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Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 1-11690

DDR Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio

34-1723097

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3300 Enterprise Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio 44122

(Address of principal executive offices - zip code)

(216) 755-5500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

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

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

As of April 30, 2013, the registrant had 319,993,087 outstanding common shares, $0.10 par value per share.

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Unaudited

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012			2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012			3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012			4

Consolidated Statement of Equity for the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2013			5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012			6

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			7

DDR Corp.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Assets
Land	$	1,894,986		$	1,900,401
Buildings		5,824,030			5,773,961
Fixtures and tenant improvements		498,390			489,626

		8,217,406			8,163,988
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,721,378	)		(1,670,717	)

		6,496,028			6,493,271
Land held for development and construction in progress		489,381			475,123
Real estate held for sale, net		7,255			—

Total real estate assets, net		6,992,664			6,968,394
Investments in and advances to joint ventures		617,010			613,017
Cash and cash equivalents		18,872			31,174
Restricted cash		22,498			23,658
Notes receivable, net		57,558			68,718
Other assets, net		353,220			350,876

	$	8,061,822		$	8,055,837

Liabilities and Equity
Unsecured indebtedness:
Senior notes	$	2,149,724		$	2,147,097
Unsecured term loan		350,000			350,000
Revolving credit facilities		190,468			147,905

		2,690,192			2,645,002

Secured indebtedness:
Secured term loan		400,000			400,000
Mortgage indebtedness		1,263,900			1,274,141

		1,663,900			1,674,141

Total indebtedness		4,354,092			4,319,143
Accounts payable and other liabilities		290,330			326,024
Dividends payable		49,813			44,210

Total liabilities		4,694,235			4,689,377


Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
DDR Equity:
Class H—7.375% cumulative redeemable preferred shares, without par value, $500 liquidation value; 750,000 shares authorized; 410,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012		205,000			205,000
Class J—6.5% cumulative redeemable preferred shares, without par value, $500 liquidation value; 750,000 shares authorized; 400,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012		200,000			200,000
Common shares, with par value, $0.10 stated value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 317,465,639 and 315,239,299 shares issued at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively		31,747			31,524
Paid-in capital		4,668,142			4,629,257
Accumulated distributions in excess of net income		(1,738,333	)		(1,694,822	)
Deferred compensation obligation		15,532			15,556
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(24,136	)		(27,925	)
Less: Common shares in treasury at cost: 799,678 and 977,673 shares at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively		(14,445	)		(16,452	)

Total DDR shareholders’ equity		3,343,507			3,342,138
Non-controlling interests		24,080			24,322

Total equity		3,367,587			3,366,460

	$	8,061,822		$	8,055,837

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

DDR Corp.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31,

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


	2013			2012
Revenues from operations:
Minimum rents	$	144,596		$	128,279
Percentage and overage rents		1,784			1,414
Recoveries from tenants		47,390			42,496
Fee and other income		17,067			18,395

		210,837			190,584

Rental operation expenses:
Operating and maintenance		33,659			32,851
Real estate taxes		27,940			24,844
Impairment charges		6,926			1,541
General and administrative		19,760			19,012
Depreciation and amortization		68,980			58,779

		157,265			137,027

Other income (expense):
Interest income		7,877			1,841
Interest expense		(54,894	)		(55,521	)
Loss on debt retirement, net		—			(5,602	)
Other income (expense), net		(2,901	)		(1,602	)

		(49,918	)		(60,884	)

Income (loss) before earnings from equity method investments and other items		3,654			(7,327	)
Equity in net income of joint ventures		2,954			8,248
Impairment of joint venture investments		—			(560	)

Income before tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes		6,608			361
Tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes		(367	)		(177	)

Income from continuing operations		6,241			184
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		310			(15,730	)

Income (loss) before (loss) gain on disposition of real estate		6,551			(15,546	)
(Loss) gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax		(57	)		665

Net income (loss)	$	6,494		$	(14,881	)
Non-controlling interests		(191	)		(176	)

Net income (loss) attributable to DDR	$	6,303		$	(15,057	)

Preferred dividends		(7,030	)		(6,967	)

Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	(727	)	$	(22,024	)


Per share data:
Basic earnings per share data:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.02	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders		0.00			(0.06	)

Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.08	)

Diluted earnings per share data:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.02	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders		0.00			(0.06	)

Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.08	)

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

DDR Corp.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31,

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	2013			2012
Net income (loss)	$	6,494		$	(14,881	)

Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation		1,667			4,127
Change in fair value of interest-rate contracts		1,754			1,266
Amortization of interest-rate contracts		118			53

Total other comprehensive income		3,539			5,446

Comprehensive income (loss)		10,033			(9,435	)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests:
Allocation of net income		(191	)		(176	)
Foreign currency translation		250			(323	)

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		59			(499	)

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to DDR	$	10,092		$	(9,934	)

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

DDR Corp.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2013

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	DDR Equity
	Preferred Shares		Common Shares		Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Distributions in Excess of Net Income (Loss)			Deferred Compensation Obligation			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Treasury Stock at Cost			Non- Controlling Interests			Total
Balance, December 31, 2012	$	405,000	$	31,524	$	4,629,257		$	(1,694,822	)	$	15,556		$	(27,925	)	$	(16,452	)	$	24,322		$	3,366,460
Issuance of common shares related to stock plans				3		125												114						242
Issuance of common shares for cash offering				220		37,917												1,237						39,374
Issuance of restricted stock						(3,118	)					44						3,074						—
Vesting of restricted stock						2,913						(68	)					(2,418	)					427
Stock-based compensation						1,048																		1,048
Contributions from non-controlling interests																					94			94
Distributions to non-controlling interests																					(277	)		(277	)
Dividends declared-common shares									(42,784	)														(42,784	)
Dividends declared-preferred shares									(7,030	)														(7,030	)
Comprehensive income									6,303						3,789						(59	)		10,033

Balance, March 31, 2013	$	405,000	$	31,747	$	4,668,142		$	(1,738,333	)	$	15,532		$	(24,136	)	$	(14,445	)	$	24,080		$	3,367,587

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

DDR Corp.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31,

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	2013			2012
Net cash flow provided by operating activities:	$	53,296		$	33,858

Cash flow from investing activities:
Proceeds from disposition of real estate		36,068			17,114
Real estate developed or acquired, net of liabilities assumed		(133,743	)		(83,797	)
Equity contributions to joint ventures		(1,101	)		(3,749	)
Repayments of joint venture advances, net		—			25
Return of investments in joint ventures		1,558			2,801
Issuance of notes receivable		—			(75	)
Repayment of notes receivable		11,453			—
(Decrease) increase in restricted cash – capital improvements		(2,060	)		2,971

Net cash flow used for investing activities:		(87,825	)		(64,710	)

Cash flow from financing activities:
Proceeds from (repayments of) revolving credit facilities, net		43,160			(67,898	)
Repayment of senior notes		—			(187,670	)
Proceeds from mortgages and other secured debt		37,659			353,506
Repayment of term loans and mortgage debt		(47,240	)		(52,360	)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(4,068	)		(2,258	)
Proceeds from issuance of common shares, net of underwriting commissions and offering expenses of $226 in 2013		39,374			(101	)
Repurchase of common shares in conjunction with equity award plans		(2,244	)		(1,447	)
Contributions from non-controlling interests		94			93
Distributions to non-controlling interests and redeemable operating partnership units		(271	)		(6,553	)
Dividends paid		(44,210	)		(29,128	)

Net cash flow provided by financing activities:		22,254			6,184

Cash and cash equivalents
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(12,275	)		(24,668	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(27	)		(450	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		31,174			41,206

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	18,872		$	16,088

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

At March 31, 2013 and 2012, dividends payable were $49.8 million and $40.3 million, respectively. At March 31, 2013, accounts payable included $19.5 million for real estate asset expenditures. The foregoing transactions did not provide for or require the use of cash for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 or 2012.

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

DDR Corp.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1.	NATURE OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

DDR Corp. and its related real estate joint ventures and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “DDR”) are primarily engaged in the business of acquiring, owning, developing, redeveloping, expanding, leasing and managing shopping centers. In addition, the Company engages in the origination and acquisition of loans and debt securities, which are generally collateralized directly or indirectly by shopping centers. Unless otherwise provided, references herein to the Company or DDR include DDR Corp., its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and its consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures. The Company’s tenant base primarily includes national and regional retail chains and local retailers. Consequently, the Company’s credit risk is concentrated in the retail industry.

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the year. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Unaudited Interim Financial Statements

These financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. However, in the opinion of management, the interim financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of the periods presented. The results of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of the Company and all entities in which the Company has a controlling interest or has been determined to be the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (“VIE”). Investments in joint ventures that the Company does not control are accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company’s investments in consolidated real estate joint ventures in which the Company was deemed to be the primary beneficiary had total real estate assets of $189.5 million and $184.6 million, respectively, mortgages of $21.0 million and $21.5 million, respectively, and other liabilities of $1.2 million and $1.9 million, respectively.

New Accounting Standards Implemented

Presentation of Other Comprehensive Income

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance requires presentation of reclassification adjustments from other comprehensive income to net income in a single note or on the face of the financial statements. The effective date for this guidance was effective for the Company on January 1, 2013. This guidance did not materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

2.	INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO JOINT VENTURES

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had ownership interests in various unconsolidated joint ventures that had an investment in 206 shopping center properties. Condensed combined financial information of the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture investments is as follows (in thousands):


	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Condensed Combined Balance Sheets
Land	$	1,568,719		$	1,569,548
Buildings		4,684,265			4,681,462
Fixtures and tenant improvements		248,372			244,293

		6,501,356			6,495,303
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(870,903	)		(833,816	)

		5,630,453			5,661,487
Land held for development and construction in progress		409,242			348,822

Real estate, net		6,039,695			6,010,309
Cash and restricted cash		435,297			467,200
Receivables, net		101,823			99,098
Other assets		402,977			427,014

	$	6,979,792		$	7,003,621


Mortgage debt	$	4,269,039		$	4,246,407
Notes and accrued interest payable to DDR^(A)		147,885			143,338
Other liabilities		302,202			342,614

		4,719,126			4,732,359
Redeemable preferred equity		155,252			154,556
Accumulated equity		2,105,414			2,116,706

	$	6,979,792		$	7,003,621

Company’s share of Accumulated Equity	$	433,765		$	432,500

(A)

The Company has amounts receivable from several joint ventures aggregating $35.1 million and $34.3 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, which are included in Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The remaining amounts were fully reserved by the Company in prior years.


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
Revenues from operations	$	186,911		$	159,106


Operating expenses		65,026			52,082
Depreciation and amortization		65,361			39,786
Interest expense		62,119			55,094

		192,506			146,962

(Loss) income before tax expense and discontinued operations		(5,595	)		12,144
Income tax expense (primarily Sonae Sierra Brasil), net		(6,615	)		(5,972	)

(Loss) income from continuing operations		(12,210	)		6,172
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations		(39	)		(1,902	)
Loss on disposition of real estate, net of tax		(5,537	)		(139	)

(Loss) income before gain on disposition of real estate, net		(17,786	)		4,131
Gain on disposition of real estate, net		479			13,852

Net (loss) income	$	(17,307	)	$	17,983

Non-controlling interests		(7,219	)		(8,934	)

Net (loss) income attributable to unconsolidated joint ventures	$	(24,526	)	$	9,049

Company’s share of equity in net income of joint ventures	$	3,049		$	10,180


Amortization of basis differentials⁽^A⁾		(95	)		(1,932	)

Equity in net income of joint ventures	$	2,954		$	8,248

(A)

The difference between the Company’s share of net (loss) income, as reported above, and the amounts included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations is attributable to the amortization of basis differentials, deferred gains and differences in gain (loss) on sale of certain assets due to the basis differentials and other than temporary impairment charges. The Company is not recording income or loss from those investments in which its investment basis is zero and the Company does not have the obligation or intent to fund any additional capital.

Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures include the following items, which represent the difference between the Company’s investment and its share of all of the unconsolidated joint ventures’ underlying net assets (in millions):


	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Company’s share of accumulated equity	$	433.8		$	432.5
Redeemable preferred equity and notes receivable from investments^(A)		155.7			155.0
Basis differentials		(4.6	)		(5.9	)
Deferred development fees, net of portion related to the Company’s interest		(3.0	)		(2.9	)
Notes and accrued interest payable to DDR		35.1			34.3

Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures	$	617.0		$	613.0

(A)	Primarily relates to a $155.3 million and $154.6 million of preferred equity investment in BRE DDR Retail Holdings, LLC at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Service fees and income earned by the Company through management, financing, leasing and development activities performed related to all of the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures are as follows (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Management and other fees	$	7.4	$	6.8
Development fees and leasing commissions		2.9		2.0
Interest income		4.5		—

3.	ACQUISITIONS

In the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, the Company acquired the following operating shopping centers at an aggregate cash consideration of $80.6 million:


Location	Date Acquired	Gross Purchase Price (in millions)		Face Value of Mortgage Debt Assumed (in millions)
Oakland, CA	February 2013	$	41.1		N/A
Highland Village, TX	March 2013		40.3		N/A

The Company accounted for these acquisitions utilizing the purchase method of accounting. The acquisition cost of the operating shopping centers was allocated as follows (in thousands):


				Weighted Average Amortization Period (in Years)
Land	$	9,907			N/A
Buildings		60,378			N/A
Tenant improvements		1,525			N/A
In-place leases (including lease origination costs and fair market value of leases)⁽^A⁾		6,915			9.5
Tenant relations		3,480			9.3

		82,205
Less: Below-market leases		(840	)		17.9

Net assets acquired	$	81,365

(A)	Includes above-market value of leases of $1.9 million.

The costs related to the acquisition of these assets, which were not material, were expensed as incurred and included in other income (expense), net.

4.	NOTES RECEIVABLE

The Company has notes receivable, including accrued interest, that are collateralized by certain rights in development projects, partnership interests, sponsor guaranties and/or real estate assets, some of which are subordinate to other financings.

Notes receivable consist of the following (in millions):


	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Loans receivable^(A)	$	49.4	$	60.4
Other notes		3.0		3.1
Tax Increment Financing Bonds (“TIF Bonds”)^(B)		5.1		5.2

	$	57.5	$	68.7

(A)	Amounts include loans in default and exclude notes receivable and advances from unconsolidated joint ventures at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (Note 2).

(B)	Principal and interest are payable solely from the incremental real estate taxes, if any, generated by the respective shopping center and development project pursuant to the terms of the financing agreement.

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had five and six loans receivable outstanding, respectively. The following table reconciles the loans receivable on real estate for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):


	2013			2012
Balance at January 1	$	60,378		$	84,541
Additions:
New mortgage loans		—			75
Interest		123			793
Accretion of discount		214			202
Deductions:
Payments of principal		(11,310	)		—

Balance at March 31	$	49,405		$	85,611

In addition, at March 31, 2013, the Company had one loan outstanding aggregating $9.8 million that matured in September 2011 and was more than 90 days past due. The Company is no longer accruing interest income on this note as no payments have been received. A loan loss reserve of $4.3 million was established in 2012 based on the estimated value of the underlying real estate collateral.

5.	OTHER ASSETS, NET

Other assets consist of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Intangible assets:
In-place leases (including lease origination costs and fair market value of leases), net	$	68,745	$	67,105
Tenant relations, net		63,105		62,175

Total intangible assets, net^(A)		131,850		129,280
Other assets:
Accounts receivable, net^(B)		113,934		126,228
Deferred charges, net		41,581		42,498
Prepaid expenses		25,128		12,469
Deposits		10,284		10,580
Other assets		30,443		29,821

Total other assets, net	$	353,220	$	350,876

(A)	The Company recorded amortization expense of $6.7 million and $3.2 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to these intangible assets.

(B)	Includes straight-line rents receivable, net, of $59.4 million and $58.2 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

6.	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES AND TERM LOANS

The following table discloses certain information regarding the Company’s Revolving Credit Facilities (as defined below) and term loans (in millions):


	Carrying Value at March 31, 2013		Weighted-Average Interest Rate at March 31, 2013			Maturity Date
Unsecured indebtedness:
Unsecured Credit Facility	$	190.5		1.7	%	April 2017
PNC Facility		—		N/A		April 2017
Unsecured Term Loan – Tranche 1		50.0		2.3	%	January 2017
Unsecured Term Loan – Tranche 2		300.0		3.4	%	January 2019

Secured indebtedness:
Secured Term Loan		400.0		2.0	%	April 2017

Revolving Credit Facilities

feature for expansion of availability to $1.25 billion upon the Company’s request, provided that new or existing lenders agree to the existing terms of the facility and increase their commitment level and the ability to extend the maturity for one year to April 2018 at the Company’s option. The Unsecured Credit Facility includes a competitive bid option on periodic interest rates for up to 50% of the facility. The Unsecured Credit Facility also provides for an annual facility fee, which was 30 basis points on the entire facility at March 31, 2013. The Unsecured Credit Facility also allows for foreign currency-denominated borrowings. At March 31, 2013, the Company had US$4.7 million of Euro borrowings and US$25.7 million of Canadian dollar borrowings outstanding (Note 7).

The Company also maintains a $65 million unsecured revolving credit facility with PNC Bank, National Association, (the “PNC Facility” and, together with the Unsecured Credit Facility, the “Revolving Credit Facilities”). The PNC Facility was also amended in January 2013 to reflect terms consistent with those contained in the Unsecured Credit Facility.

The Company’s borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facilities bear interest at variable rates at the Company’s election, based on either (i) the prime rate plus a specified spread (0.40% at March 31, 2013), as defined in the respective facility, or (ii) LIBOR, plus a specified spread (1.40% at March 31, 2013). The specified spreads vary depending on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured debt rating from Moody’s Investors Service and Standard and Poor’s. The Company is required to comply with certain covenants relating to total outstanding indebtedness, secured indebtedness, maintenance of unencumbered real estate assets and fixed charge coverage. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at March 31, 2013.

Secured Term Loan

The Company maintains a collateralized term loan (the “Secured Term Loan”) with a syndicate of financial institutions, for which KeyBank National Association serves as the administrative agent, which was amended in January 2013. The Secured Term Loan includes an option to extend the maturity for one year to April 2018, at the Company’s option. Borrowings under the Secured Term Loan bear interest at variable rates based on LIBOR, as defined in the loan agreement, plus a specified spread based on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured debt rating (1.55% at March 31, 2013). The collateral for the Secured Term Loan is real estate assets, or investment interests in certain assets, that are already encumbered by first mortgage loans. The Company is required to comply with covenants similar to those contained in the Revolving Credit Facilities. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at March 31, 2013.

7.	FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Measurement of Fair Value

At March 31, 2013, the Company used pay-fixed interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in benchmark interest rates (the “Swaps”). The estimated fair values were determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and volatility. The fair values of interest rate swaps are estimated using the market standard methodology

of netting the discounted fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. In addition, credit valuation adjustments, which consider the impact of any credit enhancements to the contracts, are incorporated in the fair values to account for potential nonperformance risk, including the Company’s own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk. The Company determined that the significant inputs used to value its derivatives fell within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, which consist of interest rate swap agreements (included in Other Liabilities) and marketable securities (included in Other Assets) from investments in the Company’s elective deferred compensation plan at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques used by the Company to determine such fair value (in millions):


	Fair Value Measurements
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
Assets (liabilities):
March 31, 2013
Derivative financial instruments	$	—	$	(15.3	)	$	—	$	(15.3	)
Marketable securities	$	3.0	$	—		$	—	$	3.0
December 31, 2012
Derivative financial instruments	$	—	$	(17.1	)	$	—	$	(17.1	)
Marketable securities	$	2.9	$	—		$	—	$	2.9

The unrealized gain of $1.8 million included in other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) is attributable to the net change in fair value during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, related to derivative financial instruments, none of which were reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations because the swaps are documented and qualify as hedging instruments.

Other Fair Value Instruments

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures are considered financial assets. See discussion of related fair value consideration in Note 12.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities

The carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximated fair value because of their short-term maturities. The fair value of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Notes Receivable and Advances to Affiliates

The fair value is estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis, in which the Company used unobservable inputs such as market interest rates determined by the loan to value and market capitalization rates related to the underlying collateral at which management believes similar loans would be made and classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of these notes was approximately $250.5 million and $250.7 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, as compared to the carrying amounts of $240.1 million and $250.4 million, respectively. The carrying value of the TIF bonds, which was $5.1 million and $5.2 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, approximated their fair value.

Debt

The fair market value of senior notes, except convertible senior notes, is determined using the trading price of the Company’s public debt. The fair market value for all other debt is estimated using a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates future contractual interest and principal payments and a market interest yield curve with adjustments for duration, optionality and risk profile including the Company’s nonperformance risk and loan to value. The Company’s senior notes, except convertible senior notes, and all other debt including convertible senior notes are classified as Level 2 and Level 3, respectively, in the fair value hierarchy.

Considerable judgment is necessary to develop estimated fair values of financial instruments. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments.

Debt instruments at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, with carrying values that are different than estimated fair values, are summarized as follows (in thousands):


	March 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Senior notes	$	2,149,724	$	2,497,008	$	2,147,097	$	2,503,127
Revolving Credit Facilities and term loans		940,468		942,436		897,905		903,210
Mortgage indebtedness		1,263,900		1,314,789		1,274,141		1,324,969

	$	4,354,092	$	4,754,233	$	4,319,143	$	4,731,306

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and, from time to time, through the use of derivative financial instruments. Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the values of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to the Company’s investments and borrowings.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company generally uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the aggregate fair value of the Company’s $632.5 million and $632.8 million notional amount of Swaps was a liability of $15.3 million and $17.1 million, respectively, which is included in Other Liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The following table discloses certain information regarding the Company’s ten outstanding interest rate swaps (not including the specified spreads):


Aggregate Notional Amount (in millions)		LIBOR Fixed Rate			Maturity Date
$	100.0		1.0	%	June 2014
$	50.0		0.6	%	June 2015
$	100.0		0.5	%	July 2015
$	82.5		2.8	%	September 2017
$	100.0		0.9	%	January 2018
$	100.0		1.6	%	February 2019
$	100.0		1.5	%	February 2019

All components of the Swaps were included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. The Company expects that within the next 12 months it will reflect an increase to interest expense (and a corresponding decrease to earnings) of approximately $6.9 million, which includes amortization of previously settled interest rate contracts.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated, and that qualify, as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated OCI and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. During 2013, such derivatives were used to hedge the forecasted variable cash flows associated with existing or probable future obligations. The ineffective portion of the change in the fair value of derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the amount of hedge ineffectiveness recorded was not material.

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s Swaps as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, as follows (in millions):

Liability Derivatives

March 31, 2013

December 31, 2012

Derivatives Designated as Hedging
Instruments

Balance Sheet

Location

Fair
Value

Balance Sheet

Location

Fair
Value

Interest rate products

Other liabilities

15.3

Other liabilities

17.1

The effect of the Company’s derivative instruments on net income (loss) is as follows (in millions):


Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)				Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Loss) (Effective Portion)	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into (Income) Loss (Effective Portion)
	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,					Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012			2013			2012
Interest rate products	$	1.8	$	1.3	Interest expense	$	(0.1	)	$	(0.1	)

The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to the Swaps if the derivative position has a positive balance. The Company believes it mitigates its credit risk by entering into swaps with major financial institutions. The Company continually monitors and actively manages interest costs on its variable-rate debt portfolio and may enter into additional interest rate swap positions or other derivative interest rate instruments based on market conditions. The Company has not entered, and does not plan to enter, into any derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with each of its Swap counterparties that contain a provision whereby if the Company defaults on certain of its unsecured indebtedness, the Company could also be declared in default on its Swaps, resulting in an acceleration of payment under the Swaps.

Net Investment Hedges

The Company is exposed to foreign exchange risk from its consolidated and unconsolidated international investments. The Company has foreign currency-denominated debt agreements that expose the Company to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Company has designated these foreign currency borrowings as a hedge of its net investment in its Canadian and European subsidiaries. Changes in the spot rate value are recorded as adjustments to the debt balance with offsetting unrealized gains and losses recorded in OCI. Because the notional amount of the non-derivative instrument substantially matches the portion of the net investment designated as being hedged, and the non-derivative instrument is denominated in the functional currency of the hedged net investment, the hedge ineffectiveness recognized in earnings is not material.

The effect of the Company’s net investment hedge derivative instruments on OCI is as follows (in millions):


	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)
	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
Derivatives in Net Investment Hedging Relationships	2013		2012
Euro – denominated revolving credit facilities designated as a hedge of the Company’s net investment in its subsidiary	$	0.1	$	(0.1	)

Canadian dollar – denominated revolving credit facilities designated as a hedge of the Company’s net investment in its subsidiaries	$	0.4	$	(1.3	)

8.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Matters

Coventry II

The Company is a party to various joint ventures with the Coventry II Fund, through which 10 existing or proposed retail properties, along with a portfolio of former Service Merchandise locations, were acquired at various times from 2003 through 2006. The properties were acquired by the joint ventures as value-add investments, with major renovation and/or ground-up development contemplated for many of the properties. The Company was generally responsible for day-to-day management of the properties through December 2011. On November 4, 2009, Coventry Real Estate Advisors L.L.C., Coventry Real Estate Fund II, L.L.C. and Coventry Fund II Parallel Fund, L.L.C. (collectively, “Coventry”) filed suit against the Company and certain of its affiliates and officers in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. The complaint alleges that the Company: (i) breached contractual obligations under a co-investment agreement and various joint venture limited liability company agreements, project development agreements and management and leasing agreements; (ii) breached its fiduciary duties as a member of various limited liability companies; (iii) fraudulently induced the plaintiffs to enter into certain agreements; and (iv) made certain material misrepresentations. The complaint also requests that a general release made by Coventry in favor of the Company in connection with one of the joint venture properties be voided on the grounds of economic duress. The complaint seeks compensatory and consequential damages in an amount not less than $500 million, as well as punitive damages.

In response to this action, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to sever the plaintiffs’ claims. In June 2010, the court granted the motion in part (which was affirmed on appeal), dismissing Coventry’s claim that the Company breached a fiduciary duty owed to Coventry. The Company also filed an answer to the complaint, and asserted various counterclaims against Coventry. On October 10, 2011, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking dismissal of all of Coventry’s remaining claims. On April 18, 2013, the court issued an order granting the majority of the Company’s motion. Among other findings, the order dismissed all claims of fraud and misrepresentation against the Company and its officers, dismissed all

claims for breach of the joint venture agreements and development agreements, and dismissed Coventry’s claim of economic duress. The court’s decision denied the Company’s motion solely with respect to several claims for breach of contract under the Company’s prior management agreements in connection with certain assets.

The Company believes that the allegations in the lawsuit are without merit and that it has strong defenses against this lawsuit. The Company will continue to vigorously defend itself against the allegations contained in the complaint. This lawsuit is subject to the uncertainties inherent in the litigation process and, therefore, no assurance can be given as to its ultimate outcome and no loss provision has been recorded in the accompanying financial statements because a loss contingency is not deemed probable or estimable. However, based on the information presently available to the Company, the Company does not expect that the ultimate resolution of this lawsuit will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Contract Termination

In January 2008, the Company entered into a Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Oxford Building Services, Inc. (“Oxford”). Oxford’s obligations under the Agreement were guaranteed by Control Building Services, Inc. (“Control”), an affiliate of Oxford. The Agreement required that Oxford identify and contract directly with various service providers (“Vendors”) to provide maintenance, repairs, supplies and a variety of on-site services to certain properties in the Company’s portfolio, in exchange for which Oxford would pay such Vendors for the services. Under the Agreement, the Company remitted funds to Oxford to pay the Vendors under the Vendors’ contracts with Oxford.

On or about January 23, 2013, Oxford advised the Company that approximately $11 million paid by the Company to Oxford for the sole purpose of paying various Vendors had instead been used to repay commercial financing obligations incurred by Oxford and its affiliates to a third-party lender. As a result, Oxford had insufficient funds to pay the Vendors in accordance with the Agreement. On January 28, 2013, the Company terminated the Agreement based upon Oxford’s violations of the Agreement principally due to its insolvency. On February 26, 2013, Oxford and several affiliates filed petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. 13-13821).

In its initial filings in the bankruptcy case, Oxford has claimed that the Company refused to pay Oxford approximately $5 million allegedly due and owing to Vendors for work performed at the Company’s properties prior to the termination of the Agreement. Further, Oxford threatened to commence litigation against the Company to recover the alleged amounts owed should a consensual solution not be reached. The Company denies that any sums are due to Oxford, and if any such claim is filed, the Company will vigorously defend against it. Furthermore, as a result of the funds previously paid by the Company to Oxford, the Company also denies that any sums are due from the Company to any Vendors, and if any such claim is made, the Company will vigorously defend against it. On March 18, 2013, the Company filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, against Control, Control Equity Group, Inc. (the non-bankrupt parent company of Oxford) and the individual principals of Oxford. The suit asserts claims for, among other things, breach of the Control guaranty, fraud, conversion and civil conspiracy.

Other

In addition to the litigation discussed above, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to various legal proceedings, which, taken together, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company is also subject to a variety of legal actions for personal injury or property damage arising in the ordinary course of its business, most of which are covered by insurance. While the resolution of all matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of such legal proceedings and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, financial position or results of operations.

9.	EQUITY

Common Shares

In March 2013, the Company sold 2.3 million of its common shares through its continuous equity program. The Company generated gross proceeds of $40.0 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, at a weighted-average price of $17.57 per share. The net proceeds were used to acquire shopping center assets (Note 3).

Common share dividends declared were $0.135 and $0.12 per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

2013 Value Sharing Equity Program

On December 31, 2012, the Company adopted the 2013 Value Sharing Equity Program (“2013 VSEP”), which granted awards to certain officers of the Company on January 1, 2013. 2013 VSEP awards, if earned, may result in the granting of common shares of the Company to participants on future measurement dates over three years, subject to an additional time-based vesting schedule. As a result, in general, the total compensation available to participants under the 2013 VSEP, if any, will be fully earned only after seven years (the three-year performance period and the final four-year time-based vesting period).

The 2013 VSEP is designed to allow DDR to reward participants for superior financial performance and allow them to share in “value created” (as defined below), based upon (1) increases in DDR’s adjusted market capitalization over pre-established periods of time and (2) increases in relative total shareholder return of DDR as compared to the performance of the FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Total Return Index for the FTSE International Limited NAREIT U.S. Real Estate Index Series (the “NAREIT Index”). Under the 2013 VSEP, participants are granted two types of performance-based awards – a “relative performance award” and an “absolute performance award” – that, if earned, are settled with DDR common shares that are generally subject to additional time-based vesting requirements for a period of four years.

Absolute Performance Awards. Under the absolute performance awards, on five specified measurement dates (occurring on December 31, 2013 and every six months thereafter through December 31, 2015), DDR will measure the “Value Created” during the period between the start of the 2013 VSEP and the applicable measurement date. Value Created is measured for each period for the absolute performance awards as the increase in DDR’s market capitalization (i.e. the product of

DDR’s five-day trailing average share price as of each measurement date (price-only appreciation, not total shareholder return) and the number of shares outstanding as of the measurement date), as adjusted for equity issuances and/or equity repurchases, between the start of the 2013 VSEP and the applicable measurement date. The share price used for purposes of determining Value Created for the absolute performance awards during any measurement period is capped based on an 8.0% per year compound annual growth rate for DDR shares from the start of the 2013 VSEP through the end of 2015 (the “Maximum Ending Share Price”).

Each participant has been assigned a “percentage share” of the Value Created for the absolute performance awards, but the total share of Value Created for all participants for the absolute performance awards is capped at $18.0 million (the aggregate percentage share for all participants for the absolute performance awards is 1.4133%). As a result, each participant’s total share of Value Created for the absolute performance awards is capped at an individual maximum limit. After the first measurement date, each participant will earn DDR common shares with an aggregate value equal to two-sixths of the participant’s percentage share of the Value Created for this award. After each of the next three measurement dates, each participant will earn DDR common shares with an aggregate value equal to three-sixths, then four-sixths, and then five-sixths, respectively, of the participant’s percentage share of the Value Created for this award. After the final measurement date (or, if earlier, upon a change in control, as defined in the 2013 VSEP), each participant will earn DDR common shares with an aggregate value equal to the participant’s full percentage share of the Value Created. In addition, for each measurement date, the number of DDR common shares earned by a participant will be reduced by the number of DDR common shares previously earned by the participant for prior measurement periods.

Relative Performance Awards. Under the relative performance awards, on December 31, 2015 (or, if earlier, upon a change in control), DDR will compare its dividend-adjusted share price performance during the period between the start of the 2013 VSEP and December 31, 2015, to the performance of a comparable hypothetical investment in the NAREIT Index (in each case as adjusted for equity issuances and/or equity repurchases during the same period). No relative performance awards will be earned by participants unless and until the absolute performance awards have already been earned by DDR achieving its Maximum Ending Share Price, and thus achieving maximum performance for the absolute performance awards.

If DDR’s relative performance exceeds the NAREIT Index, then the relative performance awards may be earned provided certain conditions are met. First, DDR’s five-day trailing average share price as of December 31, 2015, must be equal to or exceed the Maximum Ending Share Price. Second, the participant must be employed with DDR on the measurement date for the relative performance awards. If, after satisfaction of those conditions, DDR’s relative performance exceeds the NAREIT Index performance (subject to a not-less-than-minimum level of NAREIT Index performance), then each participant will earn DDR common shares based on the participant’s full “percentage share” of the Value Created for the relative performance awards, which percentage shares have been assigned by DDR. The total share of Value Created for all participants for the relative performance awards is capped at $36.0 million (the aggregate percentage share for all participants for the relative performance awards is 1.9337%), and, as a result, each participant’s total share of Value Created for the relative performance awards is capped at an individual maximum limit.

Unless otherwise determined by DDR, the DDR shares earned under the absolute performance awards and relative performance awards will generally be subject to additional time-based restrictions that are expected to vest in 20% annual increments beginning on the date of grant and on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant. The fair value of the 2013 VSEP grants was estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo approach model based on the following assumptions:


	Range
Risk-free interest rate		0.36	%
Weighted-average dividend yield		4.0	%
Expected life		3 years
Expected volatility		18-24	%

As of March 31, 2013, $8.7 million of total unrecognized compensation costs are related to the two market metric components associated with the awards granted under the 2013 VSEP and are expected to be recognized over the seven-year term, which includes the vesting period.

10.

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component are as follows:


	Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedges			Foreign Currency Items			Total
Beginning balance	$	(22,247	)	$	(5,678	)	$	(27,925	)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications		1,754			1,917			3,671
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ^(A)		118			—			118

Net current-period other comprehensive income		1,872			1,917			3,789

Ending balance	$	(20,375	)	$	(3,761	)	$	(24,136	)

(A)	Primarily reflects amortization classified in Interest Expense of amounts previously recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

11.

FEE AND OTHER INCOME

Fee and other income from continuing operations was composed of the following (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Management, development, financing and other fee income	$	10.8	$	11.7
Ancillary and other property income		5.7		6.1
Lease termination fees		0.5		0.5
Other miscellaneous		0.1		0.1

Total fee and other income	$	17.1	$	18.4

12.

IMPAIRMENT CHARGES AND IMPAIRMENT OF JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENTS

The Company recorded impairment charges during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, based on the difference between the carrying value of the assets or investments and the estimated fair market value as follows (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Assets marketed for sale^(A⁾	$	6.9	$	1.5

Total continuing operations	$	6.9	$	1.5


Sold assets or assets held for sale		0.8		15.8

Total discontinued operations	$	0.8	$	15.8

Joint venture investments		—		0.6

Total impairment charges	$	7.7	$	17.9

(A)	The impairment charges were triggered primarily due to the Company’s marketing of these assets for sale and management’s assessment of the likelihood and timing of a potential transaction.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

For a description of the Company’s methodology on determining fair value, refer to Note 11 of the Company’s Financial Statements filed on its Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The following table presents information about the Company’s impairment charges on both financial and nonfinancial assets that were measured on a fair value basis for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012. The table also indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques used by the Company to determine such fair value (in millions):


	Fair Value Measurements
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Total Losses
March 31, 2013
Long-lived assets held and used and held for sale	$	—	$	—	$	29.3	$	29.3	$	7.7
December 31, 2012
Long-lived assets held and used and held for sale		—		—		180.7		180.7		126.5
Unconsolidated joint venture investments		—		—		4.7		4.7		26.7
Deconsolidated joint venture investment		—		—		56.1		56.1		9.3

The following table presents quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used by the Company to determine the fair value of non-recurring items (in millions):


Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
	Fair Value		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range
March 31, 2013
Impairment of consolidated assets⁽^A⁾	$	22.0	Indicative Bid	Indicative Bid	N/A
Impairment of consolidated assets — Held for Sale⁽^A⁾		7.3	Contracted Price	Contracted Price	N/A

December 31, 2012
Impairment of consolidated assets⁽^A⁾	$	136.6	Indicative Bid	Indicative Bid	N/A
Impairment of consolidated assets		44.1	Income Capitalization Approach^(B)	Market Capitalization Rate	8% - 12%^(B)
				Price Per Square Foot	$15 to $47 per square foot
Impairment of joint venture investments⁽^C⁾		4.7	Income Capitalization Approach	Market Capitalization Rate	8%
Impairment of joint venture investments		—	Discounted Cash Flow	Discount Rate	11%
				Terminal Capitalization Rate	5.5% - 8.5%
Deconsolidated joint venture investment^(D)		56.1	Discounted Cash Flow	Discount Rate	8% - 15%

(A)

These fair value measurements were developed by third-party sources (including offers and comparable sales values), subject to the Company’s corroboration for reasonableness. The Company does not have access to certain unobservable inputs used by these third parties to determine these estimated fair values.

(B)	Vacant space in certain assets was valued on a price per square foot.

(C)	The fair value measurements also includes consideration of the fair market value of debt. These inputs are further described in the debt section of Note 7.

(D)	Related to loss reported in Change in Control and Sale of Interests recorded in 2012.

13.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

The Company sold seven properties during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, and had two properties held for sale at March 31, 2013. In addition, the Company sold 29 properties in 2012. These asset sales are included in discontinued operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The balance sheet related to the assets held for sale and the operating results related to assets sold or designated as held for sale as of March 31, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):


	March 31, 2013
Land	$	3,347
Buildings		4,976
Fixtures and tenant improvements		60

		8,383
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,128	)

Total assets held for sale	$	7,255


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Revenues	$	777		$	6,157

Operating expenses		—			2,943
Impairment charges		753			15,830
Interest, net		106			1,367
Depreciation and amortization		209			1,817

		1,068			21,957

Loss from discontinued operations		(291	)		(15,800	)
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax		601			70

Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	310		$	(15,730	)

14.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table calculates the Company’s earnings per share (“EPS”) and provides a reconciliation of net (loss) income from continuing operations and the number of common shares used in the computations of “basic” EPS, which utilizes the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding without regard to dilutive potential common shares, and “diluted” EPS, which includes all such shares (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Basic Earnings:
Continuing Operations:
Income from continuing operations	$	6,241		$	184
Plus: (Loss) gain on disposition of real estate		(57	)		665
Plus: Loss attributable to non-controlling interests		(191	)		(176	)

Income from continuing operations attributable to DDR		5,993			673
Preferred dividends		(7,030	)		(6,967	)

Basic—Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders		(1,037	)		(6,294	)
Less: Earnings attributable to unvested shares and operating partnership units		(364	)		(292	)

Basic—Loss from continuing operations	$	(1,401	)	$	(6,586	)

Discontinued Operations:
Basic—Income (loss) from discontinued operations		310			(15,730	)

Basic—Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	(1,091	)	$	(22,316	)


Diluted Earnings:
Continuing Operations:
Basic—Loss from continuing operations	$	(1,037	)	$	(6,294	)
Less: Earnings attributable to unvested shares and operating partnership units		(364	)		(292	)

Diluted—Loss from continuing operations		(1,401	)		(6,586	)

Discontinued Operations:
Basic—Income (loss) from discontinued operations		310			(15,730	)

Diluted—Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	(1,091	)	$	(22,316	)


Number of Shares:
Basic and Diluted—Average shares outstanding		313,231			275,214


Basic Earnings Per Share:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.02	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders		0.00			(0.06	)

Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.08	)


Dilutive Earnings Per Share:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.02	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DDR common shareholders		0.00			(0.06	)

Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	0.00		$	(0.08	)

The following potentially dilutive securities are considered in the calculation of EPS as described below:

Potentially dilutive Securities:

•

Options to purchase 2.8 million and 2.9 million common shares were outstanding at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These outstanding options were not considered in the computation of diluted EPS for all periods presented, as the options were anti-dilutive due to the Company’s loss from continuing operations.

•

The exchange into common shares associated with operating partnership units was not included in the computation of diluted shares outstanding for all periods presented because the effect of assuming conversion was anti-dilutive.

•

The Company’s senior convertible notes due 2040, which are convertible into common shares of the Company with a conversion price of $15.65 at March 31, 2013, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, because the Company’s common share price did not exceed 125% of the conversion price in these periods and would therefore be anti-dilutive. The Company’s senior convertible notes due 2012, which were convertible into common shares of the Company, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, because the Company’s common share price did not exceed the conversion price in this period and would therefore be anti-dilutive. The senior convertible notes due 2012 were repaid at maturity in March 2012. In addition, the purchase option related to this debt issuance was not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, as the purchase option was anti-dilutive.

•

Shares subject to issuance under the Company’s 2013 VSEP were not considered in the computation of diluted EPS for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as they were anti-dilutive due to the Company’s loss from continuing operations (Note 9). Shares subject to issuance under the Company’s 2009 VSEP were not considered in the computation of diluted EPS for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, as they were anti-dilutive due to the Company’s loss from continuing operations. The final measurement date for the 2009 VSEP was December 31, 2012.

•

The 18,975,000 common shares that were subject to the forward equity agreements entered into in January 2012 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS using the treasury stock method for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, as they were anti-dilutive due to the Company’s loss from continuing operations. The Company settled the forward equity agreements in June 2012.

15.

SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has three reportable operating segments: shopping centers, loan investments and Brazil equity investment. Each consolidated shopping center is considered a separate operating segment; however, each shopping center on a stand-alone basis represents less than 10% of the revenues, profit or loss, and assets of the combined reported operating segment and meets the majority of the aggregation criteria under the applicable standard.

The tables below present information about the Company’s reportable operating segments and reflect the impact of discontinued operations (Note 13) (in thousands):


	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2013
	Shopping Centers			Loan Investments			Brazil Equity Investment^(A)		Other			Total
Total revenues	$	210,832		$	5							$	210,837
Operating expenses⁽^B⁾		(68,375	)		(150	)							(68,525	)

Net operating income (loss)		142,457			(145	)							142,312
Depreciation and amortization		(68,980	)										(68,980	)
Interest income					7,877								7,877
Other income (expense), net									$	(2,901	)		(2,901	)
Unallocated expenses⁽^C⁾										(75,021	)		(75,021	)
Equity in net (loss) income of joint ventures		(1,330	)				$	4,284					2,954

Income from continuing operations												$	6,241


As of March 31, 2013:
Total gross real estate assets	$	8,715,170										$	8,715,170

Notes receivable, net				$	236,630	^(D)			$	(179,072	)⁽^D⁾	$	57,558


	Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2012
	Shopping Centers			Loan Investments			Brazil Equity Investment^(A)		Other			Total
Total revenues	$	190,577		$	7							$	190,584
Operating expenses⁽^B⁾		(59,103	)		(133	)							(59,236	)

Net operating income (loss)		131,474			(126	)							131,348
Depreciation and amortization		(58,779	)										(58,779	)
Interest income					1,841								1,841
Other income (expense), net									$	(1,602	)		(1,602	)
Unallocated expenses⁽^C⁾										(80,312	)		(80,312	)

Equity in net (loss) income of joint ventures		(659	)				$	8,907					8,248
Impairment of joint venture investments													(560	)

Income from continuing operations												$	184


As of March 31, 2012:
Total gross real estate assets	$	8,234,810							$	47,511		$	8,282,321

Notes receivable, net				$	85,611				$	9,493		$	95,104

(A)	The carrying value of the Brazil Equity Investment is not a measure used by executive management for purposes of decision making related to asset allocation or performance assessment of this segment.

(B)	Includes impairment charges of $6.9 million and $1.5 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(C)	Unallocated expenses consist of general and administrative expenses, interest expense, loss/gain on debt retirement, and tax benefit/expense as listed in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

(D)	Amount includes loans to affiliates classified in Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

16.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In April 2013, the Company issued $150.0 million of its newly designated 6.250% Class K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Class K Preferred Shares”) at a price of $500.00 per Class K Preferred Share (or $25.00 per depositary share). In addition, the Company redeemed in May 2013, $150.0 million of its $205.0 million of 7.375% Class H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Class H Preferred Shares”) at a redemption price of $500.00 per Class H Preferred Share (or $25.00 per depositary share) plus accrued and unpaid dividends of $2.2535 per Class H Preferred Share (or $0.1127 per depositary share). The proceeds from the issuance of Class K Preferred Shares were used to redeem the $150.0 million portion of Class H Preferred Shares. The Company expects to record a non-cash charge of $5.2 million to net income attributable to common shareholders in the second quarter of 2013 relating to the prorated write-off of the Class H Preferred Shares’ original issuance costs.

In April 2013, the Company acquired its partner’s 85% interest in five prime power centers for $93.9 million. The Company funded its investment primarily with proceeds from the issuance of common shares, proceeds from asset sales and corporate debt. Upon closing, these prime power centers will be unencumbered. The Company acquired its partner’s interest in The Walk at Highwoods Preserve (Tampa, FL), Douglasville Pavilion (Atlanta, GA), Commonwealth Center and Chesterfield Crossing (Richmond, VA), and Jefferson Plaza (Norfolk, VA).

In April 2013, the Company issued 2.5 million common shares at a weighted-average price of $17.83 per share, generating gross proceeds of $45.0 million.

Item 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) provides readers with a perspective from management on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and other factors that may affect the Company’s future results. The Company believes it is important to read the MD&A in conjunction with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as amended, as well as other publicly available information.

Executive Summary

The Company is a self-administered and self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) in the business of acquiring, owning, developing, redeveloping, expanding, leasing and managing shopping centers. In addition, the Company engages in the origination and acquisition of loans and debt securities collateralized directly or indirectly by shopping centers. As of March 31, 2013, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 445 shopping centers (including 206 shopping centers owned through unconsolidated joint ventures and three shopping centers that are otherwise consolidated by the Company) in which the Company had an economic interest. These properties consist of shopping centers, lifestyle centers and enclosed malls owned in the United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil. At March 31, 2013, the Company owned more than 115 million total square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”), which includes all of the aforementioned properties. These amounts do not include 29 assets that the Company has not managed since January 1, 2012. At March 31, 2013, the aggregate occupancy of the Company’s operating shopping center portfolio in which the Company has an economic interest was 91.3%, as compared to 89.8% at March 31, 2012. The Company owned 420 shopping centers (including 172 shopping centers owned through unconsolidated joint ventures and two that were otherwise consolidated by the Company) and four office properties at March 31, 2012. The average annualized base rent per occupied square foot was $13.74 at March 31, 2013, as compared to $13.66 at December 31, 2012 and $14.08 at March 31, 2012.

Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 was $0.7 million, or $0.00 per share (basic and diluted), compared to net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders of $22.0 million, or $0.08 per share (basic and diluted), for the prior-year period. Funds from operations attributable to DDR common shareholders (“FFO”) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, was $82.5 million, compared to $59.7 million for the prior-year period. The increase in FFO for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, primarily was due to organic growth and shopping center acquisitions, as well as the loss on debt retirement recorded in the first quarter of 2012 related to the Company’s repurchase of a portion of its 9.625% unsecured senior notes.

First Quarter 2013 Operating Results

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company continued to pursue opportunities to position itself for long-term growth while also lowering the Company’s risk profile and cost of capital. The Company continued making progress on its balance sheet initiatives; strengthening the operations of its prime portfolio and recycling capital from non-prime asset sales into the acquisition of prime assets

(i.e., market-dominant shopping centers with high-quality tenants located in attractive markets with strong demographic profiles, which are referred to as “Prime Portfolio” or “Prime Assets”) to improve portfolio quality. The Company continues to carefully consider opportunities that fit its selective acquisition requirements and remains prudent in its underwriting and bidding practices.

Significant first quarter 2013 and other recent transactional activity included the following:

•

Acquired $81.4 million of Prime Assets;

•

Issued $40.0 million of common shares under the Company’s continuous equity program to fund the net investment in Prime Assets;

•

Completed the disposition of $46.5 million of non-Prime Assets, of which DDR’s pro-rata share of the proceeds was $34.9 million;

•

Refinanced two unsecured revolving credit facilities with an aggregate availability of $815 million and a $400 million secured term loan;

•

Issued $150.0 million of newly designated 6.250% Class K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares in April 2013 and redeemed $150.0 million of the 7.375% Class H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares in May 2013 and

•

Announced an increase in the quarterly common share dividend in the first quarter of 2013 to $0.135 per share from $0.12 per share in the first quarter of 2012.

The Company continued its improvement in operating performance and internal growth in the first quarter of 2013 as evidenced by the number of leases executed during the quarter, the increase in the occupancy rate and the continued upward trend in the average annualized base rental rates.

•

The Company leased approximately 2.1 million square feet in the first quarter of 2013, including 198 new leases and 233 renewals for a total of 431 leases.

•

The Company continued to execute both new leases and renewals at positive rental spreads. At December 31, 2012, the Company had 1,466 leases expiring in 2013 with an average base rent per square foot of $16.94. For the comparable leases executed in the first quarter of 2013, the Company generated positive leasing spreads on a pro rata basis in the first quarter of 11.9% for new leases and 7.5% for renewals. The Company’s leasing spread calculation only includes deals that were executed within one year of the date the prior tenant vacated and, as a result, is a good benchmark to compare the average annualized base rent of expiring leases with the comparable executed market rental rates.

•

The aggregate occupancy of the Company’s operating shopping center portfolio increased to 91.3% at March 31, 2013, as compared to 89.8% at March 31, 2012. In addition, the Company’s total portfolio average annualized base rent per square foot increased to $13.74 at March 31, 2013, as compared to $13.66 at December 31, 2012.

•

The weighted-average cost of tenant improvements and lease commissions estimated to be incurred for new leases executed during the first quarter of 2013 remained low at $3.38 per rentable square foot over the lease term. The Company generally does not expend a significant amount of capital on lease renewals.

Results of Operations

Continuing Operations

Shopping center properties owned as of January 1, 2012, but excluding properties under development or redevelopment and those classified in discontinued operations, are referred to herein as the “Comparable Portfolio Properties.”

Revenues from Operations (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012		$ Change
Base and percentage rental revenues^(A)	$	146,380	$	129,693	$	16,687
Recoveries from tenants^(B)		47,390		42,496		4,894
Fee and other income^(C)		17,067		18,395		(1,328	)

Total revenues	$	210,837	$	190,584	$	20,253

(A)	The increase is due to the following (in millions):


	Increase
Acquisition of shopping centers	$	12.2
Comparable Portfolio Properties		3.0
Straight-line rents		0.9
Development or redevelopment properties		0.6

	$	16.7

The following tables present the statistics for the Company’s operating shopping center portfolio (in which the Company has an economic interest) affecting base and percentage rental revenues summarized by the following portfolios: combined shopping center portfolio, wholly-owned shopping center portfolio and joint venture shopping center portfolio:


	Shopping Center Portfolio ⁽¹⁾
	March 31,
	2013			2012
Centers owned		445			420
Aggregate occupancy rate		91.3	%		89.8	%
Average annualized base rent per occupied square foot	$	13.74	⁽²⁾	$	14.08


	Wholly-Owned Shopping Centers March 31,						Joint Venture Shopping Centers ⁽¹⁾ March 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Centers owned		236			246			206			172
Centers owned through Consolidated joint ventures		N/A			N/A			3			2
Aggregate occupancy rate		91.6	%		89.5	%		91.0	%		90.3	%
Average annualized base rent per occupied square foot	$	13.03		$	12.61		$	14.63	⁽²⁾	$	16.13
Comparable Portfolio Properties:
Aggregate occupancy rate		92.2	%		90.2	%
Average annualized base rent per occupied square foot	$	12.65		$	12.56

⁽¹⁾

Excludes shopping centers owned through the Company’s joint venture with Coventry Real Estate Fund II (“Coventry II Fund”), which are no longer managed by the Company and in which the Company’s investment basis is not material.

⁽²⁾

Decrease within the joint venture portfolio is primarily due to the impact of exchange rate fluctuations with the Brazilian Real, the sale of assets in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the inclusion of the BRE DDR Retail Holdings, LLC assets in the second quarter of 2012.

(B)

Recoveries were approximately 89.0% and 88.5% of reimbursable operating expenses and real estate taxes for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increased percentage of recoveries from tenants primarily is attributable to newly acquired assets with higher recovery rates and increased occupancy within the comparable properties.

(C)	Composed of the following (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012		(Decrease)
Management, development, financing and other fee income	$	10.8	$	11.7	$	(0.9	)
Ancillary and other property income		5.7		6.1		(0.4	)
Lease termination fees		0.5		0.5		—
Other miscellaneous		0.1		0.1		—

	$	17.1	$	18.4	$	(1.3	)

The decrease in management, development, financing and other fee income in 2013 is largely the result of changes in the composition of the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures.

Expenses from Operations (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012		$ Change
Operating and maintenance ^(A)	$	33,659	$	32,851	$	808
Real estate taxes ^(A)		27,940		24,844		3,096
Impairment charges ^(B)		6,926		1,541		5,385
General and administrative ^(C)		19,760		19,012		748
Depreciation and amortization ^(A)		68,980		58,779		10,201

	$	157,265	$	137,027	$	20,238

(A)	The changes for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, are due to the following (in millions):


	Operating and Maintenance			Real Estate Taxes		Depreciation and Amortization
Acquisitions of shopping centers	$	1.6		$	2.4	$	8.7
Comparable Portfolio Properties		(0.7	)		0.4		0.1
Development or redevelopment properties		(0.1	)		0.3		1.4

	$	0.8		$	3.1	$	10.2

The increase in depreciation expense for the development or redevelopment properties is attributable to accelerated depreciation charges related to changes in the estimated useful life of certain assets that are expected to be redeveloped in future periods.

(B)

The Company recorded impairment charges during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, related to its shopping center assets marketed for sale and held for sale. These impairments are more fully described in Note 12, “Impairment Charges and Impairment of Joint Venture Investments,” in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

(C)

General and administrative expenses were approximately 4.9% and 4.7% of total revenues, including total revenues of unconsolidated joint ventures, managed properties and discontinued operations, for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company continues to expense certain internal leasing salaries, legal salaries and related expenses associated with leasing and re-leasing of existing space.

Other Income and Expenses (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012			$ Change
Interest income ^(A)	$	7,877		$	1,841		$	6,036
Interest expense ^(B)		(54,894	)		(55,521	)		627
Loss on retirement of debt, net ^(C)		—			(5,602	)		5,602
Other income (expense), net ^(D)		(2,901	)		(1,602	)		(1,299	)

	$	(49,918	)	$	(60,884	)	$	10,966

(A)

The weighted-average interest rate of loan receivables, including loans to affiliates, was 9.0% and 7.6% at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in the amount of interest income recognized in the first quarter of 2013 primarily is due to the preferred equity investment in the unconsolidated joint venture with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone”).

(B)	The weighted-average debt outstanding and related weighted-average interest rates, including amounts allocated to discontinued operations, are as follows:


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Weighted-average debt outstanding (in billions)	$	4.4		$	4.2
Weighted-average interest rate		5.1	%		5.5	%

The weighted-average interest rate (based on contractual rates and excluding convertible debt accretion and deferred financing costs) at March 31, 2013 and 2012 was 4.7% and 5.0%, respectively. The decrease in the weighted-average interest rate is a result of the repurchase of $25.5 million aggregate principal amount of 9.625% senior unsecured notes in 2012 and the issuance of senior unsecured notes at 4.625% in 2012, as well as the refinancing of mortgage debt at lower rates.

Interest costs capitalized in conjunction with development and redevelopment projects and unconsolidated development and redevelopment joint venture interests were $2.7 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $3.1 million for the respective period in 2012. The Company ceases the capitalization of interest as assets are placed in service or upon the suspension of construction activities.

(C)	For the three-month period ended March 31, 2012, the Company repurchased $25.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.625% senior unsecured notes at a premium to par value.

(D)	Other income (expense) was composed of the following (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Transaction and other (expenses) income	$	(0.5	)	$	(0.6	)
Litigation-related expenses		(0.3	)		(0.7	)
Debt extinguishment costs, net		(2.1	)		(0.3	)

	$	(2.9	)	$	(1.6	)

Other Items (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012			$ Change
Equity in net income of joint ventures ^(A)	$	2,954		$	8,248		$	(5,294	)
Impairment of joint venture investments		—			(560	)		560
Tax expense of taxable REIT subsidiaries and state franchise and income taxes		(367	)		(177	)		(190	)

(A)	The decrease in equity in net income of joint ventures for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, compared to the prior-year period primarily is a result of lower income from the Company’s investment in Sonae Sierra Brasil in 2013, as discussed below.

At March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had an approximate 33% interest in an unconsolidated joint venture, Sonae Sierra Brasil, which owns real estate in Brazil and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This entity uses the functional currency of Brazilian Real. The Company has generally chosen not to mitigate any of the foreign currency risk through the use of hedging instruments for this entity. The operating cash flow generated by this investment has been generally retained by the joint venture and reinvested in the operation of the joint venture including ground-up developments and expansions in Brazil. The weighted-average exchange rate of Brazilian Real to U.S. Dollar used for recording the equity in net income was 2.01 and 1.77 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The overall decrease in equity in net income from the Sonae Sierra Brasil joint venture, net of the impact of foreign currency translation, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily is due to the sale of three shopping centers in the fourth quarter of 2012, and a gain recognized on the strategic asset swap and partial sale of two assets in the portfolio in the first quarter of 2012, partially offset by expansion activity coming on line as well as increases in parking revenue and ancillary income.

Discontinued Operations (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012			$ Change
Loss from discontinued operations	$	(291	)	$	(15,800	)	$	15,509
Gain on disposition of real estate, net of tax		601			70			531

	$	310		$	(15,730	)	$	16,040

The Company sold seven shopping center properties during the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, aggregating 0.4 million square feet. In addition, the Company sold 29 properties in 2012, aggregating 3.1 million square feet. Included in the reported loss from discontinued operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, is $0.8 million and $15.8 million, respectively, of impairment charges related to assets classified as discontinued operations.

(Loss) Gain on Disposition of Real Estate (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012		$ Change
(Loss) gain on disposition of real estate, net ^(A)	$	(57	)	$	665	$	(722	)

(A)	Amounts are generally attributable to the sale of land. The sales of land did not meet the criteria for discontinued operations because the land did not have any significant operations prior to disposition.

Non-Controlling Interests (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012			$ Change
Non-controlling interests	$	(191	)	$	(176	)	$	(15	)

Net Income (Loss) (in thousands)


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012			$ Change
Net income (loss) attributable to DDR	$	6,303	$	(15,057	)	$	21,360

A summary of changes in net income (loss) attributable to DDR in the three-month period ended March 31, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 is as follows (in millions):


	Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Increase in net operating revenues (total revenues in excess of operating and maintenance expenses and real estate taxes)	$	16.4
Increase in consolidated impairment charges		(5.4	)
Increase in general and administrative expenses		(0.7	)
Increase in depreciation expense		(10.2	)
Increase in interest income		6.0
Decrease in interest expense		0.6
Decrease in loss on retirement of debt, net		5.6
Change in other income (expense), net		(1.3	)
Decrease in equity in net income of joint ventures		(5.3	)
Decrease in impairment of joint venture investments		0.6
Increase in income tax expense		(0.2	)
Decrease in loss from discontinued operations		16.0
Decrease in gain on disposition of real estate		(0.7	)

Increase in net income attributable to DDR	$	21.4

Funds From Operations

Definition and Basis of Presentation

The Company believes that FFO, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, provides an additional and useful means to assess the financial performance of REITs. FFO is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate the performance of REITs, most of which present FFO along with net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP.

FFO excludes GAAP historical cost depreciation and amortization of real estate and real estate investments, which assume that the value of real estate assets diminishes ratably over time. Historically, however, real estate values have risen or fallen with market conditions, and many companies use different depreciable lives and methods. Because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization unique to real estate, gains and losses from depreciable property dispositions and extraordinary items, it can provide a performance measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, acquisition, disposition and development activities and interest costs. This provides a perspective of the Company’s financial performance not immediately apparent from net income determined in accordance with GAAP.

FFO is generally defined and calculated by the Company as net income (loss), adjusted to exclude: (i) preferred share dividends, (ii) gains and losses from disposition of depreciable real estate property, which are presented net of taxes, (iii) impairment charges on depreciable real estate property and related investments, (iv) extraordinary items and (v) certain non-cash items. These non-cash items principally include real property depreciation and amortization of intangibles, equity income (loss) from joint ventures and equity income (loss) from non-controlling interests, and the Company’s proportionate share of FFO from its unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests, determined on a consistent basis. For the periods presented below, the Company’s calculation of FFO is consistent with the definition of FFO provided by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). Other real estate companies may calculate FFO in a different manner.

The Company believes that certain gains and charges recorded in its operating results are not reflective of its core operating performance. As a result, the Company also computes Operating FFO and discusses it with the users of its financial statements, in addition to other measures such as net income/loss determined in accordance with GAAP as well as FFO. Operating FFO is generally calculated by the Company as FFO excluding certain charges and gains that management believes are not indicative of the results of the Company’s operating real estate portfolio. The disclosure of these charges and gains is regularly requested by users of the Company’s financial statements.

Operating FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure, and, as described above, its use combined with the required primary GAAP presentations has been beneficial to management in improving the understanding of the Company’s operating results among the investing public and making comparisons of other REITs’ operating results to the Company’s more meaningful. The adjustments may not be comparable to how other REITs or real estate companies calculate their results of operations, and the Company’s calculation of Operating FFO differs from NAREIT’s definition of FFO. The Company will continue to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of the reported non-GAAP

measures, and such reported measures could change. Additionally, the Company provides no assurances that these charges and gains are non-recurring. These charges and gains could be reasonably expected to recur in future results of operations.

These measures of performance are used by the Company for several business purposes and by other REITs. The Company uses FFO and/or Operating FFO in part: (i) as a measure of a real estate asset’s performance, (ii) to influence acquisition, disposition and capital investment strategies and (iii) to compare the Company’s performance to that of other publicly traded shopping center REITs.

For the reasons described above, management believes that FFO and Operating FFO provide the Company and investors with an important indicator of the Company’s operating performance. They provide recognized measures of performance other than GAAP net income, which may include non-cash items (often significant). Other real estate companies may calculate FFO and Operating FFO in a different manner.

Management recognizes the limitations of FFO and Operating FFO when compared to GAAP’s income from continuing operations. FFO and Operating FFO do not represent amounts available for dividends, capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments and uncertainties. Management does not use FFO or Operating FFO as an indicator of the Company’s cash obligations and funding requirements for future commitments, acquisitions or development activities. Neither FFO nor Operating FFO represents cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and neither is necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs, including the payment of dividends. Neither FFO nor Operating FFO should be considered an alternative to net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. FFO and Operating FFO are simply used as additional indicators of the Company’s operating performance. The Company believes that to further understand its performance, FFO and Operating FFO should be compared with the Company’s reported net income (loss) and considered in addition to cash flows in accordance with GAAP, as presented in its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Reconciliation Presentation

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders was $82.5 million, compared to $59.7 million for the same period in 2012. The increase in FFO for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily was due to organic growth and shopping center acquisitions, as well as the loss on debt retirement recorded in the first quarter of 2012 related to the Company’s repurchase of a portion of its 9.625% unsecured senior notes.

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, Operating FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders was $86.1 million, compared to $66.8 million for the same period in 2012. The increase in Operating FFO for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily was due to organic growth and shopping center acquisitions.

The Company’s reconciliation of net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders to FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders and Operating FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders is as follows (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Net loss attributable to DDR common shareholders ^{(A), (B)}	$	(0.7	)	$	(22.0	)
Depreciation and amortization of real estate investments		67.0			58.4
Equity in net income of joint ventures		(3.0	)		(8.2	)
Impairment of depreciable joint venture investments		—			0.6
Joint ventures’ FFO ^(C)		12.2			14.0
Non-controlling interests (OP Units)		0.1			—
Impairment of depreciable real estate assets, net of non-controlling interests		7.7			17.3
Gain on disposition of depreciable real estate		(0.8	)		(0.4	)

FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	82.5		$	59.7

Non-operating items ^(D)		3.6			7.1

Operating FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	86.1		$	66.8

(A)	Includes the following deductions from net income (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Preferred dividends	$	7.0	$	7.0

(B)	Straight-line rental revenue and straight-line ground rent expense, including discontinued operations were as follows (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Straight-line rents	$	1.4	$	0.4
Straight-line ground rent expense		0.3		0.3

(C)

At March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had an economic investment in unconsolidated joint venture interests relating to 206 and 172 operating shopping center properties, respectively. These joint ventures represent the investments in which the Company was recording its share of equity in net income or loss and, accordingly, FFO.

Joint ventures’ FFO and Operating FFO is summarized as follows (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Net (loss) income attributable to unconsolidated joint ventures ⁽¹⁾	$	(24.5	)	$	9.1
Depreciation and amortization of real estate investments		64.8			45.3
Impairment of depreciable real estate assets		—			1.3
Loss (gain) on sale of depreciable real estate, net		5.0			(13.7	)

FFO	$	45.3		$	42.0

FFO at DDR’s ownership interests ⁽²⁾	$	12.2		$	14.0

Operating FFO at DDR’s ownership interests ^(D)	$	12.4		$	14.1

(1)

Revenues include the following (in millions):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Straight-line rents	$	1.6	$	0.9
DDR’s proportionate share		0.3		0.2

(2)

FFO at DDR ownership interests considers the impact of basis differentials.

(D)	Amounts are described in the Operating FFO Adjustments section below.

Operating FFO Adjustments

The Company’s adjustments to arrive at Operating FFO are composed of the following for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions). The Company provides no assurances that these charges and gains are non-recurring. These charges and gains could be reasonably expected to recur in future results of operations.


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Loss on debt retirement, net ^(A)	$	—	$	5.6
Other (income) expense, net ^(B)		3.2		1.7
Equity in net loss of joint ventures – currency adjustments, debt extinguishment and other expenses		0.2		0.1
Loss (gain) on disposition of non-depreciable real estate, net		0.2		(0.3	)

Total non–operating items	$	3.6	$	7.1
FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders		82.5		59.7

Operating FFO attributable to DDR common shareholders	$	86.1	$	66.8

(A)	Amount agrees to the face of the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

(B)	Amounts included in other income (expense) are detailed as follows:


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Transaction and other (income) expenses	$	0.8	$	0.6
Litigation-related expenses, net of tax		0.3		0.8
Debt extinguishment costs, net		2.1		0.3

	$	3.2	$	1.7

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company periodically evaluates opportunities to issue and sell additional debt or equity securities, obtain credit facilities from lenders, or repurchase, refinance or otherwise restructure long-term debt for strategic reasons or to further strengthen the financial position of the Company. In the first three months of 2013, the Company continued to strategically manage cash flow from operating and financing activities. The Company also completed public equity offerings in order to strengthen its balance sheet and improve its financial flexibility.

The Company’s consolidated and unconsolidated debt obligations generally require monthly or semi-annual payments of principal and/or interest over the term of the obligation. While the Company currently believes that it has several viable sources to obtain capital and fund its business, including capacity under its facilities described below, no assurance can be provided that these obligations will be refinanced or repaid as currently anticipated.

The Company maintains an unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions, arranged by JP Morgan Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the “Unsecured Credit Facility”), which was last amended in January 2013. The Unsecured Credit Facility provides for borrowings of $750 million, and includes an accordion feature for expansion of availability to $1.25 billion upon the Company’s request, provided that new or existing lenders agree to the existing terms of the facility and increase their commitment level. The Company also maintains a $65 million unsecured revolving credit facility with PNC Bank, National Association (together with the Unsecured Credit Facility, the “Revolving Credit Facilities”), which was also amended in January 2013. The Company’s borrowings under these facilities bear interest at variable rates based on LIBOR plus 140 basis points at March 31, 2013, subject to adjustment based on the Company’s current corporate credit ratings from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”).

The Revolving Credit Facilities and the indentures under which the Company’s senior and subordinated unsecured indebtedness is, or may be, issued contain certain financial and operating covenants including, among other things, leverage ratios and debt service coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios, as well as limitations on the Company’s ability to incur secured and unsecured indebtedness, sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and engage in mergers and certain acquisitions. These credit facilities and indentures also contain customary default provisions including the failure to make timely payments of principal and interest payable thereunder, the failure to comply with the Company’s financial and operating covenants, the occurrence of a material adverse effect on the Company and the failure of the Company or its majority-owned subsidiaries (i.e., entities in which the Company has a greater than 50% interest) to pay, when due, certain indebtedness in excess of certain thresholds beyond applicable grace and cure periods. In the event the Company’s lenders or note holders declare a default, as defined in the applicable agreements governing the debt, the Company may be unable to obtain further funding, and/or an acceleration of any outstanding borrowings may occur. As of March 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants in the agreements governing its debt. Although the Company intends to operate in compliance with these covenants, if the Company were to violate these covenants, the Company may be subject to higher finance costs and fees or accelerated maturities. The Company believes it will continue to be able to operate in compliance with these covenants for the remainder of 2013 and beyond.

Certain of the Company’s credit facilities and indentures permit the acceleration of the maturity of the underlying debt in the event certain other debt of the Company has been accelerated. Furthermore, a default under a loan by the Company or its affiliates, a foreclosure on a mortgaged property owned by the Company or its affiliates or the inability to refinance existing indebtedness may have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. These facts, and an inability to predict future economic conditions, have led the Company to adopt a strict focus on lowering leverage and increasing financial flexibility.

The Company expects to fund its obligations from available cash, current operations and utilization of its Revolving Credit Facilities; however, the Company may issue long-term debt and/or equity securities in lieu of, or in addition to, borrowing under its Revolving Credit Facilities. The following information summarizes the availability under the Revolving Credit Facilities at March 31, 2013 (in millions):


Cash and cash equivalents	$	18.9

Revolving Credit Facilities	$	815.0
Less:
Amount outstanding		(190.5	)
Letters of credit		(10.9	)

Borrowing capacity available	$	613.6

As of April 30, 2013, the Company had $45 million of its common shares available for future issuance under its continuous equity program.

The Company intends to maintain a longer-term financing strategy and continue to reduce its reliance on short-term debt. The Company believes its Revolving Credit Facilities are sufficient for its liquidity strategy and longer-term capital structure needs. Part of the Company’s overall strategy includes scheduling future debt maturities in a balanced manner, including incorporating a healthy level of conservatism regarding possible future market conditions.

The Company does not have any significant consolidated secured debt maturing until April 2014. The Company has $357.9 million of mortgage debt maturing in 2014. In addition, there were no other unsecured maturities until May 2015.

Management believes that the scheduled debt maturities in future years are manageable. The Company continually evaluates its debt maturities and, based on management’s assessment, believes it has viable financing and refinancing alternatives. The Company continues to look beyond 2013 to ensure that it executes its strategy to lower leverage, increase liquidity, improve the Company’s credit ratings and extend debt duration, with the goal of lowering the Company’s balance sheet risk and cost of capital.

Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

The Company’s unconsolidated joint venture mortgage debt that had matured and is now past due was $50.3 million at March 31, 2013 (of which the Company’s proportionate share was $1.1 million), all of which was attributable to the Coventry II Fund assets (see Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements).

On April 1, 2013, the Company completed a significant refinancing at one of the unconsolidated joint ventures. Subsequent to this refinancing, the Company’s unconsolidated joint venture mortgage debt maturing in 2013 was $181.0 million (of which the Company’s proportionate share was $23.3 million). Of this amount, $94.8 million (of which the Company’s proportionate share is $19.0 million) is attributable to the Coventry II Fund assets (see Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements).

Cash Flow Activity

The Company’s core business of leasing space to well-capitalized retailers continues to generate consistent and predictable cash flow after expenses, interest payments and preferred share dividends. This capital is available for use at the Company’s discretion for investment, debt repayment and the payment of dividends on common shares.

The Company’s cash flow activities are summarized as follows (in thousands):


	Three-Month Periods Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Cash flow provided by operating activities	$	53,296		$	33,858
Cash flow used for investing activities		(87,825	)		(64,710	)
Cash flow provided by financing activities		22,254			6,184

Operating Activities: The change in cash flow from operating activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily was due to additional cash flow from acquired properties and the decrease in settlement of accreted debt discount on the repayment of senior convertible notes, partially offset by changes in accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Investing Activities: The change in cash flow from investing activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily was due to an increase in asset acquisitions in 2013, partially offset by the repayment of a notes receivable in 2013.

Financing Activities: The change in cash flow used for financing activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012, primarily was due to the proceeds from issuance of common shares in 2013, partially offset by an increase in dividends paid.

The Company satisfied its REIT requirement of distributing at least 90% of ordinary taxable income with declared common and preferred share cash dividends of $49.8 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $40.3 million for the same period in 2012. Because actual distributions were greater than 100% of taxable income, federal income taxes have not been incurred by the Company thus far during 2013.

The Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.135 per common share for the first quarter of 2013. The Board of Directors of the Company will continue to monitor the 2013 dividend policy and provide for adjustments as determined to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to maximize the Company’s free cash flow, while still adhering to REIT payout requirements.

Sources and Uses of Capital

Acquisitions

The Company has a portfolio management strategy to recycle capital from lower quality, lower growth potential assets into Prime Assets with long-term growth potential.

In April 2013, the Company acquired its partner’s 85% interest in five prime power centers for $93.9 million. The Company funded its investment primarily with proceeds from the issuance of common shares, proceeds from asset sales and corporate debt. These prime power centers will be unencumbered. The Company acquired its partner’s interest in The Walk at Highwoods Preserve (Tampa, FL), Douglasville Pavilion (Atlanta, GA), Commonwealth Center and Chesterfield Crossing (Richmond, VA), and Jefferson Plaza (Norfolk, VA). The five prime power centers aggregate 1.3 million of total square feet.

In the first quarter of 2013, the Company acquired Whole Foods at Bay Place in Oakland, CA, and Marketplace at Highland Village in Highland Village, TX, for an aggregate purchase price of $81.4 million. No debt was assumed in these transactions, nor was debt placed on the properties at closing.

Dispositions

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, the Company sold seven shopping center properties aggregating 0.4 million square feet and other consolidated non-income producing assets at an aggregate sales price of $32.0 million. The Company recorded a net gain of $0.5 million, which excludes the impact of an aggregate $24.3 million in related impairment charges that were recorded in prior periods related to the assets sold in 2013. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures sold 15 assets, generating gross proceeds of $14.5 million, of which the Company’s proportionate share was $2.9 million. The Company had previously written down its investment in these assets to zero.

As discussed above, a part of the Company’s portfolio management strategy is to recycle capital from lower quality, lower growth potential assets into Prime Assets with long-term growth potential. The Company has been marketing certain non-Prime Assets for sale and is focused on selling single-tenant assets and/or smaller shopping centers that do not meet the Company’s current business strategy. The Company has entered into agreements, including contracts executed through April 30, 2013, to sell real estate assets that are subject to contingencies. An aggregate loss of approximately $18 million could be recorded if all such sales were consummated on the terms as negotiated through April 30, 2013. Given the Company’s experience over the past few years, it is difficult for many buyers to complete these transactions in the timing contemplated or at all. The Company has not recorded an impairment charge on the assets that would result in a loss at March 31, 2013, as the undiscounted cash flows, when considering and evaluating the various alternative courses of action that may occur, exceeded the assets’ current carrying values at March 31, 2013. The Company evaluates all potential sale opportunities taking into account the long-term growth prospects of assets being sold, the use of proceeds and the impact to the Company’s balance sheet, in addition to the impact on operating results. As a result, if actual results differ from expectations, it is possible that additional assets could be sold in subsequent periods for a gain or loss after taking into account the above considerations.

Development Opportunities

The Company and its joint venture partners may commence construction on various developments only after substantial tenant leasing has occurred and acceptable construction financing is available.

The Company will continue to closely monitor its expected spending in 2013 for developments and redevelopments, both for consolidated and unconsolidated projects, as the Company considers this funding to be discretionary spending. The Company does not anticipate expending a significant amount of funds on joint venture development projects for the remainder of 2013, excluding projects through Sonae Sierra Brasil. The projects in Brazil are expected to be funded with operating cash flow generated by Sonae Sierra Brasil, proceeds from assets sales or proceeds from the local debt financing.

One of the important benefits of the Company’s asset class is the ability to phase development projects over time until appropriate leasing levels can be achieved. To maximize the return on capital spending and balance the Company’s de-leveraging strategy, the Company generally adheres to strict investment criteria thresholds. The revised underwriting criteria, generally followed for the past three years, includes a higher cash-on-cost project return threshold and incorporates a longer period before the leases commence and a higher stabilized vacancy rate. The Company applies this revised strategy to both its consolidated and certain unconsolidated joint ventures that own assets under development because the Company has significant influence and, in most cases, approval rights over decisions relating to significant capital expenditures.

The Company’s consolidated land holdings are classified in two separate line items on the condensed consolidated balance sheets of the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein, Land and Land held for development and construction in progress. At March 31, 2013, the $1.9 billion of Land primarily included land that is part of the Company’s operating shopping portfolio. However, it also includes a small portion of vacant land comprised primarily of outlots or expansion pads adjacent to the shopping center properties. The Company believes that approximately 220 acres of this land with a recorded cost basis of approximately $27 million is available for future development.

Included in Land held for development and construction in progress at March 31, 2013, are $264.7 million of recorded costs related to land and projects under development, for which active construction had temporarily ceased or had not yet commenced. The Company estimates that if it proceeded with the development of these sites, approximately 2.5 to 4.0 million square feet of GLA could be developed. Based on the Company’s intentions and business plans, the Company believes that the expected undiscounted cash flows exceed its current carrying value on each of these projects. However, if the Company were to dispose of certain of these assets in the market, the Company would likely incur a loss, which may be material. The Company evaluates its intentions with respect to these assets each reporting period and records an impairment charge equal to the difference between the current carrying value and fair value when the expected undiscounted cash flows are less than the asset’s carrying value.

Developments and Redevelopments (Wholly-Owned and Consolidated Joint Ventures)

As part of its portfolio management strategy to develop, expand, improve and re-tenant various consolidated properties, the Company has invested $224.7 million on various development and redevelopment projects and expects to expend on a net basis, after deducting sales proceeds from outlot sales, an aggregate of approximately $192.7 million for the remainder of 2013. The current significant development projects are as follows:


Location	Estimated Initial Owned Anchor Opening		Estimated Owned GLA (Thousands)		Estimated Net Cost ($ Millions)		Cost Incurred at March 31, 2013 ($ Millions)
Charlotte, NC (Belgate)		2Q13		178.2	$	20.4	$	40.2
Seabrook, NH (Seabrook Town Center)		2Q14		182.3		69.0		36.6

Total				360.5	$	89.4	$	76.8

The Company’s significant redevelopment projects expected to open in 2013 and 2014 are as follows:


Location	Estimated Owned GLA (Thousands)		Estimated Net Cost ($ Millions)		Cost Incurred at March 31, 2013 ($ Millions)
Denver, CO (Tamarac Square)		11.6	$	2.0	$	5.0
Littleton, CO (Aspen Grove)		46.7		13.6		12.6
Roswell, GA (Sandy Plains Village)		142.6		14.3		2.7
Tinley Park, IL (Brookside Marketplace)		72.3		11.8		0.6
Lansing, MI (Marketplace at Delta Township)		38.6		6.6		0.1
Columbus, OH (Easton Market)		128.0		6.5		2.8
Bayamon, PR (Plaza Del Sol)		172.5		64.3		16.8
Fajardo, PR (Plaza Fajardo)		34.3		8.4		1.2
San Antonio, TX (Terrell Plaza)		90.8		12.0		12.4
Midvale, UT (Family Center at Ft. Union)		78.7		13.2		10.9

Total		816.1	$	152.7	$	65.1

For redevelopment assets completed in 2012 and in the first quarter of 2013, the assets placed in service were completed at $148 cost per foot.

Development and Redevelopments (Unconsolidated Joint Ventures)

In addition, the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures have projects being developed that have incurred $63.3 million in project costs in the first quarter of 2013, with projected net expenditures of approximately $195.6 million in the remaining three quarters of 2013. A significant amount of the projected expenditures is related to projects under development at the Company’s joint venture in Brazil as follows:


Location	DDR’s Effective Ownership Percentage			Estimated Initial Owned Anchor Opening		Estimated Owned GLA (Thousands)		Estimated Net Cost ($ Millions)		Cost Incurred at March 31, 2013 ($ Millions)
Londrina, Brazil		29.5	%		2Q13		521.6	$	173.7	$	174.7
Goiania, Brazil		33.3	%		4Q13		821.0		230.4		163.4

Total							1,342.6	$	404.1	$	338.1

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company has a number of off-balance sheet joint ventures and other unconsolidated entities with varying economic structures. Through these interests, the Company has investments in operating properties, development properties, two management companies and one development company. Such arrangements are generally with institutional investors located throughout the United States and Brazil.

The unconsolidated joint ventures that have total assets greater than $250 million (based on the historical cost of acquisition by the unconsolidated joint venture) at March 31, 2013, are as follows (in order of gross asset book value):


Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures	Effective Ownership Percentage^(A)			Assets Owned	Company- Owned Square Feet (Millions)		Total Debt (Millions)
DDRTC Core Retail Fund LLC		15.0	%	39 shopping centers in several states		10.8	$	1,038.5
DDR Domestic Retail Fund I		20.0	%	59 shopping centers in several states		8.2		929.8
BRE DDR Retail Holdings, LLC		5.0	%^(B⁾	46 shopping centers in several states		10.6		936.6

Sonae Sierra Brasil BV Sarl		33.3	%	Eight shopping centers, a management company and two development projects in Brazil		3.3		412.8
DDR – SAU Retail Fund LLC		20.0	%	27 shopping centers in several states		2.4		182.1

(A)	Ownership may be held through different investment structures. Percentage ownerships are subject to change, as certain investments contain promoted structures.

(B)	Excludes interest owned through $150.0 million preferred equity investment.

Funding for Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

The Company has provided loans and advances to certain unconsolidated entities and/or related partners in the amount of $254.1 million at March 31, 2013, for which the Company’s joint venture partners have not funded their proportionate share. Included in this amount is the $155.3 million in preferred equity with a fixed distribution rate of 10% due from BRE DDR Retail Holdings, LLC. Also included in this amount is $66.9 million of financing that the Company advanced to one of its unconsolidated joint ventures, which accrued interest at the greater of LIBOR plus 700 basis points, or 12%, and a default rate of 16%, and had an initial maturity of July 2011 (the “Bloomfield Loan”). This advance is reserved in full (see Coventry II Fund discussion below).

Coventry II Fund

At March 31, 2013, the Company maintained several investments with the Coventry II Fund. The Company co-invested approximately 20% in each joint venture. The Company’s management and leasing agreements with the joint ventures expired by their own terms on December 31, 2011, and the Company decided not to renew these agreements (see Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings).

As of March 31, 2013, the aggregate carrying amount of the Company’s net investment in the Coventry II Fund joint ventures was $3.2 million. The Service Holdings LLC joint venture sold 15 assets in the first quarter of 2013. The Company had previously written down its investment to zero in

these assets. In addition to its existing equity and notes receivable, including the Bloomfield Loan, the Company has provided partial payment guaranties to third-party lenders in connection with the financing for three of the Coventry II Fund projects. The amount of each such guaranty is not greater than the proportion of the Company’s investment percentage in the underlying projects, and the aggregate amount of the Company’s guaranties was $8.2 million at March 31, 2013.

Although the Company will not acquire additional investments through the Coventry II Fund joint ventures, additional funds may be required to address ongoing operational needs and costs associated with the joint ventures undergoing development or redevelopment. The Coventry II Fund is exploring a variety of strategies to obtain such funds, including potential dispositions and financings. The Company continues to maintain the position that it does not intend to fund any of its joint venture partners’ capital contributions or their share of debt maturities.

A summary of the Coventry II Fund investments as of March 31, 2013, is as follows (in millions):


Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures	Shopping Center or Development Owned	Loan Balance Outstanding At March 31, 2013
Coventry II DDR Bloomfield LLC	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	$	39.8	^{(A), (B), (C), (D)}
Coventry II DDR Buena Park LLC	Buena Park, California		73.0	^(B)
Coventry II DDR Fairplain LLC	Benton Harbor, Michigan		14.0	^(B), (E)
Coventry II DDR Marley Creek Square LLC	Orland Park, Illinois		10.5	^{(B), (C), (D), (E)}
Coventry II DDR Phoenix Spectrum LLC	Phoenix, Arizona		66.5
Coventry II DDR Totem Lakes LLC	Kirkland, Washington		26.6	^{(B), (D), (E)}
Coventry II DDR Tri-County LLC	Cincinnati, Ohio		149.6	^{(B), (C), (D)}
Coventry II DDR Westover LLC	San Antonio, Texas		19.7	^(B)
Service Holdings LLC	22 retail sites in several states		81.7	^(B), (D)

(A)

In 2009, the senior secured lender sent to the borrower a formal notice of default and filed a foreclosure action. The Company paid its 20% guaranty of this loan in 2009, and the senior secured lender initiated legal proceedings against the Coventry II Fund for its failure to fund its 80% payment guaranty. The senior secured lender and the Coventry II Fund subsequently entered into a settlement agreement in connection with the legal proceedings. In addition, the Bloomfield Loan from the Company is cross-defaulted with this third-party loan. The Bloomfield Loan is considered past due and has been fully reserved by the Company.

(B)	As of April 30, 2013, lenders are managing the cash receipts and expenditures related to the assets collateralizing these loans.

(C)	As of April 30, 2013, these loans are in default, and the Coventry II Fund is exploring a variety of strategies with the lenders.

(D)	The Company has written its investment basis in this joint venture down to zero and is no longer reporting an allocation of income or loss.

(E)	As of April 30, 2013, the Company provided partial loan or interest payment guaranties that were not greater than the proportion of its investment interest.

Other Joint Ventures

The Company is involved with overseeing the development activities for several of its unconsolidated joint ventures that are constructing or redeveloping shopping centers. The Company earns a fee for its services commensurate with the level of oversight provided. The Company generally provides a completion guaranty to the third-party lending institution(s) providing construction financing.

The Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures had aggregate outstanding indebtedness to third parties of $4.3 billion and $3.9 billion at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively (see Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk). Such mortgages are generally non-recourse to the Company and its partners; however, certain mortgages may have recourse to the Company and its partners in certain limited situations, such as misuse of funds and material misrepresentations. In connection with certain of the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures, the Company agreed to fund any amounts due to the joint venture’s lender if such amounts are not paid by the joint venture based on the Company’s pro rata share of such amount, which aggregated $13.4 million at March 31, 2013, including guaranties associated with the Coventry II Fund joint ventures.

The Company has generally chosen not to mitigate any of the foreign currency risk through the use of hedging instruments for Sonae Sierra Brasil. The Company will continue to monitor and evaluate this risk and may enter into hedging agreements at a later date.

The Company has interests in consolidated joint ventures that own real estate assets in Canada and Russia. The net assets of these subsidiaries are exposed to volatility in currency exchange rates. As such, the Company uses non-derivative financial instruments to hedge this exposure. The Company manages currency exposure related to the net assets of the Company’s Canadian and European subsidiaries primarily through foreign currency-denominated debt agreements into which the Company enters. Gains and losses in the parent company’s net investments in its subsidiaries are economically offset by losses and gains in the parent company’s foreign currency-denominated debt obligations.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, $0.5 million of net gains related to the foreign currency-denominated debt agreements were included in the Company’s cumulative translation adjustment. As the notional amount of the non-derivative instrument substantially matches the portion of the net investment designated as being hedged and the non-derivative instrument is denominated in the functional currency of the hedged net investment, the hedge ineffectiveness recognized in earnings was not material.

Financing Activities

In April 2013, the Company issued 2.5 million common shares at a weighted-average price of $17.83 per share, generating gross proceeds of $45.0 million, to partially fund the acquisition of five Prime Assets.

In April 2013, the Company issued $150.0 million of newly designated 6.250% Class K Preferred Shares at a price of $500.00 per preferred share (or $25.00 per depositary share). In addition, in May 2013, the Company redeemed $150 million of its 7.375% Class H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a redemption price of $25.1127 per depositary share (the sum of $25.00 per depositary share and dividends per depositary share of $0.1127 prorated to the redemption date). The Company recorded a non-cash charge of $5.2 million to net income attributable to common shareholders in the second quarter of 2013 related to the prorated write-off of 7.375% Class H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares’ original issuance costs.

In the first quarter of 2013, the Company issued 2.3 million common shares at a weighted-average share price of $17.57 through its continuous equity program, which raised $40.0 million of gross proceeds. The net proceeds were used to partially fund the acquisition of Prime Assets (see Liquidity and Capital Resources and Sources and Uses of Capital).

Capitalization

At March 31, 2013, the Company’s capitalization consisted of $4.4 billion of debt, $405 million of preferred shares and $5.5 billion of market equity (market equity is defined as common shares and OP Units outstanding multiplied by $17.42, the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange at March 31, 2013), resulting in a debt to total market capitalization ratio of 0.42 to 1.0, as compared to the ratio of 0.48 to 1.0 at March 31, 2012. The closing price of the common shares on the New York Stock Exchange was $14.60 at March 31, 2012. At March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company’s total debt consisted of the following (in billions):


	At March 31,
	2013		2012
Fixed-rate debt ^(A)	$	3.9	$	3.5
Variable-rate debt		0.5		0.6

	$	4.4	$	4.1

(A)	Includes $632.5 million and $383.8 million of variable-rate debt that had been effectively swapped to a fixed rate through the use of interest rate derivative contracts at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

It is management’s strategy to have access to the capital resources necessary to manage the Company’s balance sheet, to repay upcoming maturities and to consider making prudent opportunistic investments. Accordingly, the Company may seek to obtain funds through additional debt or equity financings and/or joint venture capital in a manner consistent with its intention to operate with a conservative debt capitalization policy and to reduce the Company’s cost of capital by maintaining an investment grade rating with Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. The security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, as it may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The Company may not be able to obtain financing on favorable terms, or at all, which may negatively affect future ratings.

The Company’s credit facilities and the indentures under which the Company’s senior and subordinated unsecured indebtedness is, or may be, issued contain certain financial and operating covenants, including, among other things, debt service coverage and fixed charge coverage ratios, as well as limitations on the Company’s ability to incur secured and unsecured indebtedness, sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and engage in mergers and certain acquisitions. Although the Company intends to operate in compliance with these covenants, if the Company were to violate

these covenants, the Company may be subject to higher finance costs and fees or accelerated maturities. In addition, certain of the Company’s credit facilities and indentures may permit the acceleration of maturity in the event certain other debt of the Company has been accelerated. Foreclosure on mortgaged properties or an inability to refinance existing indebtedness would have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments

At March 31, 2013, the Company’s consolidated secured debt maturing in 2013 was $0.8 million, which is expected to be repaid from available cash, current operations or utilization of its Revolving Credit Facilities. No assurance can be provided that this obligation will be refinanced or repaid as currently anticipated. In addition, there were no other unsecured maturities until May 2015.

At March 31, 2013, the Company had letters of credit outstanding of $27.1 million. The Company has not recorded any obligations associated with these letters of credit, the majority of which are collateral for existing indebtedness and other obligations of the Company.

In conjunction with the development of shopping centers, the Company had entered into commitments with general contractors aggregating approximately $29.3 million for its wholly-owned and consolidated joint venture properties at March 31, 2013. These obligations, composed principally of construction contracts, are generally due in 12 to 36 months, as the related construction costs are incurred, and are expected to be financed through operating cash flow, new or existing construction loans, asset sales or revolving credit facilities.

The Company routinely enters into contracts for the maintenance of its properties. These contracts typically can be cancelled upon 30 to 60 days’ notice without penalty. At March 31, 2013, the Company had purchase order obligations, typically payable within one year, aggregating approximately $3.6 million related to the maintenance of its properties and general and administrative expenses.

Inflation

Most of the Company’s long-term leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation. Such provisions include clauses enabling the Company to receive additional rental income from escalation clauses that generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases and/or percentage rentals based on tenants’ gross sales. Such escalations are determined by negotiation, increases in the consumer price index or similar inflation indices. In addition, many of the Company’s leases are for terms of less than 10 years, permitting the Company to seek increased rents at market rates upon renewal. Most of the Company’s leases require the tenants to pay their share of operating expenses, including common area maintenance, real estate taxes, insurance and utilities, thereby reducing the Company’s exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.

Economic Conditions

The Company believes there has been a favorable shift in the supply-and-demand dynamic for quality locations in well-positioned shopping centers. Many retailers have strong store opening plans for 2013 and 2014. The Company continues to see strong demand from a broad range of retailers for its space, particularly in the off-price sector, which is a reflection of the general outlook of consumers who are demanding more value for their dollars. This is evidenced by the continued high volume of leasing activity, which was 2.1 million square feet of space for both new leases and renewals for the first three months of 2013. The Company also benefits from its real estate asset class (shopping centers) typically having a higher return on capital expenditures, as well as a diversified tenant base with only one tenant exceeding 3.0% of annualized consolidated revenues and the Company’s proportionate share of unconsolidated joint venture revenues (Walmart at 4.0%). Other significant tenants include Target, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Kohl’s, TJX Companies, PetSmart, Publix and Bed Bath & Beyond, all of which have relatively strong credit ratings, remain well-capitalized and have outperformed other retail categories on a relative basis over time. The Company believes these tenants should continue providing it with a stable revenue base for the foreseeable future, given the long-term nature of these leases. Moreover, the majority of the tenants in the Company’s shopping centers provide day-to-day consumer necessities with a focus toward value and convenience versus high-priced discretionary luxury items, which the Company believes will enable many of the tenants to continue operating even in a challenging economic environment.

The retail shopping sector continues to be affected by the competitive nature of the retail business and the competition for market share as well as general economic conditions where stronger retailers have out-positioned some of the weaker retailers. These shifts can force some market share away from weaker retailers which could require them to downsize and close stores and/or declare bankruptcy. In many cases, the loss of a weaker tenant or downsizing of space creates a value-add opportunity to re-lease space at higher rents to a stronger retailer. Overall, the Company believes its portfolio remains stable at March 31, 2013 as evidenced by the increase in the occupancy rate. However, there can be no assurance that these events will not adversely affect the Company (see Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2012).

Historically, the Company’s portfolio has performed consistently throughout many economic cycles, including downward cycles. Broadly speaking, national retail sales have grown since World War II, including during several recessions and housing slowdowns. In the past, the Company has not experienced significant volatility in its long-term portfolio occupancy rate. The Company has experienced downward cycles before and has made the necessary adjustments to leasing and development strategies to accommodate the changes in the operating environment and mitigate risk. More importantly, the quality of the property revenue stream is high and consistent, as it is generally derived from retailers with good credit profiles under long-term leases, with very little reliance on overage rents generated by tenant sales performance.

The Company believes that the quality of its shopping center portfolio is strong, as evidenced by the high historical occupancy rates, which have generally ranged from 92% to 96% since the Company’s initial public offering in 1993. The shopping center portfolio occupancy was at 91.3% at March 31, 2013 as compared to 89.8% at March 31, 2012. Notwithstanding the lower occupancy rate compared to historic levels, the Company continues to sign new leases at rental rates that have reflected consistent growth on an annual basis.

The total portfolio average annualized base rent per occupied square foot, including the results of Sonae Sierra Brasil, was $13.74 at March 31, 2013, as compared to $13.66 at December 31, 2012, $14.08 at March 31, 2012. The decrease in the average annualized base rent per square foot primarily was due to exchange rate fluctuations with the Brazilian Real, the sale of assets in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the inclusion of the BRE DDR Retail Holdings, LLC assets in the second quarter of 2012. Moreover, the Company has been able to achieve these results without significant capital investment in tenant improvements or leasing commissions. The weighted-average cost of tenant improvements and lease commissions estimated to be incurred for new leases executed during the first quarter of 2013 for the U.S. portfolio was only $3.38 per rentable square foot. The Company generally does not expend a significant amount of capital on lease renewals. The Company is very conscious of and sensitive to the risks posed by the economy, but believes that the position of its portfolio and the general diversity and credit quality of its tenant base should enable it to successfully navigate through these challenging economic times.

New Accounting Standards

New Accounting Standards are more fully described in Note 1, “Nature of Business and Financial Statement Presentation,” of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. Historical results and percentage relationships set forth in the condensed consolidated financial statements, including trends that might appear, should not be taken as indicative of future operations. The Company considers portions of this information to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, with respect to the Company’s expectations for future periods. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements related to acquisitions (including any related pro forma financial information) and other business development activities, future capital expenditures, financing sources and availability and the effects of environmental and other regulations. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact should be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “will,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Readers should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements and that could materially affect the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements. For additional factors that could cause the results of the Company to differ materially from those indicated in the forward looking statements, please refer to Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

•

The Company is subject to general risks affecting the real estate industry, including the need to enter into new leases or renew leases on favorable terms to generate rental revenues, and the economic downturn may adversely affect the ability of the Company’s tenants, or new tenants, to enter into new leases or the ability of the Company’s existing tenants to renew their leases at rates at least as favorable as their current rates;

•

The Company could be adversely affected by changes in the local markets where its properties are located, as well as by adverse changes in national economic and market conditions;

•

The Company may fail to anticipate the effects on its properties of changes in consumer buying practices, including sales over the Internet and the resulting retailing practices and space needs of its tenants, or a general downturn in its tenants’ businesses, which may cause tenants to close stores or default in payment of rent;

•

The Company is subject to competition for tenants from other owners of retail properties, and its tenants are subject to competition from other retailers and methods of distribution. The Company is dependent upon the successful operations and financial condition of its tenants, in particular its major tenants, and could be adversely affected by the bankruptcy of those tenants;

•

The Company relies on major tenants, which makes it vulnerable to changes in the business and financial condition of, or demand for its space by, such tenants;

•

The Company may not realize the intended benefits of acquisition or merger transactions. The acquired assets may not perform as well as the Company anticipated, or the Company may not successfully integrate the assets and realize improvements in occupancy and operating results. The acquisition of certain assets may subject the Company to liabilities, including environmental liabilities;

•

The Company may fail to identify, acquire, construct or develop additional properties that produce a desired yield on invested capital, or may fail to effectively integrate acquisitions of properties or portfolios of properties. In addition, the Company may be limited in its acquisition opportunities due to competition, the inability to obtain financing on reasonable terms or any financing at all, and other factors;

•

The Company may fail to dispose of properties on favorable terms. In addition, real estate investments can be illiquid, particularly as prospective buyers may experience increased costs of financing or difficulties obtaining financing, and could limit the Company’s ability to promptly make changes to its portfolio to respond to economic and other conditions;

•

The Company may abandon a development opportunity after expending resources if it determines that the development opportunity is not feasible due to a variety of factors, including a lack of availability of construction financing on reasonable terms, the impact of

the economic environment on prospective tenants’ ability to enter into new leases or pay contractual rent, or the inability of the Company to obtain all necessary zoning and other required governmental permits and authorizations;

•

The Company may not complete development projects on schedule as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, such as weather, labor conditions, governmental approvals, material shortages or general economic downturn resulting in limited availability of capital, increased debt service expense and construction costs and decreases in revenue;

•

The Company’s financial condition may be affected by required debt service payments, the risk of default and restrictions on its ability to incur additional debt or to enter into certain transactions under its credit facilities and other documents governing its debt obligations. In addition, the Company may encounter difficulties in obtaining permanent financing or refinancing existing debt. Borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facilities are subject to certain representations and warranties and customary events of default, including any event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial condition;

•

Changes in interest rates could adversely affect the market price of the Company’s common shares, as well as its performance and cash flow;

•

Debt and/or equity financing necessary for the Company to continue to grow and operate its business may not be available or may not be available on favorable terms;

•

Disruptions in the financial markets could affect the Company’s ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms and have other adverse effects on the Company and the market price of the Company’s common shares;

•

The Company is subject to complex regulations related to its status as a REIT and would be adversely affected if it failed to qualify as a REIT;

•

The Company must make distributions to shareholders to continue to qualify as a REIT, and if the Company must borrow funds to make distributions, those borrowings may not be available on favorable terms or at all;

•

Joint venture investments may involve risks not otherwise present for investments made solely by the Company, including the possibility that a partner or co-venturer may become bankrupt, may at any time have interests or goals different from those of the Company and may take action contrary to the Company’s instructions, requests, policies or objectives, including the Company’s policy with respect to maintaining its qualification as a REIT. In addition, a partner or co-venturer may not have access to sufficient capital to satisfy its funding obligations to the joint venture. The partner could cause a default under the joint venture loan for reasons outside the Company’s control. Furthermore, the Company could be required to reduce the carrying value of its equity method investments if a loss in the carrying value of the investment is other than temporary;

•

The Company’s decision to dispose of real estate assets, including land held for development and construction in progress, would change the holding period assumption in the undiscounted cash flow impairment analyses, which could result in material impairment losses and adversely affect the Company’s financial results;

•

The outcome of pending or future litigation, including litigation with tenants or joint venture partners, may adversely affect the Company’s results of operations and financial condition;

•

The Company may not realize anticipated returns from its real estate assets outside the United States. The Company may continue to pursue international opportunities that may subject the Company to different or greater risks than those associated with its domestic operations. The Company owns assets in Puerto Rico, an interest in an unconsolidated joint venture that owns properties in Brazil and an interest in consolidated joint ventures that were formed to develop and own properties in Canada and Russia;

•

International development and ownership activities carry risks in addition to those the Company faces with its domestic properties and operations. Although the Company’s international activities are currently a relatively small portion of its business, to the extent the Company expands its international activities, these risks could significantly increase and adversely affect its results of operations and financial condition. These risks include the following:

•

Adverse effects of changes in exchange rates for foreign currencies;

•

Changes in foreign political or economic environments;

•

Challenges of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws, including tax laws, and addressing different practices and customs relating to corporate governance, operations and litigation;

•

Different lending practices;

•

Cultural and consumer differences;

•

Changes in applicable laws and regulations in the United States that affect foreign operations;

•

Difficulties in managing international operations and

•

Obstacles to the repatriation of earnings and cash.

•

The Company is subject to potential environmental liabilities;

•

The Company may incur losses that are uninsured or exceed policy coverage due to its liability for certain injuries to persons, property or the environment occurring on its properties and

•

The Company could incur additional expenses to comply with or respond to claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act or otherwise be adversely affected by changes in government regulations, including changes in environmental, zoning, tax and other regulations.

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. The Company’s debt, excluding unconsolidated joint venture debt, is summarized as follows:


	March 31, 2013										December 31, 2012
	Amount (Millions)		Weighted- Average Maturity (Years)		Weighted- Average Interest Rate			Percentage of Total			Amount (Millions)		Weighted- Average Maturity (Years)		Weighted- Average Interest Rate			Percentage of Total
Fixed-Rate Debt^(A)	$	3,871.5		5.2		5.1	%		88.9	%	$	3,885.0		5.3		5.1	%		89.9	%
Variable-Rate Debt^(A)	$	482.6		4.5		1.7	%		11.1	%	$	434.1		3.0		1.9	%		10.1	%

(A)	Adjusted to reflect the $632.5 million and $632.8 million of variable-rate debt that LIBOR was swapped to at a fixed-rate of 1.3% at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures’ indebtedness is summarized as follows:


	March 31, 2013									December 31, 2012
	Joint Venture Debt (Millions)		Company’s Proportionate Share (Millions)		Weighted- Average Maturity (Years)		Weighted- Average Interest Rate			Joint Venture Debt (Millions)		Company’s Proportionate Share (Millions)		Weighted- Average Maturity (Years)		Weighted- Average Interest Rate
Fixed-Rate Debt	$	3,150.1	$	532.3		3.8		5.3	%	$	3,083.7	$	518.6		4.0		5.3	%
Variable-Rate Debt	$	1,118.9	$	202.2		4.8		7.2	%	$	1,162.7	$	206.3		4.3		6.9	%

The Company intends to use retained cash flow, proceeds from asset sales, equity and debt financing and variable-rate indebtedness available under its Revolving Credit Facilities to repay indebtedness and fund capital expenditures of the Company’s shopping centers. Thus, to the extent the Company incurs additional variable-rate indebtedness, its exposure to increases in interest rates in an inflationary period could increase. The Company does not believe, however, that increases in interest expense as a result of inflation will significantly impact the Company’s distributable cash flow.

The interest rate risk on a portion of the Company’s variable-rate debt described above has been mitigated through the use of interest rate swap agreements (the “Swaps”) with major financial institutions. At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the interest rate on the Company’s $632.5 million and $632.8 million, respectively, consolidated floating rate debt was swapped to fixed rates. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties to the Swaps. The Company believes it mitigates its credit risk by entering into Swaps with major financial institutions.

The carrying value of the Company’s fixed-rate debt is adjusted to include the $632.5 million and $632.8 million of variable-rate debt that was swapped to a fixed rate at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The fair value of the Company’s fixed-rate debt is adjusted to (i) include the swaps reflected in the carrying value and (ii) include the Company’s proportionate share of the joint venture fixed-rate debt. An estimate of the effect of a 100 basis-point increase at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, is summarized as follows (in millions):


	March 31, 2013								December 31, 2012
	Carrying Value		Fair Value			100 Basis Point Increase in Market Interest Rates			Carrying Value		Fair Value			100 Basis Point Increase in Market Interest Rates
Company’s fixed-rate debt	$	3,871.5	$	4,288.0	^(A)	$	4,048.1	^(B)	$	3,885.0	$	4,311.8	^(A)	$	4,132.2	^(B)
Company’s proportionate share of joint venture fixed-rate debt	$	532.3	$	540.9		$	524.7		$	518.6	$	528.1		$	510.2

(A)	Includes the fair value of interest rate swaps, which was a liability of $15.3 million and $17.1 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

(B)	Includes the fair value of interest rate swaps, which was an asset of $8.1 million and $7.8 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The sensitivity to changes in interest rates of the Company’s fixed-rate debt was determined using a valuation model based upon factors that measure the net present value of such obligations that arise from the hypothetical estimate as discussed above.

Further, a 100 basis point increase in short-term market interest rates on variable-rate debt at March 31, 2013, would result in an increase in interest expense of approximately $1.2 million for the Company and $0.5 million representing the Company’s proportionate share of the joint ventures’ interest expense relating to variable-rate debt outstanding for the three-month period. The estimated increase in interest expense for the year does not give effect to possible changes in the daily balance of the Company’s or joint ventures’ outstanding variable-rate debt.

The Company and its joint ventures intend to continually monitor and actively manage interest costs on their variable-rate debt portfolio and may enter into swap positions based on market fluctuations. In addition, the Company believes that it has the ability to obtain funds through additional equity and/or debt offerings and joint venture capital. Accordingly, the cost of obtaining such protection agreements in relation to the Company’s access to capital markets will continue to be evaluated. The Company has not entered, and does not plan to enter, into any derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had no other material exposure to market risk.

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Based on their evaluation as required by Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b), the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and were effective as of the end of such period to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its CEO and CFO, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Coventry II

Contract Termination

Other

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

None.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased ⁽¹⁾		(b) Average Price Paid per Share		(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (Millions)
January 1 – 31, 2013		72,655	$	16.37		—		—
February 1 – 28, 2013		49,383		16.92		—		—
March 1 – 31, 2013		26,379		17.46		—		—

Total		148,417	$	16.75		—		—

(1)	Consists of common shares surrendered or deemed surrendered to the Company to satisfy statutory minimum tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting and/or exercise of awards under the Company’s equity-based compensation plans.

ITEM 3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.

OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS


3.1		Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended

4.1		Amendment No. 2 to Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2013, by and among DDR Corp., DDR PR Ventures LLC, S.E, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

4.2		First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Secured Term Loan Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2013, by and among DDR Corp., DDR PR Ventures LLC, S.E, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other several banks, financial institutions and other entities from time to time parties to such loan agreement

10.1		First Amendment to the Employment Agreement, dated February 27, 2013, by and between DDR Corp. and Christa A. Vesy

10.2		Form of Restricted Shares Agreement

10.3		Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

10.4		Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement

10.5		Form of 2013 Value Sharing Equity Program Award Agreement

31.1		Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

31.2		Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

32.1		Certification of chief executive officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002¹

32.2		Certification of chief financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002¹

101.INS		XBRL Instance Document²

101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document²

101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document²

101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document²


101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document²

101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document²

1	Pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-4751, these exhibits are deemed to accompany this report and are not “filed” as part of this report.

2	Submitted electronically herewith.

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (iv) Consolidated Statement of Equity for the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2013, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SIGNATURES

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

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No. Under Reg. S-K Item 601	Form 10-Q Exhibit No.	Description	Filed Herewith or Incorporated Herein by Reference

3	3.1	Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended	Filed herewith

4	4.1	Amendment No. 2 to Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2013, by and among DDR Corp., DDR PR Ventures LLC, S.E, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.	Current Report on Form 8-K (Filed with the SEC on January 18, 2013; File No. 001-11690)

4	4.2	First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Secured Term Loan Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2013, by and among DDR Corp., DDR PR Ventures LLC, S.E, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other several banks, financial institutions and other entities from time to time parties to such loan.	Current Report on Form 8-K (Filed with the SEC on January 18, 2013; File No. 001-11690)

10	10.1	First Amendment to the Employment Agreement, dated February 27, 2013, by and between DDR Corp. and Christa A. Vesy	Current Report on Form 8-K (Filed with the SEC on March 4, 2013; File No. 001-11690)

10	10.2	Form of Restricted Shares Agreement	Filed herewith

10	10.3	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement	Filed herewith

10	10.4	Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement	Filed herewith

10	10.5	Form of 2013 Value Sharing Equity Program Award Agreement	Filed herewith

31	31.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934	Filed herewith

31	31.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934	Filed herewith

32	32.1	Certification of chief executive officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	Filed herewith

32	32.2	Certification of chief financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of this report pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	Filed herewith

101	101.INS	XBRL Instance Document	Submitted electronically herewith

101	101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	Submitted electronically herewith

101	101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	Submitted electronically herewith

101	101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document	Submitted electronically herewith

101	101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document	Submitted electronically herewith

101	101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document	Submitted electronically herewith