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Curbline Properties Corp.
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How CURB rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
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  • Risks Related to the Company’s Business, Properties and Strategies The economic performance and value of the Company’s convenience properties depend on many factors, including the economic climate and local conditions, each of which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations and cash flows.
  • The economic performance and value of the Company’s real estate holdings can be affected by many factors, including the following: • changes in the local, regional, national and international economic climate, including those resulting from the imposition of U.S. tariffs and reciprocal or retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods and the market reaction thereto; • local conditions, such as an excess amount of space or a reduction in demand for real estate in the area and population, demographic and employment trends; • the attractiveness of the properties to tenants; • the Company’s ability to provide adequate management services and to maintain its properties; and • the expense of renovating, repairing and re-letting spaces.
  • In addition, the Company’s properties compete with other shopping centers and commercial venues in attracting and retaining retailers.
  • As of December 31, 2025, leases at the Company’s properties were scheduled to expire on a total of approximately 10.1% of leased GLA during 2026.
  • The Company’s income would be negatively affected in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of, or a downturn in the business of, a significant number of its tenants, or in the event that such tenants decline to extend or renew leases upon expiration.
  • The Company’s ability to manage future growth effectively may also require the Company to successfully attract, train, motivate, retain, and manage new employees and update its operational, financial, and management controls and procedures.
  • Such liability could be of a substantial magnitude and divert management’s attention from other aspects of the Company’s business and, as a result, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and its ability to make distributions to stockholders.
  • Therefore, demand for space may be adversely affected by changing consumer trends, changes in shopping or alternative shopping methods (such as e-commerce) and service locations, and overall changes in suburban population or other demographic factors and trends.
  • The Company’s properties could be subject to damage from natural disasters, public health crises and weather-related factors; an uninsured loss on the Company’s properties or a loss that exceeds the limits of the Company’s insurance policies could subject the Company to lost capital or revenue on those properties.
  • The potential increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, extreme weather-related events and climate change in the future may limit the types of insurance coverage and the coverage limits the Company is able to obtain on commercially reasonable terms.
  • The Company may make statements about its sustainability initiatives through information provided on its website, press releases and other communications.
  • The Company may incur additional costs and devote additional resources to implement sustainability initiatives and comply with increasing environmental disclosure obligations, including disclosures relating to the impact of climate change on the Company’s business.
  • The Company’s properties are generally located near major metropolitan areas or other areas that are susceptible to property and violent crime, including mass shootings.
  • Consistent with this effort, SITE Centers has transitioned from its existing financial system to a software-as-a-service solution focused on improving functionality, increasing the longevity of the system, safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of our data, and maintaining the availability of the financial system.
  • If there are issues with the new system, it could negatively impact the Company’s financial data and may result in inaccurate financials or delays in the Company’s periodic reports with the SEC.
  • The systems provided by SITE Centers and third-party providers are also subject to damage or interruption from power outages, facility damage, computer or telecommunications failures, computer viruses, security breaches, vandalism, natural disasters, catastrophic events, human error and potential cyber threats, including phishing attacks, ransomware and other sophisticated cyber-attacks.
  • Furthermore, while SITE Centers maintains insurance for which the Company is an additional insured, the coverage may not sufficiently cover all types of losses, claims or fines that may arise.
  • The use of technology based on artificial intelligence presents risks relating to confidentiality, creation of inaccurate and flawed outputs and emerging regulatory risk, any or all of which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
  • As with many technological innovations, artificial intelligence (“AI") presents great promise but also risks and challenges that could adversely affect our business.
  • Sensitive, proprietary, or confidential information of the Company, our tenants, employees and business partners could be leaked, disclosed, or revealed as a result of or in connection with the use of generative AI technologies by our employees or vendors.
  • Any such information input into a third-party generative AI or machine learning platform could be revealed to others, including if information is used to train the third party's generative AI or machine learning models.
  • Additionally, where a generative AI or machine learning model ingests personal information and makes connections using such data, those technologies may reveal other sensitive, proprietary, or confidential information generated by the model.
  • Moreover, generative AI or machine learning models may create incomplete, inaccurate, or otherwise flawed outputs, which may appear correct.
  • Due to these issues, these models could lead us to make flawed decisions that could result in adverse consequences to us, including exposure to reputational and competitive harm, customer loss, and legal liability.
  • In addition, uncertainty in the legal and regulatory regime relating to AI may require significant resources to modify and maintain business practices to comply with applicable law, the nature of which cannot be determined at this time.
  • Several jurisdictions have already proposed or enacted laws governing AI and may decide to adopt similar or more restrictive legislation that may render the use of such technologies challenging.
  • These obligations may prevent or limit our ability to use AI in our business, lead to regulatory fines or penalties, or require us to change our business practices.
  • If we cannot use AI, or that use is restricted, our business may be less efficient, or we may be at a competitive disadvantage.
  • Any of these factors could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
  • The Company was recently organized and employs a business model with a limited track record, and it may not be able to operate its business successfully or execute its business plan.
  • The Company was organized in 2023 and has a limited operating history.
  • Risks Related to the Company’s Indebtedness and Capital Structure The Company may not be able to obtain additional capital to make investments or finance its operations.
  • The Company’s principal amount of outstanding indebtedness as of February 9, 2026 was $600.0 million.
  • As part of its growth strategy, the Company may incur a substantial amount of additional debt to finance future acquisitions, including debt that refinances or replaces its existing indebtedness.
  • If the cost or amount of our debt increases or the Company cannot refinance its debt in sufficient amounts or on acceptable terms, we are at risk of default on our obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company, including its ability to make distributions to its stockholders.
  • Incurring additional debt or other obligations, such as preferred equity, including any refinancing or replacement thereof, could have important consequences for the Company, including (i) decreasing the Company’s overall profitability, (ii) increasing the Company’s vulnerability to adverse economic or industry conditions, (iii) limiting the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all, to fund capital expenditures and acquisitions, particularly when the availability of financing in the capital markets is limited, (iv) subjecting the Company to additional financial and other restrictive covenants, which could limit its operating flexibility and performance, (v) requiring a substantial portion of the Company’s cash flows from operations for the payment of interest on debt and reducing the Company’s ability to use its cash flows to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and general corporate requirements, and to make distributions and (vi) placing the Company at a competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors.
  • In addition, to qualify as a REIT, the Company generally must, among other things, distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (excluding any net capital gains) to its stockholders each year.
  • The Company is exposed to interest rate risk, and there can be no assurance that it will manage or mitigate this risk effectively.
  • The Company has entered into various interest rate derivative agreements to effectively fix its exposure to interest rates under the Company’s existing debt facilities.
  • To the extent interest rates are higher than the fixed rate in the respective contract, the Company would realize cash savings as compared to other market participants.

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Gone since FY2024

  • Risks Related to the Company’s Business, Properties and Strategies The Company was recently organized and is employing a business model with a limited track record, and it may not be able to operate its business successfully or execute its business plan.
  • The Company was organized in 2023 and has a very limited operating history.
  • The economic performance and value of the Company’s convenience properties depend on many factors, including the economic climate and local conditions, each of which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations and cash flows.
  • The economic performance and value of the Company’s real estate holdings can be affected by many factors, including the following: • changes in the local, regional, national and international economic climate, including those resulting from the imposition of U.S. tariffs and reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods; • local conditions, such as an excess amount of space or a reduction in demand for real estate in the area and population, demographic and employment trends; • the attractiveness of the properties to tenants; • the Company’s ability to provide adequate management services and to maintain its properties; and • the expense of renovating, repairing and re-letting spaces.
  • In addition, the Company’s properties compete with numerous other shopping and commercial venues in attracting and retaining retailers.
  • As of December 31, 2024, leases at the Company’s properties were scheduled to expire on a total of approximately 6.7% of leased GLA during 2025.
  • The Company’s income would be negatively affected in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of, or a downturn in the business of, a significant number of its tenants, or in the event that such tenants decline to extend or renew leases upon expiration.
  • The Company’s ability to manage future growth effectively will also require the Company to successfully attract, train, motivate, retain, and manage new employees and continue to update and improve its operational, financial, and management controls and procedures.
  • The Company may not be able to obtain additional capital to make investments or finance its operations.
  • The Company did not have any debt as of December 31, 2024 and had approximately $626 million of cash on hand, $400 million of immediate liquidity from an unsecured, undrawn line of credit and a $100 million unsecured, delayed draw term loan.
  • As part of its growth strategy, the Company may incur a substantial amount of debt to finance future acquisitions, including debt that refinances or replaces borrowings under the line of credit or term loan facility.
  • Incurring debt or other obligations, such as preferred equity, including any refinancing or replacement thereof, could have important consequences for the Company, including (i) decreasing the Company’s overall profitability, (ii) increasing the Company’s vulnerability to adverse economic or industry conditions, (iii) limiting the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all, to fund capital expenditures and acquisitions, particularly when the availability of financing in the capital markets is limited, (iv) subjecting the Company to financial and other restrictive covenants, which could limit its operating flexibility and performance, (v) requiring a substantial portion of the Company’s cash flows from operations for the payment of interest on debt and reducing the Company’s ability to use its cash flows to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and general corporate requirements, and to make distributions and (vi) placing the Company at a competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors.
  • In addition, to qualify as a REIT, the Company must, among other things, distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (excluding any net capital gains) to its stockholders each year.
  • Such liability could be of substantial magnitude and divert management’s attention from other aspects of the Company’s business and, as a result, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and its ability to make distributions to stockholders.
  • Therefore, demand for space may be adversely affected by changing consumer trends, changes in shopping or alternative shopping methods and service locations, and overall changes in suburban population or other demographic factors and trends.
  • The Company anticipates that it may make statements about its sustainability initiatives through information provided on its website, press releases and other communications.
  • The Company expects that it may incur additional costs and devote additional resources to implement sustainability initiatives and comply with increasing environmental disclosure obligations, including disclosures relating to the impact of climate change on the Company’s business.
  • The Company’s properties could be subject to climate change, damage from natural disasters, public health crises and weather-related factors; an uninsured loss on the Company’s properties or a loss that exceeds the limits of the Company’s insurance policies could subject the Company to lost capital or revenue on those properties.
  • The potential increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, extreme weather-related events and climate change in the future may limit the types of coverage and the coverage limits the Company is able to obtain on commercially reasonable terms.
  • While the Company’s properties are generally located in suburban areas, they are generally located near major metropolitan areas or other areas that are susceptible to property and violent crime, including mass shootings.
  • Consistent with this effort, SITE Centers is in the process of transitioning from its existing financial system to a new software-as-a-service solution focused on improving functionality, increasing the longevity of the system, safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of our data, and maintaining the availability of the financial system.
  • If there are issues with the system implementation, it could negatively impact our financial data and may result in inaccurate financials or delays in our periodic reports with the SEC.
  • The current and future systems provided by SITE Centers and third-party providers are also subject to damage or interruption from power outages, facility damage, computer or telecommunications failures, computer viruses, security breaches, vandalism, natural disasters, catastrophic events, human error and potential cyber threats, including phishing attacks, ransomware and other sophisticated cyber-attacks.
  • Furthermore, while the SITE Centers maintains insurance for which the Company is an additional insured, the coverage may not sufficiently cover all types of losses, claims or fines that may arise.
  • The distribution was structured, and SITE Centers and the Company intend to treat it for U.S. federal income tax purposes as, a taxable distribution of shares in the Company to SITE Centers’ common shareholders.
  • SITE Centers and the Company intend (and are generally obligated pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement) to take the position for tax purposes that such shares were distributed to such shareholders at the close of business on the day of the distribution, and that immediately prior to such distribution, the Company shall be treated as acquiring all of its assets (and assuming all of its liabilities) from SITE Centers in exchange for the Company’s stock.
  • Furthermore, Congress or the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) might change the tax laws or regulations and the courts could issue new rulings, in each case potentially having a retroactive effect that could make it more difficult or impossible for the Company to continue to qualify as a REIT.
  • In addition, the Company will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on the amount, if any, by which distributions paid by the Company in any calendar year are less than the sum of 85% of the Company’s ordinary income, 95% of its capital gain net income and 100% of its undistributed income from prior years.
  • However, U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates generally may deduct up to 20% of the ordinary dividends (e.g., REIT dividends that are not designated as capital gain dividends or qualified dividend income) received from a REIT for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026.
  • Recently finalized regulations require a REIT to “look through” certain foreign controlled domestic corporations to their owners when determining whether the REIT is domestically controlled.
  • Furthermore, potential amendments and technical corrections, as well as interpretations and implementation of regulations by the Treasury and IRS, may have or may in the future occur or be enacted, and, in each case, they could lessen or increase the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”).
  • In addition, states and localities, which often use federal taxable income as a starting point for computing state and local tax liabilities, continue to react to the TCJA, and these may exacerbate its negative, or diminish its positive, effects on the Company.
  • If SITE Centers fails to qualify as a REIT for 2024, the Company may not be eligible to elect to be taxed as a REIT.
  • A rule against electing REIT status would apply to the Company if SITE Centers fails to qualify as a REIT for 2024, the year in which the distribution occurred, and the Company is treated as a successor to SITE Centers for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
  • Although SITE Centers has represented in the Tax Matters Agreement that commencing with its taxable year ending in December 31, 1993 through its taxable year ending on December 31, 2023, SITE Centers was organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and has covenanted to qualify as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2024 (unless SITE Centers obtains an opinion from a nationally recognized tax counsel or a private letter ruling from the IRS to the effect that SITE Centers’ failure to maintain its REIT status will not cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT under the successor REIT rule referred to above), no assurance can be given that such representation and covenant would prevent the Company from failing to qualify as a REIT.
  • Although, in the event of a breach, the Company may be able to seek damages from SITE Centers, there can be no assurance that such damages, if any, would appropriately compensate the Company.
  • It is possible that these rules could result in partnerships in which we directly or indirectly invest, including the Operating Partnership, being required to pay additional taxes, interest and penalties as a result of an audit adjustment, and we, as a direct or indirect partner of these partnerships, could be required to bear the economic burden of those taxes, interest, and penalties, including in situations where we, as a REIT, may not otherwise have been required to pay additional corporate-level taxes as a result of the related audit adjustment.
  • Furthermore, significant stockholders of the Company have in the past sold substantial amounts of SITE Centers’ common shares, and may sell in the future substantial amounts of the Company’s common stock in the public market to enhance the stockholders’ liquidity positions, fund alternative investments or for other reasons.
  • This has caused in the past the trading price of SITE Centers’ common shares, and may in the future cause the trading price of the Company’s common stock, to decline significantly, resulting in other stockholders being unable to sell their common stock at favorable prices.
  • Among the market conditions that may affect the market price of the Company’s publicly traded securities are the following: • the Company’s actual or projected financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity, or changes in business strategies or prospects; • the market’s perception of the Company’s potential and future cash dividends; • changes in the valuation and capitalization rates applicable to the Company’s properties; • the ability to acquire additional assets on a timely basis and on attractive terms; • actual or perceived conflicts of interest with SITE Centers and individuals, including the Company’s executives, or any termination of the agreements with SITE Centers; • equity issuances by the Company, or stock resales by its significant stockholders, or the perception that such issuances or resales may occur; • the publication of research reports about the Company or the real estate industry; • changes in market valuations of similar companies; • adverse market reaction to any indebtedness the Company incurs in the future; • additions to or departures of key personnel or members of the Curbline Board; • speculation in the press or investment community; • the Company’s failure to meet, or the lowering of, its earnings estimates or those of any securities analysts; • the extent of institutional investor interest in the Company; • increases in market interest rates, which may have a negative impact on the number of potential buyers for the Company’s properties and the prices such buyers are willing to pay; • ability to pay distributions to the Company’s stockholders pursuant to its operating strategy; • changes to the debt markets which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise capital; • failure of the Company to qualify as a REIT and the Company’s continued qualification as a REIT; • the reputation of REITs generally and the reputation of REITs with similar businesses; • the attractiveness of the securities of REITs in comparison to securities issued by other entities (including securities issued by other real estate companies or sovereign governments), bank deposits or other investments; • price and volume fluctuations in the stock market generally; • natural disasters and environmental hazards affecting areas in which the Company’s properties are located; • changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing usage, zoning, the environment and taxes; • political or economic turmoil impacting the economy of areas in which the Company’s properties are located; and • general market and economic conditions, including the current state of the credit and capital markets and the market for sales and investments in properties similar to those owned by the Company.

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