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[Letterhead of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.]
CBL Center, Suite 500
2030 Hamilton Place Boulevard
Chattanooga, TN 37421-6000
March 31, 2006
Dear Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of stockholders
which will be held at The Chattanoogan, 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, on Monday, May 8, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. (EDT).
The Notice and Proxy Statement on the following pages contain details
concerning the business to come before the meeting. Management will report on
current operations and there will be an opportunity for discussion concerning
the Company and its activities. Please sign and return your proxy card in the
enclosed envelope to ensure that your shares will be represented and voted at
the meeting even if you cannot attend. You are urged to sign and return the
enclosed proxy card even if you plan to attend the meeting.
I look forward to personally meeting all stockholders who are able to
attend.
Sincerely,
/s/ Charles B. Lebovitz
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
May 8, 2006
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of CBL &
Associates Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), will be
held at The Chattanoogan, 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on
Monday, May 8, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. (EDT) for the following purposes:
1. To re-elect three directors to serve for a term of three years and
until their respective successors are elected and qualified;
2. To act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche
LLP as the independent registered public accountants for the Company's
fiscal year ending December 31, 2006; and
3. To consider and act upon any other matters which may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
In accordance with the provisions of the Company's Bylaws, the Board of
Directors has fixed the close of business on March 13, 2006, as the record date
for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at,
the Annual Meeting.
Your attention is directed to the accompanying Proxy Statement.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to sign, date
and promptly return the enclosed Proxy in order to ensure representation of your
shares. An addressed envelope for which no postage is required if mailed in the
United States is enclosed for that purpose. Returning your Proxy will not
prevent you from voting your shares at the meeting if you desire to do so, as
your Proxy is revocable at your option.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz
President and Secretary
Chattanooga, Tennessee
March 31, 2006
PROXY STATEMENT
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
2030 Hamilton Place Blvd.
Suite 500
CBL Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
May 8, 2006
PROXIES
The enclosed proxy is solicited by and on behalf of the Board of Directors
of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
for use at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Annual
Meeting") to be held at The Chattanoogan, 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, on Monday, May 8, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. (EDT) and at any and all
postponements or adjournments thereof. Any proxy given may be revoked at any
time before it is voted by filing with the Secretary of the Company either an
instrument revoking it or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. All
expenses of the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting, including the
cost of mailing, will be borne by the Company. In addition to solicitation by
mail, officers and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies from
stockholders by telephone, telegram or personal interview but will not receive
additional compensation for such services. The Company also intends to request
persons holding stock in their name or custody, or in the name of nominees, to
send proxy materials to their principals and request authority for the execution
of the proxies. The Company will reimburse such persons for the associated
expense.
The Company anticipates mailing proxy materials and the Annual Report for
the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, on or about March 31, 2006,
to stockholders of record as of March 13, 2006.
VOTING SECURITIES
Record Date and Shares Entitled to Vote
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 13, 2006 are
entitled to vote on the matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting. The
number of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock"), outstanding on such date and entitled to vote was 64,116,757
shares.
Quorum Requirements
The presence in person or by proxy of holders of record of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock is required for a quorum to transact
business at the Annual Meeting with respect to those matters requiring approval
by the holders of Common Stock, but if a quorum should not be present, the
Annual Meeting may be adjourned from time to time until a quorum is obtained.
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Votes Necessary to Approve the Proposals
The affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of the shares of the
Common Stock present or represented at the Annual Meeting is required for the
election of directors. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
shares of Common Stock present or represented at the Annual Meeting is required
for the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the
independent registered public accountants (the "independent auditors") for the
Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2006. Each share of Common Stock is
entitled to one vote with respect to those matters upon which such share is to
be voted. No cumulative voting rights are authorized and dissenters' rights are
not applicable to these matters.
Voting Procedures
A proxy card is being mailed to each holder of shares of the Company's
Common Stock for voting with respect to each stockholder's shares of Common
Stock. Stockholders holding shares of Common Stock should complete, sign and
return the proxy card to the Company.
Abstentions and broker non-votes (shares held by a broker or nominee which
are represented at the Annual Meeting, but with respect to which such broker or
nominee does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal)
will be counted as present at the Annual Meeting for the purpose of determining
whether or not a quorum exists. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no
effect on the election of any nominee for director, so long as such nominee
receives any affirmative votes. Abstentions and broker non-votes will generally
have the same effect as negative votes with respect to matters other than the
election of directors.
Unless contrary instructions are indicated on the accompanying proxy, the
shares represented thereby will be voted in accordance with the recommendations
of the Board of Directors.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors currently consists of nine members divided into
three classes (having two, three and four members, respectively) serving
staggered three-year terms. Under the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") and Amended and Restated
Bylaws (the "Bylaws"), a majority of the directors must be unaffiliated
("Independent Directors") with the Company and its predecessor entity, CBL &
Associates, Inc. and its affiliates ("CBL's Predecessor"). Each year the term of
office of one class of directors expires.
Upon the recommendation of the Company's Nominating/Corporate Governance
Committee, the Board of Directors intends to present for action at the Annual
Meeting the re-election of Martin J. Cleary, Matthew S. Dominski and John N.
Foy, whose present terms expire in 2006, to serve for a term of three years and
until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Mr. Cleary and Mr.
Dominski are two of the Company's six Independent Directors. Mr. Cleary
currently serves as a member of the Company's Compensation Committee, and Mr.
Dominski currently serves as a member of the Company's Audit, Compensation and
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Foy is the Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and
serves as a member of the Company's Executive Committee.
Unless authority to vote for such directors is withheld, the enclosed proxy
will be voted for such persons, except that the persons designated as proxies
reserve discretion to cast their votes for other persons in the unanticipated
event that any of such nominees is unable or declines to serve.
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Nominees
Set forth below is information with respect to the nominees for election:
Name Age Current Position*
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Martin J. Cleary 70 Director
Matthew S. Dominski 51 Director
John N. Foy 62 Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
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* The position shown represents the individual's position with the
Company and with CBL & Associates Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Management Company"), through which the
Company's property management and development activities are
conducted.
MARTIN J. CLEARY joined the Company as Director on January 31, 2001, in
accordance with the terms of the Company's acquisition of a portfolio of
properties from Jacobs Realty Investors Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership ("JRI") and certain of its affiliates and partners (collectively
referred to herein as the "Jacobs Group" and the acquisition is referred to
herein as the "Jacobs Acquisition"). Mr. Cleary is a member of the Company's
Compensation Committee. Mr. Cleary is the former President and Chief Operating
Officer of The Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc. He is currently a Director and
member of the Human Resources Committee of Guardian Life Insurance Company and a
Director and member of the Audit Committee of the Lamson & Sessions Company. Mr.
Cleary is also an ex-officio Trustee and former Chairman of the International
Council of Shopping Centers ("ICSC").
MATTHEW S. DOMINSKI joined the Company as a Director on February 2, 2005,
when he was appointed to the Board of Directors to fill the un-expired term of
William J. Poorvu, who retired from the Company's Board in July 2004. Mr.
Dominski is a member of the Company's Audit, Compensation and
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Dominski is joint-owner of
Polaris Capital, LLC, a Chicago, Illinois based real estate investment firm.
From 1993 through 2000, Mr. Dominski served as Chief Executive Officer of Urban
Shopping Centers ("Urban"). Urban was formerly one of the largest regional mall
property companies in the United States and was a publicly traded real estate
investment trust ("REIT") listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and the
Chicago Exchange. Following the purchase of Urban by Rodamco North America in
2000, Mr. Dominski served as Urban's President until 2002. In 2003, Mr. Dominski
formed Polaris Capital, LLC. From 1998 until 2004, Mr. Dominski served as a
member of the Board of Trustees of the ICSC.
JOHN N. FOY has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Treasurer of the Company since February 1999 and as a Director and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company since the completion of its initial public
offering in November 1993. Until February 1999, he served as Executive Vice
President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company. Mr.
Foy is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Prior to
the Company's formation, he served in similar executive capacities with CBL's
Predecessor. Mr. Foy has been involved in the shopping center industry since
1968 when he joined the Lebovitz family's shopping center development business.
In 1970, he became affiliated with the shopping center division of Arlen Realty
& Development Corp. ("Arlen"), and, in 1978, joined Charles B. Lebovitz in
establishing CBL's Predecessor. Mr. Foy served as Chairman of the Board of First
Fidelity Savings Bank in Crossville, Tennessee from December 1985 until April
1994. Mr. Foy currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of AmSouth Bank
of Chattanooga, Tennessee and as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, a non-profit organization based in
Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Foy is a former member of the Board of Governors of
the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT").
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE
THREE DIRECTORS NAMED ABOVE
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Directors and Executive Officers
Set forth below is information with respect to the directors and executive
officers of the Company (other than Martin J. Cleary, Matthew S. Dominski and
John N. Foy):
Term
Name Expires(1) Age Current Position(2)
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Charles B. Lebovitz 2008 69 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
Stephen D. Lebovitz 2007 45 Director, President and Secretary
Claude M. Ballard 2008 76 Director
Gary L. Bryenton 2008 66 Director
Leo Fields 2008 77 Director
Winston W. Walker 2007 62 Director
Ben S. Landress -- 78 Executive Vice President - Management
Victoria S. Berghel -- 53 Senior Vice President - General Counsel
Ronald L. Fullam -- 63 Senior Vice President - Development
Michael I. Lebovitz -- 42 Senior Vice President - Mall Projects
Mark D. Mancuso -- 51 Senior Vice President - Director of Community
Center Development - New England Regional
Office
Charles H. May, II -- 62 Senior Vice President - Development
Farzana K. Mitchell -- 54 Senior Vice President - Finance
Jerry L. Sink -- 55 Senior Vice President - Mall Management
Eric P. Snyder -- 56 Senior Vice President - Director of Corporate
Leasing
Augustus N. Stephas -- 63 Senior Vice President - Accounting and
Controller
R. Stephen Tingle -- 60 Senior Vice President - Community Center
Development
Charles W.A. Willett, Jr. -- 56 Senior Vice President - Real Estate Finance
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(1) Indicates expiration of term as a director.
(2) The position shown represents the individual's position with the
Company and with the Management Company.
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CHARLES B. LEBOVITZ has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since the completion of its initial public offering in
November 1993 and is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Lebovitz also served as President of the Company until February
1999. Prior to the Company's formation, he served in a similar capacity with
CBL's Predecessor. Mr. Lebovitz has been involved in shopping center development
since 1961 when he joined his family's development business. In 1970, he became
affiliated with Arlen where he served as President of Arlen's shopping center
division, and, in 1978, he founded CBL's Predecessor together with his
associates (the "Associates"), including John N. Foy and Ben S. Landress. Mr.
Lebovitz is currently a member of the Board of Governors of NAREIT, an Advisory
Director of First Tennessee Bank, N.A., Chattanooga, Tennessee and a National
Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal. Mr. Lebovitz has previously served as
a Trustee, Vice President (Southern Division) and Chairman of the ICSC. He is
the father of Stephen D. Lebovitz and Michael I. Lebovitz, executive officers of
the Company, and Alan L. Lebovitz, one of the Company's vice-presidents.
STEPHEN D. LEBOVITZ has served as President and Secretary of the Company
since February 1999 and as a Director of the Company since the completion of its
initial public offering in November 1993. Since joining CBL's Predecessor in
1988, Mr. Lebovitz has also served as Executive Vice President -
Development/Acquisitions, Executive Vice President - Development, Senior Vice
President - New England Office and as Senior Vice President - Community Center
Development and Treasurer of the Company. Before joining CBL's Predecessor, Mr.
Lebovitz was affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1984 to 1986. He holds a
MBA from Harvard University and he is past president of the Boston Jewish Family
and Children's Service, a member of the Board of Directors of the Combined
Jewish Philanthropic, Boston, Massachusetts and a member of the Board of
Directors of the Children's Hospital Trust, Boston, Massachusetts. He is a
Trustee and Divisional Vice President of ICSC. Stephen D. Lebovitz is a son of
Charles B. Lebovitz and a brother of Michael I. Lebovitz and Alan L. Lebovitz.
CLAUDE M. BALLARD, CRE, M.A.I. has served as a Director of the Company
since the completion of its initial public offering in November 1993 and is
Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit and
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees of the Board of Directors. Mr.
Ballard has served as a general partner, limited partner and senior consultant
of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as a Senior Vice President in the real estate
division of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is currently a
Director of Quapaw Council, Boy Scouts of America, Horizon Hotel Corp. and
Research Solutions, Inc. Mr. Ballard is a member of the Board of Directors of
St. Vincent's Infirmary, Little Rock, Arkansas.
GARY L. BRYENTON joined the Company as a Director on January 31, 2001, in
accordance with the terms of the Jacobs Acquisition. Mr. Bryenton is Chairman of
the Company's Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Bryenton is a Senior Partner of
the law firm of Baker & Hostetler LLP and has formerly served as the firm's
Executive Partner and Chief Operating Officer. He currently serves as Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of Heidelberg College and is a member of the Board of
Trustees of each of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum and the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center.
LEO FIELDS has served as a Director of the Company since the completion of
its initial public offering in November 1993 and is a member of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Fields is Co-Chairman of Weisberg &
Fields, Inc., an investment advisory firm he started in 1991. From 1984 through
1991, Mr. Fields directed Leo Fields Interests, a private investment firm. He
was affiliated with Zale Corporation from 1947 until his retirement in 1984,
serving, from 1981 to 1984, as Vice Chairman and a member of Zale's Executive
Committee. He is an ex-officio Trustee of the Dallas Home for the Jewish Aged
Endowment Foundation and also serves as an ex-officio member of the Executive
Committee of Legacy Senior Communities, Inc. Mr. Fields is also a Director of
the M. B. and Edna Zale Foundation.
WINSTON W. WALKER has served as a Director of the Company since the
completion of its initial public offering in November 1993. He is a member of
the Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees of the Board of
Directors and is Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee. Mr. Walker served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Provident Life and Accident Insurance
Company of America ("Provident") from 1987 until October 1, 1993, and served in
various other capacities with Provident from 1974 to 1987. Mr. Walker is a
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Director, a member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation
Committee of American Campus Communities, Inc. of Austin, Texas, a REIT listed
on the NYSE.
BEN S. LANDRESS serves as Executive Vice President - Management of the
Company. He has held that position since January 1997. Prior to that time, Mr.
Landress served as Senior Vice President - Management and prior thereto, he
served in a similar capacity with CBL's Predecessor. Mr. Landress directs the
day-to-day management of the Company's properties and is responsible for general
corporate administration. Mr. Landress has been involved in the shopping center
business since 1961 when he joined the Lebovitz family's development business.
In 1970, he became affiliated with Arlen's shopping center division, and, in
1978, joined Charles B. Lebovitz as an Associate in establishing CBL's
Predecessor.
VICTORIA S. BERGHEL serves as Senior Vice President - General Counsel of
the Company. She was promoted to that position effective January 1, 2006. Ms.
Berghel formerly served as Vice President - Deputy General Counsel since joining
the Company in February 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Berghel served
as a Vice President - Law - Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Affairs
for Sears, Roebuck and Co. (1996 - 2004). Before joining Sears in 1996, she was
a partner with the Baltimore, Maryland law firm of Weinberg & Green (now part of
the law firm of Saul Ewing LLP). Ms. Berghel earned her law degree from the
University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1977) where she was on the Editorial
Board of the Maryland Law Review. Ms. Berghel has been a member of the American
College of Real Estate Lawyers since 1989 and has served as Chair of the
Maryland State Bar Association's Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning
from 1994 to 1996. She serves on the Advisory Board of the John Marshall School
of Law LLM-Real Estate program and is a member of the Law Conference Program
Committee for the ICSC having previously served as co-chair (2003) and chair
(2004) of the ICSC Law Conference and as a dean of the ICSC University of
Shopping Centers School of Shopping Center Law.
RONALD L. FULLAM serves as Senior Vice President - Development of the
Company. He has held that position since January 1997. Prior to that time, Mr.
Fullam served as Vice President - Development of the Company. Mr. Fullam joined
Arlen's shopping center development division as a project manager in August 1977
and CBL's Predecessor as a Vice President upon its formation in 1978.
MICHAEL I. LEBOVITZ serves as Senior Vice President - Mall Projects of the
Company. He has held that position since January 1997. Prior to that time, Mr.
Lebovitz served as Vice President - Development and as a project manager for the
Company. Mr. Lebovitz joined CBL's Predecessor in 1988 as a project manager for
CoolSprings Galleria in Nashville, Tennessee, and was promoted to Vice President
in 1993. Prior to joining CBL's Predecessor, he was affiliated with Goldman,
Sachs & Co. from 1986 to 1988. He is the immediate past President of the Jewish
Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga, serves as a Board Member of United
Jewish Communities and is a Board Member of the Chattanooga United Way. Michael
I. Lebovitz is a son of Charles B. Lebovitz and a brother of Stephen D. Lebovitz
and Alan L. Lebovitz.
MARK D. MANCUSO serves as Senior Vice President - Director of Community
Center Development - New England Regional Office of the Company. He was promoted
to that position effective January 1, 2006. Mr. Mancuso formerly served as Vice
President and Director of Community Center Development - Boston Office. Prior to
joining the Company in 1989, he was a partner with The Pyramid Companies
(1984-1989). Mr. Mancuso holds a MBA from Harvard University and is currently a
State Director for the ICSC and Chairman of the Board of the West Suburban YMCA
in Newton, Massachusetts.
CHARLES H. MAY, II serves as a Senior Vice President - Development of the
Company. Mr. May joined the Company in June 2003. Prior to joining the Company,
he served as Vice President - Real Estate (2002 - 2003) and Senior Director -
Real Estate (1994 - 2002), for Sears, Roebuck and Co. Prior to 1994, Mr. May
served in various capacities, including Vice President, Secretary and General
Counsel and Senior Vice President - Development, with Homart Development and
served as Vice President of Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Group. Mr.
May is a member of the ICSC and the Urban Land Institute.
FARZANA K. MITCHELL serves as Senior Vice President - Finance of the
Company. She has held that position since September 2000. Prior to joining the
Company, Ms. Mitchell was an officer of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments in
Atlanta, Georgia (the successor of Equitable Real Estate Investment Management,
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Inc. ("Equitable")). During her service with Equitable, she held various
positions from 1982 to 2000 and she served as Deputy Portfolio Manager for
Equitable's portfolio of real estate mortgages from 1995 to 2000. From 1976 to
1982, Ms. Mitchell served as Assistant Treasurer of IRT Property Company, a
REIT. Ms. Mitchell is a certified public accountant, licensed in the state of
Georgia.
JERRY L. SINK serves as Senior Vice President - Mall Management of the
Company. He has held that position since February 1998. Prior to that time, Mr.
Sink had served as Vice President - Mall Management since joining the Company in
July 1993. Mr. Sink has served as Vice President of Retail Asset Management for
Equitable Real Estate, Chicago, Illinois, from January 1988 to June 1993 and,
prior to January 1988, he was affiliated with General Growth Companies, Inc. as
Vice President of Management. Mr. Sink holds the designation of Senior Certified
Shopping Center Manager ("SCSM") as recognized by the ICSC.
ERIC P. SNYDER serves as Senior Vice President - Director of Corporate
Leasing of the Company. He has held these positions since January 1997. Mr.
Snyder joined CBL's Predecessor as a project manager in 1978 and was promoted to
Vice President in 1984 and to Vice President and Director of Corporate Leasing
in 1992. From 1974 to 1978, Mr. Snyder was a leasing agent and project manager
for Arlen's shopping centers.
AUGUSTUS N. STEPHAS serves as Senior Vice President - Accounting and
Controller of the Company. He has held these positions since January 1997. Mr.
Stephas joined CBL's Predecessor in July 1978 as Controller and was promoted to
Vice President in 1984. From 1970 to 1978, Mr. Stephas was affiliated with the
shopping center division of Arlen, first as accountant and later as assistant
controller.
R. STEPHEN TINGLE serves as Senior Vice President - Community Center
Development of the Company. He has held that position since January 2000. Prior
to that time, Mr. Tingle served as Vice President and Director of Community
Center Development - Chattanooga Office. Mr. Tingle joined CBL's Predecessor in
1986 as a project manager for community and neighborhood shopping centers and
was promoted to Vice President of Development in 1988. From 1978 to 1986, Mr.
Tingle engaged in the practice of law.
CHARLES W.A. WILLETT, JR. serves as Senior Vice President - Real Estate
Finance of the Company. He has held that position since January 2002. Mr.
Willett was promoted to Vice President - Real Estate Finance in 1996 and held
that position until his promotion to Senior Vice President as stated above.
Prior to 1996, Mr. Willett participated in the Company's finance department and
he served in a similar capacity with CBL's Predecessor prior to 1993. Mr.
Willett joined CBL's Predecessor in 1978 and prior thereto, he was affiliated
with Arlen in its finance and accounting departments.
Operation of the Company's Business; Certain Aspects of the Company's Capital
Structure
The Company operates through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, CBL
Holdings I, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CBL Holdings I"), and CBL Holdings
II, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CBL Holdings II"). Through the referenced
subsidiaries, the Company currently holds a 1.625% sole general partner interest
and a 53.867% limited partner interest in CBL & Associates Limited Partnership,
a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"). See "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions - Operating Partnership Agreement; CBL
Rights". The Company conducts substantially all of its business through the
Operating Partnership.
On May 9, 2005, our stockholders approved an increase in the authorized
shares of Common Stock under our Certificate of Incorporation to 180,000,000
shares from 95,000,000 shares. On May 10, 2005, our Board of Directors approved
a two-for-one stock split of our Common Stock, which was effected in the form of
a stock dividend (the "6/15/05 Stock Split"). The record date for the 6/15/05
Stock Split was June 1, 2005, and the distribution date was June 15, 2005. The
common units and special common units of limited partner interest in the
Operating Partnership were also split on a two-for-one basis so that they
continue to be exchangeable on a one-for-one basis into shares of our Common
Stock.
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Certain Terms of Jacobs Acquisition
In connection with the Jacobs Acquisition and pursuant to a voting and
standstill agreement (the "Voting/Standstill Agreement"), the Company agreed to
expand its Board of Directors from seven to nine members and to nominate two
designees of JRI as members of the Board. Martin J. Cleary and Gary L. Bryenton
were appointed to the Board as these initial designees. Under the
Voting/Standstill Agreement, JRI will continue to be entitled to nominate two
Board members until JRI, together with Richard E. Jacobs and certain members of
his family and certain trusts for the benefit of the families of Richard E.
Jacobs and David H. Jacobs (collectively, the "Jacobs Persons"), as a group,
beneficially own fewer than 13.55 million special common units in the Operating
Partnership ("SCUs") and shares of Common Stock (adjusted to reflect the 6/15/05
Stock Split), following which JRI will be entitled to nominate only one Board
member. JRI will no longer be entitled to nominate any Board members if the
Jacobs Persons, as a group, beneficially own fewer than 6.67 million SCUs and
shares of Common Stock (adjusted to reflect the 6/15/05 Stock Split). Pursuant
to the Voting/Standstill Agreement, CBL's Predecessor and certain of the
Company's executive officers have agreed to vote their shares in favor of JRI's
designees until the twelfth anniversary of the Jacobs Acquisition. The Jacobs
Persons have agreed to a 12-year standstill period during which they will not
seek to acquire control of the Company and will not participate in a group which
seeks to acquire such control. The Jacobs Persons also agreed until the twelfth
anniversary of the Jacobs Acquisition to vote their shares in favor of the
election of the Board's nominees to the Board of Directors who are running
unopposed and uncontested. Effective as of January 1, 2006, the
Voting/Standstill Agreement was amended to remove Martin J. Cleary as a party to
that agreement. Neither Martin J. Cleary nor Gary L. Bryenton are parties to the
Voting/Standstill Agreement, nor is either of them a party to any agreement
which obligates them to vote with management of the Company on any matter.
Corporate Governance Matters
Overview. The Board of Directors has adopted guidelines on corporate
governance (including director independence criteria), committee charters, and a
code of business conduct and ethics setting forth the Company's corporate
governance principles and practices and, effective as of January 1, 2006, the
Company adopted amended and restated guidelines on corporate governance
incorporating all previous guidelines on corporate governance and including
additional policy statements (collectively, as amended and restated, referred to
herein as the "Corporate Governance Guidelines"). See "Corporate Governance
Matters - Additional Policy Statements". These documents can be accessed in the
"Investing - Corporate Governance" section of the Company's website at
cblproperties.com or by directing a written request for copies to the Company at
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., CBL Center, Suite 500, 2030 Hamilton Place
Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421-6000, Attention: Director of Investor
Relations.
Director Independence. The Board has adopted a set of director independence
standards ("Director Independence Standards") for evaluating the independence of
each of the Directors in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") and of the NYSE corporate governance standards. In
March 2006, the Board undertook its annual review of Director independence
pursuant to NYSE Rule 303A.02(a) and the provisions of the Company's Director
Independence Standards (as set forth below). During this process, the Board
reviewed whether any Director has any relationship with the Company's
independent auditors that would preclude independence under SEC and NYSE rules,
or any material relationship with the Company (either directly or as a partner,
member, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with
the Company) which could (directly or indirectly) materially impact the ability
of such director or nominee to exert his independent judgment and analysis as a
member of the Board. As a result of this review, the Board affirmatively
determined that six of the Company's nine Directors were independent under the
standards of the SEC and NYSE and as set forth in the Company's Director
Independence Standards. Messrs. Charles B. Lebovitz, Stephen D. Lebovitz and
John N. Foy, who are executive officers of the Company and employees of the
Management Company, were not deemed independent. In making the independence
determinations with respect to the other six directors, the Board considered the
following matters and determined that they did not interfere with the
independence of the following three directors: (i) with respect to Mr. Cleary
and Mr. Bryenton, the Company's contractual commitments in connection with the
terms of the Jacobs Acquisition as described above (see above "Certain Terms of
Jacobs Acquisition") and (ii) with respect to Mr. Fields, the fact that he is
Co-Chairman of Weisberg & Fields, Inc., an investment advisory firm that
provides certain advisory services, from time to time, to Charles B. Lebovitz,
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members of his family and to the Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust, a charitable
foundation. In 2005, fees paid to Weisberg & Fields, Inc. by Charles B.
Lebovitz, members of his family and the Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust totaled
approximately $130,000. The full text of the Director Independence Standards is
as follows:
A. GENERAL INDEPENDENCE REQUIREMENTS
In determining whether or not any director or nominee for director may
be considered "independent", the Board shall apply the following
criteria:
(1) No director or nominee shall be deemed "independent" unless the
Board affirmatively determines that the director or nominee
satisfies the requirements stated herein and has no material
relationship with the Company (either directly or as a partner,
member, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a
relationship with the Company). For purposes of this test, a
relationship with the Company shall be deemed to be a "material"
relationship which precludes a determination that a director or
nominee is independent if, in the opinion of the Board and in
light of all the relevant facts and circumstances, such
relationship (directly or indirectly) could materially impact the
ability of such director or nominee to exert his or her
independent judgment and analysis as a member of the Board. For
purposes hereof, ownership of the Company's stock (even in a
significant amount) or ownership of securities convertible to the
Company's stock shall not be viewed, in and of themselves, as a
bar to a finding of independence. To assist in this
determination, the Company shall periodically (at least annually
and prior to any nominee becoming a director for his or her
initial term as a director) deliver to the directors and/or
nominees for directorships a Directors and Officers Questionnaire
designed to elicit information from such director or nominee as
to material relationships and other information relative to these
Independence Standards; and
(2) In addition, to be considered "independent," a director or
nominee must satisfy all other independence criteria for
directors of a publicly traded company which are now, or may be
hereafter, set forth in applicable federal statutes and rules
promulgated by the SEC, and in the related listing standards
promulgated by the NYSE and any other exchange upon which the
Company's stock may be listed, as such statutes and/or rules and
listing standards may be revised or amended from time to time.
B. ADDITIONAL AUDIT COMMITTEE INDEPENDENCE REQUIREMENTS
In determining whether or not any director or nominee satisfies the
"independence" requirement for Audit Committee membership, in addition
to satisfying all of the requirements set forth in Paragraph A hereof,
such director also must satisfy the following:
Such director or nominee must satisfy all additional requirements for
the independence of audit committee members of publicly traded
companies which are now, or may be hereafter, set forth in applicable
federal statutes and rules promulgated by the SEC, and in the related
listing standards promulgated by the NYSE and any other exchange upon
which the Company's stock may be listed, as such statutes and/or rules
and listing standards may be revised or amended from time to time.
The Director Independence Standards also are included as an exhibit to the
Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, which can be found in the "Investing
- Corporate Governance" section of the Company's website at cblproperties.com. A
copy may also be obtained upon request from the Company's Director of Investor
Relations at the address provided above.
Additional Policy Statements. Effective as of January 1, 2006, the Company
has included additional policy statements as part of the Corporate Governance
Guidelines. A summary of these new policy statements is as follows:
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Limits on Other Board Participation - a policy statement that limits to
four (4) the number of other public company boards (not counting the Company's
Board) upon which a director may serve at any given time.
Minimum Stock Ownership for Non-Employee Directors - a policy statement
that provides that by the later of five (5) years from the adoption of the
policy or becoming a member of the Company's Board, a Non-Employee Director (a
director that is not an employee of the Company, currently, the Independent
Directors) must own at least the lesser of 3,500 shares of the Company's Common
Stock or $150,000 worth of the Company's Common Stock.
Minimum Stock Ownership for Executive Officers - a policy statement that
provides that by the later of five (5) years from the adoption of the policy or
becoming an executive officer, such executive officer must own an amount of the
Company's Common Stock, determined as set forth in the policy statement, having
a value at least equal to the following formula amounts:
Executive Officer Level of Stock Ownership
Chief Executive Officer 3x prior calendar year's annual base salary
President 2x prior calendar year's annual base salary
Chief Financial Officer 2x prior calendar year's annual base salary
Executive Vice President 2x prior calendar year's annual base salary
Senior Vice Presidents 1x prior calendar year's annual base salary
Changes in Director's Principal Occupation or Business Association - a
policy statement that provides that when the principal occupation or business
association of a member of the Board of Directors changes substantially from the
position he or she held when originally invited to join the Board of Directors,
such director shall promptly tender his or her resignation as a director to the
Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Nominating/Corporate Governance
Committee shall then review whether it is appropriate and in the best interests
of the Company to allow the continued participation of such director as a member
of the Board of Directors of the Company. If the Nominating/Corporate Governance
Committee recommends that such director should no longer serve as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Company as a result of such change, and the full
Board of Directors (excluding the director at issue) ratifies such
recommendation, then the tender of resignation by the affected director shall be
accepted by the Board of Directors.
Initial Term of Director Appointed to Fill a Board Vacancy - a policy
statement that provides that any director appointed by the Board of Directors of
the Company to fill a vacancy created by the departure of another director shall
serve only until the next regularly scheduled annual meeting of the Company's
stockholders. In order for such director to continue to serve thereafter, he or
she must be nominated and duly elected to fill the remainder of the term to
which the director was originally appointed (or for another full term, as
appropriate).
Executive Sessions for Independent Directors. In accordance with the NYSE
Rule 303A.03, the Independent Directors of the Company meet from time to time in
scheduled executive sessions without management participation. The Board of
Directors has designated Winston W. Walker as lead Independent Director, solely
for the purpose of chairing these executive sessions. The Independent Directors
met in four executive sessions during 2005.
Communicating with the Board of Directors. The Company provides a process
for stockholders to send communications to the Board or any of the Directors.
Stockholders may send written communications to the Board or any of the
Directors c/o the Corporate Secretary, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., 2030
Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 500, CBL Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37421-6000.
All communications will be compiled by the Company's Corporate Secretary and
submitted to the Board or the individual Director(s) to whom such communication
is addressed. It is the Company's policy that all Directors attend the Annual
Meeting unless they are prevented from attending due to scheduling conflicts or
important personal or business reasons; provided, however, it is the Company's
policy that a majority of the Directors (including a majority of the Company's
Independent Directors) attend each Annual Meeting. All of the Company's
then-incumbent Directors attended the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Board has adopted an Amended and
Restated Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as amended (the "Code of Business
Conduct") that applies to all Directors, officers and employees, including the
Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal
accounting officer. The Code of Business Conduct is available in the "Investing
- Corporate Governance" section of the Company's website at cblproperties.com,
or at no charge by written request to the Company's Director of Investor
Relations at the address provided above. The purpose of the Code of Business
Conduct is to provide a codification of standards that is reasonably designed to
deter wrongdoing and to promote accountability for and adherence to the
standards of the Code, including honest and ethical conduct; the ethical
handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and
professional relationships; full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable
disclosure in the Company's filings with the SEC and in other public
communications by the Company; and compliance with all applicable rules and
regulations that apply to the Company and to its Directors, officers and
employees.
Board of Directors' Meetings and Committees
The Board of Directors has established standing Executive, Audit,
Compensation and Nominating/ Corporate Governance Committees. The Board of
Directors met nine times and took action by unanimous written consent four times
during 2005. Each Director attended more than 75% of the aggregate of (i) the
total number of Board meetings and (ii) the total number of meetings of Board
committees on which the Director served at the time during 2005.
Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is comprised of Charles B.
Lebovitz (Chairman), John N. Foy and Leo Fields. The Executive Committee may
exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors of the Company
in the management of the business and affairs of the Company as permitted by
law; provided, however, unless specifically authorized by the Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee may not exercise the power and authority of
the Board of Directors with respect to (i) the declaration of dividends, (ii)
issuance of stock, (iii) amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws, (iv) filling vacancies on the Board of Directors, (v) approval of
borrowings in excess of $40 million per transaction or series of related
transactions, (vi) hiring executive officers, (vii) approval of acquisitions or
dispositions of property or assets in excess of $40 million per transaction and
(viii) certain transactions between the Company and its Directors and officers
and certain sales of real estate and reductions of debt that produce
disproportionate tax allocations to CBL's Predecessor pursuant to the Company's
Bylaws. The Executive Committee met four times and took action by unanimous
written consent one time during 2005.
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is comprised of Winston W. Walker
(Chairman), Claude M. Ballard, Gary L. Bryenton and Matthew S. Dominski, all of
whom the Board of Directors has determined are Independent Directors pursuant to
the independence requirements of Sections 303A.02 and 303A.07(b) of the listing
standards of the NYSE as currently applicable. The Audit Committee operates
pursuant to a written amended and restated charter adopted by the Board of
Directors on February 3, 2004. A copy of the amended and restated charter is
available and can be accessed in the "Investing - Corporate Governance" section
of the Company's website at cblproperties.com. The Audit Committee is
responsible for the engagement of the independent auditors and the plans and
results of the audit engagement. The Audit Committee approves audit and
non-audit services provided by the independent auditors and the fees for such
services and reviews the adequacy of the Company's internal accounting controls
as well as the Company's accounting policies and results. The Audit Committee
met six times during 2005.
Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is comprised of Claude
M. Ballard (Chairman), Martin J. Cleary, Matthew S. Dominski and Winston W.
Walker, all of whom the Board of Directors has determined are Independent
Directors. The Compensation Committee operates pursuant to a written charter
adopted by the Board of Directors on February 3, 2004. A copy of the charter is
available and can be accessed in the "Investing - Corporate Governance" section
of the Company's website at cblproperties.com. The Compensation Committee
generally reviews and approves compensation programs and, specifically, reviews
and approves salaries, bonuses, stock awards and stock options for officers of
the Company of the level of vice president or higher. The Compensation Committee
administers the Amended and Restated CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Stock Incentive Plan"). The Compensation Committee met two
times and took action by unanimous written consent one time during 2005.
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Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee is comprised of Gary L. Bryenton (Chairman), Claude M.
Ballard, Matthew S. Dominski and Winston W. Walker, all of whom the Board of
Directors has determined are Independent Directors. The Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee operates pursuant to a written charter adopted by the Board
of Directors on February 3, 2004. A copy of the charter is available and can be
accessed in the "Investing - Corporate Governance" section of the Company's
website at cblproperties.com. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
reviews and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding various
aspects of the Board of Directors' and the Company's governance processes and
procedures. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee also evaluates and
recommends candidates for election to fill vacancies on the Board, including
consideration of the renominations of members whose terms are due to expire. The
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee requires a majority of the Company's
directors to be "independent" in accordance with applicable requirements of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as well as rules of the SEC
and NYSE (including certain additional independence requirements for Audit
Committee members). A set of uniform Director Independence Standards, which was
used in making all such Independent Director determinations, is set forth above
and is included in the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, a copy of
which is available in the "Investing - Corporate Governance" section of the
Company's website at cblproperties.com. In addition and as part of the
evaluation of potential candidates, the Nominating/Corporate Governance
Committee considers the breadth of a candidate's business and professional
skills and experiences, diversity of background, reputation for personal
integrity, and ability to devote sufficient time to Board service, as well as
the Company's needs for particular skills, insight and/or talents on the Board
of Directors. For incumbent directors whose terms of office are set to expire,
the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee reviews such directors' overall
service during their term, including the number of meetings attended, level of
participation and quality of performance. With respect to the Board seats
presently held by Mr. Cleary and Mr. Bryenton, the Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee also considers the Company's contractual commitments in
connection with the terms of the Jacobs Acquisition, as discussed above.
Following the retirement of William J. Poorvu from the Board in 2004, the
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, at its meeting on July 28-29, 2004,
received recommendations from all of the members of the Board of Directors
concerning potential independent director candidates to fill the remainder of
Mr. Poorvu's unexpired term. Following careful consideration and evaluation of
several recommended candidates, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
recommended to the Board that Matthew S. Dominski be appointed to fill the
remainder of Mr. Poorvu's term, and the Board of Directors accepted such
recommendation and appointed Mr. Dominski to the Board effective February 2,
2005. Mr. Dominski's appointment was initially recommended to the Committee by
Charles B. Lebovitz and Stephen D. Lebovitz, based on Mr. Dominski's extensive
experience in the real estate industry, including the retail shopping center
sector, and his experience as CEO of another large, publicly traded REIT.
The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will consider candidates for
Board of Directors' seats proposed by stockholders. Any such proposals should be
made in writing to CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd.,
Suite 500, CBL Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37421-6000, Attention: Corporate
Secretary, and must be received no later than December 1, 2006, in order to be
considered for the Company's 2007 Annual Meeting. In order to be considered by
the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, any candidate proposed by
stockholders will be required to submit appropriate biographical and other
information equivalent to that required of all other director candidates,
including consent to an initial background check. The Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee does not intend to alter the manner in which it evaluates
candidates on the criteria set forth above based on whether or not the candidate
was recommended by a stockholder. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
met two times in 2005.
Compensation of Directors
During 2005, each Director not employed by the Company (a "Non-Employee
Director") received from the Company an annual fee of $27,500. In addition to
the annual fee, each Non-Employee Director received a meeting fee of $1,500 for
each Board, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
meeting attended and $750 for each telephonic Board meeting attended and
reimbursement of expenses incurred in attending meetings. In addition, but with
the exception of the Non-Employee Director who was Chairman of the Audit
Committee, each Non-Employee Director received from the Company a fee of $1,500
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for each Audit Committee meeting attended. Each Non-Employee Director serving as
a member of the Executive Committee received from the Company a monthly fee of
$750 in lieu of meeting fees for participation on the Executive Committee in
2005. The Non-Employee Director serving as Chairman of the Audit Committee
received a monthly fee of $2,000, in lieu of meeting fees for participation on
the Audit Committee in 2005.
For each fiscal year of the Company, the Company's Stock Incentive Plan
provides that each Non-Employee Director is entitled to receive either (i) an
annual grant of options to purchase up to a maximum of 1,000 shares of Common
Stock having an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value of the
shares of Common Stock on December 31 of such fiscal year or (ii) an annual
grant of up to a maximum of 1,000 shares of restricted Common Stock of the
Company. For 2005, each Non-Employee Director received 500 shares of restricted
Common Stock of the Company with a value (on the date of grant, January 3, 2006)
of $40.13 per share, the average of the high and low trading prices of the
Company's Common Stock as reported on the NYSE on January 3, 2006. The
restrictions on shares of Common Stock received by the Non-Employee Directors
are set forth in the Stock Incentive Plan and provide that such shares may not
be transferred during the Non-Employee Director's term and for one year
thereafter. Each holder of a Non-Employee Director option granted pursuant to
the above-stated arrangement has the same rights as other holders of options in
the event of a change in control. Options granted to the Non-Employee Directors
(A) shall have a term of 10 years from date of grant, (B) are 100% vested upon
grant, (C) are non-forfeitable prior to the expiration of the term except upon
the Non-Employee Director's conviction for any criminal activity involving the
Company or, if non-exercised, within one year following the date the
Non-Employee Director ceases to be a Director of the Company, and (D) are
non-transferable. In addition, any person who becomes a Non-Employee Director
will receive an initial grant of 1,000 shares of restricted Common Stock upon
joining the Board of Directors. The amounts of restricted stock and stock
options referenced above have been adjusted to reflect the 6/15/05 Stock Split.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information available to the Company as of
March 13, 2006, with respect to the ownership of Common Stock by (i) each person
known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the
outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each director of the Company, (iii) each named
executive officer of the Company, as defined below, and (iv) all directors and
executive officers as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, each person named
below has sole investment and voting power with respect to the securities shown.
Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner of more than
5% of the outstanding Common Stock is the Company's address.
Number of Rule 13d-3 Fully-Diluted
Shares(1) Percentage(1) Percentage(2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- ----------------- ----------------
FMR Corporation (3) ............................................ 9,446,616 14.73% 8.18%
82 Devonshire St.
Boston, MA 02109
American Century Investment Management, Inc. (4)................ 3,901,873 6.09% 3.38%
4500 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Affiliates of Jacobs Realty Investors Limited Partnership (5)... 23,769,214 27.05% 20.57%
25425 Center Ridge Road
Cleveland, OH 44145-4122
CBL & Associates, Inc.("CBL's Predecessor") (6)................. 17,663,908 22.42% 15.29%
Charles B. Lebovitz (7)......................................... 19,351,508 24.11% 16.72%
John N. Foy (8)................................................. 1,147,689 1.77% *
Stephen D. Lebovitz (9)......................................... 955,368 1.47% *
Eric P. Snyder (10)............................................. 551,322 * *
Augustus N. Stephas (11)........................................ 123,061 * *
Martin J. Cleary (12)........................................... 445,352 * *
Leo Fields (13)................................................. 131,800 * *
Claude M. Ballard (14).......................................... 113,400 * *
Winston W. Walker (15).......................................... 44,200 * *
Matthew S. Dominski (16)........................................ 1,500 * *
Gary L. Bryenton (17)........................................... 5,400 * *
All executive officers and directors (21 persons) as a group (18) 24,449,028 29.34% 20.91%
* Less than 1%
(1) The Company conducts all of its business activities through the Operating
Partnership. Pursuant to the third amended and restated partnership
agreement of the Operating Partnership and all subsequent amendments
thereto (collectively, the "Operating Partnership Agreement"), each of the
partners of the Operating Partnership, which include, among others, CBL's
Predecessor and certain of the executive officers named in this Proxy
Statement, has the right ("CBL Rights") to exchange all or a portion of its
common units or special common units (as applicable) in the Operating
Partnership for shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent, at the
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Company's election. Under the terms of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), shares of
Common Stock that may be acquired within 60 days are deemed outstanding for
purposes of computing the percentage of Common Stock owned by a
stockholder. Therefore, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act,
percentage ownership of the Common Stock is computed based on the sum of
(i) 64,116,757 shares of Common Stock actually outstanding as of March 13,
2006, (ii) as described in the accompanying footnotes, each individual's or
entity's share of 51,425,816 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired
upon exercise of CBL Rights by the individual or entity whose percentage of
share ownership is being computed (but not taking account of the exercise
of CBL Rights by any other person or entity) and (iii) as described in the
accompanying footnotes, each individual's share of 1,409,100 shares of
Common Stock that may be acquired within 60 days of March 13, 2006 upon the
exercise of outstanding options by the individual whose percentage of share
ownership is being computed (but not taking into account the exercise of
such outstanding options by any other person). Amounts shown were
determined without regard to applicable ownership limits contained in the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation and have been adjusted for the
6/15/05 Stock Split.
(2) The Fully-Diluted Percentage calculation is based on (i) 64,116,757 shares
of Common Stock outstanding and (ii) assumes the full exercise of all CBL
Rights for shares of Common Stock by all holders of common units and SCUs
of the Operating Partnership (in each case, without regard to applicable
ownership limits), for an aggregate of 115,542,573 shares of Common Stock.
The Fully-Diluted Percentage calculation does not include 1,409,100 shares
of Common Stock subject to outstanding stock options other than, with
respect to each person whose fully-diluted percentage is being computed,
shares which may be acquired within 60 days of March 13, 2006 upon the
exercise of outstanding options.
(3) In a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2006 by FMR Corporation ("FMR"),
FMR reported that as of December 31, 2005, it beneficially owned 9,446,616
shares of Common Stock, or 14.73% of the total shares outstanding as of
March 13, 2006. FMR reported that of the 9,446,616 shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned, it possesses sole voting power with respect to
1,099,046 shares of Common Stock and sole dispositive power with respect to
9,446,616 shares of Common Stock.
(4) In a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2006 by American Century Investment
Management, Inc. ("ACIM"), ACIM reported that as of December 31, 2005, it
beneficially owned 3,901,873 shares of Common Stock, or 6.09% of the total
shares outstanding as of March 13, 2006. ACIM reported that of the
3,901,873 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, it possesses sole
voting power with respect to 3,648,143 shares of Common Stock and sole
dispositive power with respect to 3,901,873 shares of Common Stock.
(5) Includes 23,769,214 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the
Jacobs Group on exercise of CBL Rights with respect to SCUs owned by the
Jacobs Group. The Jacobs Group received the above-referenced SCUs as part
of the Jacobs Acquisition. See "Election of Directors - Certain Terms of
Jacobs Acquisition."
(6) Includes (i) 2,985,678 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii)
14,475,646 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired upon the exercise of
CBL Rights and (iii) 202,584 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by
five entities controlled by CBL's Predecessor (CBL Employees
Partnership/Conway, Foothills Plaza Partnership, Girvin Road Partnership,
Warehouse Partnership and Lebcon Associates III) upon the exercise of CBL
Rights.
(7) Includes (i) 150,398 shares of unrestricted Common Stock owned directly,
(ii) 24,480 shares of restricted Common Stock that Mr. Lebovitz received
under the Stock Incentive Plan (5,280 of which will vest within sixty days
of March 13, 2006), (iii) 8,300 shares owned by Mr. Lebovitz' wife, 29,028
shares held in trusts for the benefit of his grandchildren (of which Mr.
Lebovitz disclaims beneficial ownership) and 101,600 shares that may be
acquired upon the exercise of CBL Rights by interests held in a trust for
the benefit of Mr. Lebovitz, all as to which Mr. Lebovitz may be deemed to
share voting and investment power, (iv) 705,806 shares of Common Stock that
may be acquired by Mr. Lebovitz upon the exercise of CBL Rights, (v)
211,600 shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock
Incentive Plan that are currently exercisable or that become exercisable
with respect to such shares within sixty days of March 13, 2006, (vi)
17,663,908 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by CBL's Predecessor,
which Mr. Lebovitz may be deemed to beneficially own by virtue of his
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control of CBL's Predecessor, and (vii) 456,388 shares of Common Stock that
may be acquired by College Station Associates, an entity controlled by Mr.
Lebovitz, upon the exercise of CBL Rights.
(8) Includes (i) 461,127 shares of unrestricted Common Stock owned directly,
(ii) 24,480 shares of restricted Common Stock that Mr. Foy received under
the Stock Incentive Plan (5,280 of which will vest within sixty days of
March 13, 2006), (iii) 378,482 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired
by Mr. Foy upon the exercise of CBL Rights and (iv) 283,600 shares of
Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan that
are currently exercisable or that become exercisable with respect to such
shares within sixty days of March 13, 2006. Totals do not include 26,640
shares of Common Stock previously transferred by Mr. Foy to a partnership
consisting of Mr. Foy's two sisters, with respect to which Mr. Foy
disclaims any beneficial ownership in such shares and in such partnership.
(9) Includes (i) 222,556 shares of unrestricted Common Stock owned directly,
(ii) 51,340 shares of restricted Common Stock that Mr. Lebovitz received
under the Stock Incentive Plan (7,160 of which will vest within sixty days
of March 13, 2006), (iii) 477,872 shares of Common Stock that may be
acquired by Mr. Lebovitz upon the exercise of CBL Rights and (iv) 203,600
shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive
Plan which are currently exercisable or that become exercisable with
respect to such shares within sixty days of March 13, 2006.
(10) Includes (i) 415,050 shares of unrestricted Common Stock owned directly,
(ii) 6,520 shares of restricted Common Stock that Mr. Snyder received under
the Stock Incentive Plan (1,520 of which will vest within sixty days of
March 13, 2006), (iii) 12,566 shares of Common Stock owned by Mr. Snyder's
wife and 2,308 shares of Common Stock owned by Mr. Snyder's children, as to
which Mr. Snyder may be deemed to share voting and investment power, (iv)
96,878 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by Mr. Snyder upon the
exercise of CBL Rights and (v) 18,000 shares of Common Stock subject to
options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan that are currently
exercisable or that become exercisable with respect to such shares within
sixty days of March 13, 2006.
(11) Includes (i) 10,801 shares of unrestricted Common Stock owned directly,
(ii) 6,520 shares of restricted Common Stock that Mr. Stephas received
under the Stock Incentive Plan (1,520 of which will vest within sixty days
of March 13, 2006), (iii) 55,340 shares of Common Stock that may be
acquired by Mr. Stephas upon the exercise of CBL Rights and (iv) 50,400
shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive
Plan that are currently exercisable or that become exercisable with respect
to such shares within sixty days of March 13, 2006.
(12) Includes (i) 441,152 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by Mr.
Cleary upon the exercise of CBL Rights with respect to SCUs indirectly
owned by Mr. Cleary and which are included in the amount shown for the
Jacobs Group, see Footnote 5 above, (ii) 2,000 shares of Common Stock
subject to immediately exercisable stock options granted to Mr. Cleary
under the Stock Incentive Plan and (iii) 2,200 shares of restricted Common
Stock granted to Mr. Cleary under the Stock Incentive Plan.
(13) Includes (i) 48,000 shares of Common Stock owned by a family limited
partnership created by Mr. Fields and his wife and in which Mr. Fields
serves as a general partner, (ii) 80,600 shares of Common Stock held by
members of Mr. Fields' family, with respect to which Mr. Fields acts as
investment adviser and might be deemed to share investment power, and of
which Mr. Fields disclaims beneficial ownership, (iii) 2,000 shares of
Common Stock owned by Mr. Fields' individual retirement account and (iv)
1,200 shares of restricted Common Stock granted to Mr. Fields under the
Stock Incentive Plan.
(14) Includes (i) 57,000 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii) 23,000
shares of Common Stock owned by a family limited partnership created by Mr.
Ballard and his wife and in which Mr. Ballard serves as a general partner,
(iii) 24,200 shares of Common Stock owned by the Ballard Family Foundation
as to which Mr. Ballard may be deemed to share voting and investment power
and of which Mr. Ballard disclaims beneficial ownership, (iv) 7,000 shares
of Common Stock subject to immediately exercisable stock options granted to
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Mr. Ballard under the Stock Incentive Plan and (v) 2,200 shares of
restricted Common Stock granted to Mr. Ballard under the Stock Incentive
Plan.
(15) Includes (i) 40,800 shares of Common Stock owned by a trust of which Mr.
Walker is a co-trustee and co-beneficiary, as to which he may be deemed to
share voting and investment power, (ii) 1,200 shares of Common Stock owned
by Mr. Walker's wife, as to which he may be deemed to share voting and
investment power and (iii) 2,200 shares of restricted Common Stock granted
to Mr. Walker under the Stock Incentive Plan.
(16) Includes 1,500 shares of restricted Common Stock granted to Mr. Dominski
under the Stock Incentive Plan.
(17) Includes (i) 1,200 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii) 2,000 shares
of Common Stock subject to immediately exercisable stock options granted to
Mr. Bryenton under the Stock Incentive Plan and (iii) 2,200 shares of
restricted Common Stock granted to Mr. Bryenton under the Stock Incentive
Plan.
(18) Includes an aggregate of (i) 5,065,292 shares of unrestricted Common Stock
beneficially owned directly or indirectly by members of such group, (ii)
183,880 shares of restricted Common Stock that members of such group
received under the Stock Incentive Plan (32,240 of which will vest within
sixty days of March 13, 2006), (iii) 17,790,756 shares of Common Stock that
may be acquired by members of such group upon the exercise of CBL Rights
which they hold directly or indirectly through other entities and (iv)
1,409,100 shares of Common Stock subject to options granted to members of
such group under the Stock Incentive Plan that are currently exercisable or
that become exercisable with respect to such shares within sixty days of
March 13, 2006.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company's directors,
executive officers and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered
class of the Company's equity securities to file with the SEC initial reports of
ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of Common Stock and
other equity securities of the Company. Officers, directors and greater than ten
percent stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with
copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
Based solely upon the Company's review of copies of such reports furnished
to it through the date hereof, or written representations that no other reports
were required to be filed, the Company believes that during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2005 all officers, directors and ten percent stockholders
complied with the filing requirements applicable to them, except for the
following late filings for the following executive officers: John N. Foy (3
reports covering 4 transactions, including 2 gifts), Charles H. May, II (1
report covering 1 transaction), Charles W.A. Willett, Jr. (2 reports covering 18
transactions, including 16 gifts), and Winston W. Walker (1 report covering 1
transaction). The Company is not aware of any failure to file a required report
by any of its Section 16(a) reporting persons.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information regarding the compensation of
the Company's Chief Executive Officer and its next four most highly compensated
executive officers (these four and Charles B. Lebovitz being herein referred to
as the "named executive officers") for the Company's fiscal year ended December
31, 2005, and for the Company's fiscal years ending December 31, 2004, and 2003:
Summary Compensation Table(1)
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Long Term Compensation
Annual Compensation Awards
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Restricted Securities All
Stock Underlying Other
Name and Principal Award(s) Options Compensation
Position(2) Year Salary($) Bonus($) ($) (3) (#) ($) (4)
------------------------- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Charles B. Lebovitz, 2005 542,526 675,000 790,500 -- 13,974
Chairman of the Board -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
and Chief Executive 2004 526,724 500,000 75,872 -- 13,849
Officer -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
2003 511,383 500,000 69,200 -- 13,724
------------------------- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
John N. Foy, 2005 466,320 675,000 790,500 -- 15,780
Vice Chairman of the -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Board, Chief 2004 446,320 500,000 75,872 -- 13,849
Financial Officer -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
and Treasurer 2003 426,320 550,000 69,200 -- 13,724
------------------------- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Stephen D. Lebovitz, 2005 450,000 675,000 790,500 -- 13,974
Director, President and -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Secretary 2004 425,000 500,000 75,872 -- 13,849
-------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
2003 400,000 500,000 69,200 -- 13,724
------------------------- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Eric P. Snyder, 2005 411,823 300,000 158,100 -- 5,952
Senior Vice President - -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Director of Corporate 2004 391,823 275,000(5) 42,678 -- 5,827
Leasing -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
2003 371,833 250,000(5) 38,925 -- 5,702
------------------------- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Augustus N. Stephas, 2005 434,107 225,000 158,100 -- 5,952
Senior Vice -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
President - 2004 414,107 200,000 42,678 -- 5,827
Accounting and -------- -------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- ----------------
Controller 2003 394,107 175,000 38,925 -- 5,702
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(1) All amounts shown represent compensation paid to the named executive
officers by the Management Company.
(2) The position shown represents the individual's position with the Company
and the Management Company.
(3) Amounts shown are based upon the closing price of the Common Stock on the
NYSE as of the date of grant of the restricted stock awards. The number and
value of the outstanding shares of restricted stock held by each of the
named executive officers as of December 31, 2005 (adjusted to reflect the
6/15/05 Stock Split and based on the closing price of the Common Stock on
the NYSE as of December 30, 2005 (last trading day in 2005)) were as
follows: Charles B. Lebovitz - 24,480 shares ($967,205); John N. Foy -
24,480 shares ($967,205); Stephen D. Lebovitz - 51,340 shares ($2,028,443);
Eric P. Snyder - 6,520 shares ($257,605); and Augustus N. Stephas - 6,520
shares ($257,605). Dividends, to the extent paid on the Company's Common
Stock, will be paid on all outstanding shares of restricted stock. Except
as relates to four awards of restricted stock to Stephen D. Lebovitz as
noted below, each grant of restricted stock referenced above to the named
executive officers was made in May of each year and the restrictions expire
with respect to 20% of the shares of each grant annually beginning on the
anniversary date of each grant. With respect to 27,260 shares of the 51,340
shares of restricted stock held by Stephen D. Lebovitz, restrictions on an
award of 1,880 of such shares will expire on March 31, 2006, restrictions
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on two awards of 1,600 shares each will expire on August 15, 2006 and
restrictions on an award of 21,780 shares will expire on October 28, 2007.
(4) For fiscal years 2005, 2004 and 2003, amounts shown represent term life
insurance premiums paid by the Management Company and matching
contributions by the Management Company under the CBL & Associates
Management, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the "401(k) Plan").
For fiscal year 2005, such amounts for each named executive officer were as
follows: Charles B. Lebovitz - $8,724 in insurance premiums, $5,250 in
401(k) matching contributions; John N. Foy - $10,530 in insurance premiums,
$5,250 in 401(k) matching contributions; Stephen D. Lebovitz - $8,724 in
insurance premiums, $5,250 in 401(k) matching contributions; Eric P. Snyder
- $702 in insurance premiums, $5,250 in 401(k) matching contributions; and
Augustus N. Stephas - $702 in insurance premiums, $5,250 in 401(k) matching
contributions.
(5) Represents amounts deferred at Mr. Snyder's election pursuant to a
non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement between Mr. Snyder and the
Company payable in Common Stock. See below "Equity Compensation Plan
Information as of December 31, 2005" for a description of this deferred
compensation arrangement. Mr. Snyder's non-qualified deferred compensation
arrangement has been terminated as of October 24, 2005 and he received
174,403 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the arrangement.
Aggregated Option Exercises in 2005 and Fiscal Year-End Option Values
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The following table provides information regarding the number and value of
options held by each of the named executive officers at December 31, 2005 and
options exercised by each of the named executive officers during the 2005 year.
Amounts representing the number of options have been adjusted to reflect the
6/15/05 Stock Split.
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Number of Securities Underlying Value of Unexercised In-the
Unexercised Options at Money Options at December 31,
Shares December 31, 2005 2005($)(1)
Acquired on Value ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Name Exercise(#) Realized($) Exercisable(#) Unexercisable(#) Exercisable($) Unexercisable($)
----------------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Charles B. Lebovitz 120,000 3,614,247 198,800 19,200 5,307,948 436,208
----------------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
John N. Foy 40,000 990,900 270,800 19,200 7,382,014 436,208
----------------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Stephen D. Lebovitz 128,000 4,095,571 190,800 19,200 5,062,462 436,208
----------------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Eric P. Snyder 14,400 296,155 10,800 10,800 268,436 245,367
----------------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
Augustus N. Stephas 18,000 457,875 79,200 10,800 2,081,826 245,367
----------------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------
(1) Amounts listed are based upon the $39.51 closing price for the Common Stock
on the NYSE on December 30, 2005 (last trading day in 2005).
Equity Compensation Plan Information as of December 31, 2005
The following table sets forth information as to the Company's equity
compensation plans as of the end of the Company's 2005 fiscal year (references
in the following table to number of securities have been adjusted for the
6/15/05 Stock Split):
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Plan Category (a) (b) (c)
Number of securities
Number of securities to remaining available for
be issued upon exercise Weighted-average exercise future issuance under
of the outstanding price of outstanding equity compensation plans
options, warrants and options, warrants and (excluding securities
rights rights reflected in column (a))
--------------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------
Equity compensation plans 2,208,440 $13.89 (1) 1,737,262
approved by security holders
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Equity compensation plans not NONE N/A N/A
approved by security holders
--------------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------
(1) The weighted average calculation does not reflect 52,813 shares (adjusted
to reflect the 6/15/05 Stock Split) reserved for issuance under deferred
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compensation arrangements as of December 31, 2005. The Company's Stock
Incentive Plan permits the Compensation Committee to enter into deferred
compensation arrangements designed to provide a deferral of taxable income
to participants, which may be funded or unfunded and may provide for future
payments to participants in the form of Common Stock or cash. As used by
the Compensation Committee, these deferred compensation arrangements
typically allow the executive/employee to elect to defer a portion of
his/her salary or bonuses into the arrangement on an unfunded and unsecured
basis. For deferred compensation arrangements payable in Common Stock, the
amount of salary or bonus deferred is then deemed to be converted to shares
of the Company's Common Stock based on the closing price of the Common
Stock on the date of the deferral. The number of such shares is then
further deemed to increase as dividends are paid on the Common Stock as if
such dividends had been utilized via the Company's Dividend Reinvestment
Plan to acquire additional shares of Common Stock at the price provided
through the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The arrangements
generally provide that on the earlier of (i) a date certain as specified in
each deferred compensation arrangement or (ii) the death, disability or
termination of employment of the executive/employee or (iii) the merger,
consolidation or sale of the Company, the executive/employee will then be
entitled to receive the stated amount of cash or, for deferred compensation
arrangements payable in Common Stock, that number of shares of Common Stock
deemed set aside on the date of the deferral together with additional
shares of Common Stock deemed acquired through the Company's Dividend
Reinvestment Plan through the date of the payout.
Non-Competition Arrangements
Each of Charles B. Lebovitz, John N. Foy and Stephen D. Lebovitz has agreed
to refrain from competing with the Company until two years from the date of
termination of his employment. Prohibited competition includes any participation
in the development, improvement or construction of any shopping center project,
acquiring any interest in a shopping center project or acquiring vacant land for
development as a shopping center project. Charles B. Lebovitz, John N. Foy and
Stephen D. Lebovitz are, however, permitted to hold certain investments which
they owned prior to completion of the Company's initial public offering in
November 1993.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors consists of Claude M.
Ballard, Martin J. Cleary, Matthew S. Dominski and Winston W. Walker, with Mr.
Ballard serving as Chairman. None of the members of the Compensation Committee
are or have been officers or employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
and each member of the Compensation Committee is an Independent Director.
No executive officer of the Company served on any board of directors or
compensation committee of any entity (other than the Company or its
subsidiaries) with which any member of the Compensation Committee, or any other
director of the Company, is affiliated.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be
"soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC, nor shall such information
or report be deemed incorporated by reference into any future filing by the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference
in such filing.
General. The Company is a self-managed, self-administered, fully-integrated
real estate company which is engaged in the ownership, marketing, management,
leasing, expansion, development, redevelopment, acquisition and financing of
regional malls and community and neighborhood centers. The Company itself has no
employees other than its statutory officers and its officers receive all of
their compensation in their capacity as employees of the Management Company,
which also employs all of the other personnel engaged in the operation the
Company's business.
The Compensation Committee determines all matters related to the
compensation of all officers of the Company of the level of vice president or
higher and administers the Stock Incentive Plan. The Compensation Committee
operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors on February
3, 2004. A copy of the charter is available and can be accessed in the
"Investing - Corporate Governance" section of the Company's website at
cblproperties.com.
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Philosophy. It is the philosophy of the Company to ensure that executive
compensation be directly linked to financial objectives that the Company
believes are primary determinates of stockholder value over time. The
Compensation Committee's objectives in administering the Company's executive
compensation are to ensure that pay levels and incentive compensation are (i)
competitive in attracting and retaining the best personnel, (ii) properly linked
to the Company's performance, and (iii) simple in design. To fulfill these
objectives, the compensation approach for executives includes base salary,
discretionary bonuses and periodic grants of stock awards and stock options
pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan. Non-executive employees are also eligible
to participate in the Stock Incentive Plan.
The Company believes that the ability to use the Stock Incentive Plan to
attract and retain key personnel has substantial value and has been and will
continue to be essential to the growth of the Company. As demonstrated by the
minimum stock ownership guidelines for non-employee directors and executive
officers which were recently added to the Company's Corporate Governance
Guidelines, the Board of Directors, as well as the Compensation Committee,
believe that it is in the best interests of the Company's stockholders for those
who manage and oversee the Company's operations to have a stake in the creation
of long-term stockholder value. The stock option and stock award elements of
compensation are designed to encourage and create ownership and retention of the
Company's stock by key employees, in order to align their long-range interests
with those of stockholders and to allow the opportunity for key employees to
build, through the achievement of corporate goals, a meaningful ownership stake
in the Company.
Financial Criteria and Elements of Compensation. The Compensation
Committee, based on recommendations made by the Company, utilized an executive
compensation approach pursuant to which the compensation of officers of the
level of vice president and higher during fiscal year 2005 consisted of three
primary elements: a base salary, the opportunity to earn discretionary bonus
compensation and restricted stock awards under the Stock Incentive Plan, in
addition to the opportunity to participate in the Company's 401(k) Plan and life
insurance and other benefit plans available generally to employees.
Base Salaries - The Compensation Committee establishes base salaries for
the Company's officers, including the named executive officers, at levels
which are intended to be reasonable and competitive in relation to the base
salaries for executives at a group of seven comparable publicly traded mall
REITs whose compensation structures the Committee reviewed in making base
salary decisions for 2005. The Compensation Committee annually evaluates
and approves adjustments to officers' base salaries. Such adjustments
reflect the Compensation Committee's consideration of a variety of factors,
including competitive pay levels, each officer's level of responsibility,
experience and tenure with the Company, and the Committee's evaluation of
both the Company's and each officer's overall performance.
Bonus Opportunities - For 2005, the Compensation Committee also provided
each of the Company's officers and certain other designated
management-level employees with the opportunity to earn bonuses designed to
reward such persons for the achievement of objectives believed by the
Compensation Committee to contribute significantly to the Company's overall
performance and the creation of stockholder value. For all but three senior
executives of the Company, the potential bonus that each officer could
earn, as well as the amount ultimately paid, was based upon the successful
continuation and/or completion of development, financing, leasing and
re-leasing, temporary leasing, sponsorships, management, accounting,
marketing, remodelings, expansions, peripheral property sales, acquisitions
and joint ventures with respect to the Company and its properties
identified by the Compensation Committee as being within such executive's
areas of responsibility. Such bonus criteria are specific to each
executive. For three of the Company's senior executives (the Chief
Executive Officer, the Executive Vice President - Management and the Senior
Vice President - Accounting and Controller), the Compensation Committee
allocated up to $1,075,000 of funds to be available as bonuses that could
be earned by such officers for 2005, and determined the amount of the
actual bonuses to be paid during the fourth quarter, based on the
Compensation Committee's evaluation of such officers' performance during
the year. As an additional means of encouraging equity ownership in the
Company, the Compensation Committee allows each officer who receives a
bonus the choice of whether to have the bonus paid in cash or in shares of
the Company's Common Stock issued under the Stock Incentive Plan. The
number of shares issued for any bonus that an officer elects to receive in
Common Stock is determined based on the market value of the Common Stock on
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the date when such bonus becomes payable.
Restricted Stock Awards - The third principal element of officer
compensation for 2005 was awards of shares of restricted stock under the
Company's Stock Incentive Plan. Restricted stock awards to both officer and
non-officer employees are made annually in May, and generally vest in five
equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant.
The Compensation Committee's objective in making restricted stock awards to
the Company's officers is to increase the alignment of their economic
interests with the interests of the Company's stockholders, thereby
supplementing the incentives provided by annual bonuses with additional
incentives for the officers to manage the Company with a view towards
maximizing long-term stockholder value. The number of shares granted
annually to officers, including the named executive officers, is based on
the Compensation Committee's consideration of each officer's level of
responsibility, experience and tenure with the Company and the Committee's
evaluation of each officer's performance during the preceding year. In
determining the total amount of restricted stock to be granted annually,
including awards to Company officers, the Compensation Committee also
considers such factors as the number of shares available for issuance under
the Stock Incentive Plan, potential dilution and the Company's overall
performance during the preceding year. Restricted stock awards to all
employees during 2005 totaled 208,200 shares (as adjusted for the 6/15/05
Stock Split) amounting to substantially less than 1% of the Company's total
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the date of grant.
Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer. During fiscal year 2005,
Charles B. Lebovitz was paid compensation by the Management Company having an
aggregate value of $1,217,526 consisting of: (i) a base salary of $542,526
(which sum included 2,921 shares of Common Stock paid to Mr. Lebovitz as part of
his salary pursuant to a quarterly deferral arrangement under the Stock
Incentive Plan); (ii) a cash bonus of $675,000; and (iii) an award of 20,000
restricted shares of Common Stock (adjusted to reflect the 6/15/05 Stock Split).
Mr. Lebovitz receives annual reviews for salary increases on the same basis as
other executive officers of the Company, and also is eligible for discretionary
annual bonuses determined as described above. Additionally, Mr. Lebovitz
participates in the Company's incentive plans, including the Stock Incentive
Plan. During fiscal year 2005, the 20,000 shares of restricted Common Stock
(valued at $39.525 per share, based on the closing price of the Common Stock on
the NYSE as of the date of grant (May 9, 2005)) awarded to Mr. Lebovitz
represented 9.6% of the total of 208,200 shares of restricted stock granted to
all employees. The number of shares awarded to Mr. Lebovitz was determined as
described above, based on the same criteria applied by the Compensation
Committee to awards made to other executive officers of the Company.
Section 162(m) Issues. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code") imposes a $1,000,000 ceiling on a publicly traded
company's federal income tax deduction for compensation paid in a taxable year
to an individual who, on the last day of the taxable year, was (i) the chief
executive officer or (ii) among the four other most highly compensated executive
officers whose compensation is reported in the Summary Compensation Table in
such company's proxy statement. The limitation does not apply to any
compensation that satisfies the certain specific and detailed requirements to be
treated as "qualified performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) and
its associated regulations.
The Compensation Committee has reviewed the potential impacts of Section
162(m) on the anticipated tax treatment to the Company and its officers in its
review and establishment of compensation programs and payments. While the
Compensation Committee generally seeks to preserve the Company's ability to
claim any applicable tax deductions for compensation paid to executives to the
greatest extent practicable, the Compensation Committee also believes that
stockholder interests are best served by having the Committee retain the
discretion and flexibility to structure certain elements of the Company's
incentive compensation programs based on considerations other than the full
deductibility of compensation.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Claude M. Ballard (Chairman)
Martin J. Cleary
Matthew S. Dominski
Winston W. Walker
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be
"soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC, nor shall such information
or report be deemed incorporated by reference into any future filing by the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference
in such filing.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company is composed of
four Independent Directors (Winston W. Walker, Chairman, Claude M. Ballard, Gary
L. Bryenton and Matthew S. Dominski) and operates under an amended and restated
written charter adopted by the Board of Directors on February 3, 2004. A copy of
the amended and restated charter is available and can be accessed in the
"Investing - Corporate Governance" section of the Company's website at
cblproperties.com. The Company's Board of Directors has determined that each of
the members of the Audit Committee is "independent" pursuant to the listing
standards of the NYSE as currently applicable.
Management is responsible for the Company's internal controls and financial
reporting process. The Company's independent auditors are responsible for
performing an independent audit of the Company's financial statements in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States and
for issuing a report thereon. The Audit Committee's responsibility is to monitor
and oversee these processes.
In this context, the Audit Committee has met and held discussions with
Management and the Company's independent auditors. Management reported to the
Audit Committee that the Company's consolidated financial statements for the
Company's 2005 fiscal year were prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States, and the Audit Committee has
reviewed and discussed these consolidated financial statements with Management
and the Company's independent auditors. The Audit Committee discussed with the
independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees), as amended.
The Company's independent auditors also provided to the Audit Committee the
written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board
Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and the Audit
Committee discussed with the independent auditors their firm's independence. The
Audit Committee considered whether the provision of services by the independent
auditors (other than audit services) is compatible with maintaining the
independent auditors' independence.
Pursuant to the mandates of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Company's
Board of Directors has determined that Winston W. Walker, an Independent
Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, qualifies as an "audit committee
financial expert" as such term is defined by the SEC.
Based on the Audit Committee's review and discussions referred to above,
the Audit Committee recommended that the Board of Directors include the
Company's audited consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC and
provide in such Annual Report on Form 10-K the disclosure of Winston W. Walker
as an "audit committee financial expert".
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Winston W. Walker (Chairman)
Claude M. Ballard
Gary L. Bryenton
Matthew S. Dominski
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph set forth below compares the cumulative stockholder return on the
Common Stock of the Company with the cumulative total return of the Russell 2000
index of small companies ("Russell 2000") and the NAREIT All Equity REIT Total
Return Index for the period commencing December 31, 2000, through December 31,
2005. The following graph assumes that the value of the investments in the
Company and in each of the indices was $100 at the beginning of the period and
that dividends were reinvested. The stock price performance presented below is
not necessarily indicative of future results:
[GRAPHIC OMITTED]
Index 12/31/00 12/31/01 12/31/02 12/31/03 12/31/04 12/31/05
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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 100.00 134.09 181.03 270.39 383.11 414.53
Russell 2000 100.00 102.49 81.49 120.00 142.00 148.46
NAREIT All Equity REIT Index 100.00 113.93 118.29 162.21 213.43 239.39
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Management Company and Management Agreement
The Company is party to a management agreement with the Management Company
pursuant to which the Management Company renders management and administrative
services with respect to the Company's properties. The Management Company also
provides management services for certain properties owned by CBL's Predecessor
and certain other third parties for which the Management Company is paid a
management fee. See "Retained Property Interests." The Operating Partnership
owns 100% of both of the Management Company's preferred stock and its common
stock.
Operating Partnership Agreement; CBL Rights
The Company, through subsidiaries, serves as the sole general partner of
the Operating Partnership and owned, as of March 13, 2006, 64,116,757 common
partnership units, representing a 1.625% interest as the sole general partner
and a 53.867% interest as a limited partner for an aggregate 55.492% interest in
the Operating Partnership. As of March 13, 2006, CBL's Predecessor owned
14,678,230 common partnership units, representing a 12.704% limited partner
interest in the Operating Partnership and CBL's Predecessor also owned 2,985,678
shares of the Company's Common Stock, for a combined total interest of 15.288%
in the Operating Partnership. Certain executive and senior officers also own
common partnership units.
Pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, the limited partners
possess CBL Rights, consisting of the rights to exchange all or a portion of
their common units or special common units (as applicable) in the Operating
Partnership for shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent, at the
Company's election. The CBL Rights may be exercised at any time and from time to
time to the extent that, upon exercise of the CBL Rights, the exercising party
shall not beneficially or constructively own shares of Common Stock in excess of
the applicable share ownership limits set forth in the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation. The Company, however, may not pay in shares of Common Stock to
the extent that this would result in a limited partner beneficially or
constructively owning in the aggregate more than its applicable ownership limit
or otherwise jeopardize, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, the Company's
qualification as a REIT for tax purposes.
The number of shares of Common Stock received by the limited partners of
the Operating Partnership upon exercise of CBL Rights will be based upon the
equivalent number of partnership units owned by the limited partners on a
one-for-one basis and the amount of cash received by the limited partners upon
such exercise, if the Company elects to pay cash, will be based upon the trading
price of the shares of Common Stock at the time of exercise.
CBL Rights will expire in November 2043 if not exercised prior to that
date.
Retained Property Interests
CBL's Predecessor owns interests in outparcels at certain of the Company's
malls and a minority interest in one mall, the majority interest of which is
owned by third parties. Certain members of Charles B. Lebovitz's family continue
to own four community and neighborhood centers. The properties retained by CBL's
Predecessor and the properties owned by the Lebovitz family are managed and
leased by the Management Company which receives a fee for its services. During
fiscal year 2005, CBL's Predecessor and the Lebovitz family paid the Management
Company approximately $336,000 under such arrangement.
Affiliated Entities
Certain executive officers of the Company collectively have a significant
but non-controlling interest in a major national construction company that built
substantially all of the properties developed by the Company and is currently
building the Company's projects under construction, including renovations and
expansions. Charles B. Lebovitz is also a director of the construction company.
The majority interest in the construction company is held by the members of its
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senior management, none of whom are affiliated with CBL's Predecessor or the
Company. As of December 31, 2005, the Company had 19 active contracts (including
contracts with respect to each of the construction properties) with such
construction company having an aggregate value of approximately $122.1 million
($111.2 million of which is the Company's obligation and the balance of which is
the obligation of third party partners). During fiscal year 2005, the Company
and its third party partners paid an aggregate of approximately $118.8 million
to this construction company ($108.8 million of which was paid by the Company
and the balance of which was paid by third party partners). The Company's Audit
Committee reviews the relationship between the Company and the referenced
construction company pursuant to procedures established in November 1994. These
procedures include an ongoing review by the Company's independent auditors of a
cross section of the Company's contracts with the referenced construction
company for, among other things, the provisions for allocation of cost savings
between owner and contractor.
The construction company and CBL's Predecessor own all of the interests of
a partnership that owns two aircraft and a fractional interest in another
aircraft used by the personnel of the Company and the construction company. Each
partner contributes equally to fixed costs and shares variable costs through an
hourly charge based on usage. The Company reimburses the partnership for costs
on an hourly basis associated with use of the aircraft relating to the business
of the Company. During fiscal year 2005, the Company paid approximately $2.6
million as reimbursement for operating expenses pursuant to such arrangement,
with the amount of such reimbursement being previously approved by the Company's
Independent Directors.
The Bylaws provide that any contract or transaction (i) between the Company
or the Operating Partnership and one or more directors or officers of the
Company or (ii) between the Company or the Operating Partnership and any other
entity in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or
officers, or have a financial interest, must be approved by disinterested
directors or stockholders after the material facts as to the relationship or
interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to
them. During 2005, all of such contracts and transactions were reviewed and
approved by disinterested directors, including all of the Independent Directors.
Certain Leases
Certain officers and certain Company employees are partners in partnerships
that lease 32 spaces representing approximately 30,000 square feet in 24 of the
Company's malls as tenants. Such spaces are operated as food service and
entertainment establishments. Management believes that, at the time these leases
were entered into, they provided for rental payments at market rates and terms.
Shumacker Witt Gaither & Whitaker, P.C., local counsel to the Company and
CBL's Predecessor, leases 6,357 square feet of office space at the Company's
office building in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The construction company also leases
20,637 square feet of office space at the Company's office building in
Chattanooga, Tennessee. Management believes that, at the time these leases were
entered into, they provided for rental payments at market rates and terms.
Other
Michael I. Lebovitz and Alan L. Lebovitz, sons of Charles B. Lebovitz, are
employed by the Company as Senior Vice President - Mall Projects and Vice
President - Asset Management, respectively, and Daniel M. Backer, the son-in-law
of Charles B. Lebovitz, also is employed by the Company. Each receives
compensation from the Company commensurate with his level of experience and
other Company employees having similar responsibilities. During 2005, the
aggregate cash compensation paid by the Company to these individuals was as
follows: Michael I. Lebovitz - $579,309, Alan L. Lebovitz - $397,291 and Daniel
M. Backer - $83,750. Each also is eligible for equity awards under the Company's
Stock Incentive Plan on the same basis as other, similarly situated employees.
Charles B. Lebovitz is currently an advisory director of First Tennessee
Bank, N.A., Chattanooga, Tennessee ("First Tennessee"). The Company is currently
maintaining a $100 million line of credit from First Tennessee that matures in
2007. There was approximately $52.1 million outstanding on this line of credit
as of December 31, 2005. First Tennessee also provides certain cash management
services to the Company. In the future, the Company or the Operating Partnership
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may, in the ordinary course of business, engage in other transactions with First
Tennessee on competitive terms.
John N. Foy is currently an advisory director of AmSouth Bank of Tennessee
("AmSouth"). The Company is currently maintaining a $10 million line of credit
from AmSouth that matures in 2007. There was approximately $5.3 million of
letters of credit drawn on this line of credit as of December 31, 2005. In
addition, AmSouth is the lender on a $9.5 million construction loan for one of
the Company's projects and approximately $8.6 million was outstanding on such
construction loan as of December 31, 2005. AmSouth is a 25% participant in the
First Tennessee line of credit referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph and provides certain cash management services to the Company. AmSouth
currently serves as the administrator of the Management Company's 401(k) Plan
but such services will be terminated as of July 1, 2006. In the future, the
Company or the Operating Partnership may, in the ordinary course of business,
engage in other transactions with AmSouth on competitive terms.
RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte & Touche") has served as the
independent auditors for the Company since May 7, 2002, and the Audit Committee
has recommended, subject to ratification by the stockholders, that Deloitte &
Touche serve as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006.
Independent Registered Public Accountants' Fees and Services
The Company was billed for professional services provided during fiscal
years 2004 and 2005 by Deloitte & Touche in the amounts set out in the following
table.
2004 2005
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Audit Fees (1)............................... $ 730,880 $ 769,505
Audit-Related Fees (2)....................... 537,700 276,580
Tax Fees - Compliance (3).................... 198,525 196,510
Tax Fees - Consulting (4).................... 392,255 319,783
All Other Fees (5)........................... 48,043 50,395
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Total.................................... $1,907,403 $1,612,773
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(1) Consists of fees billed for professional services in connection with
the audit of the Company's annual financial statements for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, the audit of the
Company's internal controls over financial reporting as of December
31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, reviews of the financial statements
included in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during the
2004 and 2005 fiscal years, comfort letters and other services
normally provided by the independent auditor in connection with
statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
(2) Consists of fees billed for assurance and related services that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the
Company's consolidated financial statements and are not reported under
"Audit Fees". These services include audits of the Company's
subsidiaries pursuant to requirements of certain loan agreements,
joint venture agreements and ground lease agreements, as well as fees
related to the Company's documentation of its internal controls over
financial reporting during 2004.
(3) Consists of fees billed for professional services for assistance
regarding federal and state tax compliance.
(4) Consists of fees billed for professional services for tax advice and
tax planning, which consists of tax services related to mergers and
acquisitions and tax planning services.
(5) Consists of fees for products and services other than the services
reported above. These services included permitted software license and
implementation fees related to tax compliance software and an
agreed-upon procedures engagement.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has considered the services
rendered by Deloitte & Touche for services other than the audit of the Company's
financial statements and has determined that the provision of these services is
compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte & Touche.
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The Audit Committee has adopted a policy that it is required to approve all
services (audit and/or non-audit) to be performed by the independent auditor to
assure that the provision of such services does not impair such auditor's
independence. All services, engagement terms, conditions and fees, as well as
changes in such terms, conditions and fees, must be approved by the Audit
Committee in advance. The Audit Committee will annually review and approve
services that may be provided by the independent auditor during the next year
and will revise the list of approved services from time to time based on
subsequent determinations. The Audit Committee believes that the independent
auditor can provide tax services to the Company such as tax compliance, tax
planning and tax advice without impairing such auditor's independence and that
such tax services do not constitute prohibited services pursuant to SEC and/or
NYSE rules. The authority to approve services may be delegated by the Audit
Committee to one or more of its members including the Chairman of the Audit
Committee, but may not be delegated to management. If authority to approve
services has been delegated to an Audit Committee member, any such approval of
services must be reported to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
Recommendation and Vote Necessary to Approve the Proposal
The Board of Directors, in concurrence with the Audit Committee, proposes
and recommends that the stockholders ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche
to serve as the independent auditors for the Company's fiscal year ending
December 31, 2006. Unless otherwise directed by the stockholders, proxies will
be voted for approval of the selection of Deloitte & Touche to serve as the
Company's independent auditors for the 2006 fiscal year. A representative of
Deloitte & Touche will attend the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to
make a statement and to respond to appropriate questions.
The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche as the Company's
independent auditors for the 2006 fiscal year must be approved by a majority of
the shares of Common Stock present or represented at the Annual Meeting.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR"
THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY'S
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR 2006
DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
In accordance with the rules established by the SEC, stockholder proposals
to be included in the Company's proxy statement with respect to the 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders must be received by the Company at its executive offices
located at 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 500, CBL Center, Chattanooga,
Tennessee 37421-6000 no later than December 1, 2006.
In addition, the Company's Bylaws provide that any stockholder of record
desiring to nominate a director or have a stockholder proposal considered at an
annual meeting must provide written notice of such nomination or proposal and
appropriate supporting documentation, as set forth in the Bylaws, to the Company
at its principal executive offices not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days
prior to the anniversary date of the prior year's annual meeting (the
"Anniversary Date"); provided, however, that stockholders will have additional
time to deliver the required notice in the event the annual meeting is advanced
by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from the Anniversary Date.
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HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS
If you and other residents at your mailing address own common stock in
street name, your broker or bank may have sent you a notice that your household
will receive only one annual report and proxy statement for each company in
which you hold shares through that broker or bank. This practice of sending only
one copy of proxy materials is known as "householding." If you did not respond
that you did not want to participate in householding, you were deemed to have
consented to the process. If the foregoing procedures apply to you, your broker
has sent one copy of our annual report and proxy to your address. However, even
if your broker has sent only one copy of these proxy materials, you should
receive a proxy card for each stockholder in your household.
You may revoke your consent to householding at any time by sending your
name, the name of your brokerage firm and your account number to Householding
Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717 (telephone number:
1-800-542-1061). The revocation of your consent to householding will be
effective 30 days following its receipt. If you are receiving multiple copies of
our annual report and proxy statement, you can request householding by
contacting us in the same manner. In any event, if you did not receive an
individual copy of this proxy statement or our annual report, you can obtain a
copy by contacting our Director of Investor Relations, either by mail at our
corporate office or by e-mail to Katie_Reinsmidt@cblproperties.com.
OTHER BUSINESS OF THE MEETING
Management is not aware of any matters to come before the Annual Meeting
other than those stated in this Proxy Statement. However, if any matters of
which management is not now aware should come before the meeting or any
adjournment, the proxies confer discretionary authority with respect to acting
thereon, and the persons named in such proxies intend to vote, act and consent
in accordance with their best judgment with respect thereto. Upon receipt of
such proxies (in the form enclosed and properly signed) in time for voting, the
shares represented thereby will be voted as indicated thereon and in this Proxy
Statement.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz
STEPHEN D. LEBOVITZ
Secretary
Chattanooga, Tennessee
March 31, 2006
COPIES OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 2005, MAY BE OBTAINED WITHOUT CHARGE BY ANY STOCKHOLDER TO WHOM THIS PROXY
STATEMENT IS SENT UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO INVESTOR RELATIONS, CBL & ASSOCIATES
PROPERTIES, INC., 2030 HAMILTON PLACE BLVD., SUITE 500, CBL CENTER, CHATTANOOGA,
TENNESSEE 37421-6000.
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CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS ON MAY 8, 2006
This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors
The undersigned hereby appoints CHARLES B. LEBOVITZ and STEPHEN D. LEBOVITZ and
each or any of them proxies, with power of substitution, to vote all shares of
the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Monday, May
8, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., local time, at The Chattanoogan, 1201 South Broad Street,
Chattanooga, Tennessee or at any adjournment thereof, upon the matters set forth
in the Proxy Statement for such meeting, and in their discretion, on such other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
Dated: _______________________________ , 2006
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Signature
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Signature if held jointly
NOTE: When shares are held by joint tenants,
both should sign. Persons signing as
Executor, Administrator, Trustee, etc. should
so indicate. Please sign exactly as the name
appears on the proxy.
(PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.)
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
If you do not vote by telephone or Internet, please sign and date
this proxy card and return it promptly in the enclosed
postage-paid envelope, or otherwise to Corporate Election
Services, P.O. Box 3230, Pittsburgh, PA 15230, so your shares
will be represented at the Annual Meeting. If you vote by
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CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. PROXY
IF NO CONTRARY SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1
AND 2.
1. TO RE-ELECT THREE DIRECTORS TO SERVE FOR THREE YEARS AND UNTIL THEIR
RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED.
NOMINEES: (1) Martin J. Cleary (2) Matthew S. Dominski (3) John N. Foy
|_| FOR the nominees listed above |_| WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
to vote for the nominees listed above
(INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for the nominee, strike a line
through the nominee's name above:)
2. TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE COMPANY'S FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
31, 2006.
|_| FOR |_| AGAINST |_| ABSTAIN
(CONTINUED FROM OTHER SIDE)