CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (CBL) is a self-managed, self-administered, integrated real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in the ownership, development, acquisition, leasing, management and operation of regional shopping malls, open-air centers, community centers and office properties. The Company’s shopping centers are located in 27 domestic states and in Brazil, but are primarily in the southeastern and midwestern United States. The Company conducts all of its business through the Operating Partnership. CBL is the 100% owner of two qualified REIT subsidiaries; CBL Holdings I, Inc. and CBL Holdings II, Inc. CBL Holdings I, Inc. is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. On February 1, 2008, the Company entered into a 50/50 joint venture, CBL-TRS Joint Venture II, LLC, affiliated with CBL-TRS Joint Venture, LLC (collectively, CBL-TRS), both of which are joint venture partners with Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS).