Taubman Centers, Inc. Form 10-K
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Taubman Centers, Inc. Form 10-K For the Fiscal Year Ended: December 31, 2019 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _______________ to _______________ Commission File No. 1-11530 TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Michigan 38-2033632 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 200 East Long Lake Road, Suite 300, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA 48304-2324 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (248) 258-6800 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Trading Name of each exchange Title of each class Symbol on which registered Common Stock, TCO New York Stock Exchange $0.01 Par Value 6.5% Series J Cumulative TCO PR J New York Stock Exchange Redeemable Preferred Stock, No Par Value 6.25% Series K Cumulative TCO PR K New York Stock Exchange Redeemable Preferred Stock, No Par Value Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes No 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 No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large Accelerated Filer Accelerated Filer Non-Accelerated Filer Smaller reporting company Emerging Growth Company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No The aggregate market value of the 59,434,600 shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 28, 2019 was $2.4 billion, based upon the closing price of $40.83 per share on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on June 28, 2019. (For this computation, the registrant has excluded the market value of all shares of its Common Stock held by directors of the registrant and certain other shareholders; such exclusion shall not be deemed to constitute an admission that any such person is an "affiliate" of the registrant.) As of February 26, 2020, there were outstanding 61,238,366 shares of Common Stock. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2020 are incorporated by reference into Part III, which we will file within 120 days after December 31, 2019, or if such proxy statement is not filed within such 120-day period, Part III will be filed as part of an amendment to this Form 10-K no later than the end of the 120-day period. TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC. CONTENTS PART I Item 1. Business 2 Item 1A. Risk Factors 14 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 32 Item 2. Properties 32 Item 3. Legal Proceedings 37 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 37 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity 38 Securities Item 6. Selected Financial Data 39 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 41 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 73 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 73 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 73 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 73 Item 9B. Other Information 73 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance 74 Item 11. Executive Compensation 74 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 75 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 76 Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 76 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 77 1 PART I Item 1. BUSINESS. The following discussion of our business contains various "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward- looking statements represent our expectations or beliefs concerning future events and performance. We caution that although forward-looking statements reflect our good faith beliefs and reasonable judgment based upon current information, these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including those risks, uncertainties, and factors detailed from time to time in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in particular those set forth under Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made as of the date hereof or the date specified herein. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. The Company Taubman Centers, Inc. (TCO) is a Michigan corporation (incorporated in 1973) that operates as a self-administered and self- managed real estate investment trust (REIT). TCO's sole asset is an approximate 70% general partnership interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership (TRG), which owns direct or indirect interests in all of our real estate properties. In this report, the terms "we", "us", and "our" refer to TCO, TRG, and/or TRG's subsidiaries as the context may require. See "Our UPREIT Structure" for additional information about our structure. We own, manage, lease, acquire, dispose of, develop, and expand shopping centers and interests therein. Our owned portfolio of operating centers as of December 31, 2019 consisted of 24 urban and suburban shopping centers operating in 11 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and China. The Taubman Company LLC (the Manager) provides certain management and administrative services for us and for our U.S. properties. See "Personnel" below for more information about the Manager. The Consolidated Businesses consist of shopping centers and entities that are controlled, through ownership or contractual agreements, by TRG, the Manager, or Taubman Properties Asia LLC and its subsidiaries and affiliates (Taubman Asia). Shopping centers owned through joint ventures that are not controlled by us but over which we have significant influence (Unconsolidated Joint Ventures or UJVs) are accounted for under the equity method. See "Item 2. Properties" for information regarding the shopping centers. On February 9, 2020, TCO, TRG, Simon Property Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Simon), Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Simon Operating Partnership), Silver Merger Sub 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Simon Operating Partnership (Merger Sub 1), and Silver Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Merger Sub 1 (Merger Sub 2) (Merger Sub 2, Simon, the Simon Operating Partnership, and Merger Sub 1, referenced collectively as the Simon Parties), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub 2 will be merged with and into TRG (the Partnership Merger), and TCO will be merged with and into Merger Sub 1 (the REIT Merger) (the REIT Merger and the Partnership Merger, referenced collectively as the Mergers). Upon completion of the Partnership Merger, TRG will survive and the separate existence of Merger Sub 2 will cease. On completion of the REIT Merger, Merger Sub 1 will survive and the separate corporate existence of TCO will cease. Immediately following the Partnership Merger, TRG will be converted into a Delaware limited liability company. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the REIT Merger each share of our common stock then issued and outstanding, other than certain shares of excluded common stock (as set forth in the Merger Agreement), will be converted into the right to receive $52.50 in cash. We expect to continue paying regular cash dividends on shares of our common and preferred stock until the completion of the Mergers (see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Dividends" for further information).