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SCHEDULE 14A
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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[ ] Confidential, for the Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
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ALEXANDER'S, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
ALEXANDER'S, INC.
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ALEXANDER'S, INC.
PARK 80 WEST PLAZA II
SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY 07663
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NOTICE OF 1998 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 27, 1998
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To the Holders of Common Stock:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Alexander's, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") will be held at the Marriott Hotel,
Interstate 80 and the Garden State Parkway, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663 on
Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 12:00 P.M. for the following purposes:
1. The election of three persons to the Board of Directors of the Company,
each for a term of three years.
2. The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Pursuant to the By-laws of the Company, the Board of Directors of the
Company has fixed the close of business on April 13, 1998, as the record date
for determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the
meeting.
Your attention is called to the attached proxy statement. WHETHER OR NOT
YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED
PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE TO WHICH NO POSTAGE NEED BE
AFFIXED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, YOU
MAY WITHDRAW YOUR PROXY AND VOTE YOUR OWN SHARES.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Stephen Mann
Chairman
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ALEXANDER'S, INC.
PARK 80 WEST PLAZA II
SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY 07663
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PROXY STATEMENT
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 27, 1998
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INTRODUCTION
The enclosed proxy is being solicited by the Board of Directors of
Alexander's, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its consolidated
subsidiaries, the "Company", unless the context indicates otherwise), for use at
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on Wednesday, May
27, 1998 (the "Annual Meeting"). The proxy may be revoked by the stockholder at
any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting. The cost of soliciting
proxies will be borne by the Company. MacKenzie Partners, Inc. has been engaged
by the Company to solicit proxies, at a fee not to exceed $5,000. In addition to
solicitation by mail and by telephone calls, arrangements may be made with
brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to send proxies
and proxy material to their principals and the Company may reimburse them for
their expenses in so doing.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 13, 1998 are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. On April 13, 1998,
there were 5,000,850 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common
Stock") outstanding, each entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting.
Under the Company's By-laws, the affirmative vote of a plurality of all the
votes cast at the Annual Meeting, assuming a quorum is present, is sufficient to
elect Directors. A majority of the outstanding shares will constitute a quorum
at the meeting. Proxies marked "withhold authority" (including proxies from
brokers or other nominees indicating that such persons do not have discretionary
power to vote shares in certain matters) will be counted for the purpose of
determining the presence of a quorum, but will not be counted for purposes of
determining whether a proposal has been approved.
The principal executive office of the Company is located at Park 80 West
Plaza II, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663. This notice of meeting and proxy
statement and enclosed proxy will be mailed on or about May 7, 1998 to the
Company's stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 13, 1998.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The By-laws of the Company provide that the Board of Directors shall be
divided into three classes. One class of directors is elected at each annual
meeting of stockholders to hold office for a term of three years and until their
successors are duly elected and qualify. Three nominees for Class I Directors
are to be elected at the Annual Meeting to serve on the Board of Directors until
the Company's Annual Meeting in 2001 and their respective successors shall have
been elected and qualified. Present Class II and III Directors serve until the
Company's Annual Meetings in 1999 and 2000, respectively.
Unless otherwise directed in the proxy, the person named in the enclosed
proxy, or his or her substitute, will vote such proxy for the election of the
three nominees listed below as Class I Directors for a three-year term and until
their respective successors are elected and qualify. If any nominee at the time
of election is unavailable to serve, it is intended that the person named in the
proxy, or his substitute, will vote for an alternative nominee who will be
designated by the Board. Proxies may be voted only for the three nominees named
or such alternates. However, the Board has no reason to anticipate that any of
the nominees hereafter named will not be available to serve.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF
THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES LISTED BELOW AS CLASS I DIRECTORS. It is the
Company's understanding that Interstate Properties ("Interstate"), a New Jersey
general partnership, Vornado Realty Trust ("Vornado") and Steven Roth, the
managing general partner of Interstate and Chief Executive Officer and director
of the Company and Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer
of Vornado, who own in the aggregate 56.6% of the Common Stock, will vote for
this proposal.
The nominees for election as Class I Directors are currently members of the
Board of Directors. The present members of the Board of Directors are listed
below, together with a brief biography for each such person and the year in
which he first became a Director of the Company.
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PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS,
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE YEAR FIRST
DURING PAST FIVE YEARS ELECTED A
NAME AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS DIRECTOR AGE
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NOMINEES FOR ELECTION TO SERVE UNTIL
THE 2001 ANNUAL MEETING (CLASS I):
Michael D. Fascitelli............... President and Trustee of Vornado since 1996 41
December 1996; Partner at Goldman
Sachs, in charge of its real estate
practice from December 1992 to
December 1996 and a vice president
prior thereto.
David Mandelbaum(1)................. A member of the law firm of Mandelbaum 1995 62
& Mandelbaum, P.C. since 1967; a
general partner of Interstate since
1968; Trustee of Vornado since 1979.
Richard West*(2).................... Dean Emeritus, Leonard N. Stern School 1984 60
of Business, New York University;
Professor of Finance from 1984 through
1995, and Dean from 1984 through
August 1993; Director or Trustee of
Vornado, Bowne & Co., Inc., various
investment companies managed by
Merrill Lynch Assets Management, Inc.
and various investment companies
managed by Hotchkis & Wiley.
PRESENT DIRECTORS ELECTED SERVE
UNTIL
THE 1999 ANNUAL MEETING (CLASS II):
Arthur I. Sonnenblick............... Managing Director of Sonnenblick- 1984(3) 66
Goldman Company, real estate
investment bankers, since January 1,
1996 and Vice Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer prior thereto.
Thomas R. DiBenedetto(4)............ President of Boston International 1984 48
Group, Inc. since prior to 1986;
Director of Showscan Corp.; Director
of National Wireless Holdings, Inc.;
Managing Director of Olympic Partners,
a real estate investment firm.
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PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS,
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE YEAR FIRST
DURING PAST FIVE YEARS ELECTED A
NAME AND OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS DIRECTOR AGE
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Stephen Mann(5)..................... Chairman of the Board of Directors of 1980 60
the Company since March 2, 1995;
Interim Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Company from August
8, 1994 to March 2, 1995; Chairman of
The Clifford Companies since 1990;
prior thereto, counsel to the law firm
of Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander &
Ferdon.
PRESENT DIRECTORS ELECTED TO SERVE
UNTIL
THE 2000 ANNUAL MEETING (CLASS III):
Steven Roth*........................ Chief Executive Officer of the Company 1989 56
since March 2, 1995; Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Vornado
since 1989 and Trustee of Vornado
since 1979; general partner of
Interstate since 1968 (presently
managing general partner).
Russell B. Wight, Jr.*.............. A general partner of Interstate since 1995 58
1968; Trustee of Vornado since 1979
and Director of Insituform
Technologies, Inc.
Neil Underberg...................... A member of the law firm of Whitman 1980 69
Breed Abbott & Morgan since December
1987.
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* Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
(1) Mr. Mandelbaum, formerly a Class II director of the Company, was elected as
a Class I director of the Company by the Board of Directors on March 12,
1998.
(2) Mr. West, formerly a Class II director of the Company, was elected as a
Class I director of the Company by the Board of Directors on March 12, 1998.
(3) Mr. Sonnenblick also served as a director of the Company between 1980 and
1982.
(4) Mr. DiBenedetto, formerly a Class I director of the Company, was elected as
a Class II director of the Company by the Board of Directors on March 12,
1998.
(5) Mr. Mann, formerly a Class I director of the Company, was elected as a Class
II director of the Company by the Board of Directors on March 12, 1998. Mr.
Mann was also reelected Chairman of the Board by the Board of Directors on
March 12, 1998.
The Company is not aware of any family relationships among any directors,
executive officers or nominees.
The Board of Directors held one meeting during 1997. Messrs. Roth, West and
Wight are the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors,
which is authorized to exercise virtually all the powers of the Board of
Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Company to the
fullest extent permitted by law. The Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors did not meet in 1997.
The Audit Committee's functions include reviewing annual and quarterly
reports sent to stockholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, recommending to the Board of Directors the engaging of the
independent auditors, reviewing with the independent auditors the plan and
results of the auditors' engagement and other matters of interest to the
Committee and reviewing with the Company's officers and internal auditors
matters of interest to the Committee, including the effectiveness of the
Company's internal
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controls and the results of its operations. Messrs. West, Underberg, DiBenedetto
and Mann are the members of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee held four
meetings during 1997.
The Omnibus Stock Plan Committee is responsible for administering the
Company's Omnibus Stock Plan. The Committee consists of two members, Messrs.
West and DiBenedetto. The Omnibus Stock Plan Committee took no action during
1997.
The Compensation Committee is responsible for establishing the terms of the
compensation of the executive officers. The Committee consists of two members,
Messrs. Mann and DiBenedetto. The Compensation Committee took no action during
1997.
All directors, except Mr. Sonnenblick, attended 75% or more of the meetings
of the Board of Directors and the Committees on which they served in 1997.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT ON EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
During 1997, Mr. Roth was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company but
did not receive any base salary, bonus or incentive compensation in 1997 for his
services in such capacity.
During 1997, Joseph Macnow was the Vice President-Chief Financial Officer
of the Company but did not receive any base salary, bonus or incentive
compensation in 1997 for his services in such capacity.
During 1997, Mr. Kurtz was paid a base salary in the amount of $120,000
pursuant to the terms of an employment contract signed in 1995. The employment
contract with Mr. Kurtz was renewed by the Company for an additional twelve
months ending December 31, 1998 at an annual rate of salary of $60,000. Under
the terms of the renewed contract, Mr. Kurtz is required to work one day per
week during 1998.
The compensation currently paid to the named officers of the Company is not
limited by the cap on deductible compensation imposed by Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Stephen Mann
Thomas R. DiBenedetto
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
On May 15, 1992, the Company, which was engaged in the retail business, and
sixteen of its subsidiaries filed petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code 11, U.S.C. sec.sec. 101 et seq., (the "Bankruptcy Case"). On May
14, 1993, the Company filed the Plan of Reorganization, which allowed it to
emerge from bankruptcy proceedings and reorganize and operate as a real estate
company. The line graph that follows charts the yearly percentage change in
cumulative stockholder return on an investment in the Company's Common Stock
against the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (the "S&P 500") and the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") All Equity Index
(excluding Health Care REIT's). The graph assumes an investment of $100 on
December 31, 1992 (weighted on the basis of market capitalization) and
accumulation and reinvestment of all dividends paid thereafter through December
31, 1997. THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE COMPANY'S STOCK PERFORMANCE WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR TRENDS DEPICTED IN THE GRAPH BELOW.
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MEASUREMENT PERIOD THE NAREIT ALL
(FISCAL YEAR COVERED) ALEXANDER'S S&P 500 INDEX EQUITY INDEX(1)
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1992 100 100 100
1993 127 110 120
1994 111 111 123
1995 146 153 142
1996 166 188 192
1997 190 251 231
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(1) Excluding Health Care REITs.
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership
of the Company's Common Stock as of April 13, 1998, by (i) each director of the
Company, (ii) each person known by the Company to be the owner of more than five
percent of the Company's outstanding Common Stock and (iii) all directors,
nominees and executive officers as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, each
listed beneficial owner is the direct owner of and has sole investment and
voting power with respect to such shares. Unless otherwise noted, the address of
all such persons is c/o Alexander's, Inc., Park 80 West Plaza II, Saddle Brook,
New Jersey 07663.
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ACCOUNT AND
NATURE OF BENEFICIAL PERCENT OF
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNERSHIP(1) CLASS(2)
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Steven Roth................................................. 1,364,268(3) 27.3%
Russell B. Wight, Jr........................................ 1,359,068(3)(4) 27.1%
278 S. Maya Palm Drive
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
David Mandelbaum............................................ 1,354,568(3) 27.1%
Mandelbaum & Mandelbaum, P.C.
80 Main Street
West Orange, New Jersey 07052
Michael D. Fascitelli....................................... 70,000(5) 1.4%
Neil Underberg.............................................. 500 *
Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Richard West................................................ 200 *
Box 604
287 Genoa Springs Drive
Genoa, Nevada 89411
Stephen Mann................................................ 110(6) *
The Clifford Companies
292 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10017
All directors and executive officers as a group (11
persons).................................................. 1,435,078 28.3%
Vornado Realty Trust........................................ 1,466,568(7) 29.3%
Interstate Properties....................................... 1,354,568(3) 27.1%
Franklin Mutual Advisers, Inc............................... 581,490(8) 11.6%
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway
Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
First Union Corporation..................................... 270,010(9) 5.4%
One First Union Center
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
Ronald Baron, BAMCO, Inc. and Baron Capital Management,
Inc....................................................... 450,920(10) 9.0%
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
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* Under 1%
(1) Based on 5,000,850 shares outstanding as of April 13, 1998.
(2) The percentages in this column assume that all shares of Common Stock that
each person has the right to acquire within 60 days pursuant to the
exercise of options to purchase Common Stock ("Options") are deemed to be
outstanding, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of
computing the ownership percentage of any other person.
(3) Interstate, a partnership of which Messrs. Roth, Wight and Mandelbaum are
the general partners, owns 1,354,568 shares. These shares are included in
the total shares and the percentage of class of Interstate,
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Mr. Roth, Mr. Wight and Mr. Mandelbaum. Messrs. Roth, Wight and Mandelbaum
share investment power and voting power with respect to these shares.
(4) Includes 4,500 shares owned by the Wight Foundation, over which Mr. Wight
holds sole investment and voting power.
(5) Represents Options for Common Stock which are currently exercisable.
(6) Includes 10 shares owned by Mr. Mann's son, a minor.
(7) Interstate owns 17.9% of the common shares of beneficial interest of
Vornado. Interstate and its three general partners (Messrs. Roth,
Mandelbaum and Wight, all directors of the Company) own in the aggregate
21.3% of the common shares of beneficial interest of Vornado. Interstate,
its three general partners and Vornado own in the aggregate 56.6% of the
outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company. See "Interest of
Management in Certain Transactions" below.
(8) Based on Schedule 13G dated January 16, 1998, Franklin Mutual Advisors,
Inc. has sole investment discretion and voting authority with respect to
the shares.
(9) Based on Schedule 13G dated February 11, 1998, First Union Corporation has
sole voting power with respect to 222,760 shares and sole dispositive power
with respect to 270,010 shares.
(10) Based on Schedule 13D dated February 12, 1998, Ronald Baron owns 439,880
shares in his capacity as a controlling person of BAMCO, Inc. and Baron
Capital Management, Inc. Mr. Baron disclaims beneficial ownership of these
shares. He also owns 5,520 shares personally. Mr. Baron has the sole power
to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of
87,020 shares, including 81,500 shares attributable to investment
partnerships for which Baron Capital Management Inc. and Mr. Baron serve as
general partners, and shared power to vote or direct the vote and to
dispose or direct the disposition of 358,380 shares, including 260,000
shares purchased by BAMCO, Inc. for its investment advisory clients and
98,380 shares purchased by Baron Capital Management Inc. for its investment
advisory clients. Mr. Baron is the President of BAMCO, Inc. and Baron
Capital Management Inc..
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table summarizes the compensation paid by the Company and its
subsidiaries to the Company's executive officers, who were serving as executive
officers at December 31, 1997, for services rendered in all capacities to the
Company and its subsidiaries for the years 1995 through 1997.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION ALL OTHER
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NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY ($) BONUS ($) ($)
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Stephen Mann................................... 1997 250,000 -- --
Chairman of the board of Directors(1) 1996 250,000 -- --
1995 309,692 250,000 --
Steven Roth.................................... 1997 -- -- --
Chief Executive Officer(1)(2) 1996 -- -- --
1995 -- -- --
Brian M. Kurtz................................. 1997 120,000 -- --
Executive Vice President and 1996 160,000 -- --
Chief Administrative Officer 1995 260,135 50,000 250,000(3)
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(1) Mr. Mann was appointed Interim Chairman of the Board of Directors effective
August 8, 1994. He was appointed Chairman on March 2, 1995 when Mr. Roth was
appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
(2) The fee payable by the Company to Vornado includes the services of Mr. Roth
as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Roth is compensated as an
officer of Vornado and does not receive any additional consideration for
providing services to the Company. See "Certain Transactions".
(3) Severance pay to Mr. Kurtz pursuant to his employment contract when his full
time employment ceased.
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
Mr. Kurtz has an employment agreement with the Company through December 31,
1998, which is a 12-month extension of his prior agreement. During the extension
period, Mr. Kurtz will be employed on a part-time basis for one day per week at
an annual salary of $60,000. If the employment agreement is terminated by the
Company without just cause, or Mr. Kurtz resigns for good reason, he receives a
lump sum equal to the base salary that would have been payable to the end of the
term provided for under the employment agreement. The term of the employment
agreement may be extended at the option of the Company for additional 12-month
periods.
Mr. Mann's original three-year employment contract, which had a term
expiring in March 1998, has been extended through the date of the 1999 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Company. Both the original employment agreement
and the extension provide for a base salary of $250,000 per annum to be paid to
Mr. Mann. In the event of termination of the employment agreement by the Company
without just cause, or if Mr. Mann resigns for good reason, Mr. Mann will
continue to be paid his base salary until the end of the term provided for under
the employment agreement.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors of the Company received an annual retainer of $13,500 for their
services in 1997. In addition, directors who are not compensated as officers of
the Company received a fee of $500 for each Board or Committee meeting attended.
Effective August 8, 1994, Mr. Mann received $50,000 per month for his
services as Interim Chairman. Mr. Mann received no other compensation for his
services during that period. Effective March 2, 1995, Mr. Mann became Chairman
of the Board of Directors pursuant to an employment agreement under which he is
paid $250,000 per annum. See "Employment Contracts."
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION IN
COMPENSATION DECISIONS
The Company has a Compensation Committee, consisting of Messrs. Mann and
DiBenedetto. There are no interlocking relationships involving the Company's
Board of Directors which require disclosure under the executive compensation
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Steven Roth is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, the
Managing General Partner of Interstate Properties ("Interstate") and Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Vornado Realty Trust ("Vornado").
Interstate owns 27.1% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company and owns
17.9% of the outstanding common shares of beneficial interest of Vornado. In
addition, Mr. Roth owns 2.2% of the outstanding common shares of beneficial
interest of Vornado. Mr. Roth, Interstate and the other two general partners of
Interstate, David Mandelbaum and Russell B. Wight, Jr. (who are also directors
of the Company and trustees of Vornado) own, in the aggregate, 21.3% of the
outstanding common shares of beneficial interest of Vornado. Vornado owns 29.3%
of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company.
The Company is managed by and its properties are redeveloped and leased by
Vornado, pursuant to agreements with a one-year term which are automatically
renewable.
The annual management fee payable by the Company to Vornado is $3,000,000,
plus 6% of development costs, with a minimum guaranteed fee of $750,000 per
annum. The leasing agreement provides for the Company to pay a fee to Vornado
equal to (i) 3% of the gross proceeds, as defined, from the sale of an asset,
and (ii) in the event of a lease or sublease of an asset, 3% of lease rent for
the first ten years of a lease term, 2% of lease rent for the eleventh through
the twentieth years of a lease term and 1% of lease rent for the twenty-first
through thirtieth year of a lease term. Subject to the payment of rents by
tenants, the Company owes Vornado $6,244,000 at December 31, 1997. Such amount
is payable annually in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000, until the present
value of such installments (calculated at a discount rate of 9% per annum)
equals
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the amount that would have been paid had it been paid on September 21, 1993, or
at the time the transactions which gave rise to the Commissions occurred, if
later.
In March 1995, the Company borrowed $45,000,000 from Vornado, the
subordinated tranche of a $75,000,000 secured financing. The loan, which had a
three-year term expiring in March 1998, has been extended for an additional year
and the interest rate has been reset from 15.60% per annum to 13.87% per annum.
The Company incurred interest on the loan of $7,214,000 for the year ended
December 31, 1997.
The agreement with Vornado and Interstate not to own in excess of
two-thirds of the Company's common stock or to enter into certain other
transactions with the Company expired in March 1998.
During the year ended December 31, 1997, Vornado through Interstate was
paid $398,000 by the Kings Plaza Shopping Center for performing leasing
services. The Company owns 50% of the Kings Plaza Shopping Center.
During the year ended December 31, 1997, Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan, a
law firm of which Neil Underberg, a director of the Company, is a partner,
performed legal services for the Company for which it was paid $511,405.
INFORMATION RESPECTING THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board has retained Deloitte & Touche LLP to act as independent auditors
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1998. The firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP
was engaged as independent auditors for the 1997 fiscal year and representatives
of Deloitte & Touche LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They
will have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will be
available to respond to appropriate questions.
ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING
The Board does not intend to present any other matter, nor does it have any
information that any other matter will be brought before the Annual Meeting.
However, if any other matter properly comes before the Annual Meeting, it is the
intention of the person named in the enclosed proxy to vote said proxy in
accordance with his judgment on such matters.
ADVANCE NOTICE BYLAW
The Bylaws of the Company provide that in order for a stockholder to
nominate a candidate for election as a director at an annual meeting of
stockholders or propose business for consideration at such meeting, notice must
be given to the Secretary of the Company no more than 90 days nor less than 60
days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Stockholder proposals for the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Company must be received at the principal executive office of the Company, Park
80 West Plaza II, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663, Attention: Secretary, not
later than January 8, 1999 for inclusion in the 1999 proxy statement and form of
proxy.
By Order of The Board of Directors
Stephen Mann
Chairman
April 13, 1998
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ALEXANDER'S, INC.
The undersigned, revoking all prior proxies, hereby appoints Steven Roth
proxy, with full power of substitution, to attend, and to vote all shares the
undersigned is entitled to vote, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Alexander's, Inc. (the "Company") to be held at the Marriott Hotel, Interstate
80 and the Garden State Parkway, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663 on Wednesday,
May 27, 1998, at 12:00 P.M., local time, upon any and all business as may
properly come before the meeting and all adjournments thereof. Said proxy is
authorized to vote as directed below upon the proposal which is more fully set
forth in the Proxy Statement and otherwise in his discretion upon such other
business as may properly come before the meeting and all adjournments thereof,
all as more fully set forth in the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement,
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED,
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER.
IF THIS PROXY IS EXECUTED, BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED
"FOR" THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
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1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
The Board of Directors recommends a Vote "FOR"
Election of Directors
FOR all nominees listed below [ ] WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed below [ ]
Nominees: Michael D. Fascitelli, David Mandelbaum,
Richard West
(Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any
individual nominee, write that nominee's name in the
space provided below.)
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Please date and sign exactly as
your name or names appear hereon.
Each joint owner must sign.
(Officers, Executors,
Administrators, Trustees, etc. will
kindly so indicate when signing.)
Dated , 1998
(Signature(s) of Stockholder(s)
VOTES MUST BE INDICATED (X) IN
BLACK OR BLUE INK. [X]
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
