GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP - Quarter Report: 2010 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 |
OR
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COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 001-33097
GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND | 02-0681276 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
organization) |
1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102
(Address of principal executive office)
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102
(Address of principal executive office)
(703) 287-5800
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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The number of shares of the registrants Common Stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding as of April
30, 2010 was 8,545,264.
GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
MARCH 31, 2010
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
MARCH 31, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
March 31, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
ASSETS |
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Real estate, at cost |
$ | 391,095,912 | $ | 390,753,892 | ||||
Less: accumulated depreciation |
36,502,598 | 34,111,952 | ||||||
Total real estate, net |
354,593,314 | 356,641,940 | ||||||
Lease intangibles, net |
27,250,453 | 28,177,461 | ||||||
Mortgage note receivable |
10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
3,327,368 | 3,096,598 | ||||||
Restricted cash |
2,957,263 | 2,633,538 | ||||||
Funds held in escrow |
2,565,860 | 2,487,680 | ||||||
Deferred rent receivable |
9,358,748 | 8,975,196 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs, net |
2,913,702 | 3,136,055 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
1,653,392 | 1,716,905 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS |
$ | 414,620,100 | $ | 416,865,373 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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LIABILITIES |
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Mortgage notes payable |
$ | 252,117,127 | $ | 252,761,651 | ||||
Short-term loan and borrowings under line of credit |
34,900,000 | 33,200,000 | ||||||
Deferred rent liability |
2,970,159 | 3,213,195 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligation liability |
2,342,891 | 2,305,644 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
1,618,406 | 2,086,741 | ||||||
Due to adviser (Refer to Note 2) |
1,394,007 | 1,213,640 | ||||||
Obligation under capital lease |
250,764 | 247,686 | ||||||
Rent received in advance, security deposits and funds held in escrow |
3,922,738 | 3,386,274 | ||||||
Total Liabilities |
299,516,092 | 298,414,831 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Redeemable preferred stock, $0.001 par value; $25 liquidation preference;
2,300,000 shares authorized and 2,150,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009, respectively |
2,150 | 2,150 | ||||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 47,700,000 shares authorized and
8,545,264 and 8,563,264 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively |
8,545 | 8,563 | ||||||
Additional paid in capital |
170,378,699 | 170,622,581 | ||||||
Notes
receivable - employees |
(2,261,555 | ) | (2,304,999 | ) | ||||
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings |
(53,023,831 | ) | (49,877,753 | ) | ||||
Total Stockholders Equity |
115,104,008 | 118,450,542 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 414,620,100 | $ | 416,865,373 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Operating revenues |
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Rental income |
$ | 10,415,066 | $ | 10,388,244 | ||||
Interest income from mortgage note receivable |
187,500 | 187,500 | ||||||
Tenant recovery revenue |
82,410 | 82,432 | ||||||
Total operating revenues |
10,684,976 | 10,658,176 | ||||||
Operating expenses |
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Depreciation and amortization |
3,321,871 | 3,307,802 | ||||||
Property operating expenses |
244,354 | 236,812 | ||||||
Due diligence expense |
21,876 | 9,547 | ||||||
Base management fee (Refer to Note 2) |
312,564 | 372,648 | ||||||
Incentive fee (Refer to Note 2) |
846,192 | 786,289 | ||||||
Administration fee (Refer to Note 2) |
231,884 | 224,354 | ||||||
Professional fees |
175,610 | 235,198 | ||||||
Insurance expense |
56,325 | 48,678 | ||||||
Directors fees |
49,418 | 49,702 | ||||||
Stockholder-related expenses |
45,216 | 83,647 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligation expense |
37,247 | 34,907 | ||||||
General and administrative |
17,829 | 10,549 | ||||||
Total operating expenses before credit from Adviser |
5,360,386 | 5,400,133 | ||||||
Credit to incentive fee |
- | (235,081 | ) | |||||
Total operating expenses |
5,360,386 | 5,165,052 | ||||||
Other income (expense) |
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Interest income from temporary investments |
265 | 17,281 | ||||||
Interest
income - employee loans |
43,101 | 48,886 | ||||||
Other income |
3,316 | - | ||||||
Interest expense |
(4,284,939 | ) | (4,487,560 | ) | ||||
Total other expense |
(4,238,257 | ) | (4,421,393 | ) | ||||
Income from continuing operations |
1,086,333 | 1,071,731 | ||||||
Discontinued operations |
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Income from discontinued operations |
- | 17,838 | ||||||
Total discontinued operations |
- | 17,838 | ||||||
Net income |
1,086,333 | 1,089,569 | ||||||
Distributions attributable to preferred stock |
(1,023,438 | ) | (1,023,437 | ) | ||||
Net income available to common stockholders |
$ | 62,895 | $ | 66,132 | ||||
Earnings per weighted average common share basic & diluted |
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Income from continuing operations (net of distributions attributable to preferred stock) |
$ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 | ||||
Discontinued operations |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
Net income available to common stockholders |
$ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 | ||||
Weighted average shares outstanding- basic & diluted |
8,558,664 | 8,563,264 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
$ | 1,086,333 | $ | 1,089,569 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization, including discontinued operations |
3,321,871 | 3,314,100 | ||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs |
272,353 | 375,194 | ||||||
Amortization of deferred rent asset and liability, net |
(179,662 | ) | (133,017 | ) | ||||
Accretion of obligation under capital lease |
3,078 | 3,077 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligation expense, including discontinued operations |
37,247 | 35,367 | ||||||
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets |
(430,387 | ) | (17,218 | ) | ||||
Increase in deferred rent receivable |
(446,926 | ) | (562,789 | ) | ||||
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and amount due adviser |
(287,968 | ) | 113,028 | |||||
Increase (decrease) in rent received in advance |
212,739 | (120,758 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
3,588,678 | 4,096,553 | ||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Real estate investments |
(342,020 | ) | (54,308 | ) | ||||
Leasing commissions paid |
(4,217 | ) | - | |||||
Receipts from lenders for reserves held in escrow |
404,462 | 272,818 | ||||||
Payments to lenders for reserves held in escrow |
(482,642 | ) | (471,355 | ) | ||||
Increase in restricted cash |
(323,725 | ) | (1,102,902 | ) | ||||
Deposits refunded |
250,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(498,142 | ) | (1,155,747 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Principal repayments on mortgage notes payable |
(644,524 | ) | (590,881 | ) | ||||
Principal repayments on employee notes receivable |
43,444 | 5,671 | ||||||
Borrowings from line of credit |
4,200,000 | 28,000,000 | ||||||
Repayments on line of credit |
(2,500,000 | ) | (9,200,000 | ) | ||||
Repayment of short-term loan |
- | (20,000,000 | ) | |||||
Receipts from tenants for reserves |
525,330 | 1,471,309 | ||||||
Payments to tenants from reserves |
(202,354 | ) | (378,940 | ) | ||||
Increase in security deposits |
749 | 10,533 | ||||||
Payments for deferred financing costs |
(50,000 | ) | (53,561 | ) | ||||
Distributions paid for common and preferred |
(4,232,411 | ) | (4,234,665 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities |
(2,859,766 | ) | (4,970,534 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
230,770 | (2,029,728 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
3,096,598 | 4,503,578 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
$ | 3,327,368 | $ | 2,473,850 | ||||
NON-CASH OPERATING, INVESTING AND FINANCING INFORMATION |
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Increase in asset retirement obligation |
$ | - | $ | 245,196 | ||||
Fixed rate debt assumed in connection with acquisitions |
$ | - | $ | 6,461,603 | ||||
Forfeiture of common stock in satisfaction of employee note receivable |
$ | 243,900 | $ | - | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the Company) was incorporated on February 14, 2003 under the
General Corporation Law of Maryland. The Company operates in a manner so as to qualify as a real
estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes and exists primarily for the
purpose of engaging in the business of investing in real estate properties net leased to
creditworthy entities and making mortgage loans to creditworthy entities. Subject to certain
restrictions and limitations, the business of the Company is managed by Gladstone Management
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Adviser).
Subsidiaries
The Company conducts substantially all of its operations through a subsidiary, Gladstone Commercial
Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership). As the Company
currently owns all of the general and limited partnership interests of the Operating Partnership
through GCLP Business Trust I and II as discussed in more detail below, the financial position and
results of operations of the Operating Partnership are consolidated with those of the Company.
Gladstone Commercial Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Gladstone Commercial
Lending) and a subsidiary of the Company, was created to conduct all operations related to real
estate mortgage loans of the Company. As the Operating Partnership currently owns all of the
membership interests of Gladstone Commercial Lending, the financial position and results of
operations of Gladstone Commercial Lending are consolidated with those of the Company.
Gladstone Commercial Advisers, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Commercial Advisers) and a
subsidiary of the Company, is a taxable REIT subsidiary (TRS), which was created to collect all
non-qualifying income related to the Companys real estate portfolio. It is currently anticipated
that this income will predominately consist of fees received by the Company related to the leasing
of real estate. There have been no such fees earned to date. Since the Company owns 100% of the
voting securities of Commercial Advisers, the financial position and results of operations of
Commercial Advisers are consolidated with those of the Company.
GCLP Business Trust I and GCLP Business Trust II, each a subsidiary and business trust of the
Company, were formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 28, 2005. The
Company transferred its 99% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership to GCLP
Business Trust I in exchange for 100 trust shares. Commercial Partners transferred its 1% general
partnership interest in the Operating Partnership to GCLP Business Trust II in exchange for 100
trust shares.
Interim Financial Information
Interim financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information and
pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and in accordance with Article 10 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain disclosures accompanying annual financial statements prepared
in accordance with GAAP are omitted. In the opinion of the Companys Management, all adjustments,
consisting solely
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of normal recurring accruals, necessary for the fair statement of financial statements for the
interim period have been included. The interim financial statements and notes thereto should be
read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Companys Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 24, 2010.
Investments in Real Estate
The Company records investments in real estate at cost and capitalizes improvements and
replacements when they extend the useful life or improve the efficiency of the asset. The Company
expenses costs of repairs and maintenance as such costs are incurred. The Company computes
depreciation using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life or 39 years for
buildings and improvements, 5 to 7 years for equipment and fixtures and the shorter of the useful
life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.
The Company accounts for its acquisitions of real estate in accordance with Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations, which requires that the purchase price of real
estate be recorded at fair value and allocated to the acquired tangible assets and liabilities,
consisting of land, building, tenant improvements, long-term debt and identified intangible assets
and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of
in-place leases, the value of unamortized lease origination costs, the value of tenant
relationships and the value of capital lease obligations, based in each case on their fair values.
ASC 805 also requires that all expenses related to the acquisition be expensed as incurred, rather
than capitalized into the cost of the acquisition as had been the previous accounting.
Managements estimates of value are made using methods similar to those used by independent
appraisers (e.g., discounted cash flow analysis). Factors considered by Management in its analysis
include an estimate of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods considering
current market conditions, and costs to execute similar leases. The Company also considers
information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence,
marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets
and liabilities acquired. In estimating carrying costs, Management also includes real estate taxes,
insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the
hypothetical expected lease-up periods, which primarily range from nine to eighteen months,
depending on specific local market conditions. Management also estimates costs to execute similar
leases, including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses to the extent that such
costs are not already incurred in connection with a new lease origination as part of the
transaction.
The Company allocates purchase price to the fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired
property by valuing the property as if it were vacant. The as-if-vacant value is allocated to
land, building, and tenant improvements based on Managements determination of the relative fair
values of these assets. Real estate depreciation expense on these tangible assets, including
discontinued operations, was approximately $2.4 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned properties are recorded based on the
present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired)
of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases
and (ii) Managements estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases,
measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized
above-market lease values, included in the accompanying balance sheet as part of deferred rent
receivable, are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms
of the respective leases. Total amortization related to above-market lease values was approximately
$63,000 for each of the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. The capitalized below-market
lease values, included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as deferred rent liability,
are amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the
respective leases. Total amortization related to below-market lease values was approximately
$243,000 and $196,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
The total amount of the remaining intangible assets acquired, which consist of in-place lease
values,
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unamortized lease origination costs, and customer relationship intangible values, are allocated
based on Managements evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenants lease and the
Companys overall relationship with that respective tenant. Characteristics to be considered by
Management in allocating these values include the nature and extent of our existing business
relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the
tenants credit quality and the Companys expectations of lease renewals (including those existing
under the terms of the lease agreement), among other factors.
The value of in-place leases and unamortized lease origination costs are amortized to expense over
the remaining term of the respective leases, which generally range from 10 to 15 years. The value
of customer relationship intangibles, which is the benefit to the Company resulting from the
likelihood of an existing tenant renewing its lease, are amortized to expense over the remaining
term and any anticipated renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the
amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building.
Should a tenant terminate its lease, the unamortized portion of the above-market and below-market
lease values, in-place lease values, unamortized lease origination costs and customer relationship
intangibles will be immediately charged to the related income or expense. Total amortization
expense related to these intangible assets, including discontinued operations, was approximately
$0.9 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Impairment
Investments in Real Estate
The Company accounts for the impairment of real estate in accordance with ASC 360-10-35, Property,
Plant, and Equipment, which requires that the Company periodically review the carrying value of
each property to determine if circumstances that indicate impairment in the carrying value of the
investment exist or that depreciation periods should be modified. If circumstances support the
possibility of impairment, the Company prepares a projection of the undiscounted future cash flows,
without interest charges, of the specific property and determines if the investment in such
property is recoverable. If impairment is indicated, the carrying value of the property would be
written down to its estimated fair value based on the Companys best estimate of the propertys
discounted future cash flows. There have been no impairments recognized on real estate assets in
the Companys history.
In light of current economic conditions, the Company performed an impairment analysis of its entire
portfolio at March 31, 2010. In performing the analysis, the Company considered such factors as
the tenants payment history and financial condition, the likelihood of lease renewal, business
conditions in the industry in which the tenants operate and whether the carrying value of the real
estate has decreased. The Company concluded that none of its properties were impaired, and will
continue to monitor its portfolio for any indicators that may change this conclusion.
Provision for Loan Losses
The Companys accounting policies require that it reflect in its financial statements an allowance
for estimated credit losses with respect to mortgage loans that it has made based upon its
evaluation of known and inherent risks associated with its private lending assets. Management
reflects provisions for loan losses based upon its assessment of general market conditions, its
internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, its
assessment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral
underlying its investments. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates.
There have been no provisions for loan losses in the Companys history.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term, highly-liquid investments that are both readily convertible
to cash and have a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents,
except that any such investments purchased with funds held in escrow or similar accounts are
classified as restricted cash. Items classified as cash equivalents include money-market deposit
accounts. All of the Companys cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2010 were held in the custody
of one financial institution, and the Companys balance at times may exceed federally insurable
limits.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash consists of security deposits and funds held in escrow for certain tenants. These
funds will be released to the tenants upon completion of agreed upon tasks as specified in the
lease agreements, mainly consisting of maintenance and repairs on the buildings, and upon receipt
by the Company of evidence of insurance and tax payments.
Funds Held in Escrow
Funds held in escrow consist of funds held by certain of the Companys lenders for properties held
as collateral by these lenders. These funds will be released to the Company upon completion of
agreed upon tasks as specified in the mortgage agreements, mainly consisting of maintenance and
repairs on the buildings, and when evidence of insurance and tax payments has been submitted to the
lenders.
Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs consist of costs incurred to obtain financing, including legal fees,
origination fees and administrative fees. The costs are deferred and amortized using the
straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method over the term of the secured
financing. The Company made payments of approximately $50,000 and $54,000 for deferred financing
costs during the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Total amortization
expense related to deferred financing costs was approximately $272,000 and $375,000 for the three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
Prepaid expenses and other assets consist of accounts receivable, interest receivable, prepaid
assets and deposits on real estate.
Obligation Under Capital Lease
In conjunction with the Companys acquisition of a building in Fridley, Minnesota in February 2008,
the Company acquired a ground lease on the parking lot of the building, which had a purchase
obligation to acquire the land under the ground lease at the end of the term in April 2014 for
$300,000. In accordance with ASC 840-10-25, Leases, the Company accounted for the ground lease as
a capital lease and recorded the corresponding present value of the obligation under the capital
lease. The Company recorded total interest expense related to the accretion of the capital lease
obligation of approximately $3,000 for each of the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
Revenue Recognition
Rental revenue includes rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of its respective
lease reported evenly over the non-cancelable term of the lease. Most of the Companys leases
contain rental increases at specified intervals. The Company recognizes such revenues on a
straight-line basis by averaging the non-cancelable rental revenues over the lease terms. Deferred
rent receivable in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet includes the cumulative difference
between rental revenue as recorded on a straight line basis and rents received from the tenants in
accordance with the lease terms,
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along with the capitalized above-market lease values of certain acquired properties. Accordingly,
the Company determines, in its judgment, to what extent the deferred rent receivable applicable to
each specific tenant is collectable. The Company reviews deferred rent receivable, as it relates to
straight line rents, on a quarterly basis and takes into consideration the tenants payment
history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the
tenant operates and economic conditions in the geographic area in which the property is located. In
the event that the collectability of deferred rent with respect to any given tenant is in doubt,
the Company records an allowance for uncollectable accounts or records a direct write-off of the
specific rent receivable. No such reserves have been recorded as of March 31, 2010.
Management considers its loans and other lending investments to be held-for-investment. The
Company reflects loans classified as long-term investments at amortized cost, less allowance for
loan losses, acquisition premiums or discounts, and deferred loan fees. On occasion, the Company
may acquire loans at small premiums or discounts based on the credit characteristics of such loans.
These premiums or discounts are recognized as yield adjustments over the lives of the related
loans. Loan origination fees, as well as direct loan origination costs, are also deferred and
recognized over the lives of the related loans as yield adjustments. If loans with premiums,
discounts, or loan origination fees are prepaid, the Company immediately recognizes the unamortized
portion as a decrease or increase in the prepayment gain or loss. Interest income is recognized
using the effective interest method applied on a loan-by-loan basis. Prepayment penalties or yield
maintenance payments from borrowers are recognized as additional income when received.
Tenant recovery revenue includes payments from tenants as reimbursements for franchises taxes,
management fees, insurance, and ground lease payments. The Company recognizes tenant recovery
revenue in the same periods that it incurs the related expenses.
Income Taxes
The Company has operated and intends to continue to operate in a manner that will allow it to
qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, accordingly, will not
be subject to federal income taxes on amounts distributed to stockholders (except income from
foreclosure property), provided that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its
stockholders and meets certain other conditions. To the extent that the Company satisfies the
distribution requirement but distributes less than 100% of its taxable income, the Company will be
subject to federal corporate income tax on its undistributed income.
Commercial Advisers is a wholly-owned TRS that is subject to federal and state income taxes. Though
Commercial Advisers has had no activity to date, the Company would account for any future income
taxes in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes. Under ASC 740-10-25, the
Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences
between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases.
Segment Information
ASC 280, Segment Reporting, provides standards for public companies relating to the reporting of
financial and descriptive information about their operating segments in financial statements.
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial
information is available and is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker or
decision making group in determining how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.
Company Management is the chief decision making group. As discussed in Note 9, the Companys
operations are derived from two operating segments, one segment purchases real estate (land,
buildings and other improvements), which is simultaneously leased to existing users, and the other
segment originates mortgage loans and collects principal and interest payments.
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Asset Retirement Obligations
ASC 410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligation, requires an entity to recognize a
liability for a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred if the liability can be
reasonably estimated. ASC 410-20-20 clarifies that the term Conditional Asset Retirement
Obligation refers to a legal obligation (pursuant to existing laws or by contract) to perform an
asset retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a
future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. ASC 410-20-25-6 clarifies
when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset
retirement obligation. The Company has accrued a liability and corresponding increase to the cost
of the related properties for disposal related to all properties constructed prior to 1985 that
have, or may have, asbestos present in the building. There were no liabilities accrued during the
three months ended March 31, 2010 or 2009. The Company also recorded expenses, including
discontinued operations, of approximately $37,000 and $35,000 during the three months ended March
31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, related to the cumulative accretion of the obligation.
Real Estate Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
ASC 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment, requires that the results of operations of any
properties which have been sold, or are held for sale, be presented as discontinued operations in
the Companys consolidated financial statements in both current and prior periods presented.
Income items related to held for sale properties are listed separately on the Companys
consolidated income statement. Real estate assets held for sale are measured at the lower of the
carrying amount or the fair value, less the cost to sell, and are listed separately on the
Companys consolidated balance sheet. Once properties are listed as held for sale, no further
depreciation is recorded.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing, removes the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity
(QSPE) and removes the exception from applying to variable interest entities that are
QSPEs. This statement also clarifies the requirements for isolation and limitations on portions of
financial assets that are eligible for sale accounting. This statement is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2009, and is effective for the Companys fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2010. The Company adopted this pronouncement during the quarter ended March 31, 2010,
and the adoption had no impact on the Companys financial position or results of operations.
ASC 810-10-25-38, Consolidation, amends the consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities
(VIE) and requires an enterprise to qualitatively assess the determination of the primary
beneficiary of a VIE based on whether the entity has the power to direct matters that most
significantly impact the activities of the VIE, and had the obligation to absorb losses or the
right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. ASC 810 is
effective for the Companys fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010. The Company adopted this
pronouncement during the quarter ended March 31, 2010, and the adoption had no impact on the
Companys financial position or results of operations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially
differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts from prior years financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the
current year presentation. The Companys property located in Norfolk, Virginia was classified as
held for sale during
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the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and, as a result, the results of operations related to this
property for all periods presented were reclassified from continuing operations to discontinued
operations, see Note 5. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported net income or
stockholders equity.
2. Related-Party Transactions
The Company is externally managed pursuant to contractual arrangements with its Adviser and
Gladstone Administration, LLC (the Administrator), which collectively employ all of the Companys
personnel and pays their payroll, benefits, and general expenses directly. The Company has an
advisory agreement with its Adviser (the Advisory Agreement) and an administration agreement with
its Administrator (the Administration Agreement). The management services and administrative fees
under the Advisory and Administration Agreements are described below. As of March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009, respectively, approximately $1.4 million and $1.2 million were due to the
Adviser.
Advisory Agreement
The Advisory Agreement provides for an annual base management fee equal to 2% of the Companys
total stockholders equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock (common stockholders equity),
and an incentive fee
based on funds from operations (FFO). For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the
Company recorded a base management fee of approximately $313,000 and $373,000, respectively. For
purposes of calculating the incentive fee, FFO includes any realized capital gains and capital
losses, less any distributions paid on preferred stock, but FFO does not include any unrealized
capital gains or losses. The incentive fee rewards the Adviser if the Companys quarterly FFO,
before giving effect to any incentive fee (pre-incentive fee FFO), exceeds 1.75%, or 7%
annualized, (the hurdle rate) of total common stockholders equity.
The Adviser receives 100% of the amount of the pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds
the hurdle rate, but is less than 2.1875% of the Companys common stockholders equity. The Adviser
also receives an incentive fee of 20% of the amount of the Companys pre-incentive fee FFO that
exceeds 2.1875% of common stockholders equity.
For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded an incentive fee of
approximately $846,000 and $786,000, respectively, offset by a credit related to an unconditional
and irrevocable voluntary waiver issued by the Adviser of approximately $0 and $235,000,
respectively, resulting in a net incentive fee for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
of approximately $846,000 and $551,000, respectively. The board of directors of the Company
accepted the Advisers offer to waive on a quarterly basis a portion of the incentive fee for the
three months ended March 31, 2009 in order to support the current level of distributions to the
Companys stockholders. This waiver may not be recouped by the Adviser in the future. There was no
waiver to the incentive fee for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
Administration Agreement
Under the Administration Agreement, the Company pays for its allocable portion of the
Administrators overhead expenses in performing its obligations including, but not limited to, rent
for employees of the Administrator, and its allocable portion of the salaries and benefits expenses
of its chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, internal counsel, treasurer, investor
relations and their respective staffs. The Companys allocable portion of expenses is derived by
multiplying the Administrators total allocable expenses by the percentage of the Companys total
assets at the beginning of each quarter in comparison to the total assets of all companies managed
by the Adviser under similar agreements. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the
Company recorded an administration fee of approximately $232,000 and $224,000, respectively.
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3. Earnings per Common Share
The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share of common
stock for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net income available to common stockholders |
$ | 62,895 | $ | 66,132 | ||||
Denominator for basic & diluted weighted average
shares |
8,558,664 | 8,563,264 | ||||||
Basic & diluted earnings per share of common stock |
$ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 | ||||
4. Real Estate and Intangible Assets
Real Estate
The following table sets forth the components of the Companys investments in real estate,
including capitalized leases, as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
March 31, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
Real estate: |
||||||||
Land |
$ | 55,025,707 | (1) | $ | 55,025,707 | (1) | ||
Building and
improvements |
326,249,499 | 325,907,479 | ||||||
Tenant improvements |
9,820,706 | 9,820,706 | ||||||
Accumulated
depreciation |
(36,502,598 | ) | (34,111,952 | ) | ||||
Real estate, net |
$ | 354,593,314 | $ | 356,641,940 | ||||
(1) | Includes land held under a capital lease carried at approximately $1.1 million. |
Future operating lease payments from tenants under non-cancelable leases, excluding tenant
reimbursement of expenses, in effect at March 31, 2010, were as follows:
Tenant | ||||
Year | Lease Payments | |||
Nine months ending December 31, 2010 |
$ | 29,150,926 | ||
2011 |
38,657,936 | |||
2012 |
38,751,645 | |||
2013 |
33,402,994 | |||
2014 |
29,172,473 | |||
2015 |
25,078,235 | |||
Thereafter |
135,449,243 | |||
In accordance with the lease terms, substantially all tenant expenses are required to be paid by
the tenant; however, the Company would be required to pay property taxes on the respective
properties, and ground lease payments on the property located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the event the
tenant fails to pay them. The total annualized property taxes for all properties held by the
Company at March 31, 2010 was
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approximately $6.2 million, and the total annual ground lease
payments on the property located in Tulsa, Oklahoma was approximately $153,000.
Intangible Assets
The following table summarizes the net value of other intangible assets and the accumulated
amortization for each intangible asset class:
March 31, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||
Lease Intangibles | Amortization | Lease Intangibles | Amortization | |||||||||||||
In-place leases |
$ | 15,935,445 | $ | (7,159,647 | ) | $ | 15,935,445 | $ | (6,741,817 | ) | ||||||
Leasing costs |
10,057,222 | (4,049,312 | ) | 10,053,004 | (3,832,623 | ) | ||||||||||
Customer relationships |
17,136,501 | (4,669,756 | ) | 17,136,501 | (4,373,049 | ) | ||||||||||
$ | 43,129,168 | $ | (15,878,715 | ) | $ | 43,124,950 | $ | (14,947,489 | ) | |||||||
The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and
thereafter is as follows:
Estimated | ||||
Year | Amortization Expense | |||
Nine months ending December 31, 2010 |
4,390,722 | |||
2011 |
5,203,812 | |||
2012 |
4,398,005 | |||
2013 |
2,326,052 | |||
2014 |
2,062,779 | |||
2015 |
1,699,607 | |||
Thereafter |
$ | 7,169,476 |
The following table summarizes the lease expirations by year for the Companys properties for
leases in place as of March 31, 2010:
Rental Revenue for | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year of Lease | the Period Ended | Annualized Base | % of Annualized | |||||||||||||||||
Expiration | Square Feet | Number of Leases | March 31, 2010 | Rental Revenue | Base Rent | |||||||||||||||
2010 |
215,581 | 3 | $ | 352,423 | $ | 1,409,692 | 3.4 | % | ||||||||||||
2011 |
- | 0 | - | - | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||||||
2012 |
479,982 | 3 | 1,107,401 | 4,429,604 | 10.6 | % | ||||||||||||||
2013 |
438,422 | 6 | 1,168,337 | 4,673,348 | 11.2 | % | ||||||||||||||
2014 |
614,132 | 5 | 770,549 | 3,082,196 | 7.4 | % | ||||||||||||||
2015 |
896,876 | 8 | 1,717,794 | 6,871,176 | 16.5 | % | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
898,257 | 5 | 1,048,793 | 4,195,172 | 10.1 | % | ||||||||||||||
2017 |
102,200 | 1 | 230,731 | 922,924 | 2.2 | % | ||||||||||||||
2018 |
59,894 | 1 | 67,010 | 268,040 | 0.6 | % | ||||||||||||||
2019+ |
2,598,815 | 18 | 3,952,028 | 15,808,112 | 38.0 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total |
6,304,159 | 50 | $ | 10,415,066 | $ | 41,660,264 | 100 | % | ||||||||||||
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The following table summarizes the states in which the Companys properties are located for leases
in place as of March 31, 2010:
Rental Revenue for | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | the Period Ended | Annualized Base | % of Annualized | |||||||||||||||||
State | Square Feet | Leases | March 31, 2010 | Rental Revenue | Base Rent | |||||||||||||||
Ohio |
1,185,411 | 11 | $ | 1,867,614 | $ | 7,470,456 | 17.9 | % | ||||||||||||
Minnesota |
547,800 | 3 | 1,302,876 | 5,211,504 | 12.5 | % | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina |
695,876 | 6 | 948,585 | 3,794,340 | 9.1 | % | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania |
623,375 | 4 | 763,241 | 3,052,964 | 7.3 | % | ||||||||||||||
Texas |
188,178 | 4 | 588,963 | 2,355,852 | 5.7 | % | ||||||||||||||
Michigan |
596,104 | 2 | 548,959 | 2,195,836 | 5.3 | % | ||||||||||||||
Illinois |
164,131 | 2 | 546,504 | 2,186,016 | 5.2 | % | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts |
338,508 | 3 | 543,522 | 2,174,088 | 5.2 | % | ||||||||||||||
All Other States |
1,964,776 | 15 | 3,304,802 | 13,219,208 | 31.8 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total |
6,304,159 | 50 | $ | 10,415,066 | $ | 41,660,264 | 100 | % | ||||||||||||
5. Real Estate Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
As of June 30, 2009, the Company classified its property located in Norfolk, Virginia as held for
sale under the provisions of ASC 360-10, which requires that the results of operations of any
properties which have been sold, or are held for sale, be presented as discontinued operations in
the Companys consolidated financial statements in both current and prior periods presented. The
Company received an unsolicited offer from a buyer for this property. On July 17, 2009, the Company
sold this property for $1.15 million, and recognized a gain on the sale of approximately $160,000.
The table below summarizes the components of income from discontinued operations:
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Operating revenue |
$ | - | $ | 25,876 | ||||
Operating expense |
- | (8,038 | ) | |||||
Income from discontinued operations |
$ | - | $ | 17,838 | ||||
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6. Mortgage Note Receivable
On April 15, 2005, the Company originated a mortgage loan in the amount of $10.0 million,
collateralized by an office building located in McLean, Virginia, where the Companys Adviser and
Administrator are subtenants in the building. This 12 year mortgage loan accrues interest at the
greater of 7.5% per year or the one month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) rate plus 6.0%
per year, with a ceiling of 10.0%. The mortgage loan is interest only for the first nine years of
the term, with payments of principal commencing after the initial period. The balance of the
principal and all interest remaining is due at the end of the 12 year term. At March 31, 2010, the
interest rate was 7.5%.
The fair market value of the mortgage note receivable as of March 31, 2010 was approximately $9.3
million, as compared to the carrying value stated above of approximately $10.0 million. The fair
market value is calculated based on a discounted cash flow analysis, using an interest rate based
on Managements estimate of the interest rate on a mortgage note receivable with comparable terms.
7. Mortgage Notes Payable and Line of Credit
The Companys mortgage notes payable and line of credit as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009
are summarized below:
Date of | Principal Balance Outstanding | |||||||||||||||
Issuance/ | Principal | Stated Interest Rate at | ||||||||||||||
Assumption | Maturity Date | March 31, 2010 (1) | March 31, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||
Fixed-Rate Mortgage Notes
Payable: |
||||||||||||||||
03/16/05 | 04/01/30 | 6.33% | $ | 2,867,675 | $ | 2,884,908 | ||||||||||
08/25/05 | 09/01/15 | 5.33% | 21,011,020 | 21,093,917 | ||||||||||||
09/12/05 | 09/01/15 | 5.21% | 12,343,251 | 12,389,647 | ||||||||||||
12/21/05 | 12/08/15 | 5.71% | 18,923,663 | 18,991,934 | ||||||||||||
02/21/06 | 12/01/13 | 5.91% | 9,145,484 | 9,188,044 | ||||||||||||
02/21/06 | 06/30/14 | 5.20% | 19,020,790 | 19,116,277 | ||||||||||||
03/29/06 | 04/01/16 | 5.92% | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | ||||||||||||
04/27/06 | 05/05/16 | 6.58% | 13,935,975 | 14,009,918 | ||||||||||||
11/22/06 | 12/01/16 | 5.76% | 14,089,522 | 14,136,921 | ||||||||||||
12/22/06 | 01/01/17 | 5.79% | 21,533,427 | 21,605,106 | ||||||||||||
02/08/07 | 03/01/17 | 6.00% | 13,775,000 | 13,775,000 | ||||||||||||
06/05/07 | 06/08/17 | 6.11% | 14,240,000 | 14,240,000 | ||||||||||||
09/06/07 | 12/11/15 | 5.81% | 4,343,357 | 4,361,144 | ||||||||||||
10/15/07 | 11/08/17 | 6.63% | 15,609,132 | 15,657,330 | ||||||||||||
08/29/08 | 06/01/16 | 6.80% | 6,263,831 | 6,296,505 | ||||||||||||
09/15/08 | 10/01/10(2) | 6.85% | 48,015,000 | 48,015,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Fixed-Rate Mortgage Notes Payable: | 252,117,127 | 252,761,651 | ||||||||||||||
Variable-Rate
Line of Credit: |
12/29/06 | 12/29/10 | LIBOR + 1.9% | 34,900,000 | 33,200,000 | |||||||||||
Total Mortgage Notes Payable, Line of Credit and Short-Term Loan | $ | 287,017,127 | $ | 285,961,651 | ||||||||||||
(1) | The weighted average interest rate on all debt outstanding at March 31, 2010 was approximately 5.57%. | |
(2) | This note has three annual extension options, which gives us the ability to extend the term of the note until October 1, 2013. |
Mortgage Notes Payable
As of March 31, 2010, the Company had 16 fixed-rate mortgage notes payable, collateralized by a
total of 55 properties. The obligors under each of these notes are wholly-owned separate borrowing
entities, which own the real estate collateral. The Company is not a co-borrower but has limited
recourse liabilities that could result from: a borrower voluntarily filing for bankruptcy, improper
conveyance of a property, fraud or material misrepresentation, misapplication or misappropriation
of rents, security deposits, insurance proceeds or condemnation proceeds, and physical waste or
damage to the property, resulting from a borrowers gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Company also indemnifies lenders against
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claims resulting from the presence of hazardous substances
or activity involving hazardous substances in violation of environmental laws on a property. The
weighted-average interest rate on the mortgage notes payable as of March 31, 2010 was approximately
6.0%.
The fair market value of all fixed-rate mortgage notes payable outstanding as of March 31,
2010 was approximately $241.5 million, as compared to the carrying value stated above of
approximately $252.1 million. The fair market value is calculated based on a discounted cash flow
analysis, using interest rates based on Managements estimate of interest rates on long-term debt
with comparable terms.
Scheduled principal payments of mortgage notes payable are as follows:
Scheduled principal | ||||
Year | payments |
|||
Nine months ending December 31, 2010 |
$ | 49,925,983 | (1) | |
2011 |
2,795,411 | |||
2012 |
3,083,429 | |||
2013 |
11,840,020 | |||
2014 |
20,401,572 | |||
2015 |
54,102,017 | |||
Thereafter |
109,968,695 | |||
$ | 252,117,127 | |||
(1) | The $48.0 million mortgage note issued in September 2008 matures in October 2010, and we expect to exercise our options to extend the maturity date until October 2013. |
Line of Credit
The Company has a $50.0 million senior revolving credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) with a
syndicate of banks led by KeyBank National Association (KeyBank), which matures on December 29,
2010. Currently, eight properties are pledged as collateral under the Companys line of credit.
The interest rate charged on the advances under the facility is based on the LIBOR, the prime rate
or the federal funds rate, depending on market conditions, and adjusts periodically. The unused
portion of the line of credit is subject to a fee of 0.15% per year. The Companys ability to
access this funding source is subject to the Companys continued ability to meet customary lending
requirements such as compliance with financial and operating covenants and satisfaction of certain
lending limits. One such covenant requires the Company to limit its distributions to stockholders
to 95% of its FFO less those acquisition-related costs that are required to be expensed under ASC
805. In addition, the maximum amount that the Company may draw under this agreement is based on a
percentage of the value of properties pledged as collateral to the banks, which must meet agreed
upon eligibility standards. The maximum amount that the Company may currently draw under the Credit
Agreement is approximately $45.1 million. Furthermore, those properties that are pledged as
collateral to the banks are pledged through a perfected first priority lien in the equity interest
of the special purpose entity (SPE) that owns the property. In addition the Operating
Partnership, which is the entity that owns the SPEs, is precluded from transferring the SPEs or
unconsolidated affiliates to the Company.
If and when long-term mortgages are arranged for these pledged properties, the banks will release
the properties from the line of credit and reduce the availability under the Credit Agreement by
the advanced amount of the released property. Conversely, as the Company purchases new properties
meeting the eligibility standards, the Company may pledge such properties to obtain additional
advances under this agreement. The availability under the line of credit may also be reduced by
letters of credit used in the ordinary course of business. The Company may use the advances under
the line of credit for both general corporate purposes and the acquisition of new investments. As
of March 31, 2010, there was $34.9 million outstanding under the line of credit at an interest rate
of approximately 2.2%, and approximately $3.6
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million outstanding pursuant to letters of credit at
a weighted average interest rate of approximately 2.0%. At March 31, 2010, the remaining borrowing
capacity available under the line of credit was approximately $6.6 million. The Companys ability
to increase the availability under its line of credit is dependent upon its pledging additional
properties as collateral. Traditionally, the Company has pledged new properties to its line of
credit as it arranges for long-term mortgages for these pledged properties. Currently, only nine of
the Companys properties do not have long-term mortgages, and eight of those are pledged as
collateral under its line of credit. Accordingly, the Company only has only one property which is
unencumbered. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement as of
March 31, 2010. The amount outstanding on the line of credit as of March 31, 2010 approximates
fair market value, because the debt is short-term and variable rate.
The Companys line of credit matures in December 2010, and it is actively seeking to negotiate a
renewal of the line of credit or to find replacement financing, though its ability to obtain
replacement financing at the time of maturity could be constrained by current economic conditions
affecting the credit markets generally. Consequently, no assurance can be given that we will be
successful in renewing or replacing the line of credit with terms similar to the Companys existing
line of credit or at all. In the event that the Company is not able to obtain replacement financing
for its credit facility on favorable terms, or at all, this could have a material adverse effect on
the Companys liquidity, its ability to make distributions to its stockholders and its ability to
fund new investments. In the interim, in order to maintain sufficient liquidity and capital
resources, the Company has and will continue to evaluate all available financing options.
8. Stockholders Equity
The following table summarizes the changes in stockholders equity for the three months ended March
31, 2010:
Notes | Distributions in | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital in | Receivable | Excess of | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred | Common | Excess of | From Sale of | Accumulated | Stockholders | |||||||||||||||||||
Stock | Stock | Par Value | Common Stock | Earnings | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2009 |
$ | 2,150 | $ | 8,563 | $ | 170,622,581 | $ | (2,304,999 | ) | $ | (49,877,753 | ) | $ | 118,450,542 | ||||||||||
Repayment of Principal on
Notes Receivable |
- | - | - | 43,444 | - | 43,444 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions Declared to
Common and Preferred
Stockholders |
- | - | - | - | (4,232,411 | ) | (4,232,411 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Forfeiture of common stock in
satisfaction of employee note
receivable (1) |
- | (18 | ) | (243,882 | ) | - | - | (243,900 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net income |
- | - | - | - | 1,086,333 | 1,086,333 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2010 |
$ | 2,150 | $ | 8,545 | $ | 170,378,699 | $ | (2,261,555 | ) | $ | (53,023,831 | ) | $ | 115,104,008 | ||||||||||
(1) | On February 1, 2010, the maturity date of an employee stock option loan to a former employee of the Adviser was extended until August 2010. In connection with the extension of the loan, the recourse provision of the loan was removed and the former employee was granted the option to either repay the principal and interest in full or return the 18,000 shares pledged against the loan to the Company in full satisfaction of the loan. On March 8, 2010, the date that the market price of the pledged shares equaled the balance of the outstanding loan, the pledged shares were returned to the Company and the loan was deemed paid in full. |
The following table is a summary of all outstanding notes issued to employees of the Adviser
for the exercise of stock options:
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Outstanding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Strike Price of | Amount of | Balance of | Outstanding Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options | Options | Promissory Note | Employee Loans | of Employee Loans at | Maturity Date | Interest Rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Issued | Exercised | Exercised | Issued to Employees | at March 31, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | of Note | on Note | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sep 2004 |
25,000 | $ | 15.00 | $ | 375,000 | $ | 314,961 | $ | 358,405 | Sep 2013 | 5.00% | |||||||||||||||||
Apr 2006 |
12,422 | 16.10 | 199,994 | 199,994 | 199,994 | Apr 2015 | 7.77% | |||||||||||||||||||||
May 2006 |
50,000 | 16.85 | 842,500 | 842,500 | 842,500 | May 2016 | 7.87% | |||||||||||||||||||||
May 2006 |
15,000 | 16.10 | 241,500 | 241,500 | 241,500 | May 2016 | 7.87% | |||||||||||||||||||||
May 2006 |
2,000 | 16.10 | 32,200 | 32,200 | 32,200 | May 2016 | 7.87% | |||||||||||||||||||||
May 2006 |
2,000 | 16.10 | 32,200 | 32,200 | 32,200 | May 2016 | 7.87% | |||||||||||||||||||||
May 2006 |
2,000 | 15.00 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | May 2016 | 7.87% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Oct 2006 |
12,000 | 16.10 | 193,200 | 193,200 | 193,200 | Oct 2015 | 8.17% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nov 2006 |
25,000 | 15.00 | 375,000 | 375,000 | 375,000 | Nov 2015 | 8.15% | |||||||||||||||||||||
145,422 | $ | 2,321,594 | $ | 2,261,555 | $ | 2,304,999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In accordance with ASC 505-10-45-2, Equity, receivables from employees for the issuance of
capital stock to employees prior to the receipt of cash payment should be reflected in the balance
sheet as a reduction to stockholders equity. Therefore, these notes were recorded as full recourse
loans to employees
and are included in the equity section of the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of
March 31, 2010, each loan maintained full recourse status.
Distributions paid per share of common stock for each of the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009 were $0.375 per share. Distributions paid per share of Series A Preferred Stock for each of
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $0.4843749 per share. Distributions paid per
share of Series B Preferred Stock for each of the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were
$0.46875 per share.
On November 4, 2009, the Company entered into an open market sale agreement, or the Open Market
Sale Agreement, with Jefferies & Company, Inc., or Jefferies, under which it may, from time to
time, offer to sell shares of its common stock with an aggregate sales price of up to $25.0 million
on the open market through Jefferies, as agent, or to Jefferies, as principal. To date, the Company
has not sold any common stock under the Open Market Sale Agreement.
On November 19, 2009, the Company entered into a dealer manager agreement, or the Dealer Manager
Agreement, with Halcyon Capital Markets, LLC, or Halcyon, pursuant to which Halcyon will act as the
Companys dealer manager in connection with the Companys continuous private offering of up to
3,333,333 shares of its newly designated senior common stock at $15.00 per share. On April 29,
2010, the Company issued 2,060 shares of senior common stock in the first closing of the private
offering. Net proceeds from the sale, after selling commissions and the dealer manager fee, were
$27,675. The net proceeds from the sale of the senior common stock will be used for investment in
additional properties and mortgage loans, to repay indebtedness, to potentially purchase shares of
the Companys preferred stock on the open market, or other general corporate purposes.
9. Segment Information
As of March 31, 2010, the Companys operations were comprised of two operating segments. One
segment purchases real estate (land, buildings and other improvements), which is simultaneously
leased to existing users, and the other segment extends mortgage loans and collects principal and
interest payments. The amounts included under the other column in the tables below include other
income, which consists of interest income from temporary investments and employee loans and any
other miscellaneous income earned, and operating and other expenses that were not specifically
derived from either operating segment.
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The following table summarizes the Companys consolidated operating results and total assets by
segment as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
As of and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Real Estate | Real Estate | |||||||||||||||
Leasing | Lending | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
Operating revenues |
$ | 10,497,476 | $ | 187,500 | $ | - | $ | 10,684,976 | ||||||||
Operating expenses |
(3,625,348 | ) | - | (1,735,038 | ) | (1) | (5,360,386 | ) | ||||||||
Other expense |
(4,045,644 | ) | - | (192,613 | ) | (2) | (4,238,257 | ) | ||||||||
Discontinued
operations |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 2,826,484 | $ | 187,500 | $ | (1,927,651 | ) | $ | 1,086,333 | |||||||
Total Assets |
$ | 396,795,468 | $ | 10,064,583 | $ | 7,760,049 | $ | 414,620,100 | ||||||||
As of and for the three months ended March 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Real Estate | Real Estate | |||||||||||||||
Leasing | Lending | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
Operating revenues |
$ | 10,470,676 | $ | 187,500 | $ | - | $ | 10,658,176 | ||||||||
Operating expenses |
(3,589,068 | ) | - | (1,575,984 | ) | (1) | (5,165,052 | ) | ||||||||
Other expense |
(4,082,638 | ) | - | (338,755 | ) | (2) | (4,421,393 | ) | ||||||||
Discontinued
operations |
17,838 | - | - | 17,838 | ||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 2,816,808 | $ | 187,500 | $ | (1,914,739 | ) | $ | 1,089,569 | |||||||
Total Assets |
$ | 404,272,994 | $ | 10,064,583 | $ | 10,659,229 | $ | 424,996,806 | ||||||||
(1) | Operating expenses includes base management fees, incentive fees, administration fees, professional fees, insurance expense, directors fees, stockholder-related expenses and general and administrative expenses that are not practicable to allocate to either operating segment, thus it is included in the other column. | |
(2) | Other expense includes interest expense on the Companys line of credit and short-term loan of $239,292 and $404,922 (which is net of interest income on temporary investments, interest income on employee loans and other income) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. It is not practicable to allocate the interest from the line of credit or the short-term loan to either operating segment, thus it is included in the other column. |
10. Subsequent Events
On April 7, 2010, the Companys Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $0.125 per share
of common stock, $0.1614583 per share of the Series A Preferred Stock, and $0.15625 per share of
the Series B Preferred Stock for each of the months of April, May and June of 2010. Monthly
distributions will be payable on April 30, 2010, May 28, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively, to
those stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 22, 2010, May 20, 2010 and June
22, 2010, respectively.
On April 29, 2010, the Company issued 2,060 shares of senior common stock at a gross price per
share of $15.00 in the first closing of its previously announced continuous private offering of up
to 3,333,333 shares of senior common stock. Net proceeds from the first closing, after selling
commissions and the dealer
manager fee, were $27,675. The net proceeds from the sale of the senior common stock will be used
for
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investment in additional properties and mortgage loans, to repay indebtedness, to potentially
purchase shares of the Companys preferred stock on the open market, or other general corporate
purposes.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
All statements contained herein, other than historical facts, may constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements may relate to,
among other things, future events or our future performance or financial condition. In some cases,
you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as may, might, believe,
will, provided, anticipate, future, could, growth, plan, intend, expect,
should, would, if, seek, possible, potential, likely or the negative of such terms or
comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We caution readers not to
place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made. We undertake
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
All references to we, our, us and the Company in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(Report) mean Gladstone Commercial Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, except where
it is made clear that the term means only Gladstone Commercial Corporation.
OVERVIEW
General
We were incorporated under the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland on February 14,
2003, primarily for the purpose of investing in and owning net leased industrial and commercial
real property and selectively making long-term industrial and commercial mortgage loans. Most of
the portfolio of real estate that we currently own is leased to a wide cross section of tenants
ranging from small businesses to large public companies, many of which are corporations that do not
have publicly rated debt. We have historically entered into, and intend in the future to enter
into, purchase agreements for real estate having triple net leases with terms of approximately 10
to 15 years and built in rental rate increases. Under a triple net lease, the tenant is required to
pay all operating, maintenance and insurance costs and real estate taxes with respect to the leased
property. We are actively communicating with buyout funds, real estate brokers and other third
parties to locate properties for potential acquisition or to provide mortgage financing in an
effort to build our portfolio. At March 31, 2010, we owned 64 properties totaling approximately
6.3 million square feet, and had one mortgage loan outstanding. The total gross investment in
these acquisitions, including the $10.0 million mortgage loan investment, was approximately $444.2
million at March 31, 2010.
Business Environment
The United States is beginning to recover from the recession that it entered into during late 2007
though it continues to experience pervasive and fundamental disruptions in its financial markets.
As a result, conditions within the U.S. credit markets generally and the U.S. real estate credit
markets, in particular, continue to experience significant dislocation and stress. While we are
beginning to see signs of economic improvement and stabilization in both the equity and debt
capital markets, these markets remain challenging, and we do not know if adverse conditions will
again intensify, nor are we able to gauge the full extent to which the disruptions will affect us.
Additionally, economic conditions continue to disrupt our ability to price and finance new
investment opportunities on attractive terms. We believe that it will take some time for the
United States to fully recover from the recession. As a result, the continued weak economic
conditions could still adversely impact the financial condition of one or more of our tenants, and
therefore, could make a tenant bankruptcy and payment default on the related lease or loan more
likely.
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Currently, all of our properties are fully leased, and all of our tenants and our borrower are
current and paying in accordance with their leases and loan, respectively; however, we have three
leases that expire in 2010, which comprise approximately 3.4% of our total annualized rental
income. Two of these tenants have notified us that they will not renew their leases, and we are
currently both seeking new tenants for and researching alternative uses for these properties.
In addition, we have $48.0 million of balloon principal payments maturing under one of our
long-term mortgages in 2010; however, the mortgage has three annual extension options through 2013,
which we currently intend to exercise. We have no other balloon principal payments due under any
of our mortgages until 2013.
Our ability to make new investments is highly dependent upon our ability to procure external
financing. Our principal sources of external financing generally include the issuance of equity
securities, long-term mortgages secured by properties, and borrowings under our line of credit.
The market for long-term mortgages remains at a standstill, as the collateralized mortgage-backed
securities, or CMBS, market has virtually disappeared. With the closure of the CMBS market, many
banks are not lending on commercial real estate as they are no longer able to sell these loans to
the CMBS market and are not willing or able to keep these loans on their balance sheets. In
addition, many banks have significantly curtailed their general lending practices, as they are
having difficulty valuing the underlying real estate in this market. We are now only seeing banks
willing to issue medium-term mortgages, between two and five years, on substantially less favorable
terms than were previously available. Consequently, we intend to focus on using medium-term
mortgages to finance our real estate until the market for long-term mortgages returns. Our ability
to increase the availability under our line of credit is dependent upon our pledging additional
properties as collateral. Traditionally, we have pledged new properties to the line of credit as
we arrange for long-term mortgages for these pledged properties. Currently, only nine of our
properties do not have long-term mortgages, and eight of those are pledged as collateral under our
line of credit. Our line of credit matures in December 2010, and we are actively seeking to
negotiate a renewal of the line of credit or find replacement financing this year. We are
anticipating that the terms under a renewal or replacement line of credit will be less favorable
then the terms under our current line of credit.
If we are able to raise additional equity capital in the near term, we will continue to invest in
industrial and commercial real property as well as expand our investment portfolio in to other real
property sectors, such as retail and medical properties. Furthermore, we intend to expand our
mortgage lending activity to include purchasing mortgage loans from banks and CMBS pools, however,
until we are able to raise debt or additional equity capital, our near-term strategy is contingent
upon building the value of our existing portfolio of properties by renegotiating existing leases
and making capital improvements to our properties. Capital improvements, however, will be limited
to the extent we have available capital. We will continue to actively seek potential acquisitions,
and we will continue our strategy of making conservative investments in properties that have
existing financing sufficient to withstand the current economic conditions, and that are likely to
produce attractive long-term returns for our stockholders.
Recent Events
Financing Activities:
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we had net borrowings under our line of credit of
approximately $1.7 million, with $34.9 million outstanding at March 31, 2010. The proceeds from
borrowings under the line of credit were used for working capital and to fund capital improvements
at certain of our properties.
Equity Activities:
On November 4, 2009, we entered into an open market sale agreement, or the Open Market Sale
Agreement, with Jefferies & Company, Inc., or Jefferies, under which we may, from time to time,
offer to sell shares of our common stock with an aggregate sales price of up to $25.0 million on
the open market
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through Jefferies, as agent, or to Jefferies, as principal. To date, we have not sold any common
stock under the Open Market Sale Agreement.
On November 19, 2009, we entered into a dealer manager agreement, or the Dealer Manager Agreement,
with Halcyon Capital Markets, LLC, or Halcyon, pursuant to which Halcyon will act as our dealer
manager in connection with our continuous private offering of up to 3,333,333 shares of our newly
designated senior common stock at $15.00 per share. On April 29, 2010, we issued 2,060 shares of
senior common stock in our first closing of the private offering. Net proceeds from the sale,
after selling commissions and the dealer manager fee, were $27,675. The net proceeds from the sale
of the senior common stock will be used for investment in additional properties and mortgage loans,
to repay indebtedness, to potentially purchase shares of our preferred stock on the open market, or
other general corporate purposes.
Industry Classifications
Gladstone Management Corporation, or our Adviser, seeks to diversify our portfolio to avoid
dependence on any one particular tenant, geographic market or tenant industry. By diversifying our
portfolio, our Adviser intends to reduce the adverse effect on our portfolio of a single
under-performing investment or a downturn in any particular industry or geographic market. Our
largest tenant at March 31, 2010 comprised approximately 7.3% of our total rental income, and our
largest concentration of properties was located in Ohio, which accounted for approximately 17.9% of
our total rental income. The table below reflects the breakdown of our total rental income by
tenant industry classification for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively:
March 31, 2010 | March 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Percentage of | Percentage of | |||||||||||||||
Industry Classification | Rental Income | Rental Income | Rental Income | Rental Income | ||||||||||||
Automobile |
$ | 291,663 | 2.8 | % | $ | 291,663 | 2.8 | % | ||||||||
Beverage, Food & Tobacco |
547,192 | 5.2 | % | 547,180 | 5.3 | % | ||||||||||
Buildings and Real Estate |
506,417 | 4.9 | % | 506,417 | 4.9 | % | ||||||||||
Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber |
782,534 | 7.5 | % | 802,204 | 7.7 | % | ||||||||||
Containers, Packaging & Glass |
582,619 | 5.6 | % | 582,503 | 5.6 | % | ||||||||||
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing |
916,172 | 8.8 | % | 916,172 | 8.8 | % | ||||||||||
Diversified/Conglomerate Services |
77,026 | 0.7 | % | 77,026 | 0.8 | % | ||||||||||
Electronics |
1,541,448 | 14.8 | % | 1,541,447 | 14.9 | % | ||||||||||
Healthcare, Education & Childcare |
1,536,353 | 14.8 | % | 1,536,353 | 14.8 | % | ||||||||||
Home & Office Furnishings |
132,436 | 1.3 | % | 132,436 | 1.3 | % | ||||||||||
Insurance |
180,717 | 1.7 | % | 180,717 | 1.7 | % | ||||||||||
Machinery |
597,155 | 5.7 | % | 597,151 | 5.7 | % | ||||||||||
Oil & Gas |
329,391 | 3.2 | % | 288,111 | 2.8 | % | ||||||||||
Personal & Non-Durable Consumer
Products |
338,681 | 3.2 | % | 338,680 | 3.3 | % | ||||||||||
Personal, Food & Miscellaneous Services |
143,752 | 1.4 | % | 143,752 | 1.4 | % | ||||||||||
Printing & Publishing |
549,669 | 5.3 | % | 544,845 | 5.3 | % | ||||||||||
Telecommunications |
1,361,841 | 13.1 | % | 1,361,587 | 12.9 | % | ||||||||||
$ | 10,415,066 | 100.0 | % | $ | 10,388,244 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||
Our Adviser and Administrator
Our Adviser is led by a management team which has extensive experience in our lines of business.
Our Adviser is controlled by David Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer. Mr.
Gladstone is also the chairman and chief executive officer of our Adviser. Terry Lee Brubaker, our
vice chairman, chief operating officer, secretary and director, is a member of the board of
directors of our Adviser as well as its vice chairman and chief operating officer. George Stelljes
III, our president, chief investment officer and director, is a member of the board of directors of
our Adviser and its president and chief investment officer. Gladstone Administration, LLC, or our
Administrator, employs our chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, internal counsel,
treasurer, investor relations and their respective staffs.
Our Adviser and Administrator also provide investment advisory and administrative services,
respectively, to our affiliates, Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment
Corporation, both publicly
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traded business development companies, as well as Gladstone Land
Corporation, a private agricultural real estate company. With the exception of our chief financial
officer, all of our executive officers serve as either directors or executive officers, or both, of
Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporation. In the future, our Adviser may
provide investment advisory to other funds, both public and private, of which it is the sponsor.
Advisory and Administration Agreements
We are externally managed pursuant to contractual arrangements with our Adviser and our
Administrator. Our Adviser and Administrator employ all of our personnel and pay their payroll,
benefits, and general expenses directly. On January 1, 2007, we entered into an advisory agreement
with our Adviser, which we refer to as the Advisory Agreement, and an administration agreement with
our Administrator, which we refer to as the Administration Agreement.
Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, we are responsible for all expenses incurred for our
direct benefit. Examples of these expenses include legal, accounting, interest on short-term debt
and mortgages, tax preparation, directors and officers insurance, stock transfer services,
stockholder-related fees, consulting and related fees. In addition, we are also responsible for
all fees charged by third parties that are directly related to our business, which may include real
estate brokerage fees, mortgage placement fees, lease-up fees and transaction structuring fees
(although we may be able to pass some or all of such fees on to our tenants and borrowers).
During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, none of these expenses were incurred by us
directly. The actual amount of such fees that we incur in the future will depend largely upon the
aggregate costs of the properties that we acquire, the aggregate amount of mortgage loans that we
make and the extent to which we are able to shift the burden of such fees to our tenants and
borrowers. Accordingly, the amount of these fees that we will pay in the future is not
determinable at this time.
Management Services and Fees under the Advisory Agreement
The Advisory Agreement provides for an annual base management fee equal to 2.0% of our total
stockholders equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock, and for an incentive fee
based on funds from operations, or FFO. Our Adviser does not charge acquisition or disposition
fees when we acquire or dispose of properties as is common with other externally-advised REITs.
Furthermore, there are no fees charged when our Adviser secures long or short-term credit or
arranges mortgage loans on our properties.
For purposes of calculating the incentive fee, FFO includes any realized capital gains and capital
losses, less any distributions paid on preferred stock, but FFO does not include any unrealized
capital gains or losses. The incentive fee would reward our Adviser if our quarterly FFO, before
giving effect to any incentive fee, or pre-incentive fee FFO, exceeds 1.75%, or the hurdle rate, of
total stockholders equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock. We pay our Adviser an
incentive fee with respect to our pre-incentive fee FFO in each calendar quarter as follows:
| no incentive fee in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee FFO does not exceed the hurdle rate of 1.75% (7% annualized); | ||
| 100% of the amount of the pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds the hurdle rate, but is less than 2.1875% in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized); and | ||
| 20% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds 2.1875% in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized). |
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Quarterly Incentive Fee Based on FFO
Pre-incentive fee FFO
(expressed as a percentage of total common stockholders equity)
(expressed as a percentage of total common stockholders equity)
Percentage of pre-incentive fee FFO allocated to incentive fee
The incentive fee may be reduced because of a covenant which exists in our line of credit agreement
which limits distributions to our stockholders to 95% of FFO. In order to comply with this
covenant, our board of directors accepted our Advisers offer to unconditionally, irrevocably and
voluntarily waive on a quarterly basis a portion of the incentive fee for the three months ended
March 31, 2009, which allowed us to maintain the current level of distributions to our
stockholders. These waived fees may not be recouped by our Adviser in the future. There was no
waiver to the incentive fee for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Our Adviser has indicated
that it intends to continue to waive all or a portion of the incentive fee in order to support the
current level of distributions to our stockholders; however, our Adviser is not required to issue
any waiver, in whole or in part.
Administration Agreement
Under the Administration Agreement, we pay for our allocable portion of our Administrators
overhead expenses incurred while performing its obligations including, but not limited to, rent for
employees of our Administrator, and our allocable portion of the salaries and benefits expenses of
our chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, internal counsel, treasurer, investor
relations and their respective staffs. Our allocable portion of expenses is derived by multiplying
our Administrators total expenses by the percentage of our total assets at the beginning of each
quarter in comparison to the total assets of all companies managed by our Adviser under similar
agreements.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, or GAAP, requires Management to make judgments that are
subjective in nature in order to make certain estimates and assumptions. Management relies on its
experience, collects historical data and current market data, and analyzes this information in
order to arrive at what it believes to be reasonable estimates. Under different conditions or
assumptions, materially different amounts could be reported related to the accounting policies
described below. In addition, application of these accounting policies involves the exercise of
judgment regarding the use of assumptions as to future uncertainties, and as a result, actual
results could materially differ from these estimates. A summary of all of our significant
accounting policies is provided in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included
elsewhere in this report. Below is a summary of accounting polices involving estimates and
assumptions that require complex, subjective or significant judgments in their application and that
materially affect our results of operations.
Allocation of Purchase Price
When we acquire real estate, we allocate the purchase price, less any expenses related to the
acquisition, to (i) the acquired tangible assets and liabilities, consisting of land, building,
tenant improvements, long-term debt and (ii) the identified intangible assets and liabilities,
consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, the
value of unamortized lease origination costs, the value of tenant relationships and the value of
capital lease obligations, based in each case on their fair
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values. All expenses related to the acquisition are expensed as incurred, rather than capitalized
into the cost of the acquisition as had been the previous accounting.
Managements estimates of value are made using methods similar to those used by independent
appraisers (e.g., discounted cash flow analysis). Factors considered by Management in its analysis
include an estimate of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods considering
current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. We also consider information
obtained about each property as a result of our pre-acquisition due diligence, marketing and
leasing activities in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets and
liabilities acquired. In estimating carrying costs, Management also includes real estate taxes,
insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the
hypothetical expected lease-up periods, which primarily range from 9 to 18 months, depending on
specific local market conditions. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases,
including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses to the extent that such costs are
not already incurred in connection with a new lease origination as part of the transaction.
Management also considers the nature and extent of our existing business relationships with the
tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenants credit quality
and Managements expectations of lease renewals (including those existing under the terms of the
lease agreement), among other factors. A change in any of the assumptions above, which are very
subjective, could have a material impact on our results of operations.
The allocation of the purchase price directly affects the following in our consolidated financial
statements:
| The amount of purchase price allocated to the various tangible and intangible assets on our balance sheet; | ||
| The amounts allocated to the value of above-market and below-market lease values are amortized to rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases. The amounts allocated to all other tangible and intangible assets are amortized to depreciation or amortization expense. Thus, depending on the amounts allocated between land and other depreciable assets, changes in the purchase price allocation among our assets could have a material impact on our FFO, which is used by many REIT investors to evaluate our operating performance; and | ||
| The period of time over which tangible and intangible assets are depreciated varies greatly, and thus, changes in the amounts allocated to these assets will have a direct impact on our results of operations. Intangible assets are generally amortized over the respective life of the leases, which normally range from 10 to 15 years. Also, we depreciate our buildings over 39 years, but do not depreciate our land. These differences in timing could have a material impact on our results of operations. |
Asset Impairment Evaluation
We periodically review the carrying value of each property to determine if circumstances that
indicate impairment in the carrying value of the investment exist or that depreciation periods
should be modified. In determining if impairment exists, Management considers such factors as our
tenants payment history, the financial condition of our tenants, including calculating the current
leverage ratios of tenants, the likelihood of lease renewal, business conditions in the industry in
which our tenants operate and whether the carrying value of our real estate has decreased. If any
of the factors above support the possibility of impairment, we prepare a projection of the
undiscounted future cash flows, without interest charges, of the specific property and determine if
the carrying amount in such property is recoverable. In preparing the projection of undiscounted
future cash flows, we estimate the hold periods of the properties and cap rates using information
that we obtain from market comparability studies and other comparable sources. If impairment is
indicated, the carrying value of the property would be written down to its estimated fair value
based on our best estimate of the propertys discounted future cash flows using assumptions or
market participants. Any material changes to the estimates and assumptions used in this analysis
could have a significant impact on our results of operations, as the changes would impact our
determination of whether impairment is deemed to have occurred and the amount of impairment loss
that we would recognize.
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Using the methodology discussed above and in light of the current economic conditions discussed
above in Overview-Business Environment, we performed an impairment analysis of our entire
portfolio at March 31, 2010. We concluded that none of our properties are currently impaired, and
we will continue to monitor our portfolio for any indicators that may change our conclusion.
Provision for Loan Losses
Our accounting policies require that we reflect in our financial statements an allowance for
estimated credit losses with respect to mortgage loans that we have made based upon our evaluation
of known and inherent risks associated with our private lending assets. Management reflects
provisions for loan losses based upon our assessment of general market conditions, our internal
risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, our assessment of
the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying our
investments. Any material changes to the estimates and assumptions used in this analysis could
have a significant impact on our results of operations. We did not make a loss allowance for our
existing mortgage loan receivable as of March 31, 2010, as we believe the carrying value of the
loan is fully collectable.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 1 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for a summary of all recently
issued accounting pronouncements.
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Results of Operations
Our weighted-average yield on our portfolio as of March 31, 2010 was approximately 9.57%. The
weighted-average yield on our portfolio is calculated by taking the annualized straight-line rents,
reflected as rental income on our consolidated statements of operations, or mortgage interest
payments, reflected as interest income from mortgage notes receivable on our consolidated
statements of operations, of each acquisition or mortgage loan as a percentage of the acquisition
or loan price, as applicable. The weighted-average yield does not account for the interest expense
incurred on the mortgages placed on our properties.
A comparison of our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 is below:
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||||
Operating revenues |
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Rental income |
$ | 10,415,066 | $ | 10,388,244 | $ | 26,822 | 0 | % | ||||||||
Interest income
from mortgage notes
receivable |
187,500 | 187,500 | - | 0 | % | |||||||||||
Tenant recovery
revenue |
82,410 | 82,432 | (22 | ) | 0 | % | ||||||||||
Total
operating
revenues |
10,684,976 | 10,658,176 | 26,800 | 0 | % | |||||||||||
Operating expenses |
||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization |
3,321,871 | 3,307,802 | 14,069 | 0 | % | |||||||||||
Property operating
expenses |
244,354 | 236,812 | 7,542 | 3 | % | |||||||||||
Due diligence expense |
21,876 | 9,547 | 12,329 | 129 | % | |||||||||||
Base management fee |
312,564 | 372,648 | (60,084 | ) | -16 | % | ||||||||||
Incentive fee |
846,192 | 786,289 | 59,903 | 8 | % | |||||||||||
Administration fee |
231,884 | 224,354 | 7,530 | 3 | % | |||||||||||
Professional fees |
175,610 | 235,198 | (59,588 | ) | -25 | % | ||||||||||
Insurance expense |
56,325 | 48,678 | 7,647 | 16 | % | |||||||||||
Directors fees |
49,418 | 49,702 | (284 | ) | -1 | % | ||||||||||
Stockholder-related
expense |
45,216 | 83,647 | (38,431 | ) | -46 | % | ||||||||||
Asset retirement
obligation expense |
37,247 | 34,907 | 2,340 | 7 | % | |||||||||||
General and
administrative
expenses |
17,829 | 10,549 | 7,280 | 69 | % | |||||||||||
Total
operating
expenses
before credit
from Adviser |
5,360,386 | 5,400,133 | (39,747 | ) | -1 | % | ||||||||||
Credit to
incentive
fee |
- | (235,081 | ) | 235,081 | -100 | % | ||||||||||
Total
operating
expenses |
5,360,386 | 5,165,052 | 195,334 | 4 | % | |||||||||||
Other income (expense) |
||||||||||||||||
Interest income
from temporary
investments |
265 | 17,281 | (17,016 | ) | -98 | % | ||||||||||
Interest income -
employee loans |
43,101 | 48,886 | (5,785 | ) | -12 | % | ||||||||||
Other income |
3,316 | - | 3,316 | 100 | % | |||||||||||
Interest expense |
(4,284,939 | ) | (4,487,560 | ) | 202,621 | -5 | % | |||||||||
Total other
expense |
(4,238,257 | ) | (4,421,393 | ) | 183,136 | -4 | % | |||||||||
Income from continuing
operations |
1,086,333 | 1,071,731 | 14,602 | 1 | % | |||||||||||
Discontinued operations |
||||||||||||||||
Income from
discontinued
operations |
- | 17,838 | (17,838 | ) | -100 | % | ||||||||||
Total
discontinued
operations |
- | 17,838 | (17,838 | ) | -100 | % | ||||||||||
Net income |
1,086,333 | 1,089,569 | (3,236 | ) | 0 | % | ||||||||||
Distributions attributable
to preferred stock |
(1,023,438 | ) | (1,023,437 | ) | (1 | ) | 0 | % | ||||||||
Net income available to
common stockholders |
$ | 62,895 | $ | 66,132 | $ | (3,237 | ) | -5 | % | |||||||
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Operating Revenues
Rental income remained flat for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the three
months ended March 31, 2009, because no properties have been acquired since 2008.
Interest income from mortgage notes receivable remained flat for the three months ended March 31,
2010, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, because interest income on our mortgage
loan is calculated based on a floor rate of 7.5% per year or the one month London Interbank Offered
Rate, or LIBOR, rate plus 6.0% per year, and has a ceiling rate of 10.0%. LIBOR plus the 6.0% spread has remained below
the floor rate of 7.5% over the past year, resulting in interest remaining flat.
Tenant recovery revenue remained flat for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2009, because no properties have been acquired since 2008.
Operating Expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses remained flat for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as
compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, because no properties have been acquired since
2008.
Property operating expenses consist of franchise taxes, management fees, insurance, ground lease
payments and overhead expenses paid on behalf of certain of our properties. Property operating
expenses remained relatively flat during the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2009, because no properties have been acquired since 2008.
Due diligence expense primarily consists of legal fees and fees incurred for third-party reports
prepared during our due diligence work. Due diligence expenses increased for the three months
ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily because of
legal fees incurred in connection with a potential acquisition that did not close during the
quarter. Total due diligence expenses remain relatively low; however, with our adoption of
Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 805 Business Combinations, on January 1, 2009, which
requires that we no longer capitalize due diligence costs into the price of the acquisition, we
expect that our due diligence expense will increase significantly once we begin to acquire
properties again.
The base management fee decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2009, as a result of a decrease in total common stockholders equity,
the main component of the calculation. Total common stockholders equity decreased because
distributions to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2010 exceeded net income
during the period by approximately $2.1 million. The calculation of the base management fee is
described in detail above under Advisory and Administration Agreements.
The incentive fee increased for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the three
months ended March 31, 2009, due to the increase in pre-incentive fee FFO caused by a decrease in
certain of our operating expenses, coupled with the decrease in total common stockholders equity.
The calculation of the incentive fee is described in detail above under Advisory and
Administration Agreements.
The administration fee increased slightly for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to
the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily as a result of an increase in our total assets in
comparison to the total assets of all companies managed by our Adviser under similar agreements,
which was partially offset by a decrease in the amount of the total expenses allocated from our
Administrator during the quarter. The calculation of the administration fee is described in detail
above under Advisory and Administration Agreements.
Professional fees, consisting primarily of legal and accounting fees, decreased during the three
months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily
because of legal and other professional fees incurred relating to ongoing lease renegotiations and
reviews of our legal work
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with our existing tenants during the three months ended March 31, 2009
that were incurred to a lesser extent during the three months ended March 31, 2010, coupled with
tax research fees paid during 2009, which were not paid during 2010.
Insurance expense consists of the premiums paid for directors and officers insurance, which is
renewed annually each September. Insurance expense increased for the three months ended March 31,
2010, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, because of an increase in the premiums
for the period from September 2009 through September 2010.
Directors fees remained flat during the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2009, as we made no changes to the compensation paid to our
non-employee directors for 2010.
Stockholder-related expense decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily as a result of decreased costs associated with
printing and filing our proxy materials and annual report.
Asset retirement obligation expense increased for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as
compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, because of the increase in the accretion of the
expense over the term of the lease including renewal periods.
General and administrative expenses increased for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as
compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily as a result of an increase in the
amount of travel for site visits to our properties, coupled with an increase in bank service
charges.
Other Income and Expense
Interest income from temporary investments decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2010,
as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009, primarily because of lower interest rates
earned on our money market accounts, coupled with interest received during the three months ended
March 31, 2009 from funds held on deposit for a prospective real estate acquisition, coupled with
interest earned on amounts held in reserve accounts with our lenders.
Interest income on employee loans decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2010, as
compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. This decrease was a result of loan payoffs made
by employees during 2009 and other principal repayments during the first quarter of 2010, coupled
with a stock option loan to a former employee of our Adviser whereby interest on her loan is now
recorded in other income. The loan was paid in full in March 2010.
Other income increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the three
months ended March 31, 2009, because of income earned on a stock option loan to a former employee
of our Adviser. In connection with that employees termination of employment with our Adviser and
the later amendment of the loan, the interest on the loan from the date of termination, November
2009, is included in other income on the consolidated statement of operations. The loan was paid
in full in March 2010.
Interest expense decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the three
months ended March 31, 2009. This was primarily a result of a decrease in LIBOR from the first
quarter of 2009, which reduced our interest expense under our line of credit, coupled with reduced
interest expense on our long-term financings from amortizing principal payments made during 2009.
Discontinued Operations
Income from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 primarily relates to
the property that we sold in July 2009, which was located in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Net Income Available to Common Stockholders
Net income available to common stockholders remained relatively flat for the three months ended
March 31, 2010, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 as we had minimal activity
during the periods.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Future Capital Needs
At March 31, 2010, we had approximately $3.3 million in cash and cash equivalents. We have an
available borrowing capacity of $6.6 million under our line of credit, and have obtained mortgages
on 55 of our properties. As of March 31, 2010, we had investments in 64 real properties for a net
carrying value, including intangible assets, of approximately $381.8 million and one mortgage loan
receivable for $10.0 million.
As discussed in Overview-Business Environment above, while there have been improvements in the
U.S. economy, we continue to be impacted by weak capital market conditions, which have affected our
ability to obtain additional mortgages, as well as our ability to borrow funds and issue equity
securities, our principal sources of external financing. Until economic conditions recover and
stabilize, we intend to fund our existing contractual obligations with our cash flows from
operations and with borrowings made against our existing line of credit. If economic conditions
continue to improve, we are hopeful that we will be able to issue additional equity securities
under our effective shelf registration statement, including pursuant to our Open Market Sale
Agreement, and through a private offering of our senior common stock. If we are able to raise
significant equity capital, we would intend to use the proceeds to acquire additional properties,
make mortgage loans, repurchase shares of our preferred stock on the open market or pay down
outstanding borrowings under our line of credit.
Our existing shelf registration statement permits us to issue, through one or more
transactions, up to an aggregate sale price of $300.0 million in securities consisting of common or
preferred stock, of which $25.0 million was reserved for sales under our Open Market Sale
Agreement, discussed below, as of March 31, 2010. On November 4, 2009, we entered into an Open
Market Sale Agreement with Jefferies under which we may, from time to time, offer and sell shares
of our common stock with an aggregate sales price of up to $25.0 million through Jefferies, as
agent, or to Jeffries, as principal, based upon our instructions (including any price, time or size
limits or other customary parameters or conditions that we may impose). Sales of shares of our
common stock through Jefferies, if any, will be executed by means of ordinary brokers transactions
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or otherwise at market prices, in privately negotiated
transactions, crosses or block transactions as may be agreed between us and Jefferies, including a
combination of any of these transactions. We will pay Jefferies a commission equal to 2.0% of the
gross sales proceeds of any common stock sold through Jefferies as agent under the Open Market Sale
Agreement. To date, we have not sold any shares of our common stock under the Open Market Sale
Agreement, and there is no guarantee that we will sell any common stock under such agreement in the
future.
In addition, on November 19, 2009, we entered into a dealer manager agreement with Halcyon who will
act as our dealer manager in connection with our continuous private offering of up to 3,333,333
shares of our newly designated senior common stock at $15.00 per share. This offering is only
being made to accredited investors. On April 29, 2010, we issued 2,060 shares of senior common
stock at a gross price per share of $15.00 in the first closing of senior common stock. The net
proceeds from the sale of the senior common stock will be used for investment in additional
properties and mortgage loans, to repay indebtedness, to potentially purchase shares of our
preferred stock on the open market, or other general corporate purposes.
As banks recommence their general lending practices, we intend to obtain mortgages on any
additional acquired properties by collateralizing the mortgages with some or all of our real
property or by borrowing against our existing line of credit. We may use these funds for general
corporate needs. If we are unable to make any required debt payments on any borrowings, our
lenders could foreclose on the properties
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collateralizing their loans, which could cause us to lose
part or all of our investments in such properties. We have $48.0 million of balloon principal
payments maturing under one of our long-term mortgages in 2010; however the mortgage has three
annual extension options through 2013, which we currently intend to exercise. At the time of
notification of extension of the $48.0 million loan, we are required to remit a fee of 0.25% of the
outstanding principal balance and a certification to the lender that our aggregate debt service
coverage ratio is not less than 1.2 and as of March 31, 2010 we were in compliance with this
covenant. The interest rate for the extension periods will adjust based upon the 1-year swap rate
at the time of extension and a fixed spread of 4.16% in the first year, 4.29% in the second year
and 4.41% in the third year. Based upon the current 1-year swap rate, the adjusted interest rate
would be less than the current rate on the mortgage loan, though this rate could increase prior to
our delivery of the extension notice later this year. We have no other balloon principal payments
due under any of our mortgages until 2013.
We also need sufficient capital to fund our distributions to stockholders, pay the debt
service costs on our existing long-term mortgages, and fund our current operating costs. We may
require credits to our management fees, issued from our Adviser, in order to meet these
obligations, although our Adviser is under no obligation to provide such credits, in whole or in
part.
Our line of credit is a material source to satisfy our long-term liquidity requirements. As our
line of credit matures in December 2010, we are actively seeking to negotiate a renewal of the line
of credit or to find replacement financing. The ability to renew or find other replacement
financing is not guaranteed and the cost of any such financing could be substantially higher than
current debt costs. We routinely review our liquidity requirements, and, provided that we are able
to obtain a renewal of our line of credit or a new source of financing, either of which we expect
to be able to procure, we believe that our current cash flows from operations, coupled with our
line of credit, are sufficient to continue operations and pay distributions to our stockholders.
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was
approximately $3.6 million as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of
approximately $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009. This decrease was primarily
a result of an increase in the amount of the net incentive fee paid to our Adviser coupled with an
increase in capitalized expenses associated with our ongoing equity offerings. A majority of cash from
operating activities is generated from the rental payments that we receive from our tenants and
from the interest payments that we receive from our borrower. We utilize this cash to fund our
property-level operating expenses and use the excess cash primarily for debt and interest payments
on our mortgage notes payable, interest payments on our line of credit, distributions to our
stockholders, management fees to our Adviser, and other entity-level expenses.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was
approximately $500,000, which primarily consisted of tenant improvements performed at our
properties located in Eatontown, New Jersey and Maple Heights, Ohio and net payments to lenders for
reserves, as compared to net cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March
31, 2009 of approximately $1.2 million, which primarily consisted of an increase in the amount of
restricted cash and net payments to lenders for reserves. We have not purchased any properties
since August 2008 because of the lack of access to capital as discussed in Overview-Business
Environment above, which has resulted in a significant decrease in the cash used in investing
activities.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was approximately
$2.9 million, which primarily consisted of distributions paid to our stockholders and principal
repayments on mortgage notes payable, partially offset by net borrowings on our line of credit.
Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was approximately
$5.0 million, which primarily
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consisted of repayment of our short-term loan, principal repayments
on mortgage notes payable and distributions paid to our stockholders.
Mortgage Notes Payable
As of March 31, 2010 we had 16 fixed-rate mortgage notes payable in the aggregate principal amount
of approximately $252.1 million, collateralized by a total of 55 properties with terms at issuance
ranging from 2 years to 25 years. The weighted-average interest rate on the mortgage notes payable
as of March 31, 2010 was approximately 6.0%.
Line of Credit
We have a $50.0 million senior revolving credit agreement, or Credit Agreement, with a syndicate of
banks led by KeyBank National Association, or KeyBank, which matures on December 29, 2010.
Currently, eight of our properties are pledged as collateral under our line of credit. The
interest rate charged on the advances under the facility is based on LIBOR, the prime rate or the
federal funds rate, depending on market conditions, and adjusts periodically. The unused portion
of the line of credit is subject to a fee of 0.15% per year. Our ability to access this funding
source is subject to our continued ability to meet customary lending requirements such as
compliance with financial and operating covenants and our meeting certain lending limits. One such
covenant requires us to limit distributions to our stockholders to 95% of our FFO less those
acquisition related costs that are required to be expensed under ASC 805. In addition, the maximum
amount that we may draw under this agreement is based on a percentage of the value of properties
pledged as collateral to the banks, which must meet agreed upon eligibility standards. The maximum
amount that we may draw under the Credit Agreement is approximately $45.1 million. Furthermore,
those properties that are pledged as collateral to the banks are pledged through a perfected first
priority lien in the equity interest of the special purpose entity, or SPE, that owns the
property. In addition, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership
that owns the SPEs, or the Operating Partnership, is precluded from transferring the SPEs or
unconsolidated affiliates to us.
If and when long-term mortgages are arranged for these pledged properties, the banks will release
the properties from the line of credit and reduce the availability under the line of credit by the
advanced amount of the released property. Conversely, as we purchase new properties meeting the
eligibility standards, we may pledge these new properties to obtain additional advances under this
agreement. The availability under the line of credit will also be reduced by letters of credit
used in the ordinary course of business. We may use the advances under the line of credit for both
general corporate purposes and the acquisition of new investments.
At March 31, 2010, there was $34.9 million outstanding under the line of credit at an interest rate
of approximately 2.2% and approximately $3.6 million outstanding under letters of credit at a
weighted average interest rate of approximately 2.0%. At March 31, 2010, the remaining borrowing
capacity available under the line of credit was approximately $6.6 million. Our ability to
increase the availability under our line of credit is dependent upon our pledging additional
properties as collateral. Traditionally, we have pledged new properties to the line of credit as we
arrange for long-term mortgages for these pledged properties. Currently, only nine of our
properties do not have long-term mortgages, and eight of those are pledged as collateral under our
line of credit. Accordingly, we have only one property which is unencumbered. We were in
compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2010.
As our line of credit matures in December 2010, we are actively seeking to negotiate a renewal of
the line of credit or to find replacement financing, though our ability to obtain replacement
financing at the time of maturity could be constrained by current economic conditions affecting the
credit markets generally. Consequently, no assurance can be given that we will be successful in
renewing or replacing our line of credit with terms similar to our existing line of credit or at
all. In the event that we are not able to obtain replacement financing for our credit facility on
favorable terms, or at all, this could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, our ability
to make distributions to our stockholders and our ability to fund new
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investments. In the interim,
in order to maintain sufficient liquidity and capital resources, we have and will continue to
evaluate all available financing options.
Contractual Obligations
The following table reflects our material contractual obligations as of March 31, 2010:
Payments Due by Period | ||||||||||||||||||||
Contractual Obligations | Total | Less than 1 Year | 1-3 Years | 3-5 Years | More than 5 Years | |||||||||||||||
Debt Obligations
(1) |
287,017,127 | $ | 85,373,365 | $ | 6,037,099 | $ | 32,207,473 | $ | 163,399,190 | |||||||||||
Interest on Debt
Obligations
(2) |
74,733,711 | 11,730,500 | 23,698,172 | 21,930,064 | 17,374,975 | |||||||||||||||
Capital Lease
Obligations
(3) |
300,000 | - | - | 300,000 | - | |||||||||||||||
Operating Lease
Obligations
(4) |
1,715,742 | 152,510 | 305,021 | 305,021 | 953,190 | |||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 363,766,580 | $ | 97,256,375 | $ | 30,040,292 | $ | 54,742,558 | $ | 181,727,355 | ||||||||||
(1) | Debt obligations represent borrowings under our line of credit, which represents $34.9 million of the debt obligation due in less than 1 year, and mortgage notes payable that were outstanding as of March 31, 2010. The line of credit matures in December 2010. The $48.0 million mortgage note issued in September 2008 matures in October 2010, and we expect to exercise our options to extend the term through October 2013. | |
(2) | Interest on debt obligations includes estimated interest on our borrowings under our line of credit. The balance and interest rate on our line of credit is variable, thus the amount of interest calculated for purposes of this table was based upon rates and balances as of March 31, 2010. | |
(3) | Capital lease obligations represent the obligation to purchase the land held under the ground lease on our property located in Fridley, Minnesota. | |
(4) | Operating lease obligations represent the ground lease payments due on our Tulsa, Oklahoma property. The lease expires in June 2021. |
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2010.
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Funds from Operations
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, developed FFO as a relative
non-GAAP supplemental measure of operating performance of an equity REIT, in order to recognize
that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the same basis determined
under GAAP. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding
gains or losses from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets,
and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.
FFO does not represent cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, which, unlike
FFO, generally reflects all cash effects of transactions and other events in the determination of
net income, and should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indication of our
performance or to cash flows from operations as a measure of liquidity or ability to make
distributions. Comparison of FFO, using the NAREIT definition, to similarly titled measures for
other REITs may not necessarily be meaningful due to possible differences in the application of the
NAREIT definition used by such REITs.
FFO available to common stockholders is FFO adjusted to subtract preferred share distributions. We
believe that net income available to common stockholders is the most directly comparable GAAP
measure to FFO available to common stockholders.
Basic funds from operations per share, or Basic FFO per share, and diluted funds from operations
per share, or Diluted FFO per share, is FFO available to common stockholders divided by the number
of weighted average shares of common stock outstanding and FFO available to common stockholders
divided by the number of weighted average shares of common stock outstanding on a diluted basis,
respectively, during a period. We believe that FFO available to common stockholders, Basic FFO per
share and Diluted FFO per share are useful to investors because they provide investors with a
further context for evaluating our FFO results in the same manner that investors use net income and
earnings per share, or EPS, in evaluating net income available to common stockholders. In addition,
because most REITs provide FFO available to common stockholders, Basic FFO and Diluted FFO per
share information to the investment community, we believe these are useful supplemental measures
when comparing us to other REITs. We believe that net income is the most directly comparable GAAP
measure to FFO, Basic EPS is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Basic FFO per share, and
that diluted EPS is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Diluted FFO per share.
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The following table provides a reconciliation of our FFO for the three months ended March 31, 2010
and 2009, to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income, and a computation of basic and
diluted FFO per weighted average share of common stock and basic and diluted net income per
weighted average share of common stock:
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net income |
$ | 1,086,333 | $ | 1,089,569 | ||||
Less: Distributions attributable to preferred stock |
(1,023,438 | ) | (1,023,437 | ) | ||||
Net income available to common stockholders |
62,895 | 66,132 | ||||||
Add: Real estate depreciation and amortization,
including discontinued operations |
3,321,871 | 3,314,100 | ||||||
FFO available to common stockholders |
$ | 3,384,766 | $ | 3,380,232 | ||||
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic &
diluted |
8,558,664 | 8,563,264 | ||||||
Basic & diluted net income per weighted average
share of common stock |
$ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 | ||||
Basic & diluted FFO per weighted average share of
common stock |
$ | 0.40 | $ | 0.39 | ||||
Distributions declared per share of common stock |
$ | 0.375 | $ | 0.375 | ||||
Percentage of FFO paid per share of common stock |
95 | % | 95 | % | ||||
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Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk |
Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange
rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive
instruments. The primary risk that we believe we will be exposed to is interest rate risk. We
currently own one variable rate loan receivable, certain of our leases contain escalations based on
market interest rates, and the interest rate on our existing line of credit is variable. Although
we seek to mitigate this risk by structuring such provisions of our loans and leases to contain a
minimum interest rate or escalation rate, as applicable, these features do not eliminate this risk. We have not entered into any
derivative contracts to attempt to further manage our exposure to interest rate fluctuations.
To illustrate the potential impact of changes in interest rates on our net income for the three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, we have performed the following analysis, which assumes that
our balance sheet remains constant and that no further actions beyond a minimum interest rate or
escalation rate are taken to alter our existing interest rate sensitivity.
The following table summarizes the impact of a 1% increase and 1% decrease in the one month LIBOR
for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
For the three months ended March 31, | |||||||||
2010 | 2009 | ||||||||
1%
increase in the one month LIBOR |
|||||||||
Rental & interest income |
$ | - | $ | - | |||||
Interest expense |
87,250 | 83,000 | |||||||
Net decrease |
$ | (87,250 | ) | $ | (83,000 | ) | |||
Net income available to common
stockholders (as reported) |
$ | 62,895 | $ | 66,132 | |||||
Net decrease as percentage of Net income available to common stockholders (as reported) |
-138.7 | % | -125.5 | % | |||||
1%
decrease in the one month LIBOR |
|||||||||
Rental & interest income |
$ | - | $ | - | |||||
Interest expense |
$ | (87,250 | ) | $ | (83,000 | ) | |||
Net increase |
$ | 87,250 | $ | 83,000 | |||||
Net income available to common stockholders |
$ | 62,895 | $ | 66,132 | |||||
Net increase as percentage of Net income available to common stockholders |
138.7 | % | 125.5 | % |
As of March 31, 2010, the fair value of our fixed rate debt outstanding was approximately $241.5
million. Interest rate fluctuations may affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt instruments.
If interest rates on our fixed rate debt instruments, using rates at March 31, 2010, had been one
percentage point higher or lower, the fair value of those debt instruments on that date would have
decreased or increased by approximately $9.3 million and $9.9 million, respectively.
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In the future, we may be exposed to additional effects of interest rate changes primarily as a
result of our line of credit or long-term mortgage debt which we use to maintain liquidity and fund
expansion of our real estate investment portfolio and operations. Our interest rate risk
management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows
and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve this objective, we will borrow primarily at fixed
rates or variable rates with the lowest margins available and, in some cases, with the ability to
convert variable rates to fixed rates. We may also enter into derivative financial instruments
such as interest rate swaps and caps in order to mitigate the interest rate risk on a related
financial instrument. We will not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for
speculative purposes.
In addition to changes in interest rates, the value of our real estate is subject to fluctuations
based on changes in local and regional economic conditions and changes in the creditworthiness of
lessees and borrowers, all of which may affect our ability to refinance debt if necessary.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of March 31, 2010, our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial
officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). Based on that evaluation,
management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2010 in providing a reasonable
level of assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized, and
reported within the time periods specified in applicable SEC rules and forms, including providing a
reasonable level of assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in such reports is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief
financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
However, in evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any
controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated can provide only reasonable
assurance of necessarily achieving the desired control objectives, and management was required to
apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
quarter ended March 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings |
Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries are currently subject to any material legal proceedings,
nor, to our knowledge, is any material legal proceeding threatened against us or our subsidiaries.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
Our business is subject to certain risks and events that, if they occur, could adversely affect our
financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our common stock. For a
discussion of these risks, please refer to the section captioned Item 1A. Risk Factors in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed by us with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2010.
Recent healthcare reform legislation may affect our revenue and financial condition.
On March 23, 2010, the President signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010 and on March 30, 2010, the President signed into law the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act, which in part modified the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Together, the two Acts serve as the primary vehicle for comprehensive health care reform in the
United States. The Acts are intended to reduce the number of individuals in the United States
without health insurance and effect significant other changes to the ways in which health care is
organized, delivered and reimbursed. The complexities and ramifications of the new legislation are
significant, and will be implemented in a phased approach beginning in 2010 and concluding in 2018.
At this time, the effects of health care reform and its impact on our business, our revenues and
financial condition and those of are tenants are not yet known. Accordingly, the reform could
adversely affect the cost of providing healthcare coverage generally and the financial success of
our tenants and consequently us.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
Not applicable.
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
Not applicable.
Item 4. | Removed and Reserved |
Item 5. | Other Information |
Not applicable.
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Item 6. | Exhibits |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit | Description of Document | |
3.1
|
Articles of Amendment and Restatement to Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S -11 (File No. 333-106024), filed June 11, 2003. | |
3.1.1
|
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Articles of Amendment and Restatement to Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Form 10-Q (File No. 001-33097), filed July 30, 2009. | |
3.1.2
|
Articles Supplementary, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K (File No. 001-33097), filed March 19, 2010. | |
3.2
|
Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed June 11, 2003. | |
3.2.1
|
First Amendment to Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed July 10, 2007. | |
4.1
|
Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Form 8-A 12G (File No. 000-50363), filed January 19, 2006. | |
4.2
|
Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of Form 8-A 12B (File No. 000-50363), filed October 19, 2006. | |
4.3
|
Form of Certificate for 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A 12G (File No. 000-50363), filed January 19, 2006. | |
4.4
|
Form of Certificate for 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Form 8-A 12B (File No. 000-50363), filed October 19, 2006. | |
4.5
|
Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Senior Common Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K (File No. 001-33097), filed April 29, 2010. | |
10.1
|
Amendment to First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K (File No. 001-33097), filed April 29, 2010. | |
10.2
|
Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership Schedule 4.2(a)(3) to First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership: Designation of Senior Common Units, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K (File No. 001-33097), filed April 29, 2010. | |
11
|
Computation of Per Share Earnings from Operations (included in the notes to the unaudited financial statements contained in this report). | |
12
|
Statements re: computation of ratios (filed herewith). |
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Exhibit | Description of Document | |
31.1
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
31 .2
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
32 .1
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith). | |
32 .2
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished 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.
Gladstone Commercial Corporation |
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Date: May 3, 2010 | By: | /s/ Danielle Jones | ||
Danielle Jones | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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