FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/ - Quarter Report: 2021 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021.
OR
☐ | 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: 001-32470
Franklin Street Properties Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 04-3578653 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
or organization) |
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 200
Wakefield, MA 01880
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(781) 557-1300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class: |
| Trading Symbol |
| Name of each exchange on which registered: |
Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share | FSP | NYSE American |
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 ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer ☐ | Accelerated Filer ☒ | |
Non-accelerated Filer ☐ | Smaller Reporting Company ☐ | |
Emerging Growth Company ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) 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 ☒
The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of July 30, 2021 was 107,394,763.
Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Form 10-Q
Quarterly Report
June 30, 2021
Table of Contents
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Financial Statements
Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
June 30, | December 31, |
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(in thousands, except share and par value amounts) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| ||
Assets: | |||||||
Real estate assets: | |||||||
Land |
| $ | 170,377 |
| $ | 189,155 | |
Buildings and improvements |
| 1,731,690 |
| 1,938,629 | |||
Fixtures and equipment |
| 11,643 |
| 12,949 | |||
| 1,913,710 |
| 2,140,733 | ||||
Less accumulated depreciation |
| 500,163 |
| 538,717 | |||
Real estate assets, net |
| 1,413,547 |
| 1,602,016 | |||
Acquired real estate leases, less accumulated amortization of $50,431 and $55,447, respectively |
| 21,932 |
| 28,206 | |||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
| 24,180 |
| 4,150 | |||
Tenant rent receivables |
| 3,116 |
| 7,656 | |||
Straight-line rent receivable |
| 61,475 |
| 67,789 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| 5,405 |
| 5,752 | |||
Related party mortgage loan receivables |
| 21,000 |
| 21,000 | |||
Office computers and furniture, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,166 and $1,443, respectively |
| 167 |
| 163 | |||
Deferred leasing commissions, net of accumulated amortization of $24,840 and $30,411, respectively |
| 49,793 |
| 56,452 | |||
Total assets |
| $ | 1,600,615 |
| $ | 1,793,184 | |
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity: | |||||||
Liabilities: | |||||||
Bank note payable |
| $ | — |
| $ | 3,500 | |
Term loans payable, less unamortized financing costs of $1,849 and $2,677, respectively |
| 563,151 |
| 717,323 | |||
Series A & Series B Senior Notes, less unamortized financing costs of $740 and $822, respectively | 199,260 | 199,178 | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
| 50,799 |
| 72,058 | |||
Accrued compensation |
| 2,309 |
| 3,918 | |||
Tenant security deposits |
| 6,807 |
| 8,677 | |||
Lease liability | 1,350 | 1,536 | |||||
Other liabilities: derivative liabilities |
| 9,425 |
| 17,311 | |||
Acquired unfavorable real estate leases, less accumulated amortization of $3,320 and $4,031, respectively |
| 829 |
| 1,592 | |||
Total liabilities |
| 833,930 |
| 1,025,093 | |||
Commitments and contingencies | |||||||
Stockholders’ Equity: | |||||||
Preferred stock, $.0001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding |
|
| |||||
Common stock, $.0001 par value, 180,000,000 shares authorized, 107,394,763 and 107,328,199 shares and , respectively |
| 11 |
| 11 | |||
Additional paid-in capital |
| 1,357,469 |
| 1,357,131 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
| (9,425) |
| (17,311) | |||
Accumulated distributions in excess of accumulated earnings |
| (581,370) |
| (571,740) | |||
Total stockholders’ equity |
| 766,685 |
| 768,091 | |||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
| $ | 1,600,615 |
| $ | 1,793,184 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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For the Three Months Ended June 30, | For the Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| ||||
Revenues: | |||||||||||||
Rental | $ | 55,722 | $ | 60,398 | $ | 114,345 | $ | 122,965 | |||||
Related party revenue: | |||||||||||||
Management fees and interest income from loans |
| 417 |
| 405 |
| 827 |
| 808 | |||||
Other |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 12 |
| 18 | |||||
Total revenues |
| 56,145 |
| 60,808 |
| 115,184 |
| 123,791 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||||||||||
Real estate operating expenses |
| 15,352 |
| 15,470 |
| 31,291 |
| 32,768 | |||||
Real estate taxes and insurance |
| 11,895 |
| 12,307 |
| 24,261 |
| 24,069 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| 19,136 |
| 22,245 |
| 43,517 |
| 44,583 | |||||
General and administrative |
| 3,962 |
| 3,817 |
| 8,108 |
| 7,342 | |||||
Interest |
| 10,054 |
| 8,980 |
| 18,654 |
| 18,043 | |||||
Total expenses |
| 60,399 |
| 62,819 |
| 125,831 |
| 126,805 | |||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (167) | — | (167) | — | |||||||||
Gain on sale of properties, net | 20,626 | — | 20,626 |
| — | ||||||||
Income (loss) before taxes |
| 16,205 |
| (2,011) |
| 9,812 |
| (3,014) | |||||
Tax expense |
| 56 |
| 64 |
| 123 |
| 132 | |||||
Net Income (loss) | $ | 16,149 | $ | (2,075) | $ | 9,689 | $ | (3,146) | |||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
| 107,359 |
| 107,287 |
| 107,344 |
| 107,278 | |||||
Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted | $ | 0.15 | $ | (0.02) | $ | 0.09 | $ | (0.03) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Unaudited)
For the | For the | ||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||||||||
June 30, | June 30, | ||||||||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| ||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 16,149 | $ | (2,075) | $ | 9,689 | $ | (3,146) | |||||
Other comprehensive income (loss): | |||||||||||||
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments |
| 4,273 |
| 77 |
| 7,886 |
| (18,276) | |||||
| |||||||||||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) |
| 4,273 |
| 77 |
| 7,886 |
| (18,276) | |||||
Comprehensive income (loss) | $ | 20,422 | $ | (1,998) | $ | 17,575 | $ | (21,422) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
Accumulated | Distributions |
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Additional | other | in excess of | Total |
| ||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Paid-In | comprehensive | accumulated | Stockholders’ |
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(in thousands, except per share amounts) |
| Shares |
| Amount |
| Capital |
| income (loss) |
| earnings |
| Equity |
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Balance, December 31, 2019 |
| 107,269 | $ | 11 | $ | 1,356,794 | $ | (4,682) | $ | (565,727) | $ | 786,396 | ||||||
Comprehensive loss |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (18,353) |
| (1,071) |
| (19,424) | ||||||
Distributions $0.09 per |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (9,654) |
| (9,654) | ||||||
Balance, March 31, 2020 |
| 107,269 | $ | 11 | $ | 1,356,794 | $ | (23,035) | $ | (576,452) | $ | 757,318 | ||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 77 |
| (2,075) |
| (1,998) | ||||||
Equity-based compensation | 59 | — | 337 | 337 | ||||||||||||||
Distributions $0.09 per |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (9,654) |
| (9,654) | ||||||
Balance, June 30, 2020 |
| 107,328 | $ | 11 | $ | 1,357,131 | $ | (22,958) | $ | (588,181) | $ | 746,003 | ||||||
Balance, December 31, 2020 |
| 107,328 | $ | 11 | $ | 1,357,131 | $ | (17,311) | $ | (571,740) | $ | 768,091 | ||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 3,613 |
| (6,460) |
| (2,847) | ||||||
Distributions $0.09 per |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (9,660) |
| (9,660) | ||||||
Balance, March 31, 2021 |
| 107,328 | $ | 11 | $ | 1,357,131 | $ | (13,698) | $ | (587,860) | $ | 755,584 | ||||||
Comprehensive income |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 4,273 |
| 16,149 |
| 20,422 | ||||||
Equity-based compensation | 67 | — | 338 | 338 | ||||||||||||||
Distributions $0.09 per |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (9,659) |
| (9,659) | ||||||
Balance, June 30, 2021 |
| 107,395 | $ | 11 | $ | 1,357,469 | $ | (9,425) | $ | (581,370) | $ | 766,685 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 | ||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 9,689 | $ | (3,146) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
| 44,910 |
| 46,055 | ||
Amortization of above and below market leases |
| (38) |
| (147) | ||
Shares issued as compensation | 338 |
| 337 | |||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | 167 | — | ||||
Gain on sale of properties, net |
| (20,626) |
| — | ||
Decrease in allowance for doubtful accounts |
| — |
| (13) | ||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||
Tenant rent receivables |
| 4,540 |
| (328) | ||
Straight-line rents |
| (2,858) |
| (1,343) | ||
Lease acquisition costs |
| (623) |
| (838) | ||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| (485) |
| 21 | ||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
| (18,520) |
| (10,006) | ||
Accrued compensation |
| (1,609) |
| (1,122) | ||
Tenant security deposits |
| (1,870) |
| (191) | ||
Payment of deferred leasing commissions |
| (6,926) |
| (3,682) | ||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
| 6,089 |
| 25,597 | ||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||
Property improvements, fixtures and equipment | (36,957) | (43,189) | ||||
Proceeds received on sales of real estate assets | 228,717 | — | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
| 191,760 |
| (43,189) | ||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||
Distributions to stockholders |
| (19,319) |
| (19,308) | ||
Borrowings under bank note payable |
| 66,500 |
| 60,000 | ||
Repayments of bank note payable |
| (70,000) |
| (30,000) | ||
Repayment of term loan payable |
| (155,000) |
| — | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
| (177,819) |
| 10,692 | ||
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
| 20,030 |
| (6,900) | ||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year |
| 4,150 |
| 9,790 | ||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 24,180 | $ | 2,890 | ||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||
Cash paid for: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 17,588 | $ | 16,882 | ||
Taxes | $ | 417 | $ | 470 | ||
Non-cash investing activities: | ||||||
Accrued costs for purchases of real estate assets | $ | 5,881 | $ | 9,985 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Franklin Street Properties Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
1. Organization, Properties, Basis of Presentation, Financial Instruments and Recent Accounting Standards
Organization
Franklin Street Properties Corp. (“FSP Corp.” or the “Company”) holds, directly and indirectly, 100% of the interest in FSP Investments LLC, . FSP Property Management LLC provides asset management and property management services. The Company also has a non-controlling common stock interest in two corporations organized to operate as real estate investment trusts (“REIT”). Collectively, the two REITs are referred to as the “Sponsored REITs”.
, andAs of June 30, 2021, the Company owned and operated a portfolio of real estate consisting of 29 operating properties, one redevelopment property and two managed Sponsored REITs and held one promissory note secured by a mortgage on real estate owned by a Sponsored REIT. From time-to-time, the Company may acquire real estate or make additional secured loans. The Company may also pursue, on a selective basis, the sale of its properties in order to take advantage of the value creation and demand for its properties, or for geographic or property specific reasons.
Properties
The following table summarizes the Company’s number of operating properties and rentable square feet of real estate. As of June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, the Company had one and three redevelopment properties, respectively, which are excluded from the table.
As of June 30, |
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| 2021 |
| 2020 |
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Operating Properties: | |||||
Number of properties |
| 29 |
| 32 | |
Rentable square feet |
| 8,228,148 |
| 9,508,226 |
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company include all of the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The accompanying interim financial statements are unaudited; however, the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring matters) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for these interim periods have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021 or for any other period.
Financial Instruments
As disclosed in Note 4, the Company’s derivatives are recorded at fair value using Level 2 inputs. The Company estimates that the carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, receivables, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses, accrued compensation, and tenant security deposits approximate their fair values based on their short-term
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maturity and the bank note and term loans payable approximate their fair values as they bear interest at variable interest rates or at rates that are at market for similar investments.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows.
| June 30, |
| June 30, | |||
(in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 19,038 | $ | 2,890 | ||
Restricted cash |
| 5,142 |
| — | ||
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 24,180 | $ | 2,890 |
Restricted cash consists of escrows arising from property sales. Cash held in escrow is paid when the related issue is resolved.
Recent Accounting Standards
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”). ASU 2020-04 contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 is optional and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact that the adoption of ASU 2020-04 may have on its consolidated financial statements.
2. Related Party Transactions and Investments in Non-Consolidated Entities
Investment in Sponsored REITs:
At each of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company held a non-controlling common stock interest in two Sponsored REITs in which the Company no longer shares in economic benefit or risk.
Management fees and interest income from loans:
Asset management fees range from 1% to 5% of collected rents and the applicable contracts are cancellable with 30 days notice. Asset management fee income from non-consolidated to approximately $34,000 and $45,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
From time to time the Company may make secured loans (“Sponsored REIT Loans”) to Sponsored REITs in the form of mortgage loans or revolving lines of credit to fund construction costs, capital expenditures, leasing costs and for other purposes. The Company reviews the need for an allowance under CECL for Sponsored REIT Loans each reporting period. The Company regularly evaluates the extent and impact of any credit deterioration that could affect performance and the value of the secured property, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. A property’s operating results and existing cash balances are considered and used to assess whether cash flows from operations are sufficient to cover the current and future operating and debt service requirements. The Company also evaluates the borrower’s competency in managing and operating the secured property and considers the overall economic environment, real estate sector and geographic sub-market in which the secured property is located. The Company applies normal loan review and underwriting procedures (as may be implemented or modified from time to time) in making that judgment. None of the Sponsored REIT loans have been impaired.
The Company anticipates the Sponsored REIT Loan will be repaid at maturity or earlier from refinancing, long term financings of the underlying property, cash flows from the underlying property or some other capital event. The Sponsored REIT Loan is secured by a mortgage on the underlying property and has a term of approximately two years.
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The following is a summary of the Sponsored REIT Loan outstanding as of June 30, 2021:
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| Amount | Interest |
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(dollars in thousands, except footnotes) |
| Maturity | Amount | Outstanding | Rate at |
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Sponsored REIT |
| Location | Date | of Loan | 30-Jun-21 | 30-Jun-21 |
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Mortgage loan secured by property | ||||||||||||
FSP Monument Circle LLC (1) | Indianapolis, IN | 6-Dec-22 | $ | 21,000 | $ | 21,000 | 7.51 | % | ||||
$ | 21,000 | $ | 21,000 |
(1) | The interest rate is a fixed rate and this mortgage loan includes an origination fee of $164,000 and an exit fee of $38,000 when repaid by the borrower. |
The Company recognized interest income and fees from the Sponsored REIT Loans of approximately $793,000 and $763,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The financial instrument was classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and had a fair value of approximately $20.4 million as of June 30, 2021.
On December 6, 2020, the Company entered into a second amendment to the Sponsored REIT Loan which qualified as a troubled debt restructuring. The amendment extended the maturity date of the loan for two years and increased the interest rate from 7.19% to 7.51%. There were no commitments to lend additional funds to the Sponsored REIT and the loan is fully collateralized by the mortgage held on the Sponsored REIT's property. Repayment of the Sponsored REIT Loan outstanding with FSP Monument Circle LLC is expected to be provided substantially through the sale of the collateral.
3. Bank Note Payable, Term Loans Payable and Senior Notes
JPM Term Loan
On August 2, 2018, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender (“JPMorgan”), and the other lending institutions party thereto (the “JPM Credit Agreement”), which provided a single unsecured bridge loan in the aggregate principal amount of $150 million (the “JPM Term Loan”). On December 24, 2020, the Company repaid a $50 million portion of the JPM Term Loan with a portion of the proceeds from the December 23, 2020 sale of its Durham, North Carolina property, and $100 million remained fully advanced and outstanding under the JPM Term Loan. On June 4, 2021, the Company repaid the remaining $100 million outstanding on the loan, which had been scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021, and incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.1 million related to unamortized deferred financing costs.
Although the interest rate on the JPM Term Loan was variable under the JPM Credit Agreement, the Company fixed the LIBOR-based rate on a portion of the JPM Term Loan by entering into interest rate swap transactions. On March 7, 2019, the Company entered into ISDA Master Agreements with various financial institutions to hedge a $100 million portion of the future LIBOR-based rate risk under the JPM Credit Agreement. Effective March 29, 2019, the Company fixed the LIBOR-based rate at 2.44% per annum on a $100 million portion of the JPM Term Loan until November 30, 2021. On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $1.2 million to terminate the interest rate swap, which was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021.
BMO Term Loan
On September 27, 2018, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of Montreal (“BMO”), as administrative agent (the “BMO Credit Agreement”). The BMO Credit Agreement provides for a single, unsecured term loan borrowing in the initial amount of $220 million (the “BMO Term Loan”), of which $165 million remains fully advanced and outstanding. The BMO Term Loan initially consisted of a $55 million tranche A term loan and a $165 million tranche B term loan. On June 4, 2021, the Company repaid the tranche A term loan that was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021, and incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.1 million
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related to unamortized deferred financing costs. The $165 million tranche B term loan matures on January 31, 2024. The BMO Credit Agreement also includes an accordion feature that allows up to $100 million of additional loans, subject to receipt of lender commitments and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. The BMO Term Loan was previously evidenced by an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated October 29, 2014, among the Company, BMO, as administrative agent and lender, and the other lending institutions party thereto, as amended by a First Amendment, dated July 21, 2016, and a Second Amendment, dated October 18, 2017.
The BMO Term Loan bears interest at either (i) a number of basis points over LIBOR depending on the Company’s credit rating (165 basis points over LIBOR at June 30, 2021) or (ii) a number of basis points over the base rate depending on the Company’s credit rating (65 basis points over the base rate at June 30, 2021).
Although the interest rate on the BMO Term Loan is variable under the BMO Credit Agreement, the Company fixed the base LIBOR interest rate by entering into interest rate swap transactions. On August 26, 2013, the Company entered into an ISDA Master Agreement with Bank of Montreal that fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BMO Term Loan at 2.32% per annum, which matured on August 26, 2020. On February 20, 2019, the Company entered into ISDA Master Agreements with a group of banks that fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BMO Term Loan at 2.39% per annum for the period beginning on August 26, 2020 and ending January 31, 2024. Accordingly, based upon the Company’s credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the effective interest rate on the BMO Term Loan was 4.04% per annum. On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $0.6 million to terminate the portion of the interest rate swap on the tranche A term loan, which was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021.
The BMO Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants for credit facilities of this type, including limitations with respect to indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposition of assets, changes in business, certain restricted payments, the requirement to have subsidiaries provide a guaranty in the event that they incur recourse indebtedness and transactions with affiliates. The BMO Credit Agreement also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth, a maximum leverage ratio, a maximum secured leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio, and minimum unsecured interest coverage. The BMO Credit Agreement provides for customary events of default with corresponding grace periods, including failure to pay any principal or interest when due, certain cross defaults and a change in control of the Company (as defined in the BMO Credit Agreement). In the event of a default by the Company, the administrative agent may, and at the request of the requisite number of lenders shall, declare all obligations under the BMO Credit Agreement immediately due and payable, terminate the lenders’ commitments to make loans under the BMO Credit Agreement, and enforce any and all rights of the lenders or the administrative agent under the BMO Credit Agreement and related documents. For certain events of default related to bankruptcy, insolvency, and receivership, the commitments of lenders will be automatically terminated and all outstanding obligations of the Company will become immediately due and payable. The Company was in compliance with the BMO Term Loan financial covenants as of June 30, 2021.
BAML Credit Facility
On July 21, 2016, the Company entered into a First Amendment (the “BAML First Amendment”), and on October 18, 2017, the Company entered into a Second Amendment (the “BAML Second Amendment”), to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated October 29, 2014 among the Company, the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender (as amended by the BAML First Amendment and the BAML Second Amendment, the “BAML Credit Facility”) that continued an existing unsecured revolving line of credit (the “BAML Revolver”) and extended the maturity of an existing term loan (the “BAML Term Loan”).
BAML Revolver Highlights
● | The BAML Revolver is for borrowings, at the Company's election, of up to $600 million. Borrowings made pursuant to the BAML Revolver may be revolving loans, swing line loans or letters of credit, the combined sum of which may not exceed $600 million outstanding at any time. |
● | Borrowings made pursuant to the BAML Revolver may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed from time to time until the initial maturity date of January 12, 2022. The Company has the right to extend the maturity |
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date of the BAML Revolver by two additional six month periods, or until January 12, 2023, upon payment of a fee and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. |
● | The BAML Credit Facility includes an accordion feature that allows for an aggregate amount of up to $500 million of additional borrowing capacity applicable to the BAML Revolver and/or the BAML Term Loan, subject to receipt of lender commitments and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. |
As of June 30, 2021, there were no borrowings outstanding under the BAML Revolver. The BAML Revolver bears interest at either (i) a margin over LIBOR depending on the Company’s credit rating (1.55% over LIBOR at June 30, 2021) or (ii) a margin over the base rate depending on the Company’s credit rating (0.55% over the base rate at June 30, 2021). The BAML Credit Facility also obligates the Company to pay an annual facility fee in an amount that is also based on the Company’s credit rating. The facility fee is assessed against the total amount of the BAML Revolver, or $600 million (0.30% at June 30, 2021).
Based upon the Company’s credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the interest rate on the BAML Revolver was 1.65% per annum. The weighted average interest rate on all amounts outstanding on the BAML Revolver during the six months ended June 30, 2021 was approximately 1.31% per annum. As of December 31, 2020, there were $3.5 million of borrowings outstanding under the BAML Revolver. The weighted average interest rate on all amounts outstanding on the BAML Revolver during the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately 1.65% per annum.
BAML Term Loan Highlights
● | The BAML Term Loan is for $400 million. |
● | The BAML Term Loan matures on January 12, 2023. |
● | The BAML Credit Facility includes an accordion feature that allows for an aggregate amount of up to $500 million of additional borrowing capacity applicable to the BAML Revolver and/or the BAML Term Loan, subject to receipt of lender commitments and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. |
● | On September 27, 2012, the Company drew down the entire $400 million under the BAML Term Loan and such amount remains fully advanced and outstanding under the BAML Term Loan. |
The BAML Term Loan bears interest at either (i) a margin over LIBOR depending on the Company’s credit rating (1.75% over LIBOR at June 30, 2021) or (ii) a margin over the base rate depending on the Company’s credit rating (0.75% over the base rate at June 30, 2021).
Although the interest rate on the BAML Credit Facility is variable, the Company fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BAML Term Loan by entering into interest rate swap transactions. On July 22, 2016, the Company entered into ISDA Master Agreements with a group of banks that fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BAML Term Loan at 1.12% per annum for the period beginning on September 27, 2017 and ending on September 27, 2021. Accordingly, based upon the Company’s credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the effective interest rate on the BAML Term Loan was 2.87% per annum.
BAML Credit Facility General Information
The BAML Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants for credit facilities of this type, including limitations with respect to indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposition of assets, changes in business, certain restricted payments, the requirement to have subsidiaries provide a guaranty in the event that they incur recourse indebtedness and transactions with affiliates. The BAML Credit Facility also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth, a maximum leverage ratio, a maximum secured leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio, and minimum unsecured interest coverage. The BAML Credit Facility provides for customary events of default with corresponding grace periods, including failure to pay any principal or interest when due, certain cross defaults and a change in control of the Company (as defined in the BAML Credit Facility). In the event of a default by the Company, the administrative agent may, and at the request of the requisite number of lenders shall, declare all obligations under the BAML Credit Facility immediately due and payable, terminate the lenders’ commitments to make loans under the BAML Credit Facility, and enforce any and all rights of the lenders or administrative agent under the BAML Credit Facility and related documents. For certain events of default related
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to bankruptcy, insolvency, and receivership, the commitments of lenders will be automatically terminated and all outstanding obligations of the Company will become immediately due and payable. The Company was in compliance with the BAML Credit Facility financial covenants as of June 30, 2021.
The Company may use the proceeds of the loans under the BAML Credit Facility to finance the acquisition of real properties and for other permitted investments; to finance investments associated with Sponsored REITs to refinance or retire indebtedness and for working capital and other general business purposes, in each case to the extent permitted under the BAML Credit Facility.
Senior Notes
On October 24, 2017, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with the various purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”) in connection with a private placement of senior unsecured notes. Under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Purchasers an aggregate principal amount of $200 million of senior unsecured notes consisting of (i) Series A Senior Notes due December 20, 2024 in an aggregate principal amount of $116 million (the “Series A Notes”) and (ii) Series B Senior Notes due December 20, 2027 in an aggregate principal amount of $84 million (the “Series B Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Senior Notes”). On December 20, 2017, the Senior Notes were funded and the proceeds were used to reduce the outstanding balance of the BAML Revolver.
The Senior Notes bear interest depending on the Company’s credit rating. As of June 30, 2021, the Series A Notes bear interest at 4.49% per annum and the Series B Notes bear interest at 4.76% per annum.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary financial covenants, including a maximum leverage ratio, a maximum secured leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, and a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to enter into transactions with affiliates, merge, consolidate, create liens, make certain restricted payments, enter into certain agreements or prepay certain indebtedness. Such financial and restrictive covenants are substantially similar to the corresponding covenants contained in the BAML Credit Facility, the BMO Credit Agreement and the JPM Credit Agreement. The Senior Notes financial covenants require, among other things, the maintenance of a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.50; a maximum leverage ratio and an unsecured leverage ratio of no more than 60% (65% if there were a significant acquisition for a short period of time). In addition, the Note Purchase Agreement provides that the Note Purchase Agreement will automatically incorporate additional financial and other specified covenants (such as limitations on investments and distributions) that are effective from time to time under the existing credit agreements, other material indebtedness or certain other private placements of debt of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary events of default, including payment defaults, cross defaults with certain other indebtedness, breaches of covenants and bankruptcy events. In the case of an event of default, the Purchasers may, among other remedies, accelerate the payment of all obligations. The Company was in compliance with the Senior Notes financial covenants as of June 30, 2021.
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4. Financial Instruments: Derivatives and Hedging
On July 22, 2016, the Company fixed the interest rate for the period beginning on September 27, 2017 and ending on September 27, 2021 on the BAML Term Loan (the “2017 Interest Rate Swap”). On March 7, 2019, the Company fixed the interest rate for the period beginning on March 29, 2019 and ending on November 30, 2021 on a $100 million portion of the JPM Term Loan (the “2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap”). On February 20, 2019, the Company fixed the interest rate for the period beginning August 26, 2020 and ending January 31, 2024 on the BMO Term Loan (the “2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap”). The variable rates that were fixed under the 2017 Interest Rate Swap, the 2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap and the 2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap (collectively referred to as the “Interest Rate Swaps”) are described in Note 3.
On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $1.2 million to terminate the 2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap that was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021 and approximately $0.6 million to terminate a portion of the 2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap that was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021. As a result of the terminations, approximately $1.9 million of the balance held in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) was reclassified into earnings. The JPM Term Loan and a portion of the BMO Term Loan related to these interest rate swaps was also repaid on June 4, 2021, which is described in Note 3.
The Interest Rate Swaps qualify as cash flow hedges and have been recognized on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. If a derivative qualifies as a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will either be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value will be recognized in earnings in the same period in which the hedged interest payments affect earnings, which may increase or decrease reported net income and stockholders’ equity prospectively, depending on future levels of interest rates and other variables affecting the fair values of derivative instruments and hedged items, but will have no effect on cash flows.
The following table summarizes the notional and fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments at June 30, 2021. The notional value is an indication of the extent of the Company’s involvement in these instruments at that time, but does not represent exposure to credit, interest rate or market risks.
| Notional |
| Strike |
| Effective |
| Expiration |
| Fair Value (2) at |
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(in thousands) | Value | Rate | Date | Date | June 30, 2021 |
| December 31, 2020 |
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2017 Interest Rate Swap | $ | 400,000 |
| 1.12 | % | Sep-17 |
| Sep-21 | $ | (992) | $ | (2,947) | ||||
2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap | $ | 100,000 |
| 2.44 | % | Mar-19 |
| Nov-21 | $ | — | $ | (2,102) | ||||
2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap (1) | $ | 165,000 |
| 2.39 | % | Aug-20 |
| Jan-24 | $ | (8,433) | $ | (12,262) | ||||
(1) The Notional Value decreased to $165 million on June 4, 2021. | ||||||||||||||||
(2) Classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. |
On June 30, 2021, the 2017 Interest Rate Swap and 2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap were reported as liabilities with an aggregate fair value of approximately $9.4 million and are included in other liabilities: derivative liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2021.
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The gain/(loss) on the Company’s Interest Rate Swaps that was recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) (OCI) and the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as a component of interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was as follows:
(in thousands) | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||
Interest Rate Swaps in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships: |
| 2021 |
| 2020 | ||
Amounts of gain (loss) recognized in OCI | $ | 2,542 | $ | (20,439) | ||
Amounts of previously recorded gain/(loss) reclassified from OCI into Interest Expense | $ | (5,344) | $ | (2,163) | ||
Total amount of Interest Expense presented in the consolidated statements of operations | $ | 18,654 | $ | 18,043 |
Over time, the unrealized gains and losses held in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings as an increase or reduction to interest expense in the same periods in which the hedged interest payments affect earnings. The Company estimates that approximately $4.3 million of the current balance held in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) will be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.
The Company is hedging the exposure to variability in anticipated future interest payments on existing debt.
The BMO Term Loan, BAML Term Loan and JPM Term Loan hedging transactions used derivative instruments that involve certain additional risks such as counterparty credit risk, the enforceability of hedging contracts and the risk that unanticipated and significant changes in interest rates will cause a significant loss of basis in either or both of the contracts. The Company requires its derivatives contracts to be with counterparties that have investment grade ratings. As a result, the Company does not anticipate that any counterparty will fail to meet its obligations. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to adequately protect against the foregoing risks or that it will ultimately realize an economic benefit that exceeds the related amounts incurred in connection with engaging in such hedging strategies.
The fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments are determined using the net discounted cash flows of the expected cash flows of the derivative based on the market based interest rate curve and are adjusted to reflect credit or nonperformance risk. The risk is estimated by the Company using credit spreads and risk premiums that are observable in the market. These financial instruments were classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and were classified as an asset or liability on the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company’s derivatives are recorded at fair value in other assets: derivative asset and other liabilities: derivative liability in the consolidated balance sheets and the effective portion of the derivatives’ fair value is recorded to other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).
5. Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of Company shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue shares were exercised or converted into shares. There were no potential dilutive shares outstanding at each of June 30, 2021 and 2020.
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6. Stockholders’ Equity
As of June 30, 2021, the Company had 107,394,763 shares of common stock outstanding. The Company declared and paid dividends as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Dividends Per | Total |
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Quarter Paid |
| Share |
| Dividends |
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First quarter of 2021 |
| $ | 0.09 |
| $ | 9,660 | |
Second quarter of 2021 |
| $ | 0.09 |
| $ | 9,659 | |
First quarter of 2020 |
| $ | 0.09 |
| $ | 9,654 | |
Second quarter of 2020 |
| $ | 0.09 |
| $ | 9,654 |
Equity-Based Compensation
On May 20, 2002, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan is an equity-based incentive compensation plan, and provides for the grants of up to a maximum of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Awards”). All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors are eligible to be granted Awards. Awards under the Plan are made at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors, and have no vesting requirements. Upon granting an Award, the Company will recognize compensation cost equal to the fair value of the Company’s common stock, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, on the date of the grant.
On June 4, 2020, the Company granted 58,998 shares under the Plan to non-employee directors at a compensation cost of approximately $337,500 and on May 20, 2021, the Company granted 66,564 shares under the Plan to non-employee directors at a compensation cost of approximately $337,500, which was recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2021, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses for such periods. Such shares were fully vested on the date of issuance. There are currently 1,780,820 shares available for grant under the Plan.
| Shares Available | Compensation | ||||
(in thousands) | for Grant | Cost | ||||
Balance December 31, 2019 | 1,906,382 | $ | 337,500 | |||
Shares granted 2020 | (58,998) | 337,500 | ||||
Balance December 31, 2020 | 1,847,384 | $ | 675,000 | |||
Shares granted 2021 | (66,564) | 337,500 | ||||
Balance June 30, 2021 | 1,780,820 | $ | 1,012,500 | |||
7. Income Taxes
General
The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As a REIT, the Company generally is entitled to a tax deduction for distributions paid to its shareholders, thereby effectively subjecting the distributed net income of the Company to taxation at the shareholder level only. The Company must comply with a variety of restrictions to maintain its status as a REIT. These restrictions include the type of income it can earn, the type of assets it can hold, the number of shareholders it can have and the concentration of their ownership, and the amount of the Company’s taxable income that must be distributed annually.
One such restriction is that the Company generally cannot own more than 10% of the voting power or value of the securities of any one issuer unless the issuer is itself a REIT or a taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”). In the case of TRSs, the Company’s ownership of securities in all TRSs generally cannot exceed 20% (25% of taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2017) of the value of all of the Company’s assets and, when considered together with other non-real estate assets, cannot exceed 25% of the value of all of the Company’s assets. FSP Investments LLC and FSP Protective TRS Corp. are the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiaries operating as taxable corporations under the Code. The TRSs have gross
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amounts of net operating losses (“NOLs”) available to those taxable corporations of $4.6 million and $4.4 million as of each of December 31, 2020, and 2019 respectively. The NOLs created prior to 2018 will expire between 2030 and 2047 and the NOLs generated after 2017 will not expire. A valuation allowance is provided for the full amount of the NOLs as the realization of any tax benefits from such NOLs is not assured.
Income taxes are recorded based on the future tax effects of the difference between the tax and financial reporting bases of the Company’s assets and liabilities. In estimating future tax consequences, potential future events are considered except for potential changes in income tax law or in rates.
The Company adopted an accounting pronouncement related to uncertainty in income taxes effective January 1, 2007, which did not result in recording a liability, nor was any accrued interest and penalties recognized with the adoption. Accrued interest and penalties will be recorded as income tax expense, if the Company records a liability in the future. The Company’s effective tax rate was not affected by the adoption. The Company and one or more of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations for the Company’s income tax returns is generally three years and as such, the Company’s returns that remain subject to examination would be primarily from 2017 and thereafter.
Net operating losses
Section 382 of the Code restricts a corporation’s ability to use NOLs to offset future taxable income following certain “ownership changes.” Such ownership changes occurred with past mergers and accordingly a portion of the NOLs incurred by the Sponsored REITs available for use by the Company in any particular future taxable year will be limited. To the extent that the Company does not utilize the full amount of the annual NOLs limit, the unused amount may be carried forward to offset taxable income in future years. NOLs generated prior to December 31, 2018 will expire 20 years after the year in which they arise, and the last of the Company’s NOLs will expire in 2027. A valuation allowance is provided for the full amount of the NOLs as the realization of any tax benefits from such NOLs is not assured. The gross amount of NOLs available to the Company was $13.0 million as of each of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Income Tax Expense
The Company is subject to a business tax known as the Revised Texas Franchise Tax. Some of the Company’s leases allow reimbursement by tenants for these amounts because the Revised Texas Franchise Tax replaces a portion of the property tax for school districts. Because the tax base on the Revised Texas Franchise Tax is derived from an income based measure, it is considered an income tax. The Company recorded a provision for the Revised Texas Franchise Tax of $123,000 and $132,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The income tax expense reflected in the consolidated statements of operations relates primarily to a franchise tax on the Company’s Texas properties.
For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
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(Dollars in thousands) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| ||
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Revised Texas Franchise Tax | $ | 123 | $ | 132 | |||
Other Taxes |
| — |
| — | |||
Tax expense | $ | 123 | $ | 132 |
Taxes on income are a current tax expense. No deferred income taxes were provided as there were no material temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of the TRSs.
8. Leases
Leases as a Lessor:
The Company is a lessor of commercial real estate with operations that include the leasing of office and industrial properties. Many of the leases with customers contain options to extend leases at a fair market rate and may also include options to
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terminate leases. The Company considers several inputs when evaluating the amount it expects to derive from its leased assets at the end of the lease terms, such as the remaining useful life, expected market conditions, fair value of lease payments, expected fair values of underlying assets, and expected deployment of the underlying assets. The Company’s strategy to address its risk for the residual value in its commercial real estate is to re-lease the commercial space.
The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to not separate non-lease components from the related lease component of real estate leases. This combined component is primarily comprised of fixed lease payments, early termination fees, common area maintenance cost reimbursements, and parking lease payments. The Company applies ASC 842-Leases to the combined lease and non-lease components.
A minority of the Company’s leases are subject to annual changes in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). Although increases in the CPI are not estimated as part of the Company’s measurement of straight-line rent revenue, to the extent that the actual CPI is greater or less than the CPI at lease commencement, there could be changes to realized income or loss.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized the following amounts of income relating to lease payments:
Income relating to lease payments: | ||||||
Six Months Ended | ||||||
(in thousands) |
| June 30, 2021 |
| June 30, 2020 | ||
Income from leases (1) | $ | 111,362 | $ | 121,474 | ||
$ | 111,362 | $ | 121,474 | |||
(1) Amounts recognized from variable lease payments were $28,974 and $29,945 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. |
9. Dispositions of properties
In 2021, the Company determined that further debt reduction would provide greater financial flexibility and potentially increase shareholder value. Accordingly, the Company adopted a strategy to dispose of certain properties in 2021 where it believes its valuation objective has been met. The Company sold three office properties located in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2021 with an aggregate sales price of approximately $219.5 million, at a net gain of approximately $22.7 million. The Company sold an office property in Dulles, Virginia on June 29, 2021 at a loss of $2.1 million. The Company used the proceeds of the dispositions principally to repay outstanding indebtedness.
The Company reports the results of operations of its properties in its consolidated statements of operations, which includes rental income, rental operating expenses, real estate taxes and insurance and depreciation and amortization.
The operating results for the properties that the Company disposed of are summarized below:
| For the Three Months Ended | For the Six Months Ended | ||||||||||
June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 | ||||
Rental revenue | $ | 4,139 | $ | 6,670 | $ | 10,722 | $ | 13,528 | ||||
Rental operating expenses |
| (1,525) |
| (2,237) |
| (3,832) |
| (4,653) | ||||
Real estate taxes and insurance |
| (621) |
| (1,021) |
| (1,644) |
| (2,029) | ||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| (537) |
| (2,655) |
| (3,107) |
| (5,368) | ||||
Income from dispositions | $ | 1,456 | $ | 757 | $ | 2,139 | $ | 1,478 |
10. Subsequent Events
On July 6, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a cash distribution of $0.09 per share of common stock payable on August 5, 2021 to stockholders of record on July 16, 2021.
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On July 9, 2021, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a third-party buyer for the disposition of two office properties located in Chantilly, Virginia for a purchase price of approximately $40 million. Assuming satisfaction of certain customary conditions to close, including successful completion by the buyer of a due diligence inspection period, the closing of the sale of the properties is expected to take place on or about September 9, 2021.
On July 13, 2021, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a third-party buyer for the disposition of two properties located in Chesterfield, Missouri for a purchase price of approximately $67 million. Assuming satisfaction of certain customary conditions to close, including successful completion by the buyer of a due diligence inspection period, the closing of the sale of the properties is expected to take place on or about September 16, 2021.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. Historical results and percentage relationships set forth in the consolidated financial statements, including trends which might appear, should not be taken as necessarily indicative of future operations. The following discussion and other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may also contain forward-looking statements based on current judgments and current knowledge of management, which are subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that our forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainty, including without limitation, adverse changes in general economic or local market conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other potential infectious disease outbreaks and terrorist attacks or other acts of violence, which may negatively affect the markets in which we and our tenants operate, adverse changes in energy prices, which if sustained, could negatively impact occupancy and rental rates in the markets in which we own properties, including energy-influenced markets such as Dallas, Denver and Houston, uncertainty relating to the completion and timing of the disposition of the properties under agreement, changes in interest rates as a result of economic market conditions or a downgrade in our credit rating, disruptions in the debt markets, economic conditions in the markets in which we own properties, risks of a lessening of demand for the types of real estate owned by us, uncertainties relating to fiscal policy, changes in government regulations and regulatory uncertainty, changes in energy prices, geopolitical events, and expenditures that cannot be anticipated such as utility rate and usage increases, delays in construction schedules, unanticipated increases in construction costs, unanticipated repairs, additional staffing, insurance increases and real estate tax valuation reassessments. See Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” below. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We may not update any of the forward-looking statements after the date this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is filed to conform them to actual results or to changes in our expectations that occur after such date, other than as required by law.
Overview
FSP Corp., or we or the Company, operates in a single reportable segment: real estate operations. The real estate operations market involves real estate rental operations, leasing, secured financing of real estate and services provided for asset management, property management, property acquisitions, dispositions and development. Our current strategy is to invest in infill and central business district office properties in the United States sunbelt and mountain west regions as well as select opportunistic markets. We believe that the United States sunbelt and mountain west regions have macro-economic drivers that have the potential to increase occupancies and rents. We seek value-oriented investments with an eye towards long-term growth and appreciation, as well as current income.
As of June 30, 2021, approximately 6.6 million square feet, or approximately 79% of our total owned portfolio, was located in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Minneapolis.
The main factor that affects our real estate operations is the broad economic market conditions in the United States. These market conditions affect the occupancy levels and the rent levels on both a national and local level. We have no influence on broader economic/market conditions. We look to acquire and/or develop quality properties in good locations in order to lessen the impact of downturns in the market and to take advantage of upturns when they occur.
In 2021, we determined that further debt reduction would provide greater financial flexibility and potentially increase shareholder value. Accordingly, we have adopted a strategy to dispose of certain properties in 2021 where we believe our valuation objective has been met. Pursuant to this strategy we anticipate dispositions in 2021 will result in estimated aggregate gross proceeds in the range of $350 million to $450 million. As we execute this strategy, our revenue and Funds From Operations are likely to decrease in the short term. Proceeds from these potential dispositions would be used primarily for the repayment of debt, which will likely decrease our interest expense in the short term.
Further to this strategy, on May 27, 2021, we sold One Ravinia, Two Ravinia and One Overton Park in Atlanta Georgia for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $219.5 million. On June 29, 2021, we sold Loudoun Technology Center in
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Sterling, Virginia for gross proceeds of approximately $17.25 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we repaid approximately $155 million of term loan indebtedness and the approximately $47.5 million that had been drawn under our revolving line of credit.
On July 9, 2021, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a third-party buyer for the disposition of two office properties located in Chantilly, Virginia for a purchase price of approximately $40 million. Assuming satisfaction of certain customary conditions to close, including successful completion by the buyer of a due diligence inspection period, the closing of the sale of the properties is expected to take place on or about September 9, 2021.
On July 13, 2021, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a third-party buyer for the disposition of two properties located in Chesterfield, Missouri for a purchase price of approximately $67 million. Assuming satisfaction of certain customary conditions to close, including successful completion by the buyer of a due diligence inspection period, the closing of the sale of the properties is expected to take place on or about September 16, 2021.
On June 15, 2021, the credit rating for our senior unsecured debt was downgraded by Moody’s Investor Service to Ba1 from Baa3. The interest rate applicable to borrowings under our credit facilities is based in part on the rating of our debt. We anticipate that as a result of this downgrade we will incur an additional approximately $1.6 million in additional interest costs over the balance of 2021 and $3.3 million in additional interest costs over a full twelve month period based on our borrowings as of June 30, 2021.
Trends and Uncertainties
COVID-19 Outbreak
Beginning in January 2020, there was a global outbreak of COVID-19, which continues to adversely impact global commercial activity and has contributed to significant volatility in financial markets. It has already disrupted global travel supply chains, adversely impacted global commercial activity, and its long-term economic impact remains uncertain. Considerable uncertainty still surrounds the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential effects on the population, including the spread of more contagious variants of the virus, as well as the availability and effectiveness of vaccines, therapeutics and any responses taken on a national and local level by government authorities and businesses. The travel restrictions, limits on hours of operations and/or closures of various businesses and other efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 significantly disrupted business activity globally, including in the markets where we own properties. Many of our tenants have been subject to various quarantine restrictions, and do not fully occupy the space that they lease. The pandemic has had an adverse impact on economic and market conditions in various sectors of the economy. However, the evolving nature of the pandemic makes it difficult to ascertain the long-term impact it will have on commercial real estate markets and our business. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to the performance of our properties and our financial results, such as the potential negative impact to the businesses of our tenants, the potential negative impact to leasing efforts and occupancy at our properties, the potential closure of certain of our assets for an extended period, uncertainty regarding future rent collection levels or requests for rent concessions from our tenants, the occurrence of a default under any of our debt agreements, the potential for increased borrowing costs, our ability to refinance existing indebtedness or to secure new sources of capital on favorable terms, fluctuations in our level of dividends, increased costs of operations, our ability to complete required capital expenditures in a timely manner and on budget, decrease in values of our real estate assets, changes in law and/or regulation, and uncertainty regarding government and regulatory policy. We are unable to estimate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our future financial results at this time. See Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
We have been following and directing our vendors to follow the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and other applicable authorities to minimize the spread of COVID-19 among our employees, tenants, vendors and visitors, as well as at our properties. We have implemented working from home policies for our employees. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, all of our properties remained open for business. Although some of our tenants have requested rent concessions, and more tenants may request rent concessions or may not pay rent in the future, we have collected in excess of 99% of rental receipts due in the first half of 2021. Future rent concession requests or nonpayment of rent could lead to increased rent delinquencies and/or defaults under leases, a lower demand for rentable space leading to increased concessions or lower occupancy, extended lease terms, increased tenant improvement capital expenditures, or reduced rental rates to maintain
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occupancies. We review each rent concession request on a case by case basis and may or may not provide rent concessions, depending on the specific circumstances involved. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash were $24.2 million as of June 30, 2021. Management believes that existing cash, cash anticipated to be generated internally by operations and our existing availability under the BAML Revolver ($600 million as of June 30, 2021) will be sufficient to meet working capital requirements and anticipated capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. Although there is no guarantee that we will be able to obtain the funds necessary for our future growth, we anticipate generating funds from continuing real estate operations. We believe that we have adequate funds to cover unusual expenses and capital improvements, in addition to normal operating expenses. Our ability to maintain or increase our level of dividends to stockholders, however, depends in significant part upon the level of rental income from our real estate properties.
Economic Conditions
The economy in the United States has been adversely impacted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic conditions directly affect the demand for office space, our primary income producing asset. The broad economic market conditions in the United States are typically affected by numerous factors, including but not limited to, inflation and employment levels, energy prices, the pace of economic growth and/or recessionary concerns, uncertainty about government fiscal, monetary, trade and tax policies, changes in currency exchange rates, geopolitical events, the regulatory environment, the availability of credit, and interest rates. As of the date of this report, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related fallout from containment and mitigation measures, such as work from home arrangements and the closing of various businesses, is adversely affecting current economic conditions in the United States.
Real Estate Operations
As of June 30, 2021, our real estate portfolio was comprised of 29 operating properties, which we refer to as our operating properties, and one redevelopment property, which we refer to as our redevelopment property, that is in the process of being redeveloped. We collectively refer to our operating and our redevelopment properties as our owned portfolio. Our 29 operating properties were approximately 79.5% leased as of June 30, 2021, a decrease from 85.0% leased as of December 31, 2020. The 5.5% decrease in leased space was a result of the impact from the disposition of four properties in the second quarter of 2021 and of lease expirations and terminations, which exceeded leasing completed during the six months ended June 30, 2021. As of June 30, 2021, we had approximately 1,684,000 square feet of vacancy in our operating properties compared to approximately 1,397,000 square feet of vacancy at December 31, 2020. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we leased approximately 563,000 square feet of office space, of which approximately 465,000 square feet were with existing tenants, at a weighted average term of 8.3 years. On average, tenant improvements for such leases were $16.62 per square foot, lease commissions were $10.03 per square foot and rent concessions were approximately eight months of free rent. Average GAAP base rents under such leases were $29.51 per square foot, or 0.8% higher than average rents in the respective properties as applicable compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.
We reclassify redevelopment properties as operating properties when the property redevelopment is complete and leasing has stabilitized. Given the length of the redevelopment and lease-up process, the reclassification of a property may take a significant amount of time.
As of June 30, 2021, our sole redevelopment property was an approximately 111,000 square foot property known as Stonecroft in Chantilly, Virginia. The redevelopment of Stonecroft commenced in August 2020. We expect to incur redevelopment costs (excluding lease-up costs) of $4.5 million, which includes significant interior work to make the space suitable for multiple tenants. As of June 30, 2021, we had incurred approximately $3.0 million in redevelopment costs. We anticipate completing the redevelopment by August 31, 2021. On July 9, 2021, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a third-party buyer for the disposition of Stonecroft and our other office property located in Chantilly, Virginia for a purchase price of approximately $40 million. Assuming satisfaction of certain customary conditions to close, including successful completion by the buyer of a due diligence inspection period, the closing of the sale of the properties is expected to take place on or about September 9, 2021. However, if the sale of Stonecroft does not occur, we expect to incur additional lease-up and stabilization costs prior to the property becoming an operating property.
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Our property known as Blue Lagoon in Miami, Florida, was substantially completed during the first quarter of 2021, and had previously been classified as a redevelopment property. As of June 30, 2021, the property had leases signed and a tenant occupying approximately 73.1% of the rentable square feet of the property.
As of June 30, 2021, leases for approximately 1.7% and 8.4% of the square footage in our owned portfolio are scheduled to expire during 2021 and 2022, respectively. As the third quarter of 2021 begins, we believe that our operating properties are stabilized, with a balanced lease expiration schedule, and that existing vacancy is being actively marketed to numerous potential tenants. While leasing activity at our properties has continued, we believe that the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment and mitigation measures may limit or delay new tenant leasing during at least the third quarter of 2021 and potentially in future periods.
While we cannot generally predict when an existing vacancy in our owned portfolio will be leased or if existing tenants with expiring leases will renew their leases or what the terms and conditions of the lease renewals will be, we expect to renew or sign new leases at then-current market rates for locations in which the buildings are located, which could be above or below the expiring rates. Also, we believe the potential exists for any of our tenants to default on its lease or to seek the protection of bankruptcy. If any of our tenants defaults on its lease, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as a landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment. In addition, at any time, a tenant of one of our properties may seek the protection of bankruptcy laws, which could result in the rejection and termination of such tenant’s lease and thereby cause a reduction in cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
Dispositions of Properties
We sold three office properties located in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2021 with an aggregate sales price of approximately $219.5 million, at a net gain of approximately $22.7 million. We sold an office property in Dulles, Virginia on June 29, 2021 at a loss of $2.1 million. We used the proceeds of the dispositions principally to repay outstanding indebtedness. The dispositions of these properties did not represent a strategic shift that has a major effect on our operations and financial results. Atlanta, Georgia is in the sunbelt region of the United States, and our current strategy is to continue to invest in this region. Accordingly, the properties sold remained classified within continuing operations for all periods presented.
Critical Accounting Policies
We have certain critical accounting policies that are subject to judgments and estimates by our management and uncertainties of outcome that affect the application of these policies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates. In the event estimates or assumptions prove to be different from actual results, adjustments are made in subsequent periods to reflect more current information. The accounting policies that we believe are most critical to the understanding of our financial position and results of operations, and that require significant management estimates and judgments, are discussed in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Critical accounting policies are those that have the most impact on the reporting of our financial condition and results of operations and those requiring significant judgments and estimates. We believe that our judgments and assessments are consistently applied and produce financial information that fairly presents our results of operations.
Recent Accounting Standards
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”). The ASU contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 is optional and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact that the adoption of ASU 2020-04 may have on its consolidated financial statements.
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Results of Operations
The following table shows financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:
| | Three months ended June 30, | | |||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Change |
| |||
Revenues: | ||||||||||
Rental | $ | 55,722 | $ | 60,398 | $ | (4,676) | ||||
Related party revenue: | ||||||||||
Management fees and interest income from loans |
| 417 |
| 405 |
| 12 | ||||
Other |
| 6 |
| 5 |
| 1 | ||||
Total revenues |
| 56,145 |
| 60,808 |
| (4,663) | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||||||
Real estate operating expenses |
| 15,352 |
| 15,470 |
| (118) | ||||
Real estate taxes and insurance |
| 11,895 |
| 12,307 |
| (412) | ||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| 19,136 |
| 22,245 |
| (3,109) | ||||
General and administrative |
| 3,962 |
| 3,817 |
| 145 | ||||
Interest |
| 10,054 |
| 8,980 |
| 1,074 | ||||
Total expenses |
| 60,399 |
| 62,819 |
| (2,420) | ||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (167) | — | (167) | |||||||
Gain on sale of properties, net |
| 20,626 |
| — |
| 20,626 | ||||
Income (loss) before taxes |
| 16,205 |
| (2,011) |
| 18,216 | ||||
Tax expense |
| 56 |
| 64 |
| (8) | ||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 16,149 | $ | (2,075) | $ | 18,224 |
Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2021 to the three months ended June 30, 2020:
Revenues
Total revenues decreased by $4.7 million to $56.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily a result of:
● | A decrease in rental revenue of approximately $4.7 million arising primarily from the sale of four properties and a tenant bankruptcy in December 2020 and other losses of rental income from leases that expired after June 30, 2020 and during the three months ended June 30, 2021, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. These decreases were partially offset by rental income earned from leases commencing after June 30, 2020. Our leased space in our operating properties was 79.5% at June 30, 2021 and 84.5% at June 30, 2020. |
Expenses
Total expenses decreased by $2.4 million to $60.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily a result of:
● | An decrease in real estate operating expenses and real estate taxes and insurance of approximately $0.5 million. |
● | A decrease in depreciation and amortization of approximately $3.1 million. |
These decreases were partially offset by:
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● | An increase in general and administrative expenses of $0.1 million, which was primarily from higher professional fees. |
● | An increase to interest expense of approximately $1.1 million. The increase was primarily from interest swap breakage costs of $1.9 million related to the repayment of $155 million in term loan debt on June 4, 2021. These increases were partially offset by lower interest expense as a result of lower debt outstanding during the three months ended June 30, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. |
Loss on extinguishment of debt
During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we repaid debt and incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million related to unamortized deferred financing costs on the date of the repayment.
Gain on sale of properties, net
During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we sold three office properties located in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2021 with an aggregate sales price of approximately $219.5 million, at a net gain of approximately $22.7 million. We sold an office property in Dulles, Virginia on June 29, 2021 at a loss of $2.1 million. There were no property sales during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Tax expense on income
Included in income taxes is the Revised Texas Franchise Tax, which is a tax on revenues from Texas properties, which decreased $8,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2021 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Net income
Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was $16.1 million compared to a net loss of $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, for the reasons described above.
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The following table shows financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:
Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| Change |
| |||
Revenues: | ||||||||||
Rental | $ | 114,345 | $ | 122,965 | $ | (8,620) | ||||
Related party revenue: | ||||||||||
Management fees and interest income from loans |
| 827 |
| 808 |
| 19 | ||||
Other |
| 12 |
| 18 |
| (6) | ||||
Total revenues |
| 115,184 |
| 123,791 |
| (8,607) | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||||||
Real estate operating expenses |
| 31,291 |
| 32,768 |
| (1,477) | ||||
Real estate taxes and insurance |
| 24,261 |
| 24,069 |
| 192 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| 43,517 |
| 44,583 |
| (1,066) | ||||
General and administrative |
| 8,108 |
| 7,342 |
| 766 | ||||
Interest |
| 18,654 |
| 18,043 |
| 611 | ||||
Total expenses |
| 125,831 |
| 126,805 |
| (974) | ||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (167) | — | (167) | |||||||
Gain on sale of properties, net |
| 20,626 |
| — |
| 20,626 | ||||
Income (loss) before taxes on income |
| 9,812 |
| (3,014) |
| 12,826 | ||||
Tax expense on income |
| 123 |
| 132 |
| (9) | ||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 9,689 | $ | (3,146) | $ | 12,835 |
Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2021 to the six months ended June 30, 2020:
Revenues
Total revenues decreased by $8.6 million to $115.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily a result of:
● | A decrease in rental revenue of approximately $8.6 million arising primarily from the sale of four properties and a tenant bankruptcy in December 2020 and other loss of rental income from leases that expired after June 30, 2020 during the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared the same period in 2020. These decreases were partially offset by rental income earned from leases commencing after June 30, 2020. Our leased space in our operating properties was 79.5% at June 30, 2021 and 84.5% at June 30, 2020. |
Expenses
Total expenses decreased by $1.0 million to $125.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily a result of:
● | An decrease in real estate operating expenses and real estate taxes and insurance of approximately $1.3 million. |
● | An decrease in depreciation and amortization of approximately $1.1 million. |
These decreases were partially offset by:
● | An increase general and administrative expenses of approximately $0.8 million, wich was primarily from professional fees. |
● | An increase in interest expense of approximately $0.6 million. The increase was primarily from interest swap breakage costs of $1.9 million related to the repayment of $155 million in term loan debt |
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on June 4, 2021. These increases were partially offset by lower interest expense as a result of lower debt outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. |
Loss on extinguishment of debt
During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we repaid debt and incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.2 million related to unamortized deferred financing costs on the date of the repayment.
Gain on sale of properties, net
During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we sold three office properties located in Atlanta, Georgia on May 27, 2021 with an aggregate sales price of approximately $219.5 million, at a net gain of approximately $22.7 million. We sold an office property in Dulles, Virginia on June 29, 2021 at a loss of $2.1 million. There were no property sales during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Tax expense on income
Included in income taxes is the Revised Texas Franchise Tax, which is a tax on revenues from Texas properties, which decreased $9,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Net income
Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was $9.7 million compared to a net loss of $3.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020, for the reasons described above.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Funds From Operations
The Company evaluates performance based on Funds From Operations, which we refer to as FFO, as management believes that FFO represents the most accurate measure of activity and is the basis for distributions paid to equity holders. The Company defines FFO as net income or loss (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, hedge ineffectiveness, acquisition costs of newly acquired properties that are not capitalized and lease acquisition costs that are not capitalized plus depreciation and amortization, including amortization of acquired above and below market lease intangibles and impairment charges on mortgage loans, properties or investments in non-consolidated REITs, and after adjustments to exclude equity in income or losses from, and, to include the proportionate share of FFO from, non-consolidated REITs.
FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income or loss (determined in accordance with GAAP), nor as an indicator of the Company’s financial performance, nor as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP), nor as a measure of the Company’s liquidity, nor is it necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company’s needs.
Other real estate companies and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, may define this term in a different manner. We have included the NAREIT FFO definition as of May 17, 2016 in the table and note that other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do.
We believe that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of the results of the Company, FFO should be examined in connection with net income or loss and cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities in the consolidated financial statements.
The calculations of FFO are shown in the following table:
For the | For the | |||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||
June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||
(in thousands): |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 16,149 | $ | (2,075) | $ | 9,689 | $ | (3,146) | ||||||
Gain on sale of properties |
| (20,626) |
| — |
| (20,626) |
| — | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| 19,130 |
| 22,170 |
| 43,479 |
| 44,435 | ||||||
NAREIT FFO |
| 14,653 |
| 20,095 |
| 32,542 |
| 41,289 | ||||||
Lease Acquisition costs |
| 69 |
| 99 |
| 185 |
| 197 | ||||||
Funds From Operations | $ | 14,722 | $ | 20,194 | $ | 32,727 | $ | 41,486 |
Net Operating Income (NOI)
The Company provides property performance based on Net Operating Income, which we refer to as NOI. Management believes that investors are interested in this information. NOI is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Company defines as net income or loss (the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure) plus selling, general and administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization, including amortization of acquired above and below market lease intangibles and impairment charges, interest expense, less equity in earnings of nonconsolidated REITs, interest income, management fee income, hedge ineffectiveness, gains or losses on extinguishment of debt, gains or losses on the sale of assets and excludes non-property specific income and expenses. The information presented includes footnotes and the data is shown by region with properties owned in the periods presented, which we call Same Store. The comparative Same Store results include properties held for the periods presented and exclude properties that are redevelopment properties. We also exclude properties that have been placed in service, but that do not have operating activity for all periods presented, dispositions and significant nonrecurring income such as bankruptcy settlements and lease termination fees. NOI, as defined
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by the Company, may not be comparable to NOI reported by other REITs that define NOI differently. NOI should not be considered an alternative to net income or loss as an indication of our performance or to cash flows as a measure of the Company’s liquidity or its ability to make distributions. The calculations of NOI are shown in the following table:
Net Operating Income (NOI)*
Rentable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Square | Six Months | Six Months |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
Feet | Three Months Ended | Ended | Three Months Ended | Ended | Inc | % |
| |||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) |
| or RSF |
| 31-Mar-21 |
| 30-Jun-21 |
| 30-Jun-21 |
| 31-Mar-20 |
| 30-Jun-20 |
| 30-Jun-20 |
| (Dec) |
| Change |
| |||||||
Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East |
| 437 |
| $ | 592 |
| $ | 685 |
| $ | 1,277 |
| $ | 896 |
| $ | 1,218 |
| $ | 2,114 |
| $ | (837) |
| (39.6) | % |
MidWest |
| 1,558 |
| 5,378 |
| 5,252 |
| 10,630 |
| 5,485 |
| 5,089 |
| 10,574 |
| 56 |
| 0.5 | % | |||||||
South |
| 3,202 |
| 9,555 |
| 9,207 |
| 18,762 |
| 10,312 |
| 9,975 |
| 20,287 |
| (1,525) |
| (7.5) | % | |||||||
West |
| 2,624 |
| 10,369 |
| 9,902 |
| 20,271 |
| 11,463 |
| 11,211 |
| 22,674 |
| (2,403) |
| (10.6) | % | |||||||
Property NOI* from Operating Properties |
| 7,821 |
| 25,894 |
| 25,046 |
| 50,940 |
| 28,156 |
| 27,493 |
| 55,649 |
| (4,709) |
| (8.5) | % | |||||||
Dispositions and Redevelopment Properties (a) | 519 |
| 3,867 |
| 2,954 |
| 6,821 |
| 4,718 |
| 4,703 |
| 9,421 |
| (2,600) |
| (2.7) | % | ||||||||
Property NOI* | 8,340 |
| $ | 29,761 |
| $ | 28,000 |
| $ | 57,761 |
| $ | 32,874 |
| $ | 32,196 |
| $ | 65,070 |
| $ | (7,309) |
| (11.2) | % | |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Same Store |
| $ | 25,894 |
| $ | 25,046 |
| $ | 50,940 |
| $ | 28,156 |
| $ | 27,493 |
| $ | 55,649 |
| $ | (4,709) |
| (8.5) | % | ||
Less Nonrecurring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Items in NOI* (b) |
| 32 |
| 34 |
| 66 |
| 26 |
| 810 |
| 836 |
| (770) |
| 1.3 | % | |||||||||
Comparative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Same Store |
| $ | 25,862 |
| $ | 25,012 |
| $ | 50,874 |
| $ | 28,130 |
| $ | 26,683 |
| $ | 54,813 |
| $ | (3,939) |
| (7.2) | % | ||
| Six Months |
| Six Months | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
| Ended | Three Months Ended |
| Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
Reconciliation to Net Income (Loss) | 31-Mar-21 | 30-Jun-21 | 30-Jun-21 | 31-Mar-20 | 30-Jun-20 | 30-Jun-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
| $ | (6,460) |
| $ | 16,149 |
| $ | 9,689 |
| $ | (1,071) |
| $ | (2,075) |
| $ | (3,146) | ||||||||
Add (deduct): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | — | 167 | 167 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of properties, net |
| — |
| (20,626) |
| (20,626) |
| — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||||||||
Management fee income |
| (465) |
| (403) |
| (868) |
| (478) |
| (446) |
| (924) | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
| 24,381 |
| 19,136 |
| 43,517 |
| 22,338 |
| 22,245 |
| 44,583 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of above/below market leases |
| (32) |
| (6) |
| (38) |
| (73) |
| (75) |
| (148) | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
| 4,146 |
| 3,962 |
| 8,108 |
| 3,525 |
| 3,817 |
| 7,342 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
| 8,600 |
| 10,054 |
| 18,654 |
| 9,063 |
| 8,980 |
| 18,043 | ||||||||||||||
Interest income |
| (394) |
| (399) |
| (793) |
| (382) |
| (381) |
| (763) | ||||||||||||||
Non-property specific items, net |
| (15) |
| (34) |
| (49) |
| (48) |
| 131 |
| 83 | ||||||||||||||
Property NOI* |
| $ | 29,761 |
| $ | 28,000 |
| $ | 57,761 |
| $ | 32,874 |
| $ | 32,196 |
| $ | 65,070 |
(a) | We define redevelopment properties as properties being developed, redeveloped or where redevelopment is complete, but are in lease-up and that are not stabilized. We also include properties that have been placed in service, but that do not have operating activity for all periods presented. |
(b) | Nonrecurring Items in NOI include proceeds from bankruptcies, lease termination fees or other significant nonrecurring income or expenses, which may affect comparability. |
*Excludes NOI from investments in and interest income from secured loans to non-consolidated REITs.
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The information presented below provides the weighted average GAAP rent per square foot for the six months ended June 30, 2021 for our properties and weighted occupancy square feet and percentages. GAAP rent includes the impact of tenant concessions and reimbursements. This table does not include information about properties held by our investments in non-consolidated REITs or those to which we have provided Sponsored REIT Loans.
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Forest Park | Charlotte | NC | 1999/2020 | 64,198 | 22,136 | 34.5 | % | $ | 27.31 | |||||||
Meadow Point | Chantilly | VA | 1999 | 138,537 | 97,419 | 70.3 | % | 25.80 | ||||||||
Innsbrook | Glen Allen | VA | 1999 | 298,183 | 170,680 | 57.2 | % |
| 18.65 | |||||||
Stonecroft (c) | Chantilly | VA | 2008 | 111,469 | — | % |
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East total | 612,387 | 290,235 | 47.4 | % |
| 21.71 | ||||||||||
Northwest Point | Elk Grove Village | IL | 1999 | 177,095 | 177,095 | 100.0 | % |
| 30.07 | |||||||
909 Davis Street | Evanston | IL | 2002 | 195,098 | 182,104 | 93.3 | % |
| 40.31 | |||||||
River Crossing | Indianapolis | IN | 1998 | 205,729 | 205,215 | 99.8 | % |
| 24.57 | |||||||
Timberlake | Chesterfield | MO | 1999 | 234,496 | 224,319 | 95.7 | % |
| 30.42 | |||||||
Timberlake East | Chesterfield | MO | 2000 | 117,036 | 97,866 | 83.6 | % |
| 27.01 | |||||||
121 South 8th Street | Minneapolis | MN | 1974 | 298,121 | 247,977 | 83.2 | % |
| 23.12 | |||||||
801 Marquette Ave | Minneapolis | MN | 1923/2017 | 129,821 | 48,021 | 37.0 | % | 34.37 | ||||||||
Plaza Seven | Minneapolis | MN | 1987 | 330,096 | 282,661 | 85.6 | % |
| 33.20 | |||||||
Midwest total | 1,687,492 | 1,465,258 | 86.8 | % |
| 29.99 | ||||||||||
Blue Lagoon Drive | Miami | FL | 2002/2021 | 213,182 | 129,849 | 60.9 | % | 26.22 | ||||||||
Park Ten | Houston | TX | 1999 | 157,460 | 112,962 | 71.7 | % |
| 30.90 | |||||||
Addison Circle | Addison | TX | 1999 | 289,325 | 242,194 | 83.7 | % |
| 32.67 | |||||||
Collins Crossing | Richardson | TX | 1999 | 300,887 | 251,241 |
| 83.5 | % | 27.48 | |||||||
Eldridge Green | Houston | TX | 1999 | 248,399 | 248,399 |
| 100.0 | % | 28.24 | |||||||
Park Ten Phase II | Houston | TX | 2006 | 156,746 | 148,924 |
| 95.0 | % | 29.25 | |||||||
Liberty Plaza | Addison | TX | 1985 | 216,952 | 159,373 |
| 73.5 | % | 22.91 | |||||||
Legacy Tennyson Center | Plano | TX | 1999/2008 | 207,049 | 105,409 |
| 50.9 | % | 21.54 | |||||||
One Legacy Circle | Plano | TX | 2008 | 214,110 | 120,672 |
| 56.4 | % | 39.30 | |||||||
Westchase I & II | Houston | TX | 1983/2008 | 629,025 | 329,169 |
| 52.3 | % | 28.48 | |||||||
Pershing Park Plaza | Atlanta | GA | 1989 | 160,145 | 135,338 | 84.5 | % | 33.72 | ||||||||
999 Peachtree | Atlanta | GA | 1987 | 621,946 | 524,363 |
| 84.3 | % | 34.61 | |||||||
South Total | 3,415,226 | 2,507,893 |
| 73.4 | % | 30.24 | ||||||||||
380 Interlocken | Broomfield | CO | 2000 | 240,359 | 160,512 |
| 66.8 | % | 33.33 | |||||||
1999 Broadway | Denver | CO | 1986 | 680,255 | 466,587 |
| 68.6 | % | 33.51 | |||||||
1001 17th Street | Denver | CO | 1977/2006 | 655,420 | 626,319 |
| 95.6 | % | 36.80 | |||||||
600 17th Street | Denver | CO | 1982 | 610,730 | 522,052 |
| 85.5 | % | 32.67 | |||||||
Greenwood Plaza | Englewood | CO | 2000 | 196,236 | 196,236 |
| 100.0 | % | 24.93 | |||||||
390 Interlocken | Broomfield | CO | 2002 | 241,512 | 239,990 |
| 99.4 | % | 33.09 | |||||||
West Total | 2,624,512 | 2,211,696 |
| 84.3 | % | 33.42 | ||||||||||
Total Owned Properties | 8,339,617 | 6,475,082 | 77.6 | % | $ | 30.89 |
(a) | Based on weighted occupied square feet for the six months ended June 30 2021, including month-to-month tenants, divided by the Property’s net rentable square footage. |
(b) | Represents annualized GAAP rental revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021, per weighted occupied square foot. |
(c) | We define redevelopment properties as properties being developed, redeveloped or where redevelopment is complete, but are in lease-up and that are not stabilized. |
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash were $24.2 million and $4.2 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The increase of $20.0 million is attributable to $6.1 million provided by operating activities, plus $191.7 million provided by investing activities less $177.8 million used in financing activities. Management believes that existing cash, cash anticipated to be generated internally by operations and our existing debt financing will be sufficient to meet working capital requirements and anticipated capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We have extension options on our BAML Revolver (discussed below), which management expects to exercise, or we may seek to replace this indebtedness with new loans or extend the current loans. Although there is no guarantee that we will be able to obtain the funds necessary for our future growth, we anticipate generating funds from continuing real estate operations. We believe that we have adequate funds to cover unusual expenses and capital improvements, in addition to normal operating expenses. Our ability to maintain or increase our level of dividends to stockholders, however, depends in significant part upon the level of rental income from our real estate properties.
Operating Activities
Cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 of $6.1 million is primarily attributable to net income of $9.7 million less $20.6 million of gains on sale of properties, net, plus the add-back of $42.5 million of non-cash expenses, plus a decrease in tenant rent receivables of $4.5 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued compensation of $20.1 million, an increase in payment of deferred leasing commissions of $6.9 million, an increase in tenant security deposits of $1.9 million, an increase in lease acquisition costs of $0.6 million and an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.5 million.
Investing Activities
Cash provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 of $191.7 million is primarily attributable to proceeds from the sale of four properties of $228.7 million less purchases of other real estate assets and office equipment investments of $37.0 million.
Financing Activities
Cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 of $177.8 million is primarily attributable to repayment of the JPM Term Loan (as defined below) of $100.0 million, repayment of a tranche of the BMO Term Loan (as defined below) of $55.0 million, net repayments on the BAML Revolver (as defined below) of $3.5 million and distributions paid to stockholders of 19.3 million.
JPM Term Loan
On August 2, 2018, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender (“JPMorgan”), and the other lending institutions party thereto (the “JPM Credit Agreement”), which provided a single unsecured bridge loan in the aggregate principal amount of $150 million (the “JPM Term Loan”). On December 24, 2020, the Company repaid a $50 million portion of the JPM Term Loan with a portion of the proceeds from the December 23, 2020 sale of its Durham, North Carolina property, and $100 million remained fully advanced and outstanding under the JPM Term Loan. On June 4, 2021, the Company repaid the remaining $100 million outstanding on the loan, which had been scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021, and incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.1 million related to unamortized deferred financing costs. The repayment was made with a portion of the proceeds from the May 27, 2021 sales of the three Atlanta properties.
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Although the interest rate on the JPM Term Loan was variable under the JPM Credit Agreement, the Company fixed the LIBOR-based rate on a portion of the JPM Term Loan by entering into interest rate swap transactions. On March 7, 2019, the Company entered into ISDA Master Agreements with various financial institutions to hedge a $100 million portion of the future LIBOR-based rate risk under the JPM Credit Agreement. Effective March 29, 2019, the Company fixed the LIBOR-based rate at 2.44% per annum on a $100 million portion of the JPM Term Loan until November 30, 2021. On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $1.2 million to terminate the interest rate swap, which was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021.
BMO Term Loan
On September 27, 2018, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent (the “BMO Credit Agreement”). The BMO Credit Agreement provides for a single, unsecured term loan borrowing in the initial amount of $220 million (the “BMO Term Loan”), of which $165 million remains fully advanced and outstanding. The BMO Term Loan initially consisted of a $55 million tranche A term loan and a $165 million tranche B term loan. On June 4, 2021, the Company repaid the tranche A term loan that was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021, and incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.1 million related to unamortized deferred financing costs. The repayment was made with a portion of the proceeds from the May 27, 2021 sales of the three Atlanta properties. The $165 million tranche B term loan matures on January 31, 2024. The BMO Credit Agreement also includes an accordion feature that allows up to $100 million of additional loans, subject to receipt of lender commitments and satisfaction of certain customary conditions.
The BMO Term Loan bears interest at either (i) a number of basis points over LIBOR depending on the Company’s credit rating (165 basis points over LIBOR at June 30, 2021) or (ii) a number of basis points over the base rate depending on the Company’s credit rating (65 basis points over the base rate at June 30, 2021).
Although the interest rate on the BMO Term Loan is variable under the BMO Credit Agreement, the Company fixed the base LIBOR interest rate by entering into interest rate swap transactions. On August 26, 2013, the Company entered into an ISDA Master Agreement with Bank of Montreal that fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BMO Term Loan at 2.32% per annum, which matured on August 26, 2020. On February 20, 2019, the Company entered into ISDA Master Agreements with a group of banks that fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BMO Term Loan at 2.39% per annum for the period beginning on August 26, 2020 and ending January 31, 2024. Accordingly, based upon the Company’s credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the effective interest rate on the BMO Term Loan was 4.04% per annum. On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $0.6 million to terminate the portion of the interest rate swap on tranche A, which was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021.
The BMO Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants for credit facilities of this type, including limitations with respect to indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposition of assets, changes in business, certain restricted payments, the requirement to have subsidiaries provide a guaranty in the event that they incur recourse indebtedness and transactions with affiliates. The BMO Credit Agreement also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth, a maximum leverage ratio, a maximum secured leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio, and minimum unsecured interest coverage. The BMO Credit Agreement provides for customary events of default with corresponding grace periods, including failure to pay any principal or interest when due, certain cross defaults and a change in control of the Company (as defined in the BMO Credit Agreement). In the event of a default by the Company, the administrative agent may, and at the request of the requisite number of lenders shall, declare all obligations under the BMO Credit Agreement immediately due and payable, terminate the lenders’ commitments to make loans under the BMO Credit Agreement, and enforce any and all rights of the lenders or administrative agent under the BMO Credit Agreement and related documents. For certain events of default related to bankruptcy, insolvency, and receivership, the commitments of lenders will be automatically terminated and all outstanding obligations of the Company will become immediately due and payable. We were in compliance with the BMO Term Loan financial covenants as of June 30, 2021.
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BAML Credit Facility
On July 21, 2016, the Company entered into a First Amendment (the “BAML First Amendment”), and on October 18, 2017, the Company entered into a Second Amendment (the “BAML Second Amendment”), to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated October 29, 2014 among the Company, the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender (as amended by the BAML First Amendment and the BAML Second Amendment, the “BAML Credit Facility”) that continued an existing unsecured revolving line of credit (the “BAML Revolver”) and an existing term loan (the “BAML Term Loan”).
BAML Revolver Highlights
● | The BAML Revolver is for borrowings, at the Company's election, of up to $600 million. Borrowings made pursuant to the BAML Revolver may be revolving loans, swing line loans or letters of credit, the combined sum of which may not exceed $600 million outstanding at any time. |
● | Borrowings made pursuant to the BAML Revolver may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed from time to time until the initial maturity date of January 12, 2022. The Company has the right to extend the maturity date of the BAML Revolver by two additional six month periods, or until January 12, 2023, upon payment of a fee and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. |
● | The BAML Credit Facility includes an accordion feature that allows for an aggregate amount of up to $500 million of additional borrowing capacity applicable to the BAML Revolver and/or the BAML Term Loan, subject to receipt of lender commitments and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. |
As of June 30, 2021, there were no borrowings outstanding under the BAML Revolver. The BAML Revolver bears interest at either (i) a margin over LIBOR depending on the Company’s credit rating (1.55% over LIBOR at June 30, 2021) or (ii) a margin over the base rate depending on the Company’s credit rating (0.55% over the base rate at June 30, 2021). The BAML Credit Facility also obligates the Company to pay an annual facility fee in an amount that is also based on the Company’s credit rating. The facility fee is assessed against the total amount of the BAML Revolver, or $600 million (0.30% at June 30, 2021).
Based upon the Company’s credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the interest rate on the BAML Revolver was 1.65% per annum. The weighted average interest rate on all amounts outstanding on the BAML Revolver during the six months ended June 30, 2021 was approximately 1.31% per annum. As of December 31, 2020, there were $3.5 million of borrowings outstanding under the BAML Revolver. The weighted average interest rate on all amounts outstanding on the BAML Revolver during the year ended December 31, 2020 was approximately 1.65% per annum.
BAML Term Loan Highlights
● | The BAML Term Loan is for $400 million. |
● | The BAML Term Loan matures on January 12, 2023. |
● | The BAML Credit Facility includes an accordion feature that allows for an aggregate amount of up to $500 million of additional borrowing capacity applicable to the BAML Revolver and/or the BAML Term Loan, subject to receipt of lender commitments and satisfaction of certain customary conditions. |
● | On September 27, 2012, the Company drew down the entire $400 million under the BAML Term Loan and such amount remains fully advanced and outstanding under the BAML Term Loan. |
The BAML Term Loan bears interest at either (i) a margin over LIBOR depending on the Company’s credit rating (1.75% over LIBOR at June 30, 2021) or (ii) a margin over the base rate depending on the Company’s credit rating (0.75% over the base rate at June 30, 2021).
Although the interest rate on the BAML Credit Facility is variable, the Company fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BAML Term Loan by entering into interest rate swap transactions. On July 22, 2016, the Company entered into ISDA Master Agreements with a group of banks that fixed the base LIBOR interest rate on the BAML Term Loan at 1.12% per
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annum for the period beginning on September 27, 2017 and ending on September 27, 2021. Accordingly, based upon the Company’s credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the effective interest rate on the BAML Term Loan was 2.87% per annum.
BAML Credit Facility General Information
The BAML Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants for credit facilities of this type, including limitations with respect to indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposition of assets, changes in business, certain restricted payments, the requirement to have subsidiaries provide a guaranty in the event that they incur recourse indebtedness and transactions with affiliates. The BAML Credit Facility also contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum tangible net worth, a maximum leverage ratio, a maximum secured leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio, and minimum unsecured interest coverage. The BAML Credit Facility provides for customary events of default with corresponding grace periods, including failure to pay any principal or interest when due, certain cross defaults and a change in control of the Company (as defined in the BAML Credit Facility). In the event of a default by the Company, the administrative agent may, and at the request of the requisite number of lenders shall, declare all obligations under the BAML Credit Facility immediately due and payable, terminate the lenders’ commitments to make loans under the BAML Credit Facility, and enforce any and all rights of the lenders or administrative agent under the BAML Credit Facility and related documents. For certain events of default related to bankruptcy, insolvency, and receivership, the commitments of lenders will be automatically terminated and all outstanding obligations of the Company will become immediately due and payable. The Company was in compliance with the BAML Credit Facility financial covenants as of June 30, 2021.
The Company may use the proceeds of the loans under the BAML Credit Facility to finance the acquisition of real properties and for other permitted investments; to finance investments associated with Sponsored REITs to refinance or retire indebtedness and for working capital and other general business purposes, in each case to the extent permitted under the BAML Credit Facility.
Senior Notes
On October 24, 2017, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with the various purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”) in connection with a private placement of senior unsecured notes. Under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Purchasers an aggregate principal amount of $200 million of senior unsecured notes consisting of (i) Series A Senior Notes due December 20, 2024 in an aggregate principal amount of $116 million (the “Series A Notes”) and (ii) Series B Senior Notes due December 20, 2027 in an aggregate principal amount of $84 million (the “Series B Notes,” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Senior Notes”). On December 20, 2017, the Senior Notes were funded and proceeds were used to reduce the outstanding balance of the BAML Revolver.
The Senior Notes bear interest depending on the Company’s credit rating. As of June 30, 2021, the Series A Notes bear interest at 4.49% per annum and the Series B Notes bear interest at 4.76% per annum.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary financial covenants, including a maximum leverage ratio, a maximum secured leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, and a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to enter into transactions with affiliates, merge, consolidate, create liens, make certain restricted payments, enter into certain agreements or prepay certain indebtedness. Such financial and restrictive covenants are substantially similar to the corresponding covenants contained in the BAML Credit Facility, the BMO Credit Agreement and the JPM Credit Agreement. The Senior Notes financial covenants require, among other things, the maintenance of a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.50; a maximum leverage ratio and an unsecured leverage ratio of no more than 60% (65% if there were a significant acquisition for a short period of time). In addition, the Note Purchase Agreement provides that the Note Purchase Agreement will automatically incorporate additional financial and other specified covenants (such as limitations on investments and distributions) that are effective from time to time under the existing credit agreements, other material indebtedness or certain other private placements of debt of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary events of default, including payment defaults, cross defaults with certain other indebtedness, breaches of covenants and bankruptcy events. In the case of an event of default, the Purchasers may, among other remedies, accelerate
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the payment of all obligations. The Company was in compliance with the Senior Notes financial covenants as of June 30, 2021.
Stock Repurchase Program
On June 23, 2021, we announced a share repurchase program under which we are authorized to repurchase up to $50 million of our common stock. The share repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we did not repurchase any shares of common stock under the program and therefore as of June 30, 2021, $50 million remained authorized for repurchases of our common stock under the program. Future repurchases of common stock will be determined by the Company in its discretion and will be subject to economic and market conditions, stock price, applicable legal requirements and other factors.
Equity Securities
From time to time, we expect to issue debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or depository shares under a registration statement to fund the acquisition of additional properties, to pay down any existing debt financing and for other corporate purposes.
Contingencies
From time to time, we may provide financing to Sponsored REITs in the form of a construction loan and/or a revolving line of credit secured by a mortgage. As of June 30, 2021, we had one secured loan outstanding for $21 million principal amount with one Sponsored REIT under such arrangements for the purpose of funding construction costs, capital expenditures, leasing costs or for other purposes. We anticipate that the outstanding amounts of this loan will be repaid from sale of the collateral.
We may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Although occasional adverse decisions (or settlements) may occur, we believe that the final disposition of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
Related Party Transactions
We intend to draw on the BAML Credit Facility in the future for a variety of corporate purposes, including the acquisition of properties that we acquire directly for our portfolio and for Sponsored REIT Loans as described below.
Loans to Sponsored REITs
Sponsored REIT Loans
From time to time we may make secured loans (“Sponsored REIT Loans”) to Sponsored REITs in the form of mortgage loans or revolving lines of credit to fund construction costs, capital expenditures, leasing costs and for other purposes. We anticipate that advances made under these facilities will be repaid at their maturity date or earlier from refinancing, long term financings of the underlying properties, cash flows from the underlying properties or another capital event. Each Sponsored REIT Loan is secured by a mortgage on the underlying property and has a term of approximately two to three years.
Our Sponsored REIT Loans subject us to credit risk. However, we believe that our position as asset manager of each of the Sponsored REITs helps mitigate that risk by providing us with unique insight and the ability to rely on qualitative analysis of the Sponsored REITs. Before making a Sponsored REIT Loan, we consider a variety of subjective factors, including the quality of the underlying real estate, leasing, the financial condition of the applicable Sponsored REIT and local and national market conditions. These factors are subject to change and we do not apply a formula or assign relative weights to the factors. Instead, we make a subjective determination after considering such factors collectively.
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Additional information about our Sponsored REIT Loans outstanding as of June 30, 2021, including a summary table of our Sponsored REIT Loans, is incorporated herein by reference to Part 1, Item 1, Note 2, “Related Party Transactions and Investments in Non-Consolidated Entities - Management fees and interest income from loans”, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report.
Other Considerations
We generally pay the ordinary annual operating expenses of our properties from the rental revenue generated by the properties. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the rental income exceeded the expenses for each individual property, with the exception of Stonecroft for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.
Stonecroft had approximately 111,000 square feet of rentable space and became vacant in December 2019. We had no rental income and operating expenses of $274,000 related to this property during the three months ended June 30, 2020. We had no rental income and operating expenses of $446,000 related to this property during the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and off-balance-sheet arrangements as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market Rate Risk
We are exposed to changes in interest rates primarily from our floating rate borrowing arrangements. We use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure to interest rate changes. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, if market rates on our outstanding borrowings under the BAML Revolver increased by 10% at maturity, or approximately 17 and 13 basis points, respectively, over the current variable rate, the increase in interest expense would decrease future earnings and cash flows by $0 and $5,000 annually, respectively. Based upon our credit rating, the interest rate on the BAML Revolver as of June 30, 2021 was LIBOR plus 155 basis points, or 1.65% per annum. No amounts were drawn on the BAML Revolver as of June 30, 2021. We do not believe that the interest rate risk on the BAML Revolver is material as of June 30, 2021.
Although the interest rates on the BMO Term Loan, the BAML Term Loan and the JPM Term Loan are variable, the Company fixed the base LIBOR interest rates on the BMO Term Loan and the BAML Term Loan, and the LIBOR-based rate on the remaining $100 million portion of the JPM Term Loan, by entering into interest rate swap agreements. On July 22, 2016, the Company fixed the interest rate for the period beginning on September 27, 2017 and ending on September 27, 2021 on the BAML Term Loan with multiple interest rate swap agreements (the “2017 Interest Rate Swap”). On March 7, 2019, the Company fixed the interest rate for the period beginning on March 29, 2019 and ending on November 30, 2021 for the notional value of $100 million on the JPM Term Loan with interest rate swap agreements (the “2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap”). On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $1.2 million to terminate the 2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap, which was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021. On February 20, 2019, the Company fixed the interest rate for the period beginning August 26, 2020 and ending January 31, 2024 on the BMO Term Loan with interest rate swap agreements (the “2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap”). On June 4, 2021, the Company paid approximately $0.6 million to terminate $55 million in Notional Value on the 2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap, which was scheduled to mature on November 30, 2021. Accordingly, based upon our credit rating, as of June 30, 2021, the interest rate on the BAML Term Loan was 2.87% per annum and the interest rate on the BMO Term Loan was 4.04% per annum. The fair value of these interest rate swaps are affected by changes in market interest rates. We believe that we have mitigated interest rate risk with respect to the BAML Term Loan through the 2017 Interest Rate Swap from September 27, 2017 until September 27, 2021. We believe that we have mitigated interest rate risk with respect to the BMO Term Loan through the 2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap until January 31, 2024. These interest rate swaps were our only derivative instruments as of June 30, 2021.
The table below lists our derivative instruments, which are hedging variable cash flows related to interest on our BAML Term Loan, BMO Term Loan and a portion of the JPM Term Loan as of June 30, 2021 (in thousands):
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2017 Interest Rate Swap | $ | 400,000 |
| 1.12 | % | Sep-17 |
| Sep-21 | $ | (992) | $ | (2,947) | |||
2019 JPM Interest Rate Swap | $ | 100,000 |
| 2.44 | % | Mar-19 |
| Nov-21 | $ | — | $ | (2,102) | |||
2019 BMO Interest Rate Swap (1) | $ | 165,000 |
| 2.39 | % | Aug-20 |
| Jan-24 | $ | (8,433) | $ | (12,262) | |||
(1) The Notional Value was $220 million and decreased to $165 million on June 4, 2021. | |||||||||||||||
(2) Classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. |
Our BMO Term Loan, BAML Term Loan and JPM Term Loan hedging transactions used derivative instruments that involve certain additional risks such as counterparty credit risk, the enforceability of hedging contracts and the risk that unanticipated and significant changes in interest rates will cause a significant loss of basis in either or both of the contracts. We require our derivatives contracts to be with counterparties that have investment grade ratings. As a result, we do not anticipate that any counterparty will fail to meet its obligations. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to adequately protect against the foregoing risks or that we will ultimately realize an economic benefit that exceeds the related amounts incurred in connection with engaging in such hedging strategies.
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The Company’s derivatives are recorded at fair value in other assets and liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, the effective portion of the derivatives’ fair value is recorded to other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).
The following table presents, as of June 30, 2021, our contractual variable rate borrowings under our BAML Revolver, which matures on January 12, 2022, under our BAML Term Loan, which matures on January 12, 2023, under our BMO Term Loan Tranche B, which matures on January 31, 2024, under our Series A Notes, which mature on December 20, 2024, and under our Series B Notes, which mature on December 20, 2027. Under the BAML Revolver, we have the right to extend the initial maturity date with two additional six month extensions, or until January 12, 2023, upon payment of a fee and satisfaction of certain customary conditions.
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| 2023 |
| 2024 |
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BAML Revolver | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||
BAML Term Loan |
| 400,000 | — |
| — |
| 400,000 |
| — |
| — | — | ||||||||||
BMO Term Loan Tranche B | 165,000 | — | — | — | 165,000 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Series A Notes | 116,000 | — | — | — |
| 116,000 |
| — |
| — | ||||||||||||
Series B Notes |
| 84,000 | — | — | — |
| — |
| — |
| 84,000 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 765,000 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 400,000 | $ | 281,000 | $ | — | $ | 84,000 |
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2021. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2021, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2021, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Although occasional adverse decisions (or settlements) may occur, we believe that the final disposition of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
| Description |
3.1 (1) | ||
3.2 (2) | ||
10.1 (3) | ||
31.1* | ||
31.2* | ||
32.1* | ||
32.2* | ||
101* | The following materials from FSP Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; (v) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss); and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
Footnotes |
| Description |
(1) | ||
(2) | ||
(3) | ||
* | Filed herewith. |
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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.
FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP. |
Date |
| Signature |
| Title |
Date: August 3, 2021 | /s/ George J. Carter | Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||
George J. Carter | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
Date: August 3, 2021 | /s/ John G. Demeritt | Chief Financial Officer | ||
John G. Demeritt | (Principal Financial Officer) |
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