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x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Quarterly Period ended September 30, 2007
OR
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Transition Period From to
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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As of November 6, 2007, there were 70,489,510 depositary units and 11,907,073 preferred units outstanding.
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As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the following terms shall have the following corresponding meanings:
ACE means ACE Gaming LLC.
ACEP means American Casino and Entertainment Properties LLC.
AEP means American Entertainment Properties Corp.
Atlantic Coast means Atlantic Coast Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Contribution Agreement means the Contribution and Exchange Agreement dated as of August 8, 2007 among IE, the Contributors and Carl C. Icahn.
Contributors means collectively Icahn Management, CCI Offshore and CCI Onshore.
Feeder Funds refer to certain funds formed as Cayman Islands exempted limited partnerships that invest in the Offshore Master Funds, together with other funds that also invest in the Offshore Master Funds, including, but not limited to, the Offshore Funds.
General Partners means collectively the Onshore GP and the Offshore GP.
Icahn Enterprises means Icahn Enterprises L.P., which was formerly known as American Real Estate Partners, L.P.
IEGP means Icahn Enterprises GP Inc., which was formerly known as American Property Investors, Inc.
IEH means Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., which was formerly known as American Real Estate Holdings Limited Partnership.
Investment Funds means collectively the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds.
Investment Management and GP Entities means either Icahn Management (for the period prior to the acquisition of the Partnership Interests on August 8, 2007) or New Icahn Management (for the period subsequent to the acquisition of the Partnership Interests on August 8, 2007) and, in either case, the General Partners.
NEGI means National Energy Group, Inc.
New Icahn Management means Icahn Capital Management L.P.
Offshore Fund means Icahn Fund Ltd.
Offshore Fund II means Icahn Fund II Ltd.
Offshore Fund III means Icahn Fund III Ltd.
Offshore Funds means collectively the Offshore Fund, Offshore Fund II and Offshore Fund III.
New Icahn Management Partnership Interests means 100% of Icahn Managements general partnership interests in New Icahn Management contributed by Icahn Management to Icahn Enterprises.
Offshore GP means Icahn Offshore LP.
Offshore Master Fund I means Icahn Partners Master Fund LP.
Offshore Master Fund II means Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P.
Offshore Master Fund III means Icahn Partners Master Fund III L.P.
Offshore Master Funds means collectively Offshore Master Fund I, Offshore Master Fund II and Offshore Master Fund III.
Offshore Partnership Interests means 100% of CCI Offshores general partnership interests in the Offshore GP contributed by CCI Offshore to Icahn Enterprises.
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Onshore Fund means Icahn Partners LP.
Onshore GP means Icahn Onshore LP.
Onshore Partnership Interests means 100% of CCI Onshores general partnership interests in the Onshore GP contributed by CCI Onshore to Icahn Enterprises.
Partnership Interests means collectively the Onshore Partnership Interests, the Offshore Partnership Interests and the New Icahn Management Partnership Interests.
Private Funds means collectively the Investment Funds and the Feeder Funds.
WPI means WestPoint International Inc.
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September 30, 2007 |
December 31, 2006 |
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ASSETS |
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Investment Management: |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,095 | $ | 4,822 | ||||
Cash held at consolidated affiliated partnerships and restricted cash | 1,136,546 | 1,106,809 | ||||||
Securities owned, at fair value | 5,585,669 | 2,757,229 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value | 55,855 | 80,216 | ||||||
Due from brokers | 1,600,306 | 838,620 | ||||||
Other assets | 154,003 | 27,460 | ||||||
8,536,474 | 4,815,156 | |||||||
Holding Company and other operations: |
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Cash and cash equivalents | 2,836,403 | 1,857,323 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 41,405 | 87,159 | ||||||
Investments | 501,604 | 695,052 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value | 1,849 | 20,538 | ||||||
Inventories, net | 233,865 | 245,502 | ||||||
Trade, notes and other receivables, net | 148,742 | 169,744 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations held for sale | 646,278 | 599,955 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 445,365 | 484,356 | ||||||
Intangible assets | 20,400 | 23,402 | ||||||
Other assets | 51,700 | 61,716 | ||||||
4,927,611 | 4,244,747 | |||||||
Total Assets |
$ | 13,464,085 | $ | 9,059,903 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY |
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Investment Management: |
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Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | 29,219 | $ | 59,286 | ||||
Deferred management fee payable to related party | 146,863 | | ||||||
Subscriptions received in advance | 23,336 | 66,030 | ||||||
Payable for purchases of securities | 211,279 | 11,687 | ||||||
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | 1,068,262 | 691,286 | ||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts, at fair value | 116,498 | 1,770 | ||||||
1,595,457 | 830,059 | |||||||
Holding Company and other operations: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | 76,487 | 61,326 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 113,235 | 168,270 | ||||||
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | | 25,398 | ||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts, at fair value | 5,687 | | ||||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale | 314,895 | 318,085 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 2,040,058 | 951,135 | ||||||
Preferred limited partnership units: |
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$10 per unit liquidation preference, 5% cumulative pay-in-kind, 12,100,000 authorized, 11,907,073 and 11,340,243 issued as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively | 122,049 | 117,656 | ||||||
2,672,411 | 1,641,870 | |||||||
Total Liabilities |
4,267,868 | 2,471,929 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18) Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities: |
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Investment Management | 6,601,480 | 3,628,470 | ||||||
Holding Company and other operations | 164,472 | 292,221 | ||||||
Partners' equity: |
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Limited partners: |
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Depositary units; 72,400,000 authorized; issued 71,626,710 and 62,994,031 at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively; outstanding 70,489,510 and 61,856,831 at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively | 3,072,959 | 2,250,113 | ||||||
General partner | (630,773 | ) | 429,091 | |||||
Treasury units at cost: 1,137,200 depositary units | (11,921 | ) | (11,921 | ) | ||||
Partners' equity | 2,430,265 | 2,667,283 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Partners' Equity | $ | 13,464,085 | $ | 9,059,903 |
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Revenues: |
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Investment Management: |
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Interest, dividends and other income | $ | 51,121 | $ | 18,911 | ||||
Net gain (loss) from investment activities | (133,652 | ) | 209,288 | |||||
Management fees, related parties | 4,118 | | ||||||
(78,413 | ) | 228,199 | ||||||
Holding Company and other operations: |
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Real Estate | 30,356 | 32,518 | ||||||
Home Fashion | 183,360 | 223,066 | ||||||
Interest and other income | 42,586 | 11,136 | ||||||
Net gain from investment activities | 14,156 | 22,169 | ||||||
Other income, net | 22,495 | 2,024 | ||||||
292,953 | 290,913 | |||||||
Total revenues | 214,540 | 519,112 | ||||||
Expenses: |
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Investment Management | 20,453 | 18,771 | ||||||
Holding Company and other operations: |
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Real Estate | 25,366 | 27,147 | ||||||
Home Fashion | 220,171 | 246,045 | ||||||
Holding Company expenses | 13,025 | 4,113 | ||||||
Interest expense | 36,252 | 22,240 | ||||||
294,814 | 299,545 | |||||||
Total expenses | 315,267 | 318,316 | ||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and non-controlling interests in income (loss) of consolidated entities |
(100,727 | ) | 200,796 | |||||
Income tax expense | (9,772 | ) | (1,081 | ) | ||||
Non-controlling interests in (income) loss of consolidated entities: |
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Investment Management | 94,276 | (152,995 | ) | |||||
Holding Company and other operations | 12,681 | 8,432 | ||||||
106,957 | (144,563 | ) | ||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | (3,542 | ) | 55,152 | |||||
Discontinued operations |
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Income from discontinued operations | 4,772 | 111,423 | ||||||
Non-controlling interests in (income) loss of consolidated entities | 4,959 | (10,833 | ) | |||||
Gain on disposition of property | 7,660 | 4,901 | ||||||
Income from discontinued operations | 17,391 | 105,491 | ||||||
Net Earnings | $ | 13,849 | $ | 160,643 | ||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to: |
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Limited partners | $ | 34,783 | $ | 102,526 | ||||
General partner | (20,934 | ) | 58,117 | |||||
$ | 13,849 | $ | 160,643 | |||||
Net earnings per limited partnership unit: |
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Basic earnings: |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | 0.27 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Income from discontinued operations | 0.26 | 1.67 | ||||||
Basic earnings per LP unit | $ | 0.53 | $ | 1.65 | ||||
Weighted average limited partnership units outstanding: | 66,830 | 61,857 | ||||||
Diluted earnings: |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | 0.27 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Income from discontinued operations | 0.26 | 1.67 | ||||||
Diluted earnings per LP unit | $ | 0.53 | $ | 1.65 | ||||
Weighted average limited partnership units and equivalent partnership units outstanding: | 66,830 | 61,857 |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Revenues: |
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Investment Management: |
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Interest, dividends and other income | $ | 133,045 | $ | 45,115 | ||||
Net gain from investment activities | 554,223 | 571,774 | ||||||
Management fees, related parties | 7,494 | | ||||||
694,762 | 616,889 | |||||||
Holding Company and other operations: |
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Real Estate | 83,617 | 101,316 | ||||||
Home Fashion | 531,109 | 672,350 | ||||||
Interest and other income | 114,860 | 33,798 | ||||||
Net gains from investment activities | 75,647 | 84,830 | ||||||
Other income, net | 28,478 | 13,535 | ||||||
833,711 | 905,829 | |||||||
Total revenues | 1,528,473 | 1,522,718 | ||||||
Expenses: |
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Investment Management | 82,934 | 45,600 | ||||||
Holding Company and other operations: |
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Real Estate | 73,416 | 78,235 | ||||||
Home Fashion | 656,158 | 777,517 | ||||||
Holding Company expenses | 24,564 | 19,093 | ||||||
Interest expense | 98,689 | 63,769 | ||||||
852,827 | 938,614 | |||||||
Total expenses | 935,761 | 984,214 | ||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and non-controlling interests in income of consolidated entites | 592,712 | 538,504 | ||||||
Income tax expense | (13,267 | ) | (1,720 | ) | ||||
Non-controlling interests in (income) loss of consolidated entities: |
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Investment Management: | (417,242 | ) | (422,337 | ) | ||||
Holding Company and other operations: | 43,644 | 47,876 | ||||||
(373,598 | ) | (374,461 | ) | |||||
Income from continuing operations | 205,847 | 162,323 | ||||||
Discontinued operations |
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Income from discontinued operations | 50,519 | 221,869 | ||||||
Non-controlling interests in (income) loss of consolidated entities | 4,428 | (9,326 | ) | |||||
Gain on disposition of property | 21,686 | 6,460 | ||||||
Income from discontinued operations | 76,633 | 219,003 | ||||||
Net Earnings | $ | 282,480 | $ | 381,326 | ||||
Net earnings attributable to: |
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Limited partners | $ | 104,429 | $ | 228,803 | ||||
General partner | 178,051 | 152,523 | ||||||
$ | 282,480 | $ | 381,326 | |||||
Net earnings per limited partnership unit: |
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Basic earnings: |
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Income from continuing operations | $ | 0.47 | $ | 0.23 | ||||
Income from discontinued operations | 1.18 | 3.47 | ||||||
Basic earnings per LP unit | $ | 1.65 | $ | 3.70 | ||||
Weighted average limited partnership units outstanding: | 63,533 | 61,857 | ||||||
Diluted earnings: |
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Income from continuing operations | $ | 0.47 | $ | 0.23 | ||||
Income from discontinued operations | 1.18 | 3.47 | ||||||
Diluted earnings per LP unit | $ | 1.65 | $ | 3.70 | ||||
Weighted average limited partnership units and equivalent partnership units outstanding: | 63,533 | 61,857 |
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General Partners Equity (Deficit) | Limited Partners Equity Depositary Units | Held in Treasury | Total Partners Equity | |||||||||||||||||
Amounts | Units | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2006 as adjusted(1) | $ | 429,091 | $ | 2,250,113 | $ | (11,921 | ) | 1,137 | $ | 2,667,283 | ||||||||||
Cumulative effect of adjustment from adoption of SFAS No.159 | (840 | ) | (41,344 | ) | | | (42,184 | ) | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive income: |
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Net earnings | 178,051 | 104,429 | | | 282,480 | |||||||||||||||
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale-securities | (408 | ) | (20,112 | ) | | | (20,520 | ) | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive income | 177,643 | 84,317 | | | 261,960 | |||||||||||||||
General partner contribution | 16,446 | | | | 16,446 | |||||||||||||||
Partnership distributions | (529 | ) | (26,037 | ) | | | (26,566 | ) | ||||||||||||
Investment Management and GP Entities acquisition | (810,000 | ) | 810,000 | | | | ||||||||||||||
Investment Management and GP Entities distributions | (442,501 | ) | | | | (442,501 | ) | |||||||||||||
Change in subsidiary equity | (88 | ) | (4,315 | ) | | | (4,403 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other | 5 | 225 | | | 230 | |||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2007 | $ | (630,773 | ) | $ | 3,072,959 | $ | (11,921 | ) | 1,137 | $ | 2,430,265 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income at September 30, 2007 was $4.8 million.
(1) | See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, for discussion of retrospective application change in accounting principle of allocation of gains and losses related to disposition of common-control acquisitions. |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net Earnings |
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Investment Management | $ | 191,411 | $ | 147,876 | ||||
Holding Company and other operations | 14,436 | 14,447 | ||||||
Income from discontinued operations | 76,633 | 219,003 | ||||||
Net earnings | $ | 282,480 | $ | 381,326 | ||||
Income from continuing operations |
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Investment Management | $ | 191,411 | $ | 147,876 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated affiliated partnerships | 417,242 | 422,337 | ||||||
Investment gains | (646,454 | ) | (570,317 | ) | ||||
Purchases of securities | (6,907,622 | ) | (3,390,674 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sales of securities | 4,812,569 | 3,565,446 | ||||||
Purchases to cover securities sold, not yet purchased | (1,223,657 | ) | (423,732 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from securities sold, not yet purchased | 1,513,698 | 915,466 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Cash held at consolidated affiliated partnerships and restricted cash | (29,737 | ) | (81,448 | ) | ||||
Due from brokers | (761,686 | ) | (752,046 | ) | ||||
Receivable for securities sold | (112,094 | ) | (20,192 | ) | ||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts | 24,361 | (12,246 | ) | |||||
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts | 114,728 | (6,853 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 195,651 | 4,660 | ||||||
Other | 129,825 | 7,045 | ||||||
Net cash used in continuing operations | (2,281,765 | ) | (194,678 | ) | ||||
Holding Company and other operations | 14,436 | 14,447 | ||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization | 21,531 | 32,812 | ||||||
Investment gains | (75,644 | ) | (84,830 | ) | ||||
Preferred LP unit interest expense | 4,393 | 4,171 | ||||||
Non-controlling interests in income of consolidated entities | (43,644 | ) | (47,876 | ) | ||||
Equity in earnings of affiliate | | (9,527 | ) | |||||
Stock based compensation expense | | 6,248 | ||||||
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit | 9,480 | (487 | ) | |||||
Impairment loss on long-lived assets | 22,432 | 26,740 | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by activities on trading securities | (38,505 | ) | 71,000 | |||||
Other, net | (6,210 | ) | (7,230 | ) | ||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Trade, notes and other receivables | (10,898 | ) | 28,476 | |||||
Other assets | 8,757 | 28,746 | ||||||
Inventories, net | (5,573 | ) | (35,284 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | (3,754 | ) | (727 | ) | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by continuing operations | (103,199 | ) | 26,679 |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Net cash used in continuing operations | (2,384,964 | ) | (167,999 | ) | ||||
Income from discontinued operations | 76,633 | 219,003 | ||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 8,160 | 105,708 | ||||||
Net gain from sales of businesses and properties | (11,749 | ) | (122,390 | ) | ||||
Other, net | 2,817 | 13,015 | ||||||
Net cash provided by discontinued operations | 75,861 | 215,336 | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (2,309,103 | ) | 47,337 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Holding Company and other operations: |
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Capital expenditures | (28,545 | ) | (6,531 | ) | ||||
Purchases of marketable equity and debt securities | (151,133 | ) | (359,574 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sales of marketable equity and debt securities | 364,994 | 194,712 | ||||||
Net proceeds from the sales and disposition of real estate | 1,573 | | ||||||
Net proceeds from the sales and disposition of fixed assets | 15,510 | 12,139 | ||||||
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired | | 1,733 | ||||||
Other | 806 | | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from continuing operations | 203,205 | (157,521 | ) | |||||
Discontinued operations: |
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Capital expenditures | (19,252 | ) | (276,000 | ) | ||||
Net proceeds from the sales and disposition of assets | 18,442 | (92,210 | ) | |||||
Other | 12,116 | (6,854 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from discontinued operations | 11,306 | (375,064 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 214,511 | (532,585 | ) | |||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Investment Management: |
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Capital distributions to partners | (442,501 | ) | | |||||
Subscriptions received in advance | 23,336 | 15,500 | ||||||
Capital contributions by non-controlling interests in consolidated affiliated partnerships | 2,525,273 | 183,188 | ||||||
Capital distributions to non-controlling interests in consolidated affiliated partnerships | (35,536 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||
Redemptions payable to non-controlling interests in consolidated affiliated partnerships | (23,830 | ) | | |||||
Cash flows provided by financing activities | 2,046,742 | 198,575 | ||||||
Holding Company and other operations: |
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Partners equity: |
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Partnership distributions | (26,566 | ) | (18,934 | ) | ||||
General partner contribution | 16,446 | | ||||||
Dividends paid to minority holders of subsidiary | (18,529 | ) | | |||||
Proceeds from senior notes payable | 492,130 | | ||||||
Proceeds from other borrowings | 600,000 | 49,250 | ||||||
Repayments of other borrowings | (3,903 | ) | (20,768 | ) | ||||
Debt issuance costs | (275 | ) | (4,461 | ) | ||||
Cash flows provided by financing activities | 1,059,303 | 5,087 | ||||||
Cash flows provided by financing activities continuing operations | 3,106,045 | 203,662 | ||||||
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities discontinued operations | (370 | ) | 35,795 | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 3,105,675 | 239,457 |
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents* | 1,011,083 | (245,791 | ) | |||||
Net change in cash of assets held for sale | (32,730 | ) | 122,613 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 1,862,145 | 354,116 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 2,840,498 | $ | 230,938 | ||||
Cash balances per balance sheet: |
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Investment Management | $ | 4,095 | $ | 6,238 | ||||
Holding Company and other operations: | 2,836,403 | 224,700 | ||||||
$ | 2,840,498 | $ | 230,938 | |||||
*Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents consists of the following: |
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Investment Management | $ | (235,023 | ) | $ | 3,897 | |||
Holding Company and other operations | 1,246,106 | (249,688 | ) | |||||
$ | 1,011,083 | $ | (245,791 | ) | ||||
Supplemental information |
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Cash payments for interest, net of amounts capitalized | $ | 93,268 | $ | 87,185 | ||||
Cash payments for income taxes, net of refunds | $ | 17,958 | $ | 12,339 | ||||
Net realized losses on securities available for sale | $ | (20,520 | ) | $ | (12,613 | ) | ||
LP Unit Issuance | $ | 810,000 | $ | | ||||
Debt conversion relating to Atlantic Coast | $ | | $ | 2,492 |
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Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Icahn Enterprises or the Company), which was formerly known as American Real Estate Partners, L.P., is a master limited partnership formed in Delaware on February 17, 1987. We own a 99% limited partnership interest in Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. (IEH), which was formerly known as American Real Estate Holdings Limited Partnership. Substantially all of our assets and liabilities are owned through IEH and substantially all of our operations are conducted through IEH and its subsidiaries. Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. (IEGP), which was formerly known as American Property Investors, Inc., owns a 1% general partnership interest in both us and IEH, representing an aggregate 1.99% general partnership interest in us and IEH. IEGP is owned and controlled by Mr. Carl C. Icahn. As of September 30, 2007, affiliates of Mr. Icahn owned 10,304,013 of our preferred units and 64,288,061 of our depositary units, which represented approximately 86.5% and 91.2% of our outstanding preferred units and depositary units, respectively. We are a diversified holding company owning subsidiaries currently engaged in the following continuing operating businesses: Investment Management, Real Estate and Home Fashion. Further information regarding our continuing reportable segments is contained in Note 3, Operating Units and Note 16, Segment Reporting. We also operate discontinued operations as further discussed below and in Note 4, Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale.
As discussed in further detail below, on August 8, 2007, we acquired the general partnership interests in the General Partners (as defined below) and in Icahn Capital Management L.P. (New Icahn Management). Our historical financial statements contained herein have been restated to reflect this acquisition. In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), assets transferred between entities under common control are accounted for at historical cost similar to a pooling of interests, and the financial statements of previously separate companies for periods prior to the acquisition are restated on a consolidated basis.
As a result of the restatements arising from the acquisition that occurred on August 8, 2007, our financial statements now include additional entities as described below. Some of these entities prepare financial statements based on accounting policies that were not described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the 2006 Annual Report). Accordingly, certain required additional information is included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q in order to supplement disclosures already included in our 2006 Annual Report. The new accounting policies, which relate to our Investment Management segment, are set out in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) related to interim financial statements. The financial information contained herein is unaudited; however, management believes all adjustments have been made that are necessary to present fairly the results for the interim periods. All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature, except for the adoption of certain accounting pronouncements as discussed below in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Icahn Enterprises and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries in which control can be exercised, in addition to those entities in which Icahn Enterprises has a substantive controlling, general partner interest or in which it is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. Icahn Enterprises is considered to have control if it has a direct or indirect ability to make decisions about an entitys activities through voting or similar rights. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
As further described in Note 2, the Investment Funds and the Offshore Fund (as each term is defined herein) are consolidated into our financial statements even though we only have a minority interest in the
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equity and income of these funds. The majority ownership interests in these funds, which represent the portion of the consolidated net assets and net income attributable to the limited partners and shareholders in the consolidated Private Funds (as defined herein) for the periods presented, are reflected as non-controlling interests of consolidated entities Investment Management in the accompanying financial statements.
Because of the diversified and seasonal nature of our business, the results of operations for quarterly and other interim periods are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Variations in the amount and timing of gains and losses on our investments can be significant. The results of our Real Estate and Home Fashion segments are seasonal.
As a result of the acquisition of the Partnership Interests on August 8, 2007 and the consolidation of the affiliated partnership entities, we have changed the presentation of our balance sheets to an unclassified format in the accompanying financial statements as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006. Accordingly, certain amounts reflected in our classified balance sheets in our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 6, 2007 have been reclassified to conform to the unclassified balance sheet presentation.
We have also changed the presentation of our statements of operations. The reclassifications to the statement of operations included in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 9, 2007 are as follows:
1. | The grouping of revenues and expenses to arrive at operating income and certain categories of other income and expense has been discontinued. |
2. | Interest and other income, net gain from investment activities and other income, net are now classified as revenues. |
3. | Interest expense is included in total expenses. |
On August 8, 2007, we acquired the general partnership interests in the General Partners and New Icahn Management. These entities provide investment advisory and certain management services to the Private Funds but do not provide such services to any other entities, individuals or accounts. Interests in the Private Funds are offered only to certain sophisticated and accredited investors on the basis of exemptions from the registration requirements of the federal securities laws and are not publicly available.
We entered into a Contribution and Exchange Agreement (the Contribution Agreement), dated as of August 8, 2007, with CCI Offshore Corp. (CCI Offshore), CCI Onshore Corp. (CCI Onshore), Icahn Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Icahn Management and together with CCI Offshore and CCI Onshore collectively referred to herein as the Contributors) and Carl C. Icahn. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, we acquired general partnership interests in Icahn Onshore LP (the Onshore GP) and Icahn Offshore LP (the Offshore GP and, together with the Onshore GP, the General Partners), acting as general partners of the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds (as defined below) managed and controlled by Mr. Icahn. Icahn Partners LP is referred to herein as the Onshore Fund. In addition, as referred to herein, the Offshore Master Funds consist of (i) Icahn Partners Master Fund LP (Offshore Master Fund I); (ii) Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P. (Offshore Master Fund II) and (iii) Icahn Partners Master Fund III L.P. (Offshore Master Fund III). The Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds are collectively referred to herein as the Investment Funds.
The Offshore GP also acts as general partner of certain funds formed as Cayman Islands exempted limited partnerships that invest in the Offshore Master Funds. These funds, together with other funds that also invest in the Offshore Master Funds, constitute the Feeder Funds and, together with the Investment Funds, are referred to herein as the Private Funds. We also acquired the general partnership interests in New Icahn
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Management, a Delaware limited partnership, which is a newly formed management company that provides certain management and administrative services to the Private Funds.
The total initial consideration paid for the acquisition was $810 million of our depositary units based on the volume-weighted average price of our depositary units on the NYSE for the 20-trading-day period ending on August 7, 2007 (the day before the closing). In addition, we have agreed to make certain earn-out payments to the Contributors over a five-year period payable in additional depositary units based on our after-tax earnings from the General Partners and New Icahn Management subsequent to the acquisition, which includes both management fees and performance-based or incentive allocations paid by the Private Funds to New Icahn Management and the General Partners. There is a maximum aggregate earn-out (including any catch-up) of $1.121 billion, which is subject to achieving total after-tax earnings during the five-year period of at least $3.906 billion.
Prior to the acquisition of the Partnership Interests (as defined below) on August 8, 2007, CCI Offshore was the general partner of the Offshore GP, which, in turn, is the general partner of the Offshore Master Funds, each of which is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership. Offshore Master Fund I commenced investment operations on November 1, 2004 and each of Offshore Master Fund II and Offshore Master Fund III commenced operations in fiscal 2007. In addition, CCI Onshore was the general partner of the Onshore GP, which, in turn, is the general partner of the Onshore Fund, which is a Delaware limited partnership that commenced investment operations on November 1, 2004.
CCI Offshore contributed to us 100% of CCI Offshores general partnership interests in the Offshore GP (the Offshore Partnership Interests), and CCI Onshore contributed to us 100% of CCI Onshores general partnership interests in the Onshore GP (the Onshore Partnership Interests). The General Partners capital account with respect to the Offshore Partnership Interests and the Onshore Partnership Interests at the time of our acquisition aggregated $10 million.
Immediately prior to the execution and delivery of the Contribution Agreement, Icahn Management and New Icahn Management entered into an agreement pursuant to which Icahn Management contributed substantially all of its assets and liabilities, other than certain rights in respect of deferred management fees, to New Icahn Management in exchange for 100% of the general partnership interests in New Icahn Management. Such contribution included the assignment of certain management agreements with the Private Funds. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, Icahn Management contributed to us 100% of Icahn Managements general partnership interests in New Icahn Management (the New Icahn Management Partnership Interests and, together with the Onshore Partnership Interests and the Offshore Partnership Interests, referred to herein as the Partnership Interests).
Prior to the formation of New Icahn Management, Icahn Management provided management and administrative services to the Private Funds. New Icahn Management currently provides management and administrative services to the Private Funds. As referred to herein, the term Investment Management and GP Entities include either Icahn Management (for the period prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) or New Icahn Management (for the period subsequent to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) and, in either case, the General Partners.
The consolidated Private Funds and the Investment Management and GP Entities are considered entities under common control with us. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements and footnotes include the net assets and results of operations of the consolidated Private Funds and the Investment Management and GP Entities during the period of common control, commencing November 1, 2004. See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, for a discussion on principles of consolidation.
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On November 17, 2006, within our former Gaming segment, our indirect majority owned subsidiary, Atlantic Coast Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (Atlantic Coast), completed the sale to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (Pinnacle) of the outstanding membership interests in ACE Gaming LLC (ACE), the owner of The Sands Hotel and Casino (The Sands), in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and 100% of the equity interests in certain subsidiaries of IEH that owned parcels of real estate adjacent to The Sands, including the Traymore site.
On November 21, 2006, within our former Oil and Gas segment, our indirect wholly owned subsidiary, AREP O & G Holdings LLC, consummated the sale of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of NEG Oil & Gas LLC (NEG Oil & Gas), to SandRidge Energy, Inc. (SandRidge), formerly Riata Energy, Inc.
On April 22, 2007, within our former Gaming segment, American Entertainment Properties Corp. (AEP), our wholly owned indirect subsidiary, entered into an agreement to sell all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of American Casino and Entertainment Properties LLC (ACEP), which comprises our remaining gaming operations.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, within our Real Estate segment, five properties were reclassified to held for sale as they were subject to a contract or letter of intent. The operations of these properties were classified as discontinued operations.
On October 18, 2007, within our Home Fashion segment, our indirect majority owned subsidiary, WestPoint International Inc. (WPI), entered into an agreement to sell the inventory at substantially all of its 30 retail outlet stores. Therefore, the portion of the business related to the stores retail operations has been classified for all years presented as discontinued operations.
The financial position and results of these operations discussed above are presented as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets and discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations.
National Energy Group, Inc. (NEGI) and Atlantic Coast are reporting companies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 34 Act). In addition, ACEP voluntarily files annual, quarterly and current reports under the 34 Act.
The accounting policies and disclosures specifically related to the Investment Management segment are discussed in this section.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Icahn Enterprises and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries in which control can be exercised, in addition to those entities in which we have a substantive controlling, general partner interest or in which it is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. We are considered to have control if we have a direct or indirect ability to make decisions about an entitys activities through voting or similar rights. We use the guidance set forth in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 04-05, Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights (EITF No. 04-05), FASB Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51 (FIN 46R), and in SFAS No. 94, Consolidation of All Majority-Owned Subsidiaries
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An Amendment of ARB No. 51, with Related Amendments of APB Opinion No. 18, and ARB No. 43 Chapter 12 (SFAS No. 94), with respect to our investments in partnerships and limited liability companies. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated.
The accompanying financial statements include the consolidated financial statements of the Investment Management and GP Entities and certain consolidated Private Funds during the periods presented. The Investment Management and GP Entities consolidate those entities in which (i) they have an investment of more than 50% and have control over significant operating, financial and investing decisions of the entity pursuant to SFAS No. 94, (ii) they have a substantive controlling, general partner interest pursuant to EITF No. 04-05 or (iii) they are the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (a VIE) pursuant to FIN 46R. With respect to the consolidated Private Funds, the limited partners and shareholders have no substantive rights to impact ongoing governance and operating activities.
New Icahn Management, the Onshore GP and the Offshore GP are consolidated into Icahn Enterprises pursuant to SFAS No. 94 as Icahn Enterprises owns greater than 50% of the partnership interests in these entities. Icahn Enterprises has a substantive controlling, general partnership interest in these entities.
The Onshore Fund is consolidated into the Onshore GP, pursuant to EITF No. 04-05, which defines the criteria for determining whether a general partner controls a limited partnership when the limited partners have certain rights, such askick-out rights. According to EITF No. 04-05, consolidation of a limited partnership by the general partner is required when these rights do not exist.
Offshore Master Fund I is consolidated into Icahn Fund Ltd. (the Offshore Fund). In addition, the Offshore Fund, Offshore Master Fund II, Offshore Master Fund III and, through October 1, 2006, Icahn Sterling Fund Ltd. (the Sterling Fund) are consolidated into the Offshore GP, pursuant to FIN 46R. On October 1, 2006, the Sterling Funds assets were contributed to the Offshore Fund. A VIE is defined as an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. A VIE must be consolidated only by its primary beneficiary, which is defined as the party who, along with its affiliates and agents, will absorb a majority of the VIE's expected losses or receive a majority of the expected residual returns as a result of holding variable interests.
The Investment Funds and the Offshore Fund are consolidated into our financial statements even though we only own a minority interest in the equity and income of these funds. As a result, our consolidated financial statements reflect the assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flows of these funds on a gross basis, rather than reflecting only the value of our investments in such funds. As of September 30, 2007, the net asset value of the consolidated Private Funds on our balance sheet was $7.1 billion, while the net asset value of our investments in these consolidated funds was approximately $355.9 million. The majority ownership interests in these funds, which represent the portion of the consolidated net assets and net income attributable to the limited partners and shareholders for the periods presented, are reflected as non-controlling interests in consolidated entities Investment Management in the consolidated balance sheets and as non-controlling interests in income of consolidated entities Investment Management in the statements of operations. In addition, the management fees and incentive allocations earned by us from these funds have been eliminated in consolidation and are reflected on our financial statements as an increase in our allocated share of the net income from these funds. However, management fees earned from unconsolidated Private Funds are not eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.
Although the Private Funds are not investment companies within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, each of the consolidated Private Funds is, for purposes of U.S. GAAP, an investment company under the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide Investment Companies (the AICPA Guide). The Investment Management and GP Entities adopted Statement of Position No. 07-1, Clarification
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of the Scope of the Audit and Accounting Guide Investment Companies and Accounting by Parent Companies and Equity Method Investors for Investments in Investment Companies (SOP 07-1) as of January 1, 2007. SOP 07-1, issued in June 2007, addresses whether the accounting principles of the AICPA Guide may be applied to an entity by clarifying the definition of an investment company and whether those accounting principles may be retained by a parent company in consolidation or by an investor in the application of the equity method of accounting. Upon the adoption of SOP 07-1, (i) the Offshore GP lost its ability to retain specialized accounting pursuant to the AICPA Guide for either its equity method investment in Offshore Master Fund I or for its consolidation of the Offshore Fund, Offshore Master Fund II and Offshore Master Fund III, and (ii) the Onshore GP lost its ability to retain specialized accounting for its consolidation of the Onshore Fund, in each case, because both the Offshore GP and the Onshore GP do not meet the requirements for retention of specialized accounting under SOP 07-1, as the Offshore GP and Onshore GP and their affiliates acquire interests for strategic operating purposes in the same companies in which their subsidiary investment companies invest.
However, upon losing their ability to retain specialized accounting, the Investment Management and GP Entities applied SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Investments in Debt and Equity Securities (SFAS No. 115), to their investments held by the consolidated Private Funds in debt securities and in those equity securities with readily determinable fair values, as defined by that Statement, and classified such investments as available-for-sale securities and elected the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (SFAS No. 159), and reclassified such securities as trading securities. For those equity securities that fall outside the scope of SFAS No. 115 because they do not have readily determinable fair values as defined by that Statement, the Investment Management and GP entities elected the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 and measured the fair value of such securities in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157). For those investments in which the Investment Management and GP Entities would otherwise account for such investments under the equity method, the Investment Management and GP Entities, in accordance with their accounting policy, elected the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 for all such investments. The election of the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 was deemed to most accurately reflect the nature of our business relating to investments.
Derivative contracts entered into by the consolidated Private Funds continue to be accounted for pursuant to SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS No. 133), which was amended by SFAS No. 138, Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities (SFAS No. 138). These pronouncements require recognition of all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet at their fair value. All changes in the fair values of derivatives held by the consolidated Private Funds are reported in earnings.
The management fees earned by New Icahn Management (and by Icahn Management prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) from consolidated entities and the incentive allocations earned by the Onshore GP and the Offshore GP from the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds, respectively, are eliminated in consolidation; however, the Investment Management and GP Entities allocated share of the net income from the Private Funds includes the amount of these eliminated fees. Accordingly, the consolidation of the Private Funds has no material net effect on the Investment Management and GP Entities earnings from the Private Funds.
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions in determining the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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We consider short-term investments, which are highly liquid with original maturities of three months or less at date of purchase, to be cash equivalents.
Cash held at consolidated affiliated partnerships and restricted cash consists of (i) cash and cash equivalents held by the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds that, although not legally restricted, is not available to fund the general liquidity needs of the Investment Management and GP Entities or Icahn Enterprises and (ii) restricted cash relating to derivatives held on deposit.
Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income. Investment transactions of the Private Funds are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales of investments are based on the first-in, first-out or the specific identification methods. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis and dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Premiums and discounts on fixed income securities are amortized using the effective yield method.
Valuation of Investments. Securities of the Private Funds that are listed on a securities exchange are valued at their last sales price on the primary securities exchange on which such securities are traded on such date. Securities that are not listed on any exchange but are traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask price for such security on such date. Securities and other instruments for which market quotes are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the applicable general partner.
Foreign Currency Transactions. The books and records of the Private Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. Transactions during the period denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated at the rate of exchange applicable on the date of the transaction. Foreign currency translation gains and losses are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. The Private Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities. Such fluctuations are included in the net realized gains (losses) from securities transactions and the net unrealized gains (losses) on securities positions.
Fair Values of Financial Instruments. The fair values of the Private Funds assets and liabilities that qualify as financial instruments under SFAS No. 107, Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments, approximate the carrying amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets.
Securities Sold, Not Yet Purchased. The Private Funds may sell an investment they do not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that investment. When the Private Funds sell an investment short, they must borrow the investment sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which they made the short sale. A gain, limited to the price at which the Private Funds sold the investment short, or a loss, unlimited in amount, will be recognized upon the cover of the short sale.
Due From Brokers. Due from brokers represents cash balances with the Private Funds clearing brokers. A portion of the cash at brokers is related to securities sold, not yet purchased; its use is therefore restricted until the securities are purchased. Securities sold, not yet purchased are collateralized by certain of the Private Funds investments in securities. Margin debit balances, which may exist from time to time, are collateralized by certain of the Private Funds investments in securities.
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From time to time, the Private Funds enter into purchased and written option contracts, swap contracts, futures contracts and forward contracts and follow SFAS No. 133. This pronouncement establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and for hedging activities, which generally require recognition of all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet at their fair value. The accounting for changes in fair value depends on the intended use of the derivative and its resulting designation. Through September 30, 2007, we did not use hedge accounting and, accordingly, all unrealized gains and losses are reflected in our consolidated statements of operations.
Net investment income and net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments of the Private Funds are allocated to both the respective general partner and the limited partners or shareholders of the Private Funds based on the ratio of their respective capital balances at the beginning of each allocation period to the total capital of all partners or shareholders of the Private Funds. Such allocations made to the limited partners or shareholders of the Private Funds are represented as non-controlling interests in our consolidated statements of operations. The beginning of an allocation period is defined as the beginning of each fiscal year, the date of admission of any new partner or shareholder of the Private Funds or the date of any additional subscription or redemption by a partner or shareholder of the Private Funds. Upon the allocation to partners based on their respective capital balances, generally 25% of the capital appreciation (both realized and unrealized) allocated to the Investment Funds limited partners or lesser amounts for certain limited partners are then reallocated to the Investment Funds' General Partners. Such reallocation is referred to as the General Partners' incentive allocation. The total profits and losses allocated to the respective General Partners of the Investment Funds are included in the net income of the consolidated Investment Management and GP Entities (as either the Onshore GP or Offshore GP act as general partner to the Investment Funds) and are allocated in a manner consistent with the manner in which capital is allocated to the partners of the Investment Management and GP Entities as further discussed below.
The Investment Management and GP Entities are each organized as a limited partnership formed pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. Limited partnership interests have been granted in the Investment Management and GP Entities to allow certain employees and individuals to participate in a share of the management fees and incentive allocations earned by the Investment Management and GP Entities. Prior to the completion of our acquisition of the Partnership Interests on August 8, 2007, all limited partnership admissions to the Investment Management and GP Entities were determined by the respective general partner entity of the Investment Management and GP Entities, each of which was principally owned by Mr. Icahn.
The Investment Management and GP Entities, individually, intend to be treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes, and as such shall maintain a capital account for each of their partners. Each partner will be allocated an amount of the management fees and incentive allocations subject to, and as determined by, the provisions of each limited partner's respective agreements with each of the Investment Management and GP Entities. All other partnership profits and losses of each of the Investment Management and GP Entities will be allocated among the respective partners in each of the Investment Management and GP Entities pro rata in accordance with their respective capital accounts.
Income allocations to all partners in each of the Investment Management and GP Entities, except the general partner entity and any limited partnership interests held directly by Mr. Icahn, are accounted for as compensation expense as more fully described in Note 13, Compensation Arrangements. All amounts allocated to these partners' capital accounts and their respective capital contributions are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets until those amounts are
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paid out in accordance with the terms of each respective partner's agreement. Payments made to the respective general partner and any limited partnership interests held by Mr. Icahn are treated as equity distributions.
The Investment Management and GP Entities generate income from amounts earned pursuant to contractual arrangements with the Private Funds. Such amounts typically include an annual management fee of 2.5% of the net asset value before a performance-based, or incentive allocation of 25% of capital appreciation (both realized and unrealized) earned by the Investment Funds subject to a high water mark (whereby the General Partners do not earn incentive allocations during a particular year even though the fund had a positive return in such year until losses in prior periods are recovered). Such amounts have been (and may in the future be) modified or waived in certain circumstances. The Investment Management and GP Entities and their affiliates may also earn income through their principal investments in the Private Funds.
At the end of each fiscal year of the Onshore Fund (or sooner upon the occurrence of withdrawals), 25% of the capital appreciation (based on realized and unrealized gains and losses), if any, that is allocated to each capital account of a limited partner of the Onshore Fund (20% of the capital appreciation, if any, for certain limited partners) for such fiscal year is reallocated to the capital account of the Onshore GP subject to a loss carryforward provision as described in the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Onshore Fund, dated as of February 1, 2007, as amended from time to time.
At the end of each fiscal year of the Offshore Master Funds and at certain other times, 25% of the capital appreciation (based on realized and unrealized gains and losses), if any, that is allocated to each capital account of a fee-paying limited partner of the Offshore Master Funds (20% in some cases) for such fiscal year shall be reallocated to the capital account of the Offshore GP subject to a loss carryforward provision as described in the applicable limited partnership agreement of each offshore master fund in effect at such time.
Prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007, Icahn Management recognized management fee income in the period in which the related services were performed and in accordance with certain management agreements with each of the Onshore Fund, the Offshore Fund, Icahn Fund II Ltd. (Offshore Fund II), Icahn Fund III Ltd. (Offshore Fund III and, together with the Offshore Fund and Offshore Fund II, the Offshore Funds) and, through October 1, 2006, the Sterling Fund (collectively, the Management Agreements). Subsequent to the acquisition on August 8, 2007, New Icahn Management provides such management and administrative services to the Private Funds and recognizes management fee income in the period in which the related services are performed in accordance with the Management Agreements.
The general partner incentive allocations earned from the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds are accrued on a quarterly basis in accordance with Method 2 of EITF Topic D-96, Accounting for Management Fees Based on a Formula (EITF Topic D-96), and are allocated to the Onshore GP and the Offshore GP, respectively, at the end of the Onshore Funds and the Offshore Master Funds fiscal year (or sooner on redemptions). Such accruals may be reversed as a result of subsequent investment performance prior to the conclusion of the Onshore Funds and the Offshore Master Funds fiscal year at December 31.
The incentive allocations earned by the Onshore GP and the Offshore GP from the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds, respectively, and the management fees earned by New Icahn Management (and by Icahn Management prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) from consolidated Private Funds, are eliminated in consolidation; however, the Investment Management and GP Entities allocated share of the net income from the Private Funds includes the amount of these eliminated fees.
Except as discussed below, no provision has been made for federal, state or local income taxes on the results of operations generated by partnership activities, as such taxes are the responsibility of the partners. Provision has
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been made for federal, state or local income taxes on the results of operations generated by our corporate subsidiaries. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
New Icahn Management (and Icahn Management prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) is subject to a New York City Unincorporated Business tax (UBT), at a statutory rate of 4% on a portion of its income. UBT is accounted for under SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS No. 109). New Icahn Management accounts for these taxes using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
Deferred tax assets are limited to amounts considered to be realizable in future periods. A valuation allowance is recorded against deferred tax assets if management does not believe that we have met the more likely than not standard imposed by SFAS No. 109 to allow recognition of such an asset.
In December 2004, SFAS No. 123 (Revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R) was issued. This accounting standard eliminated the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value method in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and requires instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. SFAS No. 123R requires public entities to record non-cash compensation expense related to payment for employee services by an equity award, such as stock options, in their financial statements over the requisite service period. We have adopted SFAS No. 123R as of June 30, 2005.
The Investment Management and GP Entities have entered into agreements with certain of their employees whereby these employees have been granted rights to participate in a portion of the management fees and incentive allocations earned by the Investment Management and GP Entities, net of certain expenses, and subject to various vesting provisions. These rights are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with SFAS No.123R and remeasured at fair value each reporting period until settlement. See Note 13, Compensation Arrangements, for a further description of these arrangements.
The following section discusses the accounting policies and disclosures related to Icahn Enterprises and its other consolidated subsidiaries.
SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 51, Accounting for Sales of Stock by a Subsidiary (SAB 51), provides guidance on accounting for the effect of issuances of a subsidiarys stock on the parents investment in that subsidiary. SAB 51 allows registrants to elect an accounting policy of recording such increases or decreases in a parents investment (SAB 51 credits or charges, respectively) as either a gain or loss in the statement of operations or reflected as an equity transaction. In accordance with the election provided in SAB 51, we adopted a policy of recording such SAB 51 credits or charges directly to partners equity. As further discussed in Note 11, Non-Controlling Interests, during the quarter ended June 30, 2007, or the second quarter of fiscal 2007, we recognized certain SAB 51 charges to partners equity of approximately $6.1 million related to our investment in Atlantic Coast under our adopted policy.
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The general partners capital account generally consists of its cumulative share of our net income less cash distributions plus capital contributions. Additionally, in acquisitions of common control companies accounted for at historical cost similar to a pooling of interests, the general partners capital account would be charged or credited in a manner similar to a distribution for the excess (or deficit) of the fair value of consideration paid over historical basis in the business acquired.
Capital Accounts, as defined under our Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of May 12, 1987, as amended from time to time (together with the partnership agreement of IEH, the Partnership Agreement), are maintained for our general partner and our limited partners. The Capital Account provisions of our Partnership Agreement incorporate principles established for U.S. federal income tax purposes and are not comparable to the equity accounts reflected under U.S. GAAP, in our financial statements. Under our Partnership Agreement, the general partner is required to make additional capital contributions to us upon the issuance of any additional depositary units in order to maintain a Capital Account balance equal to 1.99% of the total Capital Accounts of all partners.
Generally, net earnings for U.S. federal income tax purposes are allocated 1.99% and 98.01% between the general partner and the limited partners, respectively, in the same proportion as aggregate cash distributions made to the general partner and the limited partners during the period. This is generally consistent with the manner of allocating net income under our Partnership Agreement; however, it is not comparable to the allocation of net income reflected in our financial statements. Additionally, as discussed below, we elected to change the allocation of gains or losses on disposition of common control acquisitions accounted for as a pooling of interests.
According to the Partnership Agreement, in the event of our dissolution, after satisfying our liabilities, our remaining assets would be divided among our limited partners and the general partner in accordance with their respective percentage interests under the Partnership Agreement (i.e., 98.01% to the limited partners and 1.99% to the general partner). If a deficit balance still remains in the general partner's capital account after all allocations are made between the partners, the general partner would not be required to make whole any such deficit.
In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, we elected to change our method of allocating gains and losses for financial reporting purposes related to dispositions of common control entities accounted for on an as-if pooling basis when acquired. Both the historical method and the new method are acceptable alternative principles under GAAP. The new method of allocating gains and losses from dispositions of common control acquisitions for financial reporting purposes would not affect the amounts distributable to the partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests under the Partnership Agreement (i.e., 98.01% to the limited partners and 1.99% to the general partner). This change in accounting principle was applied retrospectively in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3 (SFAS No. 154).
When we acquire an entity under common control, we will continue to reflect the acquired entity in a manner similar to a pooling of interests, as we have in the past. We will also continue to charge or credit the general partner's capital account with the difference between the consideration we pay for the entity and the predecessor basis prior to our acquisition.
Historically, upon later sale of the entity to a third party, the entire gain or loss, including cumulative gains and losses relating to periods prior to our acquisition of the entity, was allocated between the general partner and the limited partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests under the Partnership Agreement (i.e., 98.01% to the limited partners and 1.99% to the general partner).
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The newly adopted accounting principle only affects transactions involving the sale of a previously acquired common control entity. The newly adopted accounting principle allocates gain or loss for financial reporting purposes by first restoring the general partner's capital account for the charge or credit relating to prior periods recorded at the time of our acquisition and then allocating the remaining gain or loss among the general and limited partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests under the Partnership Agreement (i.e., 98.01% to the limited partners and 1.99% to the general partner).
The impact of this change in accounting principle only affects the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, or fiscal 2006, related to the gains on sale of the former Oil and Gas segment as well as the Atlantic City operations from our former Gaming segment which occurred in the quarter ended December 31, 2006, or the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. The following information details the financial statement line items for fiscal 2006 that were affected by the change in accounting principle, which includes amounts from the common control acquisition of the Partnership Interests made on August 8, 2007 as more fully described in Note 1, Description of Business and Basis of Presentation. Net earnings attributable to limited partners decreased from $782.9 million to $508.4 million while net earnings attributable to general partner increased from $275.6 million to $550.1 million. Total net earnings did not change. Basic and diluted net earnings per LP unit from discontinued operations decreased from $12.65 to $8.21, resulting in a decrease in basic and diluted earnings per LP unit from $12.68 to $8.24. Basic and diluted net earnings per LP unit from continuing operations of $0.03 did not change. In addition, partners' equity attributed to the limited partners decreased from $2.5 billion to $2.3 billion and partners' equity attributed to the general partner increased from $154.6 million to $429.1 million. Total partners' equity, which is 98.01% attributable to the limited partners pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, did not change.
SFAS No. 155. On February 16, 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Instruments an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140 (SFAS No. 155). The statement amends Statement No. 133 to permit fair value measurement for certain hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative, provides additional guidance on the applicability of SFAS No.133 and 140 to certain financial instruments and subordinated concentrations of credit risk. The new standard is effective for the first fiscal year beginning after September 15, 2006. The adoption of SFAS No. 155 as of January 1, 2007 did not have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.
EITF 06-3. In June 2006, the EITF issued EITF Issue 06-3, How Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (That is, Gross versus Net Presentation) (EITF 06-3), to clarify diversity in practice on the presentation of different types of taxes in the financial statements. EITF 06-3 concluded that, for taxes within the scope of the issue, a company may adopt a policy of presenting taxes either gross within revenue or net. That is, it may include charges to customers for taxes within revenues and the charge for the taxes from the taxing authority within cost of sales, or, alternatively, it may net the charge to the customer and the charge from the taxing authority. If taxes are reported on a gross basis, and are significant, an entity should disclose the amounts of those taxes subject to EITF 06-3. The guidance is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2006. We present sales tax on a net basis in our consolidated financial statements, and the adoption of EITF 06-3 did not have any impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
FIN 48. In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an Interpretation of FASB Statement 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, including issues relating to financial statement recognition and measurement. FIN 48 provides that the tax effects from an uncertain tax position can be recognized in the financial statements only if the position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. The assessment of the tax position is based solely on the technical merits of the position, without regard to the likelihood that the tax position may be challenged. If
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an uncertain tax position meets the more-likely-than-not threshold, the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely to be recognized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority is recorded. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening partners equity. We adopted FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. See Note 17, Income Taxes, for additional information.
SFAS No. 157. In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and, accordingly, SFAS No. 157 does not require any new fair value measurements. We adopted SFAS No.157 as of January 1, 2007, in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS No. 159, as required. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have any material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
SFAS No. 159. In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (SFAS No. 159), which gives entities the option to measure eligible financial assets, financial liabilities and firm commitments at fair value (i.e., the fair value option), on an instrument-by-instrument basis, that are otherwise not permitted to be accounted for at fair value under other accounting standards. The election to use the fair value option is available when an entity first recognizes a financial asset or financial liability or upon entering into a firm commitment. Subsequent changes in fair value must be recorded in earnings. Additionally, SFAS No. 159 allows for a one-time election for existing positions upon adoption, with the transition adjustment recorded to beginning partners equity.
We adopted SFAS No. 159 as of January 1, 2007 and elected to apply the fair value option to our investment in ImClone Systems Incorporated (ImClone). It is our policy to apply the fair value option to all of our investments that would be subject to the equity method of accounting pursuant to APB 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock (APB 18). In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, we first applied the equity method of accounting to our investment in ImClone due to changes in ImClones board, resulting in our having the ability to exercise significant influence over ImClone. We believe that the quality of the earnings and the value of the investment that we report over time relating to our investment in ImClone are more accurately reflected by the market value methodology of SFAS No. 159 rather than the equity method of accounting. The equity method of accounting would require an appraisal of the fair values of ImClones assets and liabilities at the dates that we acquired shares of common stock of ImClone as well as future appraisals should there be any material indications of impairment. We believe that such an appraisal would be subjective given the nature of ImClones pharmaceutical operations.
As of the date of adoption, the carrying value of our investment in ImClone was approximately $164.3 million and the fair value of our investment was approximately $122.2 million. In accordance with the transition requirements of SFAS No. 159, we recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning partners equity for the difference between the fair value and carrying value on the date of adoption, which reduced partners equity by approximately $42.2 million.
As a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 159, we are required to record unrealized gains or losses for the change in fair value of our investment in ImClone. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we recorded approximately $27.2 million and $66.5 million of unrealized gains, respectively, resulting from the change in the market value of ImClones stock which is recorded as a component of other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations.
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We also applied the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 to our investment in Lear Corporation common stock to be consistent with the Private Funds accounting for its investment in Lear Corporation common stock.
As described below in our discussion of the impact of our early adoption of SOP 07-1, we also elected the fair value option for the investments in debt and equity securities held by our consolidated Private Funds.
SOP 07-1. In June 2007, SOP 07-1 was issued. SOP 07-1 addresses whether the accounting principles of the AICPA Guide may be applied to an entity by clarifying the definition of an investment company and whether those accounting principles may be retained by a parent company in consolidation or by an investor in the application of the equity method of accounting. SOP 07-1 applies to reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2007, although early application is permitted. The Investment Management and GP Entities adopted SOP 07-1 as of January 1, 2007.
As discussed above, because the General Partners and their affiliates acquire interests for strategic operating purposes in certain of the same companies in which their subsidiary investment companies invest, they lose their ability to retain specialized accounting pursuant to the AICPA Guide. However, the Investment Management and GP Entities apply SFAS No. 115 to their investments held by the consolidated Private Funds in debt securities and in those equity securities with readily determinable fair values, as defined by that Statement, and classified such investments as available-for-sale securities and elected the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159. For those equity securities that fall outside the scope of SFAS No. 115 because they do not have readily determinable fair values as defined by that Statement, the Investment Management and GP Entities elected the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No.159 and measured the fair value of such securities in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 157. For those investments in which the Investment Management and GP Entities would otherwise account for such investments under the equity method, the Investment Management and GP Entities, in accordance with their accounting policy, elected the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 for all such investments.
FSP FIN 39-1. On April 30, 2007, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FIN 39-1 (FSP FIN 39-1), which amends FASB Interpretation No. 39, Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts (FIN 39). FSP FIN 39-1 impacts entities that enter into master netting arrangements as part of their derivative transactions by allowing net derivative positions to be offset in the financial statements against the fair value of amounts (or amounts that approximate fair value) recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral under those arrangements. FSP FIN 39-1 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, although early application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect, if any, of the adoption of FSP FIN 39-1 on our consolidated financial statements.
FSP FIN 46(R)-7. In May 2007, the staff of the FASB issued FASB Staff Position on FIN 46(R)-7, Application of FASB Interpretation No. 46(R) to Investment Companies (FSP FIN 46(R)-7). The staff position amends FIN 46R to indicate that investments accounted for at fair value in accordance with SOP 07-1 are not subject to consolidation under FIN 46R. The adoption of FSP FIN 46(R)-7 will require the Investment Management and GP Entities to apply consolidation provisions of FIN 46R to their consolidated entities that previously fell within the scope of the AICPA Guide. The adoption of FSP FIN 46(R)-7 will not have any material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
As of September 30, 2007, we have three principal operating businesses: Investment Management, Real Estate and Home Fashion. Additional financial information for these businesses is provided in Note 16, Segment Reporting.
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The entities in our Investment Management operations provide investment advisory and certain management services to the Private Funds, but do not provide such services to any other entities, individuals or accounts. Interests in the Private Funds are offered only to certain sophisticated and accredited investors on the basis of exemptions from the registration requirements of the federal securities laws and are not publicly available. The Investment Management and GP Entities generally receive management fees and incentive allocations from the Private Funds. Management fees are generally 2.5% of the net asset value of certain Private Funds. Incentive allocations, which are primarily earned on an annual basis, are generally 25% of the net profits generated by the Private Funds that we manage. Therefore, investment management revenues will be affected by the combination of fee-paying assets under management, or AUM, and the investment performance of the Private Funds.
Summary financial information for our Investment Management operations as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 included in the consolidated balance sheets are as follows (in $000s):
September 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,095 | $ | 4,822 | ||||
Cash held at consolidated affiliated partnerships and restricted cash | 1,136,546 | 1,106,809 | ||||||
Securities owned, at fair value | 5,585,669 | 2,757,229 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value | 55,855 | 80,216 | ||||||
Due from brokers | 1,600,306 | 838,620 | ||||||
Other assets | 154,003 | 27,460 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 8,536,474 | $ | 4,815,156 | ||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 29,219 | 59,286 | ||||||
Deferred management fee payable | 146,863 | | ||||||
Subscriptions received in advance | 23,336 | 66,030 | ||||||
Payable for purchases of securities | 211,279 | 11,687 | ||||||
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | 1,068,262 | 691,286 | ||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts, at fair value | 116,498 | 1,770 | ||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 1,595,457 | $ | 830,059 | ||||
Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities | $ | 6,601,480 | $ | 3,628,470 |
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Summarized consolidated income statement information for our Investment Management operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 included in the consolidated statements of operations is as follows (in $000s):
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
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Management fees from related parties | $ | 4,118 | $ | | $ | 7,494 | $ | | ||||||||
Consolidated affiliated partnerships: |
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Realized gains securities | 174,281 | 50,623 | 689,762 | 536,870 | ||||||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) securities | (177,746 | ) | 159,128 | (43,308 | ) | 33,447 | ||||||||||
Realized gains (losses) derivative contracts |
(81,322 | ) | (4,224 | ) | 22,126 | (19,510 | ) | |||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses) derivative contracts |
(48,865 | ) | 3,761 | (114,357 | ) | 20,967 | ||||||||||
Interest, dividends and other income | 51,023 | 18,816 | 132,640 | 44,894 | ||||||||||||
Other income | 98 | 95 | 405 | 221 | ||||||||||||
(78,413 | ) | 228,199 | 694,762 | 616,889 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: |
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Compensation | 5,906 | 6,626 | 30,502 | 18,548 | ||||||||||||
Shareholder actions | 255 | 714 | 3,361 | 4,617 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 1,013 | 916 | 3,694 | 1,866 | ||||||||||||
Consolidated affiliated partnerships: |
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Interest expense | 4,141 | 2,178 | 13,686 | 6,784 | ||||||||||||
Dividend expense | 2,728 | 1,839 | 3,319 | 4,709 | ||||||||||||
Financing expense | 4,066 | 4,689 | 18,206 | 4,689 | ||||||||||||
Other investment expenses | 231 | 877 | 4,153 | 1,743 | ||||||||||||
Other expenses | 2,113 | 932 | 6,013 | 2,644 | ||||||||||||
20,453 | 18,771 | 82,934 | 45,600 | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) before taxes and non-controlling interests in income of consolidated affiliated partnerships | (98,866 | ) | 209,428 | 611,828 | 571,289 | |||||||||||
Non-controlling interests in (income) loss of consolidated affiliated partnerships | 94,276 | (152,995 | ) | (417,242 | ) | (422,337 | ) | |||||||||
Income tax expense | (1,571 | ) | (398 | ) | (3,175 | ) | (1,076 | ) | ||||||||
Net earnings (loss) | $ | (6,161 | ) | $ | 56,035 | $ | 191,411 | $ | 147,876 |
The General Partners incentive allocations earned from the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds are accrued on a quarterly basis in accordance with Method 2 of EITF Topic D-96 and are allocated to the Onshore GP and Offshore GP, respectively, at the end of the Onshore Funds and the Offshore Master Funds fiscal year (or sooner on redemptions). Such accruals may be reversed as a result of subsequent investment performance prior to the conclusion of the Onshore Funds and the Offshore Master Funds fiscal year. The management fees earned by New Icahn Management (and by Icahn Management prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) are calculated based on the net asset values of certain Private Funds and are accrued quarterly.
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The table below reflects changes to the Private Funds AUM, for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. Amounts presented are net of management fees and accrued incentive allocations and include deferred balances and amounts invested by us and certain other affiliated parties for which we are charged no management fees and pay no incentive allocations for the periods presented. Accordingly, the amounts presented below are not the amounts used to calculate management fees for the respective periods.
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 6,361,407 | $ | 3,153,985 | $ | 4,019,993 | $ | 2,646,652 | ||||||||
Net in-flows | 848,411 | 81,597 | 2,468,035 | 219,760 | ||||||||||||
Appreciation (depreciation) | (105,453 | ) | 212,202 | 616,337 | 581,372 | |||||||||||
$ | 7,104,365 | $ | 3,447,784 | $ | 7,104,365 | $ | 3,447,784 | |||||||||
Fee-paying AUM | $ | 5,138,328 | $ | 2,790,580 | $ | 5,138,328 | $ | 2,790,580 |
The table below presents amounts of gross management fees and incentive allocations earned before related eliminations for the periods stated (in $000):
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Management Fees: |
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Consolidated funds: |
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Onshore Fund | $ | 9,633 | $ | 5,449 | $ | 25,292 | $ | 14,969 | ||||||||
Offshore Funds | 15,934 | 15,025 | 62,743 | 39,432 | ||||||||||||
Unconsolidated offshore funds | 4,118 | | 7,494 | | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 29,685 | $ | 20,474 | $ | 95,529 | $ | 54,401 | ||||||||
Incentive Allocations: |
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Onshore Fund | $ | (10,826 | ) | $ | 13,030 | $ | 28,770 | $ | 38,516 | |||||||
Offshore Master Funds | (14,961 | ) | 25,891 | 65,952 | 66,092 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | (25,787 | ) | $ | 38,921 | $ | 94,722 | $ | 104,608 |
Our Real Estate operations consists of rental real estate, property development and associated resort activities. As of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, our rental real estate operations owned 33 and 37 rental real estate properties, respectively. These primarily consist of fee and leasehold interests in real estate in 16 states as of September 30, 2007 and 19 states as of December 30, 2006. Most of these properties are net-leased to single corporate tenants. Approximately 85% of these properties are currently net-leased, 3% are operating properties and 12% are vacant. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, rental real estate recorded an asset impairment charge totaling approximately $0.73 million for three properties. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, an asset impairment charge totaling approximately $0.16 million was recorded for two properties.
Our property development operations are run primarily through Bayswater, a real estate investment, management and development subsidiary that focuses primarily on the construction and sale of single-family houses, multi-family homes, lots in subdivisions and planned communities and raw land for residential development. Our New Seabury development property in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and our Grand Harbor and Oak Harbor development property in Vero Beach, Florida each include land for future residential development of
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approximately 400 and 1,000 units of residential housing, respectively. Both developments operate golf and resort activities as well. We are also developing residential communities in Naples, Florida and Westchester County, New York.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, our property development operations recorded an asset impairment charge of approximately $1.8 million related to certain condominium land in our Oak Harbor, Florida subdivision caused by the current slowdown in residential sales. There were no impairment charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.
The three related operating lines of our Real Estate operations are all individually immaterial and have been aggregated for purposes of presenting their financial results as set forth below.
The following is a consolidated summary of our Real Estate operating unit property and equipment as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 included in the consolidated balance sheets (in $000s):
September 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||
Rental properties | $ | 103,417 | $ | 112,505 | ||||
Property development | 109,691 | 126,537 | ||||||
Resort properties | 43,020 | 44,932 | ||||||
Total real estate | $ | 256,128 | $ | 283,974 |
Summarized income statement information attributable to our continuing Real Estate operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 included in the consolidated statements of operations is as follows (in $000s):
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
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Rental real estate | $ | 3,343 | $ | 3,393 | $ | 10,205 | $ | 10,061 | ||||||||
Property development | 17,321 | 19,914 | 50,202 | 69,149 | ||||||||||||
Resort activities | 9,692 | 9,211 | 23,210 | 22,106 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues | 30,356 | 32,518 | 83,617 | 101,316 | ||||||||||||
Expenses: |
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Rental real estate | 1,594 | 1,228 | 4,502 | 3,017 | ||||||||||||
Property development | 15,578 | 17,887 | 46,263 | 53,837 | ||||||||||||
Resort activities | 8,194 | 8,032 | 22,651 | 21,381 | ||||||||||||
Total expenses | 25,366 | 27,147 | 73,416 | 78,235 | ||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and non-controlling interests in income of consolidated entities | $ | 4,990 | $ | 5,371 | $ | 10,201 | $ | 23,081 |
We conduct our Home Fashion operations through our majority ownership in WPI, a manufacturer and distributor of home fashion consumer products. WPI markets a broad range of manufactured and sourced bed, bath and basic bedding products.
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The following are consolidated summary balance sheets for our Home Fashion operating unit as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, as included in the consolidated balance sheets (in $000s):
September 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||
Cash | $ | 75,705 | $ | 178,464 | ||||
Inventories, net | 233,865 | 245,502 | ||||||
Assets held for sale | 33,868 | 23,838 | ||||||
Property plant and equipment, net | 189,237 | 200,382 | ||||||
Intangible and other assets | 190,176 | 181,652 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 722,851 | $ | 829,838 | ||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | 128,871 | $ | 99,989 | ||||
Long-term debt | 10,124 | 10,600 | ||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 138,995 | $ | 110,589 | ||||
Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities | $ | 127,136 | $ | 178,843 |
Summarized income statement information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 included in the consolidated statements of operations is as follows ($000s):
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 183,360 | $ | 223,066 | $ | 531,109 | $ | 672,350 | ||||||||
Expenses: |
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Cost of sales | 177,912 | 211,047 | 529,996 | 643,504 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 28,218 | 31,650 | 87,427 | 100,327 | ||||||||||||
Restructuring and impairment charges | 14,041 | 3,348 | 38,735 | 33,686 | ||||||||||||
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and non-controlling interest | $ | (36,811 | ) | $ | (22,979 | ) | $ | (125,049 | ) | $ | (105,167 | ) |
The following is a table of a breakdown of depreciation expense for the periods indicated in ($000s):
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Depreciation expense included in cost of sales | $ | 1,924 | $ | 4,747 | $ | 9,146 | $ | 21,056 | ||||||||
Depreciation expense included in general and administrative expenses | 706 | 1,290 | 2,584 | 4,360 | ||||||||||||
Total depreciation expense | $ | 2,630 | $ | 6,037 | $ | 11,730 | $ | 25,416 |
In accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142), indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but are subject to impairment testing annually or when indicators of impairment are present. The identifiable intangible assets in our Home Fashion operating unit consist of trademarks acquired by WPI. These include Martex, Vellux, Grand Patrician, WestPoint and Utica. As of September 30, 2007, WPI believes that the decrease in the sales of branded home fashion products is of a long-term nature resulting in an impairment in the carrying value of WPIs trademarks. As of September 30, 2007, WPI recorded an impairment charge of $3.0 million, reducing the fair value of the trademarks to $20.4 million. In accordance with its annual assessments, WPI will continue to review the value of this intangible asset every quarter.
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We intend to close substantially all of our retail stores based on a comprehensive evaluation of the stores long-term growth prospects and their on-going value to the business. On October 18, 2007, we entered into an agreement to sell the inventory at substantially all of WPIs retail stores. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we have classified the retail outlet stores business as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Restructuring efforts continued during the third quarter of fiscal 2007. WPI recorded charges related to asset impairment associated with closing certain of its plants in the United States. Total expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2007 include $2.6 million of fixed asset impairment, $3.9 million of machinery parts impairment and $4.6 million in restructuring charges, of which approximately $1.0 million relate to severance and $3.6 million relate to continuing costs of closed plants. Additionally, WPI reduced the fair value of the trademarks and recorded intangible asset impairment charges of $3.0 million. Total expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2006 include $3.3 million in restructuring charges, of which approximately $0.2 million relate to severance and $3.1 million relate to continuing costs of closed plants.
Total expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 include $18.0 million of fixed asset impairment, $3.9 million of machinery parts impairment and $13.9 million in restructuring charges, of which approximately $4.8 million relates to severance and $9.1 million relates to continuing costs of closed plants. Additionally, WPI reduced the fair value of the trademarks and recorded intangible asset impairment charges of $3.0 million. Total expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 include $26.5 million of fixed asset impairment and $7.1 million in restructuring charges of which approximately $1.5 million relates to severance and $5.6 million relates to continuing costs of closed plants.
Included in restructuring expenses are cash charges associated with the ongoing costs of closed plants, employee severance, benefits and related costs. The amount of the accrued liability balance was $1.2 million as of December 31, 2006. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we incurred additional restructuring costs of $13.9 million, and $14.1 million was paid during this period. As of September 30, 2007, the accrued liability balance was $1.0 million, which is included in other accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet.
Total cumulative impairment and restructuring charges for the period from our acquisition of WPI on August 8, 2005 through September 30, 2007 were $86.0 million.
To improve WPIs competitive position, WPI intends to continue to restructure its operations to significantly reduce its cost of sales by closing certain plants located in the United States, sourcing goods from lower-cost overseas facilities and, potentially, acquiring manufacturing facilities outside of the United States. WPI has incurred impairment charges to write-down the value of WPI plants taken out of service to their estimated realizable value. We expect that restructuring charges will continue to be incurred throughout fiscal 2007 and into fiscal 2008. WPI expects to incur additional restructuring costs over the next twelve months relating to the current restructuring plan in the range of $15.0 million and $20.0 million.
Ongoing litigation may result in our ownership of WPI being reduced to less than 50% as described in Part I, Item 3 of our 2006 Annual Report filed with the SEC on March 6, 2007, as supplemented in Part II, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. For a further description, also see Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies.
On April 22, 2007, AEP, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises, entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with W2007/ACEP Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, a series of real estate investment funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co., to sell all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of ACEP, which comprises all of our remaining gaming operations, for $1.3 billion, plus or minus certain adjustments such as working capital, more fully described in the
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agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, AEP is required to cause ACEP to repay from funds provided by AEP, the principal, interest, prepayment penalty or premium due on ACEPs 7.85% senior secured notes due 2012 and ACEPs senior secured credit facility. With this transaction, we anticipate realizing a gain of approximately $0.57 billion on our investments in ACEP, after income taxes. ACEPs casino assets are comprised of the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower, the Arizona Charlies Decatur, the Arizona Charlies Boulder and the Aquarius Casino Resort. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, as well as customary conditions. The parties expect to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2008; however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to consummate the transaction.
On November 21, 2006, our indirect wholly owned subsidiary, AREP O & G Holdings, LLC, consummated the sale of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of NEG Oil & Gas to SandRidge, for consideration consisting of $1.025 billion in cash, 12,842,000 shares of SandRidges common stock valued, at the date of closing, at $18 per share, and the repayment by SandRidge of $300.0 million of debt of NEG Oil & Gas. On April 4, 2007, we sold our entire position in SandRidge for cash consideration of approximately $243.2 million.
On November 21, 2006, pursuant to an agreement dated October 25, 2006 among IEH, NEG Oil & Gas and NEGI, NEGI sold its membership interest in NEG Holding LLC to NEG Oil & Gas for consideration of approximately $261.1 million in cash. Of that amount, $149.6 million was used to repay the principal and accrued interest on the NEGI 10.75% senior notes due 2007, all of which were held by us.
On November 17, 2006, Atlantic Coast, ACE, IEH and certain other entities owned by or affiliated with IEH completed the sale to Pinnacle of the outstanding membership interests in ACE and 100% of the equity interests in certain subsidiaries of IEH that own parcels of real estate adjacent to The Sands, including 7.7 acres known as the Traymore site. We owned, through subsidiaries, approximately 67.6% of Atlantic Coast, which owned 100% of ACE. The aggregate price was approximately $274.8 million, of which approximately $200.6 million was paid to Atlantic Coast and approximately $74.2 million was paid to affiliates of IEH for subsidiaries that owned the Traymore site and the adjacent properties. $51.8 million of the amount paid to Atlantic Coast was deposited into escrow to fund indemnification obligations, of which $50 million related to claims of creditors and stockholders of GB Holdings, Inc. (GB Holdings), a holder of stock in Atlantic Coast. On February 22, 2007, we resolved all outstanding litigation involving GB Holdings, resulting in a release of all claims against us. As a result of the settlement, our ownership of Atlantic Coast increased from 67.6% to 96.9% and $50.0 million of the amount placed into escrow was released to us. In the second quarter of fiscal 2007, we and several other investors exercised warrants to purchase shares of common stock of Atlantic Coast, resulting in an increase of the minority interest in Atlantic Coast and a decrease in our ownership to 94.2%. Additionally, this resulted in a SAB 51 charge of $6.1 million to partners equity.
Operating properties from our rental real estate operations are reclassified to held for sale when subject to a contract or letter of intent. The operations of such properties are classified as discontinued operations. The properties classified as discontinued operations have changed during fiscal 2007 and, accordingly, certain amounts in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 have been reclassified to conform to the current classification of properties. Additionally, cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 have also been reclassified for such properties classified as discontinued operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, five properties were reclassified to discontinued properties held for sale.
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We intend to close substantially all of WPIs retail stores based on a comprehensive evaluation of the stores long-term growth prospects and their on-going value to the business. On October 18, 2007, we entered into an agreement to sell the inventory at substantially all of WPIs retail stores. As a result, we reclassified approximately $15.1 million of losses relating to the operations of the stores to discontinued operations, inclusive of asset impairments and restructuring charges of $13.6 million, during the third quarter of fiscal 2007 of impairment charge was based upon an estimate of the overall outcome of this decision. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we have reported the retail outlet stores business as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
The financial position and results of operations described above are presented as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets and discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations, respectively, for all periods presented in accordance with SFAS No. 144.
A summary of the results of operations for our discontinued operations for the periods indicated are as follows (in $000s) consolidated:
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Revenues: |
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Oil and Gas | $ | | $ | 135,578 | $ | | $ | 330,476 | ||||||||
Gaming | 109,367 | 141,297 | 336,393 | 402,795 | ||||||||||||
Home Fashion retail stores | 16,010 | 17,390 | 44,654 | 48,744 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate | 997 | 1,857 | 3,804 | 5,606 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 126,374 | $ | 296,122 | $ | 384,851 | $ | 787,621 | ||||||||
Income from discontinued operations: |
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Oil and Gas | $ | | $ | 89,343 | $ | | $ | 200,859 | ||||||||
Gaming | 23,410 | (1,033 | ) | 77,956 | 33,445 | |||||||||||
Home Fashion retail stores | (15,129 | ) | (1,368 | ) | (18,908 | ) | (5,478 | ) | ||||||||
Real Estate | 913 | 1,403 | 3,228 | 3,984 | ||||||||||||
Total income from discontinued operations before income taxes, interest and other income | 9,194 | 88,345 | 62,276 | 232,810 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (4,649 | ) | (10,426 | ) | (16,086 | ) | (31,663 | ) | ||||||||
Interest and other income | 660 | 2,261 | 19,994 | 7,332 | ||||||||||||
Income tax (expense)/benefit | (433 | ) | 31,243 | (15,665 | ) | 13,390 | ||||||||||
Income from discontinued operations | 4,772 | 111,423 | 50,519 | 221,869 | ||||||||||||
Minority interests | 4,959 | (10,833 | ) | 4,428 | (9,326 | ) | ||||||||||
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of income taxes | 7,660 | 4,901 | 21,686 | 6,460 | ||||||||||||
$ | 17,391 | $ | 105,491 | $ | 76,633 | $ | 219,003 |
Interest and other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 includes approximately $8.3 million relating to a real estate tax refund received by Atlantic Coast and approximately $10.1 million representing the net gain on the settlement of litigation relating to GB Holdings.
The gain on sales of discontinued operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 includes approximately $12.4 million of gain on sales of real estate and $9.3 million relating to the working capital
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adjustment to the gain recorded on the sale of our Oil and Gas segment in November 2006. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we ceased depreciation on the fixed assts of ACEP in the second quarter of fiscal 2007. The amount of the depreciation and amortization not expensed by us approximated $9.2 million and $18.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively.
A summary of assets of discontinued operations held for sale and liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 is as follows (in $000) consolidated:
September 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 87,911 | $ | 54,912 | ||||
Trade, notes and other receivables | 6,725 | 6,752 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment | 489,913 | 422,715 | ||||||
Other assets | 61,729 | 115,576 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations held for sale | $ | 646,278 | $ | 599,955 | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 55,112 | $ | 54,267 | ||||
Long-term debt | 257,455 | 257,825 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 2,328 | 5,993 | ||||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale | $ | 314,895 | $ | 318,085 |
All related party transactions are reviewed and approved by our Audit Committee. Where appropriate, our Audit Committee will obtain independent financial advice and consult with outside counsel on related party transactions.
On August 8, 2007, in a related party transaction, we acquired the general partnership interests in the General Partners, acting as general partners of the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Master Funds managed and controlled by Carl C. Icahn, and the general partnership interests in New Icahn Management, the newly formed management company that provides certain management and administrative services to the Private Funds. The General Partners also act as general partners of certain funds formed as Cayman Islands exempted limited partnerships that invest in the Offshore Master Funds and that, together with other funds that also invest in the Offshore Master Funds, constitute the Feeder Funds. See Note 1, Description of Business and Basis of Presentation for further discussion of the acquisition.
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, assets transferred between entities under common control are accounted for at historical cost similar to a pooling of interests, and the financial statements of previously separate companies for periods prior to the acquisition are restated on a consolidated basis. Additionally, prior to acquisition, the earnings, losses, capital contributions and distributions of the acquired entities are allocated to the general partner as an adjustment to equity, and the consideration paid is shown as a reduction to the general partners capital account.
We, along with the Private Funds, entered into an agreement (the Covered Affiliate Agreement), simultaneously with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, pursuant to which we (and certain of our subsidiaries) agreed, in general, to be bound by certain restrictions on our investments in any assets that the General Partners deem suitable for the Private Funds, other than government and agency bonds, cash equivalents and investments in non-public companies. We and our subsidiaries will not be restricted from making investments in the securities of certain companies in which Mr. Icahn or companies he controlled had an interest in as of the date of the initial launch of the Private Funds, and companies in which we had an interest as of the date of acquisition on August 8, 2007. We and our subsidiaries, either alone or
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acting together with a group, will not be restricted from (i) acquiring all or any portion of the assets of any public company in connection with a negotiated transaction or series of related negotiated transactions, or (ii) engaging in a negotiated merger transaction with a public company and, pursuant thereto, conducting and completing a tender offer for securities of the company. The terms of the Covered Affiliate Agreement may be amended, modified or waived with the consent of us and each of the Private Funds, provided, however, that a majority of the members of an investor committee maintained for certain of the Private Funds may (with our consent) amend, modify or waive any provision of the Covered Affiliate Agreement with respect to any particular transaction or series of related transactions.
We have also entered into an employment agreement (the Icahn Employment Agreement) with Mr. Icahn pursuant to which, over a five-year term, Mr. Icahn will serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New Icahn Management, in addition to his current role as Chairman of Icahn Enterprises. Mr. Icahn also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the General Partners. During the employment term, we will pay Mr. Icahn an annual base salary of $900,000 and an annual incentive bonus based on a bonus formula with two components. The first component is based on the annual return on AUM by the Investment Management and GP Entities. The second component of the annual bonus payable by us is tied to the growth in our annual net income (other than income or losses resulting from the operations of the Investment Management and GP Entities).
Fifty percent of all bonus amounts payable by us and New Icahn Management shall be subject to mandatory deferral and treated as though invested in the Private Funds and as though subject to a 2% annual management fee (but no incentive allocation). Such deferred amounts shall be subject to vesting in equal annual installments over a three-year period commencing from the last day of the year giving rise to the bonus. Amounts deferred generally are not subject to acceleration and unvested deferred amounts shall be forfeited if Mr. Icahn ceases to be employed under his employment agreement, provided that all deferred amounts shall vest in full and be payable in a lump sum payment thereafter if the employment of Mr. Icahn is terminated by us without Cause or Mr. Icahn terminates his employment for Good Reason, as such terms are defined in the Icahn Employment Agreement, or upon Mr. Icahns death or disability during the employment term. In addition, upon Mr. Icahns completion of service through the end of the employment term, Mr. Icahn will also vest in full in any mandatory deferrals. Vested deferred amounts (and all deferred returns, earnings and profits thereon) shall be paid to Mr. Icahn within 60 days following the vesting date. Returns on amounts subject to deferral shall also be subject to management fees charged by New Icahn Management.
The Investment Management and GP Entities provide investment advisory and certain management services to the Private Funds. The Investment Management and GP Entities do not provide investment advisory or other management services to any other entities, individuals or accounts. Interests in the Private Funds are offered only to certain sophisticated and accredited investors on the basis of exemptions from the registration requirements of the federal securities laws and are not publicly available. See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Revenue Recognition, for a further description of the management fees and incentive allocations earned by the Investment Management and GP Entities with respect to these services.
The Onshore GP may, in its sole discretion, elect to reduce or waive the incentive allocation with respect to the capital account of any limited partner of the Onshore Fund. For the three months ended September 30, 2007, an incentive allocation which was previously accrued was reversed in the amount of $10.8 million due to the negative performance of the Private Funds. For the three months ended, September 30, 2006, an incentive allocation of $13.0 million was accrued. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, an incentive allocation of $28.8 million and $38.5 million, respectively, was accrued. Such amounts are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.
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The Offshore GP may, in its sole discretion, elect to reduce or waive the incentive allocation with respect to the capital account of any limited partner of the Offshore Master Funds. For the three months ended September 30, 2007, an incentive allocation, which was previously accrued from certain Offshore Master Funds, was reversed in the amount of $16.4 million due to the negative performance of certain Private Funds. This reversal was partially offset by incentive allocations of $1.4 million which were earned in other Private Funds. For the three months ended, September 30, 2006, an incentive allocation of $25.9 million was accrued. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, an incentive allocation of $66.0 million and $66.1 million, respectively, was accrued. Such amounts are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.
As described in further detail in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Revenue Recognition, pursuant to the Management Agreements, New Icahn Management typically is entitled to receive certain quarterly management fees. From August 8, 2007 through September 30, 2007, New Icahn Management earned $21.4 million in such management fees. Such amounts received from the Onshore Fund and the consolidated Offshore Funds are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.
In addition, pursuant to the provisions of a deferred fee arrangement, Icahn Management was eligible to defer receipt of all or a portion of the management fee earned from the Offshore Funds during a particular fiscal quarter in a fiscal year, and to have a portion or all of the deferred fee invested either in the same manner as the applicable Offshore Funds other assets, or in another manner approved by both the applicable Offshore Fund and Icahn Management. The value of such deferred amounts constitutes a liability of the applicable Offshore Fund to Icahn Management. Any amounts invested under the provisions of the deferred fee arrangement continue for all purposes to be part of the general assets of the applicable Offshore Funds and generally earn the same return as other investors (except where fees are waived), and Icahn Management has no proprietary interest in any such assets. At September 30, 2007, the balance of deferred management fees payable to Icahn Management was $146.9 million.
Icahn Management elected to defer an aggregate of 94% and 95% of the management fees from the Offshore Funds and such amounts remain invested in the applicable Offshore Funds for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the amounts of management fees elected to be deferred were $51.5 million and $27.9 million, respectively; in addition, the appreciation earned thereon was $13.8 million and $9.5 million, for the same corresponding periods.
Under separate deferred compensation employment agreements, certain employees are entitled to receive a percentage of the management fees, as defined in their agreements. As of September 30, 2007, deferred compensation related to management fees of Icahn Management amounted to $12.3 million, which included appreciation since inception on such deferred amounts of $2.8 million. As of December 31, 2006, deferred compensation related to management fees amounted to $6.7 million, which included appreciation since inception on such deferred amounts of $1.7 million. See Note 13, Compensation Arrangements, for additional information regarding these agreements.
Icahn & Co. LLC and certain other entities beneficially owned by Carl C. Icahn and affiliates of Icahn Management (collectively Icahn Affiliates) have paid for the salaries and benefits of employees who perform various functions including accounting, administrative, investment, legal and tax services. Under a separate expense-sharing agreement, Icahn Affiliates have charged Icahn Management (for periods prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) and New Icahn Management (for periods subsequent to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) for a portion of these expenses. For the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the amounts charged to Icahn Management and New Icahn Management in the aggregate were $3.1 million and $2.1 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the amounts charged to Icahn Management and New Icahn Management in the aggregate were $9.4 million and $5.8 million,
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respectively. Management believes that all allocated amounts are reasonable based upon the nature of the services provided (e.g. occupancy, salaries and benefits).
Icahn Affiliates have paid rent for the occupancy of space shared with the Investment Management and GP Entities. Icahn Management (for the periods prior to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) and New Icahn Management (for periods subsequent to the acquisition on August 8, 2007) were charged an aggregate of $.3 million and $.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $1.2 million and $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. See Note 5 b, Holding Company and Other Operations, below for additional information regarding allocations between the Holding Company and the Investment Management and GP Entities for the period subsequent to the acquisition on August 8, 2007.
In addition, certain expenses borne by the Investment Management and GP Entities have been reimbursed by Icahn Affiliates, as appropriate and when such expenses were incurred. The expenses included investment-specific expenses for investments acquired by both the Private Funds and Icahn Affiliates which are allocated based on the amounts invested by each party, as well as investment management-related expenses which are allocated based on estimated usage agreed upon by both the Investment Management and GP Entities and the Icahn Affiliates.
Icahn Sourcing, LLC, (Icahn Sourcing), is an entity formed and controlled by Mr. Icahn in order to leverage the potential buying power of a group of entities with which Mr. Icahn has a relationship in negotiating with a wide range of suppliers of goods, services and tangible and intangible property. We are a member of the buying group and, as such, are afforded the opportunity to purchase goods, services and property from vendors with whom Icahn Sourcing has negotiated rates and terms. Icahn Sourcing does not guarantee that we will purchase any goods, services or property from any such vendors, and we are under no obligation to do so. We do not pay Icahn Sourcing any fees or other amounts with respect to the buying group arrangement. We have purchased a variety of goods and services as members of the buying group at prices and on terms that we believe are more favorable than those which would be achieved on a stand-alone basis.
In July 2005, we entered into a license agreement with an affiliate for the non-exclusive use of approximately 1,514 square feet of office space. The license agreement was amended effective August 8, 2007 to reflect an increase in our portion of the office space to approximately 4,246 square feet, or approximately 64.76% of the total space leased to the affilate (of which 3,125 is allocated to the Investment Management and GP Entities). Under the amended license agreement, effective August 8, 2007, the monthly base rent is approximately $147,500, of which approximately $39,000 is allocated to the Holding Company and approximately $108,500 is allocated to the Investment Management and GP Entities. We also pay 64.76% of the additional rent payable under the license agreement which is allocated 17.10% to the Holding Company and 47.66% to the Investment Management and GP Entities. The license agreement expires in May 2012. Under the amended agreement, base rent is subject to increases in July 2008 and December 2011. Additionally, we are entitled to certain annual rent credits each December through December 2011. For the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, we paid rent of approximately $40,000 and $54,000 respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, we paid rent of approximately $108,000 and $139,000, respectively.
An affiliate occupies a portion of certain office space leased by us. Monthly payments from the affiliate for the use of the space began on October 12, 2006. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we received $20,000 and $60,000, respectively, for the use of such space.
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For the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, we paid $124,000 and $189,000, respectively, to XO Holdings, Inc., formerly known as XO Communications, Inc., an affiliate of our general partner, for telecommunication services. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, these charges were $439,000 and $607,000, respectively.
An affiliate provided certain professional services to WPI for which WPI incurred charges of approximately $97,000 and $57,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $346,000 and $196,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
We provide certain professional services to affiliates for which we charged $225,000 and $219,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $550,000 and $479,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. As of September 30, 2007, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets included to be applied to our charges to the affiliate for services to be provided to it.
As of September 30, 2007, affiliates of Mr. Icahn owned 10,304,013 of our preferred units and 64,288,061 of our depositary units, which represented approximately 86.5% and 91.2% of our outstanding preferred units and depositary units, respectively.
Securities owned, and securities sold, not yet purchased consist of equities, bonds, bank debt and other corporate obligations, and derivatives, all of which are reported at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets. The following table summarizes our securities owned, securities sold, not yet purchased and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (in $000s) consolidated:
September 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Amortized Cost | Carrying Value | Amortized Cost | Carrying Value |
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Securities owned, at fair value: |
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Common stock | $ | 4,370,989 | $ | 4,744,147 | $ | 1,929,634 | $ | 2,230,569 | ||||||||
Convertible preferred stock | 30,400 | 35,855 | 30,400 | 39,064 | ||||||||||||
Call options | 259,566 | 284,299 | 221,740 | 347,840 | ||||||||||||
Put options | 24,481 | 22,072 | | | ||||||||||||
REITs | | | 123,971 | 127,063 | ||||||||||||
Corporate debt | 498,597 | 494,979 | 6,434 | 6,960 | ||||||||||||
Warrants | 2,214 | 4,317 | 2,214 | 5,733 | ||||||||||||
Total securities owned, at fair value | $ | 5,186,247 | $ | 5,585,669 | $ | 2,314,393 | $ | 2,757,229 | ||||||||
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value: |
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Common stock | $ | 981,325 | $ | 1,054,714 | $ | 422,256 | $ | 483,122 | ||||||||
Put options | 5,551 | 5,662 | 195 | | ||||||||||||
REITs | | | 75,836 | 81,784 | ||||||||||||
Corporate debt | 14,983 | 7,886 | 126,491 | 126,380 | ||||||||||||
Total securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | $ | 1,001,859 | $ | 1,068,262 | $ | 624,778 | $ | 691,286 | ||||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value: | $ | | $ | 55,855 | $ | | $ | 80,216 | ||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts, at fair value: | $ | | $ | 116,498 | $ | | $ | 1,770 |
As discussed in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, upon the adoption of SOP 07-1, the Investment Management and GP Entities lost their ability to retain specialized accounting pursuant to the
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AICPA Guide. For those investments (i) that were deemed to be available-for-sale securities, (ii) that fall outside the scope of SFAS No. 115 or (iii) that the Private Funds would otherwise account for under the equity method, the Private Funds apply the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159. The application of the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 is irrevocable. The Private Funds record unrealized gains and losses for the change in the fair value of these securities as a component of net gain from investment activities in the consolidated statements of operations.
The following table summarizes those investments for which the Private Funds would otherwise apply the equity method of accounting under APB 18. The Private Funds applied the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 to such investments through September 30, 2007 (in $000s) as included in table below:
Investment | Private Funds Stock Ownership Percentage |
Fair Value September 30, 2007 |
Gains (Losses) | |||||||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2007 |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 |
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Adventrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3.86 | % | $ | 8,891 | $ | 103 | $ | (1,315 | ) | |||||||
BKF Capital Group Inc. | 8.72 | % | 1,669 | 63 | (661 | ) | ||||||||||
Blockbuster Inc. | 7.03 | % | 70,932 | 13,924 | 512 | |||||||||||
Lear Corporation | 12.45 | % | 308,030 | (33,682 | ) | 24,662 | ||||||||||
WCI Communities Inc. | 11.45 | % | 28,851 | (51,488 | ) | (64,867 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 418,373 | $ | (71,080 | ) | $ | (41,669 | ) |
Private Funds assess the applicability of APB 18 to their investments based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative factors, including overall stock ownership of the Private Funds combined with those affiliates of Icahn Enterprises.
The Investment Management and GP Entities consolidate certain VIEs when they are determined to be their primary beneficiary, either directly or indirectly through other consolidated subsidiaries. The assets of the consolidated VIEs are primarily classified within cash and cash equivalents and securities owned, at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets. The liabilities of the consolidated VIEs are primarily classified within securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value, subscriptions received in advance and redemptions payable in the consolidated balance sheets and are non-recourse to the Investment Management and GP Entities general credit.
The consolidated VIEs consist of the Offshore Fund and each of the Offshore Master Funds, whose purpose and activities are further described in Note 1, Description of Business and Basis of Presentation. The Investment Management and GP Entities sponsored the formation of and manage each of these VIEs and, in some cases, have a principal investment therein.
The following table presents information regarding interests in VIEs for which the Investment Management and GP Entities hold a variable interest as of September 30, 2007 (in $000s) consolidated:
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Investment Management and GP Entities are Primary Beneficiary |
Investment Management and GP Entities are Not Primary Beneficiary |
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Net Assets | Investment Management and GP Entities' Interests |
Pledged Collateral(1) |
Net Assets | Investment Management and GP Entities' Interests |
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Offshore Fund and Offshore Master Funds | $ | 4,304,866 | $ | 7,746 | $ | 272,691 | $ | 632,170 | $ | 225 |
(1) | Includes collateral pledged in connection with securities sold, not yet purchased, derivative contracts and collateral held for securities loaned. |
Investments consist of the following (in $000s) consolidated:
September 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Amortized Cost | Carrying Value | Amortized Cost | Carrying Value | |||||||||||||
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Available for Sale |
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Marketable equity and debt securities | $ | 177,287 | $ | 181,143 | $ | 242,080 | $ | 265,411 | ||||||||
Other investments | 104,458 | 105,445 | 247,674 | 249,708 | ||||||||||||
Total available for sale | 281,745 | 286,588 | 489,754 | 515,119 | ||||||||||||
Investment in ImClone Systems, at fair value | 122,122 | 188,660 | 146,794 | 164,306 | ||||||||||||
Investment in Lear Corporation, at fair value | 12,500 | 10,772 | | | ||||||||||||
Other securities | 15,585 | 15,584 | 15,627 | 15,627 | ||||||||||||
Total investments | $ | 431,952 | $ | 501,604 | $ | 652,175 | $ | 695,052 |
As of September 30, 2007, the Holding Company invested $234.0 million in the Onshore Fund, which is eliminated in consolidation. As described in Note 19, subsequent to September 30, 2007, the Holding Company invested an additional $466.0 million in the Onshore Fund, for a total of $700.0 million, for which no management fees or incentive allocations are applicable.
On February 9, 2007, we, through a wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an agreement and plan of merger (as amended on July 9, 2007), or the merger agreement, pursuant to which we would acquire Lear Corporation, or Lear. On July 16, 2007, at Lears 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the merger did not receive the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Lears common stock. As a result, the merger agreement terminated in accordance with its terms. As required by the merger agreement, in connection with the termination, Lear paid to our subsidiary a break-up fee of $12.5 million in cash and issued to the subsidiary 335,570 shares of Lears common stock, resulting in a net gain of $21.4 million recorded in the third quarter. As discussed in Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies, we remain a party to an action filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware challenging the payment to us of a break-up fee as provided in the merger agreement.
In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, we adopted the fair value option pursuant to SFAS No. 159 to Lear Corporation common stock which became eligible for the fair value option at the time we first recognized it in our consolidated financial statements. We have adopted SFAS No. 159 to our investment in Lear Corporation common stock to be consistent with the Private Funds accounting for their investment in Lear Corporation
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common stock. We record unrealized gains and losses for the change in fair value of such shares as a component of net gain (loss) from investment activities in the consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2007, the fair value of Lear Corporation common stock owned by us amounted to approximately $10.8 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we recorded $1.7 million in unrealized losses resulting from the change in market value of Lear common stock. As of September 30, 2007, the total shares of Lear Corporation common stock held by the Holding Company as a percentage of Lear Corporations total outstanding shares was approximately 0.4%. Lear Corporation is an SEC reporting company and its consolidated financial statements are available at www.sec.gov.
As described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, we adopted SFAS No. 159 as of January 1, 2007 and elected to apply the fair value option to our investment in ImClone at the time of adoption. Previously, we accounted for our investment in ImClone under the equity method in accordance with APB 18. The transition adjustment to beginning partners equity as of January 1, 2007 related to the adoption of SFAS No. 159 was a charge of approximately $42.2 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we recorded approximately $27.2 million and $66.5 million of unrealized gains, respectively, resulting from the change in the market value of ImClones stock.
At September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the carrying value of our equity investment in ImClone was $188.7 million based on the fair value method of accounting and $164.3 million based on the equity method of accounting, respectively. As of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the market value of our ImClone shares held was $188.7 million and $122.2 million, respectively, which we believe is not material to our total assets. As of September 30, 2007, the total shares of ImClone common stock held by us as a percentage of ImClones total outstanding shares was approximately 5.3%. ImClone is an SEC reporting company and its consolidated financial statements are available at www.sec.gov.
The carrying value of other securities was $26.4 million and $15.6 million as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Included in other securities is an investment of 4.4% of the common stock of Philip Services Corporation, an entity controlled by related parties. The investment has a cost basis of $0.7 million, which is net of significant impairment charges taken in prior years.
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We adopted SFAS No. 157 as of January 1, 2007, which, among other things, requires enhanced disclosures about investments that are measured and reported at fair value. SFAS No. 157 establishes a hierarchal disclosure framework that prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability used in measuring investments at fair value. Market price observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment. Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.
Investments measured and reported at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:
Level 1 Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical investments as of the reporting date. The type of investments included in Level I include listed equities and listed derivatives. As required by SFAS No. 157, we do not adjust the quoted price for these investments, even in situations where we hold a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.
Level 2 Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date, and fair value is determined through the use of models or other valuation methodologies. Investments which are generally included in this category include corporate bonds and loans, less liquid and restricted equity securities and certain over-the-counter derivatives.
Level 3 Pricing inputs are unobservable for the investment and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the investment. The inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment or estimation.
In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investments level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the investment.
The following table summarizes the valuation of our investments by the above SFAS No. 157 fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2007 (in $000s) consolidated.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Total | ||||||||||
Assets |
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Securities owned, at fair value | $ | 4,638,218 | $ | 947,451 | $ | 5,585,669 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts, at fair value | | 55,855 | 55,855 | |||||||||
$ | 4,638,218 | $ | 1,003,306 | $ | 5,641,524 | |||||||
Liabilities |
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Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | $ | 1,054,701 | $ | 13,561 | $ | 1,068,262 | ||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative contracts, at fair value | | 116,498 | 116,498 | |||||||||
$ | 1,054,071 | $ | 130,059 | $ | 1,184,760 |
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Total | ||||||||||
Assets |
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Available for sale investments: |
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Marketable equity and debt securities | $ | 380,575 | $ | | $ | 380,575 | ||||||
Other securities | 105,445 | | 105,445 | |||||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative contracts | | 1,849 | 1,849 | |||||||||
$ | 486,020 | $ | 1,849 | $ | 487,869 | |||||||
Liabilities |