate taxes and is not required to distribute its income, if any, to the Company for purposes of making additional distributions to DFT’s stockholders. Because demand for its services is unpredictable, the Company anticipates that the TRS may retain a significant amount of its cash to fund future operations, and therefore the Company does not expect to receive distributions from the TRS on a regular basis.

In the current economic environment, certain types of real estate are experiencing declines in value. If this trend were to be experienced by any of the Company’s data centers, the Company may have to write down the value of that data center, which would result in the Company recording a charge against earnings.

Results of Operations

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains stand-alone audited and unaudited financial statements and other financial data for each of DFT and the Operating Partnership. DFT is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and, as of June 30, 2010, owned approximately 73% of the partnership interests in the Operating Partnership, of which 1% is held as general partnership units. All of the Company’s operations are conducted by the Operating Partnership which is consolidated by DFT, and therefore the following information is the same for DFT and the Operating Partnership.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

Revenues. Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $59.3 million. This amount includes base rent of $37.9 million, tenant recoveries of $18.1 million, which includes the property management fee, and other revenue of $3.3 million, primarily from projects for the Company’s tenants performed by the TRS. The $59.3 million in revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compares to revenue of $48.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in revenues of $10.4 million, or 21%, was due to the lease-up of ACC4, CH1 and ACC5 Phase I, partially offset by a decrease in revenue from a la carte services provided to the tenants on a non-recurring basis. These projects include the purchase and installation of circuits, racks, breakers and other tenant requested items.

Expenses. Expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $38.4 million as compared to $36.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009. The increase of $1.7 million, or 5%, was primarily due to the following: $0.8 million of increased property operating costs as ACC4, CH1 and ACC5 Phase I matured in their operations, $1.5 million of increased depreciation as ACC5 Phase I went into service in September 2009 and $0.6 million of increased general and administrative expenses due to increased non-cash stock compensation costs, partially offset by a decrease of $1.2 million of other expenses primarily related to decreases in a la carte services provided to tenants on a non-recurring basis.

 

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Interest Expense. Interest expense, including amortization of deferred financing costs, for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $10.9 million as compared to $6.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009. Total interest incurred for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $17.2 million, of which $6.3 million was capitalized, which compares to total interest incurred of $9.1 million for the three months ending June 30, 2009, of which $2.4 million was capitalized. The 89% increase in total interest period over period was due to higher debt balances following the high yield debt offering in 2009 and interest rates. Interest capitalized increased period over period because the Company had four projects under development in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to one project under development in the second quarter of 2009.

Net Income. Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $10.2 million compared to $5.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009. The increase of $4.7 million, or 85%, was primarily due to higher revenues partially offset by higher expenses and higher interest expense, in each case for the reasons discussed above.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

Revenues. Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $116.2 million. This amount includes base rent of $72.8 million, tenant recoveries of $37.6 million, which includes the property management fee, and other revenue of $5.8 million, primarily from projects for the Company’s tenants performed by the TRS. The $116.2 million of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compares to revenue of $95.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in revenues of $20.5 million, or 21%, was due to the lease-up of ACC4, CH1 and ACC5 Phase I, partially offset by a decrease in revenue from a la carte services provided to the tenants on a non-recurring basis. These projects include the purchase and installation of circuits, racks, breakers and other tenant requested items.

Expenses. Expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $77.5 million as compared to $72.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The increase of $4.6 million, or 6%, was primarily due to the following: $3.0 million of increased property operating costs as ACC4, CH1 and ACC5 Phase I matured in their operations, $2.9 million of increased depreciation as ACC5 Phase I went into service in September 2009 and $1.0 million of increased general and administrative expenses due to increased non-cash stock compensation costs, partially offset by a decrease of $2.3 million of other expenses primarily related to decreases in a la carte services provided to tenants on a non-recurring basis.

Interest Expense. Interest expense, including amortization of deferred financing costs, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $23.5 million as compared to $14.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009, which included a write-off of $1.0 million of unamortized loan costs related the CH1 construction loan that was paid off in February 2009. Total interest incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $34.2 million, of which $10.7 million was capitalized, which compares to total interest incurred of $18.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009, of which $4.4 million was capitalized. The 83% increase in total interest period over period was due to higher debt balances following the high yield debt offering in 2009 and interest rates. Interest capitalized increased period over period because the Company had four projects under development in the first half of 2010 as compared to one project under development in the first half of 2009.

Net Income. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $15.4 million compared to $8.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The increase of $6.6 million, or 75%, was primarily due to higher revenues partially offset by higher expenses and higher interest expense, in each case for the reasons discussed above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Discussion of Cash Flows

The discussion of cash flows below is for both DFT and the Operating Partnership. The only difference between DFT and the Operating Partnership for the six months ended June 30, 2010 relates to an immaterial payment of taxes by DFT that is not reflected as a use of cash on the Operating Partnership’s cash flow statement.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $3.7 million, or 12%, to $27.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $31.2 million for the corresponding period in 2009. The decrease is primarily due to increased interest expense payments as discussed above partially offset by increased cash rents collected.

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $60.7 million, or 74%, to $21.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $81.7 million for the corresponding period in 2009. Cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 primarily consisted of expenditures for the Company’s projects under development. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to $139.0 million of cash received from redemptions of marketable securities in the first half of 2010, partially offset by the investment of $60.0 million in marketable securities and an $18.0 million increase in funds and interest expended on development projects.

 

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Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $283.0 million to $299.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $16.9 million for the corresponding period in 2009. This increase primarily consisted of proceeds from the issuance of the Company’s common stock of $304.1 million. Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2009 primarily consisted of $150.0 million of proceeds from the utilization of the ACC4 term loan’s accordion feature, $25.0 million of proceeds from the previous ACC5 loan, and $5.0 million of proceeds from the SC1 Loan, partially offset by the payoff of the CH1 construction loan of $135.1 million, $19.0 million of loan proceeds held in escrow as partial security for the previous ACC5 and SC1 loans, repayment of $6.6 million of the Company’s previous line of credit and the ACC4 term loan and payment of $4.2 million of financing costs.

Market Capitalization

The following table sets forth the Company’s total market capitalization as of June 30, 2010 (in thousands except per share data):

Capital Structure as of June 30, 2010

(in thousands except per share data)

 

Mortgage notes payable

        $ 347,500   

Unsecured Notes

          550,000   
              

Total Debt

          897,500    30.9

Common Shares

   73     59,234      

Operating Partnership (“OP”) Units

   27     22,450      
                  

Total Shares and Units

   100     81,684      

Common Share Price at June 30, 2010

     $ 24.56      
              

Total Equity

          2,006,159    69.1
                  

Total Market Capitalization

        $ 2,903,659    100.00
                  

Capital Resources

The development and construction of wholesale data centers is very capital intensive. This development not only requires the Company to make substantial capital investments, but also increases its operating expenses, which impacts its cash flows from operations negatively until leases are executed and the Company begins to collect cash rents from these leases. In addition, because DFT has elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, DFT is required to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders annually.

The Company generally funds the cost of data center development from additional capital, which, for future developments, the Company would expect to obtain through unsecured and secured borrowings, construction financings and the issuance of additional equity securities, when market conditions permit (such as the Company’s May 2010 common stock offering). Any increases in project development costs (including the cost of labor and materials and costs resulting from construction delays), and rising interest rates would increase the funds necessary to complete a project and, in turn, the amount of additional capital that the Company would need to raise. In determining the source of capital to meet the Company’s long-term liquidity needs, the Company will evaluate its level of indebtedness and leverage ratio, in particular with respect to the covenants under the Company’s unsecured notes and unsecured line of credit, its expected cash flow from operations, the state of the capital markets, interest rates and other terms for borrowing, and the relative timing considerations and costs of borrowing or issuing equity securities.

In December 2009, the Company secured $700 million of new financing through the Operating Partnership’s offering of $550 million of 8 1/2% senior unsecured notes due 2017 (the “Unsecured Notes”) and through entering into a $150 million term loan due 2014 secured by ACC5 and the ACC6 parcel of land. The Company is using a portion of these proceeds to develop ACC5 Phase II, which is 88% pre-leased as of August 3, 2010, and develop NJ1, which is 6% pre-leased as of August 3, 2010. We expect both of these developments projects to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010. In addition, on May 18, 2010, the Company sold 13.8 million shares of its common stock, generating net proceeds to it before offering expenses of approximately $305 million. On May 6, 2010, the Operating Partnership entered into an $85 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility has an initial maturity date of May 6, 2013, with a one-year extension option, subject to the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the amount of the facility at initial maturity and certain other customary conditions. As of the date hereof, the Operating Partnership has not drawn down any funds under the facility. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from its common stock offering, borrowings under the facility and a portion of its cash and cash equivalents balance to finance the remaining construction costs to complete development of SC1 Phase I and to completely develop ACC6 Phase I.

 

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In the future, the Company intends to develop additional data centers and will rely on third-party sources of capital, as well as the capital markets, to fund its development projects. See the table above captioned “Development Projects” for the estimated total costs to complete some of the Company’s development projects.

The Company currently estimates dividends of approximately $0.44 per share to meet its 2010 REIT distribution requirement, of which $0.08 was paid in April 2010 and $0.12 was paid in July 2010. The ability to pay dividends to stockholders is dependent on the receipt of distributions from the Operating Partnership, which in turn is dependent on the data center properties generating operating income. The Indenture that governs the Unsecured Notes limits DFT’s ability to pay dividends, but allows DFT to pay the minimum necessary to meet its REIT income distribution requirements.

A summary of the Company’s total debt and maturity schedule as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 is as follows:

Debt Summary as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009

($ in thousands)

 

     June 30, 2010    December 31, 2009
     Amounts    % of Total     Rates (1)     Maturities
(years)
   Amounts

Secured

   $ 347,500    38.7   4.7   2.7    $ 348,500

Unsecured

     550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8      550,000
                              

Total

   $ 897,500    100.0   7.0   5.2    $ 898,500
                              

Fixed Rate Debt:

            

Unsecured Notes

   $ 550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8    $ 550,000
                              

Fixed Rate Debt

     550,000    61.3   8.5   6.8      550,000
                              

Floating Rate Debt:

            

Unsecured Credit Facility

     —      —        —        2.9      —  

ACC4 Term Loan

     197,500    22.0   3.9   1.3      198,500

ACC5 Term Loan

     150,000    16.7   5.8   4.4      150,000
                              

Floating Rate Debt

     347,500    38.7   4.7   2.7      348,500
                              

Total

   $ 897,500    100.0   7.0   5.2    $ 898,500
                              

 

Note:

  The Company capitalized interest of $6.3 million and $10.7 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively.

(1)

  Rate as of June 30, 2010.

ACC4 Term Loan

On October 24, 2008, the Company entered into a credit agreement relating to a $100.0 million term loan with a syndicate of lenders (the “ACC4 Term Loan”). The Company increased this loan to $250.0 million in February 2009 through the exercise of the loan’s “accordion” feature. In December 2009, the Company repaid $50.0 million of the outstanding principal amount

The ACC4 Term Loan matures on October 24, 2011 and includes a one-year extension option subject to, among other things, the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the outstanding loan amount, there being no existing event of default, a debt service coverage ratio of no less than 2 to 1, and a loan to value ratio of no more than 40%. The loan bears interest at (i) LIBOR plus 350 basis points during the initial term of the loan, and (ii) LIBOR plus 400 basis points during the additional one-year period if the Company exercises the extension option. The Company may elect to have borrowings bear interest at (i) the prime rate plus 200 basis points during the initial term of the loan or (ii) the prime rate plus 250 basis points during the additional one-year period if the Company exercises the extension option, but only if such interest rate is not less than LIBOR plus the applicable margin set forth above. As of June 30, 2010, the interest rate for this loan was 3.91%.

The loan is secured by the ACC4 data center and an assignment of the lease agreements between the Company and the tenants of ACC4. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the outstanding principal amount of the ACC4 Term Loan, plus interest and certain costs under the loan.

The loan requires quarterly principal installment payments of $0.5 million; however, if the Company exercises the one-year extension option, the quarterly installments of principal will increase to $2.0 million during the extension period. The Company may prepay the loan in whole or in part without penalty, subject to the payment of certain LIBOR rate breakage fees.

 

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The ACC4 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance by us with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or assets sales, maintenance of certain leases and the occurrence of a change of control of DFT or the Operating Partnership. In addition, the ACC4 Term Loan requires that the Company comply with certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, the following:

 

   

The Company must maintain the following minimum debt service coverage ratios:

 

   

April 1, 2010 to October 24, 2011—1.75 to 1; and

 

   

October 25, 2011 to October 24, 2012—2.00 to 1 (to the extent that the Company exercises the one-year extension option on the ACC4 Term Loan).

 

   

Consolidated total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to gross asset value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must be less than or equal to 65% during the term of the loan.

 

   

Ratio of adjusted consolidated Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization to consolidated fixed charges must be at least 1.45 to 1 during the term of the loan.

 

   

Minimum consolidated tangible net worth of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must be greater than or equal to approximately $575 million (plus an increase of 75% of the sum of (i) the net proceeds from any future equity offerings and (ii) the value of any interests in the Operating Partnership or DFT issued upon the contribution of assets to DFT, the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries after October 24, 2008) during the term of the loan.

The terms of the ACC4 Term Loan limit the Company’s investment in development properties to $1 billion and the Company is not permitted to have more than five properties in development at any time. If a development property is being developed in multiple phases, only the phase actually being constructed shall be considered a development property for this test. Once construction of a phase is substantially complete and the phase is 80% leased, it is no longer deemed a development property for purposes of this covenant.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC4 Term Loan also has customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, change of control, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other of the Company’s indebtedness. Upon an event of default, the lenders may declare the loan due and immediately payable.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC4 Term Loan contains definitions of many of the terms used in this summary of covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the covenants under the loan as of June 30, 2010.

ACC5 Term Loan

On December 2, 2009, the Company entered into a $150 million term loan facility (the “ACC5 Term Loan”). An interest reserve in the amount of $10.0 million was withheld from the loan proceeds and the remaining interest reserve is classified as restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The ACC5 Term Loan matures on December 2, 2014 and borrowings bear interest at LIBOR plus 4.25% with a LIBOR floor of 1.5%. As of June 30, 2010, the interest rate for this loan was 5.75%. The loan is secured by the ACC5 data center, the land and development of a data center to be known as ACC6, and an assignment of the lease agreements between the Company and the tenants of ACC5. The Operating Partnership has guaranteed the outstanding principal amount of the ACC5 Term Loan, plus interest and certain costs under the loan.

The original terms of the ACC5 Term Loan required that, within 120 days of the Closing Date, the Company enter into an interest rate swap or cap agreement with a notional principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the loan. On March 24, 2010 the Company executed an amendment to the ACC5 Term Loan that, among other things, eliminated the 120 day requirement. The Operating Partnership is now required to enter into an interest rate protection agreement only upon the earlier to occur of (i) 30 days following the date on which U.S. dollar one month LIBOR equals or exceeds 3.75% or (ii) the occurrence of a default under the ACC5 Term Loan.

The loan requires quarterly installments of principal of $1.3 million beginning on the earlier of the date on which the debt service coverage ratio is at least 1.00 to 1, or June 30, 2011, and may be prepaid in whole or in part without penalty any time after November 30, 2010, subject to the payment of certain LIBOR rate breakage fees. The Company may increase the total loan at any time after March 30, 2010 and on or before June 30, 2012 to not more than $250 million, subject to lender commitments, receipt of new appraisals of the ACC5 and ACC6 property, a minimum debt service coverage ratio of no less than 1.65 to 1, and a maximum loan-to-value of 50%.

The ACC5 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or assets sales and maintenance of certain leases. In addition, the ACC5 Term Loan requires ongoing compliance with certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, the following:

 

   

The principal amount of the loan may not exceed 60% of the appraised value of ACC5;

 

   

The Company must maintain the following minimum debt service coverage ratios:

 

   

Calendar quarters ending March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011—1.00 to 1;

 

   

Calendar quarter ending September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2011—1.15 to 1; and

 

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Commencing with the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2012 and continuing for the remainder of the term—1.50 to 1; provided, however, that if the Company exercises its right to increase the total amount of the loan above $150 million, 1.65 to 1.

 

   

Consolidated total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to gross asset value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must not exceed 65% during the term of the loan.

 

   

Ratio of adjusted consolidated Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization to consolidated fixed charges must not be less than 1.45 to 1 during the term of the loan.

 

   

Minimum consolidated tangible net worth of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries must not be less than approximately $575 million (plus 75% of the sum of (i) the net proceeds from any offerings after December 2, 2009 and (ii) the value of any interests in the Operating Partnership or DFT issued upon the contribution of assets to DFT, the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries after December 2, 2009) during the term of the loan.

The terms of the ACC5 Term Loan limit the Company’s investment in development properties to $1 billion and the Company is not permitted to have more than five properties in development at any time. If a development property is being developed in multiple phases, only the phase actually being constructed shall be considered a development property for this test. Once construction of a phase is substantially complete and the phase is 80% leased, it is no longer deemed a development property for purposes of this covenant.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC5 Term Loan also has customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other of the Company’s indebtedness. Upon an event of default, the lenders may declare the loan due and immediately payable. Also, upon a change in control, lenders that hold two-thirds of the outstanding principal amount of the loan may declare it due and payable.

The credit agreement that governs the ACC5 Term Loan contains definitions of many of the terms used in this summary of covenants. The Company was in compliance with all of the covenants under the loan as of June 30, 2010.

Unsecured Notes

On December 16, 2009, the Operating Partnership completed the sale of $550 million of 8    1/2% senior notes due 2017 (the “Unsecured Notes”). The Unsecured Notes were issued at face value. The Company will pay interest on the Unsecured Notes semi-annually, in arrears, on December 15 and June 15 of each year. On each of December 15, 2015 and December 15, 2016, $125 million in principal amount of the Unsecured Notes will become due and payable, with the remaining $300 million due on December 15, 2017.

The Unsecured Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally on a senior unsecured basis by DFT and certain of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and the ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS.

The Unsecured Notes rank (i) equally in right of payment with all of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, (ii) senior in right of payment with all of its existing and future subordinated indebtedness, (iii) effectively subordinate to any of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future secured indebtedness and (iv) effectively junior to any liabilities of any subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership that do not guarantee the Unsecured Notes. The guarantees of the Unsecured Notes by DFT and the Subsidiary Guarantors rank (i) equally in right of payment with such guarantor’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, (ii) senior in right of payment with all of such guarantor’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness and (iii) effectively subordinate to any of such guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness.

At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Operating Partnership may redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes to be redeemed, plus (ii) a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest. On or after December 15, 2013, the Operating Partnership may redeem the Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at (i) 104.250% from December 15, 2013 to December 14, 2014, (ii) 102.125% from December 15, 2014 to December 14, 2015 and (iii) 100% of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes from December 15, 2015 and thereafter, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, on or prior to December 15, 2012, the Operating Partnership may redeem up to 35% of the Unsecured Notes at 108.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings consummated by DFT or the Operating Partnership.

If there is a change of control (as defined in the Indenture) of the Operating Partnership or DFT, Unsecured Note holders can require the Operating Partnership to purchase their Unsecured Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, in certain circumstances the Operating Partnership may be required to use the net proceeds of asset sales to purchase a portion of the Unsecured Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

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The Unsecured Notes have certain covenants limiting or prohibiting the ability of the Operating Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries from, among other things, (i) incurring secured or unsecured indebtedness, (ii) entering into sale and leaseback transactions, (iii) making certain dividend payments, distributions and investments, (iv) entering into transactions with affiliates, (v) entering into agreements limiting the ability to make certain transfers and other payments from subsidiaries or (vi) engaging in certain mergers, consolidations or transfers/sales of assets. The Unsecured Notes also require the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiary Guarantors to maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of their unsecured debt on a consolidated basis. All of the covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.

The Unsecured Notes also have customary events of default, including, but not limited to, nonpayment, breach of covenants, and payment or acceleration defaults in certain other indebtedness of the Company or certain of its subsidiaries. Upon an event of default, the holders of the Unsecured Notes or the trustee may declare the Unsecured Notes due and immediately payable.

The Operating Partnership also entered into a registration rights agreement under which the Operating Partnership agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file, on or before 120 days after December 16, 2009, and cause to become effective, on or before 270 days after December 16, 2009, an exchange offer registration statement that would offer to exchange the Unsecured Notes for bonds identical in terms, except that the newly-issued bonds would not be subject to transfer restrictions. The exchange offer registration statement was effective as of June 17, 2010 and the exchange of all of the notes was completed by July 22, 2010. Having completed the exchange offer, the Operating Partnership will not be required to pay additional interest to the Unsecured Note holders.

Unsecured Credit Facility

On May 6, 2010, the Operating Partnership entered into a credit agreement providing for an $85 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility has an initial maturity date of May 6, 2013, with a one-year extension option, subject to the payment of an extension fee equal to 50 basis points on the amount of the facility at initial maturity and certain other customary conditions. As of June 30, 2010, the Operating Partnership has not drawn down any funds under the facility. However, the Operating Partnership currently intends to use funds from the facility, along with other sources of cash, to complete development of SC1 Phase I and to completely develop ACC6 Phase I.

The facility is unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and all of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries that currently guaranty the obligations under the Company’s Indenture governing the terms of the Operating Partnership’s 8    1/2% senior notes due 2017, including the subsidiaries that own the ACC2, ACC3, ACC4, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the ACC5 data center and ACC6 development property and the NJ1 development property, but excluding the subsidiaries that own the SC1 development property and the SC2 parcel of land, the ACC7 parcel of land and the TRS.

The Operating Partnership may elect to have borrowings under the facility bear interest at (i) LIBOR plus 450 basis points (with LIBOR at no time being less than 1%) or (ii) a base rate plus 300 basis points. The amount available for borrowings under the facility will be determined according to a calculation comparing the value of certain unencumbered properties designated by the Operating Partnership at such time relative to the amount of the Operating Partnership’s unsecured debt. The properties designated as unencumbered properties at the closing of the facility were the ACC2, ACC3, VA3, VA4 and CH1 data centers, the SC1, SC2 and ACC7 parcels of land and the NJ1 development property. Up to $25 million of borrowings under the facility may be used for letters of credit. The Operating Partnership may increase the amount of the facility by up to an additional $15 million at any time prior to May 6, 2011, to the extent that any one or more lenders commit to being a lender for the additional amount and certain other customary conditions are met (including a fee payable to the lenders to be determined at the time of the increase).

The facility requires that the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries comply with various covenants, including with respect to restrictions on liens, incurring indebtedness, making investments, effecting mergers and/or asset sales, and certain restrictions on dividend payments. In addition, the facility imposes financial maintenance covenants relating to, among other things, the following matters:

 

   

unsecured debt not exceeding 60% of the value of unencumbered assets;

 

   

net operating income generated from unencumbered properties divided by the amount of unsecured debt being not less than 12.5%;

 

   

total indebtedness not exceeding 60% of gross asset value;

 

   

fixed charge coverage ratio being not less than 1.70 to 1.00; and

 

   

tangible net worth being not less than $750 million plus 80% of the sum of (i) net equity offering proceeds and (ii) the value of equity interests issued in connection with a contribution of assets to the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries.

The facility includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable cure period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of the Operating Partnership under the facility to be immediately due and payable.

 

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A summary of the Company’s total debt and maturity schedule as of June 30, 2010 are as follows:

Debt Maturity as of June 30, 2010

($ in thousands)

 

Year

   Fixed Rate     Floating Rate     Total    % of Total     Rates (4)  

2010

   $ —        $ 1,000 (2)    $ 1,000    0.1   3.9

2011

     —          199,100 (2)(3)      199,100    22.2   3.9

2012

     —          5,200 (3)      5,200    0.6   5.8

2013

     —          5,200 (3)      5,200    0.6   5.8

2014

     —          137,000 (3)      137,000    15.3   5.8

2015

     125,000 (1)      —          125,000    13.9   8.5

2016

     125,000 (1)      —          125,000    13.9   8.5

2017

     300,000 (1)      —          300,000    33.4   8.5
                                   

Total

   $ 550,000      $ 347,500      $ 897,500    100   7.0
                                   

 

(1) The Unsecured Notes have mandatory amortizations of $125.0 million due in 2015, $125.0 million due in 2016 and $300.0 million due in 2017.
(2) The ACC4 Term Loan matures on October 24, 2011 and includes an option to extend the maturity date one year to October 24, 2012 exercisable by the Company upon satisfaction of certain customary conditions. Scheduled principal amortization payments are $0.5 million per quarter.
(3) The ACC5 Term Loan matures on December 2, 2014 with no extension option. Scheduled principal amortization payments of $1.3 million per quarter start in the third quarter of 2011 or upon economic stabilization, whichever is earlier.
(4) Rate as of June 30, 2010.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations as of June 30, 2010, including the maturities assuming extension options are not exercised and scheduled principal repayments of the ACC4 Term Loan, the ACC5 Term Loan and the Unsecured Notes (in thousands):

 

Obligation

   2010    2011-2012    2013-2014    Thereafter    Total

Long-term debt obligations

   $ 1,000    $ 204,300    $ 142,200    $ 550,000    $ 897,500

Interest on long-term debt obligations

     31,715      116,918      108,786      106,427      363,846

Construction costs payable

     16,542      —        —        —        16,542

Commitments under development contracts (1)

     135,227      —        —        —        135,227

Operating leases

     185      767      693      —        1,645
                                  

Total

   $ 184,669    $ 321,985    $ 251,679    $ 656,427    $ 1,414,760
                                  

 

(1) Contracts related to the development of the NJ1 Phase I, ACC5 Phase II, ACC6 Phase I and SC1 Phase I data centers are not fully included above due to the cost plus nature of these contracts. Amount represents committed costs only as of June 30, 2010. For an estimate of our total costs associated with these developments, see the table captioned “Development Projects” above. Also, see Note 6 of our Financial Statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2010, the Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Funds From Operations

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 
(in thousands)    2010     2009     2010     2009  

Net income

   $ 10,195      $ 5,540      $ 15,426      $ 8,797   

Depreciation and amortization

     15,091        13,653        30,187        27,311   

Less: Non real estate depreciation and amortization

     (144     (123     (288     (231
                                

FFO available to controlling and redeemable noncontrolling interests (1)

   $ 25,142      $ 19,070      $ 45,325      $ 35,877   
                                

 

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(1) Funds from operations, or FFO, is used by industry analysts and investors as a supplemental operating performance measure for REITs. The Company calculates FFO in accordance with the definition that was adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, represents net income determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding extraordinary items as defined under GAAP and gains or losses from sales of previously depreciated operating real estate assets, plus specified non-cash items, such as real estate asset depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

The Company uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization and gains and losses from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating expenses. The Company also believes that, as a widely recognized measure of the performance of equity REITs, FFO will be used by investors as a basis to compare the Company’s operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because FFO excludes real estate related depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of the Company’s properties that result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of the Company’s properties, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact the Company’s results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of the Company’s performance is limited.

While FFO is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance of equity REITs, other equity REITs may use different methodologies for calculating FFO and, accordingly, FFO as disclosed by such other REITs may not be comparable to the Company’s FFO. Therefore, the Company believes that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of its historical operating results, FFO should be examined in conjunction with net income as presented in the consolidated statements of operations. FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income or to cash flow from operating activities (each as computed in accordance with GAAP) or as an indicator of the Company’s liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to pay dividends or make distributions.

Inflation

Most of the Company’s leases contain annual rent increases based on a fixed percentage increase or the increase in the consumer price index. As a result, the Company believes that it is largely insulated from the effects of inflation. However, the Company’s general and administrative expenses can increase with inflation, most of which the Company does not expect that it will be able to pass along to its tenants. Additionally, any increases in the costs of development of the properties will generally result in a higher cost of the property, which will result in increased cash requirements to develop the properties and increased depreciation expense in future periods, and, in some circumstances, the Company may not be able to directly pass along the increase in these development costs to its tenants in the form of higher rents.

Critical Accounting Policies

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance to significantly amend the consolidation guidance applicable to variable interest entitles (“VIEs”). The consolidation model was modified to one based on control and economics, and replaces the current quantitative primary beneficiary analysis with a qualitative analysis. The primary beneficiary of a VIE will be the entity that has (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. If multiple unrelated parties share power, as defined, no party will be required to consolidate the VIE. Further, the guidance requires continual reconsideration of the primary beneficiary of a VIE and adds an additional reconsideration event for determination of whether an entity is a VIE. The amendments also require expanded disclosures related to VIEs which are largely consistent with the disclosure framework currently applied by the Company. The new guidance was effective January 1, 2010 for the Company. The adoption of this guidance did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Related Party Transactions

Leasing Arrangements

As of June 30, 2010 the Company leased approximately 9,337 square feet of office space in Washington, D.C., an office building owned by entities affiliated with DFT’s Executive Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer. This lease expires in September 2014. The Company believes that the terms of this lease are fair and reasonable and reflect the terms it could expect to obtain in an arm’s length transaction for comparable space elsewhere in Washington, D.C.

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent upon prevalent market interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates.

If interest rates were to increase by 1%, the increase in interest expense on the Company’s variable rate debt outstanding as of June 30, 2010 would decrease future net income and cash flows by approximately $2.0 million annually less the impact of capitalization of interest incurred on the Company’s net income. Because the Company’s LIBOR rate was approximately 0.4% at June 30, 2010, a decrease of 0.4% would result in a decrease in future net income and cash flows of approximately $0.8 million annually less the impact of capitalization. One of the Company’s variable rate loans has a LIBOR floor of 1.5% and is therefore not impacted by an interest rate increase or decrease of 1%. Interest risk amounts were determined by considering the impact of hypothetical interest rates on the Company’s financial instruments. These analyses do not consider the effect of any change in overall economic activity that could occur in that environment. Further, in the event of a change of that magnitude, the Company may take actions to further mitigate its exposure to the change. However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that would be taken and their possible effects, these analyses assume no changes in the Company’s financial structure.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the three months ended June 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

 

ITEM 1.A RISK FACTORS

The following risk factors, each of which were previously set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, have been updated and restated as set forth below to reflect the Company’s entry into an $85 million unsecured credit facility, the Company’s issuance of 13.8 million shares of its common stock and an amendment to the ACC5 credit agreement, each during the second quarter of 2010:

Risks Related to Our Business

Risks Related to Our Debt Financing

The documents that govern our outstanding indebtedness require that we maintain certain financial ratios and, if we fail to do so, we will be in default under the applicable debt instrument, which in turn could trigger defaults under our other debt instruments, which could result in the maturities of all of our debt obligations being accelerated.

Each of our debt instruments requires that we maintain certain financial ratios. Each of our two secured credit agreements—one secured by our ACC4 data center facility and the other secured by our ACC5 data center facility and the land on which we intend to develop our ACC6 data center facility—provides that the total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries cannot exceed 65% of the value of the assets of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, determined based on the appraised value of stabilized data center properties, the amount of unrestricted cash and the book value of development properties and undeveloped land. Under these credit agreements, each respective administrative agent has the right to have each of our stabilized data center properties appraised. If the total indebtedness of the Operating Partnership exceeded 65% of the applicable asset value, the indebtedness in question would have to be reduced to a level that resulted in compliance with this ratio.

The credit agreement that governs our unsecured revolving credit facility also requires that we maintain financial ratios relating to the following matters: (i) unsecured debt not exceeding 60% of the value of unencumbered assets; (ii) net operating income generated from unencumbered properties divided by the amount of unsecured debt being not less than 12.5%; (iii) total indebtedness not exceeding 60% of gross asset value; (iv) fixed charge coverage ratio being not less than 1.70 to 1.00; and (v) tangible net worth being not less than $750 million plus 80% of the sum of (x) net equity offering proceeds and (y) the value of equity interests issued in connection with a contribution of assets to the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries.

 

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In addition, the indenture that governs our senior notes requires that the Operating Partnership and our subsidiaries that guaranty the notes maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of their unsecured debt on a consolidated basis.

If we do not continue to satisfy these covenant ratios, we will be in default under the applicable debt instrument, which in turn would trigger defaults under our other debt instruments, which could result in the maturities of all of our debt obligations being accelerated. These events would have a material adverse effect on our liquidity.

We may be unable to satisfy our debt obligations upon a change of control of us.

Under the documents that govern our indebtedness, if we experience a change of control, we could be required to repay the entire principal balance of our outstanding indebtedness. Under our ACC4 credit agreement, a change of control, as defined in the credit agreement, is deemed an event of default, which would give the lender the right, among other things, to accelerate the maturity of the loan. Under our ACC5 credit agreement, if we experience a change of control, as defined in the credit agreement, the lenders have the right to accelerate the maturity of the loan. Under our senior notes indenture, if we experience a change of control, as defined in the indenture, we must offer to purchase the notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued interest. Under the credit agreement that governs our unsecured revolving credit facility, if we experience a change of control, as defined in the credit agreement, we must repay the principal amount of any outstanding loans, plus accrued interest, and the obligation of the lenders to fund any additional loans would terminate. We might not have sufficient funds to repay the amounts due under the term loans or the unsecured revolving credit facility or pay the required price for the notes following a change of control. Under the ACC4 credit agreement, we are deemed to have experienced a change of control if Messrs. du Pont or Fateh cease to be one of our senior management executives and a competent and experienced successor senior management executive has not been approved by the lenders within three months of such event. Under the ACC5 credit agreement, we are deemed to have experienced a change of control if Mr. Fateh ceases to be one of our senior management executives and a comparable, competent and experienced successor senior management executive has not been approved by the lenders within 150 days of such event. Any of these events could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and liquidity.

Risks Related to Our Business and Operations

Hedging transactions may limit our gains or result in material losses.

The terms of our ACC5 credit agreement require us to enter into an interest rate protection agreement upon the earlier to occur of (i) 30 days following the date on which LIBOR equals or exceeds certain specified levels or (ii) the occurrence of a default under the ACC5 credit agreement. We may also use derivatives to hedge other liabilities of ours from time to time. As of June 30, 2010, we had no hedging transaction in place. Any hedging transactions into which we enter could expose us to certain risks, including:

 

   

losses on a hedge position may reduce the cash available for distribution to stockholders and such losses may exceed the amount invested in such instruments;

 

   

counterparties to a hedging arrangement could default on their obligations;

 

   

we may have to pay certain costs, such as transaction or brokerage fees; and.

 

   

we may incur costs if we elect to terminate a hedging agreement early, such as was the case with the interest rate swap agreement we terminated in December 2009.

Although the REIT rules impose certain restrictions on our ability to utilize hedges, swaps, and other types of derivatives to hedge our liabilities, we may use these hedging instruments in our risk management strategy to limit the effects of changes in interest rates on our operations. However, hedges may not be effective in eliminating all of the risks inherent in any particular position. Our profitability may be materially adversely affected during any period as a result of the use of such derivatives.

Risks Related to the Real Estate Industry

The terms of the agreements that govern our indebtedness limit our ability to sell the data center properties that have been pledged as collateral for our indebtedness, which could reduce our liquidity.

Two of our income producing data center properties—ACC4 and ACC5—serve as collateral to existing term loans. The agreements that govern these loans limit our ability to sell these properties. The indenture that governs our senior notes and the credit agreement that governs our unsecured revolving credit facility limit our ability to sell or transfer assets and, under certain circumstances, the indenture requires that we use any net cash proceeds to reduce outstanding indebtedness. Consequently, our ability to raise capital through the disposition of assets is limited.

 

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Risks Related to Our Organizational Structure

Future offerings of debt or equity securities or preferred stock, which would be senior to our common stock upon liquidation and for the purpose of distributions, may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by making additional offerings of debt or equity securities, including commercial paper, medium-term notes, senior or subordinated notes and classes of preferred stock or common stock. For example, in May 2010, we sold 13.8 million shares of our common stock in an underwritten public offering. We will be able to issue additional shares of common stock or preferred stock without stockholder approval, unless stockholder approval is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded. Upon liquidation, holders of our debt securities and shares of preferred stock and lenders with respect to other borrowings will receive a distribution of our available assets prior to the holders of our common stock. Additional equity offerings may dilute the holdings of our existing stockholders or reduce the market price of our common stock, or both. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights or other protections against dilution. As data center acquisition or development opportunities arise from time to time, we may issue additional shares of common stock or preferred stock to raise the capital necessary to finance these acquisitions or developments or may issue common stock or preferred stock or OP units, which are redeemable for, at our option, cash or our common stock on a one-to-one basis, to acquire such properties. Such issuances could result in dilution of stockholders’ equity. Preferred stock and debt, if issued, could have a preference on liquidating distributions or a preference on dividend or interest payments that could limit our ability to make a distribution to the holders of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering or acquisition will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our stockholders bear the risk of our future offerings reducing the market price of our common stock and diluting their interest.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

 

ITEM 4. REMOVED AND RESERVED

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1

   Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2010, by and among DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P., as Borrower, KeyBank National Association as Agent and a Lender, and the other lending institutions that are parties thereto (and the other lending institutions that may become party thereto), as Lenders, and KeyBanc Capital Markets, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Registrant on May 11, 2010 (Registration No. 001-33748)).

10.2

   Guaranty, dated as of May 6, 2010, by DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., Grizzly Equity LLC, Grizzly Ventures LLC, Lemur Properties LLC, Porpoise Ventures LLC, Quill Equity LLC, Rhino Equity LLC, Tarantula Interests LLC, Tarantula Ventures LLC, Whale Holdings LLC, Whale Interests LLC, Whale Ventures LLC, Yak Management LLC, Yak Interests LLC, Xeres Management LLC, Xeres Interests LLC, and Fox Properties LLC for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Registrant on May 11, 2010 (Registration No. 001-33748)).

31.1

   Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

31.2

   Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

31.3

   Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

31.4

   Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

32.1

   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

32.2

   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Date: August 4, 2010   By:  

/s/ Jeffrey H. Foster

   

Jeffrey H. Foster

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, L.P.

 

By: DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., its sole general partner

Date: August 4, 2010   By:  

/s/ Jeffrey H. Foster

   

Jeffrey H. Foster

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1

   Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2010, by and among DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P., as Borrower, KeyBank National Association as Agent and a Lender, and the other lending institutions that are parties thereto (and the other lending institutions that may become party thereto), as Lenders, and KeyBanc Capital Markets, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Registrant on May 11, 2010 (Registration No. 001-33748)).

10.2

   Guaranty, dated as of May 6, 2010, by DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., Grizzly Equity LLC, Grizzly Ventures LLC, Lemur Properties LLC, Porpoise Ventures LLC, Quill Equity LLC, Rhino Equity LLC, Tarantula Interests LLC, Tarantula Ventures LLC, Whale Holdings LLC, Whale Interests LLC, Whale Ventures LLC, Yak Management LLC, Yak Interests LLC, Xeres Management LLC, Xeres Interests LLC, and Fox Properties LLC for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Registrant on May 11, 2010 (Registration No. 001-33748)).

31.1

   Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

31.2

   Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

31.3

   Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

31.4

   Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

32.1

   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.)

32.2

   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P.)

 

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