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April 7, 2002
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 Tuesday, May 7, 2002 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
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Charles B. Lebovitz
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
May 7, 2002
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
Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. (EDT) for the following purposes:
1. To re-elect four 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 approve an amendment to the CBL & Associates
Properties, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Stock Incentive Plan") to
increase the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock available for
issuance thereunder; 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 11, 2002 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
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Stephen D. Lebovitz
President and Secretary
Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 7, 2002
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PROXY STATEMENT
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
2030 Hamilton Place Blvd.
Suite 500
CBL Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
May 7, 2002
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 (the "Annual Meeting") of the
Company to be held at The Chattanoogan, 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, on Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 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 and will not receive
additional compensation for such services. In addition, the Company's investor
relations firm, Corporate Communications, Inc., will, among other services
performed for the Company, assist in the preparation and delivery of the proxies
to the Company stockholders and assist in the solicitation of proxies. 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 their expense in so doing.
The Company anticipates mailing proxy materials and the Annual Report for
the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, to stockholders of record as
of March 11, 2002, on or about April 7, 2002.
VOTING SECURITIES
RECORD DATE AND SHARES ENTITLED TO VOTE
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2002, 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 25,713,460
shares. Each share is entitled to one vote with respect to those matters upon
which such share is to be voted.
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, but if a quorum should not be present, the
Annual Meeting may be adjourned from time to time until a quorum is obtained.
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 approval of the amendment to the Company's Stock Incentive Plan.
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VOTING PROCEDURES
Proxy cards are being mailed to holders of shares of the Company's Common
Stock for voting solely with respect to their shares of Common Stock.
Stockholders holding shares of Common Stock should complete, sign and return to
the Company the proxy card.
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 generally
not be counted for any other purpose, except that abstentions with respect to
any proposal, other than the election of directors, will be treated as negative
votes.
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.
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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"). Each year the term of office of one
class of directors expires.
The Board of Directors intends to present for action at the Annual Meeting
the re-election of Charles B. Lebovitz, Claude M. Ballard, Gary L. Bryenton and
Leo Fields, whose present terms expire in 2002, to serve for a term of three
years and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Mr.
Ballard, Mr. Bryenton and Mr. Fields are three of the Company's five Independent
Directors.
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.
NOMINEES
Set forth below is information with respect to the nominees for election:
Name Age Current Position*
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Charles B. Lebovitz 65 Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
Claude M. Ballard 72 Director
Gary L. Bryenton 62 Director
Leo Fields 73 Director
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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.
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 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. 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 Realty &
Development Corp. ("Arlen") where he served as President of Arlen's shopping
center division, and, in 1978, he founded CBL together with his associates (the
"Associates"), including John N. Foy and Ben S. Landress. Mr. Lebovitz is 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
International Council of Shopping Centers ("ICSC").
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CLAUDE M. BALLARD, CRE, M.A.I. has served as a Director of the Company
since the completion of its initial public offering and is Chairman of the
Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee 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. In 1999, the United
States Tax Court determined that Mr. Ballard had underpaid federal taxes and
underreported income over a period of years ending in 1989 as result of
participation in transactions found by the Tax Court to have involved serious
financial improprieties. (Investment Research Associates, Ltd. and Subsidiaries,
et al v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, T.C. Memo 1999-407). Because
of the nature of the transactions, the Tax Court upheld the imposition of
penalties under Internal Revenue Code Section 6663 and its predecessors. Mr.
Ballard has since paid the taxes, penalties and interest at issue and is
appealing the Tax Court's decision.
GARY L. BRYENTON joined the Company as a Director on January 31, 2001 in
accordance with the terms of the Company's acquisition of a portfolio of 21
malls and 2 associated centers from Jacobs Realty Investors Limited Partnership
and certain of its affiliates and partners. See "Jacobs Acquisition". Mr.
Bryenton is a member of the Company's Audit Committee. Mr. Bryenton is the
executive partner of the law firm of Baker & Hostetler LLP. He currently serves
as Chairman of the Board of trustees of Heidelberg College and is a Board member
of the Cleveland Orchestra, the National Conference for Community and Justice
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
LEO FIELDS has served as a Director of the Company since the completion of
its public offering and is a member of the Compensation Committee and Chairman
of the Audit 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 chairman of the Dallas Home for the Jewish
Aged Endowment Foundation and a Director of the M. B. and Edna Zale Foundation.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE
FOUR DIRECTORS NAMED ABOVE
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Directors and Executive Officers
Set forth below is information with respect to the directors (in addition
to Charles B. Lebovitz, Claude M. Ballard, Gary L. Bryenton and Leo Fields) and
executive officers (in addition to Charles B. Lebovitz) of the Company:
Term
Name Expires (1) Age Current Position(2)
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John N. Foy 2003 58 Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
Stephen D. Lebovitz 2004 41 Director, President and
Secretary
Martin J. Cleary 2003 66 Director
William J. Poorvu 2003 66 Director
Winston W. Walker 2004 58 Director
Ben S. Landress -- 74 Executive Vice President--
Management
Ronald L. Fullam -- 59 Senior Vice President--
Development
Ronald S. Gimple -- 62 Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Michael I. Lebovitz -- 38 Senior Vice President--
Mall Projects
Farzana K. Mitchell -- 50 Senior Vice President--Finance
George R. (Buck)
Sappenfield -- 51 Senior Vice President--
Asset Management
Jerry L. Sink -- 51 Senior Vice President--
Mall Management
Eric P. Snyder -- 52 Senior Vice President and
Director of Corporate Leasing
Augustus N. Stephas -- 59 Senior Vice President--
Accounting and Controller
R. Stephen Tingle -- 56 Senior Vice President--
Community Center Development
Charles W.A. Willett, Jr. -- 52 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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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. Until February 1999, he served as Executive Vice President -- Finance
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. 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, and, in 1978, joined Charles B. Lebovitz as an Associate in
establishing CBL. 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 of the Chattanooga Airport Authority
and Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise. In October 2001, Mr. Foy was elected to
the Board of Governors of The National Association of Real Estate Investment
Trusts (NAREIT) for a term expiring in 2004.
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 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, Mr. Lebovitz was
affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1984 to 1986. He is the 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 former state director of the ICSC for the New England
states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) and will
become a Trustee of the ICSC in May 2002. Stephen D. Lebovitz is a son of
Charles B. Lebovitz and a brother of Michael I. Lebovitz.
MARTIN J. CLEARY joined the Company as Director on January 31, 2001 in
accordance with the terms of the Jacobs Acquisition. See "Jacobs Acquisition".
He 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 of Guardian Life Insurance Company and the Lamson &
Sessions Company. Mr. Cleary is also an ex-officio Trustee and former Chairman
of the ICSC.
WILLIAM J. POORVU serves as a Director of the Company and is a member of
the Compensation and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors. He has held
these positions since the completion of the Company's initial public offering.
Mr. Poorvu has, since 1981, been a professor at Harvard Business School
specializing in real estate courses. Mr. Poorvu is also managing partner in
several private real estate companies and has authored a number of books on real
estate subjects. He is Co-Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Baupost Group,
L.L.C. and a Trustee/Director of mutual funds in the Massachusetts Financial
Services Group of Funds.
WINSTON W. WALKER serves as a Director of the Company and is a member of
the Executive and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors. He has held
these positions since the completion of the Company's initial public offering.
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 Director of Olan Mills, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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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 of the Company and prior
thereto, he served in a similar capacity with CBL. 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 Mr. Lebovitz as an Associate in establishing CBL.
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 as a Vice President upon its formation in 1978.
RONALD S. GIMPLE serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company. He has held these positions since January 1997. Mr. Gimple joined the
Company in 1994 as Vice President -- Development. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Gimple served as a Vice President of The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation,
from 1987 to 1994, and, prior to 1987, he served as General Counsel of Petrie
Store Corporation, Vice President and Real Estate Counsel of BATUS Retail Group
and Vice President and General Counsel of General Growth Company.
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 in 1988 as a project manager for
CoolSprings Galleria in Nashville, Tennessee and was promoted to Vice President
in 1993. Prior to joining CBL, he was affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co. from
1986 to 1988. He is Vice President of the Jewish Community Federation of Greater
Chattanooga, serves as Vice Chairman and 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.
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, having joined that company in 1983 and during her tenure there
for 1994-1995, she served as Deputy Portfolio Manager for the Equitable Life
Assurance Society portfolio of real estate mortgages. From 1976 to 1982, Ms.
Mitchell served as deputy chief financial officer of IRT Property Company, a
real estate investment trust.
GEORGE R. (BUCK) SAPPENFIELD serves as Senior Vice President -- Asset
Management for the Company. He has held that position since joining the Company
in May 2000. Prior to that time from 1993 until joining the Company, he served
as President -- Real Estate of The Limited, Inc. and from 1983 to 1993, he
served as Vice President -- Real Estate and Director of Real Estate -- South of
The Limited, Inc. From 1972 to 1983, Mr. Sappenfield was affiliated with Melvin
Simon and Associates.
JERRY L. SINK, C.S.M. serves as Senior Vice President-- Mall Management for
the Company. He has held that position since February 1998. Prior to that time,
Mr. Sink served as Vice President-- Mall Management. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Sink served as Vice President of Retail Asset Management for
Equitable Real Estate, Chicago, Illinois, from January 1988 to June 1993 and
prior to June 1988, he was affiliated with General Growth Companies, Inc. as
Vice President of Management.
ERIC P. SNYDER serves as Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate
Leasing for the Company. He has held these positions since January 1997. Mr.
Snyder joined CBL as a project manager in 1978 and was promoted to Vice
President in 1984 and to Director of Corporate Leasing in 1992. From 1974 to
1978, Mr. Snyder was a leasing agent and project manager for Arlen's shopping
centers.
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AUGUSTUS N. STEPHAS serves as Senior Vice President -- Accounting and
Controller for the Company. He has held these positions since January 1997. Mr.
Stephas joined CBL 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 for 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 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 for 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 prior to 1993. Mr. Willett joined CBL
in 1978 and prior thereto, he was affiliated with Arlen in its finance and
accounting departments.
Board of Directors' Meetings and Committees
The Board of Directors has established standing Executive, Audit and
Compensation Committees. The Board of Directors has no standing Nominating
Committee. The Board of Directors met 8 times and took action by written consent
1 time during 2001. Each director attended more than 75% of the total number of
Board meetings and meetings of Board committees on which the director served
during fiscal year 2001.
Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is composed of Charles B.
Lebovitz (Chairman), John N. Foy and Winston W. Walker, who is an Independent
Director. 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 of 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 pursuant
to the Company's Bylaws. The Executive Committee met 4 times and took action by
unanimous written consent 5 times during 2001.
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is composed of Leo Fields (Chairman),
Claude M. Ballard and William J. Poorvu and Gary L. Bryenton, all of whom are
Independent Directors. The Audit Committee makes recommendations concerning the
engagement of independent public accountants and the plans and results of the
audit engagement, approves professional services provided by the independent
public accountants, considers the range of audit and non-audit fees 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 3 times
during 2001.
Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is composed of Claude M.
Ballard (Chairman), Leo Fields, William J. Poorvu, Winston W. Walker and Martin
J. Cleary. (Mr. Ballard, Mr. Fields, Mr. Poorvu and Mr. Walker are four of the
Company's five Independent Directors). The Compensation Committee reviews and
approves compensation programs generally and, specifically, salaries, bonuses,
stock awards and stock options for officers of the Company of the level of vice
president or higher. The Compensation Committee met 2 times and took action by
unanimous written consent 1 time during 2001. Compensation of Directors
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During 2001, each Independent Director received from the Company an annual
fee of $22,500. In addition to the annual fee, each Independent Director
received a meeting fee of $1,000 for each Board or Audit or Compensation
Committee meeting attended and $500 for each telephonic Board meeting attended
and reimbursement of expenses incurred in attending meetings. Each Independent
Director serving as a member of the Executive Committee received from the
Company a monthly fee of $500 in lieu of meeting fees for each Executive
Committee meeting.
Each Independent Director, on December 31 of each fiscal year of the
Company, automatically receives an annual grant of options to purchase 500
shares of Common Stock having an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market
value of the shares of Common Stock on the date of grant of such option. The
options granted to the Independent Directors on December 31, 2001 have an
exercise price equal to $31.31 per share (based upon the average of the high and
low sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on
December 31, 2001, the last trading day of 2001). Each holder of a director
option granted pursuant to this arrangement also has the same rights as other
holders of options in the event of a change in control. By Resolution dated
April 30, 1996, the Compensation Committee adopted certain additional terms for
options granted to the Independent Directors. Pursuant to the Resolution,
options granted to the Independent Directors (i) shall have a term of 10 years
from date of grant, (ii) are 100% vested upon grant, (iii) are non-forfeitable
prior to the expiration of the term except upon the Independent Director's
conviction for any criminal activity involving the Company or, if non-exercised,
within one year following the date the Independent Director ceases to be a
director of the Company, and (iv) are non-transferable. In addition, any person
who becomes an Independent Director will receive an initial grant of 500 shares
of Common Stock upon joining the Board of Directors. The transfer of such shares
is restricted during the Independent Director's term and for one year thereafter
pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan.
Martin J. Cleary is compensated for his services to the same extent as the
Independent Directors.
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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 21, 2002, 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 person is the Company's
address.
Number of Rule 13d-3 Fully-Diluted
Shares(1) Percentage(1) Percentage(2)
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Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.(3).......... 3,341,490 11.50% 6.18%
757 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-2013
CBL & Associates, Inc.(4)........................... 8,805,243 24.25 14.36
Charles B. Lebovitz(5).............................. 9,817,874 26.30 15.75
John N. Foy(6)...................................... 473,910 1.61 *
Stephen D. Lebovitz(7).............................. 515,293 1.75 *
Eric P. Snyder(8)................................... 155,153 * *
Augustus N. Stephas(9).............................. 76,628 * *
Claude M. Ballard(10)............................... 38,000 * *
1800 Deerfield Road
Dripping Springs, Texas 78620
William J. Poorvu(10)............................... 24,837 * *
c/o Investment Resource Group
44 Brattle Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Winston W. Walker(10)............................... 47,500 * *
13450 N. Kachina Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85737
Leo Fields(11)...................................... 63,800 * *
c/o Weisberg & Fields, Inc.
Preston Commons East
8115 Preston Road
Dallas, Texas 75225
Gary L. Bryenton(10)................................ 1,600 * *
Baker & Hostetler LLP
3200 National City Center
1900 East 9th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3485
Martin J. Cleary (10)(12)........................... 1,000 * *
619 Ocean Avenue
Sea Girt, New Jersey 08750
All executive officers and directors as a group (20 11,850,291 30.56 18.58
persons)............................................
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* Less than 1%
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(1) The Company conducts all of its business activities through CBL &
Associates Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Operating Partnership"). Pursuant to the second amended and restated
partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership (the "Partnership
Agreement"), each of the partners of the Operating Partnership, which
include, among others, CBL 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 partnership units in the Operating Partnership for
shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent, at the Company's election.
Additionally, on January 31, 2001, the Operating Partnership issued to
certain affiliates of Jacobs Realty Investors Limited Partnership
12,358,187 special common units of the Operating Partnership ("SCUs"). SCUs
may, at any time after the earlier of (i) January 31, 2004, or (ii) the
death of the beneficial owner of the SCUs (the "Exchange Date"), be
exchanged for cash, shares of the Company's Common Stock (on a one-for-one
basis) or any combination of cash or shares of Common Stock, at the
Company's election. See "Jacobs Acquisition" and "Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions." 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, percentage ownership of the Common Stock is
computed based on the sum of (i) 29,066,244 shares of Common Stock actually
outstanding as of March 21, 2002, (ii) 8,600,159 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) 1,105,400 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired within 60
days of March 21, 2002 upon the exercise of outstanding options. Amounts
shown were determined without regard to applicable Ownership Limits.
Because of the restriction on exchange of SCUs prior to the Exchange Date,
percentage ownership of Common Stock is computed without taking into
account any exchange of SCUs for shares of Common Stock.
(2) Calculated based on 29,066,244 shares of Common Stock outstanding and
assuming full exercise of all CBL Rights for shares of Common Stock by all
holders of common units of the Operating Partnership as well as the
exchange of all SCUs for shares of Common Stock (in each case, without
regard to applicable Ownership Limits) for an aggregate of 54,082,865
shares of Common Stock. Calculation does not include 2,292,847 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 upon the exercise of outstanding
options.
(3) In a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 13, 2002 by the Cohen & Steers
Capital Management, Inc. ("Cohen & Steers"), Cohen & Steers reported that
as of December 31, 2001, it beneficially owned 3,341,490 shares of Common
Stock, or 11.50% of the total shares outstanding as of March 21, 2002.
Cohen & Steers reported that it possesses sole voting power with respect to
2,922,290 shares of Common Stock and sole dispositive power with respect to
3,341,490 shares of Common Stock.
(4) Includes (i) 1,470,054 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii)
7,237,823 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired upon the exercise of
CBL Rights and (iii) 97,366 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by
four entities controlled by CBL & Associates, Inc. (CBL Employees
Partnership/Conway, Foothills Plaza Partnership, Girvin Road Partnership
and Warehouse Partnership) upon the exercise of CBL Rights.
(5) Includes (i) 71,631 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii) 3,347
shares owned by Mr. Lebovitz' wife, 13,357 shares held in trusts for the
benefit of his step-daughter and grandchildren (of which Mr. Lebovitz
disclaims beneficial ownership) and 101,600 shares which may be acquired
upon the exercise of CBL Rights and held in trusts for the benefit of Mr.
Lebovitz and his sister, (iii) 352,903 shares of Common Stock which may be
acquired upon the exercise of CBL Rights, (iv) 222,600 shares of Common
Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan which are
currently exercisable with respect to such shares, (v) 18,600 shares of
Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan
which become exercisable with respect to such shares within sixty days of
March 21, 2002, (vi) 8,805,243 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
CBL, which Mr. Lebovitz may be deemed to beneficially own by virtue of his
control of CBL, and (vii) 228,194 shares of Common Stock that may be
acquired by College Station Associates, an entity controlled by Mr.
Lebovitz, upon the exercise of CBL Rights.
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(6) Includes (i) 122,069 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii) 189,241
shares of Common Stock which may be acquired upon the exercise of CBL
Rights, (iii) 148,200 shares of Common Stock subject to options granted
under the Stock Incentive Plan which are currently exercisable with respect
to such shares, and (iv) 14,400 shares of Common Stock subject to options
granted under the Stock Incentive Plan which become exercisable with
respect to such shares within sixty days of March 21, 2002.
(7) Includes (i) 91,357 shares owned directly, (ii) 238,296 shares of Common
Stock which may be acquired upon the exercise of CBL Rights, (iii) 165,800
shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive
Plan which are currently exercisable with respect to such shares, and (iv)
19,200 shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock
Incentive Plan which become exercisable with respect to such shares within
sixty days of March 21, 2002.
(8) Includes (i) 9,500 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii) 6,283 shares
of Common Stock owned by Mr. Snyder's wife and 931 shares of Common Stock
owned by Mr. Snyder's children, (iii) 48,439 shares of Common Stock which
may be acquired upon the exercise of CBL Rights, (iv) 79,200 shares of
Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan
which are currently exercisable with respect to such shares, and (v) 10,800
shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive
Plan which become exercisable with respect to such shares within sixty days
of March 21, 2002.
(9) Includes (i) 3,927 shares of Common Stock owned directly, (ii) 31 shares of
Common Stock owned by Mr. Stephas' wife, (iii) 27,670 shares of Common
Stock which may be acquired upon the exercise of CBL Rights, (iv) 34,200
shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock Incentive
Plan which are currently exercisable with respect to such shares, and (v)
10,800 shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the Stock
Incentive Plan which become exercisable with respect to such shares within
sixty days of March 21, 2002.
(10) Includes 4,000 shares of Common Stock subject to immediately exercisable
stock options granted to each of Mr. Ballard, Mr. Poorvu and Mr. Walker on
December 31 of each of the years 1994 through 2001 in the amounts of 500
stock options per grant and, as to Mr. Bryenton and Mr. Cleary, 500 shares
of Common Stock subject to immediately exercisable stock options granted to
each of Mr. Bryenton and Mr. Cleary on December 31, 2001. All such grants
were pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan.
(11) Includes (i) 20,500 shares of Common Stock owned by a family limited
partnership created by Mr. Fields and his wife on January 1, 1997 and in
which Mr. Fields serves as a general partner, (ii) 40,300 shares of Common
Stock held by members of Mr. Fields' family, with respect to which Mr.
Fields acts as investment adviser and of which Mr. Fields disclaims
beneficial ownership, and (iii) 3,000 shares of Common Stock subject to
immediately exercisable stock options granted under the Stock Incentive
Plan.
(12) Does not include 215,277 SCUs beneficially owned by Mr. Cleary.
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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 Securities and
Exchange Commission ("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 reports were
required to be filed, the Company believes that during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001 all officers, directors and ten percent stockholders complied
with the filing requirements applicable to them except that Gary L. Bryenton
failed to timely file one Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form
4. An Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 5 was
subsequently made on behalf of Mr. Bryenton.
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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, 2001 and for the Company's fiscal years ending December 31, 2000 and 1999:
Summary Compensation Table(1)
Long Term
Compensation
Annual ----------------------------
Compensation Awards
------------------------- ----------------------------
Restricted Securities All
Stock Underlying Other
Name and Principal Award(s) Options Compensation
Position(2) Year Salary($) Bonus($) ($)(3) (#) ($)
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Charles B. 2001 482,027 -- 325,000 16,000 9,446(4)
Lebovitz,
Chairman of the 2000 467,987 -- 275,000 16,000 9,197
Board and Chief
Executive Officer 1999 454,356 -- 200,000 16,000 9,197
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John N. Foy, 2001 386,320 -- 375,000 16,000 9,446(4)
Vice Chairman of
the Board, Chief 2000 366,320 -- 375,000 16,000 9,197
Financial
Officer 1999 343,820 -- 200,000 41,000 8,561
and Treasurer
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Stephen D. Lebovitz 2001 325,000 300,000 75,000 16,000 9,446(4)
Director,
President and 2000 282,223 -- 400,000 16,000 9,197
Secretary
1999 259,723 -- 200,000 41,000 8,109
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Eric P. Snyder 2001 331,833 200,000(5) -- 9,000 6,878(4)
Senior Vice
President 2000 311,000 150,000(5) -- 9,000 6,628
and Director of
Corporate Leasing 1999 291,000 150,000(5) -- 9,000 8,358
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Augustus N. Stephas 2001 354,100 125,000 -- 9,000 6,878(4)
Senior Vice
President - 2000 334,000 100,000 -- 9,000 6,628
Accounting and
Controller 1999 314,000 75,000 -- 9,000 8,630
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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. As of December
31, 2001, an aggregate of 65,938 shares of restricted stock with a value of
$2,077,047 were outstanding. Dividends, to the extent paid on the Company's
Common Stock, will be paid on all outstanding shares of restricted stock.
(4) For fiscal year 2001, amount shown represents term life insurance premiums
paid by the Management Company and matching contributions by the Management
Company under the CBL & Associates Management, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing
Plan and Trust (the "401(k) Plan").
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(5) Represents amount deferred at Mr. Snyder's election pursuant to a
non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement between Mr. Snyder and the
Company.
The following table sets forth information regarding grants of stock
options made during fiscal year 2001 to each of the named executive officers:
OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Individual Grants
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Potential Realizable Value at
Securities % of Total Assumed Annual Rates of Stock
Underlying Options Exercise or Price Appreciation For Option
Options Granted to Base Terms(4)
Granted Employees in Price Expiration -----------------------------
Name (#)(1) Fiscal Year(2) ($/Sh)(3) Date 5% 10%
------------------------- -------------- -------------- ----------- ------------ ------------- -------------
Charles B. Lebovitz 16,000 4.26% 27.6750 05/02/11 $ 278,475 $ 705,709
John N. Foy 16,000 4.26% 27.6750 05/02/11 278,475 705,709
Stephen D. Lebovitz 16,000 4.26% 27.6750 05/02/11 278,475 705,709
Eric P. Snyder 9,000 2.40% 27.6750 05/02/11 156,642 396,961
Augustus N. Stephas 9,000 2.40% 27.6750 05/02/11 156,642 396,961
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(1) All options granted to the named executive officers were granted pursuant
to the Stock Incentive Plan. All options granted to the named executive
officers were granted on May 2, 2001 and become exercisable in five equal
annual installments beginning May 2, 2002.
(2) Percentages listed are based on options to purchase a total of 375,500
shares of Common Stock granted by the Company to certain of its officers
and employees during fiscal year 2001. Calculations do not include options
to purchase an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Common Stock granted to the
following directors in fiscal year 2001 pursuant to the Stock Incentive
Plan: Claude M. Ballard, Gary L. Bryenton, Martin J. Cleary, Leo Fields,
William J. Poorvu and Winston W. Walker.
(3) The exercise price is payable in cash.
(4) Potential realizable value is calculated based on an assumption that the
fair market value of the Common Stock appreciates at the annual rates shown
(5% and 10%), compounded annually, from the date of grant until the end of
the option term (10 years). The 5% and 10% assumed rates are mandated by
the SEC for purposes of calculating realizable value and do not represent
the Company's estimate or projection of future stock prices.
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AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN 2001 AND YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
The following table provides information regarding the number and value of
options held by each of the named executive officers at December 31, 2001.
Except for the exercise of certain options by Augustus N. Stephas in 2001 noted
below, no options were exercised by any named executive officer during the
Company's 2001 fiscal year.
Number of
Securities
Underlying Value of Unexercised
Unexercised Options In-the-Money
Name Shares at Options at
Acquired Value December 31, 2001 December 31, 2001
on Realized --------------------------- ------------------------------
Name Exercise(#) ($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable(1)
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Charles B. Lebovitz -0- -0- 222,600 50,400 $2,414,103 $319,683
John N. Foy -0- -0- 148,200 44,800 1,493,486 276,896
Stephen D. Lebovitz -0- -0- 165,800 51,200 1,629,834 325,796
Eric P. Snyder -0- -0- 79,200 28,800 819,223 183,260
Augustus N. Stephas 25,200 194,295(2) 43,200 28,800 390,598 183,260
(1) Amounts listed are based upon the $31.50 closing price for the Common Stock
on the NYSE on December 31, 2001 (last trading day in 2001).
(2) Mr. Stephas exercised options to acquire 10,800 shares on January 8, 2001
and exercised options to acquire 14,400 on May 4-8, 2001.
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 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, Leo Fields, William J. Poorvu 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 and, except for
Martin J. Cleary, 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 is affiliated.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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.
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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 1.9% sole general partner interest
and a 49.3% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership. See "Certain
Relationship and Related Transactions - Partnership Agreement; CBL Rights". The
Company conducts substantially all of its business through the Operating
Partnership. To comply with certain technical requirements of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") applicable to real estate
investment trusts, the Operating Partnership carries out the Company's property
management and development activities through the Management Company.
Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has any paid employees.
Although Charles B. Lebovitz and the other executive officers named in this
Proxy Statement are executive officers of the Company, their compensation is in
the form of a base salary and bonus paid entirely by the Management Company.
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.
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 plan 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 plan for executives includes base salary,
performance based discretionary bonuses and periodic grants of stock awards and
stock options pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan. Non-executive employees of
the Company 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 will be essential to
the growth of the Company. 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. The Compensation Committee, based on recommendations
made by the Company, implemented an executive compensation program in 1994
pursuant to which officers of the level of vice president and higher received
during fiscal year 2001, in addition to a base salary, incentive compensation
consisting of cash, stock options and stock awards for the achievement of target
levels of performance determined by the Compensation Committee. The amount of
this additional compensation was determined for each executive officer based
upon his or her contribution to the overall success of the Company. Utilizing
the program's basic theory for incentive compensation, cash, stock options and
stock awards were granted during fiscal year 2001 to other employees of the
Company as performance-based incentive compensation.
Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer. Charles B. Lebovitz was paid a
base salary of $482,027 for 2001. Mr. Lebovitz receives annual reviews for
salary increases and discretionary bonuses. Additionally, Mr. Lebovitz
participates in the Company's incentive plans, including the Stock Incentive
Plan. During fiscal year 2001, Mr. Lebovitz received options to purchase 16,000
shares of Common Stock and awards of an aggregate of 14,931 shares of Common
Stock under the Stock Incentive Plan. The awards were determined upon the same
criteria as applied to the other executive officers of the Company.
Policy Regarding Qualifying Compensation. Section 162(m) of the Code
imposes a $1,000,000 ceiling on tax-deductible remuneration paid to any of the
five most highly compensated executive officers of a publicly-held corporation.
The limitation does not apply to remuneration that qualifies as
performance-based compensation in Section 162(m) of the Code. Options granted
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under the Stock Incentive Plan qualify as "performance-based compensation"
exempt from the deductibility limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code. All
other compensation to the named executive officers is below the $1,000,000
per-executive ceiling and was fully deductible by the Company.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Claude M. Ballard (Chairman)
Martin J. Cleary
Leo Fields
William J. Poorvu
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 (Leo Fields, Chairman, Claude M. Ballard, Gary L.
Bryenton and William J. Poorvu) and operates under a written charter adopted by
the Board of Directors on June 9, 2000.
Management is responsible for the Company's internal controls and financial
reporting process. The Company's independent accountants 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
to issue 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 accountants. Management reported to the
Audit Committee that the Company's consolidated financial statements for the
Company's 2001 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 accountants. The Audit Committee discussed with
the independent accountants the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communications with Audit Committee), as amended.
The Company's independent accountants also provided to the Audit Committee
the written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards No. 1
(Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and the Audit Committee
discussed with the independent accountants their firm's independence. The Audit
Committee considered whether the provision of services by the independent
accountants (other than audit services) is compatible with maintaining the
independent accountants' independence.
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, 2001 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Leo Fields (Chairman)
Gary L. Bryenton
Claude M. Ballard
William J. Poorvu
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph set forth below compares the percentage change in the cumulative
stockholder return on the Common Stock with the cumulative total return of the
Standard & Poor's 500 Total Return Index ("S&P 500") and NAREIT Equity REIT
Total Return Index1 for the period commencing December 31, 1996 through December
31, 2001. The following graph assumes that the value of the investment in the
Company and 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][OBJECT OMITTED]
Period Ending
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Index 12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98 12/31/99 12/31/00 12/31/01
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CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. $100.00 $102.41 $115.20 $100.15 $133.81 $179.43
S & P 500 100.00 133.37 171.44 207.52 188.62 166.22
NAREIT Equity REIT Index 100.00 120.26 99.21 94.63 119.59 136.24
1 The NAREIT Equity REIT Total Return Index is published monthly,
based on the last closing prices of the preceding month.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
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 Company, through the
Operating Partnership, owns 100% of the preferred stock and 5% of the common
stock of the Management Company and Charles B. Lebovitz, his family and certain
of the Associates own 95% of the common stock of the Management Company. Through
the ownership of 100% of the preferred stock of the Management Company, the
Company enjoys substantially all of the economic benefits of the Management
Company's business. The Management Company also provides management services for
certain properties owned by CBL and certain other third parties for which the
Management Company is paid a management fee. See "Retained Property Interests."
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; CBL RIGHTS
The Company entered into the Operating Partnership Agreement with CBL. The
Company, through subsidiaries, serves as the sole general partner of the
Operating Partnership and owns, as of March 21, 2002, 29,066,244 common
partnership units, representing a 1.7% interest as the sole general partner and
a 52.0% interest as a limited partner for an aggregate 53.7% interest in the
Operating Partnership. CBL owns 7,335,189 common partnership units, representing
a 13.6% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership. Certain executive
and senior officers also own common partnership units.
Pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, the limited partners were
granted CBL Rights, consisting of the rights to exchange all or a portion of
their common partnership units 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 ownership limit. 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 real
estate investment trust for tax purposes.
The number of shares of Common Stock and/or cash 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.
JACOBS ACQUISITION
On January 31, 2001, the Company acquired from Jacobs Realty Investors
Limited Partnership and certain of its affiliates and partners a portfolio of 21
malls and 2 associated centers for an aggregate consideration of approximately
$1.3 billion, and, in a separate transaction, the Company acquired the remaining
50% interest in Madison Square Mall in Huntsville, Alabama. In connection with
these transactions, the Operating Partnership issued 12,659,677 special common
units of the Operating Partnership (SCUs), representing in the aggregate a
25.48% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership. On March 14, 2002,
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the Company completed the second and final stage of the acquisition of the
remaining interest of Jacobs in four malls and one community center. The total
Jacobs purchase price of $1.3 billion included the second stage closing
consideration of $422,088 in cash, assumption of $26.6 million of fixed rate
non-recourse debt and issuance of 499,730 SCUs.
Each SCU is initially entitled to receive a quarterly distribution of
$0.725625 (equivalent to an annual distribution of $2.9025). SCUs may, at any
time after the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of their issuance, or (ii)
the death of the beneficial owner of the SCUs, be exchanged for cash, shares of
the Company's Common Stock (on a one-for-one basis) or any combination of cash
or shares of Common Stock, at the Company's election. Following the tenth
anniversary of their issuance, the Company will have the right to convert the
SCUs into common partnership units of the Operating Partnership.
In connection with the Jacobs Acquisition, the Company agreed to expand its
Board of Directors from seven to nine members and to nominate two of Jacobs'
designees as members of the Board. Martin J. Cleary and Gary L. Bryenton were
appointed the Board as Jacobs' initial designees. Jacobs will continue to be
entitled to nominate two Board members until the Jacobs family beneficially owns
fewer than 6.78 million SCUs and shares of Common Stock, following which Jacobs
will be entitled to nominate only one Board member. Jacobs will no longer be
entitled to nominate any Board members if the Jacobs family beneficially owns
fewer than 3.34 million SCUs and shares of Common Stock. CBL and certain of the
Company's executive officers have agreed to vote their shares in favor of
Jacobs' designees until the twelfth anniversary of the Jacobs Acquisition.
Jacobs and certain affiliated entities and persons have agreed to a 12-year
standstill period during which they will not seek to acquire control of the
Company and will not to participate in a group which seeks to acquire such
control. Jacobs also agreed until the twelfth anniversary of the Jacobs
Acquisition to vote its shares in favor of the election of the Board's nominees
to the Board of Directors who are running unopposed and uncontested.
Subject to certain exceptions, Richard E. Jacobs has agreed not to acquire,
develop, manage, own, lease or invest in regional mall shopping centers within
15 miles of certain properties acquired from Jacobs or within 12 miles of any
other of the Company's existing malls or malls acquired from Jacobs.
In connection with the Jacobs Acquisition at a special stockholders meeting
on January 19, 2001, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to its
certificate of incorporation which, among other things, permits the Lebovitz
Group (as defined in the Company's certificate of incorporation) and the Jacobs
Group (as defined in the amendment) to beneficially and constructively own in
the aggregate 37.99% of the Company's equity stock.
RETAINED PROPERTY INTERESTS
CBL 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 a
third party. Certain members of Charles B. Lebovitz's family and his father's
estate continue to own four community and neighborhood centers and two tracts of
vacant land. The properties retained by CBL 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 2001, CBL and the Lebovitz family
paid the Management Company approximately $127,000 under such arrangement.
AFFILIATED ENTITIES
Certain executive officers of CBL collectively have a 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 construction properties. 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 senior management, none of whom are affiliated with CBL or
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the Company. As of December 31, 2001, the Company had 10 active contracts
(including contracts in respect of each of the construction properties) with
such construction company having aggregate value of approximately $107.9
million. During fiscal year 2001, the Company paid approximately $94.3 million
to this construction company. 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 accountant 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 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 2001, the Company paid approximately $1.7 million as
reimbursement for operating expenses pursuant to such arrangement.
The Bylaws provide that any contract or transaction between the Company or
the Operating Partnership and one or more directors or officers of the Company
or 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.
CERTAIN LEASES
Certain executive officers and certain Company employees are partners in
partnerships that lease 22 spaces representing approximately 42,000 square feet
in 12 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 & Thompson, P.C., local counsel to the Company and CBL, leases
3,497 square feet of office space at the Company's office building. The
construction company also leases 20,637 square feet of office space at the
Company's office building. Management believes that, at the time these leases
were entered into, they provided for rental payments at market rates and terms.
OTHER
Charles B. Lebovitz, certain members of his family, certain of the
Associates, a partnership consisting of certain of the Associates, and Eric P.
Snyder have personally guaranteed an aggregate of $12.99 million of the debt of
the Operating Partnership. Such guarantee is payable only if, and to the extent
that, proceeds from a foreclosure sale of all assets of the Operating
Partnership are not in excess of the guarantee.
Charles B. Lebovitz is currently an advisory director of First Tennessee
Bank, N.A., Chattanooga, Tennessee ("First Tennessee"). The Company is currently
maintaining an $80 million line of credit from First Tennessee that matures in
2003. There was approximately $33 million outstanding on this line of credit at
December 31, 2001. First Tennessee also provides certain cash management
services to the Company. In the future, the Company or the Operating Partnership
may, in the ordinary course of business, engage in other transactions with First
Tennessee on competitive terms.
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John N. Foy is currently an advisory director of AmSouth Bank of Tennessee
("AmSouth"). The Company is currently maintaining a $5 million line of credit
from AmSouth that matures in 2003. There was approximately $1.9 million of
letters of credit drawn on this line of credit at December 31, 2001. In
addition, 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 and also serves as the administrator of the
Management Company's 401(k) Plan. 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.
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Company's 2001 financial statements were audited by Arthur Andersen,
LLP, which has served as the Company's independent public accountant since the
Company's inception in July 1993. Investigations of Arthur Andersen and its
professional standards and business practices have recently been commenced by
federal and state governmental and regulatory bodies arising from the firm's
role as independent public accountant for the Enron Corporation. Civil lawsuits
have also been commenced against the firm, representatives of the firm have
testified before the United States Congress, and the firm recently appointed an
oversight committee of outside observers to monitor the firm's professional
standards and business practices. On March 14, 2002, Arthur Andersen was
indicted on one count of obstruction of justice before the United State District
Court of the Southern District of Texas.
In light of the issues facing Arthur Andersen, the Audit Committee and
Board of Directors have not, as of the date of the mailing of this Proxy
Statement, determined whether to renew Arthur Andersen's engagement as the
Company's independent public accountant for the Company's 2002 fiscal year or to
engage a different national accounting firm. Accordingly, the Board of Directors
did not invite representatives of Arthur Andersen to be present at the Annual
Meeting of stockholders and none is expected to attend.
The Audit Committee and Board of Directors anticipate selecting in the near
future the Company's independent accountant for the Company's 2002 fiscal year,
at which time the Board of Directors intends to promptly and publicly announce
their decision. If an independent public accountant is selected prior to the
Annual Meeting, a representative of that firm will be invited to attend the
Annual Meeting and to be available to respond to questions.
AUDIT FEES
Audit Fees billed by Arthur Andersen LLP during the Company's 2001 fiscal
year for the audit of the Company's annual financial statements and the reviews
of the financial statements included in the Company's quarterly reports on Form
10-Q totaled $170,000.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FEES
The Company did not engage Arthur Andersen LLP to provide advice to the
Company regarding financial information systems design and implementation during
the Company's 2001 fiscal year.
ALL OTHER FEES
The aggregate fees billed by Arthur Andersen LLP during the Company's 2001
fiscal year for other services rendered to the Company totaled $608,210,
including audit-related fees of $190,465 and other fees of $417,745. The
audit-related fees of $190,465 include audits of subsidiaries, accounting
consultations, consents, and assistance with registration statements. The other
fees of $417,745 were primarily tax services.
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APPROVAL OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
1993 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
GENERAL
The Company has historically utilized stock options as a key part of its
overall compensation program for executive officers and other employees. As of
March 21, 2002, there were 464,342 shares available for awards under the
Company's Stock Incentive Plan. As of that date, 337,508 shares had been issued
as stock awards under the Stock Incentive Plan of which 100 shares were returned
(forfeited) as Deferred Stock prior to the Vesting Period (see "Description of
the Stock Incentive Plan - Deferred Stock" below), 907,203 options for shares
had been exercised and 2,291,047 options for shares were outstanding, leaving a
balance of 464,342 additional shares that may be subject of future option grants
or other awards under the Stock Incentive Plan. The Board of Directors believes
that it is in the best interests of the Company to have stock and stock-based
awards available in order to retain, attract and motivate high quality personnel
for the Company. By vote of the stockholders on May 1, 1996, the stockholders
approved an amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan (the "First Amendment") to
increase the number of shares available under the Stock Incentive Plan from
1,300,000 to 2,800,000. The First Amendment also limited to 100,000 the number
of shares of Common Stock with respect to which stock options may be granted to
any Stock Incentive Plan participant in any calendar year. This limitation was
put in place as a result of federal tax legislation enacted in 1993. Section
162(m) of the Code, generally disallows deductions in the case of publicly held
corporations such as the Company for compensation paid to any of the five
executive officers named in a corporation's proxy statement to the extent that
compensation exceeds $1 million per year per employee; "performance-based
compensation," however, does not count toward the $1 million limit. The First
Amendment conformed the Stock Incentive Plan to the requirements for
"performance-based compensation" exempt from deductibility limitations of
Section 162(m) of the Code. By vote of the stockholders on May 3, 2000, the
stockholders approved a second amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Second Amendment") to increase the number of shares available under the Stock
Incentive Plan from 2,800,000 to 4,000,000. On October 30, 2001, the Board of
Directors resolved to propose for stockholder approval a third amendment to the
Stock Incentive Plan (the "Third Amendment") to increase by 1,200,000 the number
of shares of Common Stock which may be available under the Stock Incentive Plan.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
The following description of the Stock Incentive Plan, as amended by the
First, Second and Third Amendments, is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the text of the Stock Incentive Plan as filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration Number 33-67372),
the text of the First Amendment as filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Number 333-04295),
the text of the Second Amendment as filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Number 333-41768) and
the text of the Third Amendment as attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of options to purchase a
specified number of shares of Common Stock ("Options") or rights to future
grants of Common Stock ("Deferred Stock"), subject to applicable ownership
limits. The Stock Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee,
which has the authority, among other things, to interpret the Stock Incentive
Plan and to adopt, alter and repeal such rules and regulations for the
administration of the Stock Incentive Plan as it may deem advisable.
Under the Stock Incentive Plan as amended, the total number of shares
available for grant will be increased from 4,000,000 to 5,200,000 shares. The
Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee may, under certain
circumstances, make such adjustments in the aggregate number and kind of shares
reserved for issuance, the number of shares and kind covered by outstanding
awards and the exercise prices specified therein.
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Participants in the Stock Incentive Plan, who may be officers or employees
of the Company, its subsidiaries (including the Management Company) or
designated affiliates, will be selected by the Compensation Committee. Directors
of the Company are also eligible to participate, but, in the case of directors
who are not employees, only pursuant to automatic grants under a specified
formula set forth in the Stock Incentive Plan. As of March 21, 2002, the
approximate number of persons eligible to participate was 617.
Options. The Compensation Committee is authorized to determine whether
Options to be issued under the Stock Incentive Plan will be designated as
"Incentive Stock Options" or as "Non-Qualified Stock Options." Incentive Stock
Options are options that are intended to qualify as incentive stock options
under Section 422 of the Code. Non-Qualified Stock Options are options that are
not Incentive Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The Stock Incentive Plan authorizes the Compensation Committee to grant
Options at an exercise price determined by the Compensation Committee. Such
price cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares of Common
Stock on the date on which the Option in respect thereof is granted. On March
21, 2002, the closing price of the Common Stock as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange was $35.49 per share. The exercise price is generally payable in
cash or, in certain circumstances, by the surrender, at the fair market value on
the date on which the Option is exercised, of shares of Common Stock held by the
optionee. The term of each Option is fixed by the Compensation Committee, but,
in any event, will expire 10 years after the date of grant (five years in the
case of an optionee who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company or any subsidiary). Additionally, the vesting provisions of
the Options will be determined by the Compensation Committee.
Options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan will become fully
exercisable upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan).
In general, Change of Control means (i) any acquisition by a person or group
(other than an acquisition from the Company or by the Company or by the
Company's management, an acquisition through the exercise of the rights to
exchange limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership for shares
of Common Stock or an acquisition by a Company-sponsored employee benefit plan)
of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) a change in the
majority of the Company's directors, (iii) approval by the Company's
stockholders of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company under certain
circumstances or (iv) approval by the Company's stockholders of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company. Holders of Options also have the
right to cash out their Options in the event of a Change of Control.
The right of any participant to exercise an Option may not be transferred
in any way other than (i) by will or the laws of descent and distribution or
(ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.
If Options granted in connection with the Stock Incentive Plan are
exercised at any time or from time to time, the Partnership Agreement of the
Operating Partnership requires the Company to contribute to the Operating
Partnership as an additional contribution the exercise price received by the
Company in connection with the issuance of shares of Common Stock to such
exercising participant. Although the Company will contribute to the Operating
Partnership an amount equal to the exercise price received by the Company, the
Company will be considered to have contributed an amount equal to the fair
market value of the shares of Common Stock issued to the exercising party for
purposes of determining the increase in the Company's percentage interest in the
Operating Partnership (and the dilution of the interests of the other partners
of the Operating Partnership) in connection with additional capital
contributions of the Company.
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Deferred Stock. The Stock Incentive Plan also permits the Compensation
Committee to grant rights to receive shares of Deferred Stock, subject to the
terms and conditions imposed by the Compensation Committee. These terms will
include a vesting period (the "Vesting Period") during which the rights to
receive Deferred Stock will be subject to forfeiture upon certain terminations
of employment, as determined by the Compensation Committee, although the Vesting
Period will be accelerated upon a Change of Control. At the end of the Vesting
Period set by the Compensation Committee, the participant will be issued
unrestricted shares of Common Stock, and will have all the rights of a holder of
Common Stock as to such shares, including the right to vote the shares and the
right to receive any cash distributions. If so determined by the Compensation
Committee in the applicable Deferred Stock agreement, Deferred Stock awards may
provide for the payment to the awardee, during the Vesting Period, of cash
amounts in respect of such Deferred Stock equal to the amount of dividends that
would have been paid on an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock.
Term, Amendment and Termination. The Stock Incentive Plan terminates on
October 27, 2003. Awards outstanding on that date are not affected or impaired
by the termination of the Stock Incentive Plan.
The Board may, with the approval of the Company's stockholders if required
by law or agreement, amend, alter or discontinue the Stock Incentive Plan
provided that no amendment, alteration or discontinuation will (i) impair the
rights of any person who has been granted any award without such person's
consent (unless the amendment is made to cause the Stock Incentive Plan to
qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3) or (ii) disqualify the Stock
Incentive Plan from the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3. The Board may, without
the approval of the Company's stockholders, amend the Stock Incentive Plan to
take into account changes in law and tax and accounting rules, as well as other
developments and grant awards which qualify for beneficial treatment under such
rules.
The Compensation Committee may amend any award theretofore granted,
prospectively or retroactively. No such amendment may impair the rights of any
participant under any award without the consent of such participant (except for
any amendment made to cause the plan to qualify for an exemption provided by
Rule 16b-3).
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The federal income tax consequences of participation in the Stock Incentive
Plan are complex and subject to change. The following discussion is only a
summary of the general rules applicable to options and participants in the Stock
Incentive Plan should consult their own tax advisers regarding their particular
situation.
No taxable income is realized by the optionee upon the grant or exercise of
an Incentive Stock Option. If Common Stock is issued to an optionee pursuant to
the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, and if no disqualifying disposition
of such shares is made by such optionee within two years after the date of grant
or within one year after the transfer of such shares to such optionee, then (1)
upon sale of such shares, any amount realized in excess of the option price will
be taxed to such optionee as a long-term capital gain and any loss sustained
will be a long-term capital loss, and (2) no deduction will be allowed to the
optionee's employer for federal income tax purposes.
If the Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option
is disposed of prior to the expiration of either holding period described above,
generally (1) the optionee will realize ordinary income in the year of
disposition in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the fair market value
of such shares at exercise (or, if less, the amount realized on the disposition
of such shares) over the option price paid for such shares, and (2) the
optionee's employer will be entitled to deduct such amount for federal income
tax purposes if the amount represents an ordinary and necessary business
expense. Any further gain (or loss) realized by the optionee will be taxed as
short-term or long-term capital gain (or loss), as the case may be, and will not
result in any deduction by the employer.
Subject to certain exceptions for disability or death, if an Incentive
Stock Option is exercised more than three months following termination of
employment, the exercise of the Option will generally be taxed as the exercise
of a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
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In general, for purposes of the alternative minimum tax, the exercise of an
Incentive Stock Option will be treated essentially as if it were the exercise of
a Non-Qualified Stock Option. As a result, the rules of Section 83 of the Code
relating to transfers of property, including restricted property, will apply in
determining the optionee's alternative minimum taxable income. Consequently, an
optionee exercising an Incentive Stock Option with respect to unrestricted
Common Stock will have income, for purposes of determining the base for the
application of the alternative minimum tax, in an amount equal to the spread
between the option price for the shares and the fair market value of the shares
on the date of exercise. Each optionee is potentially subject to the alternative
minimum tax. In substance, a taxpayer is required to pay the higher of his/her
alternative minimum tax liability or his/her "regular" income tax liability. As
a result, a taxpayer has to determine his potential liability under the
alternative minimum tax.
With respect to Non-Qualified Stock Options, (1) no income is realized by
the optionee at the time the Option is granted; (2) generally, at exercise,
ordinary income is realized by the optionee in an amount equal to the difference
between the option price paid for the shares and the fair market value of the
shares, if unrestricted, on the date of exercise, and the optionee's employer is
generally entitled to a tax deduction in the same amount subject to applicable
tax withholding requirements; and (3) at sale, appreciation (or depreciation)
after the date of exercise is treated as either short-term or long-term capital
gain (or loss) depending on how long the shares have been held.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS UNDER THE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Dollar Number of
Name and Position Value ($) Units
--------------------------------------------- ----------- ----------
Charles B. Lebovitz, Chairman of the Board of (1) (1)
Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen D. Lebovitz, Director, President and (1) (1)
Secretary
John N. Foy, Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Financial Officer and (1) (1)
Treasurer
Eric P. Snyder, Senior Vice President and (1) (1)
Director of Corporate Leasing
Augustus N. Stephas, Senior Vice President - (1) (1)
Accounting and Controller
Executive Group (1) (1)
Non-Executive Director Group (2) 3,000
Non-Executive Officer Employee Group (1) (1)
(1) Because the Stock Incentive Plan is a discretionary plan, it is not
possible to determine what awards the Compensation Committee will grant
under the Stock Incentive Plan.
(2) Each of the Company's six non-employee directors receives an annual option
grant of 500 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price equal to the
fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. Because the
dollar value of the options depends upon the market value of the Common
Stock which fluctuates, the dollar value of the options cannot be
determined at this time.
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RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors believes that it is important to have stock and
stock-based awards available in order to retain, attract and motivate high
quality personnel who are likely to contribute to the long-term success of the
Company. Accordingly, the Board of Directors believes that the amendment to
increase the number of shares of capital stock that may be awarded under the
Stock Incentive Plan is in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders. The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders approve
the Third Amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan.
VOTE REQUIRED
The Third Amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan must be approved by a
majority of the votes of the stockholders present, or represented, and entitled
to vote at the Annual Meeting.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSED
THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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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 2003 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 6, 2002.
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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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, inasmuch as matters of
which the management is not now aware may 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
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Stephen D. Lebovitz
Secretary
Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 7, 2002
COPIES OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2001 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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EXHIBIT A
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO THE
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
1993 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates
Properties, Inc. (the "Company") adopted at a meeting held on October 30, 2001,
the CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is
hereby amended as follows:
The first sentence of Section 3 of the Plan is amended to read as
follows: "Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the total
number of shares of Common Stock available for distribution
pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be 5,200,000."
The foregoing amendment is subject to the approval of the stockholders of
the Company at its next annual meeting of stockholders, and shall not be
effective unless and until such approval is obtained.
Dated: October 30, 2001
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
By: \s\ Stephen D. Lebovitz
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Name: Stephen D. Lebovitz
Title: President and Secretary
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